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This volume demonstrates how Chinese speakers use meta-level expressions to manage meaning, relationships, and discourse. It sheds light on how they monitor their speech, providing an important reference for researchers conducting cross-linguistic metapragmatic research.
This volume demonstrates how Chinese speakers use meta-level expressions to manage meaning, relationships, and discourse. It sheds light on how they monitor their speech, providing an important reference for researchers conducting cross-linguistic metapragmatic research.
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Pragmatics, Discourse and Society, Volume 2
A Festschrift for Akin Odebunmi
Leading scholars explore the interplay of context and meaning, examining how spatial, temporal, and institutional factors drive discourse and shape human cognition and action.
Leading scholars explore the interplay of context and meaning, examining how spatial, temporal, and institutional factors drive discourse and shape human cognition and action.
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This trailblazing exploration of Africa’s rich linguistic diversity uniquely combines often-overlooked signed languages with spoken indigenous languages. It offers new perspectives on language preservation, cultural identity, and the lasting spirit of linguistic diversity.
This trailblazing exploration of Africa’s rich linguistic diversity uniquely combines often-overlooked signed languages with spoken indigenous languages. It offers new perspectives on language preservation, cultural identity, and the lasting spirit of linguistic diversity.
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This book explores categorization and approximation—two often opposed, yet indissociable, operations. By comparing their expression in different languages, it clarifies the links between them and the cognitive foundations of interpretation for scholars and students.
This book explores categorization and approximation—two often opposed, yet indissociable, operations. By comparing their expression in different languages, it clarifies the links between them and the cognitive foundations of interpretation for scholars and students.
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This simplified grammar book uses a cognitive approach, focusing on sentence patterns instead of complex rules. This method makes learning easier and more engaging. It includes dedicated sections on summarizing, paraphrasing, and essay writing to develop writing skills.
This simplified grammar book uses a cognitive approach, focusing on sentence patterns instead of complex rules. This method makes learning easier and more engaging. It includes dedicated sections on summarizing, paraphrasing, and essay writing to develop writing skills.
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Homer’s epic song of the Trojan War. When the Greeks’ greatest warrior, Akhilleús, falls out with King Agamémnōn and withdraws from battle, their fortunes turn. The Trojans are storming the wall to fight close to the ships, and Akhilleus still refuses to join the battle.
Homer’s epic song of the Trojan War. When the Greeks’ greatest warrior, Akhilleús, falls out with King Agamémnōn and withdraws from battle, their fortunes turn. The Trojans are storming the wall to fight close to the ships, and Akhilleus still refuses to join the battle.
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This unique study shows that the history of TEFLers is different from the history of TEFL. Instead of theories, it explores the experience of being a TEFLer through the ages, using novels, plays, and memoirs to meet Victorian governesses, Berlitz teachers, and iconic figures.
This unique study shows that the history of TEFLers is different from the history of TEFL. Instead of theories, it explores the experience of being a TEFLer through the ages, using novels, plays, and memoirs to meet Victorian governesses, Berlitz teachers, and iconic figures.
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Bakhtin and Translation Studies
Theoretical Extensions and Connotations
This book investigates translation using Bakhtin’s dialogical principles, questioning extreme tendencies. It proposes a new model for cultural encounters by uniquely examining Western theory through examples from Indian literatures.
This book investigates translation using Bakhtin’s dialogical principles, questioning extreme tendencies. It proposes a new model for cultural encounters by uniquely examining Western theory through examples from Indian literatures.
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Dyslexia in First and Foreign Language Learning
A Cross-Linguistic Approach
Questions are tackled in this work as to whether a dyslexic student’s impairment varies depending on levels of orthographic transparency in the language system they study. It provides answers through research on reading difficulties and existing taxonomies of dyslexia sub-types.
Questions are tackled in this work as to whether a dyslexic student’s impairment varies depending on levels of orthographic transparency in the language system they study. It provides answers through research on reading difficulties and existing taxonomies of dyslexia sub-types.
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A Sociolinguistic Insight into the Italian Community in the UK
Workplace Language as an Identity Marker
This study of three generations of Italians in Bedford reveals their complex language dynamics. It uncovers why the youngest generation uses a mixed pronunciation: a conscious attempt not to accommodate to British culture, but to distance themselves from it.
This study of three generations of Italians in Bedford reveals their complex language dynamics. It uncovers why the youngest generation uses a mixed pronunciation: a conscious attempt not to accommodate to British culture, but to distance themselves from it.
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Corpora in Applied Linguistics
Current Approaches
Comprising contributions from a corpus linguistics conference, this volume explores the opportunities that corpora offer for answering questions in different domains of applied linguistics. It also studies the possible limitations and challenges of corpus-based research.
Comprising contributions from a corpus linguistics conference, this volume explores the opportunities that corpora offer for answering questions in different domains of applied linguistics. It also studies the possible limitations and challenges of corpus-based research.
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The Grammar Problem in Higher Education in Cameroon
Assessing Written Standard English among Undergraduates of the Department of English at the University of Yaounde 1
This study explores English grammar challenges among young Cameroonians in higher education. It pinpoints acute problems, analyzes their causes, and offers solutions for L2 learners, teachers, and language policymakers.
This study explores English grammar challenges among young Cameroonians in higher education. It pinpoints acute problems, analyzes their causes, and offers solutions for L2 learners, teachers, and language policymakers.
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A translator of Arabic medical texts into Latin, Constantinus Africanus made a substantial contribution to the understanding of fields such as anatomy and surgery. This edition of his work is accompanied by an introduction, a linguistic analysis of the text, and a glossary.
A translator of Arabic medical texts into Latin, Constantinus Africanus made a substantial contribution to the understanding of fields such as anatomy and surgery. This edition of his work is accompanied by an introduction, a linguistic analysis of the text, and a glossary.
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In the United States, minority languages are often lost within a few generations. This volume is a collection of inspiring stories from parents sharing their experiences, challenges, and suggestions for raising children bilingually, providing hope and insight.
In the United States, minority languages are often lost within a few generations. This volume is a collection of inspiring stories from parents sharing their experiences, challenges, and suggestions for raising children bilingually, providing hope and insight.
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Language across Languages
New Perspectives on Translation
Translation has always played a pivotal role in human societies. This volume tackles today's challenging translation issues from two viewpoints: linguistics and anthropology, exploring translation as a basic cognitive strategy of the human mind.
Translation has always played a pivotal role in human societies. This volume tackles today’s challenging translation issues from two viewpoints: linguistics and anthropology, exploring translation as a basic cognitive strategy of the human mind.
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The Ethics and Poetics of Alterity
New Perspectives on Genre Literature
This volume shows that genre literature is not escapist, but a field for ethical reflection. It explores how science fiction and fantasy dramatize encounters with otherness, raising a crucial question: how can human language describe what escapes humanity?
This volume shows that genre literature is not escapist, but a field for ethical reflection. It explores how science fiction and fantasy dramatize encounters with otherness, raising a crucial question: how can human language describe what escapes humanity?
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Writing Business Letters Across Languages
A Guide to Writing Clear and Concise Business Letters for Translation Purposes
A practical guide to cross-cultural business correspondence. Exploring style, tone, and structure, it provides examples from Arabic, English, and French to help professionals write effective letters and understand their counterparts in other languages.
A practical guide to cross-cultural business correspondence. Exploring style, tone, and structure, it provides examples from Arabic, English, and French to help professionals write effective letters and understand their counterparts in other languages.
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This volume represents investigations by linguistics professionals into the challenges of developing communicative competence in future engineers, economists and other such specialists, offering the views of instructors of English for specific professional purposes from Russia.
This volume represents investigations by linguistics professionals into the challenges of developing communicative competence in future engineers, economists and other such specialists, offering the views of instructors of English for specific professional purposes from Russia.
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Challenges and Channels
English Language and Literature at a Crossroads of Cultures
This collection deals with the challenges of teaching the English language and literature in the Middle East and North Africa region, bringing together educators and scholars with first-hand experience in teaching the English language and its literatures in this region.
This collection deals with the challenges of teaching the English language and literature in the Middle East and North Africa region, bringing together educators and scholars with first-hand experience in teaching the English language and its literatures in this region.
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Looking Beyond Words
Gestures in the Pedagogy of Second Languages in Multilingual Canada
This book challenges the view of gesture as marginal in language learning. It shows that communication is multimodal and demonstrates, through research in Italian language classes in Canada, how gesture enables a richer experience for both teachers and learners.
This book challenges the view of gesture as marginal in language learning. It shows that communication is multimodal and demonstrates, through research in Italian language classes in Canada, how gesture enables a richer experience for both teachers and learners.
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