Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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Body Language For Dummies, Por - Paperback

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by Kuhnke (Author)Front JacketCommunicate all the right messages - without saying a word! At any given moment your body is revealing more about what you're really thinking and feeling than your words ever could. While some people find this fact unnerving, for world-class communication coach, Elizabeth Kuhnke, knowing how to read and control body language can be the key to success in life. In Body Language For Dummies she helps you become fluent in body language and coaches you in using your e...

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English Grammar Workbook for Dummies with Online Practice - Paperback

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by Geraldine Woods (Author)Improve your English grammar You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by using proper English language and grammar. The ability to articulate and communicate effectively is a valuable asset in all aspects of life. From writing a research paper to giving a presentation at work or just holding a casual conversation with friends or family, strong verbal and written skills are necessities in everyday communication. English Grammar Workbook For Dummies is the per...

The Language Of Paleolithic Man (1888) - Paperback

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by Daniel Garrison Brinton (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0.05 x 11...

Creative Writing and Stylistics: Creative and Critical Approaches - Paperback

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by Jeremy Scott (Author)In this innovative fusion of practice and criticism, Jeremy Scott shows how insights from stylistics can enrich the craft of creative writing. Focusing on crucial methodological issues that confront the practicing writer, Creative Writing and Stylistics: - Introduces key topics from stylistics- Provides in-depth analysis of a wide range of writing examples- Includes practical exercises to help develop creative writing skillsClear and accessible, this invaluable guide w...

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Playing With Words: An Introduction to Creative Writing Craft - Hardcover

$180.00

by Shelley Davidow (Author), Paul Williams (Author)Drawing on years of experience of writing, teaching and publishing, this book offers essential tools for writers interested in honing their craft. Whether you're a poet, non-fiction writer, novelist, journalist, student or simply a lover of words, it will take you on an exciting and challenging journey to becoming a sophisticated writer. As in the learning of any true craft or art, first the focus is on specific skills, then on consolidating ...

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Race/Gender/Class/Media: Considering Diversity Across Audiences, Content, and Producers - Paperback

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by Rebecca Ann Lind (Editor)Race/Gender/Class/Media considers diversity in the mass media in three main settings: Audiences, Content, and Production.It brings together 53 readings--most are newly commissioned for this edition--by scholars representing a variety of social science and humanities disciplines. Together, these readings provide a multifaceted and often intersectional look at how race, gender, and class relate to the creation and use of media texts as well as the media texts themsel...

Psychology of Language: Theory and Applications - Paperback

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by Shelia M. Kennison (Author)This accessibly written and pedagogically rich text delivers the most comprehensive examination of its subject, carefully drawing on the most up-to-date research and covering a breadth of the central topics including communication, language acquisition, language processing, language disorders, speech, writing, and development. This book also examines an array of other progressive areas in the field neglected in similar works such as bilingualism, sign language as...

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Gramática española: Variación social - Paperback

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by Kim Potowski (Author), Naomi Shin (Author) Gramática española: Variación social introduces intermediate to advanced students of Spanish to the main grammatical features of the language in a way that emphasizes the social underpinnings of language. Written entirely in Spanish, this unique approach to the study of grammar guides students in an examination of how Spanish grammar varies depending on place, social group, and situation. Students examine why some varieties of Spanish are conside...

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The Skilled Communicator in Social Work: The Art and Science of Communication in Practice - Paperback

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by Karen Healy (Author)A vital part of a social worker's role is to build strong relationships based on confidence and trust, with people across all stages of the life course and from a broad range of backgrounds, in what can be extremely challenging circumstances. In this, her latest collaboration with Palgrave, bestselling social work author Karen Healy turns her attention to the key topic of communication and the importance of developing into a skilled communicator across all areas of prof...

Being a Successful Interpreter: Adding Value and Delivering Excellence - Paperback

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by Jonathan Downie (Author)Being a Successful Interpreter: Adding Value and Delivering Excellence is a practice-oriented guide on the future of interpreting and the ways in which interpreters can adjust their business and professional practices for the changing market. The book considers how globalisation and human migration have brought interpreting to the forefront and the subsequent need for interpreters to serve a more diverse client base in more varied contexts. At its core is the view t...

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Speaking Our Minds: Why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it special - Paperback

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by Thom Scott-Phillips (Author)Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it come from? How did it develop into the complex system we know today? And what can an evolutionary perspective tell us about the nature of language and communication? Drawing on a range of disciplines including cognitive science, linguistics, anthropology and evolutionary biology, Speaking Our Minds explains how language evolved and why we are the only species to communicate in this way. Written b...

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Exploring English with Online Corpora - Paperback

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by Wendy Anderson (Author), John Corbett (Author)This is an essential guide to using digital resources in the study of English language and linguistics. Assuming no prior experience, it introduces the fundamentals of online corpora and equips readers with the skills needed to search and interpret corpus data. Later chapters focus on specific elements of linguistic analysis, namely vocabulary, grammar, discourse and pronunciation. Examples from five major online corpora illustrate key issues t...

Standing Up, Speaking Out: Stand-Up Comedy and the Rhetoric of Social Change - Paperback

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by Matthew R. Meier (Editor), Casey R. Schmitt (Editor)In recent decades, some of the most celebrated and culturally influential American oratorical performances have come not from political leaders or religious visionaries, but from stand-up comics. Even though comedy and satire have been addressed by rhetorical scholarship in recent decades, little attention has been paid to stand-up. This collection is an attempt to further cultivate the growing conversation about stand-up comedy from the ...

Journalism, Technology and Cultural Practice: A History - Paperback

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by Martin Conboy (Author)Taking a contextual and historical approach, Journalism, Technology and Cultural Practice provides an accessible introduction to the various stages of journalism's adoption and exploitation of technology from print to digital.This foundational text explains the cultural norms and practices that have developed within journalism, why the industry has evolved in the way it has, and what this may mean for the direction of journalistic practices in the future. Readers will...

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by Tong King Lee (Author)This textbook is a practical and interactive reader designed to give anyone interested in language and communication a rigorous yet accessible head-start to the emerging field of translation. Organised along neat paradigms and models, the book features fresh applications of a wide range of theories, drawing on authentic examples from a multitude of languages. With its strong emphasis on how translation operates in real-world situations, the book is a useful reference ...

Strategic Communication: New Agendas in Communication - Paperback

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by Anthony Dudo (Editor), Leeann Kahlor (Editor)The focus of this book is Strategic Communication. Communication can be defined as strategic if its development and/or dissemination is driven by an expected outcome. These outcomes can be attitudinal, behavioral, persuasive or knowledge-related; they can lead to change or engagement, or they can miss their mark entirely. In looking at strategic communication, one is not limited to a specific context or discipline. Many of the scholars in the vo...

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by John Frow (Author), John Drakakis (Editor)This second edition of John Frow's Genre offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the area. Genre is a key means by which we categorize the many forms of literature and culture, but it is also much more than that: in talk and writing, in music and images, in film and television, genres actively generate and shape our knowledge of the world. Understanding genre as a dynamic process rather than a set of stable rules, this book explores: ...

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: An Introduction - Paperback

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by David Nunan (Author)David Nunan's dynamic learner-centered teaching style has informed and inspired countless TESOL educators around the world. In this fresh, straightforward introduction to teaching English to speakers of other languages he presents teaching techniques and procedures along with the underlying theory and principles. Complex theories and research studies are explained in a clear and comprehensible, yet non-trivial, manner without trivializing them. Practical examples of how...

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Discourse Analysis: A Resource Book for Students - Paperback

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by Rodney H. Jones (Author)Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings - all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two dimensional' structure is built around four sections - introduction, development, exploration and extension - which off...

Speed Up Your French: Strategies to Avoid Common Errors - Paperback

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by Margaret Jubb (Author)Speed up your French is a unique and innovative resource that identifies and explains the errors most commonly made by students of French. From false friends to idiomatic expressions and the use of prepositions, each of the nine chapters focuses on an aspect of the language where English speakers typically make mistakes. Full explanations are provided throughout with clear, comprehensive examples, enabling students to acquire a surer grasp of French vocabulary and idi...

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Social Media and Crisis Communication - Paperback

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by Yan Jin (Editor), Lucinda L. Austin (Editor)Social Media and Crisis Communication provides a unique and timely contribution to the field of crisis communication by addressing how social media are influencing the practice of crisis communication. The book, with a collection of chapters contributed by leading communication researchers, covers the current and emerging interplay of social media and crisis communication, recent theories and frameworks, overviews of dominant research streams, ap...

Aging, Communication, and Health: Linking Research and Practice for Successful Aging - Paperback

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by Mary Lee Hummert (Editor), Jon F. Nussbaum (Editor)This collection highlights the current efforts by scholars and researchers to understand the aging process as it relates to the health of older adults. With contributions from international scholars in communication, psychology, public health, medicine, nursing, and other areas, this volume emphasizes communication as a critical research, education, policy, and practice issue for the design, provision, and evaluation of health and social s...

Sports Media: Reporting, Producing, and Planning - Paperback

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by Bradley Schultz (Author), Edward T. Arke (Author)Sports Media covers reporting, anchoring, and production, and offers thorough descriptions of the sports reporter and anchor's function in sports journalism. This text offers important historical background on the evolution of the sports industry, some grounding in the business of sports, and a discussion of social issues including the experience of women in sports journalism. New to this edition: An introduction focused on the inters...

Reading- The Grand Illusion: How and Why People Make Sense of Print - Paperback

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by Kenneth Goodman (Author), Peter H. Fries (Author), Steven L. Strauss (Author)What is reading? In this groundbreaking book, esteemed researchers Ken Goodman, Peter Fries, and Steven Strauss, explain not only what reading really is but also why common sense makes it seem to be something quite different from that reality. How can this grand illusion be explained? That is the purpose of this book. As the authors show, unraveling the secrets of the grand illusion of reading teaches about far mo...

Public Relations, Activism, and Social Change: Speaking Up - Paperback

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by Kristin Demetrious (Author)Winner of the 2014 NCA PRIDE Book AwardWhy are some voices louder in public debates than others? And why can't all voices be equally heard? This book draws significant new meaning to the inter-relationships of public relations and social change through a number of activist case studies, and rebuilds knowledge around alternative communicative practices that are ethical, sustainable, and effective. Demetrious offers a powerful critical description of the dominant m...

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by David Holton (Author), Peter Mackridge (Author), Irene Philippaki-Warburton (Author)Greek: An Essential Grammar is a concise and user-friendly reference guide to modern Greek. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language in short, readable sections. Explanations are clear and supported by examples throughout. This new edition has been revised and updated to present an accurate and accessible description of the most important aspects of modern Greek.Features include: cl...

Cosmopolitanism and Translation: Investigations Into the Experience of the Foreign - Paperback

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by Esperanca Bielsa (Author), Theo Hermans (Editor)Social theories of the new cosmopolitanism have called attention to the central importance of translation, in areas such as global democracy, human rights and social movements, but translation studies has not engaged systematically with theories of cosmopolitanism.In Cosmopolitanism and Translation, Esperança Bielsa does just that by focussing on the lived experience of the cosmopolitan stranger, whether a traveller, migrant, refugee or homec...

Women, Men and Language: A Sociolinguistic Account of Gender Differences in Language - Paperback

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by Jennifer Coates (Author)Women, Men and Language has long been established as a seminal text in the field of language and gender, providing an account of the many ways in which language and gender intersect. In this pioneering book, bestselling author Jennifer Coates explores linguistic gender differences, introducing the reader to a wide range of sociolinguistic research in the field.Written in a clear and accessible manner, this book introduces the idea of gender as a social construct, an...

Colloquial Serbian: The Complete Course for Beginners - Paperback

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by Celia Hawkesworth (Author)Colloquial Serbian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Serbian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Serbian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language...

Colloquial Latvian: The Complete Course for Beginners - Paperback

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by Dace Prauliņs (Author), Christopher Moseley (Author)This new edition of Colloquial Latvian has been completely rewritten to make learning Latvian easier and more enjoyable than ever before! Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Latvian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.What makes Colloquial Latvian your best choice in personal language learning? interactive - lots of exercises f...

Colloquial Tibetan: The Complete Course for Beginners - Paperback

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by Jonathan Samuels (Author)Colloquial Tibetan provides a step-by-step course in Central Tibetan as it is spoken by native speakers. Combining a thorough treatment of the language as it is used in everyday situations with an accurate written representation of this spoken form, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Tibetan in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.Key features include: progressi...

The Mogul Tale; Or, the Descent of the Balloon. a Farce. as It Is Acted at the Theatre-Royal, Smoke-Alley. - Paperback

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by Mrs Inchbald (Author) The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are avail...