Reference Language category: 172455 books
by Paul J.J. Payack
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
From Babel to Babble . . . Everyone is Speaking English
In 2007, the English language passed the million-word mark. That shouldn't come as a surprise since over a billion Earthlings speak English (no one knows about other planets, but they probably speak it, too). That makes for a lot of word-coiners...
by Little Green Apples Publishing, LLC ™
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
The Negotiation Skills Study Brief provides a quick reference to key terms and concepts related to the specialized skills and techniques involved in the art of effective negotiation. This Study Brief is intended for students of communications, law, business, marketing, or management. It is also...
Handbook for Asian Studies Specialists: A Guide to Research Materials and Collection Building Tools
A Guide to Research Materials and Collection Building Tools
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Handbook for Asian Studies Specialists: A Guide to Research Materials and Collection Building Tools is the first work to cover reference works for the main Asian area languages of China, Japan, and Korea. Several leading Asian Studies librarians have contributed their many decades of experience to...
Borrowing
Loanwords in the Speech Community and in the Grammar
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Studies of bilingual behavior have been proliferating for decades, yet short shrift has been given to its majormanifestation, the incorporation of words from one language into the discourse of another. This volume redresses that imbalance by going straight to the source: bilingual speakers in their...
Reference and Access
Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Reference and Access: Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections explores how archives of different sizes and types are increasing their effectiveness in serving the public and meeting internal needs. The book features twelve case studies that demonstrate new ways to interact with users...
Implementing Virtual Reference Services
A LITA Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Social web technologies present an often confusing array of options for answering user reference questions. Applying 20 years’ experience as a reference librarian working through the development of virtual reference and the integration of new tools and technologies into the industry, Thomsett-Scott...
Library Reference Services and Information Literacy
Models for Academic Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
As classrooms and universities strive to adapt their instructional methods to an ever progressing technological age, it is imperative that academic libraries also revisit the ways in which reference and instruction services are organized and implemented. Library Reference Services and Information Literacy:...
Business Reference Services and Sources
How End Users and Librarians Work Together
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
The most proactive source for business reference librarian information on the market, Business Reference Services and Sources: How End Users and Librarians Work Together shows you that the librarian-customer relationship is as synergistic as ever. It gives you timely facts about how librarians and...
by Rita Pellen, William Miller
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
In their efforts to provide distance learners with the most effective services possible, librarians and information specialists are working more and more with faculty in academic departments, IT departments, and other librarians at cooperating institutions. Improving Internet Reference Services to...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Drawn from the extensive database of Guide to Reference, this up-to-date resource provides an annotated list of print and electronic biomedical and health-related reference sources, including internet resources and digital image collections. Readers will find relevant research, clinical, and consumer...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Teaching English language learners has long presented challenges for teachers tasked with bringing these students to a level of language comprehension comparable to that of native speakers. These challenges and issues can lead to difficulty comprehending core academic topics for those learning the...
Sign Levels
Language and Its Evolutionary Antecedents
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Since the revolution in philosophic method that began about a century ago, the focus of philosophic attention has been on language as used both in daily conversation and in specialized institutional activities such as science, law, and the arts. But language is an extremely complex and varied means...
Linked Lexical Knowledge Bases
Foundations and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
This book conveys the fundamentals of Linked Lexical Knowledge Bases (LLKB) and sheds light on their different aspects from various perspectives, focusing on their construction and use in natural language processing (NLP). It characterizes a wide range of both expert-based and collaboratively constructed...
by John M. Fyler
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2007
Medieval commentaries on the origin and history of language used biblical history, from Creation to the Tower of Babel, as their starting-point, and described the progressive impairment of an originally perfect language. Biblical and classical sources raised questions for both medieval poets and commentators...