Unpacking Metaphor-related Prepositions in Political Discourse
Polysemous Particles in Ancient Greek
Anyone reading an Ancient Greek text will notice the abundance of pragmatic particles (e.g. ἄρα, γάρ, γε, δέ, δή, μέν, μήν, οὖν), a much-debated and challenging class of expressions. What are their semantic contributions, and how should we account for their notorious polyfunctionality? In this book, Kees Thijs provides a state of the art of modern particle theory, which he then applies to two of the most versatile Greek particles, μήν and δή. Using a diachronically oriented polysemy approach and a large-scale, varied research corpus, Thijs offers a new, unified account that significantly improves on both traditional handbooks (e.g. Denniston) and more recent particle studies.
Says Who?
A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan "I was bowled over, page after page, by the author's fine ear for our language and her openhearted erudition. I learned a lot, and I couldn't have enjoyed myself more."--Benjamin Dreyer, New York Times bestselling author of Dreyer's English Our use of language naturally evolves and is a living, breathing thing that reflects who we are. Says Who? offers clear, nuanced guidance that goes beyond "right" and "wrong" to empower us to make informed language choices. Never snooty or scoldy (yes, that's a "real" word!), this book explains where the grammar rules we learned in school actually come from and reveals the forces that drive dictionary editors to label certain words as slang or unacceptable. Linguist and veteran English professor Anne Curzan equips readers with the tools they need to adeptly manage (a split infinitive?! You betcha!) formal and informal writing and speaking. After all, we don't want to be caught wearing our linguistic pajamas to a job interview any more than we want to show up for a backyard barbecue in a verbal tux, asking, "To whom shall I pass the ketchup?" Curzan helps us use our new knowledge about the developing nature of language and grammar rules to become caretakers of language rather than gatekeepers of it. Applying entertaining examples from literature, newspapers, television, and more, Curzan welcomes usage novices and encourages the language police to lower their pens, showing us how we can care about language precision, clarity, and inclusion all at the same time. With lively humor and humanity, Says Who? is a pragmatic and accessible key that reveals how our choices about language usage can be a powerful force for equity and personal expression. For proud grammar sticklers and self-conscious writers alike, Curzan makes nerding out about language fun.
Ready, Steady, Grow! Level 1 Big Book British English
The Ready, Steady, Grow! Big Books are a wonderful way for the teacher to further develop a sense of class community through a shared reading experience. The nine unit stories from the Pupil's Books are reproduced in large format with full-colour illustrations and come with teaching tips and a suggested teaching script. They are an excellent way for very young learners to start developing a love of reading books.
Whaddaya Say?
Includes free audio for the entire book! Perhaps the most difficult and frustrating challenge of learning a new language is understanding fast speech. WHADDAYA SAY? systematically teaches high-beginning to high-intermediate English learners how to improve their comprehension of fast speech. It has helped tens of thousands of students since the first edition was published in 1982. And now, the new third edition includes QR codes embedded in the text for instant access to the audio tracks, making it easier to use than ever! WHADDAYA SAY? introduces the most common pronunciation changes that occur in fast speech, contextualizes these changes in practical and entertaining conversations, and presents language students encounter in everyday life situations. In addition, this book includes10 review tests at the end of the book and includes six helpful appendices full of tips, strategies, rules, and answer keys. WHADDAYA SAY? is the ideal resource for improving students' listening confidence and abilities to comprehend naturally spoken English.
Teacher Leadership for School-Wide English Learning, Second Edition
The SWEL coaching model provides teacher leaders with the tools they need to develop customized professional development. This book is designed to facilitate the School-Wide English Learning (SWEL) peer coaching model at any school that serves multilingual learners of English, whether they make up most of the student body or a smaller group within the school. By capitalizing on the expertise that is already in the building, schools can transform the educational experience of multilingual learners throughout the school day. You can read this innovative volume sequentially or in an order that best suits your needs. Sections cover topics such as building school-wide systems to support language development, applying teacher professional development, and putting SWEL to work in your school with intentional planning. Valuable Features Professional Development Plans: each complete with objectives, time needed to complete the activity, materials and resources, preparation required, and step-by-step instructions A Companion Website: including downloadable handouts, articles, links, videos, and more, as well as all appendixes (editable) In the second edition of this book, you will find new perspectives on how language provides access while supporting student identity. Also look for: More ready-to-use professional development plans Updates based on real-world teacher input Revised and expanded planning tools to focus on targeted observation goals Discussion of how the psychology of change impacts the work of SWEL coaches
Promoting Multilingual Practices for Linguistically Diverse Learners in Global Contexts
The 11th volume in the Routledge-TIRF series presents research on multilingualism in global education, addressessing the challenges associated with developing culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Offering original research, new models and pedagogies, this is a key text for language education programs and pre-service teachers.
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Thinking Literature
Inspired by Mary Shelley's conviction that reading is a socially significant communal activity, this book presents four essays on modern interactions with literary classics. Ancient tragedy, Shakespeare, and Frankenstein are read anew in the context of challenges and dangers we are facing nowadays. The titular phrase, thinking literature, is meant to indicate reading literature of the previous epochs in a way that allows one to contemplate human condition against the background of the past and in connection with the present. The essays on Ahmed Saadawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad, Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire, Margaret Atwood's Hag-Seed, and modern reactions to suicide in Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, testify to the lasting relevance of ancient Greek tragedy, Shakespeare's plays and Mary Shalley's cautionary tale. Thinking literature by revisiting canonical texts and sharing with others the experience this brings, helps us to define, understand and confront the social and political challenges of today's increasingly complex world.
Understanding Phonology
Understanding Phonology, Fifth Edition, provides a clear, accessible and broad introduction to phonology. Introducing basic concepts, it provides a comprehensive account of phonological topics like segmental contrasts; syllables and moras; quantity; tone and intonation; word stress; and prosodic constituent structure.
The Nightingale and the Rose / 나이팅게일과 장미
'She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses''그녀는 내가 빨간 장미를 가져오면 나와 함께 춤을 추겠다고 말했다''but in all my garden there is no red rose' cried the young Student'하지만 내 정원에는 빨간 장미가 하나도 없어요.' 어린 학생이 외쳤다from her nest in the holm-oak tree the nightingale heard him홀름 떡갈나무에 있는 둥지에서 나이팅게일은 그의 말을 들었다and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered그녀는 나뭇잎 사이로 밖을 내다보며 의아해했다 'No red rose in all my garden!' he cried'내 정원에 빨간 장미는 없어!' 그는 울부짖었다and his beautiful eyes filled with tears그의 아름다운 눈에는 눈물이 가득 고여 있었다'On what little things does happiness depend!''행복은 얼마나 작은 것들에 달려 있는가!''I have read all that the wise men have written''나는 동방 박사들이 쓴 것을 모두 읽었습니다''all the secrets of philosophy are mine''철학의 모든 비밀은 나의 것이다''yet for want of a red rose my life is made wretched''그러나 빨간 장미가 부족해서 내 인생이 비참해졌다'
The Phonetics of Taiwanese
Taiwanese, formerly the lingua franca of Taiwan and currently the second largest language on the island, is genealogically related to Min from the Sino-Tibetan family. Throughout history, it has been influenced by many languages, but only Mandarin has exerted heavy influences on its phonological system. This Element provides an overview of the sound inventory in mainstream Taiwanese, and details its major dialectal differences. In addition, the Element introduces speech materials that could be used for studying the phonetics of Taiwanese, including datasets from both read and spontaneous speech. Based on the data, this Element provides an analysis of Taiwanese phonetics, covering phenomena in consonants, vowels, tones, syllables, and prosody. Some of the results are in line with previous studies, while others imply potential new directions in which the language might be analyzed and might evolve. The Element ends with suggestions for future research lines for the phonetics of the language.
Death-related Intensifiers in the History of English; Grammaticalisation and Related Phenomena
An all-important question for humans, death is unsurprisingly used as a source of intensification in language, perhaps even cross-linguistically. This book explores the use of death for intensification purposes in English and aims to shed light on how certain forms from this semantic field came to be used with an intensifying function over time, specifically dead(ly), mortal(ly) and to death. The author provides a full account of the evolution of these intensifiers from their origins up to present-day English from the perspective of grammaticalisation and other concomitant phenomena. To this end, this corpus-based research resorts to evidence from historical dictionaries, diachronic corpora and electronic collections. The study conducted, unprecedented in the number of examples analysed, combines both a qualitative and a quantitative approach to provide the most comprehensive picture of the long diachrony of these intensifiers.
The Phonetics of Taiwanese
Taiwanese, formerly the lingua franca of Taiwan and currently the second largest language on the island, is genealogically related to Min from the Sino-Tibetan family. Throughout history, it has been influenced by many languages, but only Mandarin has exerted heavy influences on its phonological system. This Element provides an overview of the sound inventory in mainstream Taiwanese, and details its major dialectal differences. In addition, the Element introduces speech materials that could be used for studying the phonetics of Taiwanese, including datasets from both read and spontaneous speech. Based on the data, this Element provides an analysis of Taiwanese phonetics, covering phenomena in consonants, vowels, tones, syllables, and prosody. Some of the results are in line with previous studies, while others imply potential new directions in which the language might be analyzed and might evolve. The Element ends with suggestions for future research lines for the phonetics of the language.
Affectivity and Prosody in Second Language Learning
Affectivity is essential in language learning and new ways of studying it must be considered. In this volume, the authors bring together two particularly relevant aspects of affectivity that are rarely related: the prosody of speech as the physical manifestation of affectivity, and affectivity involved in the learning process, with a strong component of (inter)culture and identity. In sum, overly narrow perspectives on affective language can only be avoided if we continue to bring together scientific and didactic studies of affectivity as a broad and diverse whole.
Building Classroom Culture Through Translanguaging
Building Classroom Culture Through Translanguaging: Theory to Practice is a comprehensive guide for educators who want to create inclusive and effective classrooms that celebrate the diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds of their students. It introduces the concept of translanguaging, a pedagogy that moves beyond traditional methods by encouraging students to use their full linguistic repertoire. Educators learn how to leverage students' existing languages to enhance learning and comprehension, develop strategies to create a more inclusive classroom, implement translanguaging strategies, and foster an educational environment that reflects the linguistic and cultural diversity inherent in today's globalized society. By presenting real-world examples, pedagogical tools, and numerous hands-on activities, "Building Classroom Culture Through Translanguaging" empowers preservice teachers, in-service teachers, and teacher trainers to make informed choices, fostering a community of reflective practitioners committed to enhancing the quality of education for all.
Evolve Level 6b Student’s Book with Digital Pack
Drawing on insights from language teaching experts and real students, this Level 6B (CEFR C1) Student's Book with Digital Pack split edition B (Units 7-12) covers all skills and focuses on the most effective and efficient ways to make progress in English. It includes a 9-month access code for the Digital Pack which consists of an eBook version of the printed book, audio, video and an interactive digital workbook that allows teachers to easily track the performance of their students. All digital content is online and works on smartphones as well as tablets, laptops and desktop computers.
Prism Reading Intro Student’s Book with Digital Pack
Prism Reading Level Intro has 8 units to develop vocabulary, academic, and critical thinking skills. Students experience topics through fascinating readings in a wide variety of genres and formats to become familiar with material they might face in or outside the classroom. Each book includes a single-use code to access the Digital Pack that includes an eBook with video, Digital Workbook with extra practice to further improve reading, vocabulary, and language development, and one new reading per unit. Self-grading activities in the Digital Workbook help with learner autonomy and allow teachers to spend less time grading and more time teaching.
Compact Advanced Self-Study Pack
Compact offers intensive revision and practice to quickly maximise student performance. With this course you will consolidate language and skills for exam success through clear, concise training. Compact helps you build confidence with its unique step-by-step approach and teaches essential exam strategies through user-friendly Exam tips. The exam-specific Grammar sections and Grammar reference deepen understanding of language structures, while the Speaking bank and Writing bank extend proficiency in productive skills. This Self Study pack gives you access to the Workbook eBook, Answer key, Grammar and vocabulary and exam practice all available online on Cambridge One.
Academic Encounters Level 1 Student’s Book Reading and Writing with Digital Pack
Academic Encounters Second edition is a paired skills series with a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. Academic Encounters Reading and Writing Level 1 Student's Book with Digital Pack help develop important skills such as reading for the main idea, reading for speed, note-taking, and academic writing skills. The Digital Pack includes an eBook and Writing Skills Interactive for additional instruction and practice in academic writing skills and vocabulary. All content is mobile-friendly, so can be accessed on smartphones, laptops or desktop computers.
Oscar's Ordinary Morning
A Fun-Filled Journey into Language LearningJoin Oscar on a delightful morning adventure as he wakes up, gets dressed, enjoys a delicious breakfast, and embarks on a playful day. This captivating bilingual book is designed to make language learning an exciting and engaging experience for language learners of all ages.Key Features: Captivating Storytelling: Simple yet engaging narratives that follow Oscar's daily routine, making learning relatable and fun.Vibrant Illustrations: Simple visuals bring the story to life, sparking imagination and encouraging visual learning.Bilingual Immersion: Features French and English text on each page, providing a seamless and natural introduction to bilingualism.Review Pages: Includes review pages where users can practice telling the story to reinforce language learning and encourage creativity.Perfect for Shared Reading: Ideal for parents, teachers, and caregivers to read aloud."Oscar's Ordinary Morning" is perfect for: ESL Learners: Provides a gentle introduction to English vocabulary and sentence structure.Offers a fun and engaging way to learn new words and phrases.Helps build confidence in speaking and reading English.Bilingual Homes: Strengthens language skills in both languages.Creates a shared reading experience for the whole family.Speech Therapy: Supports language development by targeting specific daily routine vocabulary.Provides opportunities for expressive and receptive language practice.Encourages storytelling and narrative skills.Give the gift of language with "Oscar's Ordinary Morning"!
Quantitative and Computational Approaches to Phonology
This Element surveys the various lines of work that have applied algorithmic, formal, mathematical, statistical, and/or probabilistic methods to the study of phonology and the computational problems it solves. Topics covered include: how quantitative and/or computational methods have been used in research on both rule- and constraint-based theories of the grammar, including questions about how grammars are learned from data, how to best account for gradience as observed in acceptability judgments and the relative frequencies of different structures in the lexicon, what formal language theory, model theory, and information theory can and have contributed to the study of phonology, and what new directions in connectionist modeling are being explored. The overarching goal is to highlight how the work grounded in these various methods and theoretical orientations is distinct but also interconnected, and how central quantitative and computational approaches have become to the research in and teaching of phonology.
Quantitative and Computational Approaches to Phonology
This Element surveys the various lines of work that have applied algorithmic, formal, mathematical, statistical, and/or probabilistic methods to the study of phonology and the computational problems it solves. Topics covered include: how quantitative and/or computational methods have been used in research on both rule- and constraint-based theories of the grammar, including questions about how grammars are learned from data, how to best account for gradience as observed in acceptability judgments and the relative frequencies of different structures in the lexicon, what formal language theory, model theory, and information theory can and have contributed to the study of phonology, and what new directions in connectionist modeling are being explored. The overarching goal is to highlight how the work grounded in these various methods and theoretical orientations is distinct but also interconnected, and how central quantitative and computational approaches have become to the research in and teaching of phonology.
Nicky Hockly’s 30 Essentials for Using Artificial Intelligence Paperback
In this user-friendly book, Nicky Hockly draws on research and her own experience to examine the benefits and challenges of using AI in language teaching. The book provides a range of guidance on good practices in using the technology, with simple tips for applying the learning. It explores some of the key ethical, moral, philosophical and legal questions around using AI and covers topics including accessibility, data ownership and concerns around students cheating. The book also includes support for using AI to help teachers and learners develop. Nicky Hockly's 30 Essentials for Using Artificial Intelligence is an essential guide for teachers of all levels of experience.
Errors of Grammar
This definitive guide tackles some of the most persistent and egregious errors in English grammar that continue to plague both writers and speakers. Drawing on nearly two decades of meticulous observation, author Roger Challoner Green has compiled the mistakes he sees made most frequently, despite many having already worked their way into accepted modern usage. Unlike English grammar guides that focus on teaching rules, this book concentrates specifically on calling out misuse. The author doesn't argue scholarly grammar but instead appeals to longstanding conventions and preservation of the highest literary standards. Areas of particular concern covered include subject-verb agreement, adjective-noun agreement, dangling participles, and illogical comparisons among them. While acknowledging that language evolves, the author maintains firm views on upholding established guidelines. This guide book will resonate with readers frustrated by the increasing abandonment of good grammar and looking to bolster their own skills. Both informative and droll, Common English Grammar Mistakes serves as an essential tool for writers, editors, and language mavens alike.
Guess What! American English Level 2 Student’s Book with eBook Updated
Guess What! Updated Edition is a visually appealing six-level course helping primary learners to confidently apply English in real-world contexts. The Student's Book brings lessons to life with engaging characters, topics that spark children's curiosity, and a wide variety of activities, including animated stories with social values, documentary videos, grammar fun videos, songs, chants, games, and extended collaborative projects. The eBook includes integrated video and audio.
Serving the Academic, Social, and Emotional Needs of Multicultural Newcomers
As newcomers--immigrant students who have been in the U.S. less than two years--arrive in record numbers, many school districts are looking for ways to best support these new arrivals. Serving the Academic, Social, and Emotional Needs of Multicultural Newcomers offers a research-based overview of newcomer students across the nation and provides specific strategies for helping them integrate into U.S. schools in a variety of settings (ESL, bilingual, mainstream/content classrooms). In addition to a brief overview of how newcomer programs can provide academic and social-emotional services for recently arrived English learners, the authors draw on their experience to offer five best practices for serving newcomers. Readers will learn how to: Collaborate with school professionals to create a program specifically to meet the unique needs of new arrivals. Provide intensive literacy, numeracy, and content area support, especially for students with interrupted schooling. Develop the classroom supports necessary for students to achieve academic success. Provide supports that address the physical, social, and emotional challenges of newcomers. Work with families and communities to support students outside of a school environment. With reflective questions at the end of each chapter, this book is designed to be used as a textbook with study groups or as a self-study resource for professional development.
Compact First for Schools Student's Pack English for Spanish Speakers
Fast, focused exam preparation - a 50 to 60 hour course for the B2 First for Schools exam, with specific help for Spanish-speaking learners. Compact helps you build confidence with its unique step-by-step approach and teaches essential exam strategies through user-friendly exam tips. This Student's Pack contains the Student's Book without answers with Digital Pack and the Workbook without answers with eBook in one convenient package.
Aprendendo Ingl礙s
Este livro foi inscrito com o simples intuito de quebrar diversos taboos sobre o aprendizado de ingl礙s por Brasileiros, al矇m de mostrar diversas armadilhas no caminho do aprendizado. Descubra porque apenas 95% dos Brasileiros s瓊o fluentes em Ingl礙s e se torne parte dos 5% que domimam o idioma mais falado do mundo e conquiste sua liberdade.
Control
This Elements presents the major findings and theoretical advances in the area of Control. We describe the different types of control (complement, adjunct, obligatory, nonobligatory) and illustrate their profiles in several languages. It is shown that while certain features of Obligatory Control (OC) are common - nullness of PRO, nonfinite complements - they are not universal, hence should not enter its core definition. Comparing approaches to the choice of controller based on lexical meaning postulates with those based on embedding of speech acts, we conclude that the latter provide deeper insights into the core properties of OC. The fundamental semantic distinction between clauses denoting a property and those denoting a proposition proves to be important: It affects both the possibility of Partial Control in complements and the possibility of Non Obligatory Control in adjuncts. These insights are integrated in the Two-Tiered Theory of Control, laid out in the final sections.
Control
This Elements presents the major findings and theoretical advances in the area of Control. We describe the different types of control (complement, adjunct, obligatory, nonobligatory) and illustrate their profiles in several languages. It is shown that while certain features of Obligatory Control (OC) are common - nullness of PRO, nonfinite complements - they are not universal, hence should not enter its core definition. Comparing approaches to the choice of controller based on lexical meaning postulates with those based on embedding of speech acts, we conclude that the latter provide deeper insights into the core properties of OC. The fundamental semantic distinction between clauses denoting a property and those denoting a proposition proves to be important: It affects both the possibility of Partial Control in complements and the possibility of Non Obligatory Control in adjuncts. These insights are integrated in the Two-Tiered Theory of Control, laid out in the final sections.
Collins Big Cat - Island Song
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available. Cadence loves her island's rhythm and flow. Join her in exploring her day, as she discovers that even the quietest moments carry the promise of music. This beautiful story in verse is set in the Caribbean and is written and illustrated by Nadine Cowan. Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina. Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities. Text type: A story in verse
