Linguistics Books

Book SynopsisHow are invented languages created? Artificially constructed languages (''conlangs'') shed light on how we can apply the universal principles of language to produce whole new languages. Grounded on world building and linguistic typology, this engaging book provides a step-by-step guide to language invention, introducing the basic blocks of language building (such as sounds, morphemes and sentence structure) and demonstrating their use in both natural languages from English to Swahili, and invented languages from Esperanto to Klingon. An original conlang is developed throughout the book to bring the theory to life, accompanied with scaffolded, creative exercises that allow the reader to explore different linguistic options before incorporating them in their own conlang. Making conlanging accessible to readers with little or no background in linguistics, this guide is ideal for linguistics students, creative writers, and readers interested in language and language invention.

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Book SynopsisYour comprehensive guide to speaking, reading, and writing in French French is a beautiful language but can be quite difficult to learn. Whether you need to learn the language for a French class, or for business or leisure travel, French for Dummies All-In-One makes it easier.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Book I: Speaking in Everyday Settings 7 Chapter 1: Warming Up with Some French Fundamentals 9 Chapter 2: Un, Deux, Trois: Numbers, Dates, and Times 27 Chapter 3: Greetings, Goodbyes, and Small Talk 45 Chapter 4: Getting Personal: Discussing Your Home, Family, and Daily Routine 63 Chapter 5: Talking Business and Politics 85 Chapter 6: Shopping at a Store and Online 101 Chapter 7: Buying, Preparing, and Tasting Foods 121 Book II: Exploring and Wandering About 143 Chapter 1: Making Plans and Discovering New Places 145 Chapter 2: Enjoying a Night on the Town 179 Chapter 3: Money Matters 201 Chapter 4: Home Is Where Your Suitcase Is: Looking for Accommodations 213 Chapter 5: Getting Around 229 Chapter 6: Dealing with Emergencies 249 Book III: Building the Grammatical Foundation for Communication 265 Chapter 1: Building Strong Sentences with the Parts of Speech 267 Chapter 2: All Agreed? Matching Gender and Number of Nouns and Articles 289 Chapter 3: Dealing with the Here and Now: The Present Tense 305 Chapter 4: Commanding and Instructing with the Imperative Mood 331 Chapter 5: Asking and Answering Questions 349 Chapter 6: Communicating Clearly with Infinitives and Present Participles 369 Book IV: Getting Down to Detail and Precision in Your Communication 379 Chapter 1: Specifying Relationships with Prepositions 381 Chapter 2: Describing with Flair: Adjectives and Adverbs 401 Chapter 3: Taking Shortcuts with Object Pronouns 419 Chapter 4: Tying Ideas Together with Conjunctions and Relative Pronouns 439 Chapter 5: Getting That Subjunctive Feeling 453 Chapter 6: What Lies Ahead and What Could Happen: Simple Future and Present Conditional 471 Book V: Going Back in Time 485 Chapter 1: Been There, Done That: Passé Proche and Passé Composé 487 Chapter 2: How Was It? What Was Going On? The Imparfait 503 Chapter 3: To the Past and Beyond: Other Past Tenses 515 Book VI: Appendixes 529 Appendix A: Verb Tables 531 Appendix B: French-English Mini-Dictionary 587 Appendix C: English-French Mini Dictionary 607 Appendix D: Fun & Games 627 Appendix E: About the CD 665 Index 669

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Book SynopsisFirst-Year Writing describes significant language patterns in college writing today, how they are different from expert academic writing, and how to inform teaching and assessment with corpus-based linguistic and rhetorical genre analysis. Trade Review“This book does a good job of presenting the impetus for the study, explaining why so few studies of this nature exist, detailing the findings, and suggesting ways in which the results can inform pedagogy. … will be an interesting and informative read for those who work with FY students in the post-secondary classroom and in support services, such as writing centres. … this reviewer believes that this study makes genuine contributions to the body of knowledge on FY writing.” (Tina Beynen, The Linguist List, linguistlist.org, June, 2016)Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisIntroduction PART I: A THEORETICAL BASIS FOR ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES Introduction to EAP: Key Issues and Concepts Investigating the Academic World Students' Needs and EAP Course Design PART II: THE DESIGN OF EAP COURSES Developing an EAP Syllabus: Approaches and Models EAP Courses and Subject Discipline Knowledge EAP Courses and Language Knowledge PART III: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EAP COURSES EAP and Teaching the Writing Skill EAP and Teaching the Reading Skill EAP and Teaching the Listening Skill EAP and Teaching the Speaking Skill/ Critical Thinking and its Development EAP and Assessment References IndexTable of ContentsIntroduction PART I: A THEORETICAL BASIS FOR ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES Introduction to EAP: Key Issues and Concepts Investigating the Academic World Students' Needs and EAP Course Design PART II: THE DESIGN OF EAP COURSES Developing an EAP Syllabus: Approaches and Models EAP Courses and Subject Discipline Knowledge EAP Courses and Language Knowledge PART III: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EAP COURSES EAP and Teaching the Writing Skill EAP and Teaching the Reading Skill EAP and Teaching the Listening Skill EAP and Teaching the Speaking Skill/ Critical Thinking and its Development EAP and Assessment References Index

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