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Academic Discourse: English in a Global Context
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Academic Discourse: English in a Global Context

This accessible and readable book shows the nature and importance of academic discourses in the modern world, offering a clear description of the conventions of spoken and written academic discourse and the ways these construct both knowledge and disciplinary communities. This unique genre-based introduction to academic discourse will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying TESOL, applied linguistics, and English for Academic Purposes

 
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Handbook of English Phonology
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Handbook of English PhonologyThis book has been written with the purpose of covering all aspects about English Phonology. Content: Cover; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 -- Introduction to English Phonology; Chapter 2 -- Phonological History of English; Chapter 3 -- Old English Phonology; Chapter 4 -- Phonological History of English Vowels. Abstract: This book has been written with the purpose of covering all aspects about English Phonology
 
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The Handbook of the Neuropsychology of Language
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The Handbook of the Neuropsychology of LanguageThis handbook provides a comprehensive review of new developments in the study of the relationship between the brain and language, from the perspectives of both basic research and clinical neuroscience.
 
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Current Perspectives in Second Language Vocabulary Research
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Current Perspectives in Second Language Vocabulary ResearchReflecting growth in research interest in second language vocabulary over the past 30 years, this edited volume explores the current themes and possible future directions in second language vocabulary research. The collection brings together review papers and quantitative studies, and considers vocabulary in the contexts of teaching, learning and assessment.

 The themes presented in this volume reflect current thinking and research avenues at the interface between research enquiry and second language teaching practice.

 
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Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word (30th anniversary ed. with additional chapters)
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Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word (30th anniversary ed. with additional chapters)Walter J. Ong’s classic work provides a fascinating insight into the social effects of oral, written, printed and electronic technologies, and their impact on philosophical, theological, scientific and literary thought. This thirtieth anniversary edition – coinciding with Ong’s centenary year – reproduces his best-known and most influential book in full and brings it up to date with two new exploratory essays by cultural writer and critic John Hartley.
 
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