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Publius Ovidius Naso wurde 43 v. Chr. in Sulmo in Mittelitalien geboren, gehörte zum Ritterstand und sollte eigentlich die römische Ämterlaufbahn einschlagen. Zum Glück für die Weltliteratur brach e……続きを見る

Wussten Sie, dass taff kein englisches, sondern ein jiddisches Wort ist und gut bedeutet? Hier hat sich stikum eine falsche Verbindung mit tough eingeschlichen, wobei stikum wiederum kein lateinisch……続きを見る

Modern Arabic Sociolinguistics outlines and evaluates the major approaches and methods used in Arabic sociolinguistic research with respect to diglossia, codeswitching, language variation and attitu……続きを見る

Biolinguistics is a highly interdisciplinary field that seeks the rapprochement between linguistics and biology. Linking theoretical linguistics, theoretical biology, genetics, neuroscience and cogn……続きを見る

Are you interested in publishing a book, but unsure about your next step? Ed Cyzewski has been there, and he wrote this book for you. After publishing his first nonfiction book Ed Cyzewski's inbox w……続きを見る

This book is a guidebook for self-published authors. It has: Ideas on how to write a book that people want to read Strategies for editing your book so people like it Tips for eBook marketing t……続きを見る

Bruce Horner’s Rewriting Composition: Terms of Exchange shows how dominant inflections of key terms in compositionーlanguage, labor, value/evaluation, discipline, and composition itselfーreinforce c……続きを見る

This fantasy writing book offers tips to those who want to write fantasy books. It starts out with ideas for your fantasy world. Then it delves into a small example fantasy world. After that we'll l……続きを見る

In Superstitions, Max Cryer explains the origins of many of the things we commonly say and observe and why we continue to include them in our lives: kissing under the mistletoe, the unlucky number t……続きを見る

Fully updated and revised, this fourth edition of Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar explains the principles of systemic functional grammar, enabling the reader to understand and apply th……続きを見る

The Sociolinguistics of Digital Englishes introduces core areas of sociolinguistics and explores how each one has been transformed by the current era of digital communication and the Internet. Addre……続きを見る

¿Cómo una lengua que nació en unas aldeas perdidas del norte de España ha llegado a convertirse en la segunda del mundo, con más de 500 millones de hablantes en los cinco continentes? El siglo VIII ……続きを見る

To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, this book offers fresh and exciting insights into the ever-popular works of the world’s greatest playwright. It specifically highlights Sha……続きを見る

Las palabras viajan en el tiempo y en el espacio y cambian su forma, su significado, sus usos… ¿De dónde viene la palabra «adefesio»? ¿Cómo la palabra «chusma» puede venir del griego, donde signific……続きを見る

Cuando se habla de comunicación escrita se tiene que hablar de escritura eficaz. Y esto significa que el escritor logre de su público lo que se había propuesto: informarle, orientarle, hacerle pensa……続きを見る

Els textos que no atrauen tenen un recorregut curt en un món en el qual la comunicació és el centre de qualsevol activitat. Quan es parla de comunicació escrita s'ha de parlar d'escriptura eficaç. I……続きを見る

Language, Identity and Choice: Raising Bilingual Children in a Global Society provides scholarly insight into how foreign language acquisition influences an individual’s understanding of identity wi……続きを見る

A linguistic analysis supporting a new model of the colonization of the Antilles before 1492 This work formulates a testable hypothesis of the origins and migration patterns of the aboriginal people……続きを見る

Not Just Another Technical Manual If you’ve ever been intimidated by Scrivener, set your fears to rest. Scrivener Superpowers is not just another how-to-use-software book. It’s an entertaining, easy……続きを見る

Communicating with Asia brings together an international team of leading researchers to discuss South, South-East, East and Central Asia, and explore Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi-Urdu, Malay, and Russ……続きを見る

There is a new awakening in India that is challenging the ongoing westernization of the discourse about India. The Battle for Sanskrit seeks to alert traditional scholars of Sanskrit and sanskriti -……続きを見る

This Palgrave Pivot volume explores an exciting range of powerful novels and memoirs from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Syria that reveal political geographies of injustice and popular discontent thus ……続きを見る

Comparative study of the writings and strategies of European women in two colonies, French Algeria and British Kenya, during the twentieth century. Its central theme is women's discursive contributi……続きを見る

Analyzing someone's personality through their handwriting has been widely rubbished but it is still a fun game to play with friends and family. 続きを見る

A fascinating and funny guide on how to read handwriting and divine personality traits from it. 続きを見る

Graphology is the art of reading character from handwriting. That there is a relationship between character and style of penmanship has long been recognized, but until recently little has been done ……続きを見る

This annotated edition of the unpublished letters that Iris Murdoch wrote to Jeffrey Meyers includes her discussion of writers from Conrad to Updike; her quarrel with Rebecca West; and her difficult……続きを見る

In this groundbreaking collection, twelve international scholars – with backgrounds in disability studies, English and world literature, classics, and history – discuss the representation of dis/abi……続きを見る

The technological realm provides an unusually active laboratory not only for new ideas and products but also for the remarkable linguistic innovations that accompany and describe them. How else woul……続きを見る

Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized how people think about writing. Now, in Vernacular Eloquence, he mak……続きを見る