Language Arts & Disciplines

The second edition of the highly successful Handbook of Discourse Analysis has been expanded and thoroughly updated to reflect the very latest research to have developed since the original publication, including new theoretical paradigms and ...

Talk and Social Structure is an up-to-date and provocative survey of current developments combining the complementary fields of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. The book provides a distinctive debate that relates these innovative areas to...

Developing Intercultural Language Materials puts intercultural competence at the forefront of the learning agenda. It unpicks its underlying theory and provides a framework and practical methodologies for practitioners, providing a toolkit for them to...

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Culture collects into a single volume thirty-two state-of-the-art chapters written by international specialists, overviewing the ways in which translation studies has both informed, and been informed by,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063341906Author Simon WinchesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556712326Author Joan L G BaartFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Sil International, Global PublishingPublisher Sil International, Global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692637661Author Asar ImhotepFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Madu-Ndela PressPublisher Madu-Ndela PressWeight(grams) 608gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

The Best American Magazine Writing 2019 presents articles honored by this year's National Magazine Awards, showcasing outstanding writing that addresses urgent topics such as justice, gender, power, and violence, both at home and abroad. The anthology...

The Discourse of News Values breaks new ground in multimodal news discourse, offering the first book-length treatment of the discursive analysis of news values and the construction of newsworthiness. The book explores how the news is "sold" (made...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994669988Author Colin DunbarFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Colin DunbarPublisher Colin DunbarWeight(grams) 608g

Audiovisual translation is the fastest growing strand within translation studies.This book addresses the need for more robust theoretical frameworks to investigate emerging text- types, address new methodological challenges (including the compilation,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610350068Author Gene PerretFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Linden Publishing Co IncPublisher Linden Publishing Co IncDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

This book argues that the personal voice, which is often disparaged in journalism teaching, is and always has been a prevalent form of journalism. Paradoxically, the aim of 'objective' reporters is often to be known for a distinctive 'voice'. This...

This book makes an original contribution to the understanding of perception verbs and the treatment of argument structure, and offers new insights on lexical causation, evidentiality, and processes of cognition. Perception verbs - such as look, see,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399528286Author Elizabeth LyonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787561939338Author Liu XunFormat PaperbackPage Count 113Imprint Beijing Language & Culture University Press,ChinaPublisher Beijing Language & Culture...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143035657Author Pat WalshFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 176gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm *...

What makes a city smart? The Smart City in a Digital World takes on this question by describing, challenging, and offering democratic alternatives to the view that the answer begins and ends with technology. In the wake of the 2008 global financial...

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...

"We frequently see one idea appear in one discipline as if it were new, when it migrated from another discipline, like a mole that had dug under a fence and popped up on the other side." Taking note of this phenomenon, John Goldsmith and Bernard Laks...

Producing the Archival Body draws on theoretical and practical research conducted within US and Canadian archives, along with critical and cultural theory, to examine the everyday lived experiences of archivists and records creators that are often...

Information Science: The Basics provides an accessible introduction to the multifaceted field of Information Science (IS). Inviting readers to explore a modern field of study with deep historical foundations, the book begins by considering the...

This book documents the interrogative system of Ikpana, an endangered indigenous Ghana-Togo Mountain language of eastern Ghana also known as Logba. The system is notable in several respects. It exhibits features that buck certain typological trends, act...

Each Reading Book in the Rapid Plus series is finely levelled and trialled with KS3 students, and includes: all-new content, rigorously levelled and trialled with Key Stage 3 students pre-reading pages which introduce the main characters, plots and key...

Supporting you with varied features throughout, this intriguing new book provides a foundational understanding of politics and protest before focusing on step-by-step instructions for carrying out analysis on your own. It includes up to date cases,...

Reflecting on a 50 year university career, Distinguished Professor Arthur Bochner, former President of the National Communication Association, discloses a lived history, both academic and personal, that has paralleled many of the paradigm shifts in the...

Each book introduces students to exam formats and provides step-by-step guidance Useful tips are included to maximise their chances of excellingBook InformationISBN 9780582824218Author Louise HashemiFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint LongmanPublisher...

Part of the Rigby Star Family, this reader is levelled for independent, follow-on reading from the KS1 guided reading sessions.Book InformationISBN 9780433034322Author Alison HawesFormat PaperbackPage Count 12Imprint RigbyPublisher Pearson Education...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998153544Author Chimmie GbuguFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint PublishdrivePublisher PublishdriveWeight(grams) 136g

The Interpreting Studies Reader is the definitive guide to the growing area of interpreting studies. Spanning the multiple and diverse approaches to interpreting, it draws together the key articles in the field and puts them in their thematic and social...

This is a book about English Studies, aimed at all those who are taking English degrees, or teaching them. It gives a detailed account of the core of the discipline - the close reading of texts, contexts, and "intertexts". It also treats some...

This is a thoroughly revised, updated and expanded edition of a practical introduction to intercultural education for teachers of English as a second language. It provides a concise summary of the intellectual and pedagogical traditions that have shaped...

Picking up on some of the themes developed in his critically acclaimed book Understanding Audiences (SAGE, 2000), this new book on audience research focuses on qualitative methods and will draw upon students' own media experience. The book is divided...

Digital Signage Broadcasting is a perfect introduction to this new world of opportunities for media professionals in all areas. Whether you are in engineering, IT, advertising, or management, you will gain knowledge on the operations of digital signage...

This work provides theoretical analysis and historical detail to reconceptualize the significance of modern journalism from the point of view of its greatest creation - popular readerships. It traces the links between journalism, politics and popular...

"Kevin Williams has authored an account of "foreign" correspondence and international journalism that is the most comprehensively-sourced, inclusive, contextualized, timely and critical in its field. At last, we have an account that acknowledges that the...

Designed for students of speech-language pathology, audiology and clinical linguistics, this valuable text introduces students to all aspects of the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of clients with developmental and acquired communication disorders...

Guiding the work of most linguists and philosophers of language today is the assumption that language is governed by prescriptive normative rules. Many believe that it is of the essence of thought itself to follow rules, rules of inference determining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916328556Author Elliot KayFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Powerhouse PublicationsPublisher Powerhouse Publications

This innovative collection is the first of its kind to showcase global perspectives on learning minority languages as second languages, offering unique insights into their acquisition and specific characteristics and raising greater awareness around...