A fascinating exploration of the role of the bookseller through the ages, from antiquity to the present day. An essential read for all book lovers....Loe edasi...
This compact book is a guide for social workers and social work students to integrate climate resilience and adaptation into their work in order to cope with a degenerating climate and increasing vulnerability. It is a forward-looking, practical, an...Loe edasi...
This book provides readers with a new angle to understand the progress of legal construction in China, by making a comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of the translation of laws and regulations in China from the perspective of national gove...Loe edasi...
This book investigates the processes and products of the language work of social media influencers (SMIs) and copywriters in the advertising industry....Loe edasi...
In this origin story of humanity, scientific expert Madeleine Beekman makes the case that human language evolved to solve an existential problem for our ancestors: caring for extremely premature infants....Loe edasi...
This bright and fun activity book contains engaging activities designed to practise and consolidate core phonics skills and learning from school, at home....Loe edasi...
Through a mixed research synthesis of high-quality empirical studies, Jackson and Takahashi examine both widely reported and understudied psychological factors underlying foreign language learning in Japan, with an ecological approach framing the an...Loe edasi...
Learn how to read with truly decodable non-fiction for older readers in need of support to build reading confidence, while learning more about the world around them. This learn-to-read series for 9-12 year-olds comprises 12 truly decodabl...Loe edasi...
What is language? Where did it come from? How do babies learn it from scratch? How do we pick up languages beyond our mother tongue? This eye-opening book answers big questions about language and the mind, explaining how we use and understand langua...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009587396)
What is language? Where did it come from? How do babies learn it from scratch? How do we pick up languages beyond our mother tongue? This eye-opening book answers big questions about language and the mind, explaining how we use and understand langua...Loe edasi...
This book offers a localised cultural approach to understanding (im)politeness behaviour in Mexico, thereby making a meaningful contribution to the study of pragmatics. It combines theory and practice to examine contextualised relational conduct, wi...Loe edasi...
This book contributes to the current research area by achieving an understanding of the organization of our academic activities and by finding evidence for the generic conditioning of texts on the linguistic strata. Drawing on a functional theory, t...Loe edasi...
This one-of-a-kind resource allows readers to compare the two major New Testament manuscript traditions and see how they inform English translations, revealing to English-only readers something they could never see before: which differences among Bib...Loe edasi...
The trusted guide to honing your public policy writing skills and making a significant impact on the world, thoroughly updated and expanded.Effective policy writing holds the transformative power to inspire action, shape public opini...Loe edasi...
This book presents a novel, alignment-based evaluation framework that tackles a persistent challenge in natural language processing (NLP): how to fairly and accurately evaluate systems when preprocessing steps such as tokenization and sentence bound...Loe edasi...
The volume explores the concept of paradigm in word-formation, focusing on its applicability to Slavic morphology, with an emphasis on Czech. It examines word-formation without derivational affixes, referred to as conversion in line with the current...Loe edasi...
The ultimate guide to sushi in a handy pocket format!Do you know the names of all the sushi at a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant? Or the kinds of fish they use, where they come from and what they taste like?Whether youre...Loe edasi...
This striking pocket hardback edition presents Aristotles classic treatise on the art of persuasion, featuring gold cover embossing and gilded page-edges.In ancient Greece, rhetoric was at the centre of public life. Many writer...Loe edasi...
A fascinating collection of rarely seen journalism and other writings by Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series.Ian Fleming was best known for bringing to life the legendary character of James Bond, one of the most be...Loe edasi...
Alternative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition: Second Edition is the eagerly awaited, expanded update of a landmark text. This volume explores alternative perspectives on second language acquisition, offering a critical challenge to...Loe edasi...
Alternative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition: Second Edition is the eagerly awaited, expanded update of a landmark text. It explores alternative perspectives on second language acquisition, offering a critical challenge to the domi...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1981, Adult–Child Conversation explores the dynamics of communication between adults and children and examines the structure, function, and implications of conversational exchanges in various contexts. It prov...Loe edasi...
Students of the human sciences – economics, sociology, politics, anthropology, psychology – frequently encounter the names and distinctive theories of philosophers. It is none the less difficult to judge the contribution of such philosophers witho...Loe edasi...
How did the rise of polite society change the language of literature? What was the effect of Romanticism on poetic word order? How does knowing the answers to these questions alter the meaning of a text for us?Reading literature is a quest...Loe edasi...
Language and Ideology in Children’s Fiction (1992) reveals how books shape young minds by embedding societal beliefs within stories. It examines how fiction socializes readers through invisible ideological processes, exploring picture books...Loe edasi...
This book investigates how d/Deaf learners engage with reading in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and whether explicit reading strategy instruction can support their comprehension. Focusing on the unique challenges and linguistic circumstances o...Loe edasi...
This book explores how crises transform the relationship between individuals, media, and institutions in shaping historical events. Focusing on the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, it examines how mediaboth traditional and digitalconstruct narratives...Loe edasi...
Alongside complementarian and egalitarian disagreement on the roles of men and women in the church is a parallel discussion among complementarians. While complementarians share a set of core commitments and concerns, they diverge at key points of bib...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Michigan State University Press, ISBN-13: 9781611865660)
Our political landscape is crowded with competing voices—claims, demands, grievances, and even acts of violence—all made in the name of some idea of “the people.” This powerful concept has been wielded both to assert democratic sovereignty and to...Loe edasi...
Comprehensively rewritten and updated, this new edition of the leading textbook on Dubbing provides a solid overview of the world of dubbing and is fundamentally interactive in approach. Comprehensively rewritten and updated...Loe edasi...
Comprehensively rewritten and updated, this new edition of the leading textbook on Dubbing provides a solid overview of the world of dubbing and is fundamentally interactive in approach. Comprehensively rewritten and updated...Loe edasi...
Sari: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur Romanische Philologie
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111471556)
The Romance languages are primarily described in terms of their existence in Europe and America. French and Portuguese, in particular, are also widely spoken in Africa, where Spanish and faint traces of Italian can be found as well. This book exp...Loe edasi...
Bringing together the linguistics of both BSL and ASL for the first time, this textbook provides a uniquely international and comparative introduction to the structure and use of signed languages. With photographs and videos of over 150 signs, end o...Loe edasi...
The book aims to deduce stipulative properties of binding conditions by reformulating them through a novel movement theory, under the tenet of the Minimalist Program. Integrating the insights of Abes (2014) pro-movement theory and Higginbothams (19...Loe edasi...
A thorough introduction to formal syntactic typology, which covers syntactic variation across languages. The comprehensive glossary, end-of-chapter exercises and annotated further reading lists allow readers to consolidate and extend their knowledge...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009291620)
A thorough introduction to formal syntactic typology, which covers syntactic variation across languages. The comprehensive glossary, end-of-chapter exercises and annotated further reading lists allow readers to consolidate and extend their knowledge...Loe edasi...
Build AI applications that integrate multiple models, data sources, and other components using Microsoft Agent Framework.Even simple AI applications need to combine LLMs and other models, functions and plugins created in various progra...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009381635)
Written primarily for undergraduate students in Chinese linguistics, language, and related fields, this accessible and engaging textbook provides valuable insight into the features of the Chinese language in both contemporary and historical contexts...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009445733)
Pointing is a fundamental gesture that connects individuals to their social and physical worlds, opening our eyes to important questions about language, cognition, and child development. Spanning psychology, anthropology, and animal behavior, this b...Loe edasi...
Pointing is a fundamental gesture that connects individuals to their social and physical worlds, opening our eyes to important questions about language, cognition, and child development. Spanning psychology, anthropology, and animal behavior, this b...Loe edasi...
This open access volume is the second of three volumes exploring the intersection of Ocean Literacy, community engagement, the Blue Economy, and the creative arts during the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Throu...Loe edasi...
Adam Schembri, Jordan Fenlon, Kearsy Cormier, Trevor Johnston
Sari: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781107077140)
Bringing together the linguistics of both BSL and ASL for the first time, this textbook provides a uniquely international and comparative introduction to the structure and use of signed languages. With photographs and videos of over 150 signs, end o...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192882363)
This book proposes and motivates a ban on words and sentences of a particular form, and shows that there are differences between how this ban is satisfied at the word level and at the sentence level. One striking finding is that syntactic operations...Loe edasi...
