Language Arts 100

This monograph is a translation of two seminal works on corpus-based studies of Mandarin Chinese words and parts of speech. The original books were published as two pioneering technical reports by C……続きを見る

Assessment in Second Language Pronunciation highlights the importance of pronunciation in the assessment of second language speaking proficiency. Leading researchers from around the world cover prac……続きを見る

Extending the work of The Routledge Handbook to Nineteenth-Century British Periodicals and Newspapers, this volume provides a critical introduction and case studies that illustrate cutting-edge appr……続きを見る

G'day, mate! For the Yanks and the Pommies who were posted to Australia during WWII, these Aussie Slang words and phrases may bring back some good old memories. Regards Your Cobber P.S. There are we……続きを見る

This book is a philosophical exploration of the theoretical causes behind the collapse of classical cybernetics, as well as the lesson that this episode can provide to current emergent technologies.……続きを見る

Essays on literature, pop culture, and more from the cult novelist and critic Tom McCarthy Fifteen brilliant essays written over as many years provide a map of the sensibility and critical intellige……続きを見る

First published in 1811, this book is an extensive dictionary of contemporary slang and colloquialisms written by Francis Grose. Francis Grose (before 1731 - 1791) was an English draughtsman, antiqu……続きを見る

First published in 1972, this work examines the complex concept of metaphor. It defines the term by placing the various key ideas about the nature of metaphor in their literary and social context, a……続きを見る

Evaluating Language Assessments offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical bases and research methodologies for the evaluation of language assessments and demonstrates the importance of a fu……続きを見る

This book explores the effects of the global spread of English by reporting on a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study of the language attitudes, motivation and self-perceived English proficien……続きを見る

Master Spanish grammar through hands-on exercises and practice, practice, practice! Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced Spanish Grammar helps you take your Spanish skills to the next level by targeting……続きを見る

The One-Stop Guide to Mastering the Spanish Subjunctive Learning the subjunctive can be one of the most frustrating aspects of Spanish grammar, but it is also one of the most important for being und……続きを見る

This Companion addresses the contemporary transformation of critical and cultural theory, with special emphasis on the way debates in the field have changed in recent decades. Features original ess……続きを見る

This third edition of Compendium of the World’s Languages has been thoroughly revised to provide up-to-date and accurate descriptions of a wide selection of natural language systems. All cultural an……続きを見る

If you've ever wanted a quick and easy guide to verbs and adverbs, commas and apostrophes, clauses and prepositions, then this is a must-have book for you. Easing readers gently into the study of th……続きを見る

Volume 1 of the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer and who’s who. The J. R. R. Tolkien ……続きを見る

This comprehensive and accessible student workbook accompanies the fifth edition of Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable's History of the English Language. Each chapter in the workbook corresponds direc……続きを見る

Volume 2 of the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published. This volume includes a superlative day-by-day chronology of Tolkien’s life, presenting the most deta……続きを見る

Volume 2 of the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published. This volume includes a superlative day-by-day chronology of Tolkien’s life, presenting the most deta……続きを見る

What was the first language, and where did it come from? Do all languages have properties in common? What is the relationship of language to thought? Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics e……続きを見る

In its long history, the English language has had many lawmakers--those who have tried to regulate or otherwise organize the way we speak. Proper Words in Proper Places offers the first narrative hi……続きを見る

This text offers a theoretical engagement with the ways in which private and public interests - and how those interests have been understood - have framed the changing rationale for broadcasting reg……続きを見る

Translingualism perceives the boundaries between languages as unstable and permeable; this creates a complex challenge for writing pedagogy. Writers shift actively among rhetorical strategies from m……続きを見る

This book modifies the concept of performativity with media theory in order to build a rigorous method for analyzing videogame performances. Beginning with an interdisciplinary exploration of perfor……続きを見る

This book brings the study of nineteenth-century illustrations into the digital age. The key issues discussed include the difficulties of making illustrations visible online, the mechanisms for sear……続きを見る

First published in 1902, this volume contains a detailed history of English literature beginning in the Anglo-Saxon Period and ending with contemporary literature. “A History of English Literature” ……続きを見る

Où trouver des idées ? Qu'est-ce que les lecteurs veulent lire ? " Ma vie est un roman " Combien de fois entend-on les gens dire cette sentence pour résumer, dans ces mots, la richesse des événement……続きを見る

Découvrez toutes les étapes de l'auto-édition, depuis l'écriture jusqu'à la distribution du livre ! Vous avez écrit un livre auquel vous croyez fort et votre entourage aussi, parce que le sujet en e……続きを見る

Écrire avec précision, toucher les sens, le choix des mots, réussir les dialogues... A travers intrigues, personnages, choix des mots, voix et styles, l'auteur nous démonte pièce par pièce l'archite……続きを見る

Pour les romans, contes, nouvelles, pièces de théâtre, scénarios de films, etc. Si vous savez raconter une histoire en public, vous avez déjà des dons de conteur. Mais encore faut-il les développer ……続きを見る