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Prominence and Locality in Grammar: The Syntax and Semantics of Wh-Questions and Reflexives - Paperback

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by Jianhua Hu (Author)This book challenges the current consensus on the analysis of wh-questions and reflexives from the perspective of the syntax-semantics interface. An integrated approach incorporating analyses of the interaction between different levels of linguistic knowledge is proposed. It argues that the derivation and interpretation of wh-questions and reflexives are not purely syntactic in nature but are regulated by principles operating at the syntax-semantics interface. Two genera...

Celebrity Accents and Public Identity Construction: Analyzing Geordie Stylizations - Paperback

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by Emilia Di Martino (Author)Geordie Stylizations is a short-focused research work which builds on the renovated interest on the nexus between accent-identity-prestige-prejudice, offering an analysis of celebrities' use of the Geordie variety in a series of public performances as a reflection instrument for scholars, but also for neophyte readers with an interest in Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, Celebrity Studies, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Sociology and Gender Studies. Of interest are t...

Queer Communication Pedagogy - Paperback

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by Ahmet Atay (Editor), Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway (Editor)This book addresses queer issues and current events from a communication perspective to articulate a queer communication pedagogy. Through putting communication pedagogy and queer studies into dialogue, the book investigates how queer theory and critical communication pedagogy intersect in pedagogical spaces. The chapters identify institutional and educational barriers, oppressions, and issues pertaining to queer lives in the context ...

Holistic Discourse Analysis, Second Edition - Hardcover

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by Robert E. Longacre (Author), Shin Ja J. Hwang (Author)The central idea of this volume is the insistence that the structure of a part of a text must be explained in light of the structure of the whole. This needs to be repeated anew to every generation of linguistics students as a warning against analytic nearsightedness-the fixation on parts of a text without regard to the whole. Holistic Discourse Analysis is not a plea to abandon the analysis of lower levels of grammar, but to enrich the...

An Introduction to Field Phonetics - Hardcover

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by Norris P. McKinney (Author), Carol V. McKinney (Author)This articulatory phonetics course is designed especially for students whose aim is to learn an unwritten language. It teaches how to pronounce and transcribe virtually all the known sounds of the world's languages. The authors incorporate data from current research on a number of sounds, including two recently documented sounds (the labial flap and the interdental approximant). The McKinneys also provide fresh information on fortis-le...

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Culture - Paperback

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by Sin-Wai Chan (Editor)The Routledge Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Culture offers an in-depth discussion of cultural aspects of China from the ancient period to the pre-modern era, lasting over 5,000 years, comprised of 7,000 word pieces by more than 20 world-leading academics and experts.Addressing areas such as China studies, cultural studies, cultural management, and more specific areas - such as religion, opera, Chinese painting, Chinese calligraphy, material culture, performing ar...

Internationalizing the Communication Curriculum in an Age of Globalization - Paperback

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by Paaige Turner (Editor), Soumia Bardhan (Editor), Tracey Quigley Holden (Editor)Globalization and the resulting internationalization of universities is driving change in teaching, learning, and what it means to be educated. This book provides exemplars of how the Communication discipline and curriculum are responding to the demands of globalization and contributing to the internationalization of higher education.Communication as a discipline provides a strong theoretical and methodological ...

Maatian Ethics in a Communication Context - Paperback

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by Melba Vélez Ortiz (Author)Maatian Ethics in a Communication Context explores the ethical principle of Maat: the guiding principle of harmony and order that permeated classical African political and civil life. The book provides a rigorous, communication-focused account of the ethical wisdom ancient Africans cultivated and is evidenced in the form of recovered written texts, mythology, stelae, prescriptions for just speech, and the hieroglyphic system of writing itself. Moving beyond coloni...

Thematic Structure and Para-Syntax: Arabic as a Case Study - Paperback

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by James Dickins (Author)Thematic Structure and Para-Syntax: Arabic as a Case Study presents a structural analysis of Arabic, providing an alternative to the traditional notions of theme and rheme.Taking Arabic as a case study, this book claims that approaches to thematic structure propounded in universalist linguistic theories, of which Hallidayan systemic functional linguistics is taken as an illustrative example, are profoundly wrong. It argues that in order to produce an analysis of thema...

Telling Tales and Sharing Secrets - Paperback

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by Jackie Collins (Author), Diana Kinared (Author), Sally Showalter (Author)"Yes-- the reader will discover that Telling Tales and Sharing Secrets is a perfect companion for your own writer's journey. This book is imbued with generosity. There's a thoughtful, constructive dialogue between the authors, and you, as reader, are invited to the writing table. This book is the creative journey of three women who write together, who create poetry, story & non-fiction. The reader will find Hands-...

Powerful Literacy in the Montessori Classroom: Aligning Reading Research and Practice - Paperback

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by Susan Zoll (Author), Natasha Feinberg (Author), Laura Saylor (Author)Teaching reading successfully requires deep knowledge of the reading process and development, as well as the implementation of impactful reading instruction and differentiation. This book aligns Montessori didactic materials and pedagogy, developed over a century ago, with current research on reading development. Readers will gain a solid overview of the Montessori philosophy and method, specifically those related to read...

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Korea Travel Journal Notebook: 16 Pages of Travel Tips & Useful Phrases Followed by 106 Blank & Lined Pages for Journaling & Sketching - Paperback

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by Tuttle Studio (Editor)Create a memento of your trip to Korea that you'll cherish forever! If you're planning a trip to Korea, this travel journal is a must-have, from the planning stages to the end of your vacation. The book opens with 16 beautiful full-color pages of photos, maps and illustrations in scrapbook style, which not only provide useful information about Korea's top tourist destinations, but will also inspire you in your own scrapbooking and journaling. You can use the 106 blank...

Elementary Vietnamese: Let's Speak Vietnamese, Revised and Updated Fourth Edition (Free Online Audio and Printable Flash Cards) - Paperback

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by Binh Nhu Ngo (Author)For beginning learners of Vietnamese, here's everything needed to learn the language effectively! Speak, read and write Vietnamese as it's actually used in real-life contexts in Vietnam today. This book has everything you need to learn the language effectively and to quickly achieve basic proficiency. No prior knowledge of Vietnamese is necessary Learn to communicate in everyday situations Connect with the cultural context of the language Includes 8 hours of native...

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Copywrong to Copywriter: A Practical Guide to Copywriting for Small Businesses, Small Organizations, Sole Traders, and Lone Rangers - Paperback

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by Tait Ischia (Author), Jacob Zinman-Jeanes (Illustrator)If you feel like you've got the wrong tone of voice, don't understand the ins-and-outs of grammar, or just don't feel confident writing about yourself without sounding like an idiot, read this book. Copywriter Tait Ischia is brief and to the point in an interesting and engaging way. Which is exactly what you want the words on your website/marketing stuff/professional bio to be too, right? Feel confident in what you say and how you say ...

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by Hilde Gunnink (Author)This book provides a first-ever comprehensive overview of the grammatical structure of Fwe. Fwe is a Bantu language spoken on the border between Zambia and Namibia, by some 20,000 people. Very little previous documentation exists on the language, and the current description of Fwe is based exclusively on newly collected field data. It includes an analysis of the grammatical structure of Fwe, followed by basic cultural information on greetings, a Fwe narrative with its...

African Languages from a Role and Reference Grammar Perspective: Studies on the Syntax-Semantics-Pragmatics Interface - Paperback

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by Jens Fleischhauer (Editor), Claudius Patrick Kihara (Editor)The volume is a collection of papers which apply Role & Reference Grammar (RRG) to African languages. RRG is a functional theory of syntax which has been developed on the basis of two leading questions: First, how would a syntactic theory look like which starts from 'exotic' languages rather than English? Second, how can the interaction between syntax, semantics and pragmatics in different grammatical systems best modelled and...

Editing and Advocacy: Volume 1 - Paperback

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by Patrick Barry (Author)Good editors don't just see the sentence that was written. They see the sentence that might have been written. They know how to spot words that shouldn't be included and summon up ones that haven't yet appeared. Their value comes not just from preventing mistakes but from discovering new ways to improve a piece of writing's style, structure, and overall impact. This book-- which is based on a popular course taught at the University of Chicago Law School, the Universi...

Articulatory Phonetics: Tools for Analyzing the World's Languages, 4th Edition - Hardcover

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by Anita C. Bickford (Author), Rick Floyd (Author)This textbook is a revision and expansion of A Manual for Articulatory Phonetics, compiled by Rick Floyd in 1981 and revised in 1986. It includes many other people's materials from articulatory phonetics courses as taught for over sixty years in the training schools of SIL International. It also includes much information from sources outside of SIL. It is written in an informal, personal style and is a practical book for teachers and students ...

Laboratory Manual for Morphology and Syntax, 7th Edition - Hardcover

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by William R. Merrifield (Editor), Naish M. Constance (Editor), Calvin R. Rensch (Editor)A laboratory manual for introductory grammar courses. Contains 298 datasets of problems taken from 117 languages spoken all over the world. International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols replaced the Americanist symbols in some datasets. Some datasets remain or have been recast in orthographies used by reading populations of certain languages where phonological issues are not in view. Number of Pages: 270 ...

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The Mercenary: A Story of Brotherhood and Terror in the Afghanistan War - Hardcover

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by Jeffrey E. Stern (Author)A thrilling and emotional story about the bonds forged in war and good intentions gone wrong. In the early days of the Afghanistan war, Jeff Stern was scouring the streets of Kabul for a big story. He was accompanied by a driver, Aimal, who had ambitions of his own: to get rich off the sudden infusion of foreign attention and cash. In this gripping adventure story, Stern writes of how he and Aimal navigated an environment full of guns and danger and opportunity, ...

Humes Philosophy in Historical Perspective - Hardcover

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Hillsville Remembered: Public Memory, Historical Silence, and Appalachia's Most Notorious Shoot-Out - Hardcover

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by Travis A. Rountree (Author) Number of Pages: 182 Dimensions: 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.8 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: April 11, 2023

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by Gareth L. Powell (Author)Gareth L. Powell would be the first to tell you that he doesn't know everything about being a writer, or about getting published, or about life when your work is in a bookshelf. But his field-guide to publishing, About Writing, is absolutely here to help writers on every stage of their journey.Whether you need a bit of writing inspiration or tips on how to find your voice, are struggling to manage writing alongside a day job, want some no-nonsense advice about work...

Virtue Information Literacy: Flourishing in an Age of Information Anarchy - Paperback

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by Wayne Bivens-Tatum (Author)Virtue Information Literacy draws upon virtue ethics and virtue epistemology to develop a new, ethical conception of information literacy. Those of us who live in heterogenous societies with relatively free flowing information inhabit a world of Information Anarchy, anarchy not in the uninformed popular sense of chaos and disorder (although plenty of that exists), but in the philosophical and political sense of self-organized activity without dominant, hierarchic...

Residencies Revisited: Reflections on Library Residency Programs from the Past and Present - Paperback

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by Preethi Gorecki (Editor), Arielle Petrovich (Editor)Many academic libraries across the country have developed and maintained library diversity residency programs in support of a larger campaign to diversify librarianship as a profession. Library diversity residencies strive to provide early-career librarians of color with the experience and toolkit necessary to pursue a successful lifelong career in academic librarianship.Beyond the residents themselves, there are various stakeholders invo...

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A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages - Paperback

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by J. R. R. Tolkien (Author), Dimitra Fimi (Editor), Andrew Higgins (Editor) First ever critical study of Tolkien's little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation of Middle-earth and beyond, to George R R Martin's Game of Thrones. J.R.R. Tolkien's linguistic invention was a fundamental part of his artistic output, to the extent that later on in life he attributed the existence of his mythology to the desire to give his languages a home and peoples to speak them. ...

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by Joseph Zárate (Author), Annie McDermott (Translator)When you fill up your car, install your furniture or choose a wedding ring, do you ever consider the human cost of your consumables? There is a war raging in the heartlands of Peru, waged on the land by the global industries plundering the Amazon and the Andes. In Saweto, charismatic activist Edwin Chota returns to his ashaninka roots, only to find that his people can't hunt for food because the animals have fled the rainforest to escape ...

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An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark! - Paperback

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by Florence Hazrat (Author)"Splendid exploration"--Wall Street Journal Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate as the exclamation mark. It's bubbly and exuberant, an emotional amplifier whose flamboyantly dramatic gesture lets the reader know: here be feelings! Scott Fitzgerald famously stated exclamation marks are like laughing at your own joke; Terry Pratchett had a character say that multiple !!! are a 'sure sign of a diseased mind'. So what's the deal with ! ? Whether you...

Virtual Storytimes: A Practical Guide for Librarians - Paperback

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by Rebecca Ogle (Author)This is the first book to provide practical guidance for library staff on virtual storytime planning and production. It includes case studies, tips, and resources. Author BiographyRebecca Ogle began her career as a content writer and digital marketer, before pursuing her passion for library services. Before COVID-19, she focused her outreach efforts on inclusivity and accessibility to literacy programs and resources for low-income and unhoused families. When Phoenix Pu...

Composition Studies 50.1 (Spring 2022) - Paperback

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by Matt Davis (Editor), Kara Taczak (Editor)The oldest independent periodical in the field, COMPOSITION STUDIES publishes original articles relevant to rhetoric and composition, including those that address teaching college writing; theorizing rhetoric and composing; administering writing programs; and, among other topics, preparing the field's future teacher-scholars. All perspectives and topics of general interest to the profession are welcome. We also publish Course Designs, which contextu...

The Best American Magazine Writing 2022 - Hardcover

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by Sid Holt , Jeffrey Goldberg , American Society of Magazine The Best American Magazine Writing 2022 presents a range of outstanding writing on timely topics, from in-depth reporting to incisive criticism: Kristin Canning calls for a change in how we talk about abortion (Women's Health), and Ed Yong warns us about the next pandemic (The Atlantic). Matthieu Aikins provides a gripping eyewitness account of the Taliban's seizure of Kabul (New York Times Magazine). Heidi Blake and Katie J. M. Ba...

How We Argue: 30 Lessons in Persuasive Communication - Hardcover

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by Christopher W. Tindale (Author)This accessible book provides a practical discussion of the main elements of argumentation as illustrated by 30 public arguments from a recent year on a wide variety of social, cultural, and scientific topics. Arguing is an important form of communication in any society and a principal way in which ideas are exposed, discussed, and modified. The real-life examples examined in this book reflect the different considerations that go into composing arguments and ...