Language Arts & Disciplines
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Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information AgeThe dream of capturing and organizing knowledge is as old as history. From the archives of ancient Sumeria and the Library of Alexandria to the Library of Congress and Wikipedia, humanity has wrestled with the problem of harnessing its intellectual output. The timeless quest...
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A Dictionary of Modern English UsageNo book had more influence on twentieth-century writers of English than Henry Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. It rapidly became the standard work of reference for the correct use of English in terms of choice of words, grammar, and style. Much loved for...
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Academic Writing: Concepts and ConnectionsFeatures * An emphasis on core academic skills: Academic Writing introduces core concepts used across a variety of disciplines in order to help students recognize patterns that appear in all academic reading and writing situations.* Connections across contexts: From traditional science reports written for...
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Imprisoned in English: The Hazards of English as a Default LanguageIn Imprisoned in English, Anna Wierzbicka argues that in the present English-dominated world, millions of people - including academics, lawyers, diplomats, and writers - can become "prisoners of English", unable to think outside English. In particular, social sciences and the humanities are now increasingly...
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One True Logic: A Monist ManifestoLogical monism is the claim that there is a single correct logic, the 'one true logic' of our title. The view has evident appeal, as it reflects assumptions made in ordinary reasoning as well as in mathematics, the sciences, and the law. In all...
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Fixing Language: An Essay on Conceptual EngineeringHerman Cappelen investigates ways in which language (and other representational devices) can be defective, and how they can be improved. In all parts of philosophy there are philosophers who criticize the concepts we have and propose ways to improve them. Once one notices this...
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Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century: The Literary AgendaThe Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of "the literary" has always been contentious. What is...
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Fun at the FarmIntroducing your child to new situations through entertaining and sensitively written stories, each title in this series is packed with facts and humour, making them perfect for reading together.Author: Roderick HuntPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 05/01/2012Pages: 30Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9780198487975This title is only available...
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Myp English Language Acquisition Phase 3Refine, progress and perfect English acquisition. Preparing MYP learners to step into IB Diploma English B with confidence, this text connects relevant learning material and objectives to the MYP curriculum framework structure. An inquiry-based approach enables reflection, questioning and critical thought, fully in line...
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English as a Second Language for Cambridge Igcserg: WorkbookSupporting the iComplete English as a Second Language for Cambridge IGCSEr Student Book, and fully matched to the Cambridge IGCSE syllabus, this Workbook builds fluency and exam confidence. It provides rigorous practice in key skill areas, through varied and relevant activities that keep students...
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Oxford English for Cambridge Primary Student Book 5Pack contents: Oxford English for Cambridge Primary Student Book 5 contains: Oxford English for Cambridge Primary Student Book 5 Clear learning outcomes ensure systematic development of core English skills and provide measurable targets for students and teachers. Thematic units featuring global texts give a...
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The Intimate Enemy: Loss and Recovery of Self Under ColonialismPolitical, economic, and cultural domination under colonialism has repeatedly been studied during the last hundred years. Breaking with the tradition, Ashis Nandy explores the ways in which colonialism damaged the colonizing societies themselves, and how the likes of Gandhi resisted their rulers in British...
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The Little Oxford English-Urdu DictionaryThis Dictionary is an abridged edition of The Oxford English-Urdu Dictionary, which was translated and compiled by Shanul Haq Haqqee, the renowned scholar, lexicographer, and an authority on the Urdu language. It contains more than 40, 000 entries and about 50, 000 definitions. This...
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The Oxford Handbook of Ethical TheoryThe Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory is a major new reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned essays by leading moral philosophers. Ethical theories have always been of central importance to philosophy, and remain so; ethical theory is one of the most active...
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Classical and Romantic Performing Practice 1750-1900The past ten years have seen a rapidly growing interest in performing and recording Classical and Romantic music with period instruments; yet the relationship of composers' notation to performing practices during that period has received only sporadic attention from scholars, and many aspects of...
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Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's LanguagesFew people know that nearly one hundred native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world's languages may die out in the next...
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The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and StyleWhat's the singular of paparazzi? Is graffiti singular or plural? What about kudos? Should I say empathic or empathetic? Is it a couple of dozen or a couple dozen? What's the correct pronunciation of concierge? Or schism? Or flaccid? In this book of crisp,...
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Doing Documentary WorkSitting in his study, William Carlos Williams once revealed to Robert Coles what he considered to be his greatest problem in writing a documentary about his patients in New Jersey. "When I'm there, sitting with those folks, listening and talking," he said to Coles,...
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Gender and DiscourseDeborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand spent nearly four years (in cloth and paper) on The New York Times Best Seller list and has sold over a million and a half copies. Clearly, Tannen's insights into how and why women and men so often...
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Let's Go 2 Student Book with CD: Language Level: Beginning to High Intermediate. Interest Level: Grades K-6. Approx. Reading Level: K-4 [With CD (AudiAuthor: Ritsuko Nakata, Karen Frazier, Barbara HoskinsPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 10/09/2011Pages: 78Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 10.80h x 8.30w x 0.20dISBN: 9780194626194
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