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by T. Binkley
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
One of the first things to strike the reader of Wittgenstein's writings is the unique power of his style. One immediately notices the intriguing and arrangement of the paragraphs in Philosophical Investi composition gations, or the stark assertiveness of the sentences in the Tractatus Logico Philosophicus....
European Francophonie
The Social, Political and Cultural History of an International Prestige Language
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
This volume examines the use of French in European language communities outside France from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The phenomenon of French language usage is explored in a wide variety of communities, namely Bohemian, Dutch, medieval English, German (Prussian), Italian, Piedmontese,...
by Kira Wieler
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
Internship Report from the year 2010 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 2,0, University of Wuppertal, course: Teaching English as a Foreign Language, language: English, abstract: At the beginning of the internship I decided to observe the discourse of classroom...
The Present Personal
Philosophy and the Hidden Face of Language
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2005
Is philosophy deaf to the sound of the personal voice? While philosophy is experienced at admiring, resenting, celebrating, and, at times, renouncing language, philosophers have rarely succeeded in being intimate with it. Hagi Kenaan argues that philosophy's concern with abstract forms of linguistic...
by Raja Sharma
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
“Salome” by Oscar Wilde was first published in 1891. It was originally published in French language. Three years later, the English translation of this tragedy was published.It is a one act play that tells the Biblical story of Salome, who was the stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas.While...
The Emoji Code
The Linguistics Behind Smiley Faces and Scaredy Cats
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Drawing from disciplines as diverse as linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, and neuroscience, The Emoji Code explores how emojis are expanding communication and not ending it.
For all the handwringing about the imminent death of written language, emoji—those happy faces and hearts—is...
by Diane Godwin, Margaret Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
The early years are increasingly recognized as a priority time for the education of children and language and literacy are key elements of any early childhood program. This second edition provides an accessible text on the current research and thinking surrounding these areas and demonstrates clearly...
by Mari Jones, Ishtla Singh
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
In this student-friendly text, Jones and Singh explore the phenomenon of language change, with a particular focus on the social contexts of its occurrence and possible motivations, including speakers’ intentions and attitudes.
Presenting new or little-known data, the authors draw a distinction...
The Grammar of Irish English
Language in Hibernian Style
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Irish English, also termed 'Anglo-Irish' or 'Hiberno-English', as in this book, is not usually perceived as having a grammatical system of its own. Markku Filppula here challenges this misconception and offers a descriptive and contact-linguistic account of the grammar of Hiberno-English.
Drawing...
Language, Society, and New Media
Sociolinguistics Today
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
This book uses an interdisciplinary approach, integrating frameworks from sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology and emerging strands of research on language and new media, to demonstrate the relationship between language, society, thought, and culture to students with little to no background...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
This collection brings together the best contemporary philosophical work in the area of intersection between philosophy of language and the law. Some of the contributors are philosophers of language who are interested in applying advances in philosophy of language to legal issues, and some of the...
Global English: English is changing the world - In what way is the world changing the English language and the way it will be taught?
In what way is the world changing the English language and the way it will be taught?
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 1,0, RWTH Aachen University (Institut für Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Romanistik), course: Hauptseminar Sociolinguistics, language: English, abstract: The history and wide distribution of the...
Chinese Proverbs and Popular Sayings
With Observations on Culture and Language
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
This treasury of Chinese wisdom presents over five hundred proverbs while offering keys to culture and language. Here are both the familiar, earnest sayings of Confucius and Lao Zi ("The longest journey begins with a single step") and the homespun truths of every day ("Teachers open the door; you enter...
by Daniel L. Newman
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
The Arabic-English Thematic Lexicon is an invaluable resource for all learners of Arabic.
It contains some 8,000 entries, arranged into themes, including flora and fauna, food and drink, the human body, health care, the family, housing, clothing, education, IT, sports, politics, economics and...