Language Arts & Disciplines

'Cognitive Grammar' is a theory of language which has been developing since the late 1970's. Underlying the theory is the assumption that language is inherently symbolic in nature and that a language provides its speakers with a set of resources for...

Great Animal Gallery takes the reader on a journey around an art gallery to discover how artists have depicted animals throughout the centuries. TreeTops inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944370015Author Jay a ArtaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Birds of a Feather PressPublisher Birds of a Feather PressWeight(grams)...

This book is about boys and girls who go to a ballet school. It describes the 5 basic positions and emphasises the hard work, dedication and strength needed to be a ballet dancer. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399504614Author Patrick GriffithsFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

This is a comprehensive study of the Jewish and Muslim dialect networks of Morocco in its traditional boundaries, covering twenty-two Muslim and some thirty Jewish dialects of Moroccan Arabic.Book InformationISBN 9780415567787Author Jeffrey HeathFormat...

Six children's authors, including Maurice Sendak, Rosemary Wells, and Jack Prelutsky, agree that to enter the worlds that children inhabit, you must possess the magic password - honesty.Book InformationISBN 9780395901519Author William ZinsserFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986965722Author John C GoodmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Gneiss PressPublisher Gneiss PressWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 8mm

Imagine a records management (RM) future where the user community collectively describes the value and properties of a record using the wisdom of the crowd; where records retention, description and purpose are determined by their users, within general...

Enhance your Maori-language learning with the most reliable - and easiest - resource available. The bestselling Maori Made Easy gave learners an accessible and achievable entry into te reo Maori. It quickly cemented itself as the guide to those new to...

In this book, Ghil'ad Zuckermann introduces revivalistics, a new trans-disciplinary field of enquiry surrounding language reclamation, revitalization, and reinvigoration. Applying lessons from the Hebrew revival of the late nineteenth and early twentieth...

Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality leads students through the process of undertaking research in order to explore how gender and sexuality are represented and constructed through language. Drawing on international research, Sauntson incorporates...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399514906Author Rod R. ButterwothFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1g

In Revolution in Poetic Language, Julia Kristeva explicates her foundational distinction between the semiotic and the symbolic and explores their interrelationships. Linking the psychosomatic to the literary and the literary to a larger political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997970623Author Becca SymeFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Hummingbird BooksPublisher Hummingbird BooksWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

We are witnessing a revolution in storytelling. Publications all over the world are increasingly using immersive storytelling-virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality-to tell compelling stories. The aim of this book is to distill the lessons...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399578083Author Ross PetrasFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Ten Speed PressWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 185mm * 132mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906134488Author George McLennanFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Argyll PublishingPublisher Lafcadio & Co Ltd.Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 8mm

Proposing a novel theory of parts of speech, this book discusses categorization from a methodological and theoretical point a view. It draws on discoveries and insights from a number of approaches - typology, cognitive grammar, notional approaches, and...

Cultural heritage professionals-museum curators, museum professionals, archivists, and librarians- use their specialized knowledge to prioritize the needs of their collections. Preservation managers and collections care specialists draw from experts in...

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics provides a comprehensive overview of this important and dynamic area of study and research. Language is indispensable to initiating, justifying, legitimatising and coordinating action as well as negotiating...

There are 6 books at Level 4: Book 19 'Revise and Blend' Book 20 'Revise and Blend' Book 21 practises 'ay, oy, ea, ie' Book 22 practises 'ow, ew, ew, ou' Book 23 practises 'ir, aw, eer, are' Book 24 practises 'ce, ea, o, ed' Each...

Primatology, Ethics and Trauma offers an analytical re-examination of the research conducted into the linguistic abilities of the Oklahoma chimpanzees, uncovering the historical reality of the research. It has been 50 years since the first language...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928048220Author Douglas SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Douglas SmithPublisher Douglas SmithWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262513036Author Richard K. LarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm *...

This text outlines the ways in which contemporary trends - political, social and economic - give rise to public debates about policies concerned with culture. A range of theoretical issues are explored and three key arenas of contested regulation are...

With Tessa, a nature photographer, as our guide, this book explores how the animal kingdom uses colour. It has sections on using colour to avoid being eaten, to hide and to find a mate. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps...

A second collection of the cutest baby animals, all from unusual species which young readers will enjoy discovering for the very first time.Book InformationISBN 9781913339227Author Loll KirbyPage Count 24Imprint Owlet PressPublisher Owlet Press

This handbook provides a critical guide to the most central proposition in modern linguistics: the notion, generally known as Universal Grammar, that a universal set of structural principles underlies the grammatical diversity of the world's languages...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262035170Author Ofer BergmanFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorEwa Dabrowska, Nurnberg-Erlangen, Germany. Dagmar Divjak, Birmingham, UK. Book InformationISBN 9783110622973Author Ewa DabrowskaFormat PaperbackPage Count...

The contribution of Jim Cummins to bilingualism and bilingual education has been substantial and profound. This reader provides a comprehensive compilation of his most important and influential texts. The book also provides a detailed biographical...

This collection of essays brings together a decade of writings on translation by leading international translation studies expert, Susan Bassnett. The essays cover a range of topics and will be useful to anyone with an interest in how different cultures...

This book looks at how the human brain got the capacity for language and how language then evolved. Its four parts are concerned with different views on the emergence of language, with what language is, how it evolved in the human brain, and finally how...

This is an essential guide to using digital resources in the study of English language and linguistics. Assuming no prior experience, it introduces the fundamentals of online corpora and equips readers with the skills needed to search and interpret...

What do we need to know about language and why do we need to know it? Providing the essential tools with which to analyse and talk about language, this book demonstrates the relevance of linguistics to our understanding of the world around us. ...

Floods tells two myths about floods and how they happen. In the first myth the Queen mends a hole in the sky and in the second the people and animals climb through a hole in the sky to a new world. Captivating versions of some of the best myths and...

It's been said that without Harold A. Innis there could have been no Marshall McLuhan. Empire and Communications is one of Innis's most important contributions to the debate about how media influence the development of consciousness and societies. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996275408Author Handwriting Workbooks for KidsFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Mmg PublishingPublisher Mmg PublishingWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934000366Author Wayne E. WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Caslon, Inc.Publisher Caslon, Inc.Weight(grams) 6600gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 177mm *...