This book reflects on the future of the English language as used by native speakers, speakers of nativized New Englishes, and users of English as a lingua franca (ELF).
This graduated Hellenistic Greek reader includes within-passage translation support and helps intermediate/advanced students of Greek improve their reading ability.
Ethics is the culmination of Dietrich Bonhoeffers theological and personal odyssey and one of the most important works of Christian ethics of the last century.
Rowland Abiodun draws on his fluency and prodigious knowledge of Yoruba culture and language to dramatically enrich our understanding of Yoruba civilization and its arts.
This book examines the methods and approaches currently being taken by the global community of youth in influencing environmental policymakers of the United Nations.
The mother of a bullied first grader, popular blogger Carrie Goldmans inspiring true story triggered an outpouring of support from online communities around the world.
This book brings together thirteen timely essays from across the globe that consider a range of 'mediated youth cultures', covering topics such as the phenomenon of dance imitations on YouTube, the circulation of zines online, the resurgence of roller derby on the social web, drinking cultures, Israeli blogs, Korean pop music, and more.
Tom Nettles believes that Southern Baptist churches are still in the midst of reformation-reformation that began with the conservative resurgence but continues today.
A tough town like Olean offers a guy only so many job options: sweat in the stench of oil refinery crude, like his immigrant father does, suffer boredom in a factory job, or apprentice in a trade.
Language and Decolonisation is the first collection to bring together views from across scholarly communities that are committed to the agenda of decolonising knowledge in language study.
Critical Service Learning Toolkit offers a strengths-based, interdisciplinary approach to promoting social competence while enhancing emotional and academic skill development.
This practical resource book showcases both the theory and practical application for teacher educators in diverse contexts bringing a global Englishes perspective into their teacher education courses, both at pre- and in-service levels.
A Companion to the Latin Language presents a collection of original essays from international scholars that track the development and use of the Latin language from its origins to its modern day usage.
English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course of this later modern English period that the characteristics of 'modern' English evolved.
In this provocative and persuasive new book, Nicholas Ostler challenges our assumption that English will continue to dominate as the global lingua franca.
"Asozial", "Bombenwetter", "entartet" oder "Volk" - nicht wenige deutsche Begriffe sind im öffentlichen Sprachgebrauch verpönt, weil sie mit der ideologisch und propagandistisch aufgeladenen Rhetorik der Nationalsozialisten in Verbindung gebracht werden.
Das 'Wörterbuch zu den bilateralen theologischen Dialogen zwischen der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland und orthodoxen Kirchen (1959–2013)' legt die theologischen Erträge der Dialoge aus mehr als fünf Jahrzehnten in greifbarer und übersichtlicher Form vor und trägt damit zur Ergebnissicherung und Rezeption der Dialoge bei.
Herausfordernde Gedanken in Zeiten der Ungewissheit "Wir können wissen, wer wir sind, wenn wir in den Spiegel des Wortes Gottes schauen", das gilt auch in Zeiten der Ungewissheit und Orientierungslosigkeit.
The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar is a straightforward and accessible A-Z guide to the diverse and often complex terminology of English grammar.
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