This book represents a new direction at the interface between the fields of stylistics and corpus linguistics, namely the use of a corpus methodology to investigate the ways in which people's words and thoughts are presented in written narratives. A 260,000 word electronic corpus of late 20th century written texts, including fiction, news reports and (auto)biographies is analysed by the authors, providing a detailed account of new theoretical insights, comparisons between different text types and detailed accounts of individual texts.
This book provides a clearly focused and richly detailed review of the entire field of medical microbiology. It is both a textbook for students of medicine and dentistry and a useful companion for medical technicians and laboratory assistants, both at school and in the laboratory. It will also serve as a handy work of reference for clinical practitioners. The book is structured with teachability in mind: The many color illustrations and microscopic images render complex themes readily accessible. Summaries at the beginning of every chapter, a color-coded reference guide and detailed diagnostic tables make this an excellent sourcebook for rapid learning and quick reference. A list of important internet addresses in the appendix will help the book's users keep abreast of cutting-edge research.
Remington revolvers constituted the second most widely used handguns among Union forces in the Civil War. Yet until now there has been very limited detailed information about their design, production, government testing and procurement, and use by both the Union army and navy as compared with extensive data available on Colt military handguns of the same era. Don Ware's book remedies this, following a quarter century of research in largely original source materials, primarily from the National Archives. The text is supported with hundreds of drawings and photos including detailed closeups of inspectors' marks and such minute variations as found in loading levers and cylinder pins.
This handbook, Strength Training for Sport, presents highly practical information on strength training programmes to enhance sport performance as based on the scientific information detailed in the Encyclopaedia.
Seven years ago Manfred Pienemann proposed a novel psycholinguistic theory of language development, Processability Theory (PT). This volume examines the typological plausibility of PT. Focusing on the acquisition of Arabic, Chinese and Japanese the authors demonstrate the capacity of PT to make detailed and verifiable predictions about the developmental schedule for each language.
