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Cover of The Cambridge Handbook of Japanese Linguistics
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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018

The linguistic study of Japanese, with its rich syntactic and phonological structure, complex writing system, and diverse sociohistorical context, is a rapidly growing research area. This book, designed to serve as a concise reference for researchers interested in the Japanese language and in typological...
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Divided by a Common Language

A Guide to British and American English

by Christopher Davies
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2007

Puzzled by signs warning you to “mind the gap” in the London Underground? Wondering what will be on your plate if you order “toad in the hole” in a London café? In Divided by a Common Language, Christopher Davies explains these expressions and discusses the many differences in pronunciation,...
Cover of The Writer's A-Z of Body Language
by Tim Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014

This book is for writer's to cherry-pick body language for their characters. It does what says on the cover - it's an A-Z list of emotions, attitudes and feelings with the associated body language. Updated version. Now with a linked Table of Contents and Index.
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Breve historia de la lengua española

Segunda edición revisada

by David A. Pharies
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015

Publicada inicialmente en 2007, esta Breve historia de la lengua española se ha convertido en la introducción más difundida a una de las lenguas más importantes del mundo por la extensión de su dominio y el número de hablantes. Este libro ofrece al lector un relato conciso que se propone profundizar...
Cover of Varieties of Spanish in the United States
by John M. Lipski
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2008

Thirty-three million people in the United States speak some variety of Spanish, making it the second most used language in the country. Some of these people are recent immigrants from many different countries who have brought with them the linguistic traits of their homelands, while others come from...
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Pragmatics and Law

Philosophical Perspectives

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Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016

This volume highlights important aspects of the complex relationship between common language and legal practice. It hosts an interdisciplinary discussion between cognitive science, philosophy of language and philosophy of law, in which an international group of authors aims to promote, enrich and...
Cover of Tajik vocabulary for English speakers - 3000 words
by Andrey Taranov
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2014

3000-WORD ENGLISH-TAJIK VOCABULARYThis book is a learning tool for mastering basic Tajik vocabulary. It will help you obtain a solid base in your knowledge of the Tajik language. The 3000 words contained in this edition will aid in your understanding of simple phrases and hone your composition...
Cover of Ambiguities in Intensional Contexts
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

The essays in this book deal with a number of problems in the analysis of intensional language - more especially with the analysis of the personal modalities in natural language. Together they cover a representative spectrum of the problems of contemporary ,interest in this area, in a way that should...
Cover of An English Grammar - The Original Classic Edition
by Witt William
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012

So many slighting remarks have been made of late on the use of teaching grammar as compared with teaching science, that it is plain the fact has been lost sight of that grammar is itself a science. The object we have, or should have, in teaching science, is not to fill a childs mind with a vast number...
Cover of English Fluency For Asian Speakers: Accent Reduction For Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
by Whitney Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018

Secrets of Reducing and Eliminating Your Asian Accent English is the third most widely spoken language in the world and its gaining ground. It's already counted as an official language of 94 countries. People in every corner of the globe are enrolling in English schools and online classes....
Cover of Communication and Language Analysis in the Public Sphere
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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014

Although, language is certainly individualized, most people conform to linguistic norms because of their surroundings. Over time, particular words and phrases are popularized by the media, social trends, or world events; and with emergence of internet technologies, the communication between all types...
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Language & Teaching

A Psychological View

by Peter Herriot
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012

Language is the basic means of communication in the classroom. It is therefore vital that teachers should know something about its acquisition, development, possible defects and the ways in which they may understand and develop its communicative powers. Peter Herriot describes the relationship...
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A Good Look at Bad Language

by Ruth Wajnryb
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2005

Have we always "sworn like sailors"? Has creative cursing developed because we can't just slug people when they make us angry? And if such verbal aggression is universal, why is it that some languages (Japanese, for instance) supposedly do not contain any nasty words? Throughout the twentieth century...
Cover of The Oxford Handbook of the History of Linguistics
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Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013

In this outstanding book leading scholars from around the world examine the history of linguistics from ancient origins to the present. They consider every aspect of the field from language origins to neurolinguistics, explore linguistic traditions in east and west, chronicle centuries of explanations...
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