The Celtic Languages describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistics perspectives with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to provide a comprehensive and up to date account of the modern Celtic languages and their current sociolinguistic status along with complete descriptions of the historical languages.
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Words: The Foundation of Literacy
Written by respected authorities in the fields of education and literacy studies, Words: The Foundation of Literacy is a groundbreaking book for teachers, administrators, and education students. Dale and Bonnie Johnson present a fresh, inspiring reminder of why studying language—from word origins to word structure—is such a vital first step in the development of students’ vocabulary, literacy, writing skills, and overall ability to learn. At a time when high-stakes testing has squeezed substance from many curricula, Johnson and Johnson provide ways to enhance students’ understanding, interest, and appreciation of language and all its subtleties.
This title details the key terms, thinkers and texts in systemic functional linguistics. The field of Systemic Functional Linguistics is a social semiotic approach to language pioneered by M. A. K. Halliday, which has assumed a central importance in linguistics in recent years, anchored by a growing body of work. This book details the key terms, the key thinkers and the key texts in this field in an approachable, easy to understand and accessible manner. It is authored by leading names in the field and is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates studying linguistics and language studies.
На материале переводов художественной и общественно-политической литературы с английского языка на русский и с русского на английский автор подвергает рассмотрению процесс перевода с общелингвистической точки зрения. В книге содержатся как теоретические обобщения, так и практические указания и рекомендации, которые могут быть использованы начинающими переводчиками в их практической деятельности. Рекомендуется лингвистам всех специальностей, переводчикам, преподавателям, аспирантам и студентам филологических вузов, а также всем, кто интересуется проблемами перевода.
Academic Writing: At the Interface of Corpus and Discourse
This is a selection of recent work by experts in academic written discourse that illustrates how corpus linguistics and discourse analysis can work as complementary approaches. Contemporary research into written academic discourse has become increasingly polarised between two approaches: corpus linguistics and discourse analysis. This volume presents a selection of recent work by experts in academic written discourse, and illustrates how corpus linguistics and discourse analysis can work as complementary approaches.
