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Book SynopsisSeveral qualities set Theatre: The Lively Art apart from other introductory texts. A particularly important element is the emphasis on the audience: all students reading the book are potential theatregoers, not just during their college years but throughout their lives. The text works as a one-volume guide to preparing students as future audience members. It will help them grasp how theatre functions; how it should be viewed and judged; and the tradition behind any performance they may attend.Lively Art also encourages students to draw connections between theatre and other forms of drama and entertainment, including television and sports.Lively Art allows instructors to cover both the elements of the theatre and its history. It is lauded for its exploration of today''s diverse and global theatre. In addition to serving as an ideal text for nonmajors, Theatre: The Lively Art will prepare students who wish to continue

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Book SynopsisIf education is to prepare learners for lifelong learning, there needs to be a shift towards deeper learning: a focus on transferable knowledge and problem-solving skills alongside the development of a positive or growth mind-set. Deeper learning is inextricably linked with CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) â a revolutionary teaching approach where students study subjects in a different language. Designed as a companion to the influential volume Beyond CLIL, this highly practical book offers step-by-step instruction for designing and implementing innovative tasks and materials for pluriliteracies development. It contains annotated case studies of deeper learning lesson plans across a wide range of school subjects, using an innovative and proven template, to help teachers explore the potential of deeper learning inside their own classrooms. Theoretically grounded, this book offers a roadmap for schools, ranging from exploratory first steps, to transdisciplinary projects, tTable of ContentsPart I. Key Ideas and Principles of Pluriliteracies Teaching for Deeper Learning: 1. Exploring the mechanics of deeper learning; 2. Exploring the drivers of deeper learning; 3. Exploring progression in deeper learning; 4. Designing deeper learning episodes; Part II: Deeper Learning Episodes: First Steps towards Transforming Classrooms: 5. Chemistry: exploring pluriliteracies through a deeper learning episode on redox reaction Teresa Connolly; 6. Physics: exploring pluriliteracies through a deeper learning episode on rainbows Klaus Wendt, Andreas Pysik and Johannes Lhotzky; 7. Geography: exploring pluriliteracies through a deeper learning episode on global warming Nicole Berg; 8. History: exploring pluriliteracies through a deeper learning episode on the German Empire Susanne Staschen-Dielmann; 9. Political science: exploring pluriliteracies through a deeper learning episode on electronic waste Susanne Staschen-Dielmann and Saskia Helm; 10. Modern languages: exploring pluriliteracies through a deeper learning episode in French literature with younger beginner learners Frederic Taveau; 11. Religious education: exploring pluriliteracies through a deeper learning episode on modern-day prophets Stefan Altmeyer and Johannes Kerbeck; 12. Music: exploring pluriliteracies through a deeper learning episode on 'The Wellerman' Valerie Krupp; 13. Deeper learning mathematics: the case of algebraic questions Susanne Prediger and Anna-Katharina Roos; Conclusion: Moving beyond First Steps: Using PTDL for Whole School Development and Transformation.

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates the morphosyntax, semantics and discourse properties of focus and wh-constructions in Hausa, and introduces readers to aspects of the syntax of a major world language unfamiliar to most linguists.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. List of tables. Abbreviations, symbols and transcription. 1 Introduction. 1.1 Aims and overview. 1.2 The data. 2 The Hausa language. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Hausa linguistics. 2.3 Main linguistic features. 2.3.1 Phonology. 2.3.2 Word order and the verbal-inflectional complex. 2.3.3 Non-verbal clauses. 2.3.4 The noun phrase. 2.3.5 Null subjects and objects. 2.3.6 Modal/adverbial particles. 2.4 Wh-type constructions. 2.4.1 Relative clauses. 2.4.2 Wh-questions. 2.4.3 Focus constructions. 3 Focus in generative grammar. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 The generative framework. 3.2.1 Philosophical assumptions. 3.2.2 The transformational model. 3.2.3 X-bar syntax. 3.2.4 The Minimalist Program: Merge, Move and Agree. 3.3 What is focus?. 3.3.1 Semantics and pragmatics. 3.3.2 Structural features and typology. 3.4 Generative theories of focus. 3.4.1 Syntax-based theories. 3.4.2 Prosody-based theories. 3.4.3 Model of focus assumed in the present study. 4 Focus constructions. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Focus fronting: descriptive facts. 4.2.1 Focus fronting. 4.2.2 Focus versus topic. 4.2.3 Focus fronting versus clefting. 4.3 Focus fronting: the FP analysis. 4.3.1 Proposal. 4.3.2 Empirical evidence. 4.3.3 Theoretical issues. 4.4 Wh-fronting. 4.5 Special inflection. 4.5.1 Special inflection in Hausa: descriptive facts. 4.5.2 Special inflection in Hausa: theoretical issues. 4.6 Focus/wh-in situ. 4.6.1 Wh-in situ: descriptive facts. 4.6.2 Focus in situ: descriptive facts. 4.6.3 Exploring a form–function correlation. 4.6.4 Multiple focus/wh-constructions. 4.6.5 Extending the FP analysis. 4.7 Conclusions. 5 Copular constructions. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Non-verbal copular sentences: the data. 5.2.1 Morphosyntactic features. 5.2.2 Specification and predication: descriptive terminology. 5.2.3 Predicational copular sentences in Hausa. 5.2.4 Specificational/equative copular sentences in Hausa. 5.3 The evolution of né/cé. 5.4 Extending the FP analysis. 5.4.1 Proposal. 5.4.2 Empirical evidence. 5.4.3 Theoretical issues. 5.4.4 Summary. 5.5 Conclusions. 6 A cross-linguistic perspective. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Focus constructions. 6.2.1 Chadic. 6.2.2 Arabic. 6.2.3 Hebrew. 6.2.4 Coptic Egyptian. 6.2.5 Summary. 6.3 Copular/non-verbal clauses. 6.3.1 Typology of copular sentences. 6.3.2 Chadic. 6.3.3 Arabic. 6.3.4 Hebrew. 6.3.5 Coptic Egyptian. 6.3.6 Summary. 6.4. Conclusions. 7 Summary and conclusions. References. Indexes

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Book SynopsisIn this compilation, the authors open with an analysis of the formation of philosophical terminology in the history of Early-Modern Ukrainian culture; specifically, two philosophical conceptsdobro and blaho (добро and благо) -- are the focus here. Both are related to notions of good and wellbeing, but contextual nuances may affect their discrete meanings rather significantly. The authors consider the manner in which these two words functioned in the works by the prominent 18th century Ukrainian philosopher Hryhorii Skovoroda by way of a study based on a close reading of thirteen of his colloquies. Following this, the authors aim to investigate the relationship between morphological awareness and reading in a language environment which is phonologically transparent and morphologically challenging (ie: the Czech language environment). The study showed that morphological awareness affected reading speed and accuracy more than phonological awareness. Paradoxically, morphological awareness affected reading comprehension less than phonological awareness authors interpreted this to be due to superficial reading style which manifested itself regardless of student age, gender or IQ. Continuing, research has indicated that vocabulary depth and breadth are strongly correlated with reading comprehension and, consequently, with academic achievement. Recent research has demonstrated that vocabulary can even predict achievement up to 10 years later. Some theoretical models, such as the simple view of reading (Hoover & Gough, 1990) or the multicomponent view of reading (Cain, 2009) have received extensive empirical support and provided a clear insight into the relationship between reading comprehension and other linguistic variables, including vocabulary. Thus, the implications of findings for the design of interventions and for the planning of reading instruction are discussed. The concluding chapter aims to discuss relevant underlying theories and review previous empirical studies on language learning in both F2F and synchronous computer-mediated communication, as the nature of technology- or computer-mediated communication makes enhanced incidental learning feasible.

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Book SynopsisForeign Language Teaching and Learning: New Research begins by examining whether, and to what extent, the three types of linguistico-cultural expressions (proverbs, idioms and sayings) of Nepali translated into English would be intelligible to native English speakers and non-native English speakers outside of Nepal. The second chapter reveals the challenges in successful foreign language acquisition for primary school age learners. Particular attention is paid to the investigation of cognitive styles such as impulsivity, reflexivity, rigidity, and flexibility in the learning process. The third chapter focuses on the theoretical substantiation and experimental verification of student-centered learning technology in the educational process. Additionally, the authors investigate data collected in Portuguese L2 classrooms in a multicultural university in Macau, China. The combination of the students'' first language (Cantonese or Mandarin), the target language (Portuguese) and the official language of the university (English) was found to provide different spaces for participants to formulate contexts and define rules regarding the exclusive use of the target language in class. The impact of an integrated cooperative learning approach on soft skills related to English as a foreign language learning is assessed, in addition to existing research on the characteristics of written texts of level two test-takers by adopting a linguistic and discourse analytic approach. The authors go on to present data gathered through a questionnaire adapted from McMillan (2001) and follow-up interviews conducted to gain a deeper insight into the instructors'' classroom practices. The findings of the study revealed important implications related to the congruence and incongruence between the requirements of Turkish as second language curriculum in Turkey. The closing chapter focuses on teaching methodologies and classroom practices that could provide learning opportunities to develop and maintain academic skills and self-regulated language learning strategies, specifically, through implementing a project-based learning approach.

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Book SynopsisIn addition to a somewhat detailed exposition of certain portions of what may be called the book-work of formal logic, the following pages contain a number of problems worked out in detail and unsolved problems, by means of which the student may test his command over logical processes. In the expository portions of Parts I, II, and III, dealing respectively with terms, propositions, and syllogisms, the traditional lines are in the main followed, though with certain modifications; e.g., in the systematisation of immediate inferences, and in several points of detail in connexion with the syllogism. For purposes of illustration Euler''s diagrams are employed to a greater extent than is usual in English manuals. In Part IV, which contains a generalisation of logical processes in their application to complex inferences, a somewhat new departure is taken. So far as I am aware this part constitutes the first systematic attempt that has been made to deal with formal reasonings of the most complicated character without the aid of mathematical or other symbols of operation, and without abandoning the ordinary non-equational or predicative form of proposition. This attempt has on the whole met with greater success than I had anticipated; and I believe that the methods formulated will be found to be both as easy and as effective as the symbolical methods of Boole and his followers. The book concludes with a general and sure method of solution of what Professor Jevons called the inverse problem, and which he himself seemed to regard as soluble only by a series of guesses.

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Book SynopsisThis book began as one of the publication outlets for two flagship conferences in 2019: 12th Conaplin (Conference on Applied Linguistics) and 3rd Icollite (International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education) which bring forth broad topics in the fields of education, applied linguistics, and literature organized by the Indonesia University of Education (UPI â Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia). Conaplin is one of the first annual conferences held by UPI, organized by the Language Centre in collaboration with the English Language Department. Icollite, on the other hand, emerged from the local scientific forum into an international conference to showcase the latest insights offered by new doctoral graduates in the Faculty of Language and Literature Education. For the themes of 2019 put forth by the two conferences, 12th Conaplin's "Applied Linguistics and Industrial Revolution 4.0: Reviewing Policy, Expanding Research, Enriching Practices" and 3rd Icollite's "Bridging Literacies, Culture, and Society towards Education 4.0", we highlight the importance of current buzz words in the language and education fields. We have observed that the proliferation of the use of these terms signals how communities in general, especially those in higher education, are grappling with responding to rapid changes in the IR 4.0. In the era we live in, humanity is being reshaped at an unprecedented speed and scale, mainly due to the advancement of technology. In order to maintain balance in our educational system so that social and cultural aspects can work harmoniously with the advancement of technology that can sometimes be isolating and impersonal, we collectively need to identify new and innovative ways in which we support the full potentials of our students, colleagues, and communities in interconnected global interactions. To this end, we need to review our existing policies in education, expanding our research to foster more collaboration and interdisciplinary connection to provide solutions and alternatives to problems that might arise as the consequence of the changing times.Table of ContentsPreface; Literacy, Culture, and Society in the Context of 4.0 Industrial Revolution: An Introduction; Towards Education 4.0: An Agenda for Multiliteracies in the English Language Classroom; The Industrial Revolution 4.0 and Language Education Policy: Indonesia Readiness to Use and Democratize English; Multilingual Societies and Language Policy in Indonesia; When Localization Travels to Southeast Asia: Elt Curriculum Development in the Age of Market-Driven Needs; Agency in Research on Education: How is Agency Researched?; Fostering Language Learner Autonomy for Lifelong Learning; Becoming a Professional Teacher: Exploring Early-Career Indonesian EFL Teachers Identity Formation; Emerging Teacher Professional Identity: The Experience of Pre-service Teacher in an International Teaching Practicum Program; Attitudes towards English as an International Language (EIL) during Overseas Study: A Study of Indonesian Postgraduate Students; Contextual Influences on Learner Engagement in University EFL Courses in Japan; The Effect of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning Quizizz on High School Students Reading Comprehension in the English Learning Context; Does Cognition Reflect Performance? Rhetorical Organization of Journal Article Abstracts Written by Indonesian Authors; Examining Form and Pattern of Ulama in Western Media: A Corpus-Aided Discourse Analysis Approach; Apology Speech Acts in Japanese and Sundanese: Strategies, Expressions, and Awareness in a Misunderstanding Situation; Digitizing Manuscripts into an Animated Movie as a Medium of Learning Childrens Literature in the Digital Era; Towards a Pedagogy for Learner Engagement Involving Spoken Texts; Capturing the Language of Flash Fiction: Suggested Teaching Activities Using Stylistics in the English Classroom; The Utilization of Video in Teaching Audio-visual-oral Indonesian Course in China; Index.

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Book SynopsisRobert Browning was one of the greatest English poets of the Victorian era. This biography contains letters Browning wrote to relatives and friends throughout his life, giving an insight into his formation as a poet.

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Book SynopsisThis book approaches the structure of English from a form-function perspective that is both theoretical and practical. It asks learners to consider meaning, structure and use, in contrast to many grammars that focus on structure, sometimes to the exclusion of use and even meaning. The book presents an extended introduction to areas of grammar that many would see as indispensable, such as participial and infinitive phrases. The analysis is largely achieved through form-function tree diagramming and extends the structure to include finite and nonfinite predicates.Trade Review“Written in exceptionally clear prose and elucidated with modern-day examples based on the author’s expertise in the history of the English language and grammaticalization studies, A New Form-Function Grammar of English teaches students how form and function are inextricably linked in the analysis of language structure. This approach is a welcome one for educators who recognize the need for teaching both facets of grammar, and the design makes the textbook an ideal adoption for English, rhetoric, linguistics, language arts, and education programs that focus on the stylistic choices expected in the college classroom and beyond, as well as on the underpinnings of language structure more broadly. End-of-chapter exercises provide excellent opportunities for students to apply the content and build on the subject matter presented within and across chapters.” — Dawn Nordquist, University of New Mexico“Students will find K. Aaron Smith’s A New Form-Function Grammar of English very comprehensive and comprehensible. The book progresses logically through the major aspects of English, and the form-function diagrams used throughout illustrate the topics clearly by providing a visual for how the parts of speech combine into the different constituents of a sentence. While presenting this highly technical material, Smith also discusses informal and spoken English usage and how it differs from prescriptive rules. I particularly appreciate his attention to traditional prescriptivism’s gatekeeping function and his discussion of how to rethink cultural norms to make language more inclusive and socially responsive. Students who read this book will become more informed and thoughtful scholars of English.” — Megan Hartman, University of Nebraska at KearneyTable of Contents Introduction Chapter One: Doing Grammar in Modern Times Chapter Two: Parts of Speech: An Introduction to Word Classes Chapter Three: Units of Grammatical Analysis Chapter Four: The Basic Sentence Chapter Five: Nouns and Pronouns Chapter Six: Functions of the Noun Phrase Chapter Seven: Functions of Prepositional Phrases Chapter Eight: The Inflection Phrase Chapter Nine: The Subjunctive Mood and Modal Verbs Chapter Ten: Negation Chapter Eleven: Active and Passive Voice Chapter Twelve: Question Formation Chapter Thirteen: Coordination and Compound Sentences Chapter Fourteen: Adverb Clauses Chapter Fifteen: Relative Clauses Chapter Sixteen: Noun Clauses Chapter Seventeen: Infinitive and Participle Phrases Chapter Eighteen: Grammar Myths

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Book SynopsisHelaine Smith engages her students, grammar school through twelfth grade -- and any avid reader -- in the questions that great literature evokes. Included are chapters on Homer and Genesis; plays by Sophocles, Shakespeare, and Beckett; poems by Jonson, Donne, Coleridge, Browning, Hopkins, Yeats, Bishop, Hecht, Dove, and Lowell; essays by Baldwin, Lamb, and White; and fiction by Flannery O''Connor, Dickens, Joyce, Poe, Tolstoy, Mann, and Kafka. Whether Helaine Smith is talking to young or older students, she shows how any devoted reader can uncover all sorts of subtle beauty and meaning by reading closely and by assuming that virtually every word and phrase of a great text is deliberate. The question-and-answer form of these jargon-free dialogues creates the feeling of a vibrant classroom where learning and delight are the watchwords.

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Book SynopsisThe papers in this volume fall under two main themes. The first deals broadly with multilingualism and language contact in West Africa in general and Cameroon in particular. Important topics discussed in this section include: the structure and discursive use(s) of the various forms and uses of Pidgin English, the ways the French language and African languages have influenced each other through loaning (both direct and indirect) and a description of local forms of "Africanised European" languages (especially French). The second part concerns language teaching and learning in contact situations. Important topics discussed under this section include: multilingualism and second language acquisition, interference, a lexical appraisal of the language of second (third) language learners, and the influence of European languages on the learning of other European languages in West Africa.

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Book SynopsisLanguage acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive, produce and use words to understand and communicate. This new book presents topical research in the study of language acquisition, including teaching language to Spanish students of EFL affected by ADHD; neural network created language; the use, application and challenges of MRI in a speech production study; the interaction between phonology and semantics in children''s acquisition of the English plural and child maltreatment effects on language acquisition.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the analysis of language (possibly in conjunction with other semiotic systems) in the course of our lives as citizens of established politics of various scopes. Topics discussed include the cultural consequences of economic migration from Nigeria to the West; language, politics and democratic governance in Nigeria; legitimisation and coercion in political discourse; language endangerment; drawing an analytical framework in search of "post-modern" Chinese and discursive strategies in political speech.

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Book SynopsisLiteracy, the ability to read and write proficiently, is essential in almost every facet of modern life. Alarmingly, a staggering number of U.S. children are functioning below acceptable literacy levels. What can be done to remedy this situation? Teachers need the knowledge and skills to reach all children. This book covers the essentials of literacy learning and teaching in the early grades. The material is presented in a straight forward way and is intended for pre-service educators and new educators working in inclusive settings. In this book, literacy development is examined from multiple perspectives and includes information regarding language development, characteristics of students with special needs, phonological awareness, the alphabetic principle, word recognition, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, written expression, assessment and instructional strategies.

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Book SynopsisIn learning languages, a distinction is usually made between mother tongues, second languages, and foreign languages. A mother tongue is the first language or languages one learns (or acquires) as a child. This book presents findings on language learning including the methodologies commonly used by behaviour analysts to teach verbal behaviour; the use of multimodal tools for pronunciation training in second language learning in preadolescents; and teaching health professionals about language barriers to improve health care disparities and outcomes.

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Book SynopsisThis book was published in response to the need to provide a comprehensive book dealing with the multidimensional complexity of language and literacy education. This book is carefully designed to capture three major interrelated aspects of language and literacy education in a changing and challenging world: to introduces some fundamental theoretical concepts and issues about the nature and functions of language, particularly with insights gained from linguistics and applied linguistics; to focus on language and literacy education in context; and to deal with social and cultural aspects of language and literacy in an intercultural context. This book provides a comprehensive and integrated range of theoretical and practical insights beyond the limited traditional focus on language and literacy pedagogy.

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Book SynopsisIn an increasingly global and mobile society, language learning has become critical. The authors of this book present new research in the study of language learning, including CALL technology for literacy and second language learning; the effect of biliteracy instruction on English reading achievement in bilingual South African children; vocabulary knowledge and reading ability in second language learning; multilingual learning; language learning through SMS and podcasts and the linguistic specialisations of perceptual narrowing of speech and functional asymmetries.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents high-quality research of a theoretical and/or empirical/experimental nature, focusing on the interface between language and cognition. This book adopts an interdisciplinary, comparative, multi-methodological approach to the study of language in the general cognitive perspective, as well as theory-based practical applications. It is open to research from the full range of subject disciplines, theoretical backgrounds, and analytical frameworks that inform the language and cognitive sciences.

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Book SynopsisFrom academic writing to personal and public discourse, the need for good arguments and better ways of arguing is greater than ever before. This timely fifth edition of A Rulebook for Arguments sharpens an already-classic text, adding updated examples and a new chapter on public debates that provides rules for the etiquette and ethics of sound public dialogue as well as clear and sound thinking in general.Trade ReviewComments on the previous edition: "This is the ultimate 'how-to' book for anyone who wants to use reasons and evidence in support of conclusions, to be clear instead of confusing, persuasive instead of dogmatic, and better at evaluating the arguments of others." --Debra Nails, Michigan State University

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Book SynopsisThinking Through Questions is an accessible and compact guide to the art of questioning, covering both the use and abuse of questions. Animated by wide-ranging and engaging exercises and examples, the book helps students deepen their understanding of how questions work and what questions do, and builds the skills needed to ask better questions. Cowritten by two of today's leading philosopher-teachers, Thinking Through Questions is specifically designed to complement, connect, and motivate today’s standard curricula, especially for classes in critical thinking, philosophical questioning, and creative problem- solving (called here "expansive questioning"). Offering students a wide and appreciative look at questions and questioning, this small book will also appeal to faculty and students across the disciplines: in college writing courses, creativity workshops, education schools, introductions to college thinking, design thinking projects, and humanities and thinking classes. Open-ended, creative, and critically self-possessed thinking is its constant theme—what field doesn’t need more of that?Trade Review"This small book holds big value for teachers of philosophy and teachers of critical thinking in any discipline. If you want your students to be more ‘curious, critical, exploratory, and creative,’ this book will serve well as a supplementary or core text. It offers appreciation for the power of questioning, opportunities to identify types of questions, and practice in questioning skills. The authors, both recognized as master teachers, bring their own considerable pedagogical experience and engaging style to encouraging better questioning in all of us." —Donna Engelmann, Alverno College"Highly accessible, Thinking Through Questions guides students to greater freedom regarding how, why, when, and when not to ask or answer critical, expansive, and philosophical questions. It is an especially good choice for courses where critical thinking figures prominently, both because of its content and because of the practice exercises it contains. But more fundamentally, this book leaves readers more able to resist coercive questions, reconfigure false dilemmas, question more creatively, and diagnose embedded philosophical and other assumptions. It teaches how to profitably answer questions, do valuable things with questions other than answer them, ask better questions, and liberate oneself from cognitive traps many questions set." —David Concepción, professor of philosophy, Ball State University

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Book SynopsisUpdated for the needs of today's students—and with handy citation style guides adapted from The Chicago Manual of Style , Seventeenth Edition, the MLA Handbook , Eighth Edition, and the Publication Manual of the APA , Seventh Edition—the third edition of The Nuts and Bolt of College Writing offers essential guidance for college writers at all levels. Praise for previous editions: "This wonderful little book has helped improve the level of writing in all the courses I teach. No one should graduate from college without having used it." —Gonzalo Munevar, Lawrence Technological University "With concision and wit, Harvey shows college students how to write papers that are clear, cogent, and also stylish." —James Miller, editor, Dædalus "Simply the best guide to clear and effective writing since Strunk and White. Indispensable for students—and for their teachers." —Terry Nardin, University of Wisconsin--MilwaukeeTrade Review"Because I have used previous editions for many quarters, I was pleased to see that many of its strengths remain: clarity, great examples, affordability. I was also pleased to see that this edition is now available as an e-edition. For what it aims to do, I see no weaknesses in this textit's an exemplary choice for college writers, and I will continue to use it." Scott Orme, Chair, English and Languages, Spokane Community College

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Book SynopsisThis book contains high-quality research of a theoretical and/or empirical/experimental nature, focusing on the interface between language and cognition. It adopts an interdisciplinary, comparative, multi-methodological approach to the study of language in the general cognitive perspective, as well as theory-based practical applications. It incorporates research from the full range of subject disciplines, theoretical backgrounds, and analytical frameworks that inform the language and cognitive sciences.

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Book SynopsisAre words really so determined by rules that, as Leonard Bloomfield once argued in defence of the "morpheme-based" morphology, "word forms are analysed as arrangements of morphemes", such that there are "rules to combine morphemes into word forms, or to generate word forms from stems "? (WK 2012) But there is an opposing approach to morphology known as the "word-based" morphology, which "takes paradigms as a central notion", in that it "states generalisations" which categorise "words based on the pattern they fit into. This applies both to existing words and to new ones. Application of a pattern different from the one that has been used historically can give rise to a new word", (WK 2012) Contrary to these opposing approaches (and other ones as will be discussed in the book), morphology (in relation to both typologies and rules) are neither possible (or impossible) nor desirable (or undesirable) to the extent that the respective ideologues (on different sides) would like us to believe. Of course, this questioning of the opposing approaches to morphology does not mean that morphology is worthless, or that those fields (related to morphology) like morphophonology, semantics, syntax, pragmatics, anthropological linguistics, etymology, sociolinguistics, computational linguistics, evolutionary linguistics, philosophy of language, neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and so on are unimportant. Needless to say, neither of these extreme views is reasonable. Instead, this book offers an alternative (better) way to understand the future of morphology, especially in the dialectic context of typologies and rules -- while learning from different approaches in the literature but without favouring any one of them (nor integrating them, since they are not necessarily compatible with each other). More specifically, this book offers a new theory (that is, the fusional theory of morphology) to go beyond the existing approaches in a novel way. If successful, this seminal project is to fundamentally change the way that we think about morphology in relation to typologies and rules from the combined perspectives of the mind, nature, society, and culture, with enormous implications for the human future and what I originally called its "post-human" fate.

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Book SynopsisDiscourse can be understood as the sum of linguistic usages and metalinguistic manners about a social practice. It examines language-in-use with the help of the tools that would enable us to get a deeper understanding of what is said or unsaid. Analysis of discourse would help us understand social, cultural, psychological and academic dynamics that are interwoven in the utterances of interlocutors as they use language. This book covers a range of theoretical and applied studies on the examination of discourse in various second and foreign languages learning and teaching contexts. Basically, it includes studies that specifically focus on different aspects of discourse in the teaching of all four skills; reading, writing, listening and speaking. Three theoretical chapters on conducting discourse analysis research, the use of corpus linguistics and historical review of discourse analysis perspectives enrich the scope and content of the book. Researchers from different teaching and learning settings, including Turkey, China, and the USA, contributed to this volume. The target audience of the book are undergraduate and graduate students in different foreign and second language departments, and teachers, researchers and academicians of foreign and second languages. "Discourse Perspectives on Second and/or Foreign Language Teaching and Learning" will facilitate the understanding of discourse by portraying empirical and theoretical studies on discourse. It covers quite different perspectives (eg: sociocultural theory of mind perspective, critical discourse analysis and psychological and/or mainstream perspectives) of various topics in discourse (eg: classroom interaction, written discourse, corpus linguistics, oral interviews, discourse of blogs, technology and discourse, etc). The first three chapters provide a review of discourse and how it is conceptualised to various target groups of people (e.g., graduate students, teachers, researchers and academicians) assuming no prior knowledge. The other chapters focus on different aspects of discourse both in and outside the classroom. This book provides teachers, learners and researchers of second and/or foreign languages with the tools to analyse and/or examine language inside and outside their classrooms.

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Book SynopsisThis book contains high-quality research of a theoretical and/or empirical/experimental nature, focusing on the interface between language and cognition. It adopts an interdisciplinary, comparative, multi-methodological approach to the study of language in the general cognitive perspective, as well as theory-based practical applications. It incorporates research from the full range of subject disciplines, theoretical backgrounds, and analytical frameworks that inform the language and cognitive sciences.

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Book SynopsisThere is an urgent need to examine how the emergence of globalisation is influencing the ways the English language is perceived, learned, and taught across multiple disciplines as multilingual students and their multilingual identities become the norm. This urgency goes beyond the walls of TESOL since working with multilingual students becomes interdisciplinary work of language education, teacher education, composition, and writing centre education.

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Book SynopsisAre the rules and principles in phonology so general that, as Jacques Derrida once said, "as soon as there is language, generality has entered the scene"? (REL 2013) This general view on language (or phonology in the current context) can be contrasted with an opposing view by Alfred North Whitehead that "we think in generalities, but we live in detail." (BRAIN 2013) Contrary to these opposing views (and other ones as will be discussed in the book), phonology (in relation to generality and specificity) are neither possible (nor impossible) nor desirable (or undesirable) to the extent that the respective ideologues (on different sides) would like us to believe. Surely, this re-examination of different opposing views on phonology does not mean that the study of generality and specificity is futile, or that those fields (related to phonology) -- like descriptive linguistics, theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, phonetics, speech synthesis, speech perception, morphophonology, articulatory phonology, laboratory phonology, phonotactics, and so on -- are unimportant. (WK 2013) In fact, neither of these extreme views is reasonable. Rather, this book offers an alternative (better) way to understand the future of phonology in regard to the dialectic relationship between generality and specificity -- while learning from different approaches in the literature but without favouring any one of them (nor integrating them, since they are not necessarily compatible with each other). More specifically, this book offers a new theory (that is, the inclusionist theory of phonology) to go beyond the existing approaches in a novel way and is organised in four chapters.

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Book SynopsisHow number words came about? This book offers a trenchant answer to the question, explaining number conception and application slot by slot through a host of Eurasian languages. The cross-linguistic lack of width and depth in numeracy studies, which has existed for a long time, seemed impossible to overcome. This discouraging situation has now changed dramatically with Dr Penglin Wang''s entering the field. This book is designed to investigate the linguistic and semiotic sources of number words, especially the cardinal numbers, in Altaic, Indo-European, and Sino-Tibetan languages and will provide students of numeracy a more cognitive perspective on the problems they may face. The focus is on patterned explanations of each numerical formation as reflected in different languages. This book contains intellectual merits in four respects. First, it addresses the etymological origins of the numerals, many of which have not received ultimate etymological explanations and even have not yet been discussed. Second, it enriches the existing methodology by launching a strategic shift from the heavy focus on hypothetical reconstructions to the search for cognitive patterns for number conception. Third, the analyses are interdisciplinary involving linguistics, anthropology, epistemology, semiotics, and history. Fourth, numerical reinterpretation and application is taken fully into consideration in the linguistic formation of numerals across the major language families in Eurasia. In addition, a distinction is made between grammaticality and variability in counting. The author delves into the theories correlating variability in counting with primitiveness, which was developed during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and argues that variability in counting is not necessarily a primitive phenomenon. Instead, it could be triggered by the then increasing social complexity and progress.

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Book SynopsisThis is a book written for language teachers, prospective teachers, students in the language teaching departments and researchers working in this field. This book includes the issues related to language teaching, how to do it effectively and how to focus on different language skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing in the language classroom. It is believed that this book will facilitate the process of teaching English as a foreign and/or language in different language teaching contexts all around the world. It consists of thirteen chapters which are concerned with important issues to be taken into account while teaching a second and/or foreign language.

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Book SynopsisThis book is aimed to provide the readers with interesting and useful data concerning several topics in speech and language pathology. Thus, the selected title was "Speech, Language and Voice Pathology: Methods, Challenges & Outcomes". However, it should be pointed out that swallowing is also an important element in speech and language pathology. It presents current and updated points of view about speech related aspects of craniofacial anomalies; phonological disorders; materials for providing speech and language pathology treatments; swallowing disorders in critical care; voice disorders caused by vocal abuse and misuse; a protocol for assessing and treating speech sound disorders; and outcome analysis of speech and language pathology treatments.

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Book SynopsisAmong the cognitive processes involved in the construction of any kind of meaning, attention is fundamental in determining why, how and what we mean. Attention plays a primary role in the process of learning the meanings of words and more generally of acquiring knowledge; signification, discourse and persuasion; perceiving, representing and (re)framing reality; shaping the attitudes of the audience; conveying values and ideologies. Conversely, the meanings of words and more generally, of signs, convey the condensed instructions for the attentional operations one has to perform in order to consciously experience what is expressed through and by them. Language, by addressing and guiding attention in specific ways, helps to select, amplify and support certain semantic components and concepts, and construct and communicate knowledge and values. This book is the first to present a comprehensive overview of the extant research on the relationships between attention and meaning. The contributions collected here offer an overview of the most prominent theories and models developed so far that aim to explain how attention determines meaning construction. This book will be of interest to students, researchers and teachers in the realm of linguistics, semantics, discourse studies, semiotics, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, linguistic development, cognitive architectures of language, neuropsychology of linguistic function and social psychology.

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Book SynopsisLanguage ability is not only universal, but of vast potential, and related to numerous other cognitive and social functions. This book explores individual language process development and how it proceeds in a very predictable manner, parallel to specific areas of brain development. The authors'' acquaint the reader with the current debate on the prevalence of oral and written linguistic difficulties as a precursor of Specific Learning Difficulties (SLD). The difficulties in verb/action processing found in patients with Parkinson''s disease are discussed as well. The inferential abilities of children with Specific Language Impairments (SLI) are also reviewed. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its effects on communication are explored in Chapter 6. The authors'' findings suggest that communication difficulty persist for years after injury, independent from other cognitive abilities. In later chapters, the authors examine atypical language development and psychopathological risk. The remaining chapters review nonverbal behavior and its importance in objectifying and verifying the diagnosis of mental disorders, if any; the communication challenges for the deaf (and applications that can help impaired people in some aspects of their life); and finally, the importance of segmental duration -- a very important component of a text-to-speech (TTS) system in order to produce high quality synthetic speech which sounds natural.

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Book SynopsisWhile there are many books on language and literacy education, there is an urgent need to provide a book which makes an essential link between theory, research and pedagogy with a focus on the two interrelated fields of linguistics and language education. This book is a timely contribution to the current academic discourse for such a study. It is a big challenge for lecturers and university students of educational linguistics to be fully aware of new developments in the field of linguistics and language education. This book provides some essential insights and directions which have shaped innovative ideas, practices and research implications in this broad field. The chapters of the book are grouped into three parts with different focuses: theory into research, cultural and social aspects which influence theory and practice of language education, and finally pedagogical implications. The book is a collective contribution of scholars with intensive research and professional experiences from different countries, levels of education and global contexts.

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Book SynopsisWith English becoming the world''s foremost lingua franca, the pressure to improve English language education (ELE) has been steadily increasing. Consequently, the nature of ELE has changed drastically in the last decade. This has not only brought about a number of changes in the way English is taught and learnt, but it has also led to various innovative practices around the world. As a result, this edited book aims to shed light on the new theoretical and methodological developments in the field of ELE as well as the major issues and difficulties faced by practitioners in different parts of the globe. One very important variable that the book takes into account is the role that English already plays in a particular society since this may affect the views that teachers and students hold of the language. This in turn can significantly influence the way English is taught and learnt in given political, economic and socio-cultural settings. The purpose of this book is therefore to provide a comprehensive overview of the pedagogical methods, policies and problems that underlie English language education in ten different regions across the world, including: the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, Japan, China and Hong Kong. In doing so, the different chapters in the book emphasise the importance of responding to linguistic and other forms of diversity in order to develop English language education in a globalised world. This book will be useful for teachers and students of English language, for English language curriculum and materials developers, and for those involved in educational policy-making and language acquisition research. Written by experts in the field, the range of content covered in the book''s chapters will also help policy-makers, researchers and practitioners develop effective English language education practices and policies, and propose solutions to emerging issues in English language teaching and learning in different environments around the world. The newly-developed arguments and concerns pertaining to English language education will serve as future reference for professionals interested in this area of expertise.

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Book Synopsis"Speaking one language, I submit, is like living in a house with one window only..." From his legendary birth in a snow bank in northwestern Manitoba, through his metamorphosis to citizen-artist of the world, playwright, pianist, polyglot, storyteller, and irreverent disciple of the Trickster, Tomson Highway rides roughshod through the languages and communities that have shaped him. Cree, Dene, Latin, French, English, Spanish, and the universal language of music have opened windows and widened horizons in Highway's life. Readers who can hang on tight-Highway fans, culture mavens, cunning linguists, and fellow tricksters-will experience the profundity of Highway's humour, for as he says, "In Cree, you will laugh until you weep."Trade Review"...a humourous tour through the languages and communities that have shaped the playwright, novelist, and musician as a person." January/February 2015 -- Quill & Quire "An incomparable storyteller with a knack for exaggeration so deft you'll think he's telling the truth, Highway elaborates on how he added Dene, Inuktitut, Latin, English, French and some Spanish to his lexicon... Learning new languages later in life is difficult, but let the power of language broaden your world, Highway encourages. Appreciate that multilingualism can hold this stunning country together--and give your children this gift, too." -- Dianne Meili Alberta Views

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Book SynopsisA humorous and insightful guide to what the British really mean when they speak.In every walk of life, from relationships, to work, to politics, sport and the news, our everyday use of English harbours duplicities of meaning. We say ''I''m sorry'' when we mean ''absolute nonsense'', and write ''Yours faithfully'' when we''re thinking ''Sod you!'' Jealousy, rage, love, affection we''re equally good at disguising them all. Leaves on the Linecompiles this secret language this ''double English'' in a hilarious and forthright volume exposing the doublespeak of the British language. For the first time, everyday terms which we casually deploy to loved ones and total strangers, and have been thrown at us from the radio or TV will be ''glossed'' (yes, we really mean ''stripped'') to reveal the unadorned, raw truth below. The book will be over 200 hilarious phrases of common doublespeak and will be essential reading for everyone from puzzled foreigners to young people to whom the dark art of

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Book SynopsisResearch on electronic dance music communities has been initiated by scholars in the fields of sociology, cultural studies, public health research and others. Linguistic aspects, however, are rarely considered. Anita Jóri fills this gap of research and suggests a new perspective by looking at these communities as a discourse community. She gives an overview of the language use and discourse characteristics of this community while applying a mixed methodology of linguistic discourse analysis and cultural studies. The book is aimed at researchers and students in the fields of applied linguistics, popular music, media, communication and cultural studies.Table of ContentsAcknowledgement; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Theoretical Investigation; Research Aims and Questions; Methods; Analysis; Summary of Analysis and Research Findings; Final Conclusions and Future Considerations; References; Sources of Linguistic Data; Attachments.

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Book SynopsisWhat makes a reading experience "powerful"? This volume brings together literary scholars, linguists, and empirical researchers who tackle the question by investigating the effects and reader responses generated by selected extracts of literary prose. The twelve contributions theorize this widely-used, but to date insufficiently studied notion, and provide insights into the therefore still mysterious-seeming power of literary fiction. The collection explores a variety of stylistic as well as readerly and psychological features responsible for short- and long-term effects - topics of great interest to those interested or specialized in literary studies and narratology, (cognitive) stylistics, empirical literary studies and reader response theory.

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