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Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook
A Grammar and Workbook
2009 || Paperback || Jenneke A. Oosterhoff || Taylor & Francis
Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. This Workbook presents twenty-five individual grammar points in realistic contexts, providing a grammatical approach which will allow students not already familiar with these structures to become accustomed to their use. Grammar points are followed by examples and exercises allowing students to reinforce and consolidate their learning.
Suitable for class use or self-study, B...
Introducing Pragmatics in Use / 2nd edition
2019 || Paperback || Anne O'Keeffe e.a. || Taylor & Francis
Introducing Pragmatics in Use is a lively and accessible introduction to pragmatics, which both covers theory and applies it to real spoken and written data. This is an ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate or postgraduate students of pragmatics, discourse analysis and corpus linguistics or TESOL programmes.
An Introduction to English Grammar
2015 || Paperback || Gerald Nelson e.a. || Taylor & Francis
An Introduction to English Grammar provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of English grammar. The first part of the book (`The Grammar') provides a step-by-step introduction to the key topics in English grammar. The second part (`The Applications') shows how a grasp of these topics can be helpful in resolving usage problems, in developing a clear writing style, and in mastering punctuation and spelling.
A whole chapter, `English in Use', is devoted to illustrating the grammatical fe...
Creative Writing / 2nd edition
A Workbook with Readings
2022 || Paperback || Jane Yeh e.a. || Taylor & Francis
Creative Writing: A Workbook with Readings provides a complete creative writing course: from ways to jump-start your writing and inspire your creativity, right through to presenting your work to agents and publishers. It covers the genres of fiction, poetry and life writing (including autobiography, biography and travel writing), combining discussions of technique with readings and exercises to guide you step by step towards becoming more adept at creative writing. The second edition has been...
Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition
Learning to Use Language in Context
2014 || Paperback || Kimberly L. Geeslin e.a. || Taylor & Francis
Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, exploring the variety of ways in which social context influences the acquisition of a second language. It reviews basic principles of sociolinguistics, provides a unified account of the multiple theoretical approaches to social factors in second languages, summarizes the growing body of empirical research, including examples ...
Analysing Sentences / 5th Edition
An Introduction to English Syntax
2021 || Paperback || Noel Burton-Roberts || Taylor & Francis
*Seen as a classic textbook, ideal for students looking for a traditional, non-controversial, grounding in the subject. *Covers both theory and practice behind syntactic analysis, providing students with all the skills and knowledge they need to do their own analysis. Introductory syntax/sentence structure courses are generally compulsory for English Language undergraduates so there is plenty of demand for a basic practical guide such as this one.
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The History of Late Modern Englishes
An Activity-based Approach
2021 || Paperback || Keith Johnson || Taylor & Francis
This book provides an accessible and student-friendly introduction to the history of the English language from the beginning of the eighteenth century up until the present day. Taking an activity-based approach, this text ensures that students learn by engaging with the fascinating evolution of this language rather than by simply reading about it.
Critical Sociolinguistic Research Methods
Studying Language Issues That Matter
2023 || Paperback || Monica Heller e.a. || Taylor & Francis
Critical Sociolinguistic Research Methods is a guide to conducting concrete ethnographic and discourse analytic research projects, written by top scholars for students and researchers in social science fields. Adopting a critical perspective focusing on the role of language in the construction of social difference and social inequality, the authors walk the reader through five key moments in the life of a research project: composing research questions, designing the project, doing fieldwork, ...
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The History and Theory of Rhetoric / 7th edition
An Introduction
2020 || Paperback || Herrick James A. || Taylor & Francis
By tracing the traditional progression of rhetoric from the Greek Sophists to contemporary theorists, this textbook gives students a conceptual framework for evaluating and practicing persuasive writing and speaking in a wide range of settings and in both written and visual media. The book's expansive historical purview illustrates how persuasive public discourse performs essential social functions and shapes our daily worlds, drawing on the ideas of some of history's greatest thinkers and th...
Effective Writing in the Public Sector
2014 || Paperback || John W. Swain || Taylor & Francis
Intended for both students and practitioners in public administration who want to communicate more effectively with a variety of audiences, this book offers clear, easy-to-understand guidelines on how to write more clearly, concisely, and coherently, as well as correctly. It covers the basics of good English and applies those basics to general forms (such as memos, letters, and e-mails) and more specific forms (such as newsletters, proposals, budget justifications, and rules) used in the publ...