AA bold and provocative study that presents language not as an innate component of the brain--as most linguists do--but as an essential tool unique to each culture worldwide. For years, the prevailing opinion among academics has been that language is embedded in our genes, exist…
This all-in-one reference is a quick and easy way for book, magazine, online, academic, and business writers to look up sticky punctuation questions for all styles including AP (Associated Press), MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Psychological Association), and C…
"This all-in-one reference is a quick and easy way for book, magazine, online, academic, and business writers to look up sticky punctuation questions for all styles including AP (Associated Press), MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Psychological Association), and …
This book is the first dictionary of Hong Kong English and one of the few non-native variety dictionaries of English. It includes only words and word senses that are particular to this variety or have a specific reference to Hong Kong, and thus contributes to legitimizing Hong K…
This book presents a radical reconceptualization of the nature of linguistic knowledge. John Taylor challenges the conventional notion that a language can be understood in terms of the interaction of syntax with a lexicon, the second listing the words and the first the rules for…
Provides language methods for learning to speak, write, and read Spanish.
"This book offers simple, straightforward guidance for the practitioner who wants to use assistive technologies to extend library access"--
"This book offers simple, straightforward guidance for the practitioner who wants to use assistive technologies to extend library access"--
Nathalie Grainger, a perfume consultant with extensive experience of client fragrance profiles and fragrance training, was commissioned by Quintessentially Perfume to compile and create this luxurious hard-back book. Quintessentially Perfume pays homage to a cross section of nic…
Grammar in Context considers how grammatical choices influence and are influenced by the context in which communication takes place within a wide variety of contexts.
The Five- Minute Linguist: Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages takes a new approach to making accurate and up-to-date knowledge about language accessible in a non-academic way. It consists of 60 short chapters adapted from the weekly scripts of a popular U.S. public radi…
"This best-selling dictionary is now in its 4th edition. Specifically written for students of language teaching and applied linguistics, it has become an indispensible resource for those engaged in courses in TEFL, TESOL, applied linguistics and introductory courses in general l…
"This highly readable book provides the practical information needed to get started managing electronic resources throughout their lifecycle in an academic library"--Provided by publisher.
"This highly readable book provides the practical information needed to get started managing electronic resources throughout their lifecycle in an academic library"--Provided by publisher.
"The texts in Minima Philologica, "95 Theses on Philology" and "For--Philology," release philology from institutional fetters, reveal its affinity with the nature of language, and teach us how to practice it on the model of poetry. Poetry is first philology because language rout…
