Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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by Katie Salidas (Author)Self-Publishing made simple. Get your polished novel ready for Kindle, Nook, or Print in thirty days or less. Avoid the common stumbling blocks and get on the road to successful self-publishing. This handy dandy guide, filled with insider's tips and tricks, will unscramble the world of self-publishing into simple, easy-to-follow steps. What's in the book? Common Misconceptions The Business of Self-Publishing Basic Costs & Budgeting Publishing Formats: Epub, Kindle...

A Dictionary of the Circassian Language, in Two Parts: English-Circassian-Turkish and Circassian-English-Turkish (1854) - Paperback

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by Louis Loewe (Author)A Dictionary of the Circassian Language, in Two Parts: English-Circassian-Turkish and Circassian-English-Turkish, is a comprehensive reference book compiled by Louis Loewe in 1854. The book is designed to aid in the study and understanding of the Circassian language, which is spoken by the Circassian people of the Caucasus region. The first part of the book contains an English-Circassian-Turkish dictionary, which includes over 5,000 entries. Each entry provides the Engl...

Researching Vocabulary: A Vocabulary Research Manual - Hardcover

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by N. Schmitt (Author)The book overviews a wide range of vocabulary research methodologies, and offers practical advice on how to carry out valid and reliable research on first and second language vocabulary. It includes a Resources section which outlines the lexical tests, corpora, software, internet sites, and other resources available to vocabulary researchers.Author BiographyNORBERT SCHMITT is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is interested in all as...

Comprehensible and Compelling: The Causes and Effects of Free Voluntary Reading - Paperback

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by Stephen Krashen (Author), Sy-Ying Lee (Author), Christy Lao (Author)A joint effort from three thought leaders in educational research, linguistics, and literacy acquisition, this book explores the latest research that shows that compelling comprehensive input (CCI) is the baseline for all language and literacy development. It has been established that encouraging reading at all student levels supports literacy--not just literacy in terms of having basic reading and writing abilities, but i...

The Reference Librarian's Bible: Print and Digital Reference Resources Every Library Should Own - Paperback

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by Steven Sowards (Editor), Chenoweth Juneal (Editor)Divided into dedicated categories about the subjects most meaningful to librarians, this valuable resource reviews 500 texts across all major fields. Drawing on their collective experience in reference services and sifting through nearly 30,000 reviews in ARBAonline, editors Steven Sowards, associate director for collection at Michigan State University Libraries, and Juneal Chenoweth, editor of American Reference Books Annual, curated this ...

Translation-Mediated Communi.in a Digita: Facing the Challenges of Globalization and Localization - Paperback

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by Minako O'Hagan (Author), David Ashworth (Author)The Internet is exposing organizations and individuals to global audiences. This is driving teletranslation and teleinterpretation, which are functional in digital communications environments. The book describes teletranslation and teleinterpretation by exploring a number of key emerging contexts for language professionals.Author BiographyDr Minako O'Hagan is a translation/localization consultant based in New Zealand. Having a background in t...

Korean-English Bilingualism in Early Childhood: A Longitudinal Investigation of Development - Paperback

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by Sunny K. Park-Johnson (Author)This overview of the linguistic development of Korean-English bilingual children in the US focuses on morphology and syntax acquisition in early childhood, a time when language dominance is shifting rapidly. It expands our understanding of heritage language acquisition and furthers bilingualism research on typologically distinct language pairings.Author BiographySunny K. Park-Johnson is Associate Professor in the College of Education and Director of the Biling...

EFL Writing Teacher Education and Professional Development: Voices from Under-Represented Contexts - Paperback

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by Estela Ene (Editor), Betsy Gilliland (Editor), Sarah Henderson Lee (Editor)This book explores how EFL writing teacher education is shaped, given teachers' unique local contexts and circumstances. The chapters prioritize local voices and materials in order to help build a more comprehensive picture of L2 writing globally, enabling the book as a whole to both document and further shape pedagogical approaches to L2 writing.Author BiographyEstela Ene is Professor and Chair of the English Depar...

Revising Reality: How Sequels, Remakes, Retcons, and Rejects Explain the World - Hardcover

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by Chris Gavaler (Author), Nat Goldberg (Author)The past is fixed-what happened happened. But our descriptions of that past are in constant flux, creating branching networks of contradictory accounts more complex than any fictional franchise. Revising Reality uses pop culture and media concepts of revision to untangle our real-world histories - with startlingly revelatory results.Novels, comics, films, and TV shows can continue previous events (sequels), reinterpret events (retcons), or resta...

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by Roman 1896- Jakobson (Author)This collection of essays and articles by the great Russian-American linguist Roman Jakobson covers a wide range of topics, from language and literature to semiotics and poetics. Written in a lucid and engaging style, these pieces are a must-read for anyone interested in the nature of human communication.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 "pub...

Translation Beyond Translation Studies - Paperback

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by Kobus Marais (Editor)What is 'translation'? Even as the scholarly viewpoint of translation studies has expanded over recent years, the notion of 'translation' has remained fixedly defined by its interlinguistic element. However, there are many different contexts and disciplines in which translation takes place for which this definition is entirely unsuitable.Exploring translational aspects in contexts in which scholars do not think about 'translation', this book considers the alternative u...

Why Do We Say The Things We Say? 101 Fully Illustrated Explanations of the Things We All Say Every Day - Paperback

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by Graham Hodson (Author)Have you ever found yourself baffled by the peculiar phrases we all say? Why, for instance, do we "butter someone up", and what is so perilous about "letting the cat out of the bag"?Dive into this captivating compendium to uncover the delightful, fascinating, and sometimes bewildering origins of the phrases we use daily, all beautifully illustrated with a unique full-color image accompanying EVERY phrase!Unravel everyday sayings, from the mysterious "spill the beans" ...

Carrying Verbs Across the Channel: Modelling Change in Bilingual Medieval England - Hardcover

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by Michael Percillier (Author), Yela Schauwecker (Author), Achim Stein (Author)This book examines grammatical changes that took place in the medieval language contact situation between English and French from 1066 until 1500. It investigates structural copying phenomena and their connection with the lexicon, ﬁnding that copying of lexical verbs with a predicate-argument structure accelerated wider grammatical changes, and shows why the traditional notion of borrowing should be replaced with t...

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by Graham Hodson (Author)Have you ever found yourself baffled by the peculiar phrases we all say? Why, for instance, do we "butter someone up", and what is so perilous about "letting the cat out of the bag"? Dive into this captivating compendium to uncover the delightful, fascinating, and sometimes bewildering origins of the phrases we use daily, all beautifully illustrated with a unique full-color image accompanying EVERY phrase! Unravel everyday sayings, from the mysterious "spill the beans...

Pragmatics in English Language Learning - Paperback

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by Nicola Halenko (Editor), Jiayi Wang (Editor) Number of Pages: 257 Dimensions: 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March 07, 2024

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Under the White Gaze: Solving the Problem of Race and Representation in Canadian Journalism - Paperback

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by Christopher Cheung (Author)A pointed look at how people of color are routinely missing, marginalized, or misrepresented in journalism, and an exploration of what can be done to make media more inclusive. Canada's multiculturalism stops where most newsrooms begin. Despite recent efforts to increase diversity, stories about people of color are often presented as cliches--from model minorities to keepers of exotic cultures--rather than individuals with complex stories. For aspiring and seas...

Cam's Crew: A Boys Guided Affirmation Journal - Hardcover

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by Lisa Tolbert-Williams (Author)Meet Cam's Crew, the character-focused affirmation coloring book and journal designed specifically for boys. Filled with empowering affirmations like 'I am smart' and 'I am loved, ' these characters boost self-esteem and confidence. Perfect for classroom activities, self-esteem building, and workshops, this journal is tailored to boys of all ages from 2 to 18. Ideal for PreK activities, after-school and summer programs, as well as special education and autism-...

If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit - Paperback

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by Brenda Ueland (Author)Brenda Ueland was a journalist editor freelance writer and teacher of writing. In If You Want to Write: A Book about Art Independence and Spirit she shares her philosophies on writing and life in general. Ueland firmly believed that anyone can write that everyone is talented original and has something important to say. In this book she explains how find that spark that will make you a great writer. Carl Sandburg called this book the best book ever written about how to...

Motivation, Autonomy and Emotions in Foreign Language Learning: A Multi-Perspective Investigation in Hungary - Paperback

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by Kata Csiz?r (Author), D?vid Smid (Author), Anna Z?lyomi (Author)This book highlights the roles of individual difference variables on the language learning process, exploring them from both the students' and the teachers' perspectives. The comparative analysis of these two datasets yields interactional results that have the potential to shape classroom learning in the future. Number of Pages: 174 Dimensions: 0.38 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: November 12, 2024

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by Charles H. Kraft (Author), Marguerite G. Kraft (Author)Hausa is the first language of over twenty-five million ethnic Hausa people and an important trade language throughout West Africa. This title is an introduction to Hausa and was created to provide instruction to expatriates both in Nigeria and in the United States. Dialogues, conversations, and drills are among the tools used to teach pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Each lesson centers on a situation--such as a visit to the ma...

On Theory-Fiction and Other Genres - Hardcover

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by Simon O'Sullivan (Author)This book looks at three different kinds of writing practice - theory-fiction, autofiction/autotheory and art writing - that are increasingly prevalent as genres (or 'hybrid genres') in the arts and critical humanities. The chapters in the book operate as a critical survey of these new forms of writing (many examples are listed) whilst at the same time they each work towards some provisional definitions. Some key precursors to these new genres are also identified. ...

From Stage to Page: Using Techniques from Theatre to Enrich Writing - Paperback

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by Annie Lisenby (Author)Authors search far and wide for ways to make their writing unique. How often does this literary quest lead to the world of theatre?In "From Stage to Page," Lisenby shares techniques she's learned as an experienced theatre artist and how to apply them to writing. You'll follow Aristotle's elements of the drama to guide your novel to a new level.You'll learn how to build characters like an actor, dress characters like a costume designer, build a scene like a set designe...

The Routledge Handbook of Plurilingual Language Education - Paperback

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by Enrica Piccardo (Editor), Aline Germain-Rutherford (Editor), Geoff Lawrence (Editor)The Routledge Handbook of Plurilingual Language Education is the first comprehensive publication on plurilingualism, offering a multidimensional reflection on the nature, scope and potential of plurilingualism in language education and society. Number of Pages: 518 Dimensions: 1.08 x 10 x 7 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: October 04, 2024

100 Master Speeches: Speeches for Special Occasions - Paperback

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by William Homer Ames (Author) Number of Pages: 220 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 20, 2024

The Sacred Life of Words: A Guide for Christian Writers - Paperback

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by Mark Worthing (Author)The Sacred Life of Words by Mark Worthing is an inspiring and comprehensive introduction to the rich world of poetry and prose. This book delves deeply into the origins of words, the structures of classical poetry, and engaging poetry games, making it a valuable resource even for those who do not initially consider themselves poets. The prose wisdom is delivered with Worthing's distinctive storytelling style and humour, ensuring that readers are entertained as well as...

A Quick Guide to Zotero 7: Knowledge Management in Genealogy, History and Other Fields - Paperback

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by Donna Cox Baker (Author)Zotero offers a brilliant framework for managing knowledge and citing research in numerous fields worldwide. It has become even more valuable with Release 7. A Quick Guide to Zotero 7 serves first-time users and contains much to help self-taught users. It covers installation, setup, and the fundamentals for rapidly mastering Zotero 7. It also guides you in choosing how to use Zotero for your best long-term purposes. In addition to outlining the Zotero 7 changes, it ...

KJV Word Puzzles: King James Bible Vocabulary Practice - Paperback

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by Good And Right Publishing (Author)Do you sometimes stumble over unfamiliar words during your regular Bible reading? Don't change your Bible version! Instead, sharpen your vocabulary skills. This book was designed as a fun yet challenging way to increase your knowledge of Bible word meanings, including antiquated and archaic words often found in the King James Bible. There are over 100 puzzles (25 different varieties) containing over 1600 words from the KJV. Here are some of the puzzle type...

Seasoned Speech: Rhetoric in the Life of the Church - Paperback

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by James E. III Beitler (Author)Being a faithful disciple of Christ means having seasoned speech: practicing a rhetoric that beneficially and persuasively imparts the surprising truth of the gospel. James Beitler seeks to renew interest in and hunger for an effective Christian rhetoric by closely considering the work of five beloved Christian communicators: C. S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Desmond Tutu, and Marilynne Robinson.Author BiographyJames E. Beitler III (PhD, Univ...

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by Roger P. G. Van Gompel (Editor)What are the psychological processes involved in comprehending sentences? How do we process the structure of sentences and how do we understand their meaning? Do children, bilinguals and people with language impairments process sentences in the same way as healthy monolingual adults? These are just some of the many questions that sentence processing researchers have tried to answer by conducting ever more sophisticated experiments, making this one of the most...

Johnston County Literary and Historical Journal, Volume 2 - Hardcover

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by Dorothy La Motta (Editor), K. Todd Johnson (Editor)This collection of poems, essays, and short stories draws from the creative and expressive minds of longtime Johnston County residents and newcomers alike, as well as persons scattered across the nation who cling to their local roots. Some writings are about carrying on traditions, and some are about simply carrying on through life's crooks and turns. Readers get some unique tastes of rural and small-town life, such as Bill Joe Austin and ...

Reinventing World War II: Popular Memory in the Rise of the Ethnonationalist State - Hardcover

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by Barbara A. Biesecker (Author)By the 1970s, World War II had all but disappeared from US popular culture. But beginning in the mid-eighties it reemerged with a vengeance, and for nearly fifteen years World War II was ubiquitous across US popular and political culture. In this book, Barbara A. Biesecker explores the prestige and rhetorical power of the "Good War," revealing how it was retooled to restore a new kind of social equilibrium to the United States.Biesecker analyzes prominent cases...

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by Gemini (Author)Know your 'boreen' from your 'buroo', and your 'cloch?n' from your 'clock'.While it would be impossible to capture all the variety and richness of language of the country where just about everyone has the 'gift of the gab' and where that gift can be acquired or renewed simply by kissing the Blarney Stone, this charming book provides an excellent introduction.In Ireland, where nearly everyone is expert in the verbal arts, language is a very live, constantly changing phenomeno...