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Bracketing Paradox and Direct Compositionality: Montagovian Morphology for Bound Morphemes - Hardcover

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by Kazuhiko Fukushima (Author)Bracketing Paradox and Direct Compositionality resolves bracketing paradoxes in Japanese through semantically reinforced morphology proper and without complex syntactic supposition or manipulation. Direct Compositionality and lexicalism are maintained in the domain of morpho-semantic interface thanks to Montagovian apparatus.Author BiographyKazuhiko Fukushima is professor of linguistics at Kansai Gaidai University. Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN...

A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment - Paperback

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by Erec Smith (Author)This book critiques current antiracist ideology in rhetoric and composition, arguing that it inadvertently promotes a deficit-model of empowerment for both students and scholars and a "primacy of identity" that values lived experience over critical thinking.Author BiographyErec Smith is associate professor of rhetoric and composition at York College of Pennsylvania. Number of Pages: 186 Dimensions: 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March 29, 2021

Medical Interpreters' Glossary: English-Arabic - Paperback

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by Abe Lomri (Author)A Glossary is your door to any profession. Build it, study it, ... and you are already there. Building your medical glossary is as simple as putting new vocabulary in an excel sheet. Make sure you label your excel sheet and let the software alphabetize for you As interpreters, our translation memory is the brain, so revisiting your glossary is a must. This book introduces interpretation students to medical terminology, with a fun guided activity at the end. Number of Pag...

Pen Control And Tracing Book: Pen Control Workbook, Pen Control Training, Tracing Shapes, Tracing Letters And Numbers, Tracing Animals For Kids - Paperback

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by Lamaa Bom (Author)This pen control And tracing book is specially designed to help your children improve their fine motor skills. Simply trace the lines to complete the fun themed included: Lines TracingShapes TracingAlphabets TracingNumbers TracingAnimals TracingYOU WILL GET THIS BOOK WITH: * A Beautiful premium cover printed on high quality * Perfectly sized at 8.5 x 11 inches ( 21.59 x 27.94 cm) 85 Pages Number of Pages: 86 Dimensions: 0.18 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: January 05,...

Cursive Handwriting Workbook with Inspiring Quotes: Practice Activity Book for Kids, Teens, and Adults That Motivates Them for Success. - Paperback

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by Purity Inclined Publishers (Author)Cursive handwriting is a lovely form of art which sounds foreign to many people today. It seems strenuous and tedious to many people but without doubt it is such an important part of our culture and lifestyle. This book is written with the sole purpose of making this somewhat difficult and boring lessons fun and pleasure.This is an amazing collection of over 95 quotes which will motivate anyone from kids to adults to practice cursive handwriting and also ...

Barron's Early Achiever: Grade 3 English Language Arts Workbook Activities & Practice - Paperback

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by Barrons Educational Series (Author)Prepare your child for a bright future with Barron's Early Achiever Workbooks. Each workbook provides a hands-on learning experience tailored to grade-level skills. Barron's Early Achiever: Grade 3 English Language Arts Workbook is an ideal resource to supplement learning in the classroom, at home, for learning pods, or for homeschooling. Inside you'll find: Fun, interactive activities for reading comprehension and writing practice Helpful tips, glossari...

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The Ultimate RPG Quest Keeper: A Journal to Keep Your Campaign Rolling - Hardcover

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by Jef Aldrich (Author), Jon Taylor (Author)Chronicle every step of your RPG and record details about your characters, party, quest, and more with this customizable gaming journal for all your adventures. The Ultimate RPG Quest Keeper is an essential tool for all tabletop RPG players to record their characters and adventures, with easy-to-use templates for keeping track of all vital details. From your characters' personality traits and history to important clues and characters for ongoing que...

The Routledge Course in Arabic Business Translation: Arabic-English-Arabic - Paperback

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by Mahmoud Altarabin (Author) The Routledge Course in Arabic Business Translation: Arabic-English-Arabic is an essential coursebook for university students wishing to develop their skills in translating different types of business texts between English and Arabic. Practical in its approach, the book introduces translation students to the concept of translation and equivalence in the context of business texts, business translators, and the linguistic and syntactic features of business texts. I...

Libraries, Archives, and Museums: An Introduction to Cultural Heritage Institutions through the Ages - Paperback

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by Suzanne M. Stauffer (Editor)The work provides a thorough background for students and professionals in the fields of library, archives, and museum resource management, preservation, and administration. Author BiographySuzanne M. Stauffer, PhD, is professor of library and information science at Louisiana State University and an affliated member of the faculty of the Doctor of Design in Cultural Preservation in the College of Art & Design. She is a member of the editorial review board of ...

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The Library: A Fragile History - Hardcover

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by Andrew Pettegree (Author), Arthur Der Weduwen (Author)Perfect for book lovers, this is a fascinating exploration of the history of libraries and the people who built them, from the ancient world to the digital age. Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes, or filled with bean bags and children's drawings--the history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of in...

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ACT Prep Book 2021 and 2022: ACT Study Guide with Practice Test Questions for All Sections [English, Math, Reading, Science, Essay] - Paperback

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by Matthew Lanni (Author)APEX Test Prep's ACT Prep 2020 Tutor: ACT Test Prep Book with Practice Test Questions 2nd Edition Study Guide] APEX Test Prep believes that preparing for the ACT exam shouldn't be harder than the test itself. To that end, we pack our products with everything you need. This includes testing tips, clear instruction, comprehensive material, practice questions, and detailed answer explanations. We want you to succeed. Get a copy of our APEX Test Prep ACT study guide to g...

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PSAT Prep 2021 with 3 Practice Tests: PSAT Study Guide for the College Board Exam [5th Edition Book] - Paperback

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by Joshua Rueda (Author)Test Prep Books' PSAT Prep 2021 with 3 Practice Tests: PSAT Study Guide for the College Board Exam 5th Edition Book]Made by Test Prep Books experts for test takers trying to achieve a great score on the PSAT 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 and what's on it b>Reading Test Cov...

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by Joseph J. Diorio (Author)HONORED AS A NOTABLE 100 BOOK IN THE 2021 SHELF UNBOUND BEST INDIE BOOK COMPETITION FINALIST FOR THE 2021 FOREWORD INDIES AWARDS Penned by a writer who had to teach himself the rules of English grammar, A Few Words About Words offers an easy and accessible approach to understanding and using the English language. In a world dominated by countless print and social media outlets, written communication is king. Writing your when you mean you're and there when you mean...

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SAT Prep Questions Book 2021-2022: 3 SAT Practice Tests with Detailed Answer Explanations for the College Board Exam [3rd Edition] - Paperback

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by Joshua Rueda (Author)Test Prep Books' SAT Prep Questions Book 2021-2022: 3 SAT Practice Tests with Detailed Answer Explanations for the College Board Exam 3rd Edition] Made by Test Prep Books experts for test takers trying to achieve a great score on the SAT exam. Quick Overview Find out what's inside this product 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 Practice Test #1 Practice...

Expressive Meaning Across Linguistic Levels and Frameworks - Hardcover

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by Andreas Trotzke (Editor), Xavier Villalba (Editor)This volume is the first to explore the formal linguistic expressions of emotions at different levels of linguistic complexity. Research on the language-emotion interface has to date concentrated primarily on the conceptual dimension of emotions as expressed via language, with semantic and pragmatic studies dominating the field. The chapters in this book, in contrast, bring together work from different linguistic frameworks: generative synt...

Collocations in the English Language: Types of Collocations with Examples - Paperback

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by Manik Joshi (Author)Collocations Dictionary --- 6000 Useful Collocations --- Example Sentences of Collocations --- Collocation exercises ----- A collocation is a combination of words that often used together and sound natural together. J.R. Firth, a British linguist first used the term "collocation" in its linguistic sense. These combinations are natural and sound "right" to native English speaker. In contrast, other combinations may be unnatural and sound "wrong". You should say "light ra...

Broadcast Journalism: Techniques of Radio and Television News - Paperback

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by Peter Stewart (Author), Ray Alexander (Author)Now in its 8th edition, Broadcast Journalism continues to be an essential text on the production of news broadcasting and the practical skills needed. It includes not only basic techniques and classic examples for the production of radio and TV news, but also new technology and the latest case studies. The fundamental skills of interviewing, news writing and production now have to cope with the prevalence of Fake News and Deep Fakes and verifyi...

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17 Minutos: Entrevista Con El Dictador / 17 Minutes. an Interview with the Dictator: Una Lectura Esencial Para Entender El Rol del Periodista - Paperback

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by Jorge Ramos (Author)Un libro que todo estudiante de perodismo debe leer. El relato de cómo Jorge Ramos confrontó y desenmascaró a Nicolás Maduro ante las cámaras, y todo lo que ocurrió antes y después de la entrevista. El 25 de febrero de 2019, apoyado por su equipo de Univision, Jorge Ramos realizó una entrevista --preparada minuciosamente-- a Nicolás Maduro. Después de un cuarto de hora, y luego de evidenciar su disgusto por el severo cuestionamiento de quien se ha caracterizado por co...

Living The Lingo of Linguine: Italian Words to Live By - Hardcover

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by Teresa De Luca (Author)Are you looking for a lesson in language and in life? If the answer is yes, look no further.Luckily for us, Italians have gifted the globe with their many contributions in the realms of art, opera, cinema, pizza-the list is endless. Although, one area which is often overlooked is the Italian gift of the gab. The greatest gift of them all.Italians possess a bevy of phrases to get you through all of life's phases. So, if you want to change your life, it's simple. All y...

Introduction to Classical Chinese - Paperback

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by Kai Vogelsang (Author)This textbook provides a comprehensive scholarly introduction to Classical Chinese and its texts. Classical Chinese is the language of Confucius and Mencius and their contemporaries, who wrote the seminal texts of Chinese philosophy more than 2,000 years ago. Although it was used as a living language for only a relatively short time, it was the foundation of Chinese education throughout the Imperial age, and formed the basis of a literary tradition that continues to t...

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Lies and Liars: How and Why Sociopaths Lie and How You Can Detect and Deal with Them - Paperback

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by Gini Graham Scott (Author)Learn how to spot a liar and stay safe. Approximately 12 million Americans, or one in twenty-five, are sociopaths. But what does this statistic mean? What exactly is a sociopath? What do they do to be labeled as such? And how many people are affected by them? While everyday lying has become acceptable and even socially necessary, it is often difficult to discover when someone is manipulating you through lies or other actions. Since a sociopath has no conscience, ...

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Selected Poetry: Annotated Edition - Paperback

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by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Author)During his short and restless life, Percy Bysshe Shelley produced a great number of poems, three verse plays and numerous prose works, as well as many essays in which he propounded his philosophical views and radical political ideas. These, together with his highly unconventional itinerant life and his literary connections, make him one of the most important and intriguing figures in British Romanticism. This volume provides a generous selection of his poetry,...

Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda: A Story Grid Masterwork Analysis Guide - Paperback

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by Sheila Lischwe (Editor), Abigail K. Perry (Author)Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton is a transformative work of art. From its initial performance in 2015, this daring interpretation of the life of orphan, hero, and scholar Alexander Hamilton profoundly changed musical theater-and the audiences who watched and listened.Revolution was the subject and the goal.In Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda: A Story Grid Masterwork Analysis Guide, writer, editor, and educator Abigail K. Perry shows us that Mir...

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Escribir En 21 Dias / Write for 21 Days in a Row - Paperback

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by Silvia Adela Kohan (Author)El m todo para escribir una novela, el h bito que transformar tu vida. Numerosos escritores experimentado han visto multiplicada su creatividad al adoptar la rutina que propone este libro: escribir siete minutos al d a durante 21 d as seguidos. Un m todo que te incita a encontrar modos in ditos de crear y te ayuda a escribir sin pausa para permitir que salga el libro que llevas dentro. Una pr ctica que, adem s, proporciona recursos para el autoconocimiento. En s...

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How to Make a Book (about My Dog) - Hardcover

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by Chris Barton (Author), Sarah Horne (Illustrator)How do you make a picture book? Well, you need an author, an illustrator, and . . . a dog?! Acclaimed author Chris Barton and his trusty pooch Ernie show readers how to make a nonfiction picture book . . . about Ernie! From coming up with ideas, researching, and writing a first draft to finding the perfect illustrator, deciding what goes on the cover, and getting every last wrod--er, word--just right, you'll see how a book is made from beginn...

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English Language and Literature for the IB Diploma: Prepare for Success: Hodder Education Group - Paperback

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by Angela Stancar Johnson (Author), Colin Pierce (Author)Stretch your students to achieve their best grade with this year-round course companion; providing clear and concise explanations of all syllabus requirements and topics, and exam practice questions to support and strengthen learning. - Practice and revise skills - exam practice boxes throughout with questions for paper 1 and paper 2 with genuine example answers. - Achieve the best grades - expert advice on how to approach and explore a...

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English Literature for the IB Diploma: Prepare for Success: Hodder Education Group - Paperback

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by Carolyn P. Henly (Author), Erik Brandt (Author)Stretch your students to achieve their best grade with this year-round course companion; providing clear and concise explanations of all syllabus requirements and topics, and exam practice questions to support and strengthen learning. - Practice and revise skills - exam practice boxes throughout with questions for paper 1 and paper 2 with genuine example answers. - Achieve the best grades - expert advice on how to approach and explore a topic ...

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Librarian's Guide to Online Searching: Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction - Paperback

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by Christopher C. Brown (Author)Updates the premier textbook for students and librarians needing to know the landscape of current databases and how to search them. Librarians need to know of existing databases, and they must be able to teach search capabilities and strategies to library users. This practical guide introduces librarians to a broad spectrum of fee-based and freely available databases and explains how to teach them. The updated 6th edition of this well-regarded text covers new d...

The Precarious Center, or When Will the African Narrative Hold? - Paperback

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by Molefi Kete Asante (Author)The Precarious Center or When Will the African Narrative Hold? dispels the Western romanization of Greek, English, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese to the detriment of African ideas and ideals. This text re-centers the African world and dispels the dominating myths and memes of Greek society, which have obliterated all other approaches with the false idea of European superiority in a multiethnic and multicultural world. The Precarious Center strengthens g...

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by Lawrence Block (Author)Sometime in 1953, I knew with unusual certainty what I intended to do with my life. I would become a writer. I was then 15 years old, and the next several years were to prove eventful. I went to college, I got a summer job at a literary agency and dropped out of college to keep it, I sold two dozen short stories and articles to national magazines, and I completed a novel. By the time I was 25, I had a wife and two daughters and a house in a suburb. I had published ov...

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by I Talk You Talk Press (Author)A graded reader for learners of English (EFL)Level 2 - A1/A2 Starter (2)Word count: 4,861Elspeth was at home, waiting for her mother to come back from work. Someone knocked on the door. She opened it. There was a man standing in front of her. Who was he? And why did he come to the house? The man knew dangerous and dark secrets from the past. And, he had a gun....Can Elspeth save her life and her mother's life? Their situation seems terrible, but help comes fro...

British Literature: Reading and Writing Through the Classics - Paperback

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by Janice Campbell (Author)British Literature, the fourth volume of the Excellence in Literature curriculum, is designed to cultivate not only a love for great literature, but also to build college-ready writing skills and deep cultural literacy. Students work with unabridged great classics (purchased separately), including novels, short stories, poems, and drama, which have been selected for compelling ideas, literary quality, and in honor of their place in the historical development of lite...