cognitive linguistics gives the most inclusive, consistent description of how language is organized, used and learned to date. cognitive linguistics contains a great number of concepts that are useful to second language learners.  if-clauses in english, on the other hand, remain intriguing for foreign language learners to struggle with, due to their intrinsic intricacies. efl grammar books are ...

The current study examines the role of attention in phonetic category formation by experimentally manipulating endogenous orienting of attention. Two native English speaking participant groups were trained with an identical set of novel Hindi words containing unfamiliar consonants produced by multiple native Hindi speakers. Via instructions, the sound-attending group (N=37) was oriented toward ...

This article addresses the implications of rapid and uncertain ecological change, and global climate change in particular, for reserve oriented and restoration oriented ecosystem management. I argue for the following conclusions: (1) rapid and uncertain ecological change undermines traditional justifications for reserve oriented and restoration oriented ecosystem management strategies; (2) it r...