Language Arts & Disciplines

Paradoxically, doing corpus linguistics is both easier and harder than it has ever been before. On the one hand, it is easier because we have access to more existing corpora, more corpus analysis software tools, and more statistical methods than ever...

The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 40 of the best known stories from all over the world, which have been passed down for generations. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and morals. All the stories are...

This book explores the nature of cognitive representations and processes in speech motor control, based primarily on evidence from speech timing. It engages with the key question of whether phonological representations are spatio-temporal, as in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958880142Author Alvaro Zinos-AmaroFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Fairwood Press LLCPublisher Fairwood Press LLCWeight(grams) 417g

Al-Abarat consists of eight short stories, The Orphan, The Veil, The Abyss, The Punishment, The Martyrs, The Remembrance, The Reward and The Victim. Some are his own and some are translations of writers such as Chateavbriand, and Alexandre Dumas Fils...

The cross of Christ has proven to be no less of a "stumbling blockfor Christians living in the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first, than it was in the first century, when the newly established community of friends and...

This lively, compact textbook introduces readers to semantics - the study of how we construct meaning in communication. Easy to follow, and with a clear structure, it explains formal terminology in a simple and understandable way, without using formal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782700508994Author Anthony BulgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint AssimilPublisher AssimilWeight(grams) 319g

This book, the English version of La traduction aujourd'hui (Hachette 1994), describes the interpretive theory of translation developed at the Paris Ecole Superieure d'Interpretes et de Traducteurs (ESIT) over the last 35 years. The theory identifies the...

This volume gives a detailed overview of the varieties of English spoken on the British Isles, including lesser-known varieties such as those spoken in Orkney and Shetland and the Channel Islands. The chapters, written by widely acclaimed specialists,...

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In the Arabic eleventh-century, scholars were intensely preoccupied with the way that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947506698Author David Karena-HolmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Oratia BooksPublisher Oratia MediaWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm...

More than merely a writing text, The Imaginative Argument offers writers instruction on how to use their imaginations to improve their prose. Cioffi shows writers how they can enliven argument--the organizing rubric of all persuasive writing--by drawing...

Cognitive Poetics is a new way of thinking about literature, involving the application of cognitive linguistics and psychology to literary texts. This student-friendly book provides a set of case studies to help students understand the theory and master...

These selections of two of Britain's best-loved poets give us a pick 'n' mix bag of fantastic and funny poems! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age...

Geert Booij's popular textbook on the structure of words has been revised and updated in a third edition. The book covers every aspect of morphological theory and the analysis of words. It is the only introductory text to explore the role of morphology...

Balanced writing instruction that focuses on both process and product Teaching Writing: Balancing Process and Product offers a comprehensive vision of the strategies that writers use, the writing genres, and the writer's craft, along with techniques...

Quantitative corpus research on written language development has expanded rapidly in recent years, assisted by the ever-increasing power and accessibility of software capable of reliably analysing huge collections of learner writing. For this work to...

The news interview has become a major vehicle for presenting broadcast news and political commentary, and a primary interface between the institutions of journalism and government. This much-needed work examines the place of the news interview in...

Since its original publication in 1997, English with an Accent has inspired generations of scholars to investigate linguistic discrimination, social categorization, social structures, and power. This new edition is an attempt to retain the spirit of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556437236Author Stan TenenFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Why do poor and minority students under-perform in school? Do computer games help or hinder learning? What can new research in psychology teach our educational policy-makers?In this major new book, Gee tackles the 'big ideas' about language, literacy and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789386228048Author Rohini BakshiFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Juggernaut PublicationPublisher Juggernaut PublicationDimensions(mm) 230mm * 160mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948492119Author Taylor SappFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Alphabet PublishingPublisher Alphabet PublishingWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

This book presents a new vision of literacy that frames meaning-making and communication in relation to individual, collective, and ecological needs. Building on the concept of the pluriversal, Perry explores how literacy education can support multiple...

A glance over the back pages of mid-nineteenth-century newspapers and periodicals published in London reveals that Wellington Street stands out among imprint addresses. Between 1843 and 1853, Household Words, Reynolds's Weekly Newspaper, the Examiner,...

Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories: Decode and Develop More A are exciting new titles in the Oxford Reading Tree series. The stories continue to provide storylines full of humour and drama, with familiar settings and all your favourite characters with some...

What is the nature of intimacy, of what happens in the space between us? And how do we, as writers, catch or reflect it on the page?' Stacey D'Erasmo's insightful and illuminating study examines the craft and the contradictions of creating relationships,...

Language - The Loaded Weapon offers a glimpse of what the recent study of language is beginning to tell us about these things. It explains in simple terms the essentials of linguistic form and meaning, and applies them to illuminate questions of...

This book tells us about some of the biggest reptiles in the world. It describes what the reptiles look like, what they like and what they hate doing! Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency...

This book offers a 'how-to' guide to conducting research in discourse analysis. Organised around different approaches to discourse analysis and working with different types of discourse data, the book will help students answer questions such as: Which...

To re-engage students with literacy, teachers need an entry point that recognizes and honors students' out-of-school identities. This book looks at how artifacts (everyday objects) access the daily, sensory world in which students live. Exploring how...

"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.When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or...

In this Red-B-level Rat and Cat book: Cat creeps up and catches Rat while he is looking at a book. Rat says he will do a cool dance, so Cat lets him go. Rat puts on a 'dress' and a 'wig' and dances, but it is a trick! Part of the Bug Club reading series...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046022Author Janneke AdemaFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

With each passing day the potential reach of a single false news story-and its ability to negatively impact all of us-grows in both size and scope. Although politicians, activists, and ordinary citizens regularly complain about deceptive or biased news...

One of the most influential books ever published in Canada, Harold A. Innis's The Bias of Communication has played a major part in reshaping our understanding of history, communication, and media theory. First published in 1951, this masterful collection...

Project X CODE is a book-by-book series built for SEN and struggling readers aged 6-11. Welcome to Micro World, invented by Macro Marvel - an amazing theme park where you have to shrink to get in! Disaster strikes when CODE, the computer that controls...

Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism provides a comprehensive overview of all major features of bilingualism, including grammatical, cognitive, and social aspects. examines bilingualism as a socio-political phenomenon and emphasizes languages...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986134739Author C S LakinFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Ubiquitous PressPublisher Ubiquitous PressWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...