Language Arts & Disciplines

A guide for translators, translation trainees and students working with different (written, graphic and audiovisual) text typologies, presenting critical and systematic analyses of several examples and case studies.Author: Michela CanepariPublisher: BrillPublished: 08/18/2022Pages: 420Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90dISBN: 9789004526198This title is...

Expressive Morphology in the Languages of South Asia explores the intricacies of the grammars of several of the languages of the South Asian subcontinent. Specifically, the contributors to this volume examine grammatical resources for shaping elaborative, rhyming, and alliterative expressions, conveying the emotions, states,...

Filmspanism explores the geopolitics of knowledge involved in academic approaches to Spanish cinema. This companion rethinks the role of disciplinarity, institutionality, and nationality in the study of film by taking into account a rather specific set of contentious issues, intellectual traditions, discursive servitudes, and...

The scholarly articles included in this volume represent significant contributions to the fields of formal and descriptive syntax, conversational analysis and speech act theory, as well as language development and bilingualism. Taken together, these studies adopt a variety of methodological techniques-ranging from grammaticality judgments...

South Picene is the pre-Roman language spoken in the Adriatic sector of central Italy. This book presents a description of what we know about the structure of this language. South Picene is (together with Umbrian, Oscan, Latin, and Faliscan) one of the few members...

Dokumentarische Filme aller Genres in TV, Kino und Netz entfalten ihre informative Kraft erst dann, wenn sie dramaturgisch als Erzählungen strukturiert sind, nicht als Aufzählungen. Sie müssen die Emotionen des Publikums wecken, damit die filmische Information verstanden werden kann. Wirksame dokumentarische Filmgestaltung ist begründet...

Author: KoustaffPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 07/01/2022Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 11.45h x 8.32w x 0.26dISBN: 9780194114189

تعد اللغة أهم مقومات الوجود الحضاري والسِّمَة المميزة للأمم. ولا يخفى خطر اللغة في تشكيل هوية قوم ما وفي توثيق عرى انتمائهم إلى الأمة.إن اللغة وسيلة لفظية كتابية تُتوسل في تشكيل الفكر، وتطورها تابع لتطور العقل، إذ من المحال تطور الفكر ما لم يساوقه...

All different types of libraries (academic, public, special, and school) were impacted by the pandemic, and librarians learned valuable lessons about how to shift and transition in a challenging time.In this informative book, librarians, instructional designers, educators, and faculty from all over the world...

This is the first book to provide practical guidance for library staff on virtual storytime planning and production. Learn how to design virtual youth services tailored to patrons in different communities, and how virtual programs serve as a form of community outreach. Included in...

When you fill up your car, install your furniture or choose a wedding ring, do you ever consider the human cost of your consumables? There is a war raging in the heartlands of Peru, waged on the land by the global industries plundering the...

This comparative anthology showcases the rich and mutually intertwined folklore of three ethno-religious communities from northern Iraq: Aramaic-speaking ('Syriac') Christians, Kurdish Muslims and-to a lesser extent-Aramaic-speaking Jews. The first volume contains several introductory chapters on language, folkore motifs and narrative style, followed by samples...

Punctuation is an aspect of language where editors and proofreaders are constantly taking decisions, no matter what type of document they're working on. But how do they decide? This guide offers a reason-based approach to punctuation and its uses, to help achieve maximum clarity...

This edition collects a number of small but valuable examples of the Virginia Siouan languages. It includes two small vocabularies of about 50 words each by Edward Sapir and Leo Frachtenberg, both published in 1913. Also included are 7 translated Saponi place-names collected by...

Author: Alice GrundyPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 08/04/2022Pages: 90Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.19dISBN: 9781009017794This title is not returnable

This book addresses queer issues and current events from a communication perspective to articulate a queer communication pedagogy. Through putting communication pedagogy and queer studies into dialogue, the book investigates how queer theory and critical communication pedagogy intersect in pedagogical spaces. The chapters identify...

The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics is the first comprehensive exploration into the field of ecolinguistics, also known as language ecology. Organized into three sections that treat the different topic areas of ecolinguistics, the Handbook begins with chapters on language diversity, language minorities and language...

This practical resource provides early years professionals and foundation teachers with games, activities and strategies to incorporate language into movement. The premise is that learning language concepts through movement will help all children, particularly especially those who might have language delays or coming from...

This is a comprehensive, self-study workbook for learning Japanese characters. Mastering Japanese Kanji can help you greatly reduce the time and effort involved in learning to read Japanese and write Japanese. It does so by introducing a method that is both effective and easy...

Author: Georgia ZellouPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 08/04/2022Pages: 72Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15dISBN: 9781009077330This title is not returnable