ilość książek w kategorii: 4866
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Communicating Through Vague Language: A Comparative Study of L1 and L2 Speakers
ISBN: 9781137486370 / Angielski / Twarda / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a comparative study of vague language based on naturally occurring data of L1 and L2 speakers in academic settings. It explores how L2 learners have diverse and culturally specific needs for vague language compared with L1s, and are generally vaguer.
This book is a comparative study of vague language based on naturally occurring data of L1 and L2 speakers in academic settings. It explores how L2 le...
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201,24 |
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Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures
ISBN: 9781137340382 / Angielski / Twarda / 177 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyses the complex relationship between directness, indirectness, politeness and impoliteness. Definitions of directness and indirectness are discussed and problematised from a discursive theoretical perspective.
This book analyses the complex relationship between directness, indirectness, politeness and impoliteness. Definitions of directness and indirectness ...
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362,27 |
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The Ins and Outs of Business and Professional Discourse Research: Reflections on Interacting with the Workplace
ISBN: 9781137507679 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This edited volume offers a collection of original chapters focusing on the Ins and Outs of professional discourse research. The contributors discuss all aspects of the scholarly process, investigating written, oral, non-verbal and digital communication in professional settings. First the book analyses gaining access and collecting data by exploring questions such as, how can we convince practitioners to let us observe, record, interview, survey? What counts as data? How much data do we need? What shape and form can the data take? How does our research interfere with the professional...
This edited volume offers a collection of original chapters focusing on the Ins and Outs of professional discourse research. The contributors discuss ...
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201,24 |
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Evolving Agendas in European English-Medium Higher Education: Interculturality, Multilingualism and Language Policy
ISBN: 9781137543110 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In non-English-speaking countries, teaching degree programmes through the medium of English provides opportunities and challenges. This book explores issues of interculturality, language policy regarding English and national languages, and the economic, educational and political agendas in modern-day higher education in Europe. In non-English-speaking countries, teaching degree programmes through the medium of English provides opportunities and challenges. This book explor... |
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402,53 |
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Languages and the First World War: Representation and Memory
ISBN: 9781137550354 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines issues around the representation and memory of the First World War. With contributions from international academics, the chapters cover a wide range of the historiographical aspects of war including the nature of representing the war in letters and diaries; the documentation of language change; the language of representing the war in reportage and literature; and the language of remembering the war. This book will appeal to a wide readership including linguists and historians and is complemented by the sister volume Languages and the First World War: Communicating in a...
This book examines issues around the representation and memory of the First World War. With contributions from international academics, the chapters c...
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201,24 |
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Public and Political Discourses of Migration: International Perspectives
ISBN: 9781783483273 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Popular, political and media discourses frame the issue of migration and shape how and when it enters the public and political consciousness. These discourses are of crucial importance as they influence both the general public s perception of migration and the policies which regulate both the act of migration itself and migrant residents. Public and Political Discourses of Migration brings together an interdisciplinary group of established and emerging scholars, whose work interrogates the relationship between discourse and migration. Through the application of a variety of theoretical lenses...
Popular, political and media discourses frame the issue of migration and shape how and when it enters the public and political consciousness. These di...
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744,45 |
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Public and Political Discourses of Migration: International Perspectives
ISBN: 9781783483280 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Popular, political and media discourses frame the issue of migration and shape how and when it enters the public and political consciousness. These discourses are of crucial importance as they influence both the general public s perception of migration and the policies which regulate both the act of migration itself and migrant residents. Public and Political Discourses of Migration brings together an interdisciplinary group of established and emerging scholars, whose work interrogates the relationship between discourse and migration. Through the application of a variety of theoretical lenses...
Popular, political and media discourses frame the issue of migration and shape how and when it enters the public and political consciousness. These di...
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254,68 |
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Southern Regional French: A Linguistic Analysis of Language and Dialect Contact
ISBN: 9781909662896 / Angielski / Twarda / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite apparent interest in defining francais regional since as early at the nineteenth century, we have been left wondering about the precise origins and changing nature of contemporary regional varieties of French, particularly in the south of France. Through an examination of linguistic transfer, in a situation of bilingualism, and of levelling and diffusion during dialect contact, this study examines the hypothesis that regional French pronunciations have resulted from contact with France's minority languages, and challenges the received view that young Southerners are abandonning their...
Despite apparent interest in defining francais regional since as early at the nineteenth century, we have been left wondering about the precise origin...
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474,75 |
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An Introduction to Middle English
ISBN: 9781138658813 / Angielski / Twarda / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1937, this book supplies a history of the living growth of the English language from Old English to the medieval period. It offers an in-depth study of the growth of vocabulary through literature and social interaction, bringing out the fact that it is chiefly words that foreign influence has affected -- leaving sentence structure almost unaltered. Isolative and combinative changes in phonology, the accidence of nouns and plurals, pronouns and adverbs, and verbs are also examined in detail, along with a general overview of the features Middle English and a brief outline... First published in 1937, this book supplies a history of the living growth of the English language from Old English to the medieval period. It offe... |
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563,24 |
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Learning from Difference: Comparative Accounts of Multicultural Education
ISBN: 9783319268798 / Angielski / Twarda / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyses the experiences of multicultural education in nine very different international settings uncovering insights from a vast variety of educational contexts.
This book analyses the experiences of multicultural education in nine very different international settings uncovering insights from a vast variety of...
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402,53 |
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Iranian National Identity & the Persian Language: Roles of the Court, Religion & Sufism in Persian Prose Writing
ISBN: 9781933823812 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this insightful study of Iranian cultural history and national identity, the late Shahrokh Meskoob, one of Iran's leading intellectuals, reviewed the roles of three social classes, the courtiers and bureaucratic officials (ahl-e divan), the religious scholars (ulama), and the Muslim Gnostics (Sufi poets and writers), in the development and refinement of the Persian language during the past 1,000 years and gives the reader a fresh perspective on Iranian cultural heritage and the struggle to forge a distinct national identity. Dr. Ali Banuazizi's foreword and interview with the author sets...
In this insightful study of Iranian cultural history and national identity, the late Shahrokh Meskoob, one of Iran's leading intellectuals, reviewed t...
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129,48 |
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Modality and the English Modals
ISBN: 9780582034860 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the result of an investigation of a set of written and spoken texts in order to attain a solution to the problem of the system of modals. The texts are drawn from the Survey of English Usage in University College London. This edition has been revised and the theoretical chapters rewritten.
This is the result of an investigation of a set of written and spoken texts in order to attain a solution to the problem of the system of modals. The ...
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293,81 |
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Japheth Ben Ali's Book of Jeremiah: A Critical Edition and Linguistic Analysis of the Judaeo-Arabic Translation
ISBN: 9781138661097 / Angielski / Miękka / 516 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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244,84 |
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Exploring Discourse in Context and in Action
ISBN: 9780230252707 / Angielski / Miękka / 311 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book combines an authoritative examination of the field of discourse-based research with practical guidance on research design and development.
This book combines an authoritative examination of the field of discourse-based research with practical guidance on research design and development.
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241,50 |
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Rethinking Second Language Learning: Using Intergenerational Community Resources
ISBN: 9781783095391 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book evaluates a project where formal classroom learning of a second language was supplemented with informal, natural interactions with older native speakers of the target language, delivering a number of pedagogical and societal benefits. The authors introduce a model of intergenerational, intercultural encounters which aims to promote the use of community language resources; enrich the experiences of young learners; foster greater understanding between generations; break down cultural stereotypes; encourage appreciation of different cultures and enhance the quality of life and... This book evaluates a project where formal classroom learning of a second language was supplemented with informal, natural interactions with older ... |
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169,87 |
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Rethinking Second Language Learning: Using Intergenerational Community Resources
ISBN: 9781783095407 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book evaluates a project where formal classroom learning of a second language was supplemented with informal, natural interactions with older native speakers of the target language, delivering a number of pedagogical and societal benefits. The authors introduce a model of intergenerational, intercultural encounters which aims to promote the use of community language resources; enrich the experiences of young learners; foster greater understanding between generations; break down cultural stereotypes; encourage appreciation of different cultures and enhance the quality of life and...
This book evaluates a project where formal classroom learning of a second language was supplemented with informal, natural interactions with older nat...
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592,62 |
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Creating and Digitizing Language Corpora: Volume 3: Databases for Public Engagement
ISBN: 9781137386441 / Angielski / Twarda / 359 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book unites a range of approaches to the collection and digitization of diverse language corpora. Its specific focus is on best practices identified in the exploitation of these resources in landmark impact initiatives across different parts of the globe. The development of increasingly accessible digital corpora has coincided with improvements in the standards governing the collection, encoding and archiving of 'Big Data'. Less attention has been paid to the importance of developing standards for enriching and preserving other types of corpus data, such as that which captures the...
This book unites a range of approaches to the collection and digitization of diverse language corpora. Its specific focus is on best practices identif...
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201,24 |
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How Gender Shapes the World
ISBN: 9780198723752 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a book about the multi-faceted notion of gender. Gender differences form the basis for family life, patterns of socialization, distribution of tasks, and spheres of responsibilities. The way gender is articulated shapes the world of individuals, and of the societies they live in. Gender has three faces: Linguistic Gender-the original sense of 'gender'-is a feature of many languages and reflects the division of nouns into grammatical classes or genders (feminine, masculine, neuter, and so on); Natural Gender, or sex, refers to the division of animates into males and females; and Social...
This is a book about the multi-faceted notion of gender. Gender differences form the basis for family life, patterns of socialization, distribution of...
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551,49 |
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The Power of Identity and Ideology in Language Learning: Designer Immigrants Learning English in Singapore
ISBN: 9783319302096 / Angielski / Twarda / 173 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This critical ethnographic school-based case study offers insights on the interaction between ideology and the identity development of individual English language learners in Singapore. Illustrated by case studies of the language learning experiences of five Asian immigrant students in an English-medium school in Singapore, the author examines how the immigrant students negotiated a standard English ideology and their discursive positioning over the course of the school year. Specifically, the study traces how the prevailing standard English ideology interacted in highly complex ways with... This critical ethnographic school-based case study offers insights on the interaction between ideology and the identity development of individual E... |
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201,24 |
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The Limitations of Language
ISBN: 9780333371534 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the relation between language and our senses and emotions, taking readers into domains as diverse as wine-tasting, marriage guidance counselling, medical training and face recognition. The authors suggest that language is capable of both confusing and clarifying.
This book explores the relation between language and our senses and emotions, taking readers into domains as diverse as wine-tasting, marriage guidanc...
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160,99 |