Language Arts & Disciplines

Mastering webcasting requires a comprehensive understanding of the entire process, from production to delivery. This practical guide provides an in-depth technical overview of webcasting, covering...

The Proper Treatment of Events offers a novel approach to understanding tense and aspect in language. This book presents a new theory that combines formal semantics with cognitive considerations,...

The Writing of Spirit Soul, System, and the Roots of Language Science by Sarah M. Pourciau A new history of language science challenges our understanding of the pivotal juncture in intellectual past...

Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Jewels by Oxford Editor;Arthur Conan Doyle is a mystery novel about two valuable jewels that have disappeared. The story revolves around the emeralds and the blue...

A comprehensive collection of concise quotations from key figures in cultural theory. This handy reference book brings together over 300 snappy quotes from leading theorists, organized by theoretical...

Racialized Identities in Second Language Learning: Speaking Blackness in Brazil offers a critical sociolinguistic analysis of the African American experience in second language learning. This book...

Copilots for Linguists: AI, Constructions, and FramesThis Element explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can assist linguists in their research. A conversational AI based on a Large Language Model...

Discover fascinating facts about some of history's most remarkable individuals in What A Life! This engaging introduction to amazing people reveals surprising biographical details that will appeal to...

Ben Jonson's Comedies: A Study of Classical Influence This book explores the impact of classical authors on Ben Jonson's dramaturgy, with a focus on Greek and Roman playwrights and satirists...

Get Ahead of Propagandists Countering Disinformation by Rodney G. Miller is a concise guide to understanding and resisting disinformation. In this 124-page paperback, Miller shares insights and...

Public trust in traditional news institutions is declining. Social media offers an alternative, but mastering verification is crucial for social journalists operating outside the newsroom. Navigating...

The Girl in the Window and Other True Tales is an anthology that showcases Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lane DeGregory's most unforgettable newspaper features. Alongside her stories, this...

Good Writing: An Argument Rhetoric by Connie Snyder Mick presents writing as social action. It encourages students to think critically about their purpose and responsibility as writers, aiming to...

The Boy Who Planted a Forest is a heartwarming story about a young boy who makes a big impact on his community. With the help of some animal friends, he brings life back to a barren forest.This...

Outside, the night is cold and wet. Inside, the White family sits and waits for their visitor to arrive.A man stands outside in the dark, his smile illuminated only by the faint glow of streetlights...

This book provides a critical overview of language learning motivation and instructional contexts in Hong Kong's secondary schools. Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data from teachers and...

The Pirate Captain is a 44-page paperback book suitable for early readers. It features 300 words at the A1 level and includes free online audio to support learning.This book is part of the Foxton...

Jerry has to deliver an important letter by 3 p.m. But there are people who want to stop him.The letter is very important, and Jerry needs to get it to the embassy on time. Can he overcome the...

Focus in Hausa explores the syntax and meaning of focus constructions in this major world language. It delves into recent developments in the theory of focus and reviews current approaches to...

Britannia Latina: Latin in the Culture of Great Britain from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century explores the significant role that Latin played in shaping British culture over the centuries...

Media Promotion & Marketing for Broadcasting, Cable and the Internet is a comprehensive guide to the latest strategies in media promotion and marketing. This fifth edition explores the scope and...

Developing Writing Skills for IELTS provides a comprehensive approach to mastering the two academic writing tasks in IELTS. This book offers an in-depth analysis of the assessment standards,...

Writing Fat Positivity: An Incomplete Guide helps you create authentic and respectful fat characters in your writing. Written by several editors and sensitivity readers from Salt & Sage Books, this...

Rapid Plus 9.2: The Choice is a carefully levelled reading book designed for Key Stage 3 students. It features all-new content, rigorously tested with students in this age group.Each book includes...

Dieci. Lezioni di lessico con esercizi. A1/A2 by Euridice Orlandino is an Italian language learning resource designed for beginners.This textbook provides 10 lessons to help you improve your...

Autobiography has long been overlooked by critics and theorists, yet it remains a popular form of writing. Recent developments in critical theory have led to a renewed interest in autobiography, with...

Choreographies of Multilingualism: Writing and Language Ideology in Singapore by Tong-King Lee explores the complex linguistic landscape of written language in Singapore. The book examines how...

Language and Culture at Work explores how cultural differences impact workplace interactions and decision-making. This book delves into various aspects of culture in the workplace, including face and...

Posthumanism and Deconstructing Arguments: Corpora and Digitally-driven Critical Analysis presents a new approach to Critical Discourse Studies. This book provides a data-driven method for evaluating...

This comprehensive volume provides an integrated account of conceptual figures in language, exploring how they encapsulate linguistic expression and shedding light on their contribution to broader...

Advertising and New Media explores the evolving relationship between new media, advertising and consumers. It examines how increased interactivity and consumer creativity are changing the future of...

Kinesemiotics by Arianna Maiorani offers a new approach to understanding movement-based communication, such as dance, that rely on a shared codified language.This innovative work introduces an...

Rapid Plus 7.2 for a Day is part of a series designed to support Key Stage 3 students in their language arts studies.Each book includes new content, carefully levelled and trialled with students, as...

This introduction to phonetics provides a comprehensive overview of the main topics in the study of sound and its role in language. Designed for students with no prior knowledge, it offers a clear...

The Essentials of English: A Writer's Handbook by Ann Hogue is an indispensable reference tool for writers of all levels. This comprehensive guide covers grammar and punctuation, sentence structure,...

Stéphane Mallarmé's poetry was to become uniquely influential in twentieth century literary criticism. Critics such as Maurice Blanchot and Jacques Derrida saw his name as representing a rupture in...

This graphic novel explores how public space can be used as a medium for protest and political activism.It delves into the work of the UK activist group Led By Donkeys, which has been using large...

Big Baby Finn is a popular English language learning book for young learners. Written by Sue Arengo and published by OUP Oxford, it features 24 pages of engaging content to help children improve...

Describing Prescriptivism: A Topical Analysis of Linguistic Prescriptivism in British and American English. This comprehensive study provides a thought-provoking analysis of linguistic...

Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 5 Workbooks Pack 5B contains six copies of one workbook, ideal for classroom use with a group of children. This workbook is designed to support teaching and learning in...

Noam Chomsky's work has had a profound impact on linguistics and our understanding of mind and language. This book presents two new papers by Chomsky, assessing the current state of the field and...

Language Teacher Noticing in Tasks by Daniel O. Jackson provides an accessible exploration of teacher noticing, a crucial process in language teacher education. This innovative study examines how...

The RapidPlus Assessment Book for Stage 4 provides two fiction stories to help teachers assess students' progress and address difficulties before moving on to the next stage. This assessment tool is...

Discover the fascinating world of words with tricky pronunciations. 100 Words Almost Everyone Mispronounces explores 100 controversies and misconceptions about words that can be confusing to...

This book explores how four advanced learners of Japanese navigate their language learning goals through socialization theory. It presents their individual learner portraits and examines how they...

Discourse Studies for social movements requires a nuanced understanding of the language and communication used by activists. This introduction, written by leading theorist Teun A. van Dijk, provides...

Argumentative Writing in a Second Language offers a comprehensive perspective on teaching argumentative writing to language learners. This collection brings together diverse viewpoints from...

A Biosemiotic Theory of Translation: The Emergence of Social-Cultural Reality by Kobus Marais explores how translation is a complex systemic process underlying semiosis, producing semiotic forms. The...

Polar Animals explores how animals survive in cold climates and answers questions like "Do polar bears eat penguins?".For those interested in learning about the natural world, this book provides...

Frog Fight is a play from Julia Donaldson's Bug Club series, designed to help children develop their reading skills. Engaging stories and beautiful artwork come together in this story about hungry...

The Art and Architecture of Academic Writing provides expert guidance for advanced non-native English users seeking to write confidently in academic settings. By focusing on core writing competencies...

Designed for pre-service and novice teachers in English Language Teaching (ELT), this comprehensive textbook explores the key questions that underpin effective teaching practice. Thoroughly revised...

Corpus Linguistics for Translation and Contrastive Studies A Guide for Research by Mikhail Mikhailov and Robert Cooper provides a clear introduction to using corpora in translation and contrastive...

Fernando Pessoa's Book of Disquiet is a seminal work that has profoundly influenced modern thought. First published in 1982, this vast collection of fragments marked a seismic shift in the...

Contrasts in Tolerance: A comparative analysis of post-war penal policy in the Netherlands and England and WalesThis book offers a fascinating examination of the development of penal policies in two...

Discourse Analysis: An Introduction provides a comprehensive and accessible guide to current trends in discourse studies. This textbook is ideal for students and teachers of linguistics, as well as...

English language has historically changed and continues to evolve. This change is a natural process that affects how words are used, spoken, and written. The book "Is English Changing?" provides an...

Context-Sensitivity and Semantic Minimalism: New Essays on Semantics and Pragmatics by Gerhard Preyer and Georg Peter. This collection of 15 essays explores how the meaning of language is shaped by...

Intertextuality 2.0 explores how people create and interpret meanings in online conversations by linking texts and ideas.This study examines specific strategies used by participants in online weight...

Discover the unique language and culture of Scotland with this comprehensive guide. Scotland Speak features a wide range of Scots words and phrases from across the country, as well as notes on...

Glossalalia: An Alphabet of Critical Keywords is an agenda-setting volume that explores the state of theory in the 21st century. Twenty-six newly commissioned essays provide distinct and original...

New Empirical Perspectives on Translation and Interpreting by Lore Vandevoorde, Joke Daems, and Bart Defrancq explores the current methodological practices in translation and interpreting studies...

The world is ablaze with emotion. For young writers, finding words to express it all can be overwhelming. In this powerful anthology, UEA's most promising students share their writing, exploring...

The Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement examines the role of rational argument in classical oratory and rhetoric. This collection of six chapters explores different aspects of...

This comprehensive guide explores how multiple modes combine in contemporary classrooms and its impact on student learning. Grounded in a systemic functional linguistic framework, it examines the...

Discursive Approaches to Sociopolitical Polarization and Conflict explores how conflict is constructed across diverse contexts through various discursive strategies and linguistic resources. The book...

Get started with teaching English as a second language with this practical guide for inexperienced tutors.This handbook provides an easy-to-follow introduction to tutoring small groups of non-native...

Expression in Speech Analysis and Synthesis explores how expression is produced and understood in speech. The authors examine the potential of biological and cognitive models to explain the...

Rhetoric in the European Tradition by Thomas M. Conley provides a comprehensive survey of the development of rhetorical theories and practices from ancient Greece to the twentieth century. This...

Hilmes offers a comprehensive introduction to the evolution of Hollywood and broadcasting in America, situating film, radio, and television within the broader context of national culture.This study...

Understanding Narrative Text: A Study of Stylistics and Reading Processes This book explores how readers make sense of literary narratives by examining the textual nature of fictional stories...

Develop your language skills with Look and See 2: Activity Book, a 3-level series designed for very young learners of English.This activity book is part of a popular series that encourages...

This book presents a new analytical framework for understanding multimodal meaning-making in novels. By integrating theoretical traditions from stylistics and social semiotic approaches to multimodal...

Rethinking Home: A Case for Writing Local History by Joseph A. Amato offers a fresh perspective on the power of local history to revivify the individual, the concrete, and the particular in an era of...

This comprehensive volume provides a detailed overview of Joshua A. Fishman's significant contributions to international sociolinguistics. Two integrative essays offer essential insights into...

Toward a Genetics of Language by Mabel Rice explores the current evidence and theoretical issues in understanding the genetic and environmental bases of language acquisition and impairments. This...

Interviewing: The Oregon Method brings together practical and analytical essays from over three dozen professional interviewers, scholars, and teachers. This revised edition features new chapters to...

English in Modern Times: A Sociohistorical Approach to Late Modern English This book explores the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, arguing that it was during this period that...

The Routledge Handbook of Semiosis and the Brain by Adolfo M. García and Agustín Ibáñez is an in-depth exploration of neurosemiotics, a pluralistic framework that reconsiders semiosis as an emergent...

The Role of Language in the Climate Change Debate by Kjersti Flottum explores the complex linguistic and discursive aspects of the climate change debate. This collection examines key themes such as...

The figure of the dictator dominates representations of postcolonial Africa. Since the late 1970s, writers and thinkers have sought to portray the realities of dictatorship without perpetuating...

Translating the Language of Patents is a comprehensive guide to navigating the complexities of patent translation and avoiding costly errors.The identified provisions of law governing language use in...

Conradin's life is marked by two big secrets. He dislikes his aunt and keeps a wild animal in the garden shed. This small creature has sharp, white teeth and a taste for fresh blood. Every night,...

Addressing the rapid changes in our digital world, this book offers a new understanding of literacy by considering knowledge as contextualized, embodied, multimodal, and digitally mediated.The...

Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Girls by Julie Harper is designed to inspire girls' interest in learning and practicing cursive handwriting. This workbook focuses on writing phrases and sentences in...

Visualizing Digital Discourse: Interactional, Institutional and Ideological Perspectives brings together leading scholars to explore the role of visual communication in digital media. This first...

Phantastic Fiction: A Shamanic Approach to Story by Matthew J PallamaryThis book explores the connection between shamanism and storytelling, drawing on the author's extensive research into ancient...

Watchdog Journalism in South America explores the emergence of critical journalism in four countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. This book examines how journalists and editors have...

Discover the vibrant story of New Mexico's book artists and their dedication to traditional printmaking. This book explores five historic periods, from 19th-century printers to contemporary...

Understanding the Fundamentals of Chinese Grammar Fundamental Structures of the Chinese Language is an insightful resource for grasping how Chinese grammar functions in everyday conversation. This...

Circulation, Writing and Rhetoric explores the concept of circulation in both theory and practice, highlighting its impact on various ecologies, communities, and subjectivities. This collection...

This new theory of phonological representations for segments and syllables offers a radical approach to understanding the 'speech sounds' that occur in human languages. Based on 30 years of research,...

This book explores the complex relationship between language and society in France. It examines what drives the French to focus so intently on language and how this approach is reflected in...

A Prosody of Free Verse Explorations in Rhythm by Richard Andrews provides a systematic approach to describing and analyzing free verse rhythms. This book challenges conventional views, instead...

Qualitative Research Topics in Language Teacher Education by Gary Patrick Barkhuizen explores the diverse range of research topics within language teacher education. This collection brings together...

A Concise Introduction to Syntactic Theory: The Government-Binding Approach by Elizabeth A. Cowper provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to syntactic theory, covering key concepts and...

Introducing Young Explorers: Level 1 Class Book, a starter unit that introduces key concepts and characters.This class book provides six teaching units with seven lessons each, covering core material...

Naoki Fukui's groundbreaking essays bring together two distinct perspectives on the fundamental operation of human language syntax: theoretical linguistics and neuroscience. Part I explores the...

An Annotated Syntax Reader: A Collection of Groundbreaking Articles in Linguistics. This collection brings together seminal articles from over forty years of research in syntax, providing a...

Hardcover: 254 pages Penelope Muse Abernathy explores the challenges facing community newspapers in the digital age and offers practical guidance for editors and publishers to build community online...