Language Arts & Disciplines

Writing to Publish is a guide for writers who are ready to take the next step and become published authors. The book is divided into three sections. Part 1 helps the writer establish five healthy habits to sustain productive writing activity. The five elements...

Technical Communication: A Design-Centric Approach is a comprehensive textbook for introductory courses in technical communication and professional writing. Technical Communication takes a design approach to foundational and emergent technical communication skills such as document design, job applications and interviews, workplace collaboration, and report writing,...

This book is based on the Functional Theory of Political Campaign Discourse. It adopts a communication perspective to campaigns for public office. It discusses medium (e.g., speeches TV spots, debates, social media), sources of campaign messages, context (e.g., primary vs. general campaign), audience (voters...

A verb can be described as transitive or intransitive based on whether it requires an object to express a complete thought or not. A transitive verb is a verb that requires (takes or allows) an object to receive the action. "Object" may be in...

Author: Marina TarlinskajaPublisher: Walter de GruyterPublished: 12/31/1976Pages: 358Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.70lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.81dISBN: 9783112419410

Robert McDowell's poems over the last 35 years are widely recognized as major achievements in reviving narrative and consistently striving to create, as poet and critic Chad Abushanab writes in his Introduction, "the song in the story". McDowell in poetry also embraces Emily Dickinson's...

The Gifts of Writing is "a rare and inspiring guide to writing from the soul" (Alan Cohen, award-winning author of A Deep Breath of Life), that is filled with encouragement, practical advice, thoughtful questions, and gentle invitations to help you step into the creative...

Explores the ways climate change and extreme weather are negotiated politically in a border community As a borderland city with generations of slow violence and extreme weather events like flash flooding and intense heat waves, San Antonio, Texas, speaks directly to global issues in...

This comprehensive textbook provides a thoughtful introduction to both the legal and ethical considerations relevant to students pursuing careers in communication and media. The fully revised, sixth edition continues to integrate fundamental legal and ethical principles with cases and examples from both landmark moments...

This state-of-the-art volume is the first to capture a hybrid discipline that studies the role and linguistic implications of the human mind in language learning and teaching. This Handbook considers individual as well as collective factors in language learners and teachers from an array...

It is now well-established that the long-time economic model on which the news industry has relied is no longer sustainable. Facebook, Google, and declining levels of popular trust in the media have been major contributors to this situation. Simultaneously, the closure of local media...

This fiction-editing guide shows authors and editors how to recognize shown and told prose, and avoid unnecessary exposition. Louise Harnby, a fiction editor, writer and course developer, teaches you how to identify stylistic problems and craft solutions that weave showing and telling together, and...

Stripped of their ancestral languages generations ago, the Lumbee Indians of Robeson Count, North Carolina, carved out a unique dialect of English to maintain their linguistic identity. The story of Lumbee English is one of the most remarkable narratives of linguistic adaptability and cultural...

Aproximaciones al estudio del español como lengua de herencia reúne diversas perspectivas sobre el estudio del español como lengua de herencia en el contexto de los Estados Unidos. El volumen presenta una amplia gama de enfoques lingüísticos, modelos pedagógicos e innovaciones programáticas. Dirigido a...

The Gingerbread Man was rather a handful, but wait until you meet the Ninjabread Girl! With a "Hiiiiii-yaaaaa!" she runs away saying, "Run! Run! So fast like a twirl ... you can't catch me, I'm the Ninjabread Girl!" Can the Ninjitsu Trainer catch her?...

Are you looking for a lesson in language and in life? If the answer is yes, look no further.Luckily for us, Italians have gifted the globe with their many contributions in the realms of art, opera, cinema, pizza-the list is endless. Although, one area...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL)Level 2 - A1/A2 Starter (2)Word count: 4,494City Thrillers Series Book 5Julie is on a business trip in Marrakech, Morocco. She buys a carpet at a market, but the carpet holds a terrible secret. Julie is in...

This book is one of the first references of linguistic research of sign languages in East Asia (including China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong). The book includes the basic descriptions of aspects of Chinese (Shanghai, Tianjin) sign language, Hong Kong Sign Language, Japanese...

Prepare your child for a bright future with Barron's Early Achiever Workbooks. Each workbook provides a hands-on learning experience tailored to grade-level skills. Barron's Early Achiever: Grade 4 English Language Arts Workbook is an ideal resource to supplement learning in the classroom, at home,...

Author: David Evans, Paul Gruba, Justin ZobelPublisher: Melbourne UniversityPublished: 03/01/2012Pages: 236Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.60dISBN: 9780522861266About the AuthorDavid Evans is a former senior associate of the faculty of architecture, building, and planning at the University of Melbourne and the coeditor...