Author(s): Evelien Keizer Year: 2007 ISBN: 0521849616,9780521849616 Description: English has an interesting variety of noun phrases, which differ greatly in structure. Examples are ‘binominal’ (two-noun) phrases (‘a beast of a party’); possessive constructions (‘the author’s opinion’); and discontinuous noun phrases (‘the review [came out yesterday] of his book’)....
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Author(s): Adrian Beard Year: 2003 ISBN: 9780415286343,9780415286350,0415286344,0415286352,0203696972,9780203696972,9780203698006 Description: How Texts Work: explores the ways in which we categorize texts reveals the limitations of some of the polarisations we use to categorize texts analyzes a wide variety of texts from a range of genres and periods, from Ibsen’s A...
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Author(s): R.L. Trask Year: 1999 ISBN: 041520089X,9780415200899 Description: Language: The Basics provides a concise introduction to the study of language. Written in an engaging and entertaining style, it encourages the reader to think about the way language works. New features include:* a chapter on ‘Language in Use’ which...
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Author(s): Olga Fischer, Anette Rosenbach, Dieter Stein Year: 2002 ISBN: 9027230560,9789027230560,9780585463308 Description: There is a continual growth of interest among linguists of all-theoretical denominations in grammaticalization, a concept central to many linguistic theories. However, the discussion of grammaticalization processes has often suffered from a shortage of concrete empirical...
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Author(s): John H. Schumann Year: 1999 ISBN: 0631210105,9780631210108 Description: This book presents a theory of how the psychology and neurobiology of stimulus appraisal influences the variability in second language acquisition. It then extends the notion of affect developed for second language acquisition to primary language acquisition and to...
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Author(s): Fathali Moghaddam, Rom Harré Publisher: Praeger, Year: 2010 ISBN: 031337676X,9780313376764,0313376778,9780313376771 Description: Words of Conflict, Words of War: How the Language We Use in Political Processes Sparks Fighting is a fascinating exploration of the narratives leaders use to position both themselves and others in the course of political...
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Author(s): W. Tecumseh Fitch Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Year: 2010 ISBN: 052185993X,9780521859936,9780521677363,9780511677472 Description: Language, more than anything else, is what makes us human. It appears that no communication system of equivalent power exists elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Any normal human child will learn a language based on...
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Author(s): Andrew Goodwyn Year: 1997 ISBN: 0335197604,9780335197606,0335231624,9780335231621 Description: * How do student teachers learn to teach? * How can experienced English teachers teach student teachers? * How can good English teachers continue to develop and improve? Developing English Teachers is a book for anyone interested in helping English...
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Author(s): J. Charles Alderson, Caroline Clapham, Dianne Wall Series: Cambridge Language Teaching Library Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Year: 1995 ISBN: 0521478294,9780521478298 Description: Language Test Construction and Evaluation describes the process of language test construction clearly and comprehensively. Each chapter deals with one stage of the test construction process;...
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