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Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3-11 learning English as a foreign or second language.

Dutch is spoken by 23 million people, mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium, and is an official EU language.

This book provides a systematic study of three foundational issues in the semantics of natural language that have been relatively neglected in the past few decades.

Understanding Minimalist Syntax introduces the logic of the Minimalist Program by analyzing well-known descriptive generalizations about long-distance dependencies.

This book is the final version of the widely-circulated 1993 Technical Report that introduces a conception of grammar in which well-formedness is defined as optimality with respect to a ranked set of universal constraints.

Indefinites and the Type of Sets explores a new theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects.

The Proper Treatment of Events offers a novel approach to the semantics of tense and aspect motivated by cognitive considerations.

Structuring Events presents a novel semantic theory of lexical aspect for anyone interested in the study of verb meanings.

Word Order and Scrambling introduces readers to recent research into the linguistic phenomenon called scrambling and is a valuable contribution to the fields of theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and applied linguistics.

Sound Patterns of Spoken English is a concise, to-the-point compendium of information about the casual pronunciation of everyday English as compared to formal citation forms.

Minimalist Syntax is a collection of essays that analyze major syntactic processes in a variety of languages, all unified by their perspective from within the Minimalist Program.

Formal Semantics: The Essential Readings is a collection of seminal papers that have shaped the field of formal semantics in linguistics.

This volume provides a comprehensive view of the current issues in contemporary syntactic theory.

Optimality Theory in Phonology: A Reader is a collection of readings on this important new theory by leading figures in the field, including a lengthy excerpt from Prince and Smolensky's never-before-published Optimality Theory: Constraint Interaction in Generative Grammar.

The Grammar of Raising and Control surveys analyses across a range of theoretical frameworks from Rosenbaum's classic Standard Theory analysis (1967) to current proposals within the Minimalist Program, and provides readers with a critical understanding of these, helping them in the process to develop keen insights into the strengths and weaknesses of syntactic arguments in general.

Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program presents accessible, cutting edge research on an enduring and fundamental question confronting all linguistic inquiry the respective roles of derivation and representation.

Anaphora: A Reference Guide is a collection of essays that report on the major results of recent research in anaphora and set the stage for further inquiry.

Compositionality in Formal Semantics is a collection of Barbara Partee s papers that have been influential in the field but are not readily available and includes a new introductory essay in which Partee reflects on how her thinking and the field of semantics have developed over the past 35 years.

Learn British Sign Language quickly and easily with this essential guide and CD-Rom This lively guide introduces the key hand shapes and gestures you need to communicate in British Sign Language.

This comprehensive and practical book covers the basics of grammar as well as the broad brush issues such as writing a grant application and selling to your potential audience.

A Spanish Grammar Workbook contains 500 grammar exercises that vary in difficulty from simple tests and puzzles to multiple choice tests and realistic dialogues as well as communication exercises which function as prompts to the oral practice of the grammar in representative contexts.

Do you know a bit of English, and want to improve without a teacher?

Whether you want to take up Spanish from scratch or brush up on your existing skills, this practical, easy-to-follow guide is for you!

Your no-fuss guide the the essentials of Spanish!

Your no-fuss guide the the essentials of Spanish!

The fun and easy way to learn Spanish-by playing games!

Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3-11 learning English as a foreign or second language.

A value-packed guide to speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish Spanish All-in-One For Dummies is the first Dummies All-in-One title in the foreign language category nearly 800 pages of expert instruction to help people master Spanish basics and beyond.

A value-packed guide to speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish Spanish All-in-One For Dummies is the first Dummies All-in-One title in the foreign language category nearly 800 pages of expert instruction to help people master Spanish basics and beyond.

Learn to: Increase your reading speed and comprehension Use speed techniques for any type of reading material Improve your silent reading skills Recall more of what you read The fun and easy way to become a more efficient, effective reader!

Studying Korean for business or travel?

Una guía práctica para las personas de habla hispana que desean aprender inglés

Escrito para millones de americanos que hablan español y quieren mejorar o aprender inglés.

Russian is spoken by nearly 450 million people, and demand for Russian-speakers is growing.

Regarded as one of the most difficult languages to learn for native English speakers by the U.

A fun, comprehensive way to get up to speed on Spanish With over 325 million speakers, Spanish is in a virtual dead heat with English as the second most popular spoken language.