Language and Code

This is the definitive survey of the English language-in all its forms. Crystal writes accessibly about the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the world, and finally he gives a

This volume offers a practical introduction to the use of neuroscience to teach second languages. It provides information on the relation between how the brain learns and how this can be used to const

Stokoe (1919-2000) was the founder of sign language linguistics as well as a teacher and advocate for the educational rights of deaf people. Here he explores the origin of human language, providing ev

Biblical Body Language aims to deepen the appreciation of biblical symbolism in regard to the human body, and its importance from a faith perspective. To fully explain the body imagery of the bible, t

"Roman Jakobson was one of the great minds of the modern world," Edward J. Brown has written, "and the effects of his genius have been felt in many fields: linguistics, semiotics, art, structural ant

In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual

The Language of ICT:* explores the nature of the electronic word and presents the new types of text in which it is found* examines the impact of the rapid technological change we are living through* a

The Night Language tells the story of a young man, Prince Alamayou of Abyssinia (present day Ethiopia), who is taken from his home and the Abyssinian war to the court of Queen Victoria—a world he know

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Why is it that after we "fall in love," so many of us get hurt? Because we "fell!" But love feels light, energizing! So it would be more fitting to say "I've ascended in love!" and not set ourselves u

This important early Heidegger text sheds new light on his later focus on language.

This important early Heidegger text sheds new light on his later focus on language.

Learning language and using language to learn is at the core of any educational activity. Bringing together a globally representative team of experts, this volume presents an innovative and empirically robust collection of studies that examine the role of language in education, with a particular emphasis on features of school-relevant language in middle childhood and adolescents, and its precursors in early childhood. It addresses issues such as how children's linguistic and literacy experiences at home prepare them for school, how the classroom functions as a language-mediated learning environment, and how schools can support language minority students in academic attainment. Set in three parts - Early Childhood, Middle Childhood and Adolescence and Learning in Multilingual Contexts - each part features a discussion from experts in the field to stimulate conversation and further routes for research. Its structure will make it useful for anyone interested in ongoing efforts towards bui

This book describes a theory-guided approach to Foreign Language (FL) course development, implementation, instruction and assessment. It documents the development and implementation of a theory-guided

How do teachers inspire students to learn to appreciate different Englishes? Has anyone tried to teach world Englishes? If so, what do they do and how do they feel about it? Most importantly, do stude

"Group Work in the English Language Curriculum explores how using small groups in second language classrooms supports language learning. The book asserts that both language and learning are first and

Bringing together sign language linguistics and the semantics-pragmatics interface, this book focuses on the use of signing space in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). On the basis of small-scale corpus dat

A growing number of studies have begun to examine the influence of language-specific factors on language acquisition. During language acquisition, German children from six years on use structures that

Of the 14 or so distinct speech varieties of the Gurage cluster in the highlands to the south and southwest of Addis Ababa, explains Ahland (linguistics, U. of Oregon), Mesmes has escaped all but the

This is a filmography of not only all of the English-language movies made during the 1960s that had a theatrical release but major foreign films exhibited in the United States as well. The films are

Most current theories of lexical access in speech production are designed to capture the behaviour of young adults – typically college students. However, young adults represent a minority of the world

"I love you.""What can I get you?""Let's take a walk." Wanting to say simple things like these but not being able to is frustrating and disheartening?but learning how to communicate can be easy and fu

Packed with lessons, sample texts, and strategies, this book helps teachers use ELL students’ personal experiences to improve their oral language, reading comprehension, and writing skills.