Language Arts & Disciplines

'Wow!' says Ernie. In The Ghost Ship Ernie is shocked to discover a ghost ship floating in the school playground. The Captain is looking for his lost treasure and he is sure that its somewhere in Ernies school. TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of...

"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.A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog...

Extensively revised and updated, this second edition provides, in an A-Z format, an analysis of the most important generalizations that have been made on the unidirectional change of grammatical forms and constructions. Based on the analysis of more than...

Whether you are a faculty member, a librarian, an independent scholar, the junior member of a research team, or a writer outside academia, Handbook for Academic Authors will help you select the right publisher, submit a winning proposal, negotiate a...

From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, "A History of Writing" offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. Commencing with the first stages of information...

Language and tradition have long been relegated to the sidelines as scholars have considered the role of politics, science, technology and economics in the making of the modern world. This reading of over two centuries of philosophy, political theory,...

This serves as an update of the author's successful Collecting Toy Soldiers (Collins, 1987; pbk edition, New Cavendish, 1991). In it James Opie gives the collector the benefit of thirty years experience as the world's leading authority on traditional toy...

Translation is at the heart of psychoanalysis: from unconscious to conscious, experience to verbal expression, internal to enacted, dream thought to dream image, language to interpretation, unrepresented to represented and transference of past to present...

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. ...

A student's introduction to the sounds of EnglishBook InformationISBN 9781474463690Author April McMahonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Now, for the first time, a collection featuring 17 widely respected scholars depicts the everyday practices of deaf interpreters in their respective nations. Deaf Interpreters at Work: International Insights presents the history of Deaf translators and...

Earning praise from scientists, journalists, faculty, and students, The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers has helped thousands of writers communicate data clearly and effectively. Its publication offered a much - needed bridge between good...

This groundbreaking book is the first to provide a critical overview of the relationship between contemporary ceramics and curatorial practice in museum culture. Ceramic objects form a major part of museum collections, with connections to anthropology,...

Articulatory Phonetics presents a concise and non-technical introduction to the physiological processes involved in producing sounds in human speech. Traces the path of the speech production system through to the point where simple vocal sounds are...

Second language (L2) fluency is an exciting and fast-moving field of research, with clear practical applications in language teaching. This book provides a lively overview of the current advances in the field of L2 fluency, and connects the theory to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471431688Author Lee GoldbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

"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.We know the facts of his life, but we can only guess at his...

This book sheds light on the world of the Internet and social media through a historical prism drawn from the Medieval Age. Memes and metaphors originating in medieval society have often been used to describe and explain contemporary society. Social...

In the last decade, the availability of corpora and the technological advancements of corpus tools have increased dramatically. Applied linguists have greater access to data from around the world and in a variety of languages through websites, blogs, and...

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. ...

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. WOW!...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645010166Author Shawn CoyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Story Grid Publishing LLCPublisher Story Grid Publishing LLCWeight(grams)...

Understanding Minimalism, first published in 2005, is an introduction to the Minimalist Program - the model of syntactic theory within generative linguistics. Accessibly written, it presents the basic principles and techniques of the minimalist program,...

Perfect for enjoying in school or at home, Bug Club is proud to present a series of plays to get kids reading, sharing and interacting at KS1. Presented by celebrated children's author Julia Donaldson, each play features engaging stories, beautiful...

Writing surrounds us in the modern world - but how did it develop into the systems we use today, and given the technological developments of the twenty-first century, what does its future hold? This beautifully illustrated book, published to coincide...

Handwritten is a celebration of letter-writing in all its guisesAbout the AuthorJohn O'Connell worked for several years at the London listings magazine Time Out. He now writes, mostly about books, for The Times, The Guardian, New Statesman and The...

Linguistic styles particularly variations in pronunciation, carry a wide range of meaning - from speakers' socio-economic class to their mood or stance in the moment. This book examines the development of the study of sociolinguistic variation, from...

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.Assuming no prior knowledge, these books offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses,...

Language endangerment has been the focus of much attention and as a result, a wide range of people are working to revitalize and maintain local languages. This book serves as a general reference guide to language revitalization, written not only for...

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 9781716123474Author Mirela HeljFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 7mm

Andrew Radford's textbook, Minimalist Syntax, provides a concise, clear, and accessible introduction to syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. Assuming little or no prior knowledge of syntactic theory, Radford...

Read Write Inc. Literacy and Language for years 2-6/P3-7 develops children's comprehension, writing and spoken language, and meets the higher expectations of the 2014 National Curriculum. It uses a unique step-by-step approach through whole-class shared...

This book presents a new interpretation of the history of English. Access to large corpuses of English has allowed scholars to assess the minutiae of linguistic change with much greater precision than before, often pinpointing the beginnings of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947879492Author Stephanie M WytovichFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Raw Dog Screaming PressPublisher Raw Dog Screaming PressWeight(grams)...

In this book, John Bowman helps novice and out-of-practice classifiers to understand how to use Dewey to classify works. He outlines the content of the scheme and its structure and then, through worked examples based on real and imaginary titles, teaches...

In The Wrong Letter pony-mad Pippa can't wait to ride at the Junior Show and football-mad Flo is sure her team will win the Cup Final. One morning the postman brings two letters to Elm Road that mean both girls are in for some surprises... TreeTops...

Tales of the Underworld are a collection of stories about loss and longing. An Indian princess uses her wit to rescue her husband from Death, a gifted musician tries to secure his wife's release from the Underworld, a god must be returned to life and...

Featuring extensive updates and revisions, the 3rd edition of Materials and Methods in ELT offers a comprehensive and useful introduction to the principles and practice of teaching English as a foreign/second language. A popular and practical guide for...

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. Find...