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This book, the first in-depth study of authorship in translation, explores how authorial identity is ‘translated’ in the literary text. In a detailed exploration of the writing of East German author Christa Wolf in English translation, it examines how the work of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-02-23
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This book presents a novel analysis of concealed-question constructions, reports of a mental attitude in which part of a sentence looks like a nominal complement (e.g. Eve's phone number in Adam knows Eve's phone number), but is interpreted as an indirect question (Adam...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-02-23
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This book presents a new theory of the relationship between vagueness, context-sensitivity, gradability, and scale structure in natural language. Heather Burnett argues that it is possible to distinguish between particular subclasses of adjectival predicates—relative...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-02-23
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In the first book-length study of celebrity feminism, Anthea Taylor convincingly argues that the most visible feminists in the mediasphere have been authors of bestselling works of non-fiction: feminist ‘blockbusters’. Celebrity and The Feminist Blockbuster explores how...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-02-21
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Der Band beantwortet die Frage: Was ist eine Geschichte und wie erzähle ich sie am besten? Er greift dabei das zentrale Motiv der "Heldenreise" auf. Sie ist eine Art Baukasten, aus dem sich Geschichtenerzähler kinderleicht bedienen können. Im Prinzip handelt es sich um...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2017-02-20
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The invaluable handbook for acing your on-camera appearance On-Camera Coach is your personal coach for becoming great on camera. From Skype interviews and virtual conferences to shareholder presentations and television appearances, this book shows you how to master the...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2017-02-17
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Wiley and SAS Business Series
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As the most widely documented language in human history, English holds a unique key to unlocking some of the mysteries of the uniquely human endowment of language. Yet the field of World Englishes has remained somewhat marginal in linguistic theory. This collection...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-02-14
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Die hier versammelten Aufsätze verdeutlichen anhand konkreter Anforderungen und Erfahrungen aus der Kommunikationspraxis, wie linguistisches Wissen zur Bewältigung kommunikativer Herausforderungen und zur Entwicklung der Kommunikationskompetenz beiträgt. Sie...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2017-02-13
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This is Volume 1 of Dangerous Language.This book examines the rise of the international language Esperanto, launched in 1887 as a proposed solution to national conflicts and a path to a more tolerant world. The chapters in this volume chart the emergence of Esperanto as...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-02-10
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Bilder spielen eine zentrale Rolle in der medialen Inszenierung und Vermittlung von Kriegen. Die Autorin zeigt, wie Comics, die sich realen Kriegen widmen, bekannte Bilder, Handlungsverläufe und Argumentationen nutzen, umdeuten und vor allem auch visuell umsetzen. Dazu...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2017-02-09
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This volume explores the linguistic expression of modality in natural language from a cross-linguistic perspective. Modal expressions provide the basic tools that allow us to dissociate what we say from what is actually going on, allowing us to talk about what might...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-02-09
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The Discourse of News Values breaks new ground in news media research in offering the first book-length treatment of the discursive construction of news values through words and images. Monika Bednarek and Helen Caple combine in-depth theoretical discussion with...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-02-07
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Powerful strategies, tools, and techniques for educators teaching students critical reading skills in the humanities. Every educator understands the importance of teaching students how to read critically. Even the best teachers, however, find it challenging to translate...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-02-06
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Exam Board: IBLevel: MYPSubject: EnglishFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused approach to Language and...
Editeur :
Hodder Education
Parution :
2017-02-06
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From the Colosseum of Rome to Wrigley Field and Madison Square Garden, iconic sports venues are larger than life. They often exist in a seemingly "sacred" space, outside the hustle and bustle of the everyday. At their most basic level, iconic sports venues are revered...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2017-02-01
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This book deepens the insight into the setting and monitoring of language norms in different contexts. One focus lies on institutional contexts, in which the authors examine standardization, language policy and the implementation of usage norms. In the context of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2017-01-30
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Journalists are in the daily business of making the unseen visible, of connecting us to the world beyond our direct experience. In doing this, objectivity becomes a pivotal issue, and a highly debated topic both in academia and everyday life. The first systematic...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2017-01-30
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This book systematically examines the linguistic features and socio-cultural issues of ‘Hong Kong English’. The author focuses on authentic data taken from the International Corpus of English (the Hong Kong component) and the Corpus of Global Web-based English to track...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2017-01-30
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This book provides an in-depth study of controlled languages used in technical documents from both a theoretical and practical perspective. It first explores the history of controlled languages employed by the manufacturing industry to shape and constrain the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-30
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This book presents a novel analysis of the learning of motion event descriptions by Anglophone students of Spanish. The author examines cross-linguistic differences between English and Spanish, focusing on the verbal patterns of motion events, to explore how learners...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-28
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