Language alive in the classroom

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Authors describe dynamic learning of grammar and writing in classrooms where students explore the Ocracoke brogue and dialects of Appalachia, pursue billiard-ball models of meaning in text, and examine the language of science fiction.

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Full title :Language alive in the classroom / edited by Rebecca S. Wheeler.

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Publication Date:1999.

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Publisher(s):Praeger
Place of Publication:Westport, Conn
Language:eng
Publication Date:1999.

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Description:xiv, 228 pages ; : 24 cm

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ISBN:0275960552, 9780275960551, 0275960560, 9780275960568
oclc:ocm40403720
LC Classification:P51
Dewey Decimal:410/.71

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