Talking the Talk provides a comprehensive introduction to the psychology of language, written for the reader with no background in the field or any prior knowledge of psychology. It is essential reading for all undergraduate students and those new to the topic, as well as the interested lay reader.

A new edition of the ground-breaking undergraduate textbook on modern Standard English grammar, now reorganised to align fully with the award-winning reference work, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. This edition has been rewritten in an easy-to-read conversational style with a minimum of technical and theoretical terminology.

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Beginning college writers come from a wide range of backgrounds. For many, academic reading and writing skills are ones they must learn and practice. Enter Rules for Writers. Comprehensive and easy to use, this book provides students with all of the support they need--accessible explanations of writing and grammar topics, step-by-step advice for writing and doing research, class-tested examples and models, and opportunities to practice and build th...

What is Linguistics? How do languages work? Why is this important?

Answering these questions and more, Linguistics: An Introduction covers all the key topics that you will need in your study of language and linguistics. Over 17 chapters, William McGregor outlines the core ideas and approaches in the field, tracing their development and discussing the most recent trends. Using examples from a wide range of languages and contexts from around the world, this book assumes no prior knowledge of li...

Optimization is an important tool used in decision science and for the analysis of physical systems used in engineering. It begins with very simple ideas progressing through more complicated concepts, concentrating on methods for both unconstrained and constrained optimization.

This highly international handbook addresses the most significant research themes, methodological approaches and debates about social media. Leading scholars provide a range of disciplinary perspectives.

Lower elementary, following Threshold of Road to Success, is the first step for the students to study Chinese grammar.

It consits of two volumes, the first of which covers three units and the second covers four. Each unit is composed of 4 lessons. There are altogether 28 lessons. After learning the two volumes, the students will be able to speak more then 600 Chinese words and expressions and write over 400 Chinese characters.

Each volume is equipped with the recording script and worksheet. T...

Grandes Personajes is een collectie boekjes op niveau A2 of B1 waarin de biografie wordt verteld van bekende personen op het gebied van de letteren, kunst of politiek van de Spaanstalige wereld. In de boekjes wordt extra culturele informatie gegeven en bevatten een woordenlijst in het Spaans, Engels, Frans en Duits, een MP3-bestand en oefeningen.In Garcia Márquez wordt het levensverhaal verteld van de bekende Colombiaanse schrijver Gabriel García Marquez; van zijn jeugd in Aracataca tot aan...

Over het boek: Vaak wordt gezegd dat de kindertaal een taal apart is, een soort geheimtaal voor ingewijden, een taal voor moeder en kind. Geheel ten onrechte: ondanks alle verhaspelingen, moeilijkheden met klanken, woordvormen en zinsbouw, is het jonge kind bezig niet alleen de taal van zijn ouders na te bootsen, maar ook zich te manifesteren en te ontwikkelen als zelfstandig denkend wezen, als mens. In en door de taal komt het kind tot denken en dit denken heeft zijn eigen logica, gebrekkig ...