Language: reference and general

Communication has always been an important need of life, it assumed the status of the most essential and one of the basics of the in the latter half of the 20th century.

The Arabic-English Thematic Lexicon is an invaluable resource for all learners of Arabic.

Gramatica espanola: Variacion social introduces intermediate to advanced students of Spanish to the main grammatical features of the language in a way that emphasizes the social underpinnings of language.

All for Naught tells the story of Richard Melmont, a billionaire many times over.

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Combines the critical and the creative, looking at the collisions that arise when Shakespeare texts are recreated in contemporary contexts.

Have you been putting bullion in your soup?

Yemen has experienced wrenching changes that have transformed the country in yet unknown ways.

Telling Stories, Talking Craft is a collection of fifteen conversations with some of the finest contemporary fiction writers.

A sensitive and realistic look at the spiritual life and practices of the Amish This second book by the authors of the award-winning Amish Grace sheds further light on the Amish, this time on their faith, spirituality, and spiritual practices.

This superb guide teaches you how to read critically.

English is the most widely taught and learned language in the world and is used for communication among speakers from different language backgrounds.

How do young people participate in democratic societies?

Besides the discussion of various areas of ethics, the chapters contain a set of case studies drawn from real events.

Writing copy is often assumed to be a natural talent.

Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive textbooks, providing students and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and Applied Linguistics.

What is it that makes humans engage with a dramatic narrative?

Regroupant 16 patrons de tricot réalisés par 6 créateurs québécois, Enfile ta petite laine se veut chaleureux et actuel.

This book explores metonymy in language, gesture, music, art and film, and discusses the challenges it presents in cross-cultural communication.

This full colour text comes with free audio and video online through an accompanying website.

Surfing has emerged from ancient roots to become a twenty-first century phenomenon - an 'alternative' sport, lifestyle and art form with a global profile and ever-increasing numbers of participants.

Broadcast Journalism is the Field of News and Journals Which are Broadcast, That is, Published by Electrical Methods, Instead of The Older Methods, Such as Printed Newspapers and Posters.

Are you beginning a creative writing course?

Over the last few decades, the radio documentary has developed into a strikingly vibrant form of creative expression.

Growing academic interest and the republication of B.

Populist Discourse brings together experts from both linguistics and political science to analyse the language of populist leaders and the media's representation of populism in different temporal, geographical and ideological contexts, including Nazi Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Austria, Greece, the UK, the US and South America.

The Theater of Tony Kushner is a comprehensive portrait of the forty-year long career of dramatist Tony Kushner as playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and public intellectual and political activist.

Becoming the Second City examines the development of Chicago's press and analyzes coverage of key events in its history to call attention to the media's impact in shaping the city's cultural and historical landscape.

Historical Dictionary of Chinese Intelligence, Second Edition covers the history of Chinese Intelligence from 400 B.

Caps are wonderful knitting projects-small and portable, providing just the right mix of challenge and simplicity.

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to statistics in corpus linguistics, covering multiple techniques of quantitative language analysis and data visualisation.

This volume offers a new perspective on sociolinguistics in Africa.

This book investigates the importance of humour and play in the establishment of individual and group identities among adult language learners on an intensive business English course.

This Handbook discusses the theoretical and disciplinary background to the study of English-medium instruction (EMI) in higher education worldwide.

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La didactique des langues est actuellement dans une période d'hésitation, tiraillée entre une reconduction d'une approche communicative toujours plus éclectique et l'émergence d'une nouvelle méthodologie : la Perspective actionnelle, encore très largement à l'état programmatique.

This book investigates a set of marginal syntactic structures which have been singularly influential in the development of generative theory, spotlighting lesser-studied languages of the Indic family while emphasizing implications for linguistic theory more broadly.

As GIS technology has evolved and grown, so has the language of this powerful tool.

The bible for debaters and their coaches.

The street protests that erupted in Tunisia in December 2010 and spread quickly throughout the Middle East surprised not only the entrenched dictators of the region but also international observers who collectively had taken for granted the durability of Middle Eastern authoritarianism.

the demise of the logical positivism programme.

Creative writing takes on many genres, or forms: fiction, poetry, nonfiction and dramatic writing.

The most original and authoritative voice of today's English lexicography presents a fully revised new edition of his beloved usage dictionaryWhen Bryan Garner published the first edition of A Dictionary of Modern American Usage in 1999, the book quickly became one of the most influential style guides ever written for the English language.