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Christopher M Salisbury

U.S.

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returns 12/31/2012

Expertise

I can answer almost any question within the field of second language acquisition (SLA) and pedagogical theories in second language teaching.

Experience in the area

As part of my MA in linguistics, I have taken several classes in SLA and as well, I have been a teacher and tutor of English and English as a second language (ESL).

Education/Credentials

I have a BA in English and an MA in linguistics.

What do you like about this subject?

I became interested in linguistics after taking a syntax course at the University of Nevada, Reno. It was then and there I first learned of X-bar theory and I was hooked! From there I became deeply interested in critical discourse analysis, CDA, and continue to focus my studies onto this branch of linguistics.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

There is still so much to learn regarding linguistics, that I could spend the rest of my life and still not know/understand it all.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Parents; you do not teach your children how to speak!

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Recent Answers from Christopher M Salisbury

2011-12-10 meaning of "if to little else":

This is a dependent prepositional phrase and all that it does is add extra information to the original phrase which informs you that somebody did something. The additional information simply informs that

2011-03-02 Linguistics:

"I dragged myself out of bed." - meaning I did not want to or could not easily get out of bed. "He crawled home." - meaning he literally had to get onto all fours to get home, or, he was so drunk it

2011-03-01 Linguistics:

I'm not sure that I understand your request. Are you asking me to give you examples of how a native English speaker might use such verbs situationally?

2011-02-16 in or at:

Being in a hospital (or jail, prison) means that you are staying there as a patient. Being at a hospital (or jail, prison) means that you are visiting. You almost always need an article in front

2011-02-15 in or at:

It is, as with all things, entirely contextual. Use "in" when you want to describe a situation that happened within a place: "He was shot in a restuarant." "We were staying in a hotel." Use

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