Twenty-five hundred years ago, trade caravans came from every direction to Persepolis in modern Iran, the heart of the Achaemenid Persian Empire that spanned from the Indus to the Mediterranean, from the Lybian desert to the steppes of Central Asia. The empire reached its greatest extent under Darius I, who reigned in the gleaming palace complex of Persepolis, regarded by many as the eighth wonder of the world. In this program, students will explore the monumental challenges faced by ...
Communicative Speaking and Listening Skills Extremely Practical Material for Learning Everyday English.This is great for high beginners (best for high school/college age because the topics are more applicable and therefore meaningful to the students).New Person to Person is American accent.Jack Richards is a prolific author, and his books are user friendly.The listening component is great.Its content is very standard American English, the situations presented are very common everyday ones...
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The book intends to give the studnet of language and literatute an overview of Discourse Analyis, based on daily events and personal experiences. It is very didatic and a great resource for the studies of Discourse Analysis.
The phenomenon of language contact, and how it affects the structure of languages, has been of great interest to linguists in recent years. This pioneering new study looks at how grammatical forms and structures evolve when speakers of two languages come into contact, and offers insight into the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another. The book will be of great interest to all working in grammaticalization, language contact, and language change.
