Mary Dalrymple & Irina Nikolaeva 
Objects and Information Structure [PDF ebook] 

Through insiders’ perspectives and narratives, this edited collection provides insight into the lived experiences of recent graduates of various English Applied Linguistics and/or TESOL doctoral prog …

The aptitude to write well is increasingly becoming a vital element that students need to succeed in college and their future careers. Students must be equipped with competent writing skills as colle …

Universal Grammar (UG) is a theory of both the fundamental principles for all possible languages and the language faculty in the ‘initial state’ of the human organism. These two volumes approach the …

The digital technologies of the 21st century are reshaping how we experience storytelling. More than ever before, storylines from the world”s most popular narratives cross from the pages of books to …

Now reissued and retypeset, this canonical book explores the role of language and images in newspaper, radio, online and television news. The authors introduce useful frameworks for analysing languag …

The Chinese Writing System in Asia: An Interdisciplinary Perspective integrates a diverse range of disciplinary approaches in examining how the Chinese script represents and actively shapes personal …

A Cultural Dictionary of the Chinese Language introduces the 500 most important cultural traits of the Chinese as reflected in language use, especially in Chinese idioms (chengyu), proverbs and collo …

This book defends the Direct Reference (DR) thesis in philosophy of language regarding proper names and indexical pronouns. It uniquely draws out the significant consequences of DR when it is conjoin …

German Grammar in Context, 3rd Edition includes updated textual examples which provide the basis for an accessible and engaging approach to learning grammar. Using authentic texts from a variety of c …

Drawing together Smagorinsky”s extensive research over a 20-year period, Learning to Teach English and the Language Arts explores how beginning teachers” pedagogical concepts are shaped by a variet …