Corpus Linguistics for Virtual Workplace Discourse provides a thorough and practical step-by-step guide to constructing and analysing a multi-modal corpus of virtual meetings.
Rethinking Reading in College argues for more systematic attention to the role of reading comprehension in college, as a necessary step in addressing the inequities in student achievement that otherwise increase over time.
This volume features current, innovative, and effective ways of developing instructional materials for diverse English Language Teaching (ELT) contexts.
As the first volume of a two-volume set on the history of Chinese phonology, this book introduces the basics of the discipline and charts the history of phonology from the pre-Qin period to the Song dynasty.
The field of translation and interpreting (T&I) training has been undergoing rapid and far-reaching transformation in recent years, as a result of technological advances and sweeping shifts in the international environment within which T&I seeks to mediate.
This volume features current, innovative, and effective ways of developing instructional materials for diverse English Language Teaching (ELT) contexts.
Applying the framework of the Prosodic Model to naturalistic data, this book presents a systematic study of the phonological structure of Shanghai Sign Language (SHSL).
This book critically examines the ways in which translation studies can offer a conceptual framework for understanding and researching international affairs, drawing on examples from China's Belt and Road Initiative.
The Manual of Galician Linguistics provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the current situation of the Galician language and introduces its readers to the most important topics of current linguistic research on Galician.
This book offers the first sustained investigation of the phenomenon of retraction - the "e;taking back"e; of the conventional or deontic effects of a previous speech act - bringing together issues and solutions from the semantics of perspectival expressions and from the framework of Speech Act theory.
Mapping the Research Landscape of Interpreter and Translator Education explores research themes in interpreter and translator education based on a systematic review of more than 20 years of research in the field.
English Literacy Educators Working with Refugee Families highlights best practices for English literacy instruction when working with refugees in the United States.
The present book provides an introduction to the linguistic model of Construction Grammar, offering a full analysis of the grammar of the English language.
The present book provides an introduction to the linguistic model of Construction Grammar, offering a full analysis of the grammar of the English language.
This book delves into Benjamin Franklin's English, illustrating the variable nature of 18th-century American English and his stylistic manipulation of the potentiality of English.
This book explores first-hand Dunhuang manuscripts from a period of over 700 years, from 220 to 960, and as such makes a major contribution to passing on and promoting ancient Chinese culture.
Arley Ramos Moreno, a pioneering Brazilian philosopher, makes an important contribution to current discussions around meaning, knowledge and symbolism in the first English translation of his work.
This book investigates the situated (re)production of categories, from the most mundane and unremarkable to those most strongly associated with power and privilege.
