Language Arts & Disciplines

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632863058Author Mark EdmundsonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 443g

From paddy wagon to rush hour, New York City has given us a number of our popular words and phrases, along the way fashioning a recognizable dialect all its own. Often imitated and just as often ridiculed, New York English has its own identity, imbued...

Heller and McElhinny reinterpret sociolinguistics for the twenty-first century with an original approach to the study of language that is situated in the political and economic contexts of colonialism and capitalism. In the process, they map out a...

The problem came to a head one day as I was driving through Tokyo. While waiting for the light to change, I saw the following public service announcement on the side of a bus: Omoiyari hitonikurumani konomachini (Sympathy / toward people, toward cars /...

This reference grammar provides, for the first time, a description of the grammar of "Mandarin Chinese", the official spoken language of China and Taiwan, in functional terms, focusing on the role and meanings of word-level and sentence-level structures...

Focusing on the problems of translating English legal language, Alcaraz and Hughes offer a wide-ranging view of one of the most demanding and vital areas of contemporary translation practice. Individual chapters deal with legal English as a linguistic...

Excite your children and give them a firm foundation in phonics. Part of the Bug Club family, Bug Club Phonics aims to help children learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, the Bug Club...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996931786Author Steve LeonardFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Middle West Press LLCPublisher Middle West Press LLCWeight(grams) 381g

Mediated Intimacy looks at contemporary sex and relationship advice, exploring how our intimate lives are shaped through different media, from manuals and magazines to television and Twitter. By exploring how intimacy is constructed through different...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398454781Author Nick SmethurstFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

A comprehensive history of deafness, signed languages, and the unresolved struggles of the Deaf to be taught in their unspoken tongue Partially deaf due to a childhood illness, Gerald Shea is no stranger to the search for communicative grace and clarity...

A frivolous argument or inflated claim is often dismissed with the reply, "That's just rhetoric!" But as Scott Crider explains in The Office of Assertion, the classical tradition of rhetoric is both a productive and a liberal art. The ability to employ...

Public speaking and presenting rank in the top ten of people's greatest fears. Yet being able to speak coherently and persuasively in a speech, seminar or meeting room is important when progressing our careers and living our lives to the fullest.In this...

Book History has emerged as one of the most exciting new interdisciplinary fields of study in the humanities. By focusing on the production, circulation and reception of the book in all its forms, it has transformed the study of history, literature and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629638744Author Peter KropotkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 216g

Organized in an A to Z format for easy reference, the Dictionary of Jewish Words contains 1,200 entries derived from Yiddish, Hebrew, Aramaic, and English. The entries include words for and associated with Jewish holidays and life-cycle events, culture,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997099904Author Khaled AliaFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Alif Baa WorldPublisher Alif Baa World

Reading Explorer, a six-level reading series, prepares learners for academic success with highly visual, motivating National Geographic content that features real people, places, and stories.Book InformationISBN 9780357116289Author Rebecca ChaseFormat...

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In Hysterical Historicals, read all about some hysterically funny figures from made-up history: join Julius Teaser in his Roman amphitheatre, float about being soppy and writing poems with Percy Bysshe Smelley, go on crazy expeditions with Marco Pillow...

The micro-friends, and Nok, are on a school trip to the woods. They shrink for some micro-fun, and find a strange-looking object hidden in some leaves. Find out what they discover in An Amazing Find. The friends find themselves on board Nok's lost...

Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are processed in the same areas of the human brain, and the study of how both have evolved is central to...

Words are powerful when they are used correctly. If readers want to motivate their kids or employees, convince bosses to give them a raise, speak with confidence to large groups of people, or give a report that won't leave people snoozing, How to Talk So...

This Element provides a basic introduction to sentiment analysis, aimed at helping students and professionals in corpus linguistics to understand what sentiment analysis is, how it is conducted, and where it can be applied. It begins with a definition of...

Shadowing is a theoretically and empirically well-examined method to develop L2 learners' listening comprehension (input effect); enhance their subvocal rehearsal mechanism in the phonological working memory for learning new words, formula, and...

Speaking My Soul is the honest story of linguist John R. Rickford's life from his early years as the youngest of ten children in Guyana to his status as Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Stanford, of the transformation of his identity from colored or...

Selectively painting over much of a forgotten nineteenth-century book, Ruefle's ninth publication brings new meaning to an old story. What remains visible is delicate poetry: artfully rendered, haunted by its former self, yet completely new. A...

Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 6 years 6 months to 6 years 11 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention series by Pearson Rapid Stage: Stage 3 Level 3B (equivalent to orange book band) Design supports readers with...

This straightforward introduction looks at the properties and reactions of main group organometallic compounds, placing particular emphasis on their applications in synthesis. Written in a simple, readable style, the book adopts a logical approach to...

Destination Grammar is the ideal grammar and vocabulary practice book for all students preparing to take any C1 and C2 level exam. There are 26 units within the book with alternating grammar and vocabulary units that cover a wide range of exercise that...

Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume presents grammatical analyses of individual Bantu languages, comparative studies of their main phonetic, phonological and grammatical characteristics and overview chapters on their...

This report text talks about how people and animals manage to live in some of the most difficult conditions in the world. There are sections on deserts, rainforests, the Arctic and Antarctica. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991408368Author Amber RoyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Golden Tip PressPublisher Golden Tip PressWeight(grams) 826g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732333901Author Liza GrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Watchdog PressPublisher Watchdog PressWeight(grams) 205gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

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The first truly multidisciplinary text of its kind, this book offers an original analysis of the current state of linguistic pragmatics.Book InformationISBN 9781474440035Author Chris CumminsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Edinburgh University...

This book challenges conventional theories about literacy, and the practices which often arise from them. It attempts to provide a new perspective through which the variety of literacy practices across different cultures can be viewed and from which the...

Discourse Analysis provides an essential and practical introduction for students studying modules on the analysis of language in use. It explores the ways in which language is used and organised in written and spoken texts to generate meanings and takes...

This volume examines the phenomenon of fake news by bringing together leading experts from different fields within psychology and related areas, and explores what has become a prominent feature of public discourse since the first Brexit referendum and...

This workbook has been written for in-class revision sessions and is fully supported by the In-Class Revision Teacher Pack. A clear, full-colour page design makes it easy for every student to progress through the workbook. 'Skills to raise my grade'...