Language Arts & Disciplines 4

The author of the acclaimed The Lost Continent now steers us through the quirks and byways of the English language. We learn why island, freight, and colonel are spelled in such unphonetic ways, why four has a u in it but forty doesn't, plus bizarre and enlightening facts about some of the patriar……続きを見る

For the fourth most used language in the United States, there has not previously been a manual that did more than simply show how to make individual signs. Signing Made Easy teaches how to use signing as a language.続きを見る

A candid, no-nonsense appraisal of the daily grind to the writer's life. Lays out a sound, strategic plan fore building a career as a full-time writer.続きを見る

Basic Phonics Skills, Level C (Grades 1 to 2) features 238 reproducible skill sheets and 20 reproducible Little Phonics Readers. This book is organized into sections by phonetic or structural element, with each skill presented in the same consistent format. Worksheets for each skill progress in di……続きを見る

American Sign Language is a wonderful silent language of hands, face, and body that is rich with nuance, emotion, and grace. Bantam is proud to present the newly revised "Signing: "How To Speak With Your Hands, a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide that has long been the invaluable and definitive ……続きを見る

From the time she was a toddler, Lou Ann Walker was the ears and voice for her deaf parents. Their family life was warm and loving, but outside the home, they faced a world that misunderstood and often rejected them. "A fascinating personal testament".--Chicago Sun Times Book Review続きを見る

There are approximately 6,000 languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. While laying out how languages mix and mutate over time, a noted linguistics professor argues that language is a living, dynamic entity that adapts itself to……続きを見る

In "Give Me a Break," ABC's veteran correspondent John Stossel delivers a sharp, witty account of how his years of ferreting out frauds and exposing government corruption have transformed him from a liberal consumer reporter to a lover of laissez faire.続きを見る

Bestselling author Elizabeth George has spent years teaching writing, and in Write Away she shares her knowledge of the creative process. George combines clear, intelligent, and functional advice on fiction writing with anecdotes from her own life, the story of her journey to publication, and insi……続きを見る

Yagoda offers an in-depth look at the importance of a writer's individual style or "voice," based on interviews with more than 40 outstanding contemporary writers. He points out, for instance, that Elmore Leonard and Toni Morrison avoid adverbs, while Christopher Hitchens uses them.続きを見る

This book offers practical advice on every aspect of writing novels and short stories: plotting and narrative development, characterization and dialogue, sources of material, planning an opening, roughing out chapters, using suspense and emotional color, rewriting and highlighting and much more. E……続きを見る

A top Hollywood insider explains the business end of the entertainment industry to help the millions who dream of writing and those who are writing for television, film, interactive, or any area of the industry. Cutting through the mumbo jumbo, Wharton provides crucial information to help writers ……続きを見る

Expert advice to perfect your proofreading skills"McGraw-Hill's Proofreading Handbook" helps ensure that your documents are letter-perfect, every time. Veteran editor and proofreader Laura Anderson arms you with all the tools of the proofreader's trade and walks you step-by-step through the entire……続きを見る

Comedian and actor Fry explains the various elements of poetry in simple terms in his witty and practical guide, giving the aspiring poet the tools and confidence to write and understand poetry.続きを見る

This new edition collects a dozen of the finest pieces of reportage "Granta" has published. Featuring distinguished writers and reporters such as James Fenton, Martha Gellhorn, Ryszard Kapuscinski, John le Carre, Joseph Lelyveld and Marilynne Robinson, as well as such new talents as Suketu Mehta a……続きを見る

These brisk and humorous one-sentence examples of writing mistakes provide teachers with what are often called "daily oral language" exercises that help students master the basics of capitalization, mechanics, punctuation, and usage. Such quick mini-lessons can become boring when the sentence come……続きを見る

This guide to understanding the culture of conversation is by one of America's foremost linguistic anthropologists. In a fascinating journey through the meaning of language--and the relationship of language to culture--Michael Agar sheds new light on the oceans of language, showing how to keep afl……続きを見る

Analyzing his own writing and that of his teachers, and reflecting on the writing advice he had been given over the years, Carroll Dale Short's epiphany was the recognition of a dozen practical fundamentals of good writing. As one would expect from the author of The Shining Path (now available fro……続きを見る

The author of the bestselling "Woe Is I" goes beyond grammar to offer witty, helpful advice for everyone who wants to write well. NPR sponsorship.続きを見る

Statistical approaches to processing natural language text have becomedominant in recent years. This foundational text is the first comprehensiveintroduction to statistical natural language processing (NLP) to appear. The bookcontains all the theory and algorithms needed for building NLP tools. It……続きを見る

Professional secrets from a renowned editor, prize-winning author, and award-winning instructor make this book the #1 practical choice for fiction and nonfiction writers of all levels of experience.続きを見る

The one big question every aspiring author asks.続きを見る

眺めているだけでも楽しい！海外Visual Bookをご紹介！続きを見る

John Gardner was famous for his generosity to young writers, and (this book) is his . . . gift to them. The Art of Fiction will fascinate anyone interested in how fiction gets put together. For the young writer, it will become a necessary handbook, a stern judge, an encouraging friend."--The New Y……続きを見る

In this book about the craft of writing fiction, Jerome Stern maintains that learning to write spontaneously is the first step to writing well. He includes tips for writing dialogue and action, beginnings and endings, offers a special section featuring an Alphabet for Writers, and more.続きを見る