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Dit boek geeft een brede
introductie in de
taalwetenschap in al haar
facetten. De structuur
van taal krijgt uiteraard
ruime aandacht, maar ook
de taalgebruiker en de
taalgemeenschap komen
uitgebreid aan bod. Het
boek is niet geschreven
in een bepaalde the
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This work suggests that
communication proceeds by
many modes, of which
language is one and not
necessarily the dominant
one. It asks what are the
roles of other modes and
whether language may be
occupying a co-equal or
even a minor role in
relation to the mode of
image, for instance.
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Drawing together theories
from linguistics, social
cognition and literary
stylistics, this book
focuses on the role of
language and
characterization in the
dialogue of play texts.
Containing numerous
examples from
Shakespeare's plays, the
book also considers other
genres, such as films
and verse.
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It is estimated that
there are currently more
than 400 million Spanish
speakers worldwide, with
the United States being
home to one of the
world's largest native
Spanish-speaking
populations. Reflecting
the increasing importance
of the Spanish language
both in the U.S.
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Based on the conviction
that a solid knowledge of
French grammar is
essential, En bonne
forme introduces each
grammar topic by way of
one or more excerpts of
French or francophone
literature. These reading
selections (Lectures),
at the beginning of each
chapter, illustrate the
grammar topic.
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Looks at legal language,
the structures of legal
genres and the collection
and testing of evidence
from the initial police
interview through to
examination and
cross-examination in the
courtroom. This book
focuses on the role of
the forensic linguist,
the forensic phonetician
and the document
examiner.
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A guide to research
methods for undergraduate
and postgraduate students
in applied linguistics
and language studies. It
includes: qualitative and
quantitative methods;
research techniques and
approaches; ethical
considerations; sample
studies; a glossary of
key terms; and,
resources for students.
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What are the Australian
Aboriginal languages
like? How many are there?
Where are they spoken?
Are there dictionaries of
Aboriginal languages?
What kinds of new
language have emerged in
the last two hundred
years? This book offers
answers to these
questions by providing
the aspects of language
and culture in different
parts of Aboriginal
Australia.
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A foundation course in
Dutch that is designed
for those with no
previous knowledge of the
language. It provides
students with a range of
activities, and draws on
a selection of source
material from many
different media. Audio
materials are presented
on accompanying CDs.
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Emphasizing the dual
status of language as
linguistic system and as
social fact, this
introduction to
communicative practice
offers insights into the
dynamics of context, the
indeterminacy of cultural
forms, and the relation
between human experience
and the making of
meaning.
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Includes the following
contributions:
"Perceiving Iliadic Gods"
by Daniel Turkeltaub;
"The Gods Visit to the
Ethiopians in Iliad 1" by
Ruth Scodel; "The Poetics
of the Bath in the Iliad"
by Jonas Grethlein; "The
Theologian Pherecydes of
Syros and the Early Days
of Natural Philosophy" by
Herbert Granger; and
more.
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Offers advice about
research methods with
reference to the various
English Language topics
including variation in
accents, news discourse,
forensic linguistics,
child language
development and more.
This title guides readers
step-by-step through the
research process, from
initial ideas to the
submission of the
dissertation.
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Words change, they
emigrate and immigrate,
they arrive with invading
armies and embrace
changing fashions; they
amend their spellings as
they roam across
centuries and languages.
This book delves into
their origins, meanings
and changing habits. You
will find many surprises
and often explanations so
simple that it is fun to
have it explained.
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A guide to the terms and
concepts used in the
study of language and
linguistics. Definitions
featured range from:
terms used in grammatical
analysis, and branches
of linguistics from
semantics to
neurolinguistics, to
linguistic phenomena from
code-switching to
conversational
implicature, and,
language varieties from
pidgin to standard
language.
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Explores the effects of
language in the processes
of globalization. This
book covers areas such as
globalization and
language: review of
academic; literature;
discourses of
globalization; the media,
mediation and
globalization; and,
globalization, war and
terrorism. It is useful
for students and
researchers in applied
linguistics.
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Introduces key concepts
in language and social
interaction. This book
describes how individuals
develop skills in social
interaction. It shows how
people create identities
through their use of
language. It brings
together essential
readings in anthropology,
discourse studies and
sociology.
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Key Concepts in Literary
Theory presents the
student of literary and
critical studies with a
broad range of
accessible, precise and
authoritative definitions
of the most significant
terms and concepts
currently used in
psychoanalytic,
poststructuralist,
Marxist, feminist, and
postcolonial literary
studies.
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Introducing students to
the methods and debates
associated with language
testing assessment, this
book explores the testing
of linguistic competence
of children, students,
asylum seekers and many
others in context of the
uses to which such
research can be put. It
also presents and
comments on key readings
and articles.
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Michel Foucault observed
that 'the birth of
philology attracted far
less notice in the
Western mind than did the
birth of biology or
political economy.' This
book shows that philology
left an indelible mark on
Western visions of
history and contributed
directly to some of the
most horrifying
ideologies of the
twentieth century.
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In clear, congenial
style Barry Blake
explains every aspect of
how language works - in
conversation, writing,
and the brain - and how
it never stops changing.
His engaging account is
for everyone curious
about language or who
needs to know more about
it.
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Computational and corpus
linguists doing corpus
work will find that R
provides an enormous
range of functions that
require several programs
to achieve - searching
and processing corpora,
statistical evaluation,
and graphing. This book
demonstrates how to use
the open source
programming language R
for corpus linguistic
analyses.
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Presents a survey of
languages spoken in
Greece and the southern
Balkans in the 19th
century - Greek,
Albanian, Wallachian
(also known as Aromanian,
Vlach and Koutzovlach)
and Bulgarian - and their
literatures. This book
sheds light on the
culture and society of
Greece and Albania.
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This is an
interdisciplinary volume,
examining the important
themes in the current
theoretical debates on
language and gender.
Comprising chapters from
leading linguists, it
aims to bring together
debate between the areas
of linguistics/language
studies and
literature/literary
studies.
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This is a clear and
lively introduction to
the English language and
its use, organized into
thematic chapters, each
of which can be read at
one sitting. This
expanded second edition
has been revised in the
light of recent research
and now features three
new chapters on Chomsky,
American English and
English around the world.
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The field of systemic
functional linguistics is
a social semiotic
approach to language
pioneered by M A K
Halliday, which has
assumed a central
importance in
linguistics, anchored by
a growing body of work.
This book details the key
terms, the key thinkers
and the key texts in this
field.
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Explains the terms which
students of linguistics
and English language
encounter during their
undergraduate study. This
book is organised
according to the modules
under which linguistics
is studied, starting
with explanations of the
terms associated with the
core areas of phonetics
and phonology,
morphology and syntax,
semantics and pragmatics.
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Aimed at researchers and
students interested in
language testing theory
and practice, the
chapters in this book
vary in style and content
and are both stimulating
and robust. The book
brings together a
fascinating group of
authors from the
established to the new,
presenting new ideas and
challenging current
orthodoxies.
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Metcalf traces the
history of "OK" from its
unusual birth as a jokey
mis-transcribing of "all
correct" in the 19th
century, its rapid
growth in various facets
of American life, and
its success overseas as
the English word that all
non-Americans know.
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Combines different
perspectives on
case-marking. This book
includes perspectives on
the typological and
descriptive approaches of
various types and
instances of case-marking
in the languages of the
world as well as
comparison with languages
that express similar
types of relations
without morphological
case-marking.
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Addresses the situation
of Finnic minority
languages by introducing
the legal situation,
threat to and
revitalisation of
Meankieli, Sweden
Finnish, Kven, Viena
Karelian, Olonets, Tver
Karelian, Karelian
Finnish, Vepsian,
Votic, Voro, Seto and
Livonian.
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From feral children to
fairy-tale princesses,
secrets codes, invented
languages - even a
language that was eaten -
this title offers the
information you need to
know about how language
evolves. It helps you
learn the tricks to
political propaganda,
why we can talk but
animals can't, and
discover 3, 000-year-old
clay tablets.
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Contains twelve of the
sixteen papers presented
at the linguistics
section of the 12th world
Sanskrit conference
Helsinki, final 13 july
2003. These papers span a
wide range of topics
extending from Common
Indo-Iranian all the way
to modern Indo-Aryan.
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Contains seven papers
which were presented at
an international
symposium on 'Linguistic
and interactional
structures in spoken
French', held at the
University of Copenhagen
in June 2001. This title
includes the papers
contributing to that
discussion from several
angles and at several
levels of description.
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Discusses research in the
field of language and
linguistics. This book
presents topics such as
syntax of dislocation,
extraposition and
parenthesis; learner
perception and strategies
for pragmatic
acquisition; the need for
explicit inferential
methods in linguistics;
language processing in
biomodal bilinguals; and,
more.
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This book unites
scholarship with
readability to trace the
language from ancient
roots to the present. In
accounts made vivid with
examples from an immense
range of evidence,
fifteen experts describe
the history of English in
all its versions,
written and spoken. A
book for everyone
interested in the English
language, present and
past.
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This Handbook provides a
complete assessment of
the current achievements
and challenges of the
Minimalist Program.
Leading researchers
explore the origins of
the program, the course
of its research, and its
connections with other
disciplines, such as
developmental biology,
cognitive science,
computational science,
and philosophy of mind.
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This book offers a
state-of-the-art guide to
linguistic fieldwork,
reflecting its
collaborative nature
across the subfields of
linguistics and
disciplines such as
astronomy, anthropology,
biology, musicology,
and ethnography. The
handbook is an
indispensible source,
guide, and reference for
everyone involved in
linguistic and cultural
fieldwork.
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The Korean alphabet,
known as Hangul, is
truly one of the great
achievements of human
invention, developed
(1443) and promulgated
(1446) by the Korean
monarch Sejong
(1397-1450) himself. This
book contains the
original texts of
"Hwunmin Cengum" and
"Hwunmin Cengum Haylyey",
and an annotated
translation in modern
English.
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Explores the consensus
that has emerged that the
American education system
must more aggressively
embrace the concept of
global education for a
broader population of
students. This book
states that any approach
to achieving language
competency must
ultimately begin as early
as pre-school, middle,
and high school.
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Ferdinand de Saussure
(1857-1913) is generally
considered one of the
main founders of modern
linguistics and
semiotics. This book
introduces the reader to
the ways in which
Saussure developed his
revolutionary insights on
language in the context
of the linguistics of his
time. It is suitable for
those studying Saussure,
and structural
linguistics.
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Ferdinand de Saussure
(1857-1913) is generally
considered one of the
main founders of modern
linguistics and
semiotics. This title
introduces the reader to
the ways in which
Saussure developed his
revolutionary insights on
language and demystifies
his complex theories.
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Offers an introductory
program that presents the
fundamentals of the
Japanese language to
college students. This
title focuses on
proficiency-based
language learning,
emphasizes practical
communication and student
interaction, and fosters
the development of all
four language skills and
cultural awareness.
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* A fresh approach to
beginning Spanish based
on a solid foundation of
second language
acquisition research
findings. * Emphasizes
what readers know and can
readily do with the
language. * Includes
activities that are
designed to encourage
readers to make cultural
comparisons and
connections.
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500 Years of New Words
takes you on a journey
through the English
language from the days
before Shakespeare to the
first decade of the 21st
century. Entries are
arranged in chronological
order based on the
earliest known year that
each word was printed or
written down. If
Shakespeare were alive
today, he would buy this
book.
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Provides a review of the
study and use of English
in Africa. This book
reflects on the status of
the language in the
humanities, education
and society on the
continent. The
presentations in it touch
on some of the most
intractable and most
debated issues in
language and literature
in Africa, including
English as a dialect.
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A study that traces the
innovative mappings of
Galician cultural history
found in literary works
by and about Galicians in
the Anglophone world,
paying particular
attention to the
community of 'London
Galicians' and their
descendants, in works by
artists, novelists and
poets.
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This is an introduction
and guide to the study of
errors in language,
which presents a critical
survey of previous work.
It seeks to clarify such
questions as: does
correctness matter?; and
is it more important to
speak fluently and write
imaginatively or to
communicate one's
message?
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This valuable
contribution to the field
analyzes morphological
and morphonological
phenomena from a number
of distinct Slavic
languages. It does so in
an innovative manner,
yet also positions the
analysis in the context
of current morphological
debates.
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This new compilation,
drawn from the extensive
collection of language
and dialect recordings
held by the British
Library Sound Archive,
includes 143 recordings
that capture and
celebrate the rich
diversity of British
English in locations
across the whole of the
UK.
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Exemplifies, analyses
and describes different
types of figurative
meanings, or tropes,
and rhythmical schemes in
natural verbal language.
Focusing on figurative
language in standard
English, this book deals
with simile,
personification,
oxymoron, hyperbole,
understatement, symbolic
language and punning.
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It's not just the accent
that's different, the
whole language is not the
same. In fact, there are
several different ways of
speaking in Scotland,
from the Borders in the
south to the northernmost
Orkney and Shetland
Isles. This book looks at
them all, although it
will focus on Scots - the
traditional language of
the majority of Scottish
people.
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Provides an introduction
to the study of English
for students of language
and linguistics. This
title examines the way in
which the English
language is used in
different contexts and in
many parts of the world,
by both native and
non-native speakers. It
explores the issues of
language use in speech
and writing, in work and
play, and in persuading.
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Want to know the word for
the area on your back
that you can't reach to
scratch (acnestis)? Or
the term for the smell of
earth just after a
rainstorm (petrichor)?
With a chapter for each
letter of the alphabet,
this book introduces us
to hundreds of words the
author discovered that
deserve to see the light
of day again, and
explains why.
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An introductory
linguistics textbooks
that treats language as
both a system (structure)
and a social tool (use) -
an approach that serves
students in many
disciplines, especially
linguistics, English,
speech communications,
and education. This title
helps students understand
the uniquely human trait
of language.
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What makes human language
unique? Do women speak
differently from men?
What is the meaning of
'meaning'? This book
provides an introduction
to the study of language.
It features chapters on
'Language in Use',
'Attitudes to Language',
'Children and Language'
and 'Language, Mind and
Brain'.
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Language is an essential
part of our everyday
lives. This book presents
an introduction into the
inner workings of
language, and
illustrates its use,
variation and
methodology. It examines
the origins of language,
how language produces
meaning, the variation
of language across
cultures, and how
language is used in
society.
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Explains core concepts in
an interactive style.
With features like What
Do You Think? and Try It
Yourself, this work
helps you understand what
you're experiencing on
campus and in the
classroom from a
linguistics perspective.
It also includes study
sections that provide you
with the tools needed for
effective test prep.
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A collection of 8, 000
interesting English words
and their meanings. It
features words that span
the common, the not so
common and include Latin,
French and German
imports. It is suitable
for scrabblers, quiz
aficionados, students,
crossword enthusiasts,
journalists, lawyers,
and academics.
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This monograph probes the
structure of the verb
phrase through a
cross-linguistic
investigation of the
syntax and morphology of
relevant constructions.
Evidence is provided for
two event-related
non-lexical projections
called "inner aspect" and
"event".
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A compendium of more than
7, 000 Latin words,
expressions, phrases,
and sayings taken from
the world of art, music,
law, philosophy,
theology, medicine and
the theatre, as well as
witty remarks and sage
advice from ancient
writers such as Virgil,
Ovid, Cicero, and more.
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Including the standard
constructions of
relations, functions,
and orderings, and
leading to a discussion
of the various orders of
infinity, this work
covers the standard
statement logic and
first-order predicate
logic, and includes an
introduction to formal
systems, axiomatization,
and model theory.
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Illustrates the enormous
potential which
corpus-based work has for
German Studies as a
whole. The topics covered
include areas as diverse
as literary studies,
translation studies,
language learning
applications, specialist
registers, descriptive
and critical linguistics,
spoken language,
historical linguistics,
and corpus construction.
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Collects over 500 of the
strangest, the
funniest-sounding and
delightful words in the
English language and
traces them back to their
often puzzling origins.
This title lets you
discover why bastards
should resent travelling
salesmen, why sheets
should remain on
tenterhooks and why you
should never set down a
tumbler before finishing
your drink.
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Contains many elements
relating the study of
linguistics to the
language of communication
in the real world. This
text includes chapter
that give you the basics
such as how to define
language, ways to look
at grammar, your innate
knowledge about language,
and animal communication
systems, and address
core linguistics areas.
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This introductory
textbook provides readers
with a foundation in
methods for analyzing and
understanding language
from various theoretical
perspectives within
linguistics and language
studies. Its novel
approach introduces
systemic functional
linguistics, text and
discourse analysis, and
formal approaches to
linguistics.
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The English language is
spreading across the
world, and so too is
hip-hop culture. This
title looks at how global
Englishes, transcultural
flows and pedagogy are
interconnected in ways
that oblige us to rethink
language and culture
within the contemporary
world. It is useful for
sociolinguists, and
students on TEFL and
TESOL courses.
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The fascinating, fun,
and friendly way to
understand the science
behind human language
Linguistics is the
scientific study of human
language. Linguistics
students study how
languages are
constructed, how they
function, how they
affect society, and how
humans learn language.
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A brief and lively
introduction to the main
issues, debates and
ideas that have emerged
in language study over
the last fifty years.
Designed for the
non-specialist reader
with an interest in
language as well as the
intending student, this
book concisely conveys an
overview of exciting
topics and research in
the core areas of
linguistics.
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R. M. W. Dixon provides a
comprehensive guide to
the nature of human
languages and their
description and analysis.
The volumes comprise a
one-stop introduction for
undergraduate and
graduate students of
linguistics. "Truly a
guide for the perplexed.
Basic Linguistic Theory
is destined to be a
classic." Nick Enfield
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The third edition of From
Memory to Written Record
is a thorough update of
this scholarly classic.
Written for students and
scholars of medieval
history, it traces the
development of literacy
in England and serves as
an introduction to
medieval books and
documents for graduate
students around the
world.
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Gives a comprehensive
survey of salient aspects
of English language
history from its
embryonic stages to the
language spoken in
England and America. This
volume spans the period
up to 1154, the year
which saw the
inauguration of the
Plantagenet era in
England and the year to
be recorded in the annals
of the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicles.
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Writing is a defining
marker of civilisation;
without it there could be
no accumulation of
knowledge. Andrew
Robinson tells the
fascinating story of the
history of writing,
considering its
development, and
examining the enormous
variety of writing and
scripts we use today.
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Intends to familiarize
readers with the
varieties of world
Englishes used across
cultures and to create
awareness of some of the
linguistic and socially
relevant contexts and
functions that have given
rise to them. This volume
emphasizes that effective
communication among users
of different Englishes
requires awareness of the
varieties in use.
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Covering the basics of
Latin grammar, this book
contains explanations
that are accompanied by
examples to aid in
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