Language Arts & Disciplines

REVIEW FROM PREVIOUS EDITION: 'A slim and useful student textbook for English Syntax. Although most of the examples are from English, the book introduces general concepts which provide the necessary tools for a basic syntactic analysis of any language...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for IndieFab awards (Writing) 2013.Book InformationISBN 9780985820305Author Marcia Riefer JohnstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Northwest Brainstorms...

The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition research. Discusses the biological and cognitive underpinnings of SLA, mechanisms, processes, and...

Language Myths and the History of English aims to deconstruct the myths that are traditionally reproduced as factual accounts of the historical development of English. Using concepts and interpretive sensibilities developed in the field of...

Emphasizing the roles that family, religion, and history play in intercultural communication, COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CULTURES, 9E helps you increase your understanding and appreciation of different cultures while developing practical skills for improving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787301282540Author Liu YuehuaFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Peking University PressPublisher Peking University PressWeight(grams) 222g

A 296-page book and a 60-min of audio streaming. Learning Catalan has never been easier than with our new method, book and audio available on streaming platforms free of charge. Catering to real beginners in Catalan who enjoy being on the move, it...

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.She passes a man who is looking at the engine of his car. He...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611800449Author Laura DeutschFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

With more than 65,000 copies sold in two editions and recommended by Forbes and U.S. News & World Report, this newly updated guide offers sound advice on every aspect of researching, writing, and delivering an effective speech. Filled with anecdotes,...

How to write and publish your own OUTRAGEOUSLY Profitable eBook in as little as 7 days even if you can't write, can't type and failed high school English class! Discover the secrets to having your own, outrageously profitable ebook written and published...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789995782627Author C. D. SalibaFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint BDLPublisher BDLWeight(grams) 161g

Corpus Linguistics has revolutionised the world of language study and is an essential component of work in Applied Linguistics. This book, now in its second edition, provides a thorough introduction to all the key research issues in Corpus Linguistics,...

In 2018 DeepMind published the shocking results of their chess-playing artificial intelligence software, AlphaZero. Chess players looked in disbelief and immediately wondered how AI would affect the future of chess. Less than a year later, a whole new...

This completely new edition of The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky surveys Chomsky's contributions to the science of language, to socioeconomic-political analysis and criticism, and to the study of the human mind. The first section focuses on the aims of...

Volume 1 provides a general and comprehensive introduction to semantics, synthesizing work on meaning and communication from many disciplines and setting semantics in the larger framework of semiotics.Volume 1 provides a general and comprehensive...

Cat and Ant are on a day out at the beach with Nok. Nok thinks he sees a grey cloud, but what is it really? Find out in The Seagull. In Nok Gets Homesick, the micro-friends build Nok a new spaceship, but how far will he get? When Nok shows off his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578540023Author Pat SchneiderFormat HardbackPage Count 118Imprint Negative Capability PressPublisher Negative Capability PressWeight(grams)...

This fully revised third edition integrates updated references, new findings, and modern theories, to present readers with the most thorough and complete introduction to phonetics and phonology. Exceptionally thorough, including detailed attention to...

Do, or should, dictionaries control language? How do they treat language change, both now and in the past? Which words do dictionaries leave out - and on what grounds? Dictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a...

Desire in Language traces the path of an investigation, extending over a period of ten years, into the semiotics of literature and the arts. But the essays of Julia Kristeva in this volume, though they often deal with literature and art, do not amount to...

In Tin Cat Ant makes a cat using some tin cans and teaches it to do some tricks. How much can Tin Cat learn before he starts to get tired? Cat tries to teach Cog Dog to sit but he won't stay. Will he do as he is told when Nok tells him? Find out in Sit,...

The Dragon Princess and Yun enter the Ruby Palace of the Fire Demon who has stolen the Dragon King's magic pearl. Yun tricks the Fire Demon into dropping the pearl and the Princess sprays the Fire Demon with water. They escape and Yun receives another...

Over the years, tech companies were accustomed to cheerleading coverage of product launches, but in recent years the long tech-press honeymoon ended. It was replaced by a new era of mounting criticism focusing on tech's negative impact on society. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061689154Author Francis FlahertyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974893327Author Eve Heidi Bine-StockFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint E & E PublishingPublisher E & E PublishingWeight(grams) 272g

Meet Captain Comet and Spanner the robot in Captain Comet and the Purple Planet. When Spanner plants his flag on a new planet, he and Captain Comet soon discover that the planet is not quite what it seems ... TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of...

Jungle Journal takes a trip to the rainforests of the Congo with wildlife documentary producer, Verity White. TreeTops inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The variety of...

This is a lively and exciting resource which includes writing frames, grammar and vocabulary development and language practice exercises. Each Workbook is closely linked to the Students' Books and so provides opportunities for students to gain a deeper...

Who are the greatest reporters in history? This unique book is the first to try and answer this question. Author David Randall searched nearly two centuries of newspapers and magazines, consulted editors and journalism experts worldwide, and the result...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780045146Author Berlitz PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Berlitz LanguagePublisher APA Publications

In their comprehensive new introduction to phonetics, Ball and Rahilly offer a detailed explanation of the process of speech production, from the anatomical initiation of sounds and their modification in the larynx, through to the final articulation of...

The primary purpose of this book has not been to recount all that past scholars have said about the science, but rather to record the first appearances of those ideas which seem most important in the logic of our own day.Book InformationISBN...

In this handbook, scholars from around the world offer an up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of onomastics, in a format that is both useful to specialists in related fields and accessible to the general reader. Since Ancient...

The commentaries in the Oxford Greek and Latin College Commentaries series are designed for students in intermediate or advanced Greek or Latin at colleges and universities. Each volume includes, on facing pages, the ancient text, a running vocabulary,...

Part of the "Storyworlds" series, this pack contains the four "Animal World" Stage Two stories, about animal characters. The stories are "Yum! Yum!", "Bingo Wants to Play", "Bingo and the Bone" and "The Big Surprise". Each stage of "Storyworlds" provides...

This book does not include any audio files. If you are learning independently (and not in the classroom, with teacher support) we recommend you purchase the book and CD bundle instead, ISBN 9781406680218. This book-only product is aimed at learners in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812975482Author Bret Anthony JohnstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 323gDimensions(mm)...

Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The variety of topics means there are books to interest every child in this compelling series. The series is written...

Best friends Looga and Barooga are off on another adventure! When Looga discovers that Barooga is afraid of storms, she uses her imagination to whisk them up into the clouds to find out where thunder comes from. Meet dragons, giants, clowns and an ice...