Language Arts & Disciplines

In this highly relevant work, Dr. Michael Hameleers illuminates the role of traditional and social media in shaping the political consequences of populism and disinformation in a mediatized era characterized by post-factual relativism and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783896250087Author Anthony BulgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 435Imprint Assimil GmbHPublisher Assimil GmbHWeight(grams) 364g

Multimedia Storytelling for Digital Communicators in a Multiplatform World is a unique guide for all students who need to master visual communication through multiple media and platforms. Every communication field now requires students to be fluent in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060391683Author Robert McKeeFormat HardbackPage Count 466Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734479966Author Matty DalrympleFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint William Kingsfield PublishersPublisher William Kingsfield PublishersWeight(grams)...

How do children and adults become multilingual? How do they use their languages? What influence does being multilingual have on their identities? What is the social impact of multilingualism today and how do societies accommodate it? These are among the...

This is a collection of 'linguistic autobiographies' by 23 British linguists who played a major role in the development of the subject in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century. Includes contributions from 23 major British linguists...

The aim of this book is to inform both scholars and the public about the nature and extent of the problem of language decline and death in Africa. It resourcefully traces the main causes and circumstances of language endangerment, the processes and...

This volume includes two general chapters; the first of these chapters suggests a new analysis of perfectivity in language, showing how the Biblical Hebrew verb forms encode perfectivity. The second deals with modality within the approach of...

Sociophonetics: a student's guide provides a practical 'how-to' manual that will give students a clear understanding of the technical and theoretical advances in acoustic phonetics, speech perception, and recording technology which is essential for...

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...

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. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947934016Author Charlie MechemFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Half Nelson EnterprisesPublisher Half Nelson EnterprisesWeight(grams)...

In The Foundations of Gentry Life, Peter Coss examines the formative years of the English gentry. In doing so, he explains their lasting characteristics during a long history as a social elite, including adaptability to change and openness to upward...

This book introduces a new and still emerging theoretical framework for understanding language shift and uses this approach to explore a range of minority language communities in the United States. To date, approaches to language shift have typically...

Traditionally, when the human sciences consider foundational issues such as epistemology and method, they do so by theorising them. Ethnomethodology, however, attempts to make such foundational matters a focus of attention, and directly enquires into...

Language attitudes and ideologies are of key importance in assessing the chances of success of revitalisation efforts for endangered languages. However, few book-length studies relate attitudes to language policies, or address the changing attitudes of...

The Level 2 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. Stories, More Stories A and More Stories B offer a predictable...

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...

The Russian Language Today provides the most up-to-date analysis of the Russian language. The Russian language has changed dramatically in recent years, becoming inundated by new words, mainly from American English. The authors focus on the resulting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087810805Author Bill VincentFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Rwg PublishingPublisher Rwg PublishingWeight(grams) 36gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 2mm

This is a complete screenwriting course -- from initial idea through final script sale -- providing in-depth discussions of theme development; story research; script plotting and structuring; character development; dialogue; writing and rewriting...

The study of language has come a long way since Samuel Johnson describe himself as 'maker of dictionaries -- harmless drudge'. The emphasis in modern linguistics is on descriptive investigations of the way the world speaks -- and why. In Invitation to...

This collection examines LEGO from an array of critical and cultural studies approaches, foregrounding the world-renowned brand's ideological power and influence. Given LEGO's status as the world's largest toy manufacturer and a transnational multimedia...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262527422Author Gina NeffFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

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...

The world's largest archipelago, Indonesia is home to hundreds of ethnic groups with diverse cultures and languages. Focusing on the rich heritage of the country, this latest addition to the highly acclaimed World Folklore Series presents 29 stories from...

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. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783864690464Author Fingeralphabet OrgFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint LegendaryMediaPublisher LegendaryMediaWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Sound Patterns of Spoken English is a concise, to-the-point compendium of information about the casual pronunciation of everyday English as compared to formal citation forms. Concise, to-the-point compendium of information about casual pronunciation of...

Teaching Creative Writing is designed to showcase practical approaches developed by practitioners in the ever-growing community of writers in higher education. Aimed at enabling those who teach the subject to review, borrow, and adapt ideas, the emphasis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781270646Author Orme DavidFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Ransom PublishingPublisher Ransom PublishingWeight(grams) 116g

A Project-Based Approach to Translation Technology provides students of translation and trainee translators with a real-time translation experience, with its translation platforms, management systems, and teamwork. This book is divided into seven...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781921966859Author Maggie EyreFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Exisle PublishingPublisher Exisle Publishing

Whether you are daunted by a blinking cursor or frustrated trying to get the people in your head onto the page, writing stories can be intimidating. It takes passion, tenacity, patience and a knowledge of-and faith in-the writing process. A manual for...

Join our mailing list Qualitative Research for the Information Professional, 2nd editionA practical handbook G. E. Gorman and Peter ClaytonAbout the book Table of contents Reviews About the author This established text is the only introduction to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997135800Author Michael RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Force Four PublicationsPublisher Force Four PublicationsWeight(grams) 172g

Mathematical Structures in Languages introduces a number of mathematical concepts that are of interest to the working linguist. The areas covered include basic set theory and logic, formal languages and automata, trees, partial orders, lattices, Boolean...

There are 6 books at Level 1+: Book 1 practises 's a t p' Book 2 practises 'i n m d' Book 3 practises 'g o c k' Book 4 practises 'ck e u r' Book 5 practises 'h b f ff' Book 6 practises 'l ll le ss' Each sound is explored through an Oxford...

People do bad things. They misspeak, mislead, and misbehave. They lie, cheat, steal, and kill. Often, afterward, they apologize. In Sorry About That, linguist Edwin Battistella analyzes the public apologies of presidents, politicians, entertainers,...