Linguistics Books

Trade Review‘Read this first, then read Chomsky.’John Searle, New York Review of Books ‘John Lyons’ book on Chomsky is simply the best short introduction in the English language. It is within the grasp of an intelligent layman. Anyone who reads it will understand the elements of tranformational grammar, and be able to follow current controversies.’Leonard Jackson, Times Educational Supplement ‘Lyons’ account is itself a minor modern masterpiece of compression and clarity.’Alan Ryan, New Society

Read more less

Book SynopsisArgues that knowledge in language consists of being able to use it in speaking and understanding. This work analyses a variety of languages, from English to Japanese and Swahili. It is intended for those in the disciplines of language, linguistics, anthropology, education, psychology, cognitive science, law, media studies, and medicine.Table of ContentsThe Point of Departure The Dynamics of Interpretation Relative Clause Construal Tree Growth and Language Typologies On the Right Periphery The Challenge of Japanese Swahili Agreement and Conjunction Copula Constructions in English General Perspectives References Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn this fascinating book, John Maynard Smith and Eors Szathmary present an original picture of evolution. They propose that during evolution there have been a number of major transitions in the way in which information is passed between generations. These transitions include the appearance of the first replicating molecules, the emergence of co-operative animal societies, and the unique language ability of humans. Containing many new ideas, this book is contemporary biology on the grandest scale, from the birth of life to the origin of language.Trade ReviewI can recommend this book as a thoroughly interesting read * Biologist 01/02/2002 *exhilarating reading ... challenging ... stimulates the reader to think deeply on the many issues it raises. * Margaret Ginzburg, Science and Christian belief, Vol.13, No.1, April 2001 *...the authors provide a clear-eyed review of a large part of modern biology. * Scientific American *...the book is well written, stimulating, and full of information nuggets. * Choice *Table of ContentsPREFACE; 1. LIFE AND INFORMATION; 2. THE MAJOR TRANSITIONS; 3. FROM CHEMISTRY TO HEREDITY; 4. FROM THE RNA WORLD TO THE MODERN WORLD; 5. FROM HEREDITY TO SIMPLE CELLS; 6. THE ORIGIN OF EUKARYOTIC CELLS; 7. THE ORIGIN OF SEX; 8. GENETIC CONFLICT; 9. LIVING TOGETHER; 10. THE EVOLUTION OF MANY-CELLED ORGANISMS; 11. ANIMAL SOCIETIES; 12. FROM ANIMAL TO HUMAN SOCIETIES; 13. THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE; GLOSSARY; NOTES; FURTHER READING; INDEX

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe 1975 publication of Language and Woman''s Place, with its argument that language is fundamental to gender inequality, inaugurated language and gender research. This volume presents the original text along with commentaries by Lakoff and 26 other leading scholars of language, gender, and sexuality. The new edition places the text in contemporary context for a new generation of readers.Trade Reviewan exceptional piece of scholarship, and one must truly congratulate the editor for providing us with a brilliantly contextualised second edition of I WPR^ ... The book establishes with authority I WPR^'s status as the single most influential text in the history of language and gender. * Marlis Hellinger, Historiographia Linguistica *Table of ContentsEditor's Introduction Author's Introduction Language and Woman's Place: The Original Text with Annotations by Author Part 1: Context 1: Mary Bucholtz: Changing Places: Language and Woman's Place in Context 2: Bonnie McElhinny: "Radical Feminist" as Label, Libel, and Laudatory Chant: The Politics of Theoretical Taxonomies in Feminist Linguistics 3: Sally McConnell-Ginet: Positioning Ideas and Gendered Subjects: "Women's Language" Revisited 4: Anna Livia: Language and Woman's Place: Picking Up the Gauntlet Part 2: Concepts 5: Janet Holmes: Power, Lady, and Linguistic Politeness in Language and Woman's Place 6: Deborah Tannen: Cultural Patterning in Language and Woman's Place 7: Penelope Eckert: The Good Woman 8: Kira Hall: Language and Marginalized Places Part 3: Femininities 9: Sachiko Ide: Exploring Woman's Language in Japan 10: Catherine Davies: "Woman's Langugae and Martha Stewart: From a Room of One's Own to a Home of One's Own to a Corporation of One's Own 11: Jenny Cook-Gumperz: Public Discourse and the Private Life of Little Girls: Language and Woman's Place and Language Socialization 12: Shari Kendall: Mother's Place in Language and Woman's Place Part 4: Power 13: Miriam Meyerhoff: Doing and Saying: Some Words on Women's Silence 14: Susan Herring: Computer-Mediated Communication and Woman's Place 15: Susan Ehrlich: Linguistics Discrimination and Violence against Women: Discursive Practices and Material Effects 16: Scott Kiesling: What Does a Focus on "Men's Language" Tell Us about Language and Woman's Place? Part 5: Women's Place 17: Judith Mattson Beam and Barbara Johnstone: Gender, Identity, and "Strong Language" in a Professional Woman's Talk 18: Toshiko Matsumoto: The New Language and Place of Women in Japan: Reflections on Language and Woman's Place 19: Marcyliena Morgan: "I'm Every Woman": Black Women's (Dis)placement in Women's Language Study 20: Norma Mendoza-Denton: The Anguish of Normative Gender: Sociolinguistic Studies among U.S. Latinas 21: Sara Trechter: Contradictions of the Indigenous Americas: Feminist Challenges to and from the Field Part 6: Sexualities 22: William L. Leap: Language and Woman's Place: Blueprint Studies of Gay Men's English 23: Rudolf P. Gaudio: They Way We Wish We Were: Sexuality and Class in Language and Woman's Place 24: Robin Queen: "I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar": The Importance of Linguistics Stereotype for Lesbian Identity Performances 25: Rusty Barrett: As Much as We Use Language: Lakoff's Queer Augury

Read more less

Book SynopsisIntroducing a succinct analysis of the main syntactic properties of Welsh, the author puts forward a general analysis of clause structure, agreement, case-marking, and other phenomena. He also provides us with a comparative analysis of these phenomena in relation to other Celtic languages, Germanic and Romance languages, and English.Trade ReviewA significant body of research on the motivations for and mechanisms of word order variation (e.g., case, the Extended Projection Principle (EPP) etc.) have dominated recent work in minimalist principles and parameters syntax. Roberts' book provides a very important addition to this canon of work, bringing in new evidence from a relatively understudied language. ... In addition to this important technical and theoretical contribution, Roberts' book fills a gap in the literature on the syntax of the Celtic languages. ...this is work of importance not only to Celticists and VSO-ologists, but also to any syntactician seriously considering the nature and variation in word order derivation and constituent licensing. * Linguist List *

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis accessible overview covers all the basic linguistic elements of Old English, including nouns, adjectives, verbs, syntax, word order, and vocabulary. Offering a unique study of Old English in context, it combines a wide variety of short texts with an up-to-date assessment of the forms of language that remain as the foundation of English today. Comparisons are drawn between Old and present-day English and also with other related languages such as Dutch, German, and French. Old English poetry and dialect variation are also discussed.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis authoritative survey offers a concise description of Middle English, the language of Chaucer, during the period from 1100 to 1500. Middle English is discussed in relation to both earlier and later stages in the history of English and in regard to other languages with which it came into contact. The book covers the principal features of Middle English spelling, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary and also introduces Middle English textual studies.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThe Interactional Instinct presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge. Its structure evolved phylo- genetically from interaction among speakers and is acquired through emotionally entrained interaction with conspecifics.Table of ContentsGrammar as a Complex Adaptive System ; Evidence for Language Emergence ; The Implications of Interaction for the Nature of Language ; Interactional Readiness: Infant-Caregiver Interaction and the Ubiquity of Language Acquisition ; A neurobiology for the Interactional Instinct ; The Interactional Instinct in First and Second Language Acquisition ; Broader Implications of the Interactional Instinct

Read more less

Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Old NorseTrade ReviewThis is a superlative textbook for the teaching of Old Icelandic (language and literature). * R. Mark Scowscroft, Catholic University of America *

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia is a unique blend of comprehensive overviews on archaeological, philological, linguistic, and historical issues at the forefront of Anatolian scholarship in the 21st century. Anatolia is home to early complex societies and great empires, and was the destination of many migrants, visitors, and invaders. The offerings in this volume bring this reality to life as the chapters unfold nearly ten thousand years (ca. 10,000-323 BCE) of peoples, languages, and diverse cultures who lived in or traversed Anatolia over these millennia. The contributors combine descriptions of current scholarship on important discussion and debates in Anatolian studies with new and cutting edge research for future directions of study. The fifty-four chapters are presented in five separate sections that range in topic from chronological and geographical overviews to anthropologically based issues of culture contact and imperial structures, and from historical settings of enti

Read more less

Book SynopsisSir William Jones (1746-94) was the foremost Orientalist of his generation and one of the greatest intellectual navigators of all time. He re-drew the map of European thought. ''Orientalist'' Jones was an extraordinary man and an intensely colourful figure. At the age of twenty-six, Jones was elected to Dr Johnson''s Literary Club, on terms of intimacy with the metropolitan luminaries of the day. The names of his friends in Britain and India present a roll-call of late eighteenth-century glitterati: Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Priestley, Edmund Burke, Warren Hastings, Johannes Zoffany, Edward Gibbon, Oliver Goldsmith, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles James Fox, William Pitt, and David Garrick. In Bengal his Sanskrit researches marked the beginning of Indo-European comparative grammar, and modern comparative-historical linguistics, of Indology, and the disciplines of comparative literature, philology, mythology, and law. He did moreTrade ReviewAll in all, this is an excellent biography of an extraordinary eighteenth-century intellectual ... the author has succeeded in giving a very lively portrait of a man with a fascinating personality, and the book offers the right balance between detailed and accurate factual information, a sensitive psychological interpretation of William Jones the man, and a clear exposition of the importance of his contribution to linguistics and Orientalism. * Pierre Dubois, Graat *... intelligent and stimulating ... This is a splendid book - in the richness of its research and the depth of its empathy, in the subtle delineation of William Jones's character and the diligent unravelling of a multi-faceted subject. * David Arnold, Times Literary Supplement *Michael Franklin has written the definitive biography of this most polymathic of men, moving with ease between the many facets of his remarkable mind. * James Mather, The Spectator *[A] readable and thorough biography...of one of the greatest polymaths in history * Andrew Robinson, The Independent *Michael Franklin has absorbed a lot of the gravitas and scholarly attention to detail of his chosen subject. * Robert Irwin, Literary Review *well worth reading * John Brockington, Translation and Literature *dynamic and definitive biography ... Franklin's portrait of Jones as a radical, republican mediator of hitherto disparate cultures is long overdue * Kurt A. Johnson, The Review of English Studies *Franklin's new biography of Jones goes much further than previous biographies ... in relating his career and his intellectual ambitions to the social and political circumstances of his time. [It] brings out many new biographical and critical insights into Jones's work and career * William Crawley, Asian Affairs *[an] admirable and engrossing biography. * The India Site *Michael Franklin has written an engaging, sympathetic, and definitive new scholarly biography of the first great British orientalist, Sir William Jones ... an impressive achievement * Peter J. Kitson, Wordsworth Circle *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Claiming Kin in Calcutta: Jones discovers the Indo-European family of languages ; 2. Persian Jones, London Welshman, surveys his roots ; 3. Druid Jones on the Carmarthen Circuit: Radicalization and Recreation on the Celtic Fringe ; 4. Impressive Patrons and Impressing Mariners ; 5. Republican Jones and the Poetry of Politics: Fragments of Liberty ; 6. Knowing India: Asiatic Researches/Recreations ; 7. Europe Falls in Love with Sakuntala ; 8. Life and Death in Calcutta: A Courtroom View of the Ethics of Empire ; 9. 'Indo-Persian' Jones and Indian Pluralism ; Select Bibliography ; Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn the first comprehensive survey of the politics of language in Ireland in the colonial and post-colonial period, Tony Crowley challenges received notions, revisits familiar materials, and considers previously little-known evidence in order to present a complex, fascinating, and often surprising history.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition This book offers a simultaneously sweeping and subtle view into the ways language has been inextricably linked with notions of cultural, political, and personal identity throughout modern Irish history... As impressive as the breadth of Crowley's research is the beauty and accessibility of his prose: the book proves enjoyable to the historian or critic as well as the linguist. Indeed, War of Words will encourage scholars in all aspects of Irish Studies to recognize the centrality of the language issue to nearly all aspects of Irish culture and politics. * Michael J Durkan Prize Review *Crowley's War of Words is a valuable and stimulating book, bringing together an impressive array of primary and secondary sources from more than five centuries in a carefully crafted argument... the defining account of a historical formation * Chris Morash, Times Literary Supplement *A sourcebook, a treasure trove . . . Crowley brings a welcome sensitivity to the complexity of his subject . . . Tony Crowley's War of Words and his earlier The Politics of Language in Ireland are seminal texts for our understanding of how that dichotomy has evolved over the centuries. [Crowley has] raised profoundly important questions and provided a context in which they can be thought about and planned for in the hope that future wars over words will be far less bitter and prolonged. * Irish Literary Supplement *a first-rate piece of scholarship that deserves to be read by any student of Ireland and her history. * Contemporary Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Language acquisition ; 1. Reforming the Word and the words of the Irish, 1537-1607 ; 2. Language, God, and the struggle for history, 1607-1690 ; 3. Education, antiquity, and the beginnings of linguistic nationalism, 1690-1789 ; 4. Culture, politics, and the language question, 1789-1876 ; 5. Language and revolution, 1876-1922 ; 6. The politics of language on the island of Ireland, 1922-2004

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a new and fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a comprehensive guide to their description and analysis. In three clearly written and accessible volumes, he describes how best to go about doing linguistics, the most satisfactory and profitable ways to work, and the pitfalls to avoid. In the first volume he addresses the methodology for recording, analysing, and comparing languages. He argues that grammatical structures and rules should be worked out inductively on the basis of evidence, explaining in detail the steps by which an attested grammar and lexicon can build up from observed utterances. He shows how the grammars and words of one language may be compared to others of the same or different families, explains the methods involved in cross-linguistic parametric analyses, and describes how to interpret the results. Volume 2 and volume 3 (to be published in 2011) offer in-depth tours of underlying principTrade ReviewThere can be little doubt that Basic Linguistic Theory is a valuable addition to the linguistic literature, both as a broadly conceived typological study and as an inspiring guide to grammar writers ... BLT covers the principal parts of grammar and probably more extensively so than any other single book of its kind. * Steffen Haurholm-Larsen, Studies in Language *There is no doubt that [the] book under review will be highly useful for a very broad circle of linguists. * S.S. Sai, Voprosy iazykoznaniia (translated in English from Russian) *These are two wonderful books, a treasure trove of ideas and information, a reference work for many decades to come, and a must-have for any field linguist worth his or her salt. It is written in a clear and lucid style.... Dixon's ability to put forward complex ideas in understandable prose is outstanding, and the occasional anecdotal reference to his own field work situations further livens up the prose....I found these books extremely informative, exceedingly useful, and profoundly inspiring. It has given me a renewed motivation to further study the languages I'm involved with. These are books I can recommend to every graduate student in linguistics, to every linguistic field worker - those just starting out as well as those who have finished five grammars. * René van den Berg, Studies in Language *Table of Contents1. Basics ; 2. Principles to Follow ; 3. Grammar Overview ; 4. Analysis, Argumentation, and Explanation ; 5. Terminology ; 6. Doing Typology ; 7. Phonology ; 8. Lexicon ; 9. Field Linguistics

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn this outstanding book leading scholars from around the world examine the history of linguistics from ancient origins to the present. They consider every aspect of the field from language origins to neurolinguistics, explore linguistic traditions in east and west, chronicle centuries of explanations for language structures, meanings, and usage, and look at how it has been practically applied.The book is organized in six parts. The first looks at the origins of language, the invention of writing, the nature of gesture, and sign languages. Part II examines the history of the analysis and description of sound systems. Part III considers the history of linguistics in China, Korea, Japan, India, and the Middle East, as well as the history of the study of Semitic and Afro-Asiatic. Part IV examines the history of grammar and morphology in the west from the classical world to the present. Part V surveys the history of lexicography semantics, pragmatics, and text and discourse studies. Part VTrade Review[A] fine resource for scholars and teachers who want to go beyond textbook treatments in introductory courses... Highly recommended. * E. L. Battistella, Choice *this volume is destined to become an indispensable reference work for anyone wishing to delve more deeply into the history of the discipline. * The Year's Work in English Studies *Table of Contents1. The Origins and the Evolution of Language ; 2. The History of Writing as a History of Linguistics ; 3. History of the Study of Gesture ; 4. The History of Sign Language Linguistics ; 5. Orthography and the Early History of Phonetics ; 6. From IPA to PRAAT and Beyond ; 7. Nineteenth Century Study of Sound Change From Rask to Saussure ; 8. Discoverers of the Phoneme ; 9. A History of Sound Symbolism ; 10. East Asian Linguistics ; 11. Linguistics in India ; 12. From Semitic to Afro-Asiatic ; 13. From Plato to Priscian: Philosophy's legacy to grammar ; 14. Pedagogical Grammars Before the Eighteenth Century ; 15. Vernaculars and the Idea of a Standard Language ; 16. Word-based Morphology From Aristotle to Modern WP ; 17. General or Universal Grammar From Plato to Chomsky ; 18. American Descriptivism ('structuralism') ; 19. Noam Chomsky's Contribution to Linguistics: a sketch ; 20. European Linguistics Since Saussure ; 21. Functional and Cognitive Grammars ; 22. Lexicography From Earliest Times to the Present ; 23. The Logico-philosophical Tradition ; 24. Lexical Semantics From Speculative Etymology to Structuralist Semantics ; 25. Post-structuralist and Cognitive Approaches to Meaning ; 26. A Brief Sketch of teh Historic Developments of Pragmatics ; 27. Meaning in Texts and Contexts ; 28. Comparative, Historical, and Typological Linguistics Since the Eighteenth Century ; 29. Language, Culture, and Society ; 30. Language, The Mind, and The Brain ; 31. Translation: the intertranslatability of languages; translation and language teaching ; 32. Computational Linguistics ; 33. The History of Corpus Linguistics ; 34. Philosophy of Linguistics ; References ; Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisOver the past twenty years or so, the work on Japanese within generative grammar has shifted from primarily using contemporary theory to describe Japanese to contributing directly to general theory, on top of producing extensive analyses of the language. The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Linguistics captures the excitement that comes from answering the question, What can Japanese say about Universal Grammar? Each of the eighteen chapters takes up a topic in syntax, morphology, acquisition, processing, phonology, or information structure, and, first of all, lays out the core data, followed by critical discussion of the various approaches found in the literature. Each chapter ends with a section on how the study of the particular phenomenon in Japanese contributes to our knowledge of general linguistic theory. This book will be useful to students and scholars of linguistics who are interested in the latest studies on one of the most extensively studied languages within generative grammar.Table of ContentsIntroduction , Shigeru Miyagawa and Mamoru Saito ; 2. On the Causative Construction , Heidi Harley ; 3. Japanese -Wa, -Ga, and Information Structure , Caroline Heycock ; 4. Lexical Classes in Phonology , Junko Ito and Armin Mester ; 5. On Verb Raising , Hideki Kishimoto ; 6. Nominative Object , Masatoshi Koizumi ; 7. Japanese Accent , Haruo Kubozono ; 8. Ga/No Conversion , Hideki Maki and Asko Uchibori ; 9. Processing Sentences in Japanese , Edson T. Miyamoto ; 10. The Acquisition of Japanese Syntax , Keiko Murasugi and Koji Sugisaki ; 11. The Syntax of Semantics of Floating Numeral Quantifiers , Kimiko Nakanishi ; 12. V-V Compounds , Kunio Nishiyama ; 13. Wh-Questions , Norvin Richards ; 14. Indeterminate Pronouns , Junko Shimoyama ; 15. Noun Phrase Ellipsis , Daiko Takahashi ; 16. Ditransitive Constructions , Yuji Takano ; 17. Prominence Marking in the Japanese Syntax Intonation System , Jennifer J. Venditti, Kikuo Maekawa, and Mary E. Beckman ; 18. The Structure of DP , Akira Watanabe ; Author Index ; Subject Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisSeries Editor's Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: European Union Enlargement and Citizen Empowerment; C.H.Williams PART I: MINORITY LANGUAGES IN THE LEGAL CONTEXT Language Rights Standards in Europe: The Impact of the Council of Europe's Human Rights and Treaty Obligations; F.De Varennes Unity in Diversity. The Role of the European Parliament in Promoting Minority Languages in Europe; M.Stolfo A New Multilingual United Kingdom? The Impact of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; W.McLeod Does Legislation Change Perception and Behaviour? Attitudes and Perceptions of the Welsh Language in Legal Proceedings; C.F.Huws Bilingual Websites in Jurisdictions Requiring Minority Language Use: Effective Implementation of Policies and Guidelines; A.Deere & D.Cunliffe PART II: LANGUAGE VITALITY AND PROMOTION: THEORETICAL ASPECTS Governance Without Conviction; C.H.Williams An Evaluation Matrix for Ethno-Linguistic Vitality; M.Ehala PART III: LANGUAGE VITALITY AND PROMOTIOTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: European Union Enlargement and Citizen Empowerment; C.H.Williams PART I: MINORITY LANGUAGES IN THE LEGAL CONTEXT Language Rights Standards in Europe: The Impact of the Council of Europe's Human Rights and Treaty Obligations; F.De Varennes Unity in Diversity. The Role of the European Parliament in Promoting Minority Languages in Europe; M.Stolfo A New Multilingual United Kingdom? The Impact of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; W.McLeod Does Legislation Change Perception and Behaviour? Attitudes and Perceptions of the Welsh Language in Legal Proceedings; C.F.Huws Bilingual Websites in Jurisdictions Requiring Minority Language Use: Effective Implementation of Policies and Guidelines; A.Deere & D.Cunliffe PART II: LANGUAGE VITALITY AND PROMOTION: THEORETICAL ASPECTS Governance Without Conviction; C.H.Williams An Evaluation Matrix for Ethno-Linguistic Vitality; M.Ehala PART III: LANGUAGE VITALITY AND PROMOTION: CASE STUDIES The Promotion of Arts and Culture as a Tool of Economic Regeneration: An Opportunity or a Threat to Minority Language Development? The Case of Gaelic in Scotland; D.Chalmers Cultural Development in Minority Regions: The Influence of Language Policies on Social Capital in Multilingual Regions; B.Winsa Welcome and Unwelcome Minority Languages; T.Wicherkiewicz Faroese: a National Language under Siege?; C.Benati Reconsidering The Role of Older Speakers in Language Planning; W.Bellin The Slovene Language in Italy: Paths to a Value-Added Position; S.Brezigar Internet and Minority Languages: a Study on Sardinian; G.Depau & A.Ghimenton CONCLUSION: Identity and Democracy in an Enlarged Europe; C.H.Williams Bibliography Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book is a practical and insightful guide for new MA TESOL students, providing information that will shape their expectations of the field and of their program. It discusses foundational information about the profession, as well as discussion and guidance regarding the graduate school experience.Trade Review'The book provides an excellent, accessible general introduction to core content areas and issues for students entering MA TESOL programs. It will be of great assistance to students in making sense of what can be a fairly bewildering span of theoretical perspectives, and it will also allow academic teaching staff to readily situate the particular orientations they wish to explore in more depth. It is a welcomed innovation in the professional development literature in the TESOL field.'- Susan Hood, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.Table of ContentsPreface PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCIPLINE OF TESOL Situating Ourselves Language, Learning, and Teaching Key Concepts in TESOL PART II: STUDYING FOR YOUR MA TESOL Learning to Learn in Graduate School Research and the (Future) TESOL Instructor Professional Development in and beyond Graduate School Conclusion Appendix A: Common Acronyms in TESOL Appendix B: Websites for TESOL Information and Professional Development References Glossary Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis refreshingly straightforward and accessible textbook introduces students who might not have a linguistic background, to the study of literary texts. Gregoriou takes an innovative, genre-based approach, providing students with the analytical skills and theoretical approaches they need to interpret the language of literature.

Read more less

Book SynopsisProvides English equivalents for over 20,000 Hebrew words, with special attention given to the language of the media.

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis volume is a comprehensive grammar of Hausa, one of the largest and most important languages of Africa. It is organized alphabetically, and the grammar covers such expected topics as tonology, noun plurals, and verbal tense/aspect as well as often neglected topics like verbal idioms.Trade Review"There simply is not has never been a Hausa grammar that comes close to matching this work. Anyone involved with Hausa teaching or linguistics should have a copy handy." Patrick Bennett, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Read more less

Book SynopsisA modern Portuguese grammar written for the English-speaking reader. It covers in detail all the patterns of modern Portuguese as spoken and written in Brazil, focusing on those points which are especially challenging for the English-speaking student. Examples are included.

Read more less

Book Synopsis'Biblical Hebrew' offers 55 lessons, each based around verses or segments from Biblical texts. This new edition has been fully revised, includes three new audio CDs and a companion volume, 'The Supplement' which presents reinforcement and review activities along with additional detail about topics in the main text.

Read more less

Book SynopsisHow does a person learn a second language? This volume proposes a new model of second language acquisition (SLA) - a model that shifts the focus from language competence (the ability to pass a language exam) to language performance (using language competently in real-life contexts)

Read more less

Book SynopsisLearn to Write the Hebrew Script presents a new and innovative approach to learning the Hebrew script.Trade Review"[T]his book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on Hebrew teaching that will be welcomed by students of biblical Hebrew. The strength of the book lies in the lucidly written Part I, describing the connection between Egyptian, Canaanite and European scripts."—Benjamin Hary, MESA Bulletin -- Benjamin Hary * MESA Bulletin *

Read more less

Book SynopsisA comprehensive and scholarly bilingual dictionary of Russian idioms that includes close to 14,000 idioms, set expressions and sayings found in contemporary colloquial Russian and in literature from the nineteenth century onwards. It provides Russian idioms with many English equivalents to render them in various contexts.Trade Review"Professor Lubensky has made what I already considered to be the definitive Russian-English dictionary of idioms even better. It is indispensable for any Russian-English translator, as well as any serious student of the Russian language."—Steven Shabad, ATA-certified translator -- Steven Shabad"[The book] stands out for its excellent organization, systematic approach, detailed grammatical information and a variety of usage examples."—Anatoly Liberman, University of Minnesota -- Anatoly Liberman"I own many dictionaries of many kinds, but there is none I enjoy using more than Sophia Lubensky's. It is organised impeccably. The explanations are crystal clear. And the illustrative examples are entertaining and often memorable. I am delighted that it is being republished in an expanded version."—Robert Chandler, translator of Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate -- Robert Chandler“Mae West said it best: 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!' While she may not have had this book in mind, I own that sentiment with regard to this new revised edition of Sophia Lubensky’s magnificent Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms, first published in 1995. As a life-long student of the Russian language, a retired professor of Russian literature, and as an experienced translator, I cannot express enough praise for this labor of love. How on earth did we ever manage before it? And now, we are treated to a new edition. How lucky can we get?” —Michael R. Katz, C.V. Starr Professor Emeritus of Russian and East European Studies at Middlebury College -- Michael R. Katz “Eighteen years after publishing her enormously successful Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms, Sophia Lubensky has given us a significantly enlarged and revised edition. Anyone who explores the nearly 14,000 idioms included here, traces their past and current usage in a wide variety of contexts, compares them to their English equivalents, will once again be struck by the aptness of Ivan Turgenev’s famous characterization of the Russian language as 'great, mighty, truthful, and free.' The new edition will delight translators and others dealing professionally with Russia, teachers and students of Russian, and all who cherish Russian culture and its verbal core.” —Henryk Baran, Professor of Russian Studies, University at Albany -- Henryk Baran"Hardly a day goes by when I do not open my 'Lubensky.' My bookshelves groans with mediocre Russian<>English dictionaries, but this one gathers no dust. Thank goodness for the revised edition. This is an indispensible work for any student of Russian language and especially for Russian into English translators. " — Nora Seligman Favorov, Russian to English translator, Yale University Press and Russian Life magazine -- Nora Seligman Favorov"Sophia Lubensky’s Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms is a masterpiece of scholarship and a treasure trove for translators. Updated to capture the rapid changes in contemporary usage, it is an indispensable guide to understanding idioms in various contexts and time periods, learning how to use them, and translating them into English. No student of Russian or translator should be without it" —Michele A. Berdy, author of The Russian Word’s Worth -- Michele Berdy"It is a great pleasure to learn that the Yale Press has undertaken to publish a new, revised version of Sophie Lubensky's wonderful Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms. All of us who deal professionally with Russian have for years kept her book close at hand, an indispensable resource. It not only explains Russian idioms whose meaning is often far from readily apparent, but also renders them into genuine English, and at a corresponding stylistic level, from solemn and lofty to folksy, colloquial, or slang. The original edition was a monumental achievement, and the revision can only add to its value."— Hugh McLean, University of California, Berkeley. -- Hugh McLean"A most complete Russian-English dictionary of idioms, S. I. Lubensky’s Comprehensive Russian-English Phraseological Dictionary [2004] offers virtually the only lexicographic description of Russian phraseology alongside its English counterpart which is based on contemporary notions of linguistically significant features of idioms. In addition to English equivalents and government patterns (for verbal idioms), this dictionary provides definitions of Russian idioms in English. The presentation of entries and principles employed to describe the idioms meet the highest lexicographic standards." —Dmitrij Dobrovolskij -- Dmitrij DobrovolskijWinner of the the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages for Best Contribution to Language Pedagogy (AATSEEL). , -- AATSEEL * American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages *

Read more less