Language Arts & Disciplines

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...

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.About the AuthorEwa Dabrowska, Nurnberg-Erlangen, Germany. Dagmar Divjak, Birmingham, UK. Book InformationISBN 9783110622973Author Ewa DabrowskaFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Discourses of Brexit provides a kaleidoscope of insights into how discourse influenced the outcome of the EU referendum and what discourses have sprung up as a result of it. Working with a wide variety of data, from political speeches to Twitter, and a...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312119089Author Professor David HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 400g

This book discusses the largest and earliest medieval library of the Middle East for which we have documentation the Ashrafiya library in the very centre of Damascus and edits its catalogue.About the AuthorKonrad Hirschler is Professor of History of...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913710613Author Lewis LoweryFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Readers First Publishing LtdPublisher Readers First Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Corpus linguistics has now come of age and Corpus Approaches to Discourse equips students with the means to question, defend and refine the methodology. Looking at corpus linguistics in discourse research from a critical perspective, this volume is a...

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 9780684815565Author Cynthia CrossenFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

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

No matter who you are, your story is a part of something big-the fabric of history and the human experience. Once written and shared, your story will change someone. And that someone is most likely you. A Story that Matters offers an accessible...

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 *...

English is the most creative, changeable and imaginative of languages. Some words are invented to meet temporary needs and are quickly discarded; others carry meanings hundreds of years old. Language fascinates us, and we spend a lot of time playing with...

Rigby Rocket offers a wide range of engaging stories and non-fiction texts. Written by much-loved children's authors, the books have been expertly levelled to ensure your children are able to read them independently.Book InformationISBN...

Here are the stories of how music archives are preserving independent music and saving a part of our cultural heritage. Music Preservation and Archiving Today moves beyond the how-to and assembles the work currently being done to preserve music and...

An expanded and updated new edition of this best-selling introduction to linguistic morphology. The text guides the reader from the very first principles of the internal structure of words through to advanced issues of current controversy. The first part...

Needed now more than ever: a guide that includes 500 diverse contemporary fiction and memoir recommendations for preteens and teens with the goal of inspiring greater empathy for themselves, their peers, and the world around them. As young people are...

This book provides a broad survey of historical and contemporary treatments of identity in various branches of Applied Linguistics, identifying common themes and areas for future research. The volume explores theoretical and methodological approaches and...

This book develops a minimalist approach to cross-linguistic morphosyntactic variation. Ian Roberts argues that the essential insight of the principles-and-parameters approach to variation can be maintained - albeit in a somewhat different guise - in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440506584Author Robert J. RayFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991118106Author Bryan GarnerFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint Rosepen BooksPublisher Rosepen BooksWeight(grams) 324gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 12mm

Local Literacies is a unique detailed study of the role of reading and writing in people's everyday lives. By concentrating on a selection of people in a particular community in Lancaster, England, the authors analyse how they use literacy in their...

The book gives you full notes for teaching the material effectively, plus lesson hints and suggestions. There are 'possible problems' boxes too, which draw your attention to the mistakes students might make. Stop and Check sections and...

This report text outlines the seven groups of birds of prey and gives information about the attributes of each group. Information is provided about how endangered birds of prey are being protected. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500...

Understanding Personalization: New Aspects of Design and Consumption addresses the global phenomenon of personalization that affects many aspects of everyday life. The book identifies the dimensions of personalization and its typologies. Issues of...

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...

This comprehensive and practical guide covers the elements, style, and use of annotated bibliographies in the research and writing process for any discipline; key disciplinary conventions; and tips for working with digital sources. Written jointly...

The rise of digitisation and social media over the past decade has fostered the rise of participatory and DIY digital culture. Likewise, the archival community leveraged these new technologies, aiming to engage users and expand access to collections...

Much of today's communication is carried out through various kinds of humor, and we therefore need to be able to understand its many aspects. Here, two of the world's leading pioneers in humor studies, Alleen and Don Nilsen, explore how humor can be...

Outcomes is a completely new general English course in which: Natural, real-world grammar and vocabulary help students to succeed in social, professional, and academic settings CEF goals are the focus of communication activities where students learn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046091Author Amanda D. LotzFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

This book is part of the Oxford Reading Tree Fireflies series which offer a wide range of stimulating non-fiction titles for young children. It includes a variety of topics covering all areas of the curriculum, from science to citizenship. The books have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804677766Author Paul MeadeFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Bookvault PublishingPublisher Bookvault PublishingWeight(grams) 317gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

This book analyses the translation policies and practices of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), engaging in critical questions around the ways in which translation can redress power dynamics between INGOs and the people they work with,...

Applied Linguistics Methods: A Reader presents the student with three contemporary approaches for investigating text, practices and contexts in which language-related problems are implicated. Divided into three parts, the reader focuses in turn on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140265309Author Jane Taylor McDonnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm) 195mm...

It is widely accepted that English is the first truly global language and lingua franca. Its dominance has even led to its use and adaptation by local communities for their own purposes and needs. One might see English in this context as being simply a...