A new edition of an essential pragmatics textbook, updated for a new generation of students Introduction to Pragmatics equips students with a comprehensive understanding of how context shapes language, covering both foundational concepts...More info...
This book presents a four-step framework to help English as a world language (EWL) learners successfully develop global competence, which is defined as the skills, values, and behaviors that prepare young people to thrive in diverse environments....More info...
This book presents a four-step framework to help English as a world language (EWL) learners successfully develop global competence, which is defined as the skills, values, and behaviors that prepare young people to thrive in diverse environments....More info...
This new edition of Vivian Cooks bestseller has been updated in order to deal with the effects of a changing and diversifying world and language-learning classroom. The latest sociolinguistic and didactic insights arising from these changes are now...More info...
This new edition of Vivian Cooks bestseller has been updated in order to deal with the effects of a changing and diversifying world and language-learning classroom. The latest sociolinguistic and didactic insights arising from these changes are now...More info...
(Pub. Date: 20-Oct-2025, Hardback, Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, ISBN-13: 9783111546919)
The volume collects papers by leading semanticists, syntacticians, and morphologists working on the notion of degree. It aims at deepening our understanding of (i) the internal and external syntax of the standard clause; (ii) the internal...More info...
(Pub. Date: 20-Oct-2025, Hardback, Publisher: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111579900)
Phrynichus’ Praeparatio sophistica ranks not last among the most importat works of ancient scholarly literature which we wish we could read in its original, full redaction. It was Phrynichus’ magnum opus, and the high status of...More info...
Series: Developments in English as a Lingua Franca [DELF]
(Pub. Date: 20-Oct-2025, Hardback, Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, ISBN-13: 9783111294667)
This book explores the possibilities of designing, implementing, and evaluating an English language teaching programme based on research in English as a lingua franca (ELF). Drawing on the editors and authors experiences in applying ELF research to...More info...
Based on Soviet narratology, this book offers a genealogy of spatial, user-centric story design and its current applications as a counternarrative to agonal games, classical novels and cinema. It will appeal to performance art, game design, interact...More info...
(Pub. Date: 20-Oct-2025, Hardback, Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, ISBN-13: 9783119148931)
Portuguese Phonology in Context delivers a pioneering analysis of Săo Tomé and Príncipe Portuguese (PSTP), revealing unique phonological features of this African Portuguese variety. Through comparison with Brazilian and European Portuguese, it highl...More info...
The Routledge Handbook of Transdisciplinary Systemic Functional Linguistics offers a groundbreaking exploration of how M.A.K. Hallidays influential work extends beyond traditional linguistic boundaries to address todays most complex probl...More info...
One hundred poems that blend sharp wit, playful wordplay, and self-deprecating humour to explore lifes quirks and contradictions. John Eaton pokes fun at authority, modern mores, and the daily grind with a light touch and a wicked grin, transforming...More info...
In a new paperback format, Harper reveals the proven methods and frameworks she has used for nearly two decades to write and edit perennial bestsellers. The payoff for doing the important work: a must-read book, and a massive readership who serve as...More info...
This engaging textbook provides an in-depth examination of tourist discourse and communication and a guide to how to translate tourism texts.Through analysis of the linguistic, intercultural, and socially inclusive aspects of tourist commun...More info...
This engaging textbook provides an in-depth examination of tourist discourse and communication and a guide to how to translate tourism texts.Through analysis of the linguistic, intercultural, and socially inclusive aspects of tourist commun...More info...
Constructive news counters negative journalism but remains under-researched, especially in translation. This book explores its cross-cultural practice, with focus on the Global South. It covers multimodality, audience attitudes, pedagogy, and moreid...More info...
This comprehensive and accessible book introduces child development in the first three years of life. Organized chronologically, the book explores three developmental stages—newborn (birth-3 months), infant (4-17 months), and child (18-36 months)—...More info...
This comprehensive and accessible book introduces child development in the first three years of life. Organized chronologically, the book explores three developmental stages—newborn (birth-3 months), infant (4-17 months), and child (18-36 months)...More info...
Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
(Pub. Date: 20-Oct-2025, Hardback, Publisher: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487568603)
An insightful memoir from a man who actively participated in the transformation of Canadian law over the last half-century as a lawyer, scholar, and judge, Robert J. Sharpes story is one of indomitable passion for the law....More info...
This book provides an outline of listening theory, offers practical listening methods, and presents how metacognitive instruction can be integrated into real lesson practice. A useful resource for academics, educators, and curriculum designers in...More info...
The Power of the Little People is an evocative collection of stories about the Maymaygwesiwak, the little people of Anishinaabe culture. Encounters with Maymaygwesiwak are sometimes beneficial and sometimes troublesome, yet they are always...More info...
Topics in Korean Language and Culture: Volume Two covers 12 essential topics relating to both traditional and contemporary Korean culture and society for advanced Korean learners.Each chapter consists of listening and reading passage...More info...
Spanish-Language Pragmatics: A Guide for Teachers provides Spanish instructors with a user-friendly introductory guide to teaching Spanish pragmatics and is designed to make it easier to implement pragmatics instruction in the classroom....More info...
Spanish-Language Pragmatics: A Guide for Teachers provides Spanish instructors with a user-friendly introductory guide to teaching Spanish pragmatics and is designed to make it easier to implement pragmatics instruction in the classroom....More info...
This second volume of the three-part encyclopedia of Chinese-English translation provides a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of translation studies in both China and the West. This second volume of the three-part encyclope...More info...
This third volume of the three-volume encyclopedic set of Chinese-English translations offers practical insights by examining ancient Chinese maxims, comparing different translations, and providing expert commentary. This third volu...More info...
This first volume of a three-volume encyclopedic set explores Chinese-English translation through Chinese cultural perspectives and modern translation theories. This first volume of a three-volume encyclopedic set explores Chinese–E...More info...
Studying Meaning provides a comprehensive introduction to semantics and pragmatics, covering all key concepts and new developments in an accessible manner. By introducing both together, the book compares their contributions to meaning and p...More info...
