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Textual Explorations eBook Series

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  • The Poetics of Science Fiction

    by Peter Stockwell ...
    Series series Textual Explorations
    The Poetics of Science Fiction uniquely uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the twentieth-century, the book is a readable discussion of this most popular of genres. It also uses the extreme conditions offered by science fiction to develop new insights into the language of the ... Read more

    $99.99 USD

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  • Nitty-Gritty Grammar

    A Not-So-Serious Guide to Clear Communication

    by Edith Hope Fine, Judith Pinkerton Josephson ...
    An easy-to-follow guide for all of your grammar needs.With clear text, appealing cartoons, and a focus on common grammatical errors and how to correct them, this little volume is a real gem that should find a permanent place with companies, universities, and anyone seeking a user-friendly guide to style and usage. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek

    by Joint Association of Classical Teachers ...
    Series series Reading Greek
    First published in 1978 and now thoroughly revised, Reading Greek is a best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students of any age. It combines the best of modern and traditional language-learning techniques and is used in schools, summer schools and universities across the world. This Independent Study Guide is intended to help students who are learning Greek on their own ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • Saving our Prepositions

    A Guide for the Perplexed

    by David Thatcher ...
    Prepositions (words like above, from, in, of and with which relate one part of a sentence to another) are, though few in number, among the most frequently used words in English. They are also among the most frequently misused: writers and speakers alike seem to have endless trouble in choosing the right or acceptable preposition. The sad result is widespread uncertainty, confusion and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Genetics for Language Scientists

    Current Concepts, Methods, and Findings

    by Dan Dediu ...
    During the last few decades we have discovered enormous amounts about our genomes, their evolution and, importantly for linguists and language scientists, the genetic foundations of language and speech. Accessible and readable, this introduction is designed specifically for students and researchers working in language and linguistics. It carefully focuses on the most relevant concepts, methods and ... Read more

    $114.79 USD

  • A Brief History of English Syntax

    by Olga Fischer, Hendrik De Smet, Wim van der Wurff ...
    In its 1500-year history, the English language has seen dramatic grammatical changes. This book offers a comprehensive and reader-friendly account of the major developments, including changes in word order, the noun phrase and verb phrase, changing relations between clausal constituents and the development of new subordinate constructions. The book puts forward possible explanations for change, ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax

    Edited by Marcel den Dikken ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
    Syntax – the study of sentence structure – has been at the centre of generative linguistics from its inception and has developed rapidly and in various directions. The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax provides a historical context for what is happening in the field of generative syntax today, a survey of the various generative approaches to syntactic structure available in the literature ... Read more

    $60.69 USD

  • English for Academic Correspondence

    by Adrian Wallwork ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Written specifically for researchers of all disciplines whose first language is not English, this guide presents easy-to-follow rules and tips, along with authentic examples taken from real emails, referees' reports and cover letters, will show you how to:write effective emails (subject lines, structure, requests, level of formality)review other people's manuscriptsreply effectively and ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Syntactical Mechanics

    A New Approach to English, Latin, and Greek

    by Bruce A. McMenomy ...
    Series series Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture
    Syntax, Bruce McMenomy would like the beleaguered student to know, is not a collection of inconsistent and arbitrary rules, but rather an organic expression of meaning that evolved over time. Aimed at intermediate and advanced students of classical languages, this book shows how understanding grammatical concepts as channels for meaning makes learning them that much easier and, in a word, natural ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Tangwang Language

    An Interdisciplinary Case Study in Northwest China

    by Dan Xu ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book studies the Tangwang language, providing the first comprehensive grammar in English of this Chinese variety, with detailed analysis of its phonology, morphology, and syntax. This fills a gap in the literature, as previously only a few articles on this language were available. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach, examining genetic data to determine historical patterns of ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Arabic L2 Interlanguage

    Syntactic sequences, agreement and variation

    by Ghassan Husseinali ...
    Series series Topics in Arabic Applied Linguistics
    Arabic L2 Interlanguage is a significant and timely addition to the field of Second Language Acquisition, providing valuable insight into the development of ‘interlanguage’, the interim language of early beginners, in learners of Arabic.This book:Clearly establishes what interlanguage is and why it should form an important part of foreign language teachingPresents the reader with a sequence in ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Production-oriented and Comprehension-based Grammar Teaching in the Foreign Language Classroom

    by Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak, Mirosław Pawlak ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    The book addresses one of the key controversies in teaching foreign language grammar, which is the utility of production-oriented instruction, as exemplified in the PPP sequence, and comprehension-based teaching, as implemented in interpretation tasks and processing instruction. It provides a thorough overview of issues related to learning and teaching grammar, with a particular focus on input ... Read more

    $89.09 USD