The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Unless you have a reasonably good background in linguistics, you'll find this excellent book much easier to read than to listen to. Olsher is not to blame; he reads clearly and at a (slightly rapid) conversational speed. Pinker aims for the educated lay reader, using wit and popular metaphor to clarify his meanings and bring abstruse linguistic concepts to life. But his sentences are dense; you need to reread them and think them through. And the jargon, though clearly defined, requires time and thought to absorb:
The Global Future of English StudiesThe Global Future of English Studiespresents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and future trajectory of English studies around the world.
English and the Discourses of Colonialism opens with the British departure from Hong Kong marking the end of British colonialism. Yet Alastair Pennycook argues that this dramatic exit masks the crucial issue that the traces left by colonialism run deep. This challenging and provocative book looks particularly at English, English language teaching, and colonialism. It reveals how the practice of colonialism permeated the cultures and discourses of both the colonial and colonized nations, the effects of which are still evident today.
Пособие призвано помочь в деле подготовки переводчиков, развитию у них умений и навыков по анализу различных сложных элементов текста и их правильной передачи средствами другого языка. Подобранные оригинальные материалы сопровождаются схемами, фотографиями и системой упражнений, помогающими в правильном понимании и закреплении учебных материалов.
