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Pedagogical rules for the use of English articles: an evaluation and suggestions for improvement

Publication date: 21.05.2012

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2012, Volume 129, Issue 2, pp. 97 - 115

https://doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.12.007.0596

Authors

Agnieszka Król-Markefka
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
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Pedagogical rules for the use of English articles: an evaluation and suggestions for improvement

Abstract

The aim of the article is to analyse the grammatical rules for the use of English articles which are offered to students of English as a foreign language and evaluate them from the perspective of their pedagogical effectiveness. The article highlights the most problematic issues and the potential weaknesses of the rules most commonly used in contemporary pedagogical/reference grammars. It is argued that some of the problems identified could be at least partially solved or avoided by the introduction of rules based on Cognitive Grammar. A brief outline of the Cognitive Grammar conception of articles is presented to show how the specific “uses” of articles can be subsumed under more general, broader, conceptually-based rules.

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Information: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2012, Volume 129, Issue 2, pp. 97 - 115

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Pedagogical rules for the use of English articles: an evaluation and suggestions for improvement

English:

Pedagogical rules for the use of English articles: an evaluation and suggestions for improvement

Authors

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 21.05.2012

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Agnieszka Król-Markefka (Author) - 100%

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