Language Arts & Disciplines

Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed, then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps,...

In today's noisy, techie, automated world, storytelling is not only relevant, it's vital. Story Power provides techniques for creating and framing personal stories and effective tips for telling them in any setting.Author: Kate FarrellPublisher: MangoPublished: 06/16/2020Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.43h x 5.43w x...

To apply the same approaches to analysing spoken and written formulaic language is problematic; to do so masks the fact that the contextual meaning of spoken formulaic language is encoded, to a large extent, in its prosody. In The Prosody of Formulaic Sequences, Phoebe...

Despite publishing endeavours such as the Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series in the 1970s and Fantasy Masterworks in the early 2000s, the canon of modern fantasy is still very much in flux. This Element examines four key questions raised by the prospect of a fantasy...

This third edition of the best-selling Theories in Second Language Acquisition surveys the major theories currently used in second language acquisition (SLA) research, serving as an ideal introductory text for undergraduate and graduate students in SLA and language teaching. Designed to provide a consistent...

Analysing language data systematically and looking closely at how people formulate their thoughts can reveal astonishing insights about the human mind. Without presupposing specific subject knowledge, this book gently introduces its readers to theoretical insights as well as practical principles for systematic linguistic analysis...

Focused on grade improvement, this Exam Success Guide brings much-needed clarity to exam preparation, equipping students to achieve their best in the latest IGCSE assessment (0454), and beyond. This guide allows students to recap and review key course content, apply their knowledge, and hone...

Supporting Oxford's new Course Book, this fully-updated Skills and Practice text uses a range of interactive activities to build and consolidate vital assessment skills - maximizing achievement.Author: MorleyPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 03/09/2020Pages: 208Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.30w x 0.50dISBN: 9780198424772

Strong Accents Can Affect Hiring Chances In "Accent Reduction For Professionals", you'll discover secrets of reducing - and eliminating - your foreign accent. Envision the ability to present a contract or proposal to your colleagues and not worrying about how you sound, confident in...

Now kids can build vocab anywhere anytime all while having fun. With 240 basic words with cartoon pictures designed to help understand words rather than just memorize them. This book will broaden kids vocabularies and sharpen their reading & writing skills. It also focus...

"The Internet isn't the first technology to alter how we communicate, but it is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. The programmers behind the apps and platforms we use decide how our conversations are structured, from the...

The second edition of this formative collection offers analysis of the work rhetoric plays in the principles and practices of today's culture of democratic activism. Editors JongHwa Lee and Seth Kahn-and their diverse contributors working in communication and composition studies both within and outside...

Finally Something That Works Have you ever wanted to write a novel, but didn't know where to start? Have you ever started writing a novel, only to get stuck halfway through?If you're serious about writing that novel then this book is for you.You see...

Lonely Planet Japanese Phrasebook & CDis your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Japanese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Learn onsen etiquette, make friends, and order dishes with confidence - all with your trusted travel...

Lonely Planet Estonian, Latvian & Lithuanian Phrasebook & Dictionaryis your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Estonian, Latvian & Lithuanian phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Chat with locals with your trusted travel companion. With language...

"A book that should be on every writer's bookshelf, next to Bird by Bird, Writing Down the Bones, and Welty's One Writer's Beginnings." -SJ Rozan, best-selling author of Paper Son For writers of fiction, creative nonfiction, autobiography and memoir, and from amateurs to professionals,...

Johann Georg von Hahn - a nineteenth-century Austrian diplomat and explorer - is generally considered to be the founder of Albanian Studies as a scholarly discipline. It was he who first studied the Balkan country and its people, and who brought them to the...

This is the first English translation of Lu Zongli's major study of rumor in the early Chinese empires. Lu explores how rumor, a non-official form of public opinion, formed and spread through non-official channels of early Chinese history. In this careful investigation, Lu utilizes...

Blank Kanji practice workbook with sheets of Genkouyoushi paperExcellent book for practicing your Japanese lettering. Each 8.5" x 11" page has many large squares for you to practice your Kanji, Hiragana or Katakana Japanese characters with your brush pens. Wonderful as a gift for...

Want to teach your child a foreign language? Learning a second language is becoming more and more popular around the world for good reason. With so many benefits of being bilingual, an increasing amount of parents are trying to give their children the gift...