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Global Mother Tongue: The Eight Flavours of English
by Howard Richler  Publisher Comments Celebrating a language that is spoken by 1.6 billion people, this entertaining analysis explores the international growth of English and gives an in-depth examination of its history. Explaining the differences and...
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Cultural Studies in the Efl Classroom.
by Werner Delanoy And Laurenz Volkmann Publisher Comments The twenty-eight articles presented in this volume offer a wide-ranging discussion of the cultural dimension of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) from the various theoretical positions available after the so-called cultural turn in the humanities. This...
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Readin' + Writin' for the Hard-hat Crowd; Curriculum Policy At an Urban University.
by Susan R Merrifield Publisher Comments Readin' + Writin' for the Hard-Hat Crowd explores the history of an urban public university from its conception in 1964 to the dawn of the twenty-first century. The reader views this place in time through the lens of the evolving nature of «...
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This Is Not My Dog! (First Words)
by Pam Scheunemann Publisher Comments FEATURES<BR>- Full-color Photographs<BR>- Picture Word Index<BR>- More Sight Word List<BR>- Similar Objects and Topics<BR>- Use of High Frequency Words<BR>- Simple Punctuation<BR>- Supports Language Arts Learner...
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Spelling Made Simple (90 Edition)
by Henderson Publisher Comments For almost four decades, "Made Simple books have set the standard for continuing education and home study. In answer to the changing needsof today's marketplace, the "Made Simple series for the '90s presents a thoroughly up-to-the-minute portfolio of...
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The Puppy Is for Me! (First Words)
by Pam Scheunemann Publisher Comments FEATURES<BR>- Full-color Photographs<BR>- Picture Word Index<BR>- More Sight Word List<BR>- Similar Objects and Topics<BR>- Use of High Frequency Words<BR>- Simple Punctuation<BR>- Supports Language Arts Learner...
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The English Language (Oxford Language Classics)
by Robert Burchfield Publisher Comments Here, Robert Burchfield, editor of the four-volume Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, offers a brief survey on the development of English. He expertly stresses the flexibility of the English language, tracing its ever-changing face from the 5th...
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Language, Blacks and Gypsies: Languages Without a Written Tradition and Their Role in Education
by T Acton Publisher Comments This book results from a collaboration between activists and academics. The editors believe that if grammar is to become politically important, then educated people must receive some grounding in a scientifically based descriptive linguistics before they...
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We See the Beach! (First Words)
by Mary Elizabeth Salzmann Publisher Comments FEATURES<BR>- Full-color Photographs<BR>- Picture Word Index<BR>- More Sight Word List<BR>- Similar Objects and Topics<BR>- Use of High Frequency Words<BR>- Simple Punctuation<BR>- Supports Language Arts Learner...
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Comparative Syntax of the Balkan Languages (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)
by Maria Luisa Rivero Publisher Comments This collection of seven papers studies important aspects of the syntax of Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, and Rumanian from a comparative perspective based on current linguistic frameworks, including the Minimalist Program. Topics addressed include control,...
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Orthography, Phonology, Morphology, & Meaning
by Frost Publisher Comments The area of research on printed word recognition has been one of the most active in the field of experimental psychology for well over a decade. However, notwithstanding the energetic research effort and despite the fact that there are many points of...
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In and Out of English; for Better, for Worse?.
by Gunilla Anderman And Margaret Rogers Book News Annotation This collection of 19 articles examines how English has become a global language and, in particular, how the expansion of the European Union has promoted English as the lingua franca. Contributors describe "linguistic imperialism" and the fight for...
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Do You Speak American?
by Robert Macneil Publisher Comments The companion volume to a PBS special, this is the tale of the surprising discoveries the authors made while interviewing a host of native speakers and observing everyday verbal interactions across the country. High school & older....
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Topics in English Linguistics #56: The Semantic Field of Modal Certainty: A Corpus-Based Study of English Adverbs
by Anne Marie And Karin Aijmer Simon-vandenbergen Book News Annotation Simon-Vandenbergen (English, Ghent U., Belgium) and Aijmer (English, G...
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Gender and Language Research Methodologies
by Kate Harrington Publisher Comments This is the first book that draws together the main current methodological approaches to the study of language and gender. Approaches include Sociolinguistics, Conversation analysis, Corpus linguistics, Critical discourse analysis, Feminist...
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Adventure of English
by Melvin Bragg Publisher Comments Paperback edition of Bragg's bestselling and fascinating biography of the English Language tracing its beginnings as a minor guttaral German dialect to its position today as a major global communication form. The hardback sold over 90,000 copies. "Always...
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Am I Happy? (First Words)
by Mary Elizabeth Salzmann Publisher Comments - Full-color Photographs<BR>- Picture Word Index<BR>- More Sight Word List<BR>- Similar Objects and Topics<BR>- Use of High Frequency Words<BR>- Simple Punctuation<BR>- Supports Language Arts Learner...
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Enigmas of the English Alphabet
by Alvaro J. Alves-milho Publisher Comments English is the most used language in the World. In fact, there are more people learning it as a second language than there are native speakers. Nevertheless, English has a number of peculiar features that are not well known, not only to foreign language...
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Cognitive Phonology in Construction Grammar: Analytic Tools for Students of English
by Riitta V<:a>limaa-blum Book News Annotation V...
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Words Meaning & Vocabulary 2ND Edition an Introduction
by Howard Jackson Publisher Comments This textbook is a systematic and accessible introduction to the lexicology of modern English. Lexicology is the branch of linguistics that studies all aspects of the vocabulary of a particular language. The book provides an account of the sources...
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