Linguistic Foundations

Anthony P R Howatt, Richard C Smith, Anthony Howatt, Richard Smith

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781136403804
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

This volume forms part of a five volume set charting the progress of the nineteenth century movement which was instrumental in establishing international guidelines for the teaching of modern languages. It was during this period that for the first time, co-operation between phoneticians and teachers culminated in the publication of works that were instrumental in establishing the 'applied linguistic' approach to language teaching in the twentieth century. For the first time, too, the new science of psychology influenced a scientific theory of second language acquisition. The Reform Movement attracted support across Europe, spurring the development of new professional associations and journals. In turn, the publication in these journals of reports of innovative practice contributed to a greater sense of autonomy and professionalism among modern language teachers, who had hitherto tended to live under the shadow of classical language teaching. The practical innovations and theoretical suggestions for the foreign language teaching, although rooted in the nineteenth century, still have relevance today.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• General Introduction
• Introduction to Volume I
• Volume I Linguistic Foundations
• 1 Henry Sweet A Handbook of Phonetics, Including a Popular Exposition of the Principles of Spelling Reform, London: Macmillan, for the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1877.
• 2 A. H. Sayce ‘How to Learn a Language’, a Review of How to Learn Danish (Dano-Norwegian), by E. C. Otté, London: Trübner & Co., Nature, 20, 1879, pp. 93–4.
• 3 Wilhelm Viëtor ‘Die wissenschaftliche Grammatik und der Englische Unterricht’, Englische Studien, 3, 1880, pp. 106–24.
• 4 Paul Passy the Sounds of the French Language: Their Formation, Combination and Representation, 2nd ed., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1914, Translation by D. L. Savory and D. Jones of Les sons du Français: Leur Formation, Leur Combinaison, Leur Représentation, 6th ed., 1906, Paris: Firmin-Didot for the Association Phonétique Internationale.
• Preface
• List of Symbols
• Part I. The Organs of Speech
• Part II Analysis.
• Part III. Synthesis
• Part IV. Sound-Notation
• Additional Notes
• Errata
• First Part: Preliminary Ideas
• Second Part: The Constitution of Language
• Third Part: The Representation Op Language
• Appendices