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Studies in Language and LinguisticsSelected Readings or Students o English Philology

editorsPiotr ap and agdalenaKozanecka

Contents

CHAPTER ONEPART ON

PART TWO

CHAPTER TWOPART ON

PART TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVEPART ON

PART TWO

Foreword 5Piotr Cap an d Magdalena Kozanecka)English sentence:syntax semantics interfaceAnalysis o f a simple sentence 9Szymon Pedziwiatr)Analys is o f a comp lex sentence 27Piotr Cap)Language in action: pragmaticand social aspects of language useThe pragmatics o f interpersonal comm unicat ion 9Piotr Cap)Analys is o f cul tural texts 57Magdalena Now acka)Meth od s of teaching Englishas a foreign languageSelected aspectsof classroom discourse and their impacton language development in the torelgn language context 69MirosCaw Pawlak)Introduction t o translation theo ryMagda lena Kozanecka)Introduction to Cognitive GrammarKamila Turewicz)Co gn itive Grammar:the nature of language an d meaning 7Cog nitive Grammar:semantic structure o f grammatical categories 85

oreword

The present volume contains contributions by the staff of the English Department atthe Academy of Humanities and Economics (AHE) in to d i . The aim of the volume is topresent students, in a clear and consistent form, with reading material as used during mostof the undergraduate and graduate courses in English language and linguistics at the AHE.However, the addressees of the material are also students of English at other higher-educa-tion institutions, both state and private, such as teacher training colleges or translation andinterpreting centers.

The material has been selected and arranged according to the teaching curricula fol-lowed by most philological departments i n Poland. Chapters 1-111 deal with issues whichstudents are faced with during the first three years of academic instruction, and chapters IV Vtackle topics which students encounter later, e.g. duringM.A. seminars. For that reason, theconsecutive chapters and chapter parts can be characterized as getting increasingly moredifficult and specialized.

Chapter One provides students with material concerning English syntax and semantics.The first part of the chapter deals with the syntax of the simple sentence, while the seconddiscusses the structure of the complex sentence. Both parts can be successfully used during,for instance, descriptive grammar courses, esp. in the first two years of instruction.

Chapter Two positions selected observations from chapter one, in interpersonal andintercultural contexts of real-life discourse. In the first part, the discussion is centeredaround concepts of linguistic pragmatics. Among traditional topics, students are offereda look at how language can be used to accomplish concrete goals in face-to-face persuasion.In the second part, students are familiarized with broader, sociolinguistic issues which con-cern relationship between language and culture. The second part of chapter two also bringsup some notions which have to do with English language teaching, and thus provides a feasibleintroduction to the next chapter.

Chapter Three contains an in-depth overview of English teaching methods and strate-gies; it also discusses the development of English teaching over years. This material is ofa special importance to those students who, in their careers, intend to b ecom e teachers ofEnglish, whether on a classroom or tutorial basis.

Chapter Four is a m ore difficult and specialized co ntribution, dealing w ith the manydomains of translation and translation theory. Included in the discussion are such conceptsas translatability equivalenc e and evaluation as well as a num ber of the most typical trans-lation strategies at the word, phrase and sen tence level. This material s hould , in principle, beused by students atte nding gradu ate sem inars in translation and translation theory.

Chapter Five is again devoted to comp lex, specialized issues which are normally under-taken not sooner than during M .A. research. Th e chapter describes and ev aluates a relativelynovel developmen t in linguistics, which ha s com e to be termed as Cognitive G ramm ar. Th ediscussion tackles th e profound questions of th e nature of langua ge and cognition, and therelationship holding betw een them . This relationship is show n to determ ine the struc ture ofparticular grammatical categories in a language, of which English is an example.

Th e authors wish to extend m ultiple thanks to all those w ho subm itted their contribu-tions to the volume. A lso, we ow e a debt of gratitude to Professor Kam ila Turewicz , the Pro-Rector in Charge of Developm ent of the AHE for her continuous su pport underlying theproject. We are equally indebted to Professor Piotr Stalmaszczyk from the University oftb d z , for reviewing the text. Finally, words of thanks go to Dr M onika G regorowicz-C apfor editorial help.Piotr Cap , Magdalena K ozaneckat b d i , Augus t 2002

CHAPTER ONE

English sentence:syntax-semantics interfaceSzymon Pqdziwiatr an d P iotr Cap)

PART ONE

Szymon PqdziwiatrThe cademy of Humanities and Economics in l o d i

nalysisof a simple sentence