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  • Next Level Screenwriting Next Level Screenwriting
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    Next Level Screenwriting

    Next Level Screenwriting is an intermediate screenwriting book, for those that have already learned the basics of screenwriting, written a screenplay or two and want to bring their writing and stories to the next level. Each chapter of the book examines...
    $84.41

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  • The Twitter Presidency The Twitter Presidency
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    The Twitter Presidency

    The Twitter Presidency explores the rhetorical style of President Donald J. Trump, attending to both his general manner of speaking as well as to his preferred modality. Trump's manner, the authors argue, reflects an aesthetics of white rage, and it is...
    $136.56

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  • Lucas Malet, Dissident Pilgrim Lucas Malet, Dissident Pilgrim
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    Lucas Malet, Dissident Pilgrim

    Popular novelist, female aesthete, Victorian radical and proto-modernist, Lucas Malet (Mary St. Leger  Harrison, 1852-1931) was one of the most successful writers of her day, yet few of her remarkable novels remain in print. Malet was a daughter of the...
    $372.01

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  • Quotable Guide to Punctuation Quotable Guide to Punctuation
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    Quotable Guide to Punctuation

    This book makes punctuation more fun and easier to learn than traditional approaches do. It teaches the natural way, by example: each lesson begins with quotes that exemplify good punctuation and sentence structure. Quotations are humorous and...
    $43.30

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  • An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics
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    An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics

    An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics carefully explains the central concepts of categoriza­tion, of prototype and gestalt perception, of basic level and conceptual hierarchies, of figure and ground, and of metaphor and metonymy, for which an...
    $122.89

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  • Meaning and the English Verb Meaning and the English Verb
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    Meaning and the English Verb

    Every language has its peculiar problems of meaning for the foreign learner. In the English language, some of the biggest yet most fascinating problems are concentrated in the area of the finite verb phrase: in particular, tense, aspect, mood and...
    $130.36

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  • A Short History of Linguistics A Short History of Linguistics
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    A Short History of Linguistics

    This complete revision and updating of Professor Robins' classic text offers a comprehensive account of the history of linguistic thought from its European origins some 2500 years ago to the present day. It examines the independent development of...
    $148.98

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  • Neo-Davidsonian Metaphysics Neo-Davidsonian Metaphysics
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    Neo-Davidsonian Metaphysics

    Much contemporary metaphysics, moved by an apparent necessity to take reality to consist of given beings and properties, presents us with what appear to be deep problems requiring radical changes in the common sense conception of persons and the world...
    $388.08

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  • Nonnative Speaker English Teachers Nonnative Speaker English Teachers
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    Nonnative Speaker English Teachers

    According to current estimates, about eighty percent of English teachers worldwide are nonnative speakers of the language. The nonnative speaker movement began a decade ago to counter the discrimination faced by these teachers and to champion their...
    $413.95

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  • Queer Temporalities in Gay Male Representation Queer Temporalities in Gay Male Representation
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    Queer Temporalities in Gay Male Representation

    Through the analysis of over seventy films and thirty television series, ranging from Shortbus, Sweet Home Alabama, and Poseidon to Noah's Arc, Brothers & Sisters, and Dawson's Creek, Goltz examines reoccurring narrative structures in popular media...
    $388.08

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  • Semantic Prosody Semantic Prosody
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    Semantic Prosody

    Semantic Prosody is the first full-length treatment of semantic prosody, a concept akin to connotation but which connects crucially with typical lexical environment. For example, it has been claimed that the adverb 'utterly' is characterised by an...
    $375.76

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  • Project-Based Language Learning with Technology Project-Based Language Learning with Technology
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    Project-Based Language Learning with Technology

    This book highlights the ways in which insights from technology-mediated project-based language learning research can contribute to our understanding of both learner interaction in specific cultural contexts and the role of technology in language...
    $413.95

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  • Analyzing Public Discourse Analyzing Public Discourse
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    Analyzing Public Discourse

    Analyzing Public Discourse demonstrates the use of discourse analysis to provide testimony in public policy consultations: from environmental impact statements to changes in laws and policies.Scollon asserts that it is in the best interest of democratic...
    $408.87

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  • Investigating Intimate Discourse Investigating Intimate Discourse
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    Investigating Intimate Discourse

    Intimate discourse - that between couples, family and close friends in private, non-professional settings - lies at the heart of our everyday linguistic experience. It creates and sustains our closest relationships.Using an innovative blend of the...
    $505.12

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  • Stories, Meaning, and Experience Stories, Meaning, and Experience
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    Stories, Meaning, and Experience

    This is a book about the human propensity to think about and experience the world through stories. 'Why do we have stories?', 'How do stories create meaning for us?', and 'How is storytelling distinct from other forms of meaning-making?' are some of the...
    $401.63

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  • Learner-Centered English Language Education Learner-Centered English Language Education
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    Learner-Centered English Language Education

    This carefully crafted collection provides a snapshot of the evolution of David Nunan's theoretical and empirical contributions to the field of second language education over the last 40 years. The volume focuses on the development of his work on second...
    $448.84

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  • The Routledge Companion to English Language Studies The Routledge Companion to English Language Studies
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    The Routledge Companion to English Language Studies

    The Routledge Companion to English Language Studies is an accessible guide to the major topics, debates and issues in English Language Studies. This authoritative collection includes entries written by well-known language specialists from a diverse range...
    $281.75

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  • Improving Literacy by Teaching Morphemes Improving Literacy by Teaching Morphemes
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    Improving Literacy by Teaching Morphemes

    With reports from several studies showing the benefits of teaching young children about morphemes, this book is essential reading for anyone concerned with helping children to read and write. By breaking words down into chunks of meaning...
    $409.81

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  • Roc the Mic Right Roc the Mic Right
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    Roc the Mic Right

    Complementing a burgeoning area of interest and academic study, Roc the Mic Right explores the central role of language within the Hip Hop Nation (HHN). With its status convincingly argued as the best means by which to read Hip Hop culture, H. Samy Alim...
    $358.59

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  • Discourses in Place Discourses in Place
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    Discourses in Place

    Discourses in Place is essential reading for anyone with an interest in language and the way we communicate. Written by leaders in the field, this text argues that we can only interpret the meaning of public texts like road signs, notices and brand logos...
    $372.01

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  • The Battle over Spanish between 1800 and 2000 The Battle over Spanish between 1800 and 2000
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    The Battle over Spanish between 1800 and 2000

    This book examines the way in which a group of key Spanish and Latin American intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries discussed the concept of the Spanish language. The contributors analyse the ways in which these discussions related to...
    $218.32

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  • Student Writing Student Writing
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    Student Writing

    Student Writing presents an accessible and thought-provoking study of academic writing practices. Informed by 'composition' research from the US and 'academic literacies studies' from the UK, the book challenges current official discourse on writing as a...
    $372.01

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  • Language Education in Multilingual Colombia Language Education in Multilingual Colombia
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    Language Education in Multilingual Colombia

    This collection brings together cutting-edge research and theoretical discussions on the linguistic, cultural, and political forces that shape multilingual Colombia, highlighting the country's unique sociolinguistic landscape and offering new insights...
    $104.28

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  • Changing News Use Changing News Use
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    Changing News Use

    Changing News Use pulls from empirical research to introduce and describe how changing news user patterns and journalism practices have been mutually disruptive, exploring what journalists and the news media can learn from these changes.
    $53.28

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  • Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes
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    Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes

    This is the first book-length volume to investigate both implicit and explicit language attitudes. It details the findings of a large-scale study, incorporating innovative methodology, investigating the evaluations of English nationals on the status...
    $104.28

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  • East Asian Pragmatics East Asian Pragmatics
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    East Asian Pragmatics

    This volume seeks to present a comprehensive survey of existing outputs of pragmatics research in three major East Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese and Korean). The survey concentrates on a number of core pragmatic topics such as speech acts, deixis,...
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  • Understanding Language Testing Understanding Language Testing
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    Understanding Language Testing

    Understanding Language Testing presents an introduction to language tests and the process of test development that starts at the very beginning. Assuming no knowledge of the field, the book promotes a practical understanding of language testing using...
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  • Oxford Handbook of Philosophy in Early Modern Europe Oxford Handbook of Philosophy in Early Modern Europe
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    Oxford Handbook of Philosophy in Early Modern Europe

    In this Handbook twenty-six leading scholars survey the development of philosophy between the middle of the sixteenth century and the early eighteenth century. The five parts of the book cover metaphysics and natural philosophy; the mind, the passions,...
    $294.07

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  • Intonation in L2 Discourse Intonation in L2 Discourse
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    Intonation in L2 Discourse

    Grounded in a systemic functional linguistic (SFL) approach, this book applies a contrastive interlanguage corpus-based approach to investigate the nature and role of L2 intonation and its pragmatic function in spoken discourse. The volume offers a...
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  • Women in Social Semiotics and SFL Women in Social Semiotics and SFL
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    Women in Social Semiotics and SFL

    This book showcases interviews with nine women who have made pioneering contributions to social semiotics and systemic functional linguistics (SFL), highlighting how these women have taken the discipline into new and innovative directions, and the...
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  • Diplomatic and Political Interpreting Explained Diplomatic and Political Interpreting Explained
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    Diplomatic and Political Interpreting Explained

    The role of the interpreter at international meetings of politicians and diplomats is a critical one. This book examines the history of diplomacy and diplomatic interpreting as well as the rules and realities of modern diplomatic relations. Building on...
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  • Historical Linguistics and Endangered Languages Historical Linguistics and Endangered Languages
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    Historical Linguistics and Endangered Languages

    This collection showcases the contributions of the study of endangered and understudied languages to historical linguistic analysis, and the broader relevance of diachronic approaches toward developing better informed approaches to language documentation...
    $409.81

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  • Fragmented Narrative Fragmented Narrative
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    Fragmented Narrative

    With the rise and rise of social media, today's communication practices are significantly different from those of even the recent past. A key change has been a shift to very small units, exemplified by Twitter and its strict 280-character limit on...
    $372.01

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  • A New Handbook of Rhetoric A New Handbook of Rhetoric
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    A New Handbook of Rhetoric

    A collection of essays addressing the relevance, explanatory power, and exclusionary effects of the technical vocabulary of rhetorical theory.
    $229.16

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  • Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology
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    Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology

    The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology is intended as a companion volume to the Oxford Handbook of Compounding (OUP 2009), aiming to provide a comprehensive and thorough overview of the study of derivational morphology. Written by distinguished...
    $322.62

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  • Learn with Me Learn with Me
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    Learn with Me

    No one learns skills faster than a young, eager child. Beginning at the age of three your child can learn the fundamentals of cursive writing.Learn with Me: Cursive Writing for Beginners makes learning cursive, pen control, line tracing, and letters easy...
    $15.23

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