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Hardcover. Children, Film and Literacy examines children's engagements with film and how these engagements impact on their developing literacy, identity and textual productions. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; DSY; JFD; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137294326
- ISBN
- 9781137294326
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€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. This book examines how autonomy in language learning is fostered and constrained in social settings through interaction with others and various contextual features. With theoretical grounding, the authors discuss the implications for practice in classrooms, distance education, self-access centres, as well as virtual and social learning spaces. Editor(s): Murray, Garold. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 black & white tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: CFDC; CJA; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137290236
- ISBN
- 9781137290236
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€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Hardcover. Approaches to Language, Culture and Cognition aims to bring cognitive linguistics and linguistic anthropology closer together, calling for further investigations of language and culture from cognitively-informed perspectives against the backdrop of the current trend of linguistic anthropology. Editor(s): Yamaguchi, Masataka; Tay, Dennis; Blount, Benjamin. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 black & white tables, 19 figures. BIC Classification: CFD; JHMC; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274816
- ISBN
- 9781137274816
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€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. In clear and lively prose that avoids jargon, the author carefully and systematically examines the many kinds of subtly nuanced words or word-pairs of everyday discourse such as 'and'-'but', 'before'-'ere', 'Chinese'-'Chink', and 'sweat'-'perspiration', that have proven resistant to truth-conditional explanations of meaning. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263537
- ISBN
- 9781137263537
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€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This second edition reviews the field of business discourse, centring on the investigation of business language and communication as practice. It combines research-based discussions with innovative practical applications and promotes debate and enquiry on a range of competing issues, emerging from business discourse research and teaching practice. Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 706.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Second Edition,New Edition,2nd edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024916
- ISBN
- 9781137024916
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Condition: New
€ 129.40
€ 129.40
Pragmatic Literary Stylistics (Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Languag...
Billy Clark, Chapman, Siobhan
Hardcover. In considering the ways in which current theories of language in use and communicative processes are applied to the analysis, interpretation and definition of literary texts, this book sets an agenda for the future of pragmatic literary stylistics and provides a foundation for future research and debate. Editor(s): Chapman, Siobhan; Clark, Billy. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFGR; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137023254
- ISBN
- 9781137023254
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This book synthesizes previous work on thanking, politeness and Japanese pragmatics and crystallises the theoretical underpinnings of thanking, how it is realized linguistically and the social meaning and significance of this aspect of Japanese communication. Num Pages: 228 pages, 2 figures, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137009869
- ISBN
- 9781137009869
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This is an analysis of the promises and contradictions surrounding contemporary minority language policy. It draws on theoretical and real-world perspectives and interviews with key players within European institutions together with field work undertaken principally in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Canada. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137000835
- ISBN
- 9781137000835
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Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardback. Provides a resource for the critical discussion of issues in learning to read Chinese from a child acquisition perspective. It features combined contributions from researchers in Asian studies, linguistics, psycholinguistics, psychology, reading and education. Editor(s): Li, Wenling; Gaffney, Janet S.; Packard, Jerome L. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375432
- ISBN
- 9780792375432
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Condition: New
€ 133.16
€ 133.16
Hardback. Presents a series of psycholinguistic investigations on consonantal distinctions in Finnish and Japanese. This work describes differences in adult production, perception, and child acquisition of these distinctions. It is suitable for those interested in developments, in theoretical and psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2FCF; 2GJ; CFD; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792372165
- ISBN
- 9780792372165
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Condition: New
€ 131.23
€ 131.23
Paperback. Most linguistic theories assume that each grammatical relation is established in a unique structural configuration. The authors take issue with this view, arguing for a more flexible approach on the basis of conceptual considerations and data taken mostly, but not exclusively, from the Germanic languages. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792371991
- ISBN
- 9780792371991
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Condition: New
€ 130.46
€ 130.46
Paperback. Provides both young and senior scientists with a comparative view of theoretical models of text production. This title includes models that are clearly situated in their historical context, scrutinized in their further evolution with a fine-grained observation of differences between models. Series: Studies in Writing. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792371595
- ISBN
- 9780792371595
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Verb-second languages like German and Dutch display the verb-final pattern in embedded clauses, which can be confusing for a developing child. This book addresses this problem in the context of Swiss German, itself a Germanic dialect. Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACZ; CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370864
- ISBN
- 9780792370864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.86
€ 129.86
hardcover. This series is devoted to topics which are central to the theoretical debates which underpin the subject of morphology. This particular volume examines the ways in which morphological features can be expressed in the grammar of natural languages, both by morphological and syntactic devices. Editor(s): Booij, Geert; Marle, Jaap van. Series: Yearbook of Morphology. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Boston Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370826
- ISBN
- 9780792370826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.02
€ 256.02
Hardback. Provides both young and senior scientists with a comparative view of theoretical models of text production. This book is of interest to people working in teaching of writing or studying this specific human activity. Series: Studies in Writing. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792369806
- ISBN
- 9780792369806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
hardcover. This volume addresses robustness issues at the speech recognition and natural language parsing levels, with a focus on feature extraction and noise robust recognition, adaptive systems, language modelling, parsing, and natural language understanding. Editor(s): Junqua, Jean-Claude; Noord, Gertjan Van. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; UYQL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792367901
- ISBN
- 9780792367901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.28
€ 133.28
Paperback. Covers the main aspects of intonation. This volume is suitable for students of advanced undergraduate to postgraduate and research levels and individual researchers within a variety of disciplines, such as Experimental Phonetics, General and Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, and Speech-Language Engineering. Editor(s): Botinis, Antonis. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792367239
- ISBN
- 9780792367239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 199.43
€ 199.43
Hardback. This volume focuses on diachronic morphology, and shows, in a number of articles by specialists, how complicated morphological systems develop in the course of time. In addition, this volume deals with a number of issues in theoretical morphology and discusses morphology in sign language. Editor(s): Booij, Geert; Marle, Jaap van. Series: Yearbook of Morphology. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366317
- ISBN
- 9780792366317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.47
€ 200.47
Hardback. Covers the main aspects of intonation, written by international researchers in the field. This title organises chapters into five thematic sections such as: Overview of Intonation, Prominence and Focus, Boundaries and Discourse, Intonation Modelling and Intonation Technology. Editor(s): Botinis, Antonis. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 397 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366058
- ISBN
- 9780792366058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.06
€ 202.06
Hardback. Contains contributions by 15 internationally recognized experts including M Beckman, N Campbell, C Gussenhoven, D Hirst, DR Ladd, M Ostendorf, and others. This book offers investigators in various areas of speech communication (phonetics, phonology, speech technology) with a comprehensive presentation of contemporary prosodic research. Editor(s): Horne, Merle. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792365792
- ISBN
- 9780792365792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.29
€ 201.29