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Welsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration examines the prison literature of certain iconicWelsh authors whose political lives and creative writings are linked to ideas about Wales and theWelsh language, the nature of political activism, and the function of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-12-05
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Placed within the context of reception studies, this book investigates how advertisements that rely on re-contextualising shared cultural knowledge are understood by their viewers, and examines their persuasive potential.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-12-04
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This book sheds light on the ways in which the on-going Israeli-Arab conflict has shaped Arabic language instruction. Due to its interdisciplinary nature it will be of great interest to academics and researchers in security and middle eastern studies as well as those...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-12-04
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Aus der Perspektive der Sprach-, Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft nehmen die Beiträge des Bandes das Zusammenspiel von Rhetorik und Kulturen vom 8.–21. Jahrhundert in den Blick. Rhetorische Konstruktionen tradieren, modifizieren und verweben kulturelle Strömungen als...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-12-04
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This book presents new research into the great structural diversity found in Sinitic languages. While many studies focus principally on Standard Mandarin, this work draws on extensive empirical data from lesser-known languages, and seeks to dispel many recurrent...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-12-04
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This is the first book of its kind to provide a practical and student-friendly guide to corpus linguistics that explains the nature of electronic data and how it can be collected and analyzed. Designed to equip readers with the technical skills necessary to analyze and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-12-02
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This volume offers the reader a singular overview of current thinking on indirect reports. The contributors are eminent researchers from the fields of philosophy of language, theoretical linguistics and communication theory, who answer questions on this important issue....
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Springer
Parution :
2015-12-01
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This book explores potential new directions in the growing field of language learning psychology. The individual chapters cover theoretical and conceptual developments and innovative methodological designs, while also exploring practical implications. Language learning...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-11-27
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This book presents a comprehensive and critical overview of historical phonology as it stands today. Scholars from around the world consider and advance research in every aspect of the field. In doing so they demonstrate the continuing vitality and some continuing...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-11-26
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This book presents a comprehensive and critical overview of historical phonology as it stands today. Scholars from around the world consider and advance research in every aspect of the field. In doing so they demonstrate the continuing vitality and some continuing...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-11-26
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In this book, Barbora Moormann-Kimáková analyses the possibility of finding an optimal language regime in multinational and multiethnic countries – either by defining the contents of an optimal language regime, or with the help of a criterion enabling to evaluate...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2015-11-18
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This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world’s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. Balances linguistic analysis with socio-historical and political context, offering a cohesive picture of the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-11-11
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In this brilliant transatlantic survival guide, Erin Moore examines the key differences between the British and the Americans through their language. You’ll discover why Americans give – and take – so many bloody compliments and never, ever say ‘shall’ (well hardly...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2015-11-05
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In this updated second edition renowned amateur comet-searcher David H. Levy expands on his work about the intricate relationship between the night sky and the works of English Literature. This revised and expanded text includes new sections on Alfred Lord Tennyson and...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-11-05
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How we address one another says a great deal about our social relationships and which groups in society we belong to. This edited volume examines address choices in a range of everyday interactions taking place in Dutch, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Italian and the...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-11-05
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Research Methods in Intercultural Communication introduces and contextualizes the most important methodological issues in the field for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Examples of these issues are which paradigms and how to research multilingually,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-11-04
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Guides to Research Methods in Language and Linguistics
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Trade schools, universities, and programs for international students have begun to experiment with Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) as a viable pedagogy for instruction, as the pedagogy of CLIL increasingly gains recognition as a practical form of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-11-04
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The great linguistic diversity of spoken languages contrasts greatly with the much smaller number of languages used in written discourse. Many linguistic varieties – in particular, regional and minority languages – are not deemed suitable for writing because they do not...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-11-03
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This book traces the origins of modern varieties of Yiddish and presents evidence for the claim that, contrary to most accounts, Yiddish only developed into a separate language in the 15th century. Through a careful analysis of Yiddish phonology, morphology,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-10-30
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Based on an eight-year study of a family on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, this book explores why the children in the family do not often speak Gaelic, despite the adults' best efforts to use the language with them, as well as the children's attendance at a Gaelic...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-10-29
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