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Puddle Dancer Press Life-Enriching Education: Nonviolent
Book SynopsisWhen Students Love to Learn and Teachers Love to TeachIn this revolutionary book, Marshall Rosenberg empowers educators to transform schools into life-serving, learning-rich environments that maximize the potential of each student. Filled with insight, adaptable exercises and role-plays, Life-Enriching Education gives educators practical skills to generate mutually respectful classroom relationships. Discover how our language and organizational structures directly impact student potential, trust, self-esteem and student enjoyment in their learning. Rediscover the joy of teaching in a classroom where each person's needs are respected! Learn Practical Skills to:- Maximize student potential- Strengthen your classroom community- Resolve and prevent conflicts peacefully- Improve the quality of classroom and school relationshipsTrade Review"Offers teachers a proven process and skills for creating a classroom environment in which their students can thrive I highly recommend it." --Dr. Thomas Gordon, author, Parent Effectiveness Training and Teacher Effectiveness TrainingTable of ContentsUnleash the Beast!; The Order of Nine Angles; The Werewolf Order; The Nameless Sodality.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Linguistics An Introduction
Book SynopsisWhat is Linguistics? How do languages work? Why is this important?Answering these questions and more, Linguistics: An Introduction covers all the key topics that you will need in your study of language and linguistics. Over 17 chapters, William McGregor outlines the core ideas and approaches in the field, tracing their development and discussing the most recent trends. Using examples from a wide range of languages and contexts from around the world, this book assumes no prior knowledge of linguistics and contains a host of pedagogic features, including key terms, discussion questions, and exercises, to fully support your learning. Fully revised and updated, this third edition now includes:- A new chapter on corpus linguistics- New topics, including theories of syntax, text typology and the evolution of languages- New ''Research Methods'' sections at the end of each chapter- Updated examples drawn from a variety of global perspectives
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Dover Publications Inc. Codes Ciphers and Secret Writing
Book SynopsisA fascinating, challenging book. A. L. A. Booklist. Experiment with cryptography the science of secret writing. Cipher and decipher codes: transposition and polyalphabetical ciphers, famous codes, typewriter and telephone codes, codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks...even invisible writing and sending messages through outer space. Hours of intrigue and challenge. 45 diagrams.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd What Is Sociolinguistics
Book SynopsisHow is our language affected by our ethnicity, gender, and region? How are our conversations and other interactions structured? How does society view and regulate language? How do we use language to present ourselves to others? In this revised and updated second edition of the popularWhat Is Sociolinguistics?Gerard Van Herk explores these and other intriguing questions about language, how we use it, and its relationships to society. Van Herk guides the reader on a tour through the major issues that define the field, including region, status, gender, time, language attitudes, interaction, and style, at the same time exploring the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, culture and ethnicity, language contact, and education. This second edition has been revised and updated to include new and more exercises, discussion questions, and suggested readings, as well as expanded chapters exploring gender duality and Latino English. Key readings are introduced in Van Herk's clear aTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vi About the Companion Website vii 1 Introduction 1 2 Language and Society 11 3 Place 27 4 Social Status 51 5 Time 64 6 Ethnicity 81 7 Gender 96 Interlude 117 8 Style 120 9 Interaction 134 10 Multilingualism 146 11 Language Contact 158 12 Attitudes and Ideologies 171 13 Language as a Social Entity 187 14 Education 203 Epilogue. What is Sociolinguistics? 217 Glossary 220 Bibliography 238 Index 261
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
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 text—it'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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Oxford University Press Translation
Book SynopsisTranslation is everywhere, giving us dubbed films, and access to foreign news and the literature of other cultures. Considering subtitling, interpreting, and adaptations, Matthew Reynolds reveals how translation is changing radically in the new age of electronic media.Trade Reviewa well-rounded and thought-provoking account of the concept of translation * Hanan Ben Nafa, Babel *Matthew Reynolds tackles the topic with aplomb. * ANZ LitLovers *Table of Contents1: The multiplicity of translation 2: Word for word? 3: Translation and paraphrase 4: Translation and power 5: Words of God 6: Honest interpretation 7: Translating performance 8: Translation and literature 9: Languages in the world Further Reading Index
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Wooden Books Euphonics: A Poet's Dictionary of Sounds
Book SynopsisOne of the oldest and most secret magical arts of the ancient world, Euphonics is the study of the natural meanings of sounds in words and language. First discussed over 2,000 years ago in Plato's Cratylus, it has long been used by sorcerers worldwide to weave their sonic spells. Learn about the deadly effects of 'D', the ghastly glint of 'G', the jolly jangle of 'J', the binary bulge of 'B' and seductive slippery 'S'. This deceptively simple book, by leading wizard John Michell, and illustrated by Fleet Street cartoonist Merrily Harpur, is the best manual an apprentice could wish for in casting these powerful spells.WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST. "Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.
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Stanford University Press Monolingualism of the Other The Prosthesis of
Book SynopsisThis volume makes available in English leading philosopher, Jacques Derrida's reflections on the individual's relationship with his or her own language.Trade Review"In this elegant and engaging essay, Derrida turns to the subject of Derrida as Algerian Jew and as a dissociated Francophone."—The Front Table"Clearly, Derrida is bravely turning away from decades of structuralist thinking that made even the slightest hint of transcendence into an intellectual taboo."—Substance"Derrida has produced a text which takes philosophy and autobiography into the closest possible proximity; yet the result is something far more significant than the personal reminiscences of a philosopher."—Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsMonolingualism of the other or, The prosthesis of origin Epilogue Notes.
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Profile Books Ltd Making Sense: The Glamorous Story of English
Book SynopsisThe world's greatest authority on language explains the secrets and subtleties of the grammar of English. David Crystal explores its history and varieties, explains its rules and irregularities and shows how to navigate its snares and pitfalls. He gives practical guidance on how grammar is used in different ways for different purposes and in different social settings. In a series of revealing illustrations he also considers what learned and prominent people have said about English grammar over the centuries. Like its three companion volumes Making Sense will appeal to everyone interested in the English language and how to use it.Trade ReviewRefreshing and briskly written ... Crystal shows that grammar is not nearly as tedious as it can seem. * Sunday Times *Previous praise for David Crystal: 'Crystal's book is full of distractions and delights. * Daily Express *If the history of language is a sort of labyrinth, David Crystal is an excellent guide * The Age, Australia *Delicious revelations ... Crystal does an excellent job, not just of tracing the etymology of a word, but of relating it to social history, painting a picture of our times through words * Independent on Sunday *
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Oxford University Press J. L. Austin Philosopher and DDay Intelligence
Book SynopsisJ. L. Austin was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, but also an intelligence officer in the Second World War. This revelatory biography explores Austin's complex character, his remarkable achievements in war and peace, and the surprisinglty dramatic events in his personal life.Trade ReviewScrupulous and engrossing * Best Books of the Year 2023, The Economist *A revelatory work of intelligence history, ingeniously built from scattered and skimpy materials. * Richard Davenport-Hines, Books of the Year 2023, Times Literary Supplement *A superb biography...dense and readable. * Tom Stoppard, Books of the Year 2023, Times Literary Supplement *Meticulously researched yet uncluttered ... philosophically illuminating. * Jane O'Grady, Times Literary Supplement *[ Rowe's] research is so thorough, his exposition so meticulous and his presentation so clear that even the digressions are a delight * Jonathan Ree, Literary Review *a marvellous book . . . thoroughly absorbing... First, it gives a detailed account of Austin's philosophical development, his background, his works and his academic career and influence, accompanied at each stage by interpretations and criticisms that are judicious and insightful. Rowe shows himself to be an excellent philosopher in his own right. Second, the book presents the results of Rowe's painstaking archival research on Austin's intelligence career, placing it in the context of British and Allied intelligence concerning Western Europe and North Africa. It gives a fascinating account of the way military intelligence is generated and the crucial role it plays in every military operation... Third, Rowe offers a perceptive analysis of Austin's personal qualities and their part in his academic and military engagements. * Thomas Nagel, London Review of Books *well-researched, and admirably written intellectual biography. * Stephen Mulhall, Society *Table of ContentsPart I: Pre-War 1: Origins: c. 1670-1911 2: Childhood: 1911-1924 3: Shrewsbury: 1924-1929 4: Balliol: 1929-1933 5: Philosophy in Oxford: 1918-1933 6: All Souls: 1933-1935 7: Collingwood, C. I. Lewis, and Aristotle: 1935-1938 8: The Brethren, Politics, and Wittgenstein: 1937-1940 Part II: War 9: Jean and the Army: 1939-1941 10: MI14, Marriage, and North African Intelligence: 1941 11: Injury, Scotland, and the Desert War: 1941-1942 12: The Coming of the Martians: 1942 13: Norfolk House, Dieppe, and Torch: 1942 14: Skyscraper, Invade Mecum, and Exile: 1943 15: The Hunt for the V-Weapons: 1943-1944 16: At Peter Robinson's: 1943-1944 17: Towards D-Day: 1944 18: D-Day and the Battle of Normandy: 1944 19: Arnhem and the Ardennes: 1944-1945 20: War's End: 1945 Part III: Post-War 21: Post-War Britain and Oxford: 1945-1947 22: 'Other Minds': 1946-1947 23: Ordinary Language Philosophy: 1947-1959 24: The Oral and the Written: 1947-1959 25: Sense and Sensibilia: 1947-1959 26: Truth and Logic: 1950-1952 27: White's Professor: 1952-1954 28: Domestic Life and the Americans: 1952-1954 29: Harvard and Speech-Acts: 1955 30: Abilities and Excuses: 1956-1957 31: Royaumont and Anscombe: 1958 32: California, Semantics, and Sound Symbolism: 1958-1959 33: Ayer, Scandinavia, and the Gellner Controversy: 1959 34: Final Illness: 1959-1960
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Oxford University Press The Myth of Mars and Venus
Book SynopsisPopular assumptions about gender and communication - famously summed up in the title of the massively influential 1992 bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus - can have unforeseen but far-reaching consequences in many spheres of life, from attitudes to the phenomenon of ''date-rape'' to expectations of achievement at school, and potential discrimination in the work-place. In this wide-ranging and thoroughly readable book, Deborah Cameron, Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and Communication at Oxford University and author of a number of leading texts in the field of language and gender studies, draws on over 30 years of scientific research to explain what we really know and to demonstrate how this is often very different from the accounts we are familiar with from recent popular writing. Ambitious in scope and exceptionally accessible, The Myth of Mars and Venus tells it like it is: widely accepted attitudes from the past and from other cultures are at heart related to asTrade Reviewa brilliant and timely book * Katharine Viner, The Guardian *In this vigorously argued book, [Cameron] also combats the cliché by example, writing in an enjoyable mode of pugnacious sarcasm * Steven Poole, The Guardian *Cameron, skilled at deflating the sweeping generalisations of others... * The Sunday Times *Cameron's wry, measured dismemberment of these stereotypes makes for enjoyable reading * Ceri Radford, The Daily Telegraph *this delightfully spiky book * Susannah Herbert, The Sunday Times *this immensely readable book * Romy Clark, Red Pepper magazine *Cameron blows through the fog of pop-psych gender 'research' like Afrin through swollen sinuses, shrinking the claims of sound-bite science on contact * Jan Freeman, Boston Globe *This short and enjoyable read ... is very welcome * Sarah Ensor, Socialist Review *Fascinating, insightful, comprehensive ... you'll just have to read it for yourself * Contemporary UK Feminism, www.thefword.org.uk *Cameron cites a lot of literature, makes her points lucidly, and distinguishes nicely between scientific consensus and cultural assumption. She's also bitingly funny * Read for Pleasure *Cameron does a great job * Feminist Philosophers *Table of Contents1. Myths, and why they matter ; 2. A time and a place: putting myths in their cultural context ; 3. Partial truths: why difference is not the whole story ; 4. A world of difference? Mars and Venus in childhood and adolescence ; 5. Cross purposes: the myth of male-female misunderstanding ; 6. Back to nature: brains, genes, and evolution ; 7. Public speaking: Mars and Venus in politics and the workplace ; 8. Doing what comes culturally: identity and style ; 9. Beyond Mars and Venus ; Notes ; Index
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Taylor & Francis New Forms of Civic Resistance and Activism
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Cambridge University Press Adventures in English Syntax
Book SynopsisFor anyone who wants to become a more effective writer, a more perceptive reader, and a more precise thinker, an understanding of English sentence structure is indispensable. This book shows you how to begin. Using clear and engaging examples from English, it introduces the basic concepts of syntactic structure to readers with no background in linguistics. Starting with simple, familiar phrases, and progressing to more complex sentences, it builds on what we already intuitively know, to provide a step-by-step account of why we understand these examples as we do. It then shows how that understanding can be applied to writing, helping us to avoid some of the common hallmarks of ''bad writing'', such as ambiguity, redundancy, and vagueness. A unique and valuable resource, this book will enrich your understanding of English in ways that will make you a more effective user of the language. Publisher''s note: The e-book edition of this title, like the print editions, contains color. For thosTrade Review'Deeply informed and engagingly presented, these compelling adventures succeed admirably in achieving the author's intention to reveal 'something of the hidden depth and abstract nature of our knowledge of the language we speak' and to show how 'endlessly fascinating' language is – its structure and how we can use it effectively.' Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Arizona'Professor Freidin's book takes the reader on a delightful journey through the intricacies and idiosyncracies of English syntax, while at the same time providing a lucid, non-technical and painless introduction to current syntactic theory. The book should go a long way towards bridging the gap between linguistic theory and the study of English, greatly enriching both areas of study.' Ian Roberts, University of Cambridge'Overall, the book is inspiring for readers with or without linguistic knowledge. For readers without a linguistic background, the book approaches good/bad writing with concrete and detailed syntactic analysis using tree diagrams and color-coded text, which visually helps the readers realize and comprehend the vertical way of decomposing a sentence. For readers with some linguistic background …' Difei Zhang, Linguist List'A marvelous book that should become a classic of the linguistic literature for beginners, but also for those who enjoy discovering new, original and stimulating perspectives on things they believe they know or think they understand. The adventure starts with considerations about familiar and deceptively simple English phrases, such as coordination structures, and progresses to more complex syntactic areas, like questions and ellipsis. When discussing linguistic phenomena, the author is cautious to start from what we intuitively know, developing an extremely careful analysis that explains why the phrases and sentences analyzed are understood as they are. This book is unique in that it helps the reader to get familiar with the subtleties of English syntax and to acquire a basic knowledge of linguistic theory and, at the same time, is intensely pleasurable. I cannot imagine anyone not thinking after reading it, 'I want to be a syntactician' or 'I should have been a syntactician'.' Alain Rouveret, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Paris-Diderot University'This is a great book. Very clear, very well argued. … for writers in training, it would be extremely valuable. I could easily see this becoming required reading in writing classes at the undergraduate level.' Michael D. Lemonick, Freelance science journalist and Lecturer, Princeton UniversityTable of Contents1. One fish two fish: an adventure in ambiguity; 2. Exceptional students and teachers; 3. Introduction to language and linguistics; 4. A review of a book by two philosophers; 5. Bob is certain to succeed; 6. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife; 7. Does every politician who cheats instinctively lie?; 8. Inferior defenses could then, as now, be tackled, as Vernon did at Porto Bello, Exmouth at Algiers, and Seymour at Alexandria; Concluding comment.
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Cambridge University Press A Practical Guide to Second Language Teaching and
Book SynopsisThis book is an essential resource for individuals entering the field of second language (L2) teaching. It provides a complete set of instructional materials and is written in easy-to-understand language. It provides concrete examples of activities for the L2 classroom, along with the theories and research that support them.
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Cambridge University Press Language Teacher Agency
Book SynopsisThis Element aims to elucidate the concept of language teacher agency by exploring the ''what'' question, offering major conceptualisations of agency and explaining how they shape the way we approach teacher agency. The authors then continue with the ''why'' question, and elaborate on the reasons that language teacher agency matters, based on a discussion of the varied purposes of teacher agency at multiple levels. They also acknowledge that teacher agency does not operate alone, and discuss how it intersects with such concepts as teacher identity, emotion, belief and knowledge. Based on this, they identify ways to promote teacher agency through making changes to contexts and/or actors. They then introduce the concept of collective agency and propose a multi-layered model based on an illustrative study. The Element ends with a call for a trans-perspective on understanding language teacher agency so as to facilitate the professional development of language teachers.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. What is agency?; 3. Why teacher agency matters?; 4. Teacher agency intersecting with other key constructs; 5. What can be done to enhance language teachers' sense of agency?; 6. The significance of collective agency; 7. Advancing a trans-perspective in language teacher agency research; References.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc German Visual Dictionary For Dummies
Book SynopsisGerman Visual Dictionary A visual way to learn GermanIt's a factseeing something helps us remember it. This handy guide helps you build your German vocabulary with full-color pictures that illustrate the words. You'll be able to communicate with native speakers faster as you learn and remember more words and their meanings. The book is organized by themes such as transportation, accommodations, restaurants and eating, sports, emergencies, shopping, and more, making it especially useful for travelers. Boost your learning speed today!InsideNavigate a cityHandle money like a localMaster short conversationsBe prepared for emergenciesTable of ContentsUnterwegs! Let’s go! 11 Verkehrsmittel / Means of transportation 12 Hallo! Hello! 29 Sich begrüßen und sich verabschieden / Saying hello and goodbye 30 Sich orientieren Orienting Yourself 37 In der Stadt / In the city 38 In der Natur / The natural world 48 Guten Appetit! Enjoy your meal! 55 Was gibt es zum Essen? / What is there to eat? 56 Im Restaurant / At the restaurant 78 Die Getränke / Drinks 88 Gute Nacht! Good night! 95 Die Beherbergung / The Accommodations 96 Ausstattung der Zimmer / In the bedroom 105 Das Badezimmer / In the bathroom 108 Viel Spaß! Let’s go out! 111 Das Geld / Money 112 Die Geschäfte / The stores 116 Der Einkaufsbummel / The shopping spree 122 Der Sport / Sports 136 Die Kultur / Culture 146 Achtung! Watch out! 157 Der Unfall / The accident 158 Die Notaufnahme / The emergency room 164
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Introduction to Arabic Linguistics
Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to the linguistic fundamentals of modern Arabic, ideal for Arabic language learners as well as speakers interested in developing a richer understanding of language use and behavior Introduction to Arabic Linguistics presents a clear and engaging overview of the core linguistic aspects of modern Arabic, focusing on Modern Standard Arabic and Levantine Arabic. Designed to be welcoming for undergraduates without fluency in Arabic and for students with only limited familiarity with linguistics, this textbook covers all fundamental areas of Arabic linguistics. Detailed yet accessible chapters include comprehension and analysis questions, critical thinking exercises, application examples with authentic data, reading assignments, and classroom and homework projects. This valuable textbook is organized into three units which cover sounds and sound systems, word structure and meaning, and phrases and phrase structure. Author Youssef Haddad draws from both the ArabiTrade Review“Introduction to Arabic Linguistics by Youssef Haddad is the finest such discussion I have seen of how educated speakers of Arabic experience the linguistics situation of the Arab world, characterized by Arabic diglossia and multilingualism. This book is far richer and more detailed in its treatment of the topics considered in many regards than earlier similar publications. Given its depth and theoretically framed discussion, it is also more useful in many regards than standard reference grammars—a different genre of work, of course—that may ultimately contain more detail but do not seek to demonstrate the underlying systematicity of the language.” --Keith Walters, Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xiv Abbreviations xv Glossary xvi About the Companion Website xxvii 1 Arabic: An Insider’s Perspective 1 1.1 My Experience with Arabic 4 1.2 My Experience with Other Languages 10 1.3 About this Book 12 Further Reading 13 PART I Arabic Sounds and Sound Systems 15 2 Speech Sounds: An Overview 17 2.1 Production of Speech Sounds 18 2.2 The International Phonetic Alphabet 21 2.3 The Arabic Writing System 23 2.4 Conclusion 27 Further Reading 27 3 Arabic Consonants and Vowels 28 3.1 Modern Standard Arabic Consonants 28 3.1.1 Place of Articulation 29 3.1.1.1 Bilabial Consonants 29 3.1.1.2 Labiodental Consonants 32 3.1.1.3 Interdental Consonants 33 3.1.1.4 Alveolar Consonants 34 3.1.1.5 Palatal Consonants 36 3.1.1.6 Velar Consonants 37 3.1.1.7 Uvular Consonants 38 3.1.1.8 Pharyngeal Consonants 39 3.1.1.9 Glottal Consonants 40 3.1.2 Voicing 41 3.1.3 Manner of Articulation 42 3.1.3.1 Oral Stops 42 3.1.3.2 Nasal Stops 45 3.1.3.3 Fricatives 45 3.1.3.4 Liquids 49 3.1.3.5 Glides 50 3.2 Modern Standard Arabic Vowels 52 3.3 Modern Standard Arabic Sounds: Putting it all Together 56 3.4 Levantine Arabic Sounds 59 3.4.1 Levantine Arabic Consonants 60 3.4.2 Levantine Arabic Vowels 62 3.4.3 Levantine Arabic Sounds: Putting it all Together 62 3.5 Conclusion 67 Further Reading 67 4 Arabic Syllable Structure and Stress 69 4.1 Syllable Structure in Modern Standard Arabic 70 4.2 Stress in Modern Standard Arabic 80 4.3 Syllable Structure and Stress in Levantine Arabic 84 4.4 Conclusion 90 Further Reading 90 5 Arabic Sound System 91 5.1 Minimal Pairs and Phonemes vs. Allophones 93 5.2 Phonological Derivation 97 5.2.1 Assimilation 97 5.2.2 Epenthesis 108 5.2.3 Syncope and Vowel Shortening 114 5.2.4 Ordering of Rules 116 5.3 Conclusion 117 Further Reading 118 PART II Arabic Words: Their Structure and Meaning 119 6 Arabic Morphology: An Overview 121 6.1 Agglutination 122 6.2 Interdigitation: Root-and-Pattern Morphology 128 6.3 Conclusion 133 Further Reading 133 7 Arabic Verbs: Form and Meaning 134 7.1 Modern Standard Arabic Verbs 134 7.2 Pattern I: C1VC2VC3 or faʕal-a/faʕil-a/faʕul-a 141 7.3 Augmented Patterns II through X 146 7.3.1 Patterns II and V: faʕʕal-a and tafaʕʕal-a 147 7.3.2 Patterns III and VI: faːʕal-a – tafaːʕal-a 150 7.3.3 Patterns IV and X: ʔafʕal-a – stafʕal-a 154 7.3.4 Patterns VII and VIII: nfaʕal-a – ftaʕal-a 158 7.3.5 Patterns I–VIII, X: Looking at Them Together! 160 7.3.6 Patterns IX: fʕall-a 163 7.3.7 Verb Patterns: A Word of Caution 164 7.4 Levantine Arabic Verbs 165 7.4.1 Verb Conjugation in Levantine Arabic 166 7.4.2 LA Pattern I Verbs 169 7.4.3 LA Pattern II 170 7.4.4 LA Pattern III 173 7.4.5 LA Pattern IV 174 7.4.6 LA Pattern V 177 7.4.7 LA Pattern VI 178 7.4.8 LA Pattern VII 180 7.4.9 LA Pattern VIII 181 7.4.10 LA Pattern X 182 7.4.11 LA Pattern IX 184 7.5 Conclusion 184 Further Reading 185 8 Arabic Nouns: Form and Meaning 186 8.1 The Modern Standard Arabic masˤdar 187 8.1.1 Pattern I Verbal Nouns 188 8.1.2 Patterns II–X Verbal Nouns 190 8.2 Modern Standard Arabic Participles 194 8.2.1 Participles Derived from Pattern I Verbs 194 8.2.2 Participles Derived from Patterns II–X Verbs 196 8.3 Other Types of Modern Standard Arabic Nouns 204 8.3.1 Nouns of Instance 204 8.3.2 Nouns of Profession 206 8.3.3 Nouns of Instrument 207 8.3.4 Nouns of Place 208 8.4 Modern Standard Arabic Adjectives 210 8.4.1 Adjective Derivation from Pattern I Verbs 210 8.4.2 Adjectives Denoting Color and Physical Traits 211 8.4.3 Relative Adjectives 212 8.4.4 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives 214 8.5 Modern Standard Arabic Nouns and Adjectives: Inflectional Categories 216 8.5.1 Modern Standard Arabic Gender 216 8.5.2 Modern Standard Arabic Number 217 8.5.2.1 Modern Standard Arabic Dual 218 8.5.2.2 Modern Standard Arabic Sound Feminine Plural 218 8.5.2.3 Modern Standard Arabic Sound Masculine Plural 221 8.5.2.4 Modern Standard Arabic Broken Plural 222 8.5.3 Modern Standard Arabic Case 226 8.5.4 Modern Standard Arabic Definiteness 228 8.6 Levantine Arabic Noun Morphology 229 8.6.1 Levantine Arabic Definiteness 230 8.6.2 Levantine Arabic Gender 230 8.6.3 Levantine Arabic Number 232 8.6.4 Levantine Arabic Case 232 8.7 Conclusion 235 Further Reading 236 9 Arabic Morphophonology 237 9.1 The Arabic Verb Root 238 9.2 Verb Roots and Morphophonology 240 9.2.1 The Morphophonology of Assimilated Roots 240 9.2.2 The Morphophonology of Hollow Roots 242 9.2.3 The Morphophonology of Defective Roots 246 9.2.4 The Morphophonology of Verbs Derived from Geminated Roots 250 9.3 Other Morphophonological Phenomena 254 9.3.1 The Morphophonology of Imperatives 255 9.3.2 Syncope and Epenthesis in Lebanese Arabic Verb Paradigms 256 9.4 Conclusion 258 Further Reading 258 PART III Arabic Phrases and Phrase Structure 259 10 Phrase Structure: An Overview 261 10.1 Categories and Phrases 262 10.2 Constituency 269 10.3 Conclusion 273 Further Reading 273 11 The Simple Sentence in Arabic 275 11.1 Verbal Sentences 275 11.2 Nominal Sentences 287 11.2.1 Verbless Nominal Sentences 287 11.2.2 Nominal Sentences with Linking Verbs 290 11.2.3 Nominal Sentences with Lexical Verbs 295 11.3 Conclusion 301 Further Reading 302 12 Arabic Noun Phrases 303 12.1 The Minimal Noun Phrase 303 12.2 Noun Phrases with Specifiers 308 12.2.1 Indefiniteness 308 12.2.2 Definiteness via l- Suffixation 310 12.2.3 Demonstratives 314 12.3 Noun Phrases with Modifiers 316 12.3.1 Noun Phrases with Adjectives 316 12.3.2 Noun Phrases with Prepositional Phrases 321 12.4 Construct Noun Phrases 323 12.4.1 The Structure of Construct Noun Phrases 324 12.4.2 Construct Noun Phrases as Single Prosodic Units 329 12.4.3 Construct Noun Phrases: Meaning Contributions 337 12.4.4 Other Uses of Construct Noun Phrases 347 12.5 Conclusion 349 Further Reading 349 13 Arabic Verb Phrases 351 13.1 Verb Phrases: Selectional Requirements 351 13.2 Tense, Aspect, and Mood 358 13.2.1 The Perfective 359 13.2.2 The Imperfective 362 13.2.2.1 The Imperfective in Modern Standard Arabic 362 13.2.2.2 The Imperfective in Levantine Arabic 371 13.3 Verb Phrases with Compounds Verbs 377 13.4 Conclusion 386 Further Reading 386 14 Before You Go 388 14.1 What Have We Accomplished? 388 14.2 Where Do We Go Now? 390 Bibliography 391 Index 397
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McGraw-Hill Education Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Conversation
Book SynopsisSpeak Spanish with confidence!Whether you're learning Spanish now at an intermediate level or looking to brush up on your conversational skills, Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Conversation offers a unique and effective way to learn to speak the language fluently and spontaneously. You'll get started on sentence building right away, through extensive exercises that let you practice what you've learned through engaging dialogues using real-life examples. Based on the successful approach of the Practice Makes Perfect series, Spanish Conversation, Premium Fourth Edition is organized around 12 units that present specific conversational functions and common, everyday scenariosâfrom introducing yourself and starting a conversation to making an appointment and arguing a point. The exclusive language lab app features streaming audio recordings of the dialogs in the book, helping you perfect your pronunciation, and every unit provides the opportunity no
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Palgrave Macmillan Henry James
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC An Introduction to English Language
Book SynopsisRefreshed and updated, the fifth edition of this core textbook offers a clear and engaging introduction to the building blocks of the English language, namely its words, sounds and sentences. Assuming no prior knowledge, it combines accessibility with depth, offering detailed explanations of key topics and theories, including variation in vocabularies, the International Phonetic Alphabet and relevance theory in relation to pragmatics. Packed full of exercises to help consolidate learning, and equipped with examples and illustrations throughout, An Introduction to English Language is essential reading for undergraduate students of English language and linguistics and a valuable resource for students and teachers of English as a second or foreign language. This new edition features: - An enhanced text design - Updated examples - Refreshed illustrations - New and improved exercises - Revised further reading lists. The book is divided into thre
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John Wiley & Sons Learning A New Language For Dummies
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Applied Linguistics
Book SynopsisIn this complete survey of the theories, methods, and key findings within applied linguistics, students are introduced to core research questions and the various approaches to tackling these.Trade Review“One of the main objectives of an introductory book should be to provide a springboard for future reading and studies. This book meets this objective, and does so in an amalgamation of work that is enjoyable and easy to read.” (International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 19 November 2014)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Acknowledgements ix 1 Introducing Applied Linguistics 1 li Wei Part I Language in Development 27 2 First Language Acquisition 29 Zhu Hua 3 Second and Additional Language Acquisition 46 Jean-Marc Dewaele 4 Language and the Brain 69 Marjorie Lorch Part II Language in Use 89 5 Language in Interaction 91 María Elena Placencia 6 Intercultural Communication 112 Zhu Hua 7 Literacy and Multimodality 130 li Wei, lisa J. McEntee-Atalianis and Marjorie Lorch Part III Language in Society 149 8 Language Diversity and Contact 151 Penelope Gardner-Chloros 9 Language, Identity and Power 172 Lisa J. McEntee-Atalianis 10 Language Planning and Language Policy 191 li Wei Part IV Language in Public Life 211 11 Language Assessment 213 li Wei 12 Language in Media, Health and Law 228 Malcolm Edwards 13 Translation and Interpreting 245 Malcolm Edwards Glossary 262 Resources List 270 li Wei and Zhu Hua References 285 Index 303
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Barcharts, Inc English Grammar Punctuation
Book SynopsisWhether you are looking for a better grade or just a refresher, get your thoughts onto paper the right way with the updated and expanded English Grammar & Punctuation QuickStudy guide. A concise review of the mechanics of the English language, this new edition features an additional panel of information, including more examples for easy comprehension. This guide will help anyone looking to sharpen their writing skills and avoid common grammar and punctuation pitfalls.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Forensic Linguistics
Book SynopsisNow in its third edition, this practical introduction to forensic linguistics is required reading for students of language and the law. It includes: new chapters on identifying forensic texts and important interactional aspects of the language used in legal contexts an additional chapter on forensic phonetics by Harry Hollien, a world renowned forensic phonetician an appendix of forensic texts for student study, and even more exercises and suggestions for further reading a companion website with a repository of statements, notes and examples referred to throughout the text.Trade Review[A]n extremely useful book for students and practitioners in a broad range of fields ... [including] law students, practising lawyers, students of applied linguistics, criminologists [and] police officers ... One of the strengths of the book is that real-life legal cases are referred to when illustrating theoretical points ... [A]n informative and accessible text. * New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics *This book is vital reading for students and researchers of forensic linguistics and will undoubtedly help to cement interest in the field. It is stunningly comprehensive, addressing a generous range of forensic-related themes and issues: from cyber-terrorism to suicide notes. It takes in spoken, written and computer-mediated communication, examines, in detail, key studies and cases, and is written in a limpid and engaging style. The book also usefully includes a number of practical exercises and insightful commentaries which will prove invaluable to readers wishing to sharpen their forensic analytical sensibilities. This new edition of Forensic Linguistics is a joy to read, and I will be recommending it to all of my students interested in the interface between language and society. -- Kevin Harvey, Lecturer in Applied Sociolinguistics, University of Nottingham, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Language as Forensic Evidence 1. The road to authorship 2. The author constructed 3. Time, variation and genre 4. Range of variation 5. Textual Variation 6. Forensic phonetics 7. Cybercrime Part Two: Dealing with linguistic Evidence 8. Forensic texts 9. Forensic transcription 10. Forensic authorship in practice 11. Investigating author variation in naturalistic data 12. Forensic linguistic evidence in court Part Three: The legal process: Language and the law 13. Power in legal contexts: The courts 14. Power in legal contexts: The police 15. Vulnerable witnesses Part Four: Language of the law 16. The law and us 17. The language of statutes Appendix 1: Forensic texts Appendix 2: Exercises and exercise commentaries Appendix 3: Active researchers in the field of the forensic linguistics Bibliography Author Index Subject Index
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John Murray Press Aitchisons Linguistics
Book Synopsis Is this the right book for me?This classic book is a straightforward introduction to linguistics which attempts to answer two fundamental questions: ''What is language?'' and ''How does language work?'' It outlines the scope of linguistics, explaining basic concepts and essential terminology with examples drawn mainly from English. Sound patterning, syntax and meaning - the inner core of linguistics - are discussed simply and clearly, as are the rapidly growing areas of pragmatics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and stylistics. You will find this contemporary, easy-to-read book essential to broadening your understanding of the subtleties and power of language.Learn effortlessly with easy-to-read page design and interactive features:Not got much time?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.Author insightsLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, bTable of Contents : Preface 01: What is linguistics? 02: What is language? 03: The study of language 04: Deciding where to begin 05: Sound patterns 06: Words and pieces of words 07: Sentence patterns 08: Meaning 09: Using language 10: Language and society 11: Language and mind 12: Language and style 13: Language change 14: Comparing languages 15: Attitudes towards change 16: Seeking a suitable framework 17: Trouble with transformations 18: Back to basics : Epilogue : Further reading : List of symbols and abbreviations : Phonetics: the study of speech sounds : Index
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Profile Books Ltd I Saw the Dog: How Language Works
Book SynopsisEvery language in the world shares a few common features: we can ask a question, say something belongs to us, and tell someone what to do. But beyond that, our languages are richly and almost infinitely varied: a French speaker can't conceive of a world that isn't split into un and une, male and female, while Estonians have only one word for both men and women: tema. In Dyirbal, an Australian language, things might be masculine, feminine, neuter - or edible vegetable. Every language tells us something about the people who use it. In I Saw the Dog, linguist Alexandra Aikhenvald takes us from the remote swamplands of Papua New Guinea to the university campuses of North America to illuminate the vital importance of names, the value of being able to say exactly what you mean, what language can tell us about what it means to be human - and what we lose when they disappear forever.
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Elliott & Thompson Limited Why Is This a Question?: Everything About the
Book Synopsis'As entertaining as it is engrossing' John Banville 'Enlightening, delightful' Arthur der Weduwen, author of The Library Why don’t eleven and twelve end in –teen? The rest of our counting system sits in neatly arithmetical sets of ten, so why do these two rulebreakers seem so at odds with the numbers that follow them? Admittedly, that’s probably a question that might never have occurred to you. But if you’re even remotely interested in the origins and oddities of language, it’s likely also a question you’re now intrigued to know the answer to. Nor is it the only question: take a moment to think about how our language operates and even more spring mind. Why do these letters look the way they do? Why are some uppercase and others lowercase? Why are these words in this order? How are you understanding what these seemingly arbitrary shapes and symbols mean, while doubtless hearing them read to you in a voice inside your head? And what is this question mark really doing at this end of this sentence? Books explaining the origins of our most intriguing words and phrases have long proved popular, but they often overlook the true nuts and bolts of language: the origins of our alphabet and writing system; grammatical rules and conventions; the sound structure of language; and even how our brains and bodies interpret and communicate language itself. Why Is This a Question? is a fascinating and enlightening exploration of linguistic questions you’ve likely never thought to ask. ‘Every page will make you stop, think and wonder.’ James Hawes, author of The Shortest History of England ‘Enthralling, with a riveting “who knew?” moment on nearly every page.’ Caroline Taggart, author of Humble Pie and Cold Turkey Trade Review’As entertaining as it is engrossing’ John Banville ’Enlightening, delightful’ Arthur der Weduwen, author of The Library ‘Every page will make you stop, think and wonder.’ James Hawes, author of The Shortest History of England ‘Enthralling, with a riveting “who knew?” moment on nearly every page.’ Caroline Taggart, author of Humble Pie and Cold Turkey ‘Deft, informative, and packed with fascinating morsels’ Lev Parikian, author of Light Rains Sometimes Fall ‘[Paul Anthony Jones is] a first-rate collector of linguistic curios’ Times Literary Supplement
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Icon Books The Babel Message: A Love Letter to Language
Book Synopsis'Quite simply, and quite ridiculously, one of the funniest and most illuminating books I have ever read. I thought I was obsessive, but Keith Kahn-Harris is playing a very different sport. He really has discovered the whole world in an egg.' Simon Garfield'There is a delicious humour implicit in every page . . . [the book] is filled with a sense of wonder, gazing at languages that neither the writer nor reader understands . . . The Babel Message was such fun that I even went out and bought a Kinder Surprise Egg.' - Mark Forsyth, The SpectatorA thrilling journey deep into the heart of language, from a rather unexpected starting point.Keith Kahn-Harris is a man obsessed with something seemingly trivial - the warning message found inside Kinder Surprise eggs:WARNING, read and keep: Toy not suitable for children under 3 years. Small parts might be swallowed or inhaled.On a tiny sheet of paper, this message is translated into dozens of languages - the world boiled down to a multilingual essence. Inspired by this, the author asks: what makes 'a language'? With the help of the international community of language geeks, he shows us what the message looks like in Ancient Sumerian, Zulu, Cornish, Klingon - and many more. Along the way he considers why Hungarian writing looks angry, how to make up your own language, and the meaning of the heavy metal umlaut.Overturning the Babel myth, he argues that the messy diversity of language shouldn't be a source of conflict, but of collective wonder. This is a book about hope, a love letter to language.'This is a wonderful book. A treasure trove of mind-expanding insights into language and humanity encased in a deliciously quirky, quixotic quest. I loved it. Warning: this will keep you reading.' - Ann Morgan, author of Reading the World: Confessions of a Literary ExplorerTrade ReviewQuite simply, and quite ridiculously, one of the funniest and most illuminating books I have ever read. I thought I was obsessive, but Keith Kahn-Harris is playing a very different sport. He really has discovered the whole world in an egg. -- Simon GarfieldThere is a delicious humour implicit in every page . . . [the book] is filled with a sense of wonder, gazing at languages that neither the writer nor reader understands . . . The Babel Message was such fun that I even went out and bought a Kinder Surprise Egg. * Mark Forsyth, The Spectator *Gloriously eccentric. * The Observer *Astonishingly rich ... Kahn-Harris writes clearly and entertainingly, with a gentle, self-deprecating humour. The book is also unexpectedly profound. * Times Literary Supplement *The Babel Message is a gloriously inflected record of an obsession ... [It] manages to teach us a great deal about language - its protean energy and its slipperiness - but also makes us properly laugh (a rare Venn diagram, believe me). ... Kahn-Harris's fan-boy passion for the gorgeous surface of written language and his own skill in deploying it make the book a complete delight. -- John Mitchinson, author of The QI Book of General IgnoranceThis is a wonderful book. A treasure trove of mind-expanding insights into language and humanity encased in a deliciously quirky, quixotic quest. I loved it. Warning: this will keep you reading. -- Ann Morgan, author of Reading the World: Confessions of a Literary ExplorerI would warn everyone to read and keep this beautifully written book ... Keith explores the world of language - what it is, what it means and how we use it. Keith's precisely written prose celebrates the wonderful imprecision of language in all its glory. -- James Ward, founder of The Boring Conference and author of Adventures in Stationery: A Journey Through Your Pencil CaseIn this unlikely story of a quixotic translation, Keith Kahn-Harris illuminates how language-learning can hone our minds, strengthen our empathy, and lead us all to justice. Read this book - and immerse yourself in the raw pleasure of linguistic diversity. -- Daniel Bögre Udell, Executive Director, WikitonguesI absolutely loved the premise and execution of this book. * Coffee Time Reviews *Keith Kahn-Harris is a genial, eloquent guide, with a serious message . . . This is a book written with passion and humanity. -- Mark Glanville * Jewish Chronicle *
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Quercus Publishing A Word for Every Day of the Year
Book SynopsisA weird and wonderful word and its meaning for every day of the year.''A lexicological delight'' Professor David CrystalWho knew that to dringle is to ''waste time in a lazy lingering manner''? Or that a sudden happy ending could be termed a eucotastrophe? Looking for an alternative word to ''bullshit''? Then try taradiddle.A Word for Every Day of the Year is a fascinating collection of 366 words and their definitions, perfect for anyone who loves the richness of the English language, its diversity and wants to expand their vocabulary. Each day offers a rare and remarkable word with its history and definition and occasionally a challenge to include it in our lives.
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Profile Books Ltd Dancing on Ropes: Translators and the Balance of
Book Synopsis'Full of lively stories ... leaves the reader with an awed respect for the translator's task' Economist Would Hiroshima have been bombed if Japanese contained a phrase meaning 'no comment'? Is it alright for missionaries to replace the Bible's 'white as snow' with 'white as fungus' in places where snow never falls? Who, or what, is Kuzma's mother, and why was Nikita Khrushchev so threateningly obsessed with her (or it)? The course of diplomacy rarely runs smooth; without an invisible army of translators and interpreters, it could hardly run at all. Join veteran translator Anna Aslanyan to explore hidden histories of cunning and ambition, heroism and incompetence. Meet the figures behind the notable events of history, from the Great Game to Brexit, and discover just how far a simple misunderstanding can go.Trade ReviewTranslation is a matter of life and death - and not only because it is poorly paid. That's the thrilling, rather chilling, message of this wonderful history by translator and interpreter Anna Aslanyan, who blesses jaw-dropping and entertaining tales with an insider's insight -- Rosie Goldsmith * FT *Full of lively stories ... leaves the reader with an awed respect for the translator's task * Economist *Wide-angled and reader-friendly ... Aslanyan covers huge swathes of territory with a pleasantly light touch ... A singular achievement -- Boyd Tonkin * Spectator *Engaging ... Aslanyan's compendium of tales of interpreters at work spans not just the globe but historical experience ... [She] doesn't merely pay homage to her forebears in this honourable profession. Her deeper purpose is to get us to consider the future: to drive home the point that while this may be an era of machine-learning, it's too soon to dispense with the human professionals -- Bridget Kendall * Literary Review *Ranges engagingly across period, geography and media ... Illumine[s] both the complexities of the craft and the thorny question of the translator's agency -- Sarah Watling * Times Literary Supplement *Joyous ... A real treat -- Robert Fox * Reaction *Anna Aslanyan compellingly recounts ... verbal exploits [and] miscommunications ... weaving in anecdotes from her experience as a Russian-English interpreter and translator -- Emily Lawford * Prospect *Language both connects and divides us, and translators are the bridges between us: if ever there were a time when we needed to remember that we don't all think the same way, that concepts and idioms are different in different languages, it is surely now. And Anya Aslanyan is the perfect guide for this journey. She has produced a wonderful compendium of stories from the world of translation, which turn out to be stories of the world -- Natalie Haynes, author * Pandora's Jar *This richly stocked treasure-house of stories about the amazing exploits of translators introduces us to a huge cast of heroes. With engaging lucidity, Anna Aslanyan explains the complexities and conundrums that language professionals have grappled with over the ages, showing just how much skill, courage, ingenuity and wit they have deployed to keep the peace, spread the word and foster conversation among the peoples of the world -- David Bellos, author * Is That A Fish In Your Ear? *A colourful tribute to the translators and interpreters slogging away throughout history, oiling - or clogging - the wheels of diplomacy and culture. Flitting from saints to cheats, drudges to adventurers, pedants to geniuses, Aslanyan sketches a lively history of an underrated art. Highly enjoyable -- Gaston Dorren, author * Lingo *
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Icon Books Introducing Linguistics: A Graphic Guide
Book SynopsisCovering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, "Introducing Linguistics" reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human skill.
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Columbia University Press Language The Unknown
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Yale University Press Learning Irish Text with Online Media
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Cambridge University Press The Study of Language
Book SynopsisThis bestselling textbook provides an engaging and user-friendly introduction to the study of language. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, Yule presents information in bite-sized sections, clearly explaining the major concepts in linguistics and all the key elements of language. This eighth edition has been revised and updated throughout, with major changes in the chapters on Origins, Phonetics, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, First and Second Language Acquisition and Culture. There are forty new study questions and over sixty new and updated additions to the Further Readings. To increase student engagement and to foster problem-solving and critical thinking skills, the book includes over twenty new tasks. The online resources have been expanded to include test banks, an instructor manual, and a substantial Study Guide. This is the most fundamental and easy-to-use introduction to the study of language.Trade Review'The Study of Language is a very engaging, easy-to-read book that appeals to both native and non-native speakers of English. It is great for both self-study and classroom use. It covers quite a range of sub-fields of linguistics and each chapter offers a unique opportunity to put the linguistic knowledge into practice with well-crafted study questions, as well as tasks and discussion projects.' Emrah Görgülü, İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University'I searched many years for a text to support my students - mostly K-12 teachers - in understanding and appreciating the intricacies of language; when I found Yule's book, my search was finally over. The book walks novices through the structure and function of language with a series of fascinating and engaging examples. With its clear organization, well-written explanations, and fun reinforcing exercises, the Yule text provides an entry point for all readers.' Deborah Palmer, University of Colorado Boulder'George Yule's The Study of Language has long been the standard introductory textbook to linguistics. The book provides a thorough but accessible presentation for beginners of a wide range of language-related topics, from traditional areas such as sound patterns and word formation to constantly evolving psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics. This new updated edition confirms its reputation as the ultimate introduction to the greatest puzzle of the human mind: what is language?' Ruggiero Pergola, University of Bari Aldo Moro'I have used The Study of Language for thirteen years as a course book for students new to linguistics. It covers most fields comprehensively, but in an interesting and easily assimilated way. The eighth edition includes new content, but there have been notable improvements in the structure. Yule's book remains my firm favorite as an introductory text.' Stuart Foster, Halmstad University'I first began to utilize Yule's book The Study of Language in 1992, finding the text to be straightforward and comprehensive as an exploration of general linguistics for pre-service bilingual and ESL teacher education candidates. With each subsequent edition, Yule has maintained his direct and scholarly, yet uncomplicated, manner of writing, consistently instructing students in developing insights about language and languages. His use of multiple languages to illustrate significant concepts about linguistics for students validates languages in a global sense, providing each language with requisite status. Yule's text is thorough but concise, thereby enabling students to steadily build knowledge that is essential for the effective and equitable teaching of students whose first language is not English.' Melinda Cowart, Texas Woman's University'I was first introduced to 'Yule's The Study of Language' as a graduate student shifting disciplines from literature to linguistics and, since then, like a Traveler's Guide, Yule's has become my best guide to linguistics. As a transnational scholar, teacher and, more recently, a mother raising a heritage speaker, the eighth edition with its new addition of heritage languages offers an excellent and all-inclusive guide to diverse and extremely pressing language matters.' Reda Mohammed, Ph.D. candidate, Linguistics & TESOL, Illinois State UniversityTable of Contents1. The Origins of Language; 2. Animals and Human Language; 3. The Sounds of Language; 4. The Sound Patterns of Language; 5. Word Formation; 6. Morphology; 7. Grammar; 8. Syntax; 9. Semantics; 10. Pragmatics; 11. Discourse Analysis; 12. Language and the Brain; 13. First Language Acquisition; 14. Second Language Acquisition; 15. Gestures and Sign Languages; 16. Written Language; 17. Language History and Change; 18. Regional Variation in Language; 19. Social Variation in Language; 20. Language and Culture.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English
Book SynopsisAn essential text for a new generation of twenty-first-century English language enthusiasts, its dual purpose as both a reference and textbook will appeal to English language lecturers and students as well as non-native English speakers. Audio resources recorded by David Crystal for this new edition bring the text to life.Table of Contents1. Modelling English; Part I. The History of English: 2. The origins of English; 3. Old English; 4. Middle English; 5. Early modern English; 6. Modern English; 7. World English; Part II. English Vocabulary: 8. The nature of the lexicon; 9. The sources of the lexicon; 10. Etymology; 11. The structure of the lexicon; 12. Lexical dimensions; Part III. English Grammar: 13. Grammatical mythology; 14. The structure of words; 15. Word classes; 16. The structure of sentences; Part IV. Spoken and Written English: 17. The sound system; 18. The writing system. Part V. Using English: 19. Varieties of discourse; 20. Regional variation; 21. Social variation; 22. Personal variation; 23. Electronic variation; Part VI. Learning About English: 24. Learning English as a mother tongue; 25. New ways of studying English.
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Equinox Publishing Ltd What to Remember, What to Teach: Human Rights
Book SynopsisWhat to Remember, What to Teach is intended for researchers, graduate students and teachers that are interested in the fields of discourse and memory studies and, particularly, in the linguistics and multimodal recontextualization of history into pedagogical discourses and their relationship with the transmission and co-construction of memories of a recent national past. This book aims to provide a better understanding of the processes of memory practices and their construction in the pedagogical discourse of history in Chile regarding a recent painful national past of human rights violations and dictatorship, which is part of a history shared by Latin American countries. With this purpose in mind, this book offers a detailed discourse analysis of how this recent traumatic national history is recontextualized and negotiated into secondary level Chilean history education. The analysis proposed is a social discourse analysis of key written and oral corpora of pedagogical practices from a multimodal perspective, paying particular attention to the construction of evaluative prosodies in the discourses analyzed. The corpora contemplated for the analysis comprise official History textbooks, History classroom interactions, teachers and students interviews, Chilean history written by specialists and official documents produced by the state during post-dictatorial years. This book not only offers a detailed linguistics and multimodal analysis of key discourses that construct pedagogical practices of recent traumatic past of dictatorship and human rights violations in Chile; it also presents a theoretical development of the interpersonal and experiential regions of meaning from a Systemic Functional Linguistics approach and from Spanish language resources. In sum, this book is intended as a contribution to our understanding of how a recent sensitive past of a nation is historized, transmitted and co-constructed by new generations of youth and their history teachers through a discursive exploration of the processes of remembering and forgetting in the micro space of memory practice of the classroom and through teachers and students personal and social memories.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Discursive Construction of Memories: Pedagogical Practices as Spaces for Intergenerational Transmission of Recent Past Chapter 2: Remembering Recent Past of Human Rights Violations from the Official Documents Promoted by the State Chapter 3: Official History Textbooks, Social Memory and Historicizing the Memory of Recent Chilean Past Chapter 4: History Classroom Interactions as Micro Spaces of ‘Doing’ Memory Chapter 5: Multimodality and Historical Evidentiality: The Space of Symbolic Images in the Transmission of Memory in Textbooks Chapter 6: Transmission of Memory and Co-construction of the Past by New Generations of Youths and History Teachers Chapter 7: Recontextualization of Historical Memories into History Secondary Education in Chilean Schools
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Teaching English as a Foreign Language For
Book SynopsisFour hundred million people speak English as a native language and there are currently over one billion people learning it. English is the first choice for people looking to study a second language, and is seen by many as the world's 'universal language'.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Getting Started in TEFL 7 Chapter 1: Discovering the Wonderful World of TEFL 9 Chapter 2: Looking at What TEFL Teachers Actually Do 19 Chapter 3: Examining Courses, Qualifications and Jobs 31 Part II: Putting Your Lesson Together 47 Chapter 4: Starting from the Beginning: Planning the Lesson 49 Chapter 5: Standing in the Spotlight: Presenting to the Class 67 Chapter 6: Holding the Reins and Letting Them Loose – Giving Students Practice 85 Chapter 7: Giving Correction and Feedback 101 Chapter 8: Being Materialistic! Using Course Books and Other Materials 115 Chapter 9: Who’s The Boss around Here? Managing Your Classroom 125 Part III: Teaching Skills Classes 137 Chapter 10: Taken as Read: Teaching Reading Lessons 139 Chapter 11: Write or Wrong? Teaching Writing Lessons 157 Chapter 12: What Accent? Teaching Pronunciation 171 Chapter 13: Setting Their Tongues Wagging: Speaking and Discussion 183 Chapter 14: In One Ear, Out the Other: Learning To Listen 195 Part IV: The Grammar You Need to Know – and How to Teach It 209 Chapter 15: Stop Press! Student to Deliver Sentence 211 Chapter 16: Feeling Tense? Sorting Out Verb Tenses 227 Chapter 17: Exploring More Important Verb Structures 247 Part V: What Kind of Class Will I Have? 263 Chapter 18: Putting Students to the Test 265 Chapter 19: Getting Specific: Teaching Just One Student and Business English 275 Chapter 20: Getting Youth on Your Side: Coping with Younger Learners 283 Chapter 21: Making the Grade: Handling Exam Classes 299 Chapter 22: Distinguishing Monolingual and Multi-lingual Classes 317 Part VI: The Part of Tens 333 Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Liven Up an English Lesson 335 Chapter 24: Ten Great Resources for TEFL Teachers 341 Appendix A: Lesson Plan Templates 349 Appendix B: TEFL Locations around the World 355 Index 363
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Understanding Phonetics Understanding Language
Book SynopsisThis accessible and comprehensive survey of phonetic theory is an ideal introduction to phonetics for undergraduates approaching the subject for the very first time.Trade Review'This volume is an excellent introduction into the field of phonetics. It presents an impressive account of the articulatory, acoustic and perceptual aspects of human speech sounds. What makes this book especially useful are the various exercises in the chapters, and the addition of online audio materials to let readers develop their practical skills with ear-training exercises'. Marc Swerts, Professor of Communication and Information Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands'the comprehensive content with clear explanations make[s] it a tool that students can use with confidence. It is remarkable in its potential to facilitate connections across the breadth of phonetics, providing excellent foundations for the reader's future career as a phonetician.'Times Higher EducationTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsSymbols for transcribing EnglishIPA chart1. Starting phonetics2. The role of the larynx3. Place of articulation4. Manner of articulation5. Airstream mechanisms6. Describing vowels7. Further parameters of variation in vowels8. Further parameters of variation in consonants9. Connected speech - segment dynamics10. Beyond the segmentAnswers to exercisesBibliographyIndex
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Little, Brown Book Group The Happiness Dictionary Words from Around the
Book Synopsis''A delightful compendium'' - Evening StandardHave you ever had a feeling that you couldn''t quite describe, because no English word exists for it?Indeed, without such a word, it''s difficult to remember or understand the feeling, and to talk about it with other people. This applies to all aspects of life, but most of all that most sought-after of feelings, happiness, where our ability to both experience and understand it is limited by the words at our disposal. However, all is not lost. Even if English has not created a word for a specific feeling, another language probably has. These are known as ''untranslatable'' words, because they lack an exact equivalent in another language. By discovering and learning these words, the boundaries of our world expand accordingly. These words allow us to give voice to feelings that we''ve probably experienced, but have previously lacked the ability to conceptualise. They may even allow us to encounteTrade Reviewa delightful book * Daily Mail *[a] delightful compendium * Evening Standard *A delightful book * Daily Mail *
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mysteries of English Grammar
Book SynopsisDespite a history of hundreds of years of research analysing aspects of English grammar, there are still open problems which continue to baffle language researchers today. Such grammar mysteries' arise for a number of reasons: because the language is changing; because different speakers of the language adhere to distinct norms and thus introduce and maintain variation in the system; because there are differences between the grammar of spoken and written English. This book illuminates some of the complexities of the subject, the areas where new discoveries await and why it matters.Through a series of accessible and engaging case studies on various aspects of grammar, from multiple negation to possession, the authors present grammar as an intellectual challenge. This book brings out into the open questions about language usage to which we still do not have good answers in a bid to make variation overt and to revel in the mystery of the English language.Both aimed at the Trade Review'In this exciting and innovative book Calude and Bauer demystify English grammar by cracking some of its hard nuts. Warmly recommended to anyone who is interested in the study of English syntax.'Bas Aarts, UCL, UK'This unconventional treatment of a wide selection of topics in English grammar calls many previous explanations into question. In citing factors which influence speakers' choices it goes beyond the narrow confines of traditional grammars to include overarching factors like on-going change, spoken-written differences, and the language variety of the speaker-user.'Stephan Gramley, Bielefeld University, GermanyTable of ContentsList of TablesPreface1 Introduction2. What you must say, what you can say and what you do not say: Grammar and norm 3. Over and out: Prepositions4. You’ll never get nowhere: Double negatives5. All the way from the Ukraine: The definite article6. A large amount of exceptions: Countability7. The author has finished this chapter last year: The present perfect8. An even more interestinger topic: Comparatives and superlatives9. I’m lovin’ it: The progressive10. The good, the bad and the ugly: Adjectives11. What it is is a nonstandard feature: Double be construction12. Human dogs and inhuman people: Gender and related matters13. The chapter that I put too many pronouns in it: Shadow pronouns14. There’s heaps of money to be won: Number agreement15. Because I’m worth it: Insubordinate clauses16. They are cleverer than she and I: Pronominal case17. Is that your wife again?: Possession18. ConclusionGlossary: Language for languageIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rabindranath Tagore and James Henry Cousins
Book SynopsisThis book presents original letters exchanged between Rabindranath Tagore and James Henry Cousins, and explores their shared ideas of culture, art, aesthetics, literature, education; aspects of nationalism and orientalism; theosophy, knowledge and spiritualism; cross-cultural dialogue; and anti-imperialism and internationalism. Trade Review‘Dr Majumdar’s edition of the letters between Rabindranath Tagore and James Cousins illuminates a little-known friendship of the great Bengali writer and thinker with the Irish writer, teacher and Theosophist who made India his second home. Majumdar’s meticulous annotation of the correspondence and his wide-reaching introduction to the book make this an important contribution to the study of Tagore and the connections between Indian and Irish culture.’ Nicholas Grene, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland ‘Sirshendu Majumdar has brought to light a correspondence by two minds who fostered art, literature, and education in a time of upheaval and transnational change. Dr. Majumdar’s insights and impeccable scholarship reveals a friendship that was both more intimate and earnest than many literary friendships, including that of W.B. Yeats and Tagore. These letters are remarkable for their honesty, humor, and professional hopes—they veer in tone from reverential to professional to jocular. Majumdar’s expert overview helpfully puts their words in their cultural and historical contexts. By editing the letters of these two remarkable friends, educators, and cultural leaders, Majumdar has done a great service to students and scholars of Indian and Irish revivalism, as well as postcolonial studies. In reading these exchanges, we witness a rare exception to colonialist dynamics: Tagore’s and Cousins’s shared, and enviable, vision for a universal humanism.’Joseph Lennon, Associate Dean, International and Interdisciplinary Initiatives; Emily C. Riley Director of Irish Studies; Professor, Department of English, Villanova University, USA, and author of Irish Orientalism: A Literary and Intellectual History ‘As James Cousins wrote to Rabindranath Tagore, ‘Poets get put to queer jobs’. A quarter century of correspondence between these poets, carefully edited and contextualised by Sirshendu Majumdar, demonstrates a close ideological affinity between Irish cultural nationalism and Indian cultural self-assertion. Both poets proposed an alternative modernity, challenging the modes of metropolitan modernity in Britain and Europe, because each worked in the context of decolonisation. Practical educators and organisers of education, their shared pedagogical ideals and project — a humanist and counter-imperialist universalism — integrated arts and crafts, music and dance, poetry and philosophy into a holistic approach to the revival of the nation and world reform.’ Seán Golden, Former Professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, SpainTable of ContentsChronology. Introduction. The Letters. Works Consulted. Appendix
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Taylor & Francis On Translation
Book SynopsisPaul Ricoeur turns to a topic at the heart of much of his work: What is translation and why is it so important? Drawing on interesting examples he reflects not only on the challenges of translating one language into another but how one community speaks to another.Trade Review'One of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of his generation' - The Daily Telegraph'Accessible and peppered with beautiful phrases, Ricoeur's is the kind of philosophical writing that provides an encounter with a feeling of transcendence and the sublime sometimes at odds with the philosophy it advocates' - M/C Reviews'As should be evident from the foregoing, this slim volume packs an enormous quantity of important reflection on the process of translation and its two fundamnetal approaches: the translation of words and phrases or the interpretation of meaningful wholes' - Corrado Federici, Figures of Translation'One of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of his generation.' - The Daily TelegraphTable of ContentsIntroduction: Ricoeur’s philosophy of translation, 1. Translation as challenge and source of happiness, 2. The paradigm of translation, 3. A ‘passage’: translating the untranslatable, Notes, Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Spanish Word Games for Dummies
Book SynopsisThe fun and easy way to learn Spanish-by playing games! Do you want to learn how to speak Spanish? One major aspect of learning a new language is learning the vocabulary, but for many people, this involves memorization, which can be a difficult task.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Building Your Spanish Skills with Word Games. Chapter 1: Mastering Spanish through Word Games and Puzzles. Chapter 2: Taking the Puzzlement out of Puzzles. Part II: The Puzzles. Chapter 3: Everyday Words and Phrases. Chapter 4: At Home. Chapter 5: Village and Countryside. Chapter 6: The Natural World. Chapter 7: Travel. Chapter 8: The Spanish World: Culture, Geography, and History. Chapter 9: Tricky Stuff: Applications and Exceptions. Part III: The Solutions. Chapter 10: Solutions. Part IV: The Part of Tens. Chapter 11: Ten Challenger Puzzles. Chapter 12: Ten Tools for Building Your Spanish Capabilities.
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Edinburgh University Press The PhoneticsPhonology Interface
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Candlewick Press,U.S. Alphamaniacs Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word
Book SynopsisAre you a word person? A curiosity seeker? An explorer? Take a look at these twenty-six extraordinary individuals for whom love of language is an extreme sport.Step right up and read the genuine stories of writers so intoxicated by the shapes and sound of language that they collected, dissected, and constructed verbal wonders of the most extraordinary kind. Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote his memoirs by blinking his left eyelid, unable to move the rest of his body. Frederic Cassidy was obsessed with the language of place, and after posing hundreds of questions to folks all over the United States, amassed (among other things) 176 words for dust bunnies. Georges Perec wrote a novel without using the letter e (so well that at least one reviewer didn’t notice its absence), then followed with a novella in which e was the only vowel. A love letter to all those who love words, language, writing, writers, and stories, Alphamaniacs is a stunningly ill
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Italian Phrases For Dummies
Book SynopsisItaly is a perennially popular destination for Americans, with three cities (Florence, Rome, and Venice) among the top ten in "Travel & Leisure's" 2003 "World's Best Cities" poll. This guide helps travelers and students get up to speed fast on conversational Italian, showcasing the most commonly used words and phrases.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Chapter 1: I Say It How? Speaking Italian 5 You Already Know Some Italian 6 Words that sound familiar 7 Popular expressions 8 Mouthing Off: Basic Pronunciation 10 The vowel “a” 10 The vowel “e” 11 The vowel “i” 11 The vowel “o” 11 The vowel “u” 11 Consonants that sound the same in Italian as they do in English 11 The consonant “c” 12 The consonant “g” 13 The consonant “h” 14 The consonant “q” 14 The consonant “r” 14 The consonant “s” 15 The consonant “z” 15 Double consonants 15 Consonant clusters 16 Stressing Words Properly 16 Chapter 2: Grammar on a Diet: Just the Basics 19 Setting Up Simple Sentences 19 Coping with Gendered Words (Articles and Adjectives) 21 Definite feminine articles 21 Definite masculine articles 22 The indefinite feminine article 23 Indefinite masculine articles 23 Adjectives 23 Talking about Pronouns 25 Personal pronouns 25 Direct object pronouns 27 Indirect object pronouns 28 Saying “you”: Formal and informal 30 Asking Questions 31 Introducing Regular and Irregular Verbs 33 Regular verbs 33 Irregular verbs 36 Presenting the Simple Tenses: Past, Present, and Future 38 Past tense 38 Present tense 42 Future tense 42 Chapter 3: Numerical Gumbo: Counting of All Kinds 45 Counting Cardinals 45 Ordering Ordinals 49 Talking about Time 50 The four seasons 50 Decades 51 Months of the year 51 Days of the week 52 Times of day 53 Being early or late 54 Getting Addresses and Phone Numbers 55 Talking about streets 56 Describing your home 56 Using the verbs “vivere” and “abitare” 57 Money, Money, Money 58 Going to the bank 59 Changing money 61 Chapter 4: Making New Friends and Enjoying Small Talk 63 Looking at Common Greetings and Good-byes 63 Deciding whether to address someone formally or informally 65 Responding to a greeting 65 Specifying your reuniting 66 Finding Out Whether Someone Speaks English 67 Begging Your Pardon? 69 Making Introductions 69 Introducing yourself 70 Introducing other people 71 Getting Acquainted 73 Talking about where you come from 73 Being you, being there: Using the verbs “essere” and “stare” 78 Talking about yourself and your family 81 Chatting about the weather 82 Chapter 5: Enjoying a Drink and a Snack (Or Meal) 85 Eating and Drinking, Italian Style 85 The Start and Finish of Dining Out 90 Making reservations 90 Paying for your meal 91 Having Breakfast 92 Eating Lunch and Dinner 93 Savoring Italian soups and pasta dishes 94 Using the verbs “prendere” and “volere” 95 Ordering from the menu 97 Savoring Dessert 99 Chapter 6: Shop ’til You Drop! 101 Departmentalizing Your Shopping 102 Talking with a Sales Clerk 104 Sizing Up Italian Sizes 105 Choosing Colors and Fabrics 106 Accessorizing 108 Stepping Out in Style 109 Shopping for Food 109 Meats 110 Seafood 110 Produce 111 Baked goods 113 Paying for Your Purchases 114 Chapter 7: Making Leisure a Top Priority 117 Acquiring Culture 118 Going to the movies 119 Choosing your seat at the theater 121 Going to a concert 122 Inviting Fun 123 Getting Out and About 125 Enjoying the wonders of nature 125 Taking a tour 127 Playing sports 128 Chapter 8: When You Gotta Work 133 Talking Shop 133 Common professions 134 The human element 135 Office equipment 136 Chatting on the Phone 137 Calling from a public phone 138 Calling for business or pleasure 139 Asking for People and Leaving a Message 141 Chapter 9: I Get Around: Transportation 145 Getting through the Airport 145 Checking in 146 Waiting to board the plane 147 Taking care of business after landing 148 Going through customs 148 Renting a Car 149 Navigating Public Transportation 151 Taking a taxi 151 Getting around by train 152 Going by bus or tram 153 Asking for Directions 154 Asking for specific places 155 Getting oriented 156 Asking how far something is 159 Verbs on the move 159 Locations you may be looking for 161 Chapter 10: Finding a Place to Lay Your Weary Head 163 Reserving a Room 163 Checking in and Getting Settled 166 Using Plurals and Pronouns 170 Making more in Italian 170 Personalizing pronouns 173 Chapter 11: Dealing with Emergencies 177 Dealing with Car Trouble 178 Talking to Doctors 180 I’ve Been Robbed! Knowing What to Do and Say When the Police Arrive 185 When You Need a Lawyer 187 Chapter 12: Ten Favorite Italian Expressions 189 Mamma mia! (My goodness!) 189 Che bello! (How lovely!) 189 Uffa! (Aargh!) 189 Che ne so! (How should I know?) 189 Magari! (If only!) 189 Ti sta bene! (Serves you right!) 190 Non te la prendere! (Don’t get so upset! / Don’t think about it!) 190 Che macello! (What a mess!) 190 Non mi va! (I don’t feel like it!) 190 Mi raccomando! (Please, I beg you!) 190 Chapter 13: Ten Phrases That Make You Sound Like a Local 191 In bocca al lupo! (Good luck!) 191 Acqua in bocca! (Don’t say a word!) 191 Salute! (Bless you!) 191 Macché! (Of course not! / Certainly not!) 192 Neanche per sogno! (In your dreams!) 192 Peggio per te! (Too bad for you!) 192 Piantala! (Stop it!) 192 Vacci piano! (Slow down! / Take it easy!) 192 Gatta ci cova! (There’s something fishy going on!) 193 Sono nel pallone! (I’m flustered!) 193 Index 195
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