Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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Lectures on the Prophetical Office of the Church: Viewed Relatively to Romanism and Popular Protestantism - Paperback

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by John Henry 1801-1890 Newman (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be pres...

Letter of the Hon. Edward G. Palmer, to M. W. Gary, Esq., Respecting the Blue Ridge Railroad in South Carolina, and the Replies of the President of th - Paperback

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by Edward Gendron Palmer (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved,...

From Fra Angelico to Frankie One Eye: An Examination of Italian American Nicknames and Identity in the 21st Century - Hardcover

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by Alfonso Guerriero (Author)This work of geolinguistic ethnography was written by Alfonso Guerriero, a noted researcher in the field of Italian American identity studies and, more generally, in geolinguistics and geolinguistic ethnography. This book is noteworthy for its discussion of the role of nicknames in the formation of Italian identity from the earliest period of Italian language history and how these nicknaming practices continue to influence Italian Americans in the 21st century. It...

Word of the Day: 365 Essential English Words, What They Mean, and How to Use Them - Paperback

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by No Author (Author)Are you sometimes lost for words when you're trying to say or write something in English?Are you unsure how one is supposed to pronounce paradigm, or for that matter, renaissance?Do you wish you knew the difference between ingenious and ingenuous, collaborate and corroborate?Then this book is for you! Compiled from the world-renowned Collins English Dictionary, Word of the Day will clear many a doubt you might have, increase your word power, and entertain you even as you ...

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by Sallyanne Duncan (Author)Ethics for Journalists critically explores many of the dilemmas that journalists face in their work and supports journalists in good ethical decision-making. From building trust, to combatting disinformation, to minimizing harm to vulnerable people through responsible suicide reporting, this book provides substantial analysis of key contemporary ethical debates and offers guidance on how to address them. Revised and updated throughout, this third edition covers: ...

New Frontiers in Language and Technology - Paperback

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by Christopher Joseph Jenks (Author) Number of Pages: 75 Dimensions: 0.15 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 13, 2023

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Gwynne's Latin: The Ultimate Introduction to Latin Including the Latin in Everyday English - Hardcover

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by N. M. Gwynne (Author)The ultimate guide to Latin, for its own sake, to improve your English, and to make you better at everything else Latin is "it", the most wonderful "thing". It is mind-enhancing, character-improving, enthralling, exciting, deeply satisfying, and valuable. My solid determination is to spare no pains to do it the justice that its importance demands. Mr Gwynne, author of Gwynne's Grammar, is just as emphatic about the importance of Latin as he is about the importance of g...

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Q: Skills for Success Reading and Writing: Level 2 Student Book B - Paperback

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by Joe McVeigh (Author), Jennifer Bixby (Author)Academic readiness Q: Skills for Success Second Edition helps students to get ready for academic success. Enhanced skills support provides four extra pages of reading or listening comprehension in every unit, deepening students' understanding of the unit topic and better preparing them for the unit assignment. A greater variety of activities encourages students to use critical thinking skills, such as making inferences or synthesizing informatio...

Information Science: The Basics - Paperback

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by Judith Pintar (Author), David Hopping (Author)Information Science: The Basics provides an accessible introduction to the multifaceted field of Information Science (IS). Inviting readers to explore a modern field of study with deep historical foundations, the book begins by considering the complexities of the term "information" and the information life cycle from classification to preservation. Each chapter examines a different area within IS, surveying its history, technologies, and pract...

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Read, Write, Inquire: Disciplinary Literacy in Grades 6-12 - Paperback

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by Hiller a. Spires (Author), Shea N. Kerkhoff (Author), Casey Medlock Paul (Author)In this practical guide, literacy experts show teachers how to use project-based inquiry to build students' discipline-specific skills and knowledge in grades 6-12. The authors present a five-phase framework that incorporates their professional development experience working with over 3,000 teachers. By making the intuitive practices of the disciplines explicit within an inquiry process, students have opportun...

The Dark Side of Our Digital World: And What You Can Do about It - Paperback

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by Andrew Weiss (Author)This book will help readers identify strategies to understand, avoid and handle fake news, misinformation, disinformation, information overload, surveillance and privacy loss, cyberbullying, hacking and other security flaws, and online and IT behavioral conditioning.Author BiographyAndrew Weiss is a digital services librarian at California State University, Northridge. His work is mainly concerned with developing our open access institutional repository and scholarly c...

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Reading Explorer 1: Student's Book - Paperback

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by David Bohlke (Author), Nancy Douglas (Author)Reading Explorer, a six-level reading series, prepares learners for academic success with highly visual, motivating National Geographic content that features real people, places, and stories. Number of Pages: 176 Dimensions: 0.4 x 10.8 x 8.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: May 28, 2019

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Medea: A Norton Critical Edition - Paperback

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by Euripides (Author), Sheila Murnaghan (Translator)This Norton Critical Edition includes: - Sheila Murnaghan's new translation of the great Greek tragedy of betrayal, revenge, and murder, set in Corinth in the fifth-century B.C.E. - A full introduction and explanatory annotations by Sheila Murnaghan. - Ancient perspectives on the unforgettable plot from Xenophon, Apollonius of Rhodes, and Seneca. - Seminal essays on Medea by P. E. Easterling, Helene P. Foley, and Edith Hall. - A Selected Bi...

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Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self - Hardcover

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by Julie Sedivy (Author)From an award-winning writer and linguist, a scientific and personal meditation on the phenomenon of language loss and the possibility of renewal. As a child Julie Sedivy left Czechoslovakia for Canada, and English soon took over her life. By early adulthood she spoke Czech rarely and badly, and when her father died unexpectedly, she lost not only a beloved parent but also her firmest point of connection to her native language. As Sedivy realized, more is at stake here...

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Reimagining Language Instruction: New Approaches to Promoting Equity - Paperback

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by Sabina Rak Neugebauer (Author), Emily Phillips Galloway (Author), Christina L. Dobbs (Author)Use this unique volume to transform the learning and teaching of language so that all students are empowered to succeed. This book offers insight into how to teach language--a core component of developing skilled readers and writers across all content areas--in ways that value the rich and diverse language assets students bring to the classroom. The authors provide guidance to help K-12 teachers mo...

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Pirates You Don't Know, and Other Adventures in the Examined Life: Collected Essays - Paperback

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by John Griswold (Author)For nearly ten years John Griswold has been publishing his essays in Inside Higher Ed, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Brevity, Ninth Letter, and Adjunct Advocate, many under the pen name Oronte Churm. Churm's topics have ranged widely, exploring themes such as the writing life and the utility of creative-writing classes, race issues in a university town, and the beautiful, protective crocodiles that lie patiently waiting in the minds of fathers. Though Griswold recent...

Whole Library Handbook 5: Current Data, Professional Advice, and Curiosa about Libraries and Library Services - Paperback

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by George M. Eberhart (Editor)The Whole Library Handbook, now in its fifth edition, is an encyclopedia filled with facts, tips, lists, and resources essential for library professionals and information workers of all kinds, all carefully handpicked to reflect the most informative, practical, up-to-date, and entertaining examples of library literature. Organized in easy-to-find categories, this unique compendium covers all areas of librarianship from academic libraries to teen services, from ca...

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Muthologos: Lectures and Interviews - Paperback

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by Charles Olson (Author), Ralph Maud (Editor)Charles Olson's insistence that the public value of any articulation is inseparable from the particulars of the time and place of its origins resulted in the proprioceptive methodology of his composition--in his speech and his writing, in both poetry and prose. Olson did not "lecture"--he "talked." His encyclopedic knowledge of the subjects that interested him engaged in a manner always as surprising to himself as to his listeners. This element of...

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Reading Comprehension: Nonfiction, Grade 6 Teacher Resource - Paperback

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by Evan-Moor Corporation (Author)Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your sixth-grade students! Choose from 10 units that span a variety of text structures and topics or use them all! Text structures include: Question and answer Main idea and details Cause and effect Compare and contrast Time order Nonfiction texts in the grade 6 book include a variety of content-area topics: Science: "The Force of Magnetism" Level V "Food Webs in Ecosystems" Level X "Ge...

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Reading Comprehension: Nonfiction, Grade 1 Teacher Resource - Paperback

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by Evan-Moor Corporation (Author)Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your first-grade students! Choose from 10 units that span a variety of grade-level topics or use them all! Illustrated nonfiction minibooks and two-page selections in this grade 2 book include a variety of content-area topics: Science: "We Need the Sun" Level C "Little Blue Butterfly" Level D "About the Wind" Level G "Water" Level G Social Studies: "The Statue of Liberty" Level D "Looki...

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Reading Comprehension: Fiction, Grade 2 Teacher Resource - Paperback

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by Evan-Moor Corporation (Author)Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your second-grade students! Choose from ten units that span fiction genres or use them all! Poetry Fairy fale Realistic fiction Fable Folk tale Tall tale Each unit includes: Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective One or two leveled reading selections with illustrations Story dictionary with content words and words to know Illustrated close reading activities, comprehension activi...

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Reading Comprehension: Fiction, Grade 1 Teacher Resource - Paperback

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by Evan-Moor Corporation (Author)Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your second-grade students!Choose from 8 units that span fiction genres or use them all! Realistic fiction Historical fiction Folktales Fables Rhymes Poetry Each unit includes: Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective A leveled reading selection in a minibook format Vocabulary activity: Picture dictionary with content words and a "Words to Know" list Reading comprehension activitie...

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Reading Comprehension: Fiction, Grade 3 Teacher Resource - Paperback

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by Evan-Moor Corporation (Author)Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your third-grade students! Choose from nine units that span fiction genres or use them all! Fable Mystery Folk tale Classic fiction Fairy tale Tall tale Poetry and song Historical fiction Greek legend Each unit includes: Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective One or two leveled reading selections with illustrations Story dictionary with topic vocabulary and academic vocabulary Cl...

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Reading Comprehension: Fiction, Grade 4 Teacher Resource - Paperback

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by Evan-Moor Corporation (Author)Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your fourth-grade students! Choose from nine units that span fiction genres or use them all! Fairy tale Poetry Myth Folk tale Realistic fiction Comedy Fantasy Historical fiction Each unit includes: Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective One or two leveled reading selections with illustrations Story dictionary with topic vocabulary and academic vocabulary Close reading activities,...

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by Philip G. Hill (Author)In this lucid, original, and comprehensive work, the articulated approaches to pedagogy are based on specific conceptions of human nature. Drawing on a vast range of Chomsky's prodigious output in linguistics, politics, biology, cognitive science, and education, Hill highlights two fundamental elements of Chomsky's understanding of human nature and uses these elements as the foundation of a highly creative approach to pedagogy. The originality of the work is apparent...

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Spelling Games and Activities, Grade 4 Teacher Resource - Paperback

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by Evan-Moor Corporation (Author)Help Students Succeed at Learning--While Having Fun! Illustrated theme-based worksheets take grade 4 students on spelling adventures as they expand their vocabulary and language skills. Over 600 words from real-world topics boost students' spelling competencies and reinforce spelling skills and strategies they have learned. Supplement your grade 4 spelling program with worksheets that provide additional practice with spelling and word study skills. Over 100 ...

Cuesti de Respeto: Unirnos En Una Naci Profundamente Dividida - Paperback

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by Ed Goeas (Author), Celinda Lake (Author)Cuestiacute;n de Respeto se dirige a los votantes cansados de un entorno pol劦acute;tico que acaba en un estancamiento inamovible, cimentado en la base de votantes de un partido pol咜ico que no aborda soluciones ni intenta comprender al bando contrario. Number of Pages: 240 Dimensions: 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: November 28, 2023

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Introduction to Healthcare Knowledge and Library Services - Paperback

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by Geoff Walton (Editor), Frances Johnson (Editor), David Stewart (Editor)The range of roles in healthcare knowledge and library services are many and varied. From 'traditional' librarian roles to those that break new ground, including clinical, embedded and outreach librarians and knowledge management, they are a vital ongoing support for this important sector.This book provides a comprehensive, practitioner focused introduction to all aspects of knowledge and library work in the health sect...

The Early Development of Project Gutenberg C.1970-2000 - Paperback

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by Simon Rowberry (Author) Number of Pages: 75 Dimensions: 0.22 x 7 x 5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: June 29, 2023

History and Development of the Arabic Language: Volume 2 - Hardcover

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by Malcolm Rogers (Editor)Arabic is a type of Semitic language that is primarily spoken in the Arab nations. It is considered to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula. The Islamic conquests that took place in the 7th century C.E. resulted in the rapid development of the Arabic language. This language is divided into three categories including classical, current standard and colloquial Arabic. It is the official language of many countries including Kuwait, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, United Arab...

Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing Volume 5 - Paperback

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by Trace Daniels-Lerberg (Editor), Dana Driscoll (Editor), Mary K. Stewart (Editor)Volumes in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing offer multiple perspectives on a wide range of topics about writing. In each chapter, authors present their unique views, insights, and strategies for writing by addressing the undergraduate reader directly. Drawing on their own experiences, these teachers-as-writers invite students to join in the larger conversation about the craft of writing. Consequently, each e...

Phonetics and Phonology in Multilingual Language Development - Paperback

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by Ulrike Gut (Author), Romana Kopečková (Author), Christina Nelson (Author)This Element focuses on phonetic and phonological development in multilinguals and presents a novel methodological approach to it within Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST). We will show how the traditional conceptualisations of acquisition with a strong focus on linear, incremental development with a stable endpoint can be complemented by a view of language development as emergent, self-organised, context-dependent...