This is a simple introduction to Old English for students with little or no linguistic knowledge. Unlike other textbooks on the subject, Beginning Old English focuses on the explanation and illustration of how the language works, using accessible illustrations from simplified Old English texts and demonstrating how many feature of present-day English have their roots in this stage of the language. It also includes long extracts from popular Old English works for use in the classroom.
When we embarked on our respective careers as freelance writers we knew how to research and we knew how to write.But nothing really prepared us for the experience of life in the marketplace—approaching editors, being rejected, getting published and finally being paid.
As teachers, each year we looked for the book that would provide our students with a good overview of writing feature articles for a range of publications. We wanted a book that was pitched at people like us, with a keen interest in writing and a desire to break into the industry.
We wanted to read interviews with people who write, buy and publish feature articles. We wanted a book that distilled everything that the beginning writer of feature articles needs to know. Here it is.
The phenomenon of substitution failure is a longstanding focus of discussion for philosophers of language. Substitution failure occurs when a change from one co-referential name to another (e.g. from "Superman" to "Clark Kent") affects the truth-value of a sentence. Jennifer Saul has shown that this can occur even in the simplest of sentences. She presents the first full-length treatment of this puzzling feature of language, and explores its implications for the theory of reference and names, and for the methodology of semantics.
Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy
Would-be mothers looking for precise, accurate information from a
reputable source will appreciate this mammoth pregnancy guide from the
celebrated Mayo Clinic. The volume actually provides much more
information than most parents will need: week by week accounts of the
baby’s development, entries on how pregnancy can be affected by dozens
of previous health conditions (such as HIV and diabetes), self-care
tips for side effects like nausea and back pain, sidebars that explain
the difference between identical and fraternal twins, etc. But the book
contains at least one feature that most pregnant women will find
indispensable: charts that indicate how to handle "troublesome signs
and symptoms" during each three week period. For example, if a woman
has slight spotting during the first four weeks of pregnancy, the chart
tells her to notify a doctor during her next hospital visit. But if she
has any bleeding at all during weeks 29 to 32, the chart indicates that
she should tell her doctor immediately. Another stellar feature is the
book’s even-handed series of "decision guides," which help parents make
those hard (and even guilt-inducing) choices about breastfeeding,
circumcision and whether or not to go back to work. Some parents may
find the book’s cool, no-nonsense tone intimidating, or even scary, but
when deciding what to do about mid-term cramps or pain, most readers
will find great reassurance this volume’s carefully vetted facts.
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Professional Feature Writing Relying on the basic principles of journalism, "Professional Feature Writing" makes feature writing accessible for students through a combination of student and professional examples.
It covers basic writing activities, the various types of articles, and writing in different contexts.
For students in feature writing/advanced writing courses.
