Mark Sebba

Spelling matters to people. In America and Britain every day, members of the public write to the media on spelling issues, and take part in spelling contests. In Germany, a reform of the spelling system has provoked a constitutional crisis; in Galicia, a 'war of orthographies' parallels an intense public debate on national identity; on walls, bridges and trains globally, PUNX and ANARKISTS proclaim their identities orthographically. The way we spell often represents an attempt to associate with, or dissociate from, other languages. In Spelling and Society, Mark Sebba explores why matters of orthography are of real concern to so many groups, as a reflection of culture, history and social practices, and as a powerful symbol of national or local identity. This 2007 book will be welcomed by students and researchers in English language, orthography and sociolinguistics, and by anyone interested in the importance of spelling in contemporary society.

Spelling matters to people. In America and Britain every day, members of the public write to the media on spelling issues, and take part in spelling contests. In Germany, a reform of the spelling syst

Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles aims to introduce the reader to the exciting and important field of pidgin and creole studies. The book deals with the linguistic, historical and social aspects

"Code-switching," or the alternation of languages by bilinguals, has attracted an enormous amount of attention from researchers. However, most research has focused on spoken language, and the resultan

"Code-switching," or the alternation of languages by bilinguals, has attracted an enormous amount of attention from researchers. However, most research has focused on spoken language, and the resultan

Social scientists have devoted much attention to investigating the social meaning of spoken language and more recently written language in the form of corpora. Phonologists and phoneticians have grapp

London Jamaican provides the reader with a new perspective on African descent in London. Based on research carried out in the early 1980s, the author examines the linguistic background of the communit

日本兩個半月熱賣10萬冊！ X（推特）上一年獲得93萬人次按讚的超強英文學習法！ ◎see、watch、look都是「看」；speak、say、talk都是「說」，差在哪裡？ ◎開心可以用happy，也可以用glad、pleased、joyful……怎麼正確使用？ ◎story是故事也是建築物樓層；capital是首都也是資金，一字多意怎麼背？ ◎上班是go to work？回家卻是go home，為何不用加to？ ◎desert（沙漠）跟dessert（甜點），你到現在還是常搞混？ 本書作者Mark（村木幸司），是日本英文教練協會認證教練， 初入職場時他為了工作需要，特別找母語人士補習英文， 補了幾年，多益（TOEIC）還是只有三百多分。 後來他靠「看圖像」學英文，能力大幅提升，甚至被公司派駐海外。 這套「圖像英文學習法」一發布到網路上，網友直呼：「應該收錄在教科書！」 目前追蹤人數已超過6萬。 ◎國中程度就卡關？用圖像克服！ ．做和製造的多重宇宙 do、act、execute……都是「做」； make、create、generate……都能翻成「製造」， 用法差在哪？答案藏在語感裡。 ．時態好難？看圖，就變得超簡單！ 現在式和進行式有什麼不同？過去式和完成式差在哪？ 畫一條「時間線」你就能瞬間搞懂。 usually、often、sometimes，中文都是「有時候」，怎麼判斷程度高低？ 作者教你「百分比」記憶法，輕鬆判斷好簡單。 in Sunday、on Sunday、at Sunday哪個對？ on a bus、in a bus，還是by a bus，超困擾！ 善用「空間圖」，讓你記一輩子。 ◎開口說，先從日常生活練起！ 起床用get up（從醒來到起身）， 如果還躺在床上就是wake up（從睡眠狀態睜開眼）； 上學用go to school，回家用go home，go後面加不加to，怎麼判斷？ ◎多益（TOEIC）測驗常考字，靠圖表搞懂！ story是「故事」也是「建築物樓層」； capital是「首都」也是「資金」； book除了當名詞「書」，也可以當動詞「預約」。 英文有多義詞的特性，只記一個意思當然不夠用， 怎麼記單字最輕鬆？ 英文認證教練的「圖像學習法」，多益分數從300分輕鬆翻倍。 英文認證教練的「圖像學習法」，多益從300分輕鬆翻倍。 原本只能

Written and peer reviewed by experts from around the globe, Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology provides up-to-date coverage of traditional topics of continuing interest to professionals, r

A mathematically rigorous explanation of how manufacturing deviations and damage on the working surfaces of gear teeth cause transmission-error contributions to vibration excitationsSome gear-tooth wo

A comprehensive resource on the past, present, and future of space technologyResearchers in optics, materials processing, and telecommunications require a reference that can provide a quick study of a

This short, concrete, and to-the-point book guides students through this vast field of conflicting opinions. The book begins from the premise that students benefit most from seeing a balanced treatmen

"This is one of the most coherent and comprehensive theories of evaluation yet formulated and one that makes a most valuable contribution. The authors are pioneering in important new directions."--Ern

Dealing with the principles of calibration--both the theoretical and mathematical constructs which relate features of calibration equations to the physical phenomena that affect instruments and sample

在這本以美國密西西比河岸小鎮為背景的故事里，主要的色調是陽光和溫暖，孩子們生活的世界里基本上充滿了愛。這里沒有孤兒受盡欺凌，多的是同情與寬容，雖然還有打小報告的弟弟妹妹，或者是嚴厲的老師……但是故事進行中的各個段落終究還是回歸到上帝的愛和人間的溫情，使得倦極而歸的孩子躺在床上的時候，身心充滿了舒暢與安全感。