Language Arts & Disciplines

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805087147Author Daniel AlarconFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm)...

Now in new trade paper editions, these classic biographies of two of the greatest 20th Century mathematicians are being released under the Copernicus imprint. These noteworthy accounts of the lives of David Hilbert and Richard Courant are closely...

Language policy is an issue of critical importance in the world today. In this introduction, Bernard Spolsky explores many debates at the forefront of language policy: ideas of correctness and bad language; bilingualism and multilingualism; language...

Since 1994, Nancy Mulvany's "Indexing Books" has been the golden standard for thousands of professional indexers, editors, and authors. This long-awaited second edition, expanded and completely up-dated, will be equally revered. Like its...

Religious language is all around us, embedded in advertising, politics and news media. This book introduces readers to the field of theolinguistics, the study of religious language. Investigating the ways in which people talk to and about God, about the...

KEY WORDS FOR FLUENCY is a new series of collocation practice books. Fluency does not depend on knowing many thousands of difficult words. It depends on being able to do a lot with your basic vocabulary. Fluency in reading, writing and speaking depends...

Jake's Shadow is the naughtiest shadow you've ever seen! It never follows Jake or does what it's supposed to do. When it creates havoc, Jake has to get them both out of trouble. Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and...

When Dad Scored a Goal in the Garden is packed with poems and jokes. Discover what happens when Dad thinks he's Ronaldo. Learn some new tricks from Slick Nick's dog, and what NOT to do if you're a wizard's apprentice. Chucklers is a series of funny...

"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.I'm not a thief. I'm an innocent man,' shouts Brown.Book...

This book explores the formative period of British television drama, concentrating on the years 1936-55. It examines the continuities and changes of early television drama, and the impact this had upon the subsequent 'golden age'. In particular, it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789979336112Author Audur EinarsdottirFormat PaperbackImprint Mal Og Menning,IcelandPublisher Mal Og Menning,Iceland

This groundbreaking text demystifies archival and recordkeeping theory and its role in modern day practice. The book's great strength is in articulating some of the core principles and issues that shape the discipline and the impact and relevance they...

Exciting and powerful classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences. TreeTops Classics are carefully adapted versions of must-read stories which introduce readers to significant authors, powerful plots and characters that have...

The description for this book, The Languages of China, will be forthcoming.About the AuthorS. Robert Ramsey is professor of East Asian linguistics at the University of Maryland. His books include (with Ki-Moon Lee) A History of the Korean Language...

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. This...

In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a new and fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a comprehensive guide to their description and analysis. In three clearly written and accessible volumes, he describes how best...

Special Exam Focus sections for each paper and new text-based activities for Paper 1, part 1, and Paper 3, parts 1 and 2 Regular opportunities for reviewing and testing, with additional photocopiable tests in the Teacher's Book Emphasis on...

Early in the history of English, the words 'grammar' and 'glamour' meant the same thing: the power to charm. Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools, aims to put the glamour back in grammar with this fun, engaging alternative to stuffy instructionals...

Genre: Realistic story Learning Objectives: Language Comprehension Strand 7: Give some reasons why things happen or characters change. Writing Opportunities Strand 10: Select from different presentational features to suit particular writing purposes (e...

Sue makes suits, but in The Great Spaghetti Suit she meets her toughest customer. None of Sue's suits are good enough for Bernard Bellow. Then Sue's son has an idea for a very special suit. TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories...

The new edition of the highly respected Researching Communications is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to researching media and communication. Researching Communications, Third Edition is an invaluable guide to performing and analysing research...

Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories. In Stop Chatting, Bill, Miss Hill is cross with Bill. The Level 3 More Songbirds phonics books revise all phonics previously...

Fahima Deeb changed everything seven years ago when she triggered the Pulse, imbuing millions of people with otherworldly gifts like flight, telekinesis, or superhuman strength. She thought that would herald the end of the hostilities between those with...

In On the Stage a show about the Wild West leads Biff, Wilf and Wilma to an adventure on a stagecoach. Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop are an exciting set of stories from Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta. Full of humour and drama with a...

A clear introduction to lexical-functional grammar (LFG), this outstanding textbook sets out a formal approach to the study of language using a step-by-step approach and rich language data. Data from English and a range of other languages is used to...

Many of us read books every day, either electronically or in print. We remember the books that shaped our ideas about the world as children, go back to favorite books year after year, give or lend books to loved ones and friends to share the stories...

The Student's Resource Book supports students by giving them extensive additional material that enables students to consolidate and enrich their language and practise exam skills. If you would like access to these materials please contact your local...

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication provides a comprehensive historical survey of language and intercultural communication studies with a critical assessment of past and present theory, research, and practice, as well as an...

Everyone in the castle has got football fever in The Masked Cleaning Ladies Save the Day. Will their team win? Or will the Castle Carrot team win using dirty tricks? Luckily the Masked Cleaning Ladies of Om are there to sort things out. TreeTops...

Covering the political, social and historical background of each language, Dictionary of Languages offers a unique insight into human culture and communication. Every language with official status is included, as well as all those that have a written...

A Linguistic History of Italian offers a clear and concise explanation of why modern Italian grammar has become the way it is. It focuses on the effects of historical changes on the modern structure of Italian, revealing patterns and structures which are...

Two Australian scientists played a vital yet largely unknown role in the Allied victory in the Second World War. Almost eight decades later, Wizards of Oz finally tells their story.In this fast-paced and compelling book, Brett Mason reveals how two...

A more-ishly browsable collection of words and phrases, linguistic quirks, lexical oddities and syntactic surprises.Our langauge is one of delight and curiosity. BUTTERING PARSNIPS, TWOCKING CHAVS is a guided tour of English, exploring the origins of...

The Level 2 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. Stories, More Stories A and More Stories B offer a...

As a society, we're in a constant struggle to control uncertainty and predict the unknown. Quite often, we think of scientific fields and theories as being separate from each other. But a more careful investigation can uncover the common thread that ties...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666765540Author Ray LubeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 649gDimensions(mm)...

Language, Gender and Feminism presents students and researchers with key contemporary theoretical perspectives, methodologies and analytical frameworks in the field of feminist linguistic analysis.Mills and Mullany cover a wide range of contemporary...

Understanding Semantics, Second Edition, provides an engaging and accessible introduction to linguistic semantics. The first part takes the reader through a step-by-step guide to the main phenomena and notions of semantics, covering levels and dimensions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848862401Author Heather PindarFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Maverick Arts PublishingPublisher Maverick Arts PublishingWeight(grams)...

NO description availableBook InformationISBN 9781408524114Author John JackmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Nelson Thornes LtdPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 211mm * 30mm