Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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A Contrastive Functional Grammar of English and Arabic - Paperback

$37.17

by Hala Kh Najim (Author)This book deals with comparing English and Arabic grammars from a systemic perspective.It tackles systemic aspects in English grammar such as the elements of the English clause, the three metafunctions: ideational, interpersonal, and textual; and their systems.The book also sheds light on the Arabic grammar by applying the systemic grammar to it. A contrastive study is made to show the similarities and differences between the two languages. Number of Pages: 112 Dimens...

$50.38

by Brett Elizabeth Blake (Author)Our wildly diverse country contains multitudes-wanderers and drifters, exiles and refugees, boundary defenders and border-crossers, nomads and immigrants, Underground Railroaders and long-haul riders, free-thinkers and rule-followers. No single story can say it all, for we are people who speak with many tongues, and who refuse to stand still-we're on the move, on the run, and in the mix, our collective experiences united in motion. Critical Process Writing beg...

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The Oxford Handbook of Cyberpsychology - Paperback

$106.02

by Alison Attrill-Smith (Editor), Chris Fullwood (Editor), Melanie Keep (Editor)The internet is so central to everyday life, that it is impossible to contemplate life without it. From finding romance, to conducting business, receiving health advice, shopping, banking, and gaming, the internet opens up a world of possibilities to people across the globe. Yet for all its positive attributes, it is also an environment where we witness the very worst of human behaviour - cybercrime, election inte...

A Writing Center Practitioner's Inquiry Into Collaboration: Pedagogy, Practice, and Research - Hardcover

$111.76

by Georganne Nordstrom (Author)This book presents a model of Practitioner Inquiry (PI) as a systematic form of empirical research and provides a rationale for its suitability within a writing center context. Exploring the potential of writing centers as pedagogical sites that support research, the book offers an accessible model that guides both research and practice for writing center practitioners, while offering flexibility to account for their distinct contexts of practice.Responding to t...

Arts-Based Research Methods in Writing Studies: A Primer - Hardcover

$111.76

by Kate Hanzalik (Author)As the arts become an increasingly popular pedagogical tool in writing studies, Arts-Based Research Methods in Writing Studies offers scholars and educators in the field ways to leverage the arts for their own scholarship through the practice of arts-based research (ABR). Tailored to the needs of writing studies scholars, this concise guide presents ways of exploring and addressing unresolved research questions from the past as well as new, pressing questions that are...

Arts-Based Research Methods in Writing Studies: A Primer - Paperback

$46.96

The Role of Context in Language Teachers' Self Development and Motivation: Perspectives from Multilingual Settings - Paperback

$63.18

by Amy S. Thompson (Author)This book unpacks data from conversations with bi-/multilingual EFL teachers to provide insights into the formation of ideal teacher selves. The author discusses the complexities surrounding the development of the teachers' selves and motivation, as well as their intertwinement with the sociopolitical realities of their individual contexts.Author BiographyAmy S. Thompson is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Department Chair of World Languages, Literatures, and Li...

Language Learning in Study Abroad: The Multilingual Turn - Paperback

$85.41

by Wenhao Diao (Editor), Emma Trentman (Editor)This book addresses the multilingual reality of study abroad across a variety of national contexts and target languages. The chapters examine multilingual socialization and translanguaging; how the target language is entwined in global, local and historical contexts; and how students use local and global varieties of English.Author BiographyWenhao Diao is an Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies and the doctoral program of S...

Language Learning in Study Abroad: The Multilingual Turn - Hardcover

$290.61

My First Trilingual ABC: Learning the Alphabet (With Portuguese) Tracing, Drawing, Coloring and start Writing with the animals. (Big Print Full - Paperback

$18.70

by Victor I. Castillo (Author)This edition is a book with a totally new and innovative concept. Learn three languages in the same book. This will increase your child's vocabulary to another level by associating words in Spanish, English and Portuguese with beautiful illustrations so that the child will better develop his or her language learning potential from a young age. Then if you like this book, we made it in another language: My First Trilingual ABC (Spanish, English and French).In addi...

Poetry of Aileen: The Phenomenal Book of Poetry - Paperback

$48.60

by Aileen Acevedo (Author)Aileen has been writing since she was just a little girl but she lost so much of her work due to different circumstances, therefore, decided to put all that she has left plus some new Poetry work all in one book. Includes original poetry quotes. To read or listen to the rest of them go on you tube. God bless all supporters. Number of Pages: 192 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: September 18, 2020

Translation of Contemporary Taiwan Literature in a Cross-Cultural Context: A Translation Studies Perspective - Paperback

$84.22

by Szu-Wen Kung (Author)Translation of Contemporary Taiwan Literature in a Cross-Cultural Context explores the social, cultural, and linguistic implications of translation of Taiwan literature for transnational cultural exchange. It demonstrates principally how asymmetrical cultural relationships, mediation processes, and ideologies of the translation players constitute the culture-specific translation activity as a highly contested site, where translation can reconstruct and rewrite the lite...

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Everyone Has What It Takes: A Writer's Guide to the End of Self-Doubt - Paperback

$19.00

by William Kenower (Author)An insightful guide for any writer who's ever wondered if they're talented, creative, lovable, or worthy enough. Spoiler alert: You are. As hard as the craft of writing is, the greatest challenges writers face are often within ourselves. Comparison, self-doubt, isolation, and other internal struggles can derail a writer's progress, at any stage in the writing life. Author, essayist, and speaker William Kenower knows these struggles first-hand, and hears them from wr...

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by Ulrike Zeshan (Editor), Jenny Webster (Editor)Editorial board: Sam Lutalo-Kiingi, Ronice Müller de Quadros, Nick Palfreyman, Roland Pfau, Adam Schembri, Gladys Tang, Erin Wilkinson, Jun Hui Yang The series is dedicated to the comparative study of sign languages around the world. Individual or collective works that systematically explore typological variation across sign languages are the focus of this series, with particular emphasis on undocumented, underdescribed and endangered sign lan...

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GRE Prep 2021 and 2022: GRE Study Book 2021 and 2022 with Practice Test Questions for the Graduate Record Examination [10th Edition] - Paperback

$44.15

by Tpb Publishing (Author)Test Prep Books' GRE Prep 2021 and 2022: GRE Study Book 2021 and 2022 with Practice Test Questions for the Graduate Record Examination 10th Edition] Made by Test Prep Books experts for test takers trying to achieve a great score on the GRE exam. This comprehensive study guide includes: Quick Overview Find out what's inside this guide Test-Taking Strategies Learn the best tips to help overcome your exam Introduction Get a thorough breakdown of what the test is a...

How to Write a Groom's Speech - Paperback

$9.43

by Steve Johns (Author)"Steve's guide is a must-read for any groom. As a wedding photographer I have attended in excess of 200 ceremonies and have witnessed many a flustered groom in a state of panic during their speech, primarily attributed to poor preparation. Steve's step-by-step approach will ensure all your foundations are in place to deliver an engaging, heartfelt and humorous speech... just like Steve's was " - Rob Tarren, professional wedding photographer. This is a step-by-step guide...

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The Oxford Handbook of Language and Society - Paperback

$104.31

by Ofelia García (Editor), Nelson Flores (Editor), Massimiliano Spotti (Editor)This Oxford Handbook challenges basic concepts that have informed the study of sociolinguistics since its inception in the 1960s. In 27 chapters, the book challenges the modernist positivist perspective of the field that has treated languages and speech communities as bounded and the idealized native speaker as the ultimate authority. Instead, it offers a critical poststructuralist perspective that examines the soc...

Essentials of Technical Communication - Paperback

$147.60

by Elizabeth Tebeaux (Author), Sam Dragga (Author)In today's complex workplace, no one wants to read what you write. The Essentials of Technical Communication, Fifth Edition, was developed with this principle in mind. The respected author team continues to provide students with accessible and comprehensive instructions for planning, drafting, and revising technical documents that are clear and concise. Divided into two flexible parts--Principles and Applications--the text lays a strong founda...

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by B. F. Skinner (Author)First published in 1957, "Verbal Behavior" is the widely influential work on linguistics and behaviorism by B. F. Skinner, the renowned American psychologist, social philosopher, and author. Considered to be one of the most important psychologists of the 20th century, Skinner was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University for nearly twenty years and expanded on his work on the study of human behavior and the use of language over decades. "Verbal Be...

Analysing Politics and Protest in Digital Popular Culture: A Multimodal Introduction - Paperback

$91.80

by Lyndon Way (Author)Supporting you with varied pedagogy throughout, this engaging new book provides a foundational understanding of politics and protest before focusing on step-by-step instructions for carrying out analysis on your own. It includes up to date cases, such as analysis of memes about Brexit, Trump and even coronavirus, that cater for this quickly moving field. Number of Pages: 224 Dimensions: 0.47 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publication Date: January 20...

My First Learn to Write & Color Workbook: alphabet tracing book for kids ages 3-5, Trace and color Letters, Practice for Kids with Pen Control. - Paperback

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by Blogaros (Author)My First Learn to Write & Color Workbook will supplement any child's education and help them build some of the fundamental skills to help them become good writers. Our collection of writing pages starts with helping build the fine motor skills necessary to become an early writing. They then focus on making sure kids learn to write and color the letters of the alphabet and words. As ages progress, our writing and coloring pages get into spelling, grammar and some more a...

Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel: Expanded and Updated - Hardcover

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by Lawrence Block (Author)Lawrence Block's WRITING THE NOVEL remained continuously in print since 1978. But the world of publishing has changed, and Block has expanded and updated his original text, bringing each chapter up to date and adding new material on ebooks, self-publishing, and what perils and opportunities await the new novelist-and the veteran as well.Unlike many advice-givers, Block doesn't tell you what book to write, or the one and only way to write it. He holds that every novel...

Foundations of Information Ethics - Paperback

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by John J. F. Burgess (Author), Emily J. M. Knox (Author)As discussions about the roles played by information in economic, political, and social arenas continue to evolve, the need for an intellectual primer on information ethics that also functions as a solid working casebook for LIS students and professionals has never been more urgent. This text, written by a stellar group of ethics scholars and contributors from around the globe, expertly fills that need. Organized into twelve chapters, m...

Foundations of Information Policy - Paperback

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by Paul T. Jaeger (Author), Natalie Greene Taylor (Author)The first of its kind, this important new text provides a much-needed introduction to the myriad information policy issues that impact information professionals, information institutions, and the patrons and communities served by those institutions. In this key textbook for LIS students and reference text for practitioners, noted scholars Jaeger and Taylor draw from current, authoritative sources to familiarize readers with the histor...

Marketing Plans in Action: A Step-by-Step Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Cultural Organizations - Paperback

$107.98

by Amanda L. Goodman (Author)You know you need to get the word out. But where do you start? How do you keep track of everything? Don't work harder--work smarter. The key is to stay organized and focused through solid project management skills, and at the heart of it all lies an efficient workflow. Goodman's invaluable resource is here to smooth the way with 72 time-saving guides that will streamline your processes. Addressing myriad marketing, publicity, and promotion activities, this book is...

Management Basics for Information Professionals - Paperback

$125.98

by G. Edward Evans (Author), Stacey Greenwell (Author)The recipient of rave reviews from far and wide (Journal of Hospital Librarianship deemed it "a librarian's dream ... very forward-thinking"), since its initial publication this text has served as an essential resource for both LIS students and practitioners. The new fourth edition offers an updated, comprehensive examination of the myriad of basic skills effective library managers must exercise throughout their careers. Throughout, Evans ...

Foundations of Library and Information Science - Paperback

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by Richard E. Rubin (Author), Rachel G. Rubin (Author)Richard E. Rubin's book has served as the authoritative introductory text for generations of library and information science practitioners, with each new edition taking in its stride the myriad societal, technological, political, and economic changes affecting our users and institutions and transforming our discipline. Rubin teams up with his daughter, Rachel G. Rubin, a rising star in the library field in her own right, for the fifth edit...

A Piece of Rope: A Selection Of Poems For Everyday Life - Paperback

$21.58

by Kathryn Gosling (Author)Everybody's life is woven from strands that join and bind, all formed by significant events and moments as you travel along your road. Each story takes different directions as it moves, sometimes flowing gently along forming knots of precious memories or those of difficult mountains that must be climbed.During my time on this planet I find that when something happened or I felt a need to express my feelings, words would flood into my head and they always seem to end...

The Digital Humanities Coursebook: An Introduction to Digital Methods for Research and Scholarship - Paperback

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by Johanna Drucker (Author)The Digital Humanities Coursebook provides critical frameworks for the application of digital humanities tools and platforms, which have become an integral part of work across a wide range of disciplines. Written by an expert with twenty years of experience in this field, the book is focused on the principles and fundamental concepts for application, rather than on specific tools or platforms. Each chapter contains examples of projects, tools, or platforms that dem...

Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español - Paperback

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by Guillermo Rojo (Author) Introducción a la lingüística de corpus en español es la primera obra concebida desde la óptica del español para investigar los corpus textuales existentes en la actualidad. Destinada a conjugar armónicamente la exposición de cuestiones teóricas y metodológicas, proporciona información detallada sobre las tareas necesarias en el diseño, construcción y explotación de un corpus a partir de numerosos ejemplos de obtención de datos sobre diferentes cuestiones léxicas y ...

SAT English Practice: SAT Grammar Workbook Tutor with 3 Practice Tests [2nd Edition Prep] - Paperback

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by Tpb Publishing (Author)Test Prep Books' SAT English Practice: SAT Grammar Workbook Tutor with 3 Practice Tests 2nd Edition Prep] Made by Test Prep Books experts for test takers trying to achieve a great score on the SAT exam. This study guide includes: Quick Overview Find out what's inside this guide Test-Taking Strategies Learn the best tips to help overcome your exam Introduction Get a thorough breakdown of what the test is and what's on it Grammar Learn everything you need to kn...

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AP English Language and Composition 2021 - 2022: AP English Language and Composition Study Guide with Practice Test Questions [3rd Edition] - Paperback

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by Tpb Publishing (Author)Test Prep Books' AP English Language and Composition 2021 - 2022: AP English Language and Composition Study Guide with Practice Test Questions 3rd Edition] Made by Test Prep Books experts for test takers trying to achieve a great score on the AP English Language exam. This comprehensive study guide includes: Quick Overview Find out what's inside this guide Test-Taking Strategies Learn the best tips to help overcome your exam Introduction Get a thorough breakdow...