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Learn Sign Language in a Hurry

Grasp the Basics of American Sign Language Quickly and Easily

by Irene Duke
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2009

"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 fun! This book is a basic guide to the alphabet, vocabulary, and techniques it takes to connect...
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The Librarian as Information Consultant

Transforming Reference for the Information Age

by Sarah Anne Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011

Library users’ evolving information needs and their choice of search methods have changed reference work profoundly. Today’s reference librarian must work in a whole new way—not only service-focused and businesslike, but even entrepreneurial. Murphy innovatively rethinks the philosophy behind...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010

Navigating government documents is a task that requires considerable knowledge of specialized terms and acronyms. This required knowledge nearly amounts to knowing a completely different language. To those who are not fluent, the task can be overwhelming, as federal departments fill their documents...
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Making Sense of Business Reference

A Guide for Librarians and Research Professionals

by Celia Ross
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013

In times of recession, the library is more critical than ever for those who want to start a business and need to do research, and academic and public libraries are at the heart of a growing need to research business questions. An “accidental business reference librarian by trade,” Ross explains how...
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by Alan Albarran
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009

With the rise of Spanish language media around the world, The Handbook of Spanish Language Media provides an overview of the field and its emerging issues. This Handbook will serve as the definitive source for scholars interested in this emerging field of study; not only to provide background knowledge...
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How to Speak Bayonnease

The Secret Language of Bayonne, New York's Sixth Borough

by V, G
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2008

A little known town, just outside of Manhattan, nestled within the boroughs of New York, Bayonne has an eclectic bunch of folk, these people are the residents of Bayonne, known as the Bayonitte. The Language of Bayonne is Bayonnease. We will now set forth to defi ne subtle differences in the American...
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by Leng Chan
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018

Cantonese language and culture for everyday use Cantonese is a vibrant, fascinating language spoken in Hong Kong, Macau, southern China, Southeast Asia, and Chinese communities worldwide. If you hear a language being spoken in your city's Chinatown, it's most likely Cantonese. This book...
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The English is Coming!

How One Language is Sweeping the World

by Leslie Dunton-Downer
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010

English has fast become the number one language for everything from business and science, diplomacy and education, entertainment and environmentalism to socializing and beyond—virtually any human activity unfolding on a global scale. Worldwide, nonnative speakers of English now outnumber natives...
Cover of The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times - With an Introductory Chapter on the Preceding Period - The Original Classic Edition
by Kathleen Lambley
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times - With an Introductory Chapter on the Preceding Period. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after...
Cover of The Grammar Guidebook: A Complete Reference Tool for Young Writers, Aspiring Rhetoricians, and Anyone Else Who Needs to Understand How English Works (Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind)
by Susan Wise Bauer, Mike Fretto
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019

On its own or as a supplement to the Grammar for the Well-Trained Mind program, this complete compendium of grammar rules and examples will become an indispensable guide to writing—throughout high school, into college, and beyond. With a new name, but the same, thorough, clearly-outlined...
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by Joseph Devlin
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017

Learn the Easy Way to Speak and Write Well. I found this book by accident while browsing through a now-defunct Los Angeles bookstore/cafe. *It was the luckiest accident of my life.*At that point I had been a professional writer for more than twenty years, but I rarely enjoyed my work, and I...
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The Semiotics of Emoji

The Rise of Visual Language in the Age of the Internet

by Professor Marcel Danesi
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016

Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2017 Emoji have gone from being virtually unknown to being a central topic in internet communication. What is behind the rise and rise of these winky faces, clinking glasses and smiling poos? Given the sheer variety of verbal communication on the internet...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011

As the field of Information and Communication Technologies rapidly expands, the applications to language learning continue to grow. Computer-Enhanced and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning: Emerging Issues and Trends compiles the latest research into computer-enhanced language learning, as well as the...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011

The effective communication of science through language, including reading, writing, listening, speaking, and visual representation, is an essential part of scientific learning, understanding, and practice. Language is the medium by which scientific reasoning occurs, whether be it formal language or...
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