Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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Transnational Identity and Diasporic Language in Junot Diaz's

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by Zoe Benia (Author)Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Mannheim, language: English, abstract: This text discusses the struggle of transnational identity and the use of diasporic language in Junot Diaz's "The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao". Junot Diaz's "The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao" which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2008, concentrates on the hard lives of those who leave and those who were...

Basic Grammar in Use Student's Book with Answers - Paperback

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by Raymond Murphy (Author), William R. Smalzer (Adapted by), Joseph Chapple (Adapted by)The world's best-selling grammar series for learners of English. Basic Grammar in Use Fourth Edition is an American English self-study reference and practice book for beginner level learners (A1-B1). With simple explanations, clear examples, and easy to understand exercises, it is perfect for students who are learning on their own, but can also be used in the classroom. It comes with an easy to use answer ...

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The Simple Art of Japanese Calligraphy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Japanese Characters with 15 Projects to Make - Paperback

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by Yoko Takenami (Author)Create beautiful gifts, stationery, and decorations that incorporate the elegant, centuries-old art of Japanese calligraphy. Developed since the sixth century, practiced by the royal elite and Buddhist scholars, and packed with spiritual meaning, Japanese calligraphy has its own style: simple, elegant, and gentle. Starting with a history section that illuminates thousands of years of calligraphy with inspiring examples, the core of the book is a clear step-by-step gu...

English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers: Vocabulary Reference and Practice - Paperback

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by Michael McCarthy (Author), Felicity O'Dell (Author)The words you need to communicate with confidence. Vocabulary explanations and practice for advanced level (C1 to C2) learners of English. Perfect for both self-study and classroom activities. Quickly expand your vocabulary with over 100 units of easy to understand explanations and practice exercises. Be confident about what you are learning, thanks to Cambridge research into how English is really spoken and written, and remember words mor...

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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook: Vocabulary Reference and Practice - Paperback

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by Michael McCarthy (Author), Felicity O'Dell (Author)The words you need to communicate with confidence. Vocabulary explanations and practice for elementary level (A2) learners of English. Perfect for both self-study and classroom activities. Quickly expand your vocabulary with 60 units of easy to understand explanations and practice exercises. Also inside the book is a code for an ebook. This is the same as the printed book, but with audio so that you can listen to new words as well as readi...

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by John Welsh (Author)My name is John and I am an addictIt started in my youth, the cravings that started to invade my thoughts made me reclusive and I would retire to my bedroom. I could not get enough back then and I have tried and failed many times to cure this.The need intensified and I was regularly found loitering around book and stationery outlets with a wallet full of loyalty cards. The addiction always grows. What was just word fix accelerated into phrases, sentences, poems, paragrap...

English Vocabulary in Use Upper-Intermediate Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook: Vocabulary Reference and Practice - Paperback

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by Michael McCarthy (Author), Felicity O'Dell (Author)The words you need to communicate with confidence. Vocabulary explanations and practice for upper-intermediate level (B2) learners of English. Perfect for both self-study and classroom activities. Quickly expand your vocabulary with over 100 units of easy to understand explanations and practice exercises. Also inside the book is a code for an ebook. This is the same as the printed book, but with audio so that you can listen to new words as...

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Frontier Fake News: Nevada's Sagebrush Humorists and Hoaxsters - Paperback

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by Richard Moreno (Author) When readers see the names Mark Twain and Dan De Quille, fake news may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But these legendary journalists were some of the original, and most prolific, fake news writers in the early years of Nevada's history. Frontier Fake News puts a spotlight on the hoaxes, feuds, pranks, outright lies, witty writing, and other literary devices utilized by a number of the Silver State's frontier newsmen from the mid-nineteenth through the e...

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Macarthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories User's Guide and Technical Manual - Paperback

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by Virginia Marchman (Author), Philip Dale (Author), Larry Fenson (Author) Number of Pages: 224 Dimensions: 0.9 x 10.8 x 8.9 IN Publication Date: April 28, 2023

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Writing with Style: The Economist Guide - Hardcover

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by Lane Greene (Author)A brand-new edition of this classic guide on how to write with style--from The Economist's language columnist, Lane Greene. This new edition of Writing with Style offers fresh, up-to-date insight into the principles and tools we can all deploy when it comes to expressing ourselves better when we write. The book's leaner, cleaner structure ranges widely--from grammar and punctuation to using numbers and how to edit. Economist language columnist Lane Greene also tackles s...

Critical Pedagogy in the Language and Writing Classroom: Strategies, Examples, Activities from Teacher Scholars - Paperback

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by Gloria Park (Editor), Sarah Bogdan (Editor), Madeleine Rosa (Editor)This volume introduces theory-to-practice-based critical pedagogy grounded in Paulo Freire's scholarship to language and literacy learning settings. The chapters present authentic experiences of teacher-scholars, feature real-world examples and activities ready for implementation in the classroom, and provide nuanced guidance for future teachers. The examples and activities from teacher-scholars place critical pedagogy at ...

Teaching Multicultural Children's Literature in a Diverse Society: From a Historical Perspective to Instructional Practice - Paperback

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by Annmarie Alberton Gunn (Editor), Bennett (Editor)This textbook is a comprehensive resource for teaching multicultural children's literature. Providing foundational information on how and why to integrate diverse children's literature into the classroom, this book presents a necessary historical perspective on cultural groups in the United States and context for how to teach children's literature in a way that reflects and sustains students' rich cultural backgrounds. The historical insight...

Monster Metaphors: When Rhetoric Runs Amok - Paperback

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by Peter J. Adams (Author)This book explores ways in which common metaphors can play a detrimental role in everyday life; how they can grow in outsized importance to dominate their respective terrains and push out alternative perspectives; and how forms of resistance might act to contain their dominance. The volume begins by unpacking the dynamics of metaphors, their power and influence and the ways in which they are bolstered by other rhetorical devices. Adams draws on four case studies to i...

My First Spanish Coloring Book - Paperback

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by Joann Owens (Author)My First Spanish Coloring Book is a fun way to introduce the Spanish language to your kids! It's a great complementary material to our My First Spanish book. Benefits of Coloring Activities for Kids: It develops their fine motor skills. Coloring activities promote the development of the muscles in the fingers, hands, and wrists. It helps with their concentration. When your child colors, you will notice that his/her concentration expands. The ability to concentrate/fo...

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by Andreas Hölzl (Editor), Thomas E. Payne (Editor)Tungusic is a small family of languages, many of which are endangered. It encompasses approximately twenty languages located in Siberia and northern China. These languages are distributed over an enormous area that ranges from the Yenisey River and Xinjiang in the west to the Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin in the east. They extend as far north as the Taimyr Peninsula and, for a brief period, could even be found in parts of Central and South...

Social and structural aspects of language contact and change - Hardcover

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by Bettina Migge (Editor), Shelome Gooden (Editor)This book brings together papers that discuss social and structural aspects of language contact and language change. Several papers look at the relevance of historical documents to determine the linguistic nature of early contact varieties, while others investigate the specific processes of contact-induced change that were involved in the emergence and development of these languages. A third set of papers look at how new datasets and greater s...

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by Ajsa Gudzevic (Author)Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,7, Ruhr-University of Bochum, course: English in the USA, language: English, abstract: This paper discusses the use of African American Vernacular English, or short AAVE, in film and theatre based on the analysis of the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In the last few decades, there has been a growing interest in the research of the African American lang...

Command Your World: Ten Communication Strategies to Present Your Best Self and Win - Paperback

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by Bonnie Winfrey (Author)Your audience is waiting, and you begin to speak.You have cotton mouth. Your palms are sweaty. Your mind and mouth are not cooperating. Your technology has a glitch.You panic. Help is here! Take control of your communication! The world is your stage. Set the stage, own it, and enjoy it as you share your message with confidence. Start using these proven strategies to keep your audience wanting more and earn the applause you deserve. Be prepared! You are your own best ...

Lonely Planet Greek Phrasebook & Dictionary - Paperback

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by Lonely Planet (Author)Lonely Planet's Greek Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Greek phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Ask about the best beaches, directions to the most historic sites, and order specialties like a local; all with your trusted travel companion.Get More From Your Trip with Easy-to-Find Phrases for Every Travel Situation!Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms...

Lonely Planet Portuguese Phrasebook & Dictionary - Paperback

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by Lonely Planet (Author)Lonely Planet's Portuguese Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Portuguese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order a pastel de nata with confidence, ask directions to the closest beach and appreciate fado, the traditional singing of Portugal; all with your trusted travel companion.Get More From Your Trip with Easy-to-Find Phrases for Every Travel Situation!Feel at ease with e...

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Who We Lost: A Portable Covid Memorial - Paperback

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by Martha Greenwald (Editor)Who We Lost is the first book that directly acknowledges the free-floating grief of the COVID-bereaved, affirms that it must be addressed, and offers a purposeful activity that respects mourners as well as the mourned. In 2020, Martha Greenwald invited mourners to write memories of loved ones lost to COVID on the Who We Lost website. The site has been growing ever since, as the bereaved continue to write and publish stories, and the writers' toolbox section of the ...

The Occult Sciences - Graphology or the Study of Handwriting - Hardcover

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by M. C. Poinsot (Author)An in-depth study of the relationship between a person's handwriting and their character. This detailed graphology study explores all aspects of the fascinating art and reveals many interesting psychoanalytical observations about the pseudoscience. Chapters featured in this volume include: - Ancient and Modernised - General Appearance of Writing - Appearance of the Letters (Capitals) - Appearance of the Letters (Small) - Secondary or Accessory Appearances of Writing ...

Translation Tools and Technologies - Paperback

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by Andrew Rothwell (Author), Joss Moorkens (Author), María Fernández-Parra (Author)To trainee translators and established professionals alike, the range of tools and technologies now available, and the speed with which they change, can seem bewildering. This state-of-the-art, copiously illustrated textbook offers a straightforward and practical guide to translation tools and technologies.Demystifying the workings of computer-assisted translation (CAT) and machine translation (MT) technologies...

Composing Health Literacies: Perspectives and Resources for Undergraduate Writing Instruction - Paperback

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by Michael J. Madson (Editor)This edited collection examines engagements between health literacies and undergraduate writing instruction, providing research, case studies, and practical guidance on developing an interdisciplinary writing pedagogy. Bringing together works from scholars in rhetoric and composition, technical communication, UX, public health, nursing, and writing center administration, this collection showcases a range of evidence-based practices for composing, teaching, and ass...

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by Lee Siegel (Author)Hailed by the New York Times as a book that "examines the role that argument has played throughout history and how it has shaped human existence" "An invigorating reflection on the nature and value of disagreement. . . . Sharp and taut. . . . A lesson in a well-constructed argument itself."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Perhaps more than any other commentary, Why Argument Matters illuminates the root causes of our partisan, venomous, irrational times--and yet someh...

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Writing Across Culture and Language: Inclusive Strategies for Working with Ell Writers in the Ela Classroom - Paperback

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by Christina Ortmeier-Hooper (Author)Imagine being asked to write an essay in a language you don't know well or at all, to have to express yourself--your knowledge and analysis--grammatically and clearly in, say, three to five pages. How is your Spanish, your Urdu, your Hmong? This is what teachers ask their ELL and multilingual students to do every day in middle and high school, especially in English classes, leading to expectations both too great and too small. Teachers often resort to work...

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How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill - Hardcover

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by Jericho Brown (Author), Darlene Taylor (Author)More than 30 acclaimed writers--including diverse voices such as Nikki Giovanni, David Omotosho Black, Natasha Trethewey, Barry Jenkins, Jacqueline Woodson, Tayari Jones, and Angela Flournoy--reflect on their experience and expertise in this unique book on the craft of writing that focuses on the Black creative spirit.How We Do It is an anthology curated by Black writers for the creation and proliferation of Black thought. While a creator's et...

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How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill - Paperback

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Teaching Reading with YA Literature: Complex Texts, Complex Lives - Paperback

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by Jennifer Buehler (Author)Jennifer Buehler knows young adult literature. A teacher educator, former high school teacher, and host of ReadWriteThink.org's Text Messages podcast, she has shared her enthusiasm for this vibrant literature with thousands of teachers and adolescents. She knows that middle and high school students run the gamut as readers, from nonreaders to struggling readers to reluctant readers to dutiful readers to enthusiastic readers. And in a culture where technological dis...

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by Patrick Sullivan (Editor), Howard Tinberg (Editor)Edited by Patrick Sullivan, Howard Tinberg, and Sheridan Blau, this sequel to What Is "College-Level" Writing? highlights the practical aspects of teaching writing. By design, the essays in this collection focus on things all English and writing teachers concern themselves with on a daily basis--assignments, readings, and real student writing. This sequel to What Is "College-Level" Writing? highlights the practical and the pragmatic aspects...

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Understanding Language: Supporting Ell Students in Responsive Ela Classrooms - Paperback

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by Melinda J. McBee Orzulak (Author)Engaging with critical questions such as What counts as language? and How can I know when a student is struggling with language?, Melinda J. McBee Orzulak explores how mainstream ELA teachers might begin to understand language in new ways to benefit both English language learner and non-ELL students learning in the same classroom.Offering supportive teaching resources and ways to notice and understand the strengths of ELL students, McBee Orzulak outlines st...

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Toward a New Rhetoric of Difference - Paperback

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by Stephanie L. Kerschbaum (Author)Winner of the 2015 CCCC Advancement of Knowledge AwardUnlike much current writing studies research, Toward a New Rhetoric of Difference addresses conversations about diversity in higher education, institutional racism, and the teaching of writing by taking a microinteractional look at the ways people define themselves and are defined by others within institutional contexts. Focusing on four specific peer review moments in a writing classroom, Stephanie L. Ke...