Readings in Language and Identity
This collection studies the complex relations between language and identity from a variety of theoretical perspectives. It brings together researchers from a range of fields to advance debates about the meanings of language and identity in contemporary cultural contexts.
Transcription Practice for the International Phonetic Alphabet
Learn to transcribe English sounds with the International Phonetic Alphabet to improve your pronunciation. Ideal for students and English language learners, this handbook assumes no prior knowledge and includes exercises with solutions, making it perfect for individual study.
This book discusses the development of Hebrew poetry in Andalusia and the Arab influence on its motifs. It shatters existing myths about the region during the period of Muslim rule.
This practical book provides comprehensive coverage of key terms in language syllabus design and materials development. It offers clear, concise definitions, serving as an essential source for curriculum researchers, language educators, and students of applied linguistics.
This ground-breaking work explains the power of literary fiction. It expands the field of pragmatics to give due to the three fictional actors—author, character and reader—by bringing together Anglo-American pragmatics and European philosophy.
Paul C. Mocombe’s theory of phenomenological structuralism reveals language’s dual role: to capture reality and structure our world, even as we use ego-centered discourse to defer meaning.
An Interactive Approach to Enhancing Early Word Learning
This volume translates complex research on child language into accessible strategies for parents and professionals. It informs best practices for building vocabulary from the ground up, enhancing word learning even before infants produce their first words to prevent delays.
Teaching English in Multilingual Secondary Schools
This book argues that to effectively teach English to a multilingual population, teaching must be done in the child’s own language. Teachers must realize this is the key to effective learning and ensuring no hard barriers exist. For students in ELT, Linguistics, and Education.
This book investigates the alternation of L1 and L2 in CLIL and EMI contexts in Italy at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. It shows that alternation plays a mainly lexical role and that its use is very similar across the three educational levels.
A practical guide for academics and practitioners on using corpora in advanced foreign language teaching. Through a detailed case study, this book illustrates how to integrate analysis tools into university education, revealing both potential and pitfalls.
This book deals with foreign language pronunciation, analyzing the problems non-native learners face and the factors affecting learning. Approaching the subject from both linguistic and pedagogical viewpoints, it appeals to all foreign language learners, teachers, and linguists.
This study explores representations of mental health in literature, focusing on works by 21st-century French women writers. It situates these portrayals in relation to current attitudes and practices, and discusses the benefit of their translation for an Anglophone readership.
This book argues the Kiev Leaflets, the oldest Slavic manuscript, do not originate from the Bulgarian-Macedonian area. Instead, linguistic and historical evidence, including a prayer against the Hungarians, points to the Eastern Obodrites in modern Ukraine between 894 and 900.
Contrastive Analysis of Chinese and English Syntax
This book is a contrastive analysis of Chinese and English syntax based on generative grammar. Moving from simple to complex topics, it requires no prior background knowledge. It can serve as a textbook or reference for scholars of linguistics and Chinese studies.
The Noun Phrase and the Generative Lexicon
This study delves into how the semantics of words influence the syntax of the noun phrase, using the generative lexicon. The result is a bold proposal for a comprehensive grammar—a useful tool for linguists, applicable to any language.
This valuable contribution to teaching languages to young learners offers new global perspectives on policy, theory, research, and pedagogy. It covers cognitive learning, teacher education, and classroom practices, making it essential for policymakers, researchers, and teachers.
A Local Perspective on Lexicography
This book explores dictionary-making and research in Romania. Addressing culture-specific topics for theorists, practitioners, and users, it covers paper and online, monolingual and bilingual works, explaining the challenges that have shaped the local dictionary culture.
How, where, and when does innovation occur in creative writing teaching? This volume explores such innovation, gathering contributors whose teaching stories provide direction, stimulus, and encouragement for those seeking to innovate in how creative writing is taught and learnt.
This volume explores how acclaimed literary texts of the 19th and 20th centuries reflect a distinctive Catholic sensibility, shedding light on profound spiritual experiences in imaginative and memorable ways.
A Discourse Perspective on Bunreacht na hÉireann
This book takes a new discourse perspective on the Constitution of Ireland. It explores the charter’s impact on the country’s public sphere, examining how it has been argued by the Irish press and judiciary since its enactment.
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