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This essential resource contains two books in one  the complete texts of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary and the Australian School Oxford Thesaurus. Designed to support students throughout their secondary schooling (ages 10 to 16) as they build their writing and communication skills, this...
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners has been written especially for...
Short Stories in French for Beginners is an unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for adult and young adult learners. Short Stories in French for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of...
The first novel-writing guide from the best-selling Save the Cat! story-structure series, which reveals the 15 essential plot points needed to make any novel a success.Novelist Jessica Brody presents a comprehensive story-structure guide for novelists that applies the famed Save the Cat!...
Making a good script great is more than just a matter of putting a good idea on paper. It requires the working and reworking of that idea. This book takes you through the whole screenwriting process - from initial concept through final rewrite - providing specific methods that will help you craft...
Go from beginner's Spanish to mastery with this single, comprehensive guide!Experts agree: the quickest route to learning a language-from beginner to advanced-is through a solid grounding in grammar and well-crafted exercises that reinforce lessons in vocabulary, essential structures. This premium...
This work provides a snapshot of issues reflecting the changing nature of translation studies at the beginning of a new millennium.
In Expressing Silence: Where Language and Culture Meet in Japanese, Natsuko Tsujimura discusses how silence is conceptualized and linguistically represented in Japanese. Languages differ widely in the specific linguistic and rhetorical modes through which vivid depictions of silence are achieved....
Rhetorics of Nepantla, Memory, and the Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua Papers: Archival Impulses explores the intersection of Chicana/o/x studies, Latina/o/x studies, archival studies, and public memory by examining the archival homes of cultural critic Gloria Anzaldua. This book illustrates how her...
This volume brings together scholars from around the world to juxtapose the voices of classroom participants alongside the voices of ruling elites with the aim of critically linking language policy issues with classroom practice in a range of contexts. The volume is suitable for postgraduate...
While literacy has always been central to language planning work, there are fewer studies which focus primarily on literacy as a language planning activity. This volume investigates the complex issues and social and political pressures relating to literacy in a variety of language planning contexts...
Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home.This fresh, authoritative translation...
Based on a case study of the evolution of "finish" morphemes in Yue and Zhuang Tai-Kadai, this book examines how an internal factor (grammaticalization) and an external factor (language contact) interacted to produce the polyfunctionality of the specific "finish" morphemes in the languages of...
The Spanish Lexicon of Baseball: Semantics, Style, and Terminology draws on nearly 7,000 published MLB game summaries to explore the contours of baseball terminology in Spanish. Organized in a logical sequence that corresponds to various aspects of baseball (field of play, player positions, getting...
This is the best book on the market for taking students from 'how children acquire their first language' to the point where they can engage with key debates and current research in the field of child language. No background knowledge of linguistic theory is assumed and all specialist terms are...
1. Reading the word, reading the world 2. Multilingualism 3. Education in multilingual societies 4. Multiliteracies 5. The politics and practice of literacy teaching 6. Language, literacy and culture 7. Resources for learning 8. Making change in multilingual classrooms
Pinpoints how "dogwhistles" and "figleaves," two kinds of linguistic trick, distort political discourse and normalize racism It is widely accepted that political discourse in recent years has become more openly racist and more accepting of wildly implausible conspiracy theories. Dogwhistles and...