Linguistics

It might seem as if globalization is making the whole world speak English. But spend time in any major city and you are likely to encounter a cornucopia of languages. Even monolingual people have different ways of speaking to their bosses or teachers,...

Now in its second edition, A Handbook of Diction for Singers is a complete guide to achieving professional levels of diction in Italian, German, and French, the three major languages of the classical vocal repertory. Written for English-speaking singers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783905252675Author Sergio J. LievanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Bergli Books LtdPublisher Bergli Books Ltd

This highly accessible introductory textbook carefully explores the main issues that have driven the field of second language acquisition research. Intended for students with little or no background in linguistics or psycholinguistics, it explains...

The ultimate guide for developing your career as an English teacher.Succeed in TEFL is packed with information on how to develop within the profession including chapters on:-getting the most out of observations-teaching exam classes-becoming a trainer...

Written for beginning learners of the language, this concise introduction to Chinese grammar assumes only a basic knowledge of Chinese, and no knowledge of grammatical terminology and practices. Comparing Chinese grammar patterns and rules with those of...

The next century will see more than half of the world's 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781879045002Author Lawrence KushnerFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 152mm *...

Noam Chomsky continues to be one of the most influential intellectual figures of modern times. His wide-ranging contributions to the fields of linguistics, psychology, philosophy and politics have revolutionised our view of language, the mind and human...

This is the first edition of Plato's Republic to be based on an exhaustive examination of all the textual evidence - manuscripts, including papyri; quotations and allusions in ancient authors; translations into Coptic, Arabic and Hebrew. The three...

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics offers a comprehensive survey of the subdiscipline of Forensic Linguistics, with this new edition providing both updated overviews from leading figures in the field and exciting new contributions from the...

The volume highlights the role of language ideologies in the process of negotiation of identities and shows that in different historical and social contexts different identities may be negotiable or non-negotiable. The chapters address various ways in...

For ease of use and practicality Straightforward Second Edition is structured to provide one lesson per double-page spread (A/B/C/D), lasting around 90 minutes. All lessons are interlinked to promote better and more memorable learning, but there is the...

Helping you deliver effective and integrated teaching of grammar.A step-by-step grammar course for the new curriculumBook InformationISBN 9781408524008Author Wendy WrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Nelson Thornes LtdPublisher Oxford University...

'Stuffed with entertaining detail ... Horrible Words is lively, provocative, witty and enlightening' The TimesNothing inflames the language purists like an illogical irregardless or a hideous otherization. But is it enough simply to dismiss these words...

Are the dialects of England disappearing in the wake of globalisation and 'Estuary English', or are geographical differences as strong as ever? Joan Beal looks at recent research into regional variation in England, discusses the evidence for 'dialect...

Some people say scohn, while others say schown.He says bath, while she says bahth.You say potayto. I say potahtoAnd--wait a second, no one says potahto. No one's ever said potahto. Have they?From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493741755Author Safaruk Z ChowdhuryFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of the field of cognitive science, and perhaps the most avidly read political theorist and commentator of our time. In these lectures, he...

This text celebrates the rich variety of regional and social dialects of English in all its forms, ancient and modern.About the AuthorPeter Trudgill is Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. His interest in dialects...

From the first moment of life, language development occurs in the context of social activities. This book emphasises how language development interacts with social and cognitive development, and shows how these abilities work together to turn children...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780899576657Author S. ZodhiatesFormat HardbackPage Count 2608Imprint AMG PublishersPublisher AMG PublishersWeight(grams) 1769g

Taking an accessible and cross-linguistic approach, Understanding Child Language Acquisition introduces readers to the most important research on child language acquisition over the last fifty years, as well as to some of the most influential theories in...

The extensively updated fourth edition of the leading introductory textbook on theoretical syntax, including an all-new chapter and additional problem sets Now in its fourth edition, Andrew Carnie's Syntax: A Generative Introduction remains the leading...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486416007Author Thomas MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 283Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.

Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2017 Emoji have gone from being virtually unknown to being a central topic in internet communication. What is behind the rise and rise of these winky faces, clinking glasses and smiling poos? Given the sheer...

Desire in Language traces the path of an investigation, extending over a period of ten years, into the semiotics of literature and the arts. But the essays of Julia Kristeva in this volume, though they often deal with literature and art, do not amount to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486411262Author Stanley AppelbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

'A delightful compendium' - Evening StandardHave you ever had a feeling that you couldn't quite describe, because no English word exists for it?Indeed, without such a word, it's difficult to remember or understand the feeling, and to talk about it with...

Language Acquisition: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the must-know issues in child language development. Covering key topics drawn from contemporary psychology, linguistics and neuroscience, readers are introduced to fundamental concepts,...

This write-in workbook includes writing frames, grammar and vocabulary activities and language practice exercises. It extends and reinforces skills taught in International English Student Book 3 and offers a record of students' progress. All answers for...

The phenomenon known as metaphor is an extremely complex mental event - we cannot capture its complexity if we tie ourselves to existing standard views on metaphor. This book offers fresh insight into metaphor, updating an established theory, conceptual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262042772Author Daniel AltshulerFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 17mm

This book gives the complete theory of the irreducible representations of the crystallographic point groups and space groups. This is important in the quantum-mechanical study of a particle or quasi-particle in a molecule or crystalline solid because the...

Understanding reading abilities and their development is fundamental for language comprehension and human cognition. Now in its second edition, this book draws on research from multiple disciplines to explain reading abilities in both L1 and L2, and...

Peter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose "many worlds" theory of multiple universes has had a profound impact on physics and philosophy. Using Everett's unpublished papers (recently discovered in his son's basement) and dozens...

Supported by data from linguistic fieldwork conducted in the Faroe Islands and Iceland, this book presents a pioneering approach to syntactic analysis, 'Optimal Linking Grammar' (OLG), which brings together two existing models, Linking Theory and...

Revising and Editing for Translators provides guidance and learning materials for translation students and professional translators learning to revise the work of others or edit original writing, and those wishing to improve their self-revision ability...

An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory offers beginning students a comprehensive overview of and introduction to our current understanding of the rules and principles that govern the syntax of natural languages. Includes numerous pedagogical...

Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is now updated and entirely reset in a new edition featuring David Crystal's new take on the future of English in the wider world. In accounts made vivid with examples from a vast range...