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  • Studies on Language Norms in Context

    Edited by Elena Maria Pandolfi, Johanna Miecznikowski, Sabine Christopher, Alain Kamber ...
    Series Book 117 - DASK – Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft / Duisburg Papers on Research in Language and Culture
    This book deepens the insight into the setting and monitoring of language norms in different contexts. One focus lies on institutional contexts, in which the authors examine standardization, language policy and the implementation of usage norms. In the context of language learning, the authors investigate cognitive strategies of L2 norm construction by initial learners, L2 norms in grammars as ... Read more

    $110.99 CAD

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    Edited by Mark Kramer, Wendy Call ...
    Interested in journalism and creative writing and want to write a book? Read inspiring stories and practical advice from America’s most respected journalists.The country’s most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard’s Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. Telling True Stories presents their best advice—covering everything from finding a good topic, to ... Read more

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  • Writing Active Hooks Book 1: Action, Emotion, Surprise and More

    Writing Active Hooks, #1

    by Mary Buckham ...
    Series Book 1 - Writing Active Hooks
    Many writers have heard of hooks, and have heard we should use them in our manuscripts as a tool to engage readers and keep them engaged, but what we’re not told is how to identify what a hook is or where to use them to maximize them other than in that key opening line.In this book we’ll look at five specific types of hooks. There are more, but these are the most common, and the most universal, ... Read more

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  • An Encyclopedia of Swearing: The Social History of Oaths, Profanity, Foul Language, and Ethnic Slurs in the English-Speaking World

    by Geoffrey Hughes ...
    This is the only encyclopedia of the social history of swearing and foul language in the English-speaking world. It covers the various social dynamics that generate swearing, foul language, and insults in the entire range of the English language. While the emphasis is on American and British English, the different major global varieties such as Australian, Canadian, South African, and Caribbean ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Stories from Spain/Historias de Espana, Second Edition

    by Genevieve Barlow, William N. Stivers ...
    Enjoy the tales of Spain--in Spanish and in English!In Stories from Spain/Historias de Espana, we've placed the Spanish and English stories side by side--lado a lado--so you can practice and improve your reading skills in your new language while enjoying the support of your native tongue. This way, you'll avoid the inconvenience of constantly having to look up unfamiliar words and expressions in a ... Read more

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  • The Young Adult's Guide to Saying No The Complete Guide to Building Confidence and Finding Your Assertive Voice

    by Rebekah Sack ...
    The urge to say yes, to please everyone around you can be overwhelming. It is not just a matter of being a “nice person”. It can be rooted in your desire to maintain your self-image, the product of chronically low self esteem. It may even be the result of situations in which you feel you will gain from constantly saying yes. But the truth in life is that knowing when to say “No” when you usually ... Read more

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  • Colloquial Norwegian

    The Complete Course for Beginners

    by Margaret Hayford O'Leary, Torunn Andresen ...
    Series series Colloquial Series
    Colloquial Norwegian provides a step-by-step course in Norwegian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Norwegian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.Features include:progressive ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • Intermediate Polish

    A Grammar and Workbook

    by Dana Bielec ...
    Series series Grammar Workbooks
    Intermediate Polish is designed for learners who have achieved basic proficiency and wish to progress to more complex language. Each unit combines clear, concise grammar explanations with examples and exercises to help build confidence and fluency.Features include:* focus on areas of particular confusion such as verbs that are difficult to translate and nouns made from numbers* comprehensive ... Read more

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  • Perspectives on Teaching and Learning English Literacy in China

    Edited by Jiening Ruan, Cynthia Leung ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This is one of two volumes by the same editors that explore historical, philosophical, and cultural perspectives on literacy in China. This volume focuses on English literacy in China, while the other volume is on Chinese literacy. In modern day China, English has enjoyed an increasingly important status in education, but not without challenges. The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive, ... Read more

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    Exploring Interpersonal Semiotics in Multimodal Media and Online Texts

    by Patrick Kiernan ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines how identities associated with cycling are evoked, narrated and negotiated in a media context dominated by digital environments. Arguing that the nature of identity is being impacted by the changing nature of the material and semiotic resources available for making meaning, the author introduces an approach to exploring such identity positioning through the interrelated ... Read more

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  • The Global English Style Guide

    Writing Clear, Translatable Documentation for a Global Market

    by John R. Kohl ...
    The Global English Style Guide illustrates how much you can do to make written texts more suitable for a global audience. Accompanied by an abundance of clearly explained examples, the Global English guidelines show you how to write documentation that is optimized for non-native speakers of English, translators, and even machine-translation software, as well as for native speakers of English. You ... Read more

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  • No Mistakes Grammar for Kids, Volume V, "There, They're, Their," and "To, Too, and Two" 

    No Mistakes Grammar for Kids, #5

    by giacomo giammatteo ...
    Series Book 5 - No Mistakes Grammar for Kids
    I know you've witnessed your child use "their" or "there" when they meant "they're". Or the other way around. The same goes for "to, too" and "two". I've even seen adults mix it up. Heck, I've even seen it in published books.But that's understandable because these are some of the most misused words in the English language. Don't let your child suffer these mistakes. Let Queen Shinobi teach your ... Read more

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