37.2370, Books: Language Landscapes: Brett Reynolds (2026)

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Date: 14-Jul-2026
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [support at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Language Landscapes: Brett Reynolds (2026)


Title: Language Landscapes
Subtitle: The ESL teacher's guide to how English works
Series Title: Textbooks in Language Science
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Language Science Press
           http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/555

Author(s): Brett Reynolds

Abstract:

Language landscapes is a practical map of English for TESL educators,
built around form–meaning pairings and the needs of real classrooms.
Adopting a CGEL-informed framework, it stabilizes the category –
function distinction (e.g., determinatives vs determiner function),
pares back overloaded labels (especially in the adverb/preposition
space), and introduces syntax trees as a teacher’s analytic lens
rather than a student exercise. Early chapters address standards and
normativity alongside a usable model of grammaticality; the book then
moves through phonology (with Southern Ontario reference vowels and
connected-speech processes), vocabulary (frequency, distribution,
deliberate practice), orthography and phonics, and high-utility
constructions (questions, negation, relatives). Later chapters treat
information packaging, coherence and cohesion, pragmatics and
conversation (including digital turn-taking), and fluency across
skills, connecting analysis to instructional decisions and trade-offs
with accuracy. Throughout, the book foregrounds counter-example
reasoning, common TESL pitfalls, and modular sequencing so instructors
can enter via fluency/discourse, sound/writing, or grammar proper. The
approach is functionalist and usage-aware, emphasizing community
conventions, processing pressures, and change over time; trees and
constructional patterns are tools for understanding, not ends in
themselves. With concise diagnostics (e.g., NICER properties of
auxiliaries), worked examples, glossaries, and cross-references,
Language landscapes helps teachers say more with fewer rules – and
better justify what to teach, when, and why.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Written In: English (eng, stan1293)



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