Once again Lindsay McKenna works her magic with words. This book grabbed me from the start and held me until I finished. I so enjoy sitting down with a book and loose tract of the time and before you know it the hours have passed. The story line kept me interested and I wondered if it was based on a real person. The ending was worth reading the book.
"Grimm Language" addresses a number of issues in the Grimms fairy tales from a (Germanic) linguist s point of view. In sections dealing with the Grimms use of regional dialect material, various grammatical constructions, and specific nouns and adjectives in their "Children s and Household Tales," the author argues that the Grimms were consciously or unconsciously following a number of objectives.
The book will be of interest not only to those interested in fairy tales, and the Grimms in particular, but also more generally to those interested in the intersection between linguistics and literary scholarship.
Now available in a completely revised edition, this book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 - the different varieties of the language, the attitudes of its speakers towards it, its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. It will be useful to serious students of the history of English and takes full account of those readers who are mainly interested in the literature of the period by providing plenty of references to literary works and authors.
This report is expected to be useful to graduate students, professors, and researchers in the field of adult education and extension education. In addition, researchers and students in education and psychology who are interested in independent study, individualized instruction, and human learning may find that the framework and findings reported here are relevant to their own research. Finally, some administrators and instructors in schools, colleges, and adult education may be interested in considering the implications of the study for their own efforts to develop and assist people who want to continue learning throughout their adult years.
Pragmatics and Prosody in English Language Teaching (Educational Linguistics, Vol. 15)
This volume explores the elusive subject of English prosody—the stress, rhythm and intonation of the language—, and its relevance for English language teaching. Its sharp focus will be especially welcomed by teachers of English to non-native speakers, but also by scholars and researchers interested in Applied Linguistics.
