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Thomas and his friends
enjoy playing in the park
until a new girl, Becca,
arrives. She ruins their
games and boasts about
the horrid towers and the
crocodile lake at her
house, where children
like Thomas are eaten up.
Then her mother invites
all the children to
Becca's birthday party.
What will they find at
her house?
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Each Immersion + program
consists of a variety of
dialogues introduced
briefly in English, and
then spoken in the target
foreign language. The
vignette is first heard
at a normal
conversational rate,
then at a slower rate.
The same dialogue is then
repeated at the normal
conversational rate used
by native speakers.
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An award-winning musical
language course for
people on the go. This
lively course uses songs
and music to reinforce
language skills as we
follow the main
characters though a
number of lively and
humorous scenes. Ideal
for listening in the car,
in the gym or anywhere,
anytime.
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Wells identifies
influential mistakes
about language embedded
in the empiricist
philosophical tradition
of Locke, Russell and
Ayer. He shows how these
errors stimulated a
religious backlash, in
which faith became
coupled with commonsense
realism. He also covers
behaviourism and magical
thinking.
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Presenting a dynamic
investigation into the
role of the lexicon in
syntactic theory, this
book provides an
insightful overview and
introduction to lexical
theory. It discusses the
nature of argument and
structure and debates the
relation of argument
nature to constituent
structure and binding
theory.
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- Promotes interaction
and learning of key
reading concepts-
Sharpens reading skills
and enhances
self-confidence- Lets
kids have fun while
learning to read- Teaches
without adult
supervision- Gives a
headstart toward a more
rewarding school
experience
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Includes eight stories
which offer a varied and
representative collection
of twentieth century
German authors from a
range of political and
cultural backgrounds.
This anthology is
suitable for the German
student of English as
well as the English
student of German. It
reflects trends in German
literature.
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Containing eight stories
by 20th century French
writers, this work
offers insights into
French life and
literature and are
accompanied by a parallel
English text, making
them suiatble for both
French and English
language students. It
includes Green Tobacco by
Clair Sainte-Soline, and
the tale of The Ants by,
Boris Vian.
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Designed for those who
want to speak basic
Portuguese immediately,
or those who have tried
other courses without
success, this course
uses a carefully
structured method that
targets only the most
important vocabulary and
grammar and gets you
speaking straight away.
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Takes you through various
words you need to
survive, shows how and
why they work, and
steers you past various
pitfalls and potential
embarrassments of
speaking French in
France. This title covers
various areas of everyday
life from eating and
drinking to travel, work
and, crucially, and,
swearing and sounding
like a teenager.
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Intended for public and
private school Limited
English Proficiency (LEP)
students, to adults,
and to potential
employees. This work can
also be used to determine
language proficiency in
languages other than
English. It helps
institutions who need
accurate assessments of
multi-language speakers.
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Drawing on the pragmatist
tradition of semiotic of
Peirce and Morris, this
book traces the
development of the
logical categories of
language to the more
primitive sign levels of
natural events and
signals. The concluding
chapters discuss the
unique features
introduced by spoken
natural languages.
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We regularly employ
classically-derived
expressions in our
everyday language, yet
many of us have little
understanding of the
origin of these common
phrases. This title
offers a look at the
stories behind the
expressions. It provides
an introduction to
classical mythology, and
also offers insights into
our language.
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Designed for young
university students
coming out of the
Canadian public school
system. With text in
french, this book is a
learning tool which
incorporates research in
the area of learning to
write French as a second
language. It also
emphasises group work,
revision, and
step-by-step learning.
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This work discusses the
role of language within
law and the role of
philosophy of language in
understanding the nature
of law. It argues that
the major re-thinking of
the common and common
sense views about law
that have been proposed
by various recent legal
theorists are
unnecessary.
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As part of a common
cultural heritage
minority languages in
Europe need protection.
The contributions to this
book reflect urgent,
stimulating and
productive debates among
researchers in
sociolinguistics,
linguistic anthropology,
politics and sociology,
and among language
activists and policy
makers.
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The Oxford English
Dictionary occupies a
special place in the
history of English,
cultural as well as
linguistic. This
collection of twelve
essays sets out to
explore the pioneering
endeavours in both
lexicography and
lexicology which led to
the making of its first
edition.
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A brand new, no-nonsense
course from Berlitz
combining pictures,
audio and print to help
you learn Spanish in
minutes! Bite-sized
lessons are fun and take
around five minutes a day
to complete. Accompanying
audio CD features native
speakers to help you
perfect your
pronunciation and 'Smart
Tips' highlight important
culture and language
information.
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Helps readers learn how
to avoid the most common
grammar faux pas. This
book includes the most
basic grammar rules [it
is important to note here
that these rules are
modern-day], but also
some of the more
confusing and advanced
situations, using
examples and references
taken from Victorian
daily life.
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Studies show numerous
significant reasons for
children to learn
American Sign Language
(ASL). With an
approximate running time
of 30 minutes, this DVD
combines ASL with new and
traditional songs that
teach signing,
vocabulary,
communication, rhyme and
more.
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Have you tried
conventional grammar
courses but never been
able to make it stick?
Are you tired of
struggling with concepts
which over-complicate
what should really be
simple? Tony Buzan's
Grammar Buster makes
learning grammar easy,
without the unnecessary
jargon. This is grammar
for people who don't do
grammar.
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Studies show numerous
significant reasons for
children to learn
American Sign Language
(ASL). With an
approximate running time
of 30 minutes, this DVD
combines ASL with new and
traditional songs that
teach signing,
vocabulary,
communication, rhyme and
more.
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Studies show numerous
significant reasons for
children to learn
American Sign Language
(ASL). With an
approximate running time
of 30 minutes, this DVD
combines ASL with new and
traditional songs that
teach signing,
vocabulary,
communication, rhyme and
more.
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Takes a look at how our
language changes and
explores the influence of
other cultures on our
own. This work includes
such entries as: 'dekko'
- take a quick look;
'brilliantine' - men's
hair dressing product;
and 'Nippy' - the name
given to waitresses in
Lyons Corner Houses. It
is aimed at those
interested in history and
the English language.
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Dictionaries of the
national language of a
country are an essential
and quite frequently
controversial part of
social life and learning.
This is an account of how
such dictionaries are
made, how they are used,
and the issues and
problems that face their
writers and editors. The
author gives a concise
history of the
general-purpose
dictionary.
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Aims to teach the users
the basic structures
useful for communication
and the basic words and
grammar. This work
follows a method
comprising two phases:
the passive phase, in
which users simply repeat
what they hear and read,
and the active phase, in
which users begin to
create sentences and
imagine themselves in a
variety of everyday
situations.
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In this collection of
essays, German linguists
consider a wide range of
topics, including
language change,
language in political
discourse, language in
Berlin after the Wall,
language and gender, the
speech styles of youth
subcultures, and
language and television.
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Provides a survey of the
English language in its
various forms. This book
describes the structure
of the language, the
uses of English
throughout the world and
provides a history of
English. It includes a
chapter on 'The effect of
technology' on the
English language.
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Containing 8 CDs,
listening Guide and a
DVD, this title teaches
language usage, sentence
structure, grammar, and
useful vocabulary. It
helps you learn
additional words and
phrases to add power to
your new language. It
also presents
conversations with 2-3
speakers heard at both a
normal and a
slow-speaking pace to
improve comprehension and
rhythm.
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English is enriched with
many borrowings and
influences from other
languages. Aficionado,
chutzpah, pro bono, hoi
polloi, ketchup, nous,
zeitgeist - we use these
foreign words every day
without thinking of their
origins, but what do
they actually mean? This
book offers information
for 'connoisseurs'
(French) of the English
language.
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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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Reveals language
proficiency levels of
foreign students entering
our schools, of American
students in traditional
modern language classes,
and of immigrants
entering the work force.
This title covers such
languages as: English,
French, Italian,
Portuguese, Spanish and
Vietnamese.
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'Encounter Ireland' is a
combined course and
workbook for
post-intermediate
students of English,
based on Irish themes and
materials. It is suitable
for short-stay,
non-examination students
and also provides thought
provoking supplementary
material for those
preparing for such
examinations as Cambridge
Advanced Certificate and
even proficiency.
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Presents an introduction
to contemporary Japanese
fiction. Featuring many
stories appearing in
English, this title
offers students at
various levels the
opportunity to enjoy a
range of contemporary
literature without having
to constantly consult a
dictionary.
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This little book contains
all the times tables from
1 to 20. It brings back
the fun into numbers and
is suitable for children
from pre-school age
onwards. You can memorize
the tables then test
yourself afterwards. The
Instant Answer number
matrix at the back helps
you to check your answers
in an instant!
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Drawing on the unique
resources of the Oxford
English Dictionary and
offering coverage of over
6, 000 slang words and
expressions from the
Cockney 'abaht' to the
American term 'zowie',
this is the most lively
and authoritative
dictionary of slang from
the 20th and 21st
centuries.
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Essential Spanish
Vocabulary is the course
for you if you need help
with your study of
Spanish. This fully
revised edition of our
best-selling course now
comes with free
downloadable audio
support containing hints
on how to learn
vocabulary effectively.
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This guide to Japanese
grammar and verbs is
comprehensive and
easy-to-use. Its
ultra-clear explanations
and accessible design
make it an ideal support
book for all beginner and
intermediate learners,
and the perfect
accompaniment to Oxford's
Take Off In Japanese
audio course.
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Essential German
Vocabulary is the course
for you if you need help
with your study of
German. This fully
revised edition of our
best-selling course now
comes with free
downloadable audio
support containing hints
on how to learn
vocabulary effectively.
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Essential French
Vocabulary is the course
for you if you need help
with your study of
French. This fully
revised edition of our
best-selling course now
comes with free
downloadable audio
support containing hints
on how to learn
vocabulary effectively.
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VocabuLearn is available
in several languages to
help build vocabulary.
Language learners know
that after acquiring
basic words, phrases,
and grammar, expanding
foreign language
vocabulary is essential
to developing the power
to really communicate in
the new language.
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Presents 8 illustrated
lessons as well as
additional helpful
resource material. This
book contains illustrated
lesson page which shows
objects and interactions,
with the target language
on one side and English
on the other. It includes
grammar material and
language and cultural
information. It
accompanies a CD.
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VocabuLearn is available
in several languages to
help build vocabulary.
Language learners know
that after acquiring
basic words, phrases,
and grammar, expanding
foreign language
vocabulary is essential
to developing the power
to really communicate in
the new language.
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Ever wonder what going on
the wagon has to do with
drinking? Why does
extreme behaviour take
the cake? And did
Americans' pocket change
ever really include
wooden nickels? Many of
our most intriguing
expressions grew slut of
once-familiar bits of
American culture. This
title demystifies over
150 of these colourful
home-grown figures of
speech.
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Part of the Speak in a
Week series that features
eight illustrated lessons
along with a glossary
that provides the basic
tools to learn a
language. Each page
features grammar tips,
hints, and cultural
insights. The audio CD
provides native
pronunciation of the
material presented, plus
exercises for
comprehensive review.
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Presents an investigation
into the evolution of
language. This book
exposes the elusive
forces of creation at
work in human
communication. Along the
way, it teaches why
German maidens are neuter
while German turnips are
female, why we have feet
not foots, and how great
changes of pronunciation
may result from simple
laziness.
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Part of the Speak in a
Week series that features
eight illustrated lessons
along with a glossary
that provides the basic
tools to learn a
language. Each page
features grammar tips,
hints, and cultural
insights. The audio CD
provides native
pronunciation of the
material presented, plus
exercises for
comprehensive review.
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Includes an audio CD with
U-print listening guide,
one music audio CD, and
Lonely Planet phrasebook
with a 2-way dictionary.
This work teaches words
to communicate and get
around, and a musical
introduction to your
destination. The audio
includes both what you
hear and what you say to
interact with locals at
hotels, restaurants and
shops.
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An annual collection of
articles, covering a
range of topics in the
field of translatology.
This second issue
includes sections on
translating names and
honorifics in Chinese
fiction, creativity in
non-literary translation,
and translating
metaphors in narrative
fiction.
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Part of the Speak in a
Week series that features
eight illustrated lessons
along with a glossary
that provides the basic
tools to learn a
language. Each page
features grammar tips,
hints, and cultural
insights. The audio CD
provides native
pronunciation of the
material presented, plus
exercises for
comprehensive review.
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Do you know how to use
semicolons, where to put
your apostrophes and when
to use commas? Do you
know the difference
between affect and
effect, if and whether,
or who and whom? (Does
anyone still say whom?)
More importantly, do you
now why this stuff
matters?
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Contains diverse writing
from the Spanish-speaking
world. This book explores
stylistic contrasts and
gives an insight into the
cultural and social
milieu of the
Spanish-speaking world.
It includes notes on
unusual Spanish words and
phrases and is suitable
for English students of
the language as well as
Spanish-speaking students
of English.
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A collection of original
essays by 21 of the
world's leading
linguists. It discusses
topics on some of the
popular myths about
language: the media are
ruining English; children
can't speak or write
properly anymore; and,
America is ruining the
English language.
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Have you tried
conventional grammar
courses but never been
able to make it stick?
Are you tired of
struggling with concepts
which over-complicate
what should really be
simple? Tony Buzan's
Grammar Buster makes
learning grammar easy,
without the unnecessary
jargon. This is grammar
for people who don't do
grammar.
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The English language
features countless
biblically-derived
phrases that are used by
people on a day-to-day
basis, yet the user
often does not know the
origin or meaning behind
them. This title looks at
the stories behind the
expressions - explaining
where in the Bible these
familiar phrases appear.
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Offers a group photograph
of the Midwest's interior
landscape. This title
includes an essay about
the origin, history,
and influence of corn. It
explores childhood
meeting with Frederick
Leopold, youngest
brother of the naturalist
Aldo. It captures the
inner character of the
Midwest as Nature
dictates it, people live
it, and history reveals
it.
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Presenting the seminal
works of Professor
Halliday, this title
includes works covering
developments in machine
translation and corpus
linguistics. It also
includes a discussion of
collaborative efforts
bringing together those
working in systemic
functional grammar,
fuzzy logic and
'intelligent computing'.
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Despite the inroads made
by women in the
professions, the glass
ceiling remains a
persistent barrier to
their career progression.
Using a range of
interactional
sociolinguistic data this
publication investigates
the crucial role that
gendered discourses play
in perpetuating workplace
gender inequalities.
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Each Immersion + program
consists of a variety of
dialogues introduced
briefly in English, and
then spoken in the target
foreign language. The
vignette is first heard
at a normal
conversational rate,
then at a slower rate.
The same dialogue is then
repeated at the normal
conversational rate used
by native speakers.
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Each Immersion + program
consists of a variety of
dialogues introduced
briefly in English, and
then spoken in the target
foreign language. The
vignette is first heard
at a normal
conversational rate,
then at a slower rate.
The same dialogue is then
repeated at the normal
conversational rate used
by native speakers.
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Words, Words, Words is
a celebration of what we
say and how we say it. It
invites us to engage
linguistically with who
we are: to understand
what words tell us about
where wecome from and
what we do. And as they
continually shape our
lives, it suggests ways
that we can look at words
anew and get involved
with collecting and
coining words ourselves.
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Presenting a tour of
English from its mongrel
origins to its status as
the world's most-spoken
tongue; its apparent
simplicity to its
deceptive complexity; its
vibrant swearing to its
uncertain spelling and
pronunciation, this book
covers curious
eccentricities that make
it as maddening to learn
and as flexible to use.
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This volume comprises
thirteen original
research papers and three
overview papers
presenting new work using
a number of experimental
techniques from psycho-
and neurolinguistics in
the three key areas of
current semantics and
pragmatics: implicature,
negation and
presupposition.
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The Blue Book of Grammar
and Punctuation is filled
with easy-to-understand
rules, real-world
examples, dozens of
reproducible exercises,
and pre- and post-tests.
This handy workbook is
ideal for teachers,
students in middle school
through college, ESL
students, homeschoolers,
and professionals.
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Based on Latin American
Spanish, this intruction
guide presents the
beginning Spanish student
with basic to more
advanced grammar
instruction, vocabulary,
and exercises in 12
lessons, each with a
dialogue focusing on a
different Latin American
country.
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Encourages teachers to
use the topic of food to
bring a change of pace to
the language arts
classroom. Provides a
range of tools -
including word games,
writing prompts, and
research-oriented
activities. It helps to
engage young writers by
inspiring them to play
with vocabulary and
improve communication
skills.
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Times Tables Flashcards
are a fun way to help
children learn early
sums! You can use the
cards to help children
learn the times tables or
to make up fun games to
strengthen their memory
and concentration skills.
Simple, appealing and
fun, these cards are
sure to be used over and
over again!
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This text discusses the
concept of theme and its
application as an
analytical tool to a
number of spoken and
written registers of
English. It shows that
the study of this
organization can reveal
many different strategies
employed by speakers and
writers when texts are
created.
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Vocabulearn is unique in
its ability to build a
broad vocabulary. This
level contains 1, 500
words organized into
catagories, and comes
conveniently packed in a
zippered, leather CD
wallet. The format is
music enhanced to improve
vocabulary retention.
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Global Access Interactive
is the comprehensive
language learning
programs. This title
includes: Grammar
Training that helps to
learn over 3, 000 words
with an emphasis on
useful nouns and verbs;
Vocabulary Builder which
enables to learn to
create and construct
proper sentences.
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Documenting the politics
of African American
women's hair, this
linguistic ethnography
explores everyday
interaction in beauty
parlors, Internet
discussions, comedy
clubs, and other
contexts to describe how
and why hair matters in
African American women's
day-to-day experiences.
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Go anywhere in the world
today and you'll see or
hear English in some
form. It may not be the
Queen's English that
you're hearing, but it
is a form of universally
recognised English. This
title explores the
history of English and
ponders why, while
British and American
empires have waxed and
waned, the English
language, has taken over
the world.
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How does language affect
us? Critical Discourse
Analysis provides a
general theory of the
impact that texts can
have on readers.
Stylistics provides
detailed tools of
analysis for
understanding how texts
work. This book combines
these strengths to
uncover the deep-seated
ideologies of everyday
texts.
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Do you know the
difference between acetic
and ascetic, or between
burgers and burghers, or
between bucolic and
alcoholic, or among
complacent, complaisant
and compliant, or among
a cassock, a cossack, a
hassock, a tussock, a
hillock, a hummock and a
pillock? This book
showcases that
difference.
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Offers a translation of
Johann Gottlieb Fichte's
monograph entitled On the
Linguistic Capacity and
the Origin of Language.
This book also explores
the role played by the
linguistic thought of the
German idealists in the
emergence of modern
scientific linguistics
with Wilhelm von
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