Lyle Campbell presents an accessible, hands-on introduction to historical linguistics. The fourth edition has a lucid and engaging style, expert guidance and comprehensive coverage, making it ideal for students coming to historical linguistics for the first time.

New Contemporary Chinese, a complete textbook series, is tailored for adult learners of the Chinese language. The series includes four volumes, with each volume consisting of a Textbook, an Exercise Book and the corresponding Teacher's Book, Supplementary Reading Materials, Testing Materials, Character Writing Workbook, and multimedia teaching resources. Volume 1 and Volume 2 each contains a Character Book. New Contemporary Chinese aims to develop the learners' comprehensive abilities of list...

This edited volume documents the state of the art in research on translation policies in both legal and institutional settings. Offering case studies of past and present translation policies from all over the world, it allows for a compelling comparison of attitudes towards translation in varying contexts.

It highlights the virtues of integrating different types of expertise in the study of translation policy: theoretical and applied, historical and modern, legal, institutional, and political...

American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides an accessible introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students of American English. Built around an extensive collection of practice materials, this book teaches the pronunciation of modern standard American English to intermediate and advanced learners worldwide. This book:* provides an up-to-date description of the pronunciation of modern American English;* demonstrates the use of each English phoneme with a selection o...

Written by a team of leading experts working in different SLA specialisms, this fourth edition is a clear and concise introduction to the main theories of second language acquisition (SLA) from multiple perspectives, comprehensively updated to reflect the very latest developments SLA research in recent years. The book covers all the main theoretical perspectives currently active in SLA and sets each chapter within a broader framework. Each chapter examines the claims and scope of each theory ...

Daar is geen woord Frans bij. Hij is aan het eind van zijn Latijn. Dat komt mij Spaans voor. Het Nederlands kent honderden uitdrukkingen waarin taalnamen voorkomen. Het gebruik van vreemde talen leidt ook vaak tot spot. We zeggen dan bijvoorbeeld: iemand spreekt steenkolenengels, Frans met haar op, hondenlatijn of ski-duits.

Wat vertellen dergelijke uitdrukkingen en verbindingen ons over het beeld dat de bewoners van de Lage Landen hadden en hebben over vreemde talen? In hoeverre was dit beel...

New Contemporary Chinese, a complete textbook series, is tailored for adult learners of the Chinese language. The series includes four volumes, with each volume consisting of a Textbook, an Exercise Book and the corresponding Teacher's Book, Supplementary Reading Materials, Testing Materials, Character Writing Workbook, and multimedia teaching resources. Volume 1 and Volume 2 each contains a Character Book. New Contemporary Chinese aims to develop the learners' comprehensive abilities of list...

Een inleiding in de traditionele Nederlandse grammatica.'In verband met de zin' presenteert deze grammatica als een samenhangend geheel, waarin overigens ook enkele nieuwere inzichten een plaats hebben gekregen. Kennis van de traditionele grammatica is tevens van belang omdat in veel publicaties de traditionele termen bekend worden verondersteld. In dit boek komen alle belangrijke termen uit de Nederlandse grammatica aan de orde. Bovendien zijn in een speciale bijlage de Duitse, Engelse en Fr...

Patsy Lightbown and Nina Spada have worked for over four decades in second language research and education. They are highly respected worldwide for making theory and research about language learning accessible and relevant to classroom teaching. This widely acclaimed book remains essential reading for second language teachers.