Since the publication of the still very valuable Biblioteca histórica de la filología by Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la Viñaza, (Madrid, 1893), our knowledge of the history of the study of the Spanish language has grown considerably. It has been the purpose of BICRES I (f…
As well as the well-known inventory written by Maria Pia Pedani Fabris in 1994, I "Documenti Turchi" della (TM)Archivio di Stato di Venezia &, this book is based on the work by Alessio Bombaci from the 1940s. Pedania (TM)s work is an academic inventory of the documents in the ar…
Terminology in Everyday Life contains a selection of fresh and interesting articles by prominent scholars and practitioners in the field of terminology based on papers presented at an international terminology congress on the impact of terminology on everyday life. The volume br…
This text considers how people talk about the location of objects and places. It reports on the developments in the field of spatial language and sets an agenda for future research on spatial conceptualization and communication in cognitive science, computer science, psychology,…
This book uses Conversation Analysis methodology to analyze rhetorical and other questions that are designed to convey assertions, rather than seek new information. It shows how these question sequences unfold interactionally in naturally-occurring talk in a variety of settings,…
Rife with deeply personal, perhaps slightly embarrassing and often hysterical personal stories from the author herself, Put Your Big Girl Panties On and Deal With It is the guidebook for real women ready to take charge of their own lives.
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Leading researchers in morphology, syntax, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and computational linguistics address central questions about the form and acquisition of analogy in grammar.
Describes the lives of women from royal Indian history, including their friendships, expressions of faith, and beauty traditions and shares ancient recipes for enhancing the hair and skin using a range of natural ingredients.
Includes both nonfiction and fiction reading recommendations for armchair or "real" travelers. This librarian famous for reader's advisory covers places as diverse as Afghanistan, Appalachia, Arizona, Baltimore, Boston, Burma, Congo, Corfu, Detroit, England, Finland, the Galapag…
This book brings together a collection of current research on the assessment of oral proficiency in a second language. Fourteen chapters focus on the use of the language proficiency interview or LPI to assess oral proficiency. The volume addresses the central issue of validity i…
"Conversation and Gender is the perfect riposte to those who assume that conversation analysis cannot account for 'structural' realities. Written by a top-flight collection of scholars, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in gender in interaction." David Silverm…
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 volume brings together a number of articles representative of the present outlook on the importance of metaphors, and of the work done on metaphors in several domains of (psycho)linguistics. The first part of the volume deals with metaphor and the system of language. The se…
Presented with a color-coded system for easily navigating the different groups of elements, provides information on the characteristics and uses of the one hundred eighteen elements that make up the Periodic Table.
Companion planting is a phrase that has taken on many meanings for today?s gardeners. Within the scientific com- munity, companion planting is also called intercropping and is a form of polyculture, which describes a method of planting species of plants together for mutual benef…
