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 Twentieth-Century English: History, Variation and Standardization
Standard English has evolved and developed in many ways over the past hundred years. From pronunciation to vocabulary to grammar, this concise survey clearly documents the recent history of Standard English. Drawing on large amounts of authentic corpus data, it shows how we can track ongoing changes to the language, and demonstrates each of the major developments that have taken place. |
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 What works in classroom instruction
The synthesized research findings presented in this document are based in part on an earlier technical document presented by McREL entitled A Theory-Based Meta-Analysis of Research on Instruction (Marzano, 1998), which summarizes findings from more than 100 studies involving 4000+ control groups. |
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 Little Mystery
At Point Fullerton, one thousand miles straight north of civilization, Sergeant William MacVeigh was writing his semi-annual report to the Commissioner of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police at Regina. His cold-stiffened fingers wrote with the stub end of a pencil the last words of his report. |
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 Everyday Mysteries
Why does chopping an onion make you cry? How did the grapefruit get its name? Why does pepper make you sneeze?... Everyday Mysteries will help you get the answers to these and many other of life's most interesting questions through scientific inquiry. |
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 Language and Gender
Language and Gender is a new introduction to the study of the relation between gender and language use, written by two of the leading experts in the field. It is set to become the standard textbook for courses on language and gender.
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