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by Tony Erben, Ruth Ban, Martha Castañeda
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
In Teaching English Language Learners through Technology, the authors explore the use of computers/technology as a pedagogical tool to aid in the appropriate instruction of ELLs across all content areas. The special focus of this book is on the informed use of various technologies and software programs...
Communication Interventions for Individuals with Severe Disabilities
Exploring Research Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
What does the latest research tell us about communication interventions for people with severe disabilities? Find out in this authoritative research volume, which investigates the effectiveness of today's communication interventions, synthesizes evidence from current studies, and identifies urgent...
A Think-Aloud and Talk-Aloud Approach to Building Language
Overcoming Disability, Delay, and Deficiency
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
While self-talk like “Now we are buckling you in the car seat so we can go to the store” is common parental practice, this book shows how teachers, parents, and therapists can take this to higher levels to advance language cognitive development and learning potential. Based on neuroscience...
Language and Meaning in Cognitive Science
Cognitive Issues and Semantic theory
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Summarizes and illuminates two decades of research
Gathering important papers by both philosophers and scientists, this collection illuminates the central themes that have arisen during the last two decades of work on the conceptual foundations of artificial intelligence and cognitive science. Each...
Presuppositions and Cognitive Processes
Understanding the Information Taken for Granted
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
This book breaks new ground towards an understanding of the mental processes involved in presupposition, the comprehension of information taken for granted. Various psycholinguistic experiments are discussed to support the idea that involved in ordinary language comprehension are complex and demanding...
A Compendium of Collective Nouns
From an Armory of Aardvarks to a Zeal of Zebras
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
This illustrated guide compiles over 2,000 collective nouns and brings them to life in stunningly colorful, graphic artwork from the design dynamos at Woop Studios. Chock-full of treasures of the English language, the diversity of terms collected here covers topics from plants and animals (a parade...
Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red
The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
400 intriguing, entertaining, and often hilarious etymological journies
English is filled with curious, intriguing and bizarre phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating and even hilarious origins behind 400 of them, including:
• Read between the Lines
• Cat Got Your...
Casual Lex
An Informal Assemblage of Why We Say What We Say
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2005
Are you a lover of language?
Awaken your passion for words, and savor the sheer deliciousness of the things people say!
Casual Lex holds the hidden pleasures found in our usage of words. This fresh edition of the classic Why You Say It will turn you on to the fascinating?and often surprising?stories...
by David Crystal
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
David Crystal, one of the world’s leading commentators on language, tackles the proverbs of the world. In this anthology of global proverbs Crystal brings his customary keen eye and linguistic expertise to this wonderfully rich topic. Proverbs are fascinating in what they tell us about a culture's...
by David Crystal
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2007
Words, Words, Words is all about the wonder of words. Drawing on a lifetime's experience, David Crystal explores language in all its rich varieties through words: the very building blocks of our communication. Language has no life of its own: it only exists in the mouths and ears, hands, eyes and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
A vital component of any academic institution, libraries are held to and expected to maintain certain standards. In order to meet these standards and better accommodate the student and faculty body they serve, many libraries are recognizing the benefit of forging relationships with other professional...
by Karen A. Wyle
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
The world of law and lawyers, with its suspense, its moral quandaries, and its ripped-from-the-headlines subject matter, provides wonderful material for fiction. This guide will help writers explore these many story possibilities -- while avoiding numerous pitfalls. It also serves as a useful resource...
Tuttle Learner's Chinese-English Dictionary
Revised Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
This Mandarin Chinese Dictionary is for elementary to intermediate learners of Chinese
Tuttle Learner's Chinese-English Dictionary is a totally new dictionary designed specifically for elementary to intermediate learners of Chinese and contains all 3,051 vocabulary items prescribed for Levels...
by The Educational Company of Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2000
This learner's dictionary guides students and other users through the intricacies of the Irish language.