Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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The Routledge Handbook of Materials Development for Language Teaching - Paperback

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by Julie Norton (Editor), Heather Buchanan (Editor)This handbook provides an overview of the development of language teaching materials, critical discussion of core issues, and an assessment of future directions. It is essential reading for researchers, scholars and students on MA programmes in ELT, TESOL and Applied Linguistics.Author BiographyJulie Norton is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and TESOL and Co-Director of Teaching and Learning at the School of Education, University of Leicest...

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Smart Choice Level 1 Student Book with Online Practice 4th Edition - Paperback

$99.00

Dimensions: 0.24 x 11.63 x 8.36 IN Publication Date: November 06, 2024

Search Foundations: Toward a Science of Technology-Mediated Experience - Paperback

$135.00

by Sachi Arafat (Author), Elham Ashoori (Author)A call to redirect the intellectual focus of information retrieval and science (IR&S) toward the phenomenon of technology-mediated experience. In this book, Sachi Arafat and Elham Ashoori issue a call to reorient the intellectual focus of information retrieval and science (IR&S) away from search and related processes toward the more general phenomenon of technology-mediated experience. Technology-mediated experience accounts for an incre...

How to Write a Nonfiction Book in 24 Hours: A Simple Step-by-Step System for Writing a Good Book Fast - Hardcover

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by Dale L. Roberts (Author)You're ready to write your nonfiction book......but how do you get it done fast?What's the secret to finishing in record time?In How to Write a Nonfiction Book in 24 Hours: A Simple Step-by-Step System for Writing a Good Book Fast, Dale L. Roberts shares his proven techniques to help you complete your book in a single day. Whether you're a first-time author or an experienced writer, this guide breaks down the process into manageable steps, making it easier than ever...

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by Lesley Jeffries (Author), Dan McIntyre (Author) Number of Pages: 346 Dimensions: 0.72 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publication Date: January 09, 2025

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by Lesley Jeffries (Author), Dan McIntyre (Author) Number of Pages: 346 Dimensions: 0.81 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publication Date: January 09, 2025

How to Write Non-Fiction: Turn Your Knowledge into Words Large Print - Paperback

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by Joanna Penn (Author)Are you ready to share your expertise, tell your story, or build a thriving author career?Do you want to write a non-fiction book but don't know where to start?Writing a book can change your life. It can help you share your unique knowledge and experience with the world, build authority in your field, and even generate multiple streams of income.But writing a book can also be hard.You might get paralysed by writer's block or self-doubt. You could get stuck because you d...

Censorship is a Drag: LGBTQ Materials and Programming Under Siege in Libraries - Paperback

$108.00

by Jason D. Phillips (Editor), Jordan Ruud (Editor)Libraries, long tasked with defending intellectual freedom, find themselves under siege with threats of censorship for carrying gender/sexuality-related materials or holding LGBTQ-related events. Efforts to censor materials and control programming arguably threaten to have a chilling effect on libraries' ability to carry out their core missions. Censorship Is a Drag: LGBTQ Materials and Programming Under Siege in Libraries pulls together cont...

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by Benedict J. L. Rowlett (Author), Pavadee Saisuwan (Author), Christian Go (Author)This Element provides a transregional overview of Pride in Asia, exploring the multifaceted nature of Pride in contemporary LGBTQIA+ events in Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. This collaborative research that combines individual studies draws on linguistic landscapes as an analytical and methodological approach. Each section examines the different manifestations of Pride as a discourse and the...

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Language Contact and Change: Spanish in Los Angeles - Paperback

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by Carmen Silva-Corvalán (Author)Languages in contact are characterized by constant and rapid change; thus, they provide a testing ground for hypotheses about processes of linguistic change. In this study, Silva-Corvalán looks at an inter-generational sample of Spanish-English bilinguals in Los Angeles County. Bringing together analytical techniques employed in sociolinguistics, functional syntax, and discourse analysis, she uncovers the linguistic, cognitive, and social processes underlying ...

The Manchu Language at Court and in the Bureaucracy Under the Qianlong Emperor - Hardcover

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by Mårten Söderblom Saarela (Author)This is the first book-length study of the roles played by the Manchu language at the center of the Qing empire at the height of its power in the eighteenth century. It presents a revisionist account of Manchu not as a language in decline, but as extensively and consciously used language in a variety of areas. It treats the use, discussion, regulation, and philological study of Manchu at the court of an emperor who cared deeply for the maintenance and hist...

The Cruel and Reparative Possibilities of Failure - Hardcover

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by Jessica M. W. Kratzer (Editor), Desir?e D. Rowe (Editor), Elyshia Aseltine (Contribution by)This edited collection brings together scholars in communication, gender, sexuality, performance, and media studies to share research on failure with an emphasis on communication and gender. Using multiple methodologies and theoretical frameworks, the chapters contribute to a deeper understanding of failure and its reparative possibilities.Author BiographyJessica M. W. Kratzer is associate professor...

Book Review Magazine - 02 (Winter 2025) - Paperback

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by Jeyran Main (Author)Since 2016, Review Tales Magazine has stood as a beacon for the writing community, celebrating extraordinary talents and empowering authors from around the globe. As a monthly publication, it offers a carefully curated selection of book reviews chosen from the thousands of submissions we receive, ensuring that only the most exceptional works are featured. This magazine isn't just about books- it's about celebrating the art of storytelling and giving talented authors the...

Asexuality in Young Adult Fiction - Paperback

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by Noah O'Connor (Author) Number of Pages: 104 Dimensions: 0.22 x 7 x 5 IN Publication Date: February 13, 2025

Build Your Writer's Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW - Paperback

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by Teresa Leyung Ryan (Author)Whether you want to be your own publisher or sell rights to another publisher, attract readers/fans now Whether you write fiction, narrative non-fiction or prescriptive non-fiction, you are THE expert of your experiences and an authority in your field. Make your name synonymous with the themes/issues/subject matters in your book. -When you stick to a program, you develop new habits. -Build your platform--22 minutes for 22 days. -Help your fans find you Reach ou...

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Persian in Use: An Elementary Textbook of Language and Culture - Paperback

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by Anousha Sedighi (Author)Persian in Use is an elementary Persian language and culture textbook designed for first-year language students at a university level and specifically focused on teaching contemporary Persian as it is actually used. With its colorful and lively design, the textbook offers an integrative approach combining new vocabulary summarized thematically and lexically, interactive dialogues, straightforward explanations of grammatical features, engaging classroom and homework ...

Populism, Territories, Name Disputes, and HyperReality: Greek Nationalism and the Macedonian Case - Hardcover

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by Minos-Athanasios Karyotakis (Author)In Populism, Territories, Name Disputes, and Hyperreality: Greek Nationalism and the Macedonian Case, Minos-Athanasios Karyotakis examines how and why societal actors may use different names to refer to the same territory. Karyotakis demonstrates the enormous symbolic power that the names of places can hold through a study of the Macedonian name dispute (MND), arguing that territorial names can be symbolic and crucial for constructing nation-states throu...

My Life In Pieces-Writers, Rogues, The Road and The Rock - Paperback

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by Ambrose Clancy (Author)Ireland, where Clancy became a professional writer, plays a significant role in this collection of journalism spanning four decades. Clancy has the eye. He froze a moment that captured The Troubles. This was a long time ago in Belfast. He watched a young boy, half a brick clutched in his hand, edge out of an alley, then pitch it through the window of the buffet car of a passing train.He is a splendid travel writer, from Florence to the Finger Lakes, but never better ...

Thinking Literature: Essays on Reading Literary Classics Today - Paperback

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by Agnieszka Romanowska (Author), Anna Kwiatek (Author), Marcelina Polczyńska (Author)Inspired by Mary Shelley's conviction that reading is a socially significant communal activity, this book presents four essays on modern interactions with literary classics. Ancient tragedy, Shakespeare, and Frankenstein are read anew in the context of challenges and dangers we are facing nowadays. The titular phrase, thinking literature, is meant to indicate reading literature of the previous epochs in a wa...

Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, & Professional Hedonism - Paperback

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by Thomas Kohnstamm (Author)For those who think that travel guidebooks are the gospel truth. WANTED: Travel Writer for Brazil QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED Decisiveness: the ability to desert your entire previous life-including well-salaried office job, attractive girlfriend, and basic sanity for less than minimum wage Attention to detail: the skill to research northeastern Brazil, including transportation, restaurants, hotels, culture, customs, and language, while juggling sleep deprivation,...

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by Paul Chilton (Author)Were we talked into Brexit? And who is 'we'? It's impossible to do politics without words and a context to use them in. And it's impossible to make sense of the phenomenon of Brexit without understanding how language was used - and misused - in the historical context that produced the 2016 referendum result. This interdisciplinary book shows how the particular idea of 'the British people' was maintained through text and talk at different levels of society over the year...

My Life In Pieces-Writers, Rogues, The Road and The Rock - Hardcover

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Translating the Nonhuman: What Science Fiction Can Teach Us About Translating - Hardcover

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by Douglas Robinson (Author)Extends the field of translation studies and theory by examining three radical science-fiction treatments of translation. The so-called "fictional turn" in translation studies has staked out territory previously unclaimed by translation scholars - territory in which translators are portrayed as full human beings in their social environments - but so far no one has looked to science fiction for truly radical explorations of translation. Translating the Nonhuman fill...

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Creative Writing: A Workbook with Readings - Paperback

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by Jane Yeh (Editor), Sally O'Reilly (Editor)Creative Writing: A Workbook with Readings provides a complete creative writing course: from ways to jump-start your writing and inspire your creativity, right through to presenting your work to agents and publishers.It covers the genres of fiction, poetry and life writing (including autobiography, biography and travel writing), combining discussions of technique with readings and exercises to guide you step by step towards becoming more adept at c...

Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words - Hardcover

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by Michael Erard (Author)A beautiful and intimate exploration of first and last words--and the many facets of how language begins and ends--from a pioneering language writer. With our earliest utterances, we announce ourselves--and are recognized--as persons ready for social life. With our final ones, we mark where others must release us to death's embrace. In Bye Bye I Love You, linguist and author Michael Erard explores these phenomena, commonly called "first words" and "last words," uncove...

Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York - Paperback

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by Ross Perlin (Author)From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible history of the most linguistically diverse place ever to have existed on the planet Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and--because many have never been recorded--when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and co-...

How to Become a Black Writer: Creating and Honoring Black Stories That Matter (the Power of Black Stories, Inspiration for Black Storytellers) - Paperback

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by Marita Golden (Author), Kwame Alexander (Foreword by)How Black Stories Shaped My OwnAward-winning author Marita Golden explores her writing career and how the igniting power of storytelling is still inspiring generations of Black authors today.A lifetime of stories to tell. Growing up, Marita would listen to bedtime stories of Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, and many other champions of Black history. Now a champion herself in the literary world, she shares her story in a motivational ...

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by Donna Jo Napoli (Author), Jami Fisher (Author), Gene Mirus (Author)Taboo topics in deaf communities include the usual ones found in spoken languages, as well as ones particular to deaf experiences, both in how deaf people relate to hearing people and how deaf people interact with other deaf people. Attention to these topics can help linguists understand better the consequences of field method choices and lead them to adopt better ones. Taboo expressions in American Sign Language are innova...

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by Carlos Gussenhoven (Author), Haike Jacobs (Author)Understanding Phonology, Fifth Edition, provides a clear, accessible and broad introduction to phonology. Introducing basic concepts, it provides a comprehensive account of phonological topics like segmental contrasts; syllables and moras; quantity; tone and intonation; word stress; and prosodic constituent structure.Author BiographyCarlos Gussenhoven is Emeritus Professor of General and Experimental Phonology at Radboud University, Nijmege...

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by Kimberly Tao (Author)This Element analyzes the foundational frame of legal reasoning when courts interpret the 'plain language' and 'ordinary meaning' of terms such as 'sex', 'man' and 'woman'. There is a rich and complicated line of cases on how to define these terms and how to legally categorize transgender people. When dealing with different legal issues, judges need to give a clear 'yes' or 'no', determinate answer to a legal question. Marginal categorizations could be problematic even...

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by Patricia Roberts-Miller (Author)This book argues that treating politics as war derails essential democratic processes, including deliberation and policy argumentation, in complicated ways. "Politics is war" is not always just a figure of speech, but often a sincere expression of how people see disagreement--they mean it literally--and they use it to evade the responsibilities of rhetoric. This book takes the metaphor seriously. Using a series of case studies ranging from the 432 BCE "Debat...