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Language is more than words: it includes the prosodic features and patterns that we use, subconsciously, to frame meanings and achieve our goals in our interaction with others. Here, Nigel G. Ward e……続きを見る

Presenting a field-defining overview of one of the most appliable linguistic theories available today, this Handbook surveys the key issues in the study of systemic functional linguistics (SFL), cov……続きを見る

Why is it that some ways of using English are considered "good" and others are considered "bad"? Why are certain forms of language termed elegant, eloquent or refined, whereas others are deemed uned……続きを見る

What is it to 'cock a snook', where is the land of Nod, and who was first to go the extra mile? Find the answers to these questions (and many more!) in the new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Id……続きを見る

＊臺灣首本臺籍韓語教師的韓文學習經驗談，讓您學到基礎韓文文法外，更知其所以然 　　＊抓出母語中文者常犯學習錯誤，掌握學好韓文關鍵觀念 　　＊簡潔的中文翻譯與基礎英文文法，對比語言學分析韓文語系，讓您更……続きを見る

Second edition of this popular Handbook bringing together stimulating discussions of core English linguistics topics in a single, authoritative volumeーincludes numerous new and thoroughly updated c……続きを見る

A partir de dois famosos romances do escritor paulista Ignácio de Loyola Brandão (1936) - Bebel que a cidade comeu e Não verás país nenhum - a autora discute o papel da obra literária enquanto discu……続きを見る

Este trabalho insere-se nos princípios teórico-metodológicos da Análise do Discurso de linha Francesa com o objetivo de analisar e compreender as estratégias discursivas presentes em Vencidos e Dege……続きを見る

Best known for his account of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides (c. 454–c. 395 b.c.) was an Athenian general and historian. This valuable commentary addresses the most famous part of Thucydides’s na……続きを見る

Providing a simple – but not simplistic – introduction to the Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) of English, this book serves as a launching pad for the beginning student and a review for the more se……続きを見る

A Discourse Analysis of News Translation in China offers hitherto underexplored inroads into Chinese media through insider perspectives on a unique Chinese newspaper, Cankao Xiaoxia which not only i……続きを見る

Grounded in analysis of Chinese and international educational concepts and classroom techniques currently used to teach Chinese as a Second Language, and a thorough review of recent research in the ……続きを見る

This Handbook is an in-depth appraisal of the field of minority languages and communities today. It presents a wide-ranging, coherent picture of the main topics, with key contributions from internat……続きを見る

Chinese Translation Studies in the 21st Century, which presents a selection of some of the best articles published in the journal Perspectives in a five-year period (2012-2017), highlights the vital……続きを見る

Language is the medium in which we humans compose our thoughts, explain our thinking, construct our arguments, and create works of literature. Without language, societies as complex as ours could no……続きを見る

This concise textbook provides students with an engaging and thorough overview of the history of Spanish and its development from Latin. Presupposing no prior knowledge of Latin or linguistics, stud……続きを見る

Set against the backdrop of anthropology’s recent focus on various “turns” (whether ontological, ethical, or otherwise), this pathbreaking volume returns to the question of knowledge and the role of……続きを見る

Understanding Formulaic Language: A Second Language Acquisition Perspective brings together leading scholars to provide a state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary account of the acquisition, processing, ……続きを見る

Why has English language proficiency in Japan remained so low in comparison to other Asian countries? Has Vietnam attempted to improve English language teaching because ASEAN has adopted English as ……続きを見る

"Thiru V.P. Kannan has brought out a nice manual covering all the aspects of grammar in a comprehensive manner with copious examples and adequate exercises. This book will be of immense help to……続きを見る

The Oxford Companion to the English Language provides an authoritative single-volume source of information about the English language. It is intended both for reference and for browsing. The first e……続きを見る

The author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinkin……続きを見る

"Full of colorful anecdotes…tells us a lot about the French but even more about ourselves."ー Los Angeles Times This is an intriguing and thoughtful analysis of the many ways French and Americansーa……続きを見る

Drawing on vast amounts of new data from live, unscripted radio and TV broadcasts, and the internet, this is a brilliant and original analysis of colloquial English, revealing unusual and largely un……続きを見る

Based on classic and cutting-edge research, this textbook shows how grammatical phenomena can best be taught to second language and bilingual learners. Bringing together second language research, li……続きを見る

Introducing English for Specific Purposes presents the key concepts and practices of ESP in a modern, balanced, and comprehensive way. This book defines ESP and shows how the approach plays a crucia……続きを見る

Exploring Nanosyntax provides the first in-depth introduction to the framework of nanosyntax, which originated in the early 2000s as a formal theory of language within Principles and Parameters fram……続きを見る

Nella comunicazione scenica, diversamente da quanto accade nella scrittura letteraria, l’italiano entra direttamente in contatto con il pubblico attraverso la voce: in questo modo la lingua della tr……続きを見る

As long as there has been a need for language, there has been a need for translation; yet there is remarkably little scholarship available on pre-modern translation and translators. This exciting an……続きを見る

A masterclass in persuasion from the inspiring philosopher who has taught a million people to argue through his popular open online course Our personal and political worlds are rife with arguments a……続きを見る