Linguistic Relativity, Cultural Relativity, and Foreign Language Teaching

Every language is assumed to be unique, structurally and culturally. Taking this neo-Bloomfieldian assumption at the outset, this paper first points out the inadequacy of sentence grammars for foreign language teaching. Toward this end, the paper further argues for the necessity of understanding lin...

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Main Author: A. Effendi Kadarisman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN) 2015-09-01
Series:TEFLIN Journal
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Online Access:http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/237