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"Winner of the 2015 Christian Gauss Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society" "Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Language & Linguistics, Association of American Publishers" "Shortlisted for the 2015 Christian Gauss Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society" "One of The Times Literary Supplement's Books of the year 2014, chosen by Thom Shippey" "Selected for the Claremont Review of Books CRB Christmas Reading List 2015" James Turner is the Cavanaugh Professor...
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What is an idiom? It can be an insult - "He has more brawn than brains." - or a compliment - "She's a real trooper." Idioms add life to our language: "I have ants in my pants." Idioms can cast light on a topic, and they have the power to add color to your language and add punch to your vocabulary. Have FUN WITH IDIOMS, and improve your command of English at the same time!
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In this discursive jaunt through the groves and thickets of the English language, David Crystal creates a mesmerizing and entertaining narrative account of his encounters with the language and its speakers. Woven from personal reflections, historical allusions, and observations of travelers, this fascinating journey through the language we use every day will have readers thinking twice about each word they speak. Starting in Wales and moving from...
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Esta segunda edición ha sido escrita con el objetivo de dotar a los estudiantes de las herramientas necesarias para la redacción de textos en contextos académicos.
Todo estudiante universitario necesita procesar gran cantidad de información. Por ello, el empleo de la lectura y la escritura sigue siendo fundamental.
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 Wang Zhao was a Chinese monk who, in the first spring of the twentieth century, delivered a document that would change the Chinese-speaking world forever. He had been hiding out in Japan for the past two years, carrying a hefty bounty on his head. His desire to go home eclipsed his fear of capture.
#2 The Chinese language seemed to be a major impediment to China's...
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"El silencio de todos los seres humanos, hombres y mujeres, ancianos y niños, debería ser más alabado, más protegido, mejor resguardado. No sólo el silencio, sino ese silencio activo que es la capacidad de escucha [... ] que quisiéramos todos ver mejor distribuida entre los dones de este mundo".
Una sucesión de diversas escenas presenta al lenguaje, en estas páginas, como protagonista e invitado permanente. La palabra cercada de silencio,...
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What is a proverb? A proverb is a succinct phrase that is used to express a meaning or a shade of meaning. It can be used to convey an idea: "A friend in need is a friend indeed." Or, a proverb might express a caution: "Don't put the cart before the horse." Through the use of lighthearted illustrations and humorous prose, the husband and wife team of John and Ching Yee Smithback demonstrate proverbs that have developed in the English language over...
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If it goes "moo" then every child knows it's a cow. If it goes "Wham! Bam! Crash!" we're in a fast-paced comic. But what goes "krknout?" Barbara Lasserre takes us on a playful journey through the delightful world of words that mimic sounds. Normally relegated to children's books, cartoons, and comedians, she shows how these often ancient words reveal unexpected things about the way we think, speak, and act. A book for anyone who loves playing with...
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Aspects of English Sentence Stress is written within the conceptual framework of generative-transformational grammar. However, it is atheoretical in the sense that the proposals made cannot be formulated in this theory and are a challenge to many other theories. The author's concern is not with the phonetic nature of stress; rather, using a working definition of stress as subjective impression of prominence, she attempts to formulate general principles...
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"El lenguaje desobedece cuando ensucia la lengua con sus trampas de encantamiento y sensiblería, cuando la falsifica, cuando la infecta de glosarios impunes y de retóricas sin nadie dentro y nadie del otro lado, cuando se sobreestima en su regocijo adulto o se desprecia el lugar de su ausencia. Sin embargo, el lenguaje es también desobedecido. Lo desobedecen los niños, los ancianos, las mujeres, los artistas, los filósofos. Lo desobedecen la...
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Si un día de invierno, durante el desayuno, se le derramó el café al escuchar que el periodista radial lanzó un gerundio en mal estado. Si, cuando subió al colectivo y leyó el cartel que imponía "indique su destino", sonrió pensando que esa frase, acaso, estuviera yendo más allá de la última parada del recorrido. Si el eslogan que se utilizó para la campaña política "el voto ganado" le pareció equívoco. Si se considera buen detector...
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This book is based on an eleven-year observation of two children who were simultaneously exposed to three languages from birth. It tells the story of two parents from different cultural, linguistic, and ethnic-racial backgrounds who joined to raise their two children with their heritage languages outside their native countries. It also tells the children's story and the way they negotiated three cultures and languages and developed a trilingual identity....
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A menudo escuchamos, por boca de escritores, gramáticos y cargos públicos, entusiastas loas a la lengua española: su grandeza, su hermosura, su elegancia. Ante estos calificativos cabe preguntarse: ¿Atienden a motivos meramente lingüísticos o más bien laten en ellos implicaciones étnicas, culturales y políticas?
Autorretrato de un idioma presenta una serie de textos fundamentales en los que distintos estamentos han abordado algunas cuestiones...
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This early work by Otto Jespersen was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Efficiency in Linguistic Change' is an informative work on linguistics and includes chapters on 'Sound-Laws', 'Semantics', 'Glottic', and much more. Otto Jespersen was born in Randers, Denmark on 16th July 1869. He worked as an academic at Copenhagen University and rose to the position of professor...
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Correos electrónicos, ensayos, reseñas, debates, exposiciones orales... Los alumnos universitarios deben dominar una amplia variedad de textos, tanto escritos como orales.
Para ayudarles en este propósito, se ha preparado este manual, en cuyas páginas y a través de fragmentos textuales relacionados con el ámbito psicológico se presentan de forma sencilla y clara las claves para aprender a elaborarlos.
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Linguistics For Beginners is the first book to ever make the arcane labors of linguistics accessible to general readers. It begins with a lucid definition of language and proceeds to examine how it becomes the subject matter of linguistics. Key topics include the contrast between writing and speech, and elementary lessons in analyses ranging from simple sounds to entire sentences. Absurd fictions such as Eskimos having hundreds of words for snow...
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Ever wondered where the sayings we commonly use originate from?
Sometimes the things we say, if we really think about it, make absolutely no logical sense.
Why on earth has a cat got my tongue? Why does a wall have ears? And why the heck are my ears burning? Why would I possibly want to break a leg?
If you think you know the answers, you might be close but have no cigar and if you don't want to wake up on the wrong side of the bed or even worse,...
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Lots of new parents these days have the opportunity to bring up their child with two or more languages because of increasing job mobility and the global community. The benefits of bilingualism and biculturalism such as higher cognitive skills, an awareness of language and sensitivity to other cultures, are being increasingly recognised. However many parents don't know how to start, what methods to use or where to seek help when facing problems.
Now...
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Depuis les vingt dernières années, aucun ouvrage n'est venu faire le point sur la situation des langues autochtones au Québec. Ce livre vient illustrer les progrès qui ont été accomplis au cours des dernières années en matière de conservation, de préservation, et même, de revitalisation des langues autochtones.
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