Language Arts & Disciplines

This book is a comprehensive grammar of Hausa, one of the largest and most important languages of Africa. Hausa is spoken by some 35 million people as a first language and approximately 15 million more as a second language. Paul Newman, a world authority...

This book develops the general principles of linguistic change that form the foundations of historical linguistics, dialectology and sociolinguistics. Demonstrates the social as well as cognitive relevance of linguistic researchShows that rapid...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979496400Author Dick HeaberlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Orange House BooksPublisher Orange House BooksWeight(grams) 210g

While eighteenth-century playwright and critic Gotthold Ephraim Lessing made numerous contributions in his lifetime to the theater, the text that best documents his dynamic and shifting views on dramatic theory is also that which continues to resonate...

'Language attrition' describes the loss of, or changes to, grammatical and other features of a language as a result of declining use by speakers who have changed their linguistic environment and language habits. In such a situation there may, for...

Launch yourself into the new news economy. The digital revolution that provides so many options for news consumers also means massive opportunity for journalists. The trick: see the disruption as an opening you can attack. Entrepreneurial Journalism will...

The Craft of Paper looks at one of the world's most versatile materials and examines how we use paper for everything from building to decorating. TreeTops inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully...

When was the last time you took a spelling test or competed in a spelling bee? For those who need to brush up their spelling skills or expand their vocabulary, this book is the chance to confront over 1,500 commonly confused words in more than 200...

**Business Book Awards 2024 Finalist**Write a self-help book that makes a differenceIf you're a coach, therapist, or trainer wanting to write a book that transforms your readers' lives, you may feel unsure about what's involved. How do you translate the...

Hailed by book reviewers as a "masterpiece," "gorgeous and fascinating," and "sheer pleasure," Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape was published in fall 2006 in hardcover. It was met with outstanding reviews and strong sales, going into three...

This book presents a comprehensive and critical overview of historical phonology as it stands today. Scholars from around the world consider and advance research in every aspect of the field. In doing so they demonstrate the continuing vitality of one of...

This fully updated edition of Redesigning English explores the innovative uses of English from early manuscripts to post-colonial literature, creative writing and developments in new media. Focusing on how English has, and continues to evolve through its...

Barron's TOEIC Practice Exams Premium is designed for ESL students preparing to take the Test of English for International Communication. This manual provides students with extensive practice in the actual test-taking experience as an efficient way of...

Is it okay to write about people of other genders, races and identities? And how do I do this responsibly? Whether you are working in fiction, poetry, drama or creative non-fiction, becoming conscious of how you represent people of different social...

Since its initiation some twenty years ago Longman Linguistics Library has established itself as a series aimed primarily at an undergraduate and postgraduate student readership. Some of its books serve as introductions to key aspects of the subject,...

Sound symbolism is the study of the relationship between the sound of an utterance and its meaning. In this interdisciplinary collection of new studies, twenty-four leading scholars discuss the role of sound symbolism in a theory of language. They...

In this ground breaking work of synthesis, Monika Fludernik combines insights from literary theory and linguistics to provide a challenging new theory of narrative. This book is both an historical survey and theoretical study, with the author drawing on...

The past quarter of a century has seen a surge in Chinese syntactic research that has produced a sizeable literature on the analysis of almost every construction in Mandarin Chinese. This guide to Chinese syntax analyses the majority of constructions in...

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...

"...a story of great mathematicians and their achievements, of practical successes and failures, and of human perfidy and generosity...this is one of the still too rare occasions in which mathematicians are shown as frail, flesh-and-blood creatures...a...

First published in 1980 and now reissued for the first time as a Routledge Linguistics Classic, Language - The Loaded Weapon is at once an introduction to and a critique of everything we know, or think we know, about language. This classic text explains...

Suitable for children age 7 and above with a reading age of 6 years to 6 years 5 months Part of the Rapid Reading intervention series by Pearson Rapid Stage: Stage 2 Level 2B (equivalent to green book band) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to...

If you want to provide an information service that truly fulfils your users' needs, this book is essential reading. Analysing and assessing the information needs of clients is key to the provision of effective service and appropriate collections in both...

This first book in the Journalism Insights series examines the major practical and ethical challenges confronting contemporary sports journalists which have emerged from, or been exacerbated by, the use of digital and social media.Combining both...

100 Words to Make You Sound Smart is an informative and entertaining resource that can help anyone be right on the money when looking for words that will make a point, seal the deal, or just keep folks listening. Chosen by the editors of the American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820452777Author Prisca AugustynFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 420g

Ferdinand de Saussure is widely considered to be the founder of both modern linguistics and structuralism. The first to establish the structural study of language, he identified the difference between the system of language ('Langue') and the...

Gender is a fascinating category, central and pervasive in some languages and totally absent in others. In this new, comprehensive account of gender systems, over 200 languages are discussed, from English and Russian to Archi and Chichewa. Detailed...

Long before Wikileaks and social media, the journalist Drew Pearson exposed to public view information that public officials tried to keep hidden. A self-professed "keyhole peeper", Pearson devoted himself to revealing what politicians were doing behind...

The Reflective, Facilitative and Interpretive Practices of the Coordinated Management of Meaning: Making Lives, Making Meaning, showcases practical applications of the theory of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM). In the facilitation section, CMM...

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics consists of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, designed for those entering postgraduate studies and language professionals returning to academic study. The books...

Laurie Bauer has expertly crafted a compendium of essential things for linguistics students to know.Book InformationISBN 9781474474092Author Laurie BauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991389445Author C S LakinFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Ubiquitous PressPublisher Ubiquitous PressWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989549622Author Robert H WachtelFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Coup Classique PressPublisher Coup Classique PressWeight(grams) 209g

This is the first book to focus solely on ethics in public service interpreting. Four leading researchers from across Europe share their expertise on ethics, the theory behind ethics, types of ethics, codes of ethics, and what it means to be a public...

As the 'thresholds' through which readers and viewers access texts, paratexts have already sparked important scholarship in literary theory, digital studies and media studies. Translation and Paratexts explores the relevance of paratexts for translation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805072358Author Ralph KeyesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams) 227g

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...

Drawing on research from multiple disciplines and international case studies, this book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of online disinformation and its potential countermeasures. Disinformation and Manipulation in Digital Media...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955152559Author Peter RydingFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Pathfinder Partners LtdPublisher Pathfinder Partners Ltd