Language Arts & Disciplines
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Localizing Global English: Asian Perspectives and PracticesEnglish is the most widely taught and learned language in the world and is used for communication among speakers from different language backgrounds. How it can be effectively taught and learned, what English means to, and how it can be owned by, non-native speakers...
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The Discourse of Desperation: Late 18th and Early 19th Century Letters by Paupers, Prisoners, and RoguesThis book discusses how the poor and desperate in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries mobilised their linguistic resources in pursuit of vital pragmatic goals, drawing on three corpora of letters written by the poor. The main question addressed by the book is,...
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Life-Writing, Genre and Criticism in the Texts of Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland: Women Writing for WomenSylvia Townsend Warner has increasingly become recognized as a significant and distinctive talent amongst twentieth-century authors. This volume explores her remarkable relationship with Valentine Ackland - her partner for forty years - by closely examining their letters and diaries alongside a selection of their...
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Nonverbal Communication in Political DebatesNonverbal Communication in Political Debates presents a framework for understanding and analyzing the multiple ways that nonverbal behavior functions in political debates. In addition to addressing the ways in which politicians are presented and present themselves in debate broadcasts, the framework considers a wide...
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A Linguistic Approach to the Study of DyslexiaThis volume contributes to the growing body of research on developmental dyslexia, focusing on the disorder's behavioural manifestations at different levels of the language system. It is organised into three sections that cover the three main vantage points from which the effects of dyslexia...
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A Month of Magic: 30-Day Poetry JournalIn this poetry journal, r.c. perez combines his experience in teaching and his passion for poetry to inspire writers to write a poem a day for thirty days and develop more appreciation for the art of poetry. If you are a beginner writer looking...
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Social Media Marketing for Book PublishersProviding a concise toolbox for publishing professionals and students of publishing, this book explores the skills needed to master the key elements of social media marketing and therefore stay relevant in this ever-competitive industry.Taking a hands-on, practical approach, Social Media Marketing for Book Publishers...
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Translating Controversial Texts in East Asian Contexts: A Methodology for the Translation of 'Controversy'Zulawnik focuses on the broad concept of 'controversy' and issues pertaining to the translation of politically and historically controversial texts in East Asia. The research methodology is exemplified through a case study in the form of the author's translation of the best-selling Japanese graphic...
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The Sound Pattern of EnglishThe theoretical issues raised in The Sound Pattern of English continue to be critical to current phonology, and in many instances the solutions proposed by Chomsky and Halle have yet to be improved upon.Author: Noam Chomsky, Morris HallePublisher: MIT PressPublished: 01/17/1991Pages: 488Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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America's Top 30 Idioms and Their Origins: America's 30 Most Whacko IdiomsAuthor: Fred EnghPublisher: Fred EnghPublished: 05/15/2022Pages: 90Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.60dISBN: 9798414982487
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Scottish Gaelic and its European CousinsThis book examines where Gaelic stands within the family of European languages, tracing its roots to Indo-European languages and showing how firmly it is established within them, rather than being a strange, unrelated outlier. He uses his knowledge of several modern and ancient languages...
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Teaching the Global Middle AgesCultural interconnection informs this collection's view of the Middle Ages.While globalization is a modern phenomenon, premodern people were also interconnected in early forms of globalism, sharing merchandise, technology, languages, and stories over long distances. Looking across civilizations, this volume takes a broad view of...
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The Cambridge Handbook of Task-Based Language TeachingAuthor: Mohammad Javad AhmadianPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 12/09/2021Pages: 750Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.00lbsSize: 9.80h x 6.80w x 1.50dISBN: 9781108491389About the AuthorAhmadian, Mohammad Javad: - Mohammad Javad Ahmadian is currently the Head of Postgraduate Taught at School of Education, University of Leeds. He has published widely...
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Vintage Writing InstructionThis is a collection of articles on fiction writing that were written a long time ago, whose advice has proven the test of time. When I published "Pulp Era Writing Tips" I had no idea how hungry folks were for this type of book....
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What is a Bong Tree?: Articles and Talks 1976-2021"What is a Bong Tree? brings together a big selection of Michael Rosen's writings and talks over five decades. They are about the centrality of literature, including children's literature, in the lives of all of us; about the power of poetry to inspire, console...
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A5 Notebook Hardback: Black and Red Spine Marble Wide Rule JournalA5 Hardback Black and Red Spine Notebook This cool and elegant hardcover wide ruled notebook or writing journal has 100 Wide Ruled pages measuring 5.83 x 8.27 inches - standard A5 size. It makes a great small notebook for daily use, as a present...
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Who Killed CalvinWho Killed Calvin is a Biography/ Autobiography book that chronologies the last 24 hours of Calvin L. Hughes's life. That allegedly ends on Pennsylvania Route 230 inside his white Grand Am pulled alongside the shoulder of the road. Calvin sat slumped over dead from...
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The Neo-Aramaic Oral Heritage of the Jews of ZakhoIn 1951, the secluded Neo-Aramaic-speaking Jewish community of Zakho migrated collectively to Israel. It carried with it its unique language, culture and customs, many of which bore resemblance to those found in classical rabbinic literature. Like others in Kurdistan, for example, the Jews of...
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Talking with Children: A Handbook of Interaction in Early Childhood EducationAuthor: Amelia ChurchPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 06/30/2022Pages: 476Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.10lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.06dISBN: 9781108845472
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Manuscript and Print in the Islamic TraditionThis volume explores and calls into question certain commonly held assumptions about writing and technological advancement in the Islamic tradition. In particular, it challenges the idea that mechanical print naturally and inevitably displaces handwritten texts as well as the notion that the so-called transition...
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