The Integrated Chinese Volume 3 Textbook is designed to cover the first semester of study at the college level. Learners develop real-life communicative skills as they discuss topics related to everyday life and learn useful grammatical structures presented alongside clear, jargon-free explanations. Two review lessons are included for cumulative practice. In Volume 3, both simplified and traditional characters are shown side-by-side.

The Volume 3 Textbook is also available as a fully integrat...

Systematischer Überblick über die Geschichte der deutschen Sprache vom Althochdeutschen bis zur Gegenwart. Der Band bietet:

- Vorgeschichte des Deutschen: Indogermanisch und Germanisch

- Darstellung des Sprachwandels auf allen Sprachebenen: Laut, Wort, Satz, Text

- Einbettung der Sprache in die Geistes- und Kulturgeschichte

Lehrbücher mit einem klaren Konzept:

- Merksätze, Definitionen und Boxen erleichtern das Lernen

- Abbildungen, Karten und Grafiken veranschaulichen den Lernstoff

- Üb...

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A Library Journal Best Book of 2010

The debate is ages old: Where does language come from? Is it an artifact of our culture or written in our very DNA? In recent years, the leading linguists have seemingly settled the issue: all languages are fundamentally the same and the particular language we speak does not shape our thinking in any significant way. Guy Deutscher says they're wrong. From Hom...

In this new edition of the Very Short Introduction to Journalism, Ian Hargreaves considers the role and place of journalism in our constantly evolving digital world. Exploring issues relating to privacy, democracy, the entertainment industry, and global social media, Hargreaves explores the shape and influence of journalism in years to come.

Der Band enthält klassische Texte zu den Kernbereichen und wichtigen Theorien der Sprachwissenschaft, Originaltexte u. a. von Frege, Paul, de Saussure, Bühler, Bloomfield, Wittgenstein, Austin, Grice, Chomsky, Goldberg, Tomasello. Den Texten gehen einführende Darstellungen voraus, die die Voraussetzungen für selbstständigen Zugang und kritisch-vergleichende Lektüre schaffen. Das Buch gliedert sich in die Gegenstandsbereiche: Sprachtheorien; Sprache und Handlung; Diskurs und Konversation...

Media Literacy teaches students how to navigate through the overwhelming flood of information found in today's media-saturated world. Author W. James Potter presents examples and facts to help students understand how the media operate, how they attract attention, and how they influence the public.

Get to the heart of fake news and brush up on your media literacy skills as you explore the media landscape of today, and where it all came from, using the current and relevant research found in Media & Culture.

A critical introduction to meaning and power in an age of participatory culture, social media and digital platforms. Helps students to understand the central role media play in the social world, and how they can become informed media citizens themselves.