Language Arts category: 28677 books
Language Interrupted
Signs of Non-Native Acquisition in Standard Language Grammars
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2007
Foreigners often say that English language is "easy." A language like Spanish is challenging in its variety of verb endings (the verb speak is conjugated hablo, hablas, hablamos), and gender for nouns, whereas English is more straight forward (I speak, you speak, we speak). But linguists...
Ukrainian Language Audio Training Course
Language Learning Country Guide and Vocabulary for Travel in Ukraine
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Ukrainian Language Audio Training CourseWelcome to the Ukrainian Language Audio Training Course. This course is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to Ukraine. Learn essential words, phrases and vocabulary. This course is perfect for beginners and anyone interested in learning...
The Language of Schooling
A Functional Linguistics Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2004
This book is about how language is used in the context of schooling. It demonstrates that the variety of English expected at school differs from the interactional language that students use for social purposes outside of school, and provides a linguistic analysis of the challenges of the school curriculum,...
Japanese Language
Learn the Fascinating History and Evolution of the Language Along With Many Useful Japanese Grammar Points
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
This is a book about the structure, history and evolution of the Japanese language.
The Japanese Language is a classic study of one of the world's most widely used but least understood languages. Emphasizing the richness and complexity of Japanese as well as its limitations, this fine book...
by Donald G. Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
From Language to Communication focuses on the structure of texts and on the social and psychological aspects of language. Utilizing current thinking and research, this volume provides an overview of issues in linguistics, sociolinguistics, cognition, pragmatics, discourse, and semantics as they coalesce...
Language and the Lexicon
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
The lexicon represents the building blocks of language: words and vocabulary. Most of us think of language in terms of words, and words are also integral to the way in which linguists approach language as an object of study. The lexicon and lexical issues must be taken in consideration in every domain...
Becoming Fluent
How Cognitive Science Can Help Adults Learn a Foreign Language
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
How adult learners can draw upon skills and knowledge honed over a lifetime to master a foreign language.
Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged because they believe they cannot acquire a language as easily as children. Once they begin to learn a language, adults...
by Rod Ellis, Natsuko Shintani
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory MA course as well as advanced undergraduates. Titles in the series are...
Wolof Language Audio Training Course
Language Learning Country Guide and Vocabulary for Travel in Mauritania
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Wolof Language Audio Training CourseWelcome to the Wolof Language Audio Training Course. This course is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to Mauritania. Learn essential words, phrases and vocabulary. This course is perfect for beginners and anyone interested in learning...
Family Language Learning
Learn Another Language, Raise Bilingual Children
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Family Language Learning is a practical guide designed to support, advise and encourage any parents who are hoping to raise their children bilingually. It is unique in that it focuses on parents who are not native speakers of a foreign language. It gives parents the tools they need to cultivate and...
Moldovan (Romanian) Language Audio Training Course
Language Learning Country Guide and Vocabulary for Travel in Moldova
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Moldovan (Romanian) Language Audio Training CourseWelcome to the Moldovan (Romania) Language Audio Training Course. This course is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to the Republic of Moldova. Learn essential words, phrases and vocabulary. This course is perfect for beginners...
Teaching and Learning Pragmatics
Where Language and Culture Meet
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
An understanding of sociocultural context is crucial in second language learning – yet developing this awareness often poses a real challenge to the typical language learner.
This book is a practical language teachersÂ’ guide that focuses on how to teach socially and culturally appropriate...
by R.L. Trask
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
What makes human language unique?
Do women speak differently from men?
Just what is the meaning of "meaning"?
Language: The Basics provides a concise introduction to the study of language. Written in an engaging and entertaining style, it encourages the reader to think about the way...
by Professor David Nunan
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language is a complex and ever-evolving phenomenon, but it is one that deeply defines us all. So, What Is This Thing Called Language? Illustrating how it is used in different ways and in varied contexts, this book offers a thought-provoking and entertaining guide through the mysteries of language. The...