This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Sociolinguistic evidence is an undervalued resource for social theory. In this book, Jan Blommaert uses contemporary sociolinguistic insights to develop a new sociological imagination, exploring how we construct and operate in online spaces, and what the implications of this are for offline social practice.

Taking Emile Durkheim's concept of the 'social fact' (social ...

Syntax is the system of rules that we subconsciously follow when we build sentences. Whereas the grammar of English (or other languages) might look like a rather chaotic set of arbitrary patterns, linguistic science has revealed that these patterns can actually be understood as the result of a small number of grammatical principles. This lively introductory textbook is designed for undergraduate students in linguistics, English and modern languages with relatively little background in the sub...

This textbook for pre-service teachers gives pragmatic guidance on the major aspects of literacy teaching, as well as how to draw insight from research and apply it in diverse classrooms.

This book positions qualitative analysis as an ongoing process occurring over the life cycle of a project. It pays attention to the research proposal and the decisions taken early on in the research design that influence the analysis, such as the use of theory, sampling and data collection.

This book deals with syntax in three dimensions: in part I with the history of grammatical theory, in part II with synchronic aspects of Present-Day English, and in part III with diachronic aspects of English. The most prominent linguistic terms and phenomena are discussed in their historical context and are taken up again in the synchronic and diachronic parts. In this way they can be viewed from different perspectives.

At the end of each chapter a summary and recommendations for further rea...

Corrigés de l'ouvrage de Grammaire en français langue étrangère (FLE) dans la collection Progressive destiné aux grands adolescents et adultes, niveau avancé (B1/B2).

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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 Dalí wordt het levensverhaal verteld van de bekende schilder Salvador Dalí. In dit boek wordt ook zijn menselijke kant, de obsessies van zijn le...

This course teaches students how to pronounce British English clearly and naturally. It begins by introducing consonants and vowels and moves on to intonation and stress patterns and words that are notoriously difficult to pronounce. Rather than presenting extensive theory, this course provides learners with short tips and exercises to gradually improve their British English accent. All theoretical information is supported by sample syllables, words, phrases, sentences or a text. By the en...

Vanuit verschillende vertaalwetenschappelijke subdisciplines onderzoeken de bijdragen in dit boek de rol en impact van vertaling van reisliteratuur in brede zin en over een brede tijdspanne, van de 15e tot de 21e eeuw. Daarbij maken zowel toeristische teksten, culturele sites en musea als de teksten van diverse literaire of wetenschappelijke auteurs het onderwerp uit van de analyses.