This is a series of four workbooks written for secondary or intermediate students who want to improve their reading comprehension skills. The 15 reading texts in each of the two lower-level books deal with contemporary and social issues that teenagers are encouraged to read about. Words and phrases highlighted in each passage are explained in the Vocabulary Study section. There is a variety of comprehension exercises, including Pre-reading Questions and Oral Practice. Students can hear the reading passages on an accompanying audio CD. These workbooks are suitable for small group or classroom use.
Chock full of up-to-date coverage of countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, this fascinating reference—intended for use by government officials—should be on the shelf of every school, world traveler, and journalist. For each country, you’ll find: a thorough introduction with historical background; detailed geographical facts, including current environmental issues; and a full description of the people, with information on literacy rates, HIV prevalence, and major infectious diseases and much more!
Semantics: A Reader contains a broad selection of classic articles on
semantics and the semantics/pragmatics interface. Comprehensive in the
variety and breadth of theoretical frameworks and topics that it
convers, it includes articles representative of the major theoretical
frameworks within
semantics, including: discourse representation theory, dynamic
predicate logic, truth theoretic semantics, event semantics, situation
semantics, and cognitive semantics.
All the major topics in semantics are covered, including lexical
semantics and the semantics of quantified noun phrases, adverbs,
adjectives, performatives, and interrogatives. Included are classic
papers in the field of semantics as well as papers written especially
for the volume. The volume
comes with an extensive introduction designed not only to provide an
overview of the field, but also to explain the technical concepts the
beginner will need to tackle before the more demanding articles.
Semantics will have appeal as a textbook for upper level and graduate
courses and as a reference
for scholars of semantics who want to the classic articles in their field in one convenient place.
Frogs into Princes is still probably one of the best selling books on NLP even though it has been out of print for the past few years.Frogs and Princes is the most easily accessible and readable NLP book to date. Not only will you learn some of the skills involved in NLP but you will also understand how people including yourself work. There are techniques to help develop and create a future that is compelling and motivating.
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