Gobsmacked!
A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishisms--for good or ill The British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America--from French fries to Awesome, man!--are destroying the English language. But what about the influence going the other way? Britishisms have been making their way into the American lexicon for more than 150 years, but the process has accelerated since the turn of the twenty-first century. From acclaimed writer and language commentator Ben Yagoda, Gobsmacked! is a witty, entertaining, and enlightening account of how and why scores of British words and phrases--such as one-off, go missing, curate, early days, kerfuffle, easy peasy, and cheeky--have been enthusiastically taken up by Yanks. After tracing Britishisms that entered the American vocabulary in the nineteenth century and during the world wars, Gobsmacked! discusses the most-used British terms in America today. It features chapters on the American embrace of British insults and curses, sports terms, and words about food and drinks. The book also explores the American adoption of British spellings, pronunciations, and grammar, and cases where Americans have misconstrued British expressions (for example, changing can't be arsed to can't be asked) or adopted faux-British usages, like pronouncing divisive as "divissive." Finally, the book offers some guidance on just how many Britishisms an American can safely adopt without coming off like an arse. Rigorously researched and documented but written in a light, conversational style, this is a book that general readers and language obsessives will love. Its revealing account of a surprising and underrecognized language revolution might even leave them, well, gobsmacked.
Work on Your Grammar
Hundreds of exercises to get you to the next level Collins Work on your Grammar - Upper Intermediate (B2) is a new practice book that covers the key grammar points needed by learners of English at Upper Intermediate level (CEF level B2). This book is an essential resource for learners who want to improve their English grammar. Each of the 30 units presents a different area of grammar using clear language and examples. This is followed by practice exercises to ensure the learner will remember and be able to use what they have learnt with confidence in their written and spoken English. The grammar covered in Collins Work on your Grammar - Upper Intermediate (B2) has been carefully selected based on Collins Corpus research and the experience of our language experts. As a result, this book provides plenty of useful practice with authentic, up-to-date examples of language usage in context. A carefully structured layout makes sure the language is always clear and the book is easy to navigate. Collins Work on your Grammar - Upper Intermediate (B2) is ideal for self-study or for use in the classroom, and is an essential resource for students and teachers. - Focuses on the grammar required at Upper Intermediate level (CEF level B2)- Thirty units with clear presentation material followed by practice exercises- Authentic examples of real English, taken from the Collins Corpus- Clear structure and presentation of language- Plenty of room to write in- Full answer key included- Ideal for self-study or for use in the classroom
Email Marketing for Authors
You've heard it a hundred times.Email marketing is the key to selling more books.So why haven't you started? Maybe it feels too technical. Too time-consuming. Too easy to mess up. You've got writing to do, and the idea of building a list, crafting automations, or sending emails just sounds exhausting. You're not alone. Most authors avoid email until it's too late. But the truth is, it doesn't have to be that hard or take up all your time. You'll learn how to: - Attract the right readers without begging on social media - Create lead magnets that convert casual fans into loyal subscribers - Build a simple email system you can stick with - Avoid spam filters and keep your emails out of the trash - Turn your list into sales, superfans, and long-term income Whether you're starting from zero or rebuilding the right way, this book shows you how to grow your email list with purpose and keep your audience engaged for the long haul. Read it now!
Let's Go to Mars
This unique persuasive text takes the form of a fictional holiday to Mars, presenting factual information about the red planet. The text draws comparisons between Earth and Mars, and considers aspects of space travel such as weightlessness and the lack of oxygen.- Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary- Text type - A persuasive text.- A pictorial glossary is provided on pages 22 and 23 encouraging discussion and reinforcement of technical terms.- Curriculum links - Numeracy: Space, shape and measure; Science: Forces and movement; Geography: Contrast with the local area.- This book is paired with a story on the same theme: Star Boy's Surprise by Jana Hunter.
Moomin Classics Set of 3 MIDI Notebooks
Shrink-wrapped set of 3 midi notebooks, each with a different Classic Moomin design. Stitched spine, with ruled and blank pages. High-quality production makes a stunning gift. Ideal for personal use too. Moomin Classics Set of 3 Midi Notebooks features a collection of three midi, foiled notebooks with alternating lined and blank pages. Each notebook has a different beautiful design: They are perfect to be carried everywhere! Tove Jansson was a Finnish-Swedish writer and artist who created the Moomin family and their friends. She first started painting Moomintrolls in 1935 and her last Moomin book was published in 1970; but her stories live on and continue to be adapted and enjoyed by many generations. Flame Tree: The Art of Fine Gifts.
Moomin Love Artisan Art Notebook (Flame Tree Journals)
New title in the colourful Artisan Art Notebook collection by Flame Tree Studio, in a range of hues to suit the mood and the moment, crafted with decorated page edges and embellished with beautiful tactile art on the cover. Artisan Art Notebooks, the new Journals from Flame Tree, come in a range of hues to suit the moment and are embellished with a wide variety of well-known art on their tactile, vegan leather covers. They're carefully crafted with decorated page edges overflowing with petals, teasing vines and patterns. A unique blend of the practical and beautiful, with two ribbons and lined pages, the Artisan Art Notebooks are perfect for notes, creative writing, poetry, doodles and lists. And, with robust flexi covers, they're easy to slip into your bag and a pleasure to use. Simply, they feel good! Tove Jansson was a Finnish-Swedish writer and artist who created the Moomin family and their friends. She first started painting Moomintrolls in 1935 and her last Moomin book was published in 1970; but her stories live on and continue to be adapted and enjoyed by many generations.
Pattern, Construction, System
Construction Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar take different approaches to the study of lexico-grammar, based on language as a cognitive and as a social phenomenon respectively. This is the first book to bring the two approaches together, using corpus-based Pattern Grammar as an underlying descriptive framework, in order to present a comprehensive and original treatment of verb-based patterns in English. It describes in detail two processes: deriving over 800 verb argument constructions from 50 verb complementation patterns; and using those constructions to populate systemic networks based on 9 semantic fields. The result is an approach to the lexis and grammar of English that unifies disparate theories, finding synergies between them and offering a challenge to each. Pattern Grammar, Construction Grammar and Systemic-Functional Grammar are introduced in an accessible way, making each approach accessible to readers from other backgrounds. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
Communicating Food to Children
This book offers a systematic account of communication on food aimed at children, investigating verbal and visual strategies used in food media in English from synchronic and diachronic perspectives.While there is a wide body of research on food discourse, there has been little to date on children as a particular category of actors within food-related communication. Cesiri integrates work from corpus linguistics, genre analysis, and multimodality to analyze verbal and visual components in media that transmit specialist knowledge and familiarize children with foundational food concepts, the extra-linguistic factors that shape food-related communication, and the ways in which different genres represent culinary traditions to children. The volume features an extensive corpus of technical products such as cookbooks, commercial products such as advertisements, and institutional products such as leaflets from international institutions. In applying a multi-layered perspective to a diverse range of food-related communication materials, Cesiri seeks to unpack whether potential differences in communicative strategies can be attributed to the source culture of interactants or those shared by a specific community of actors, and in turn, further insights into the nature of domain-specific discourse.This volume will appeal to scholars in discourse analysis, multimodality, corpus linguistics, and childhood studies.
Possible Worlds Theory and Readers' Emotional Responses to Literature
This book develops a cognitive stylistic exploration of readers' emotional experiences of literature. Adopting Possible Worlds Theory as a framework, the volume constructs a stylistic analysis of some of the ways in which novels elicit readers' emotions. A typology of past, present, and future textual actual and possible worlds is formulated to frame analysis of three novels: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, and The Trick Is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway. The author integrates close stylistic analysis with the use of empirical data drawn from reader interviews and online reader reviews. The analysis of these diverse 20th-century novels works to show the utility of the typology for analysis formulated for this book, as well as to demonstrate the value of incorporating empirical reader data in analysis of the ways in which novels may affect readers' emotions.
World Englishes and Social Media
As social media keeps changing, so does the representation of World Englishes across the wide range of platforms available. This edited volume explores the different varieties of English on various social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, and YouTube. Social media platforms showcase an ever-increasing diversity in languages and varieties of languages used on them. Divided into three parts, the book focuses in turn on language variation in digital contexts, identities and social meaning making, and metalinguistic commentary, and ends with a discussion chapter providing an overview of World Englishes and social media. Investigating these areas in detail, the book covers a wealth of topics, including ethical questions and research methodology, linguistic features and creativity, and meta-discourse. By offering up-to-date coverage of English use across different platforms, it provides an in-depth insight into the dynamic space of language variation online.
Linguistics and Oral History
This edited volume brings together linguistic and oral history practitioners to explore the intersections between both disciplines. This book is comprised of contributions from linguists (corpus linguists, sociolinguists, dialectologists and second language acquisition experts) to present how they investigate oral history texts from a linguistic perspective as well as contributions from oral history practitioners who focus on language-related aspects of their subject. In presenting perspectives from both disciplines, this book exposes the synergies that exist between oral history and linguistics including methodological parallels in constructing and analysing written transcriptions of spoken events, analytical approaches to determining salient themes and linguistic items, relevant theoretical perspectives that frame discourse practices in oral histories and the practical considerations facing researchers when investigating large samples of spoken discourse. This book shows that oral historians and linguists are often doing the same things in different ways and makes the case for more collaboration between the disciplines to promote exchange of ideas, efficiency of practice and reciprocal progression.
Conspiracy as Genre
From anti-vaccine politics to aliens, this volume explores diverse critical approaches to conspiracy narratives representing them as playful stories with serious ideologies and effects. It examines conspiracy in relation to social power and authority, moving beyond either disinformation or revelation. In addition, it looks at how the genre of conspiracy is the performance of questioning authority to produce new forms of expertise which frequently stabilize existing power hierarchies. Across three parts, the book theorizes how conspiracy narratives are told, what they do in the social world, and how they circulate these social meanings. Part One offers semiotic and narrative analyses of the language of conspiracy as a genre. Part Two examines the social effects of these narratives, arguing that elite conspiracy is a means to stabilize social power, looking in particular at gender-related conspiracies around feminism, abortion and trans rights. Part Three considers the circulation of conspiracies and the ideologies they narrate, using unique mixed methods approaches to look at multilingual data in sites and communities in Brazil, Germany, and the USA.
Reading and Writing for Change
How can creative writers and readers be active agents in fighting social injustices? With many writers oblivious to how their writing may actually uphold the very problems they seek to undo, this book both assists writers to identify the unrecognized connections between creative writing and processes of power, and equips them with the knowledge to produce works that project kindness and change. Beginning with an exploration of literature's connections with power and focusing on social voice, representation and whose stories are told, the book moves on to emphasize how stories are told, highlighting the political implications in textual presentation and prevalent standards for judging literary merit. Considering how power operates in, through and around stories at the level of form, structure, and narrative order but also through grammar, style, and figurative language, author Amelia Walker outlines strategies for analyzing texts that draw on theories from Indigenous studies, literary criticism, philosophy, cultural studies, education, journalism, and creative writing theory. Featuring writing and reading activities that translate important theories into practical craft tools, Reading and Writing for Change builds ideas for writers and readers seeking to unbalance the dynamic between literature and power in support of change and to disrupt the status quo and imagine life differently.
Unrealized Arguments and the Grammar of Context
In null instantiation (NI) an optionally unexpressed argument receives either anaphoric or existential interpretation. One cannot accurately predict a predicator's NI potential based either on semantic factors (e.g., Aktionsart class of the verb) or pragmatic factors (e.g., relative discourse prominence of arguments), but NI potential, while highly constrained, is not simply lexical idiosyncrasy. It is instead the product of both lexical and constructional licensing. In the latter case, a construction can endow a verb with NI potential that it would not otherwise have. Using representational tools of sign based construction grammar, this Element offers a lexical treatment of English null instantiation that covers both distinct patterns of construal of null-instantiated arguments and the difference between listeme-based and contextually licensed, thus construction-based, null complementation.
Language and Social Justice
Language, whether spoken, written, or signed, is a powerful resource that is used to facilitate social justice or undermine it. The first reference resource to use an explicitly global lens to explore the interface between language and social justice, this volume expands our understanding of how language symbolizes, frames, and expresses political, economic, and psychic problems in society, thus contributing to visions for social justice. Investigating specific case studies in which language is used to instantiate and/or challenge social injustices, each chapter provides a unique perspective on how language carries value and enacts power by presenting the historical contexts and ethnographic background for understanding how language engenders and/or negotiates specific social justice issues. Case studies are drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America and the Pacific Islands, with leading experts tackling a broad range of themes, such as equality, sovereignty, communal well-being, and the recognition of complex intersectional identities and relationships within and beyond the human world. Putting issues of language and social justice on a global stage and casting light on these processes in communities increasingly impacted by ongoing colonial, neoliberal, and neofascist forms of globalization, Language and Social Justice is an essential resource for anyone interested in this area of research.
Second Language Pragmatics and Young Language Learners
This book brings together research on second language pragmatics in the underexplored context of EFL primary classrooms. Presenting studies from Croatia, Cyprus, Germany, Norway, Spain and the Netherlands, the book offers a rich exploration of different topics, such as learners' pragmatic performance, awareness and development, learners' and teachers' views on pragmatic instruction, and investigations concerning material use and lesson planning. The studies feature a range of data sources including animated films, arts-based instruction, classroom discourse, narrated picture-based tasks, questionnaires and interviews, introducing the reader to a wealth of opportunities for evaluating young learners' engagement with pragmatics. Being the first edited volume to provide an overview of the rapidly growing area of young learner pragmatics, it will be of great interest to researchers, graduate students and language teachers.
The Marginalia Fan's Pocket Journal
Some readers simply read books. Others talk back.The Marginalia Fan's Pocket Journal is a guided companion created for the readers who underline favourite lines, highlight in rainbow colors, doodle in the margins, or argue with the author when the story takes a turn. If you've ever felt that white space on the page is wasted space, this journal was made for you.Inside you'll discover carefully designed prompts, decorative icons, and writing spaces that invite you to: Record unforgettable quotes and add your personal reactionsSwatch your favourite pens and highlighters to create your color codeCollect the funniest or sharpest margin notes you've ever seenExperiment with symbols, arrows, doodles, and other margin shortcutsReflect on your annotation style and what it says about you as a readerCapture the emotional journey of reading: the lines that made you laugh, argue, or cryThe result is a keepsake of your reading life: part reading journal, part creative workbook, part time capsule.Printed on cream paper for a comfortable, bookish feel, this pocket-sized journal travels easily in a bag or book stack. It is beautifully illustrated with icons and decorative flourishes that make every page feel like an open invitation to scribble, note, and create.Perfect for: Readers who follow BookTok and Bookstagram annotation trendsAnyone who loves to personalize their books with highlights and notesBook club members looking to capture insights and memorable quotesWriters, students, or critics who use annotation as a creative toolGift-givers searching for something fresh, bookish, and originalWhy it works: this isn't just a notebook, it's an identity. Using it reinforces that you belong to the growing community of readers who see books as interactive conversations rather than silent objects. Each page you fill strengthens your connection to the story you're reading and creates a tangible record you can look back on. Your notes become a mirror of your reading life, a treasure that no one else could duplicate.Whether your style is neat, chaotic, colorful, or cryptic, The Marginalia Fan's Pocket Journal helps you celebrate the art of annotation and claim your place in a long tradition of readers who leave their mark.Margins are the new canvas. Make them yours.
Semiotics with a Conscience
Demonstrating how semiotic theory and method can be applied to decoding false representations and dangerous discourses, this book explores how semiotics can be used as a potentially powerful science of conscience. Confronting the sometimes negative perception of semiotics as academically inward-looking and lacking in morality, Marcel Danesi turns this view on its head. Instead, Danesi highlights how the same techniques that have allowed the use of semiotics for self-serving commercial purposes, such as advertising or marketing, could also be applied to deciphering current world problems. Through describing the semiotic notions and methods that can be used to analyze misrepresentations, propaganda, or meaning collapses, the book enables readers to become conscientiously aware of their hidden meanings and the harmful effects that they have on society. Identifying key issues of concern, such as climate change and anti-science discourses, it shows how they can be interpreted in terms of basic semiotic theory. This analysis of crucial issues demonstrates how semiotics can be used to raise awareness of critically important matters in modern society, and to encourage the development of more robust and ethical attitudes towards them.
Understanding Love
This book is a true voyage of exploration across the sea of love, approaching the theme through a logotherapeutic and philosophical perspective. The author, PhD Timo Purjo, examines love as the highest value, a fundamental spiritual capacity, and the deepest meaning of human existence. It leads the reader from foundational philosophical principles to concrete life situations in which love is expressed as an attitude, a responsibility, a decision, and a calling. It draws upon Viktor Frankl織s anthropological understanding of the human person, placing emphasis on the role of the will to meaning, self-transcendence, and responsibility in realizing authentic love. The author reflects on love not just as a feeling but as a value that gives direction and purpose to human life. Through philosophical analysis drawing on the insights of M. Scheler, K. Jaspers, E. Fromm, and other important thinkers, Purjo connects the logotherapeutic understanding of meaning with fundamental questions about the nature of love, the challenges it faces, and its potential for growth. Building upon Frankl織s concept of WILL TO MEANING as the cornerstone of logotherapy, Purjo expands the framework by guiding the reader toward a conscious and empowered WILL TO LOVE. The practical dimension of love is also explored as love in interpersonal relationships, in professional settings, love directed toward imperfection, love in suffering and loss, and love for non-human beings and nature. The book includes personal stories that testify to love as a genuine and vital force in life. What makes this book truly unique is that the author does not write from the position of someone who "knows what love is," but rather as someone who searches, learns, and shares with the reader what he has discovered along the way. More than a theoretical exploration, this book is an invitation to pause, reflect, and re-examine the ways in which love shapes our decisions, our relationships, and our sense of purpose. It encourages
Italian Immersion (Naples Edition)
Benvenuto! Italian Immersion is a journey through Italy, where language comes alive in stories. Instead of memorizing lists, you'll learn naturally, just as words are lived in caf矇s, markets, and piazzas. Each volume is set in a different city, from beginner basics in Rome to confident fluency in Milan. Along the way, engaging narratives introduce vocabulary and culture side by side, helping you absorb Italian without even noticing. Six books. Six cities. One path toward fluency through the magic of storytelling. In this Naples edition suitable for A2 learners, you'll follow Luca, a curious traveler, as he arrives at Napoli Centrale, finds his Airbnb in Spaccanapoli, orders his first Neapolitan coffee, tastes authentic pizza, and even cheers at a Napoli football match. Each short story introduces you to real-life Italian vocabulary and expressions, while giving you a taste of Naples' vibrant culture.Inside, you'll find: Engaging stories you'll actually enjoyEveryday vocabulary for travel, food, and cultureItalian + English translation on every pageFree audio included for listening and speaking practiceWhether you're preparing for a trip to Italy, improving your skills for study, or just want a fun and natural way to learn, Italian Immersion (Naples Edition) will help you gain confidence, expand your vocabulary, and fall in love with Italian.
Reading Journal (Watercolor Bookshelves with Potted Plants)
Reading Journal - A Book Lover's Ultimate CompanionCapture your reading journey with this beautifully designed Reading Journal-the perfect book lover's diary! Whether you're tackling reading challenges, tracking your favorite books, or reviewing an entire series, this journal keeps all your literary adventures in one place. With dedicated sections for Book of the Month, Book of the Year, favorite quotes, and extra notes, it's the ultimate tool to enhance your reading experience. And if that wasn't enough, each section is bookended by bookshelf coloring pages for you to fill with your favorite reads!Key Features: ✅ Reading Challenges - Stay inspired with fun challenges that help you explore new genres and authors.✅ Book & Series Reviews - Track your thoughts on dozens of books, including entire series recaps.✅ Favorite Books & Quotes - Keep a record of the books that left a lasting impact and the quotes that spoke to you.✅ Book of the Month & Year - Highlight your top picks and reflect on your best reads of the year.✅ Handy Notes Section - Extra space for reading goals, TBR lists, or literary reflections.✅ Compact & Functional - The 6" x 9" size makes it easy to carry anywhere-perfect for book clubs, cozy reading nooks, or on-the-go journaling.Perfect for avid readers, book club members, and journal lovers, this reading tracker will help you document, reflect, and celebrate every book you read. Turn pages, capture memories, and bring your reading journey to life-order your Reading Journal today!
Reading Journal (Watercolor Pumpkins & Leaves in Bookshelves)
Reading Journal - A Book Lover's Ultimate CompanionCapture your reading journey with this beautifully designed Reading Journal-the perfect book lover's diary! Whether you're tackling reading challenges, tracking your favorite books, or reviewing an entire series, this journal keeps all your literary adventures in one place. With dedicated sections for Book of the Month, Book of the Year, favorite quotes, and extra notes, it's the ultimate tool to enhance your reading experience. And if that wasn't enough, each section is bookended by bookshelf coloring pages for you to fill with your favorite reads!Key Features: ✅ Reading Challenges - Stay inspired with fun challenges that help you explore new genres and authors.✅ Book & Series Reviews - Track your thoughts on dozens of books, including entire series recaps.✅ Favorite Books & Quotes - Keep a record of the books that left a lasting impact and the quotes that spoke to you.✅ Book of the Month & Year - Highlight your top picks and reflect on your best reads of the year.✅ Handy Notes Section - Extra space for reading goals, TBR lists, or literary reflections.✅ Compact & Functional - The 6" x 9" size makes it easy to carry anywhere-perfect for book clubs, cozy reading nooks, or on-the-go journaling.Perfect for avid readers, book club members, and journal lovers, this reading tracker will help you document, reflect, and celebrate every book you read. Turn pages, capture memories, and bring your reading journey to life-order your Reading Journal today!
Reading Journal (Watercolor Fall Leaves Bookshelves)
Reading Journal - A Book Lover's Ultimate CompanionCapture your reading journey with this beautifully designed Reading Journal-the perfect book lover's diary! Whether you're tackling reading challenges, tracking your favorite books, or reviewing an entire series, this journal keeps all your literary adventures in one place. With dedicated sections for Book of the Month, Book of the Year, favorite quotes, and extra notes, it's the ultimate tool to enhance your reading experience. And if that wasn't enough, each section is bookended by bookshelf coloring pages for you to fill with your favorite reads!Key Features: ✅ Reading Challenges - Stay inspired with fun challenges that help you explore new genres and authors.✅ Book & Series Reviews - Track your thoughts on dozens of books, including entire series recaps.✅ Favorite Books & Quotes - Keep a record of the books that left a lasting impact and the quotes that spoke to you.✅ Book of the Month & Year - Highlight your top picks and reflect on your best reads of the year.✅ Handy Notes Section - Extra space for reading goals, TBR lists, or literary reflections.✅ Compact & Functional - The 6" x 9" size makes it easy to carry anywhere-perfect for book clubs, cozy reading nooks, or on-the-go journaling.Perfect for avid readers, book club members, and journal lovers, this reading tracker will help you document, reflect, and celebrate every book you read. Turn pages, capture memories, and bring your reading journey to life-order your Reading Journal today!
Reading Journal (Watercolor Pumpkins in Bookshelves)
Reading Journal - A Book Lover's Ultimate CompanionCapture your reading journey with this beautifully designed Reading Journal-the perfect book lover's diary! Whether you're tackling reading challenges, tracking your favorite books, or reviewing an entire series, this journal keeps all your literary adventures in one place. With dedicated sections for Book of the Month, Book of the Year, favorite quotes, and extra notes, it's the ultimate tool to enhance your reading experience. And if that wasn't enough, each section is bookended by bookshelf coloring pages for you to fill with your favorite reads!Key Features: ✅ Reading Challenges - Stay inspired with fun challenges that help you explore new genres and authors.✅ Book & Series Reviews - Track your thoughts on dozens of books, including entire series recaps.✅ Favorite Books & Quotes - Keep a record of the books that left a lasting impact and the quotes that spoke to you.✅ Book of the Month & Year - Highlight your top picks and reflect on your best reads of the year.✅ Handy Notes Section - Extra space for reading goals, TBR lists, or literary reflections.✅ Compact & Functional - The 6" x 9" size makes it easy to carry anywhere-perfect for book clubs, cozy reading nooks, or on-the-go journaling.Perfect for avid readers, book club members, and journal lovers, this reading tracker will help you document, reflect, and celebrate every book you read. Turn pages, capture memories, and bring your reading journey to life-order your Reading Journal today!
The Writing of Fiction
The Writing of Fiction by Edith Wharton is a masterful meditation on the art and architecture of storytelling, penned by one of America's most astute literary minds. With characteristic elegance and precision, Wharton explores the structural integrity of the novel, the moral dimensions of narrative, and the subtle alchemy of character and style. Drawing from both classical traditions and her own formidable career, she illuminates the inner workings of fiction with a voice that is at once rigorous, refined, and deeply human. More than a manual, this is a work of literary criticism steeped in insight and cultivated sensibility-a rare and enduring testament to fiction's highest aspirations.
Technology and Interpreting
Offering a thorough exploration of the rapid advancements in technology development for interpreting, this book explores the effects of technology on the practice of interpreting, providing theoretical insights and practical applications. An invaluable resource for students, researchers and practitioners in intepreting or related fields.
Nice White Anglophones
Nice White Anglophones: Privilege, Power and Monolingualism is an innovative work exploring race, power and ideology via an extended fictional case study centring a monolingual white American family-"The Smiths".
Asymmetry and Markedness Theory I
This first volume explores asymmetry in language by examining how affirmative and negative constructions reveal markedness phenomena.Building on the focus of the larger set, this volume first introduces the theoretical framework and key concepts of markedness theory and then applies them to affirmation-negation dynamics. It discusses unmarked versus marked negation, polarity words, and the gradual weakening of affirmative-negative contrasts, showing how these patterns reflect deeper connections between language, cognition, and semantics.This volume will benefit linguists, language educators, and researchers interested in language structure and function, particularly in Chinese linguistics, markedness theory, and cross-linguistic inquiry.
Nice White Anglophones
Nice White Anglophones: Privilege, Power and Monolingualism is an innovative work exploring race, power and ideology via an extended fictional case study centring a monolingual white American family-"The Smiths".
Cursive Workbook for Teens & Young Adults
Master the art of modern cursive with confidence, clarity, and style; designed specifically for teens and young adults! Cursive Workbook for Teens & Young Adults is the ultimate step-by-step guide to learning beautiful, legible handwriting in a modern world. Whether you're a beginner looking to improve your cursive writing or someone who wants to refine their penmanship, this workbook offers everything you need to build confidence and write with ease. With over 120 fun handwriting activities, this all-in-one cursive workbook helps teens and young adults develop real-world writing skills while unlocking personal expression. From tracing cursive letters and connecting strokes to writing inspiring quotes and full sentences, every page is crafted to build fluency and boost motivation. Inside this workbook, you'll discover: Clear, step-by-step instructions for learning modern cursive with ease 120+ fun and engaging activities to build consistency and confidence Practice pages for both uppercase and lowercase letters Expanded sentence and paragraph writing practice to improve fluency Real-life applications of cursive to make handwriting meaningful and relevant An expanded Practical Application section for everyday handwriting use Improved design for smoother page progression and better skill-building flow Large, easy-to-read font that's gentle on the eyes and perfect for focused writing If you're searching for a cursive writing book for teens, or a handwriting improvement book for young adults, this is the one to get. Start writing beautifully today; one letter, one word, one sentence at a time.
Publishing is Broken, but it Doesn't Have to Break Us
Publishing is broken, but it doesn't have to break you. In this candid, no-holds-barred guide, USA Today bestselling author and small-press publisher Russell Nohelty reveals why the traditional publishing model is stacked against most writers, and how to make the industry work for you.Drawing on decades of experience and dozens of successful book launches, Nohelty offers a blueprint for building your creative career without selling your soul or burning yourself out. You'll learn how to break free from tired industry myths, connect directly with the readers who love your work, jettison traditional gatekeepers, construct a sustainable creative life. and leverage simple tools and strategies that actually pay off without all the needless hustle.Whether you're a first-time writer or a seasoned pro, this book offers real-world strategies for breaking free of the status quo. Packed with straight talk, practical insights, and actionable advice, Publishing Is Broken Publishing, But It Doesn't Have to Break Us doesn't pretend there's a one-size-fits-all answer. Instead, it hands you the keys to design a publishing path that fits your goals, your schedule, and your sanity. If you're ready to build a thriving, bullshit-free writing career, this book will show you the way forward.
The dynamics of feminisation A corpus-based diachronic analysis of Dutch and German feminising morphology
In this book, feminisation - the marking of female sex on personal nouns - in Dutch and German is investigated contrastively, diachronically, and corpus-linguistically. The corpus-based approach entails a theoretical and methodological shift from a structuralist and essentialist approach to the interplay of language and sex to a poststructuralist, usage-based and holistic perspective, which has long been lacking from the scientific domain of Gender Linguistics. Starting from the observation that feminising morphology seems less frequently used in Dutch than in German in the same contexts, the goal is to examine how intra- and extralinguistic factors influence the choice for or against the use of these morphological patterns. These (only partly consciously made) choices are called differentiation and neutralisation, respectively. On the intralinguistic level, the link between the use of feminising morphology and properties of the grammatical gender system is investigated contrastively and diachronically, as well as more generally various semantic and pragmatic factors (semantics of the personal noun, animacy, referentiality) that may contribute to a more or less stable feminisation system. On the extralinguistic level, the effect of diverging views on gender-fair language use in both language areas, and within the respective areas (North vs. South for Dutch, East vs. West for German), stands out. Drawing on diachronic corpus data, the effects of these factors are investigated empirically in three case studies by focusing on the form (Case Study I) and function (Case Study II: feminisation in human reference and Case Study III: feminisation in nonhuman reference) of feminising morphology. Both formally and functionally, Dutch feminisation is a complex system, whereas the German one is more uniform and straightforward. The use of feminising morphology in Dutch has been restricted since at least the second half of the 20th century, but less so in Northern than in Southe
Spoken English: The Basics
Spoken English: The Basics offers a clear, non-jargonistic introduction to what the study of spoken English entails, ranging from its basic phonology and the grammar and vocabulary of speaking to the role of speaking in society.
Social Media and Language Learning
This book explores creative uses of social media for informal language learning, examining how informal language learning adapts to technological innovations in TikTok and Instagram. It offers pedagogical strategies for teachers to integrate newer technologies and multimodal materials into language classrooms to enhance learning experiences.
Designing Next-Gen Libraries
Recent trends in the advancement of technology, in processes and systems enable humankind to undergo a lot of challenges in upgrading their skills and systems in the information world. One needs to quickly understand these robust changes and adopt them in their work environment to keep pace with the requirements of the users catered to the value-added library services. Thus, the book is aimed to explore such recent trends, tools and technological implementation along with its adaptability of the library systems to help the library and knowledge management practitioners.
Technology and Interpreting
Offering a thorough exploration of the rapid advancements in technology development for interpreting, this book explores the effects of technology on the practice of interpreting, providing theoretical insights and practical applications. An invaluable resource for students, researchers and practitioners in intepreting or related fields.
The Cornish Language in the Nineteenth Century
This book offers a radical re-examination of the history of the Cornish language, challenging the long-held belief that it became extinct with the death of Dolly Pentreath in 1777. Instead, it reveals compelling evidence that Cornish continued to be used throughout the 19th century, by the working class, by academics, and by those seeking to preserve the language. Exploring the research of antiquarians such as Dr. Fred W.P. Jago, Reverend Lach-Szyrma, and Henry Jenner, this book uncovers overlooked accounts of Cornish speakers and reassesses their linguistic knowledge. By tracing the language's survival beyond its supposed extinction, the author argues that during the nineteenth century Cornish should be classified as critically endangered rather than extinct. Essential for scholars of minority languages, heritage researchers, and the Cornish language community, this book reshapes our understanding of Cornish history--proving that its story is one of resilience, not disappearance.
Immigrant Englishes Around the World
Immigrant Englishes Around the World is a collection that explores the varieties of English that emerge when speakers whose native languages are not English immigrate to an English-speaking country. The book examines the commonalities and diversity of immigrant varieties of English that may be seen from a comparison of groups with different heritage languages in different English-speaking nations around the world.Written by established researchers who all have conducted work with communities of immigrants or their descendants, the chapters explore immigrant Englishes across Great Britain, Australia, South Africa, and North America. Covering the theoretical grounding that unifies immigrant Englishes across the globe and using a model that is designed specifically for immigrant groups, the book focusses on how the communities as a whole develop their own distinctive ways of speaking English.This comprehensive comparison of immigrant dialects across the English-speaking world is essential reading for advanced students and researchers of sociolinguistics, language and migration, and language variation.
Studying the English Language
Revised throughout, the third edition of Studying the English Language (previously Introducing English Language) covers the key disciplines and concepts of linguistics as well as core areas in language study including acquisition, standardisation and the globalisation of English.
The Art of Writing
"The Art of Writing" by George Randolph Chester offers timeless guidance on the craft of effective communication. Addressing fundamental principles of composition, style, and rhetoric, this book provides practical advice for aspiring writers and seasoned professionals alike. Chester explores various techniques to enhance clarity, precision, and persuasiveness in writing, emphasizing the importance of audience awareness and skillful argumentation. This classic guide remains valuable for anyone seeking to master the art of written expression.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The One Primeval Language Traced Experimentally Through Ancient Inscriptions in Alphabetic Characters of Lost Powers From the Four Continents Including the Voice of Israel From the Rocks of Sinai and
The One Primeval Language Traced Experimentally Through Ancient Inscriptions, Volume 2, by Charles Forster, delves into the fascinating and ambitious quest to uncover the original language of humankind. Published in 1851, this volume continues the author's exploration of ancient inscriptions from across the globe, seeking to identify common roots and alphabetic characters that might reveal the primeval tongue. Forster meticulously examines inscriptions from diverse locations, including the Sinai Peninsula, aiming to extract "the Voice of Israel From the Rocks of Sinai" and other vestiges of patriarchal tradition. This work represents a significant, though ultimately speculative, contribution to the fields of historical linguistics and biblical studies, reflecting 19th-century efforts to reconcile linguistic theory with religious narrative. While its conclusions are debated, the book remains a valuable artifact of its time, illustrating the intellectual currents that sought to connect language, history, and faith.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
English Synonymes Explained, In Alphabetical Order
English Synonymes Explained, In Alphabetical Order is an exhaustive exploration of the nuances within the English language, offering a comprehensive guide to synonymy. Authored by George Crabb, this reference work meticulously dissects the subtle differences between words of similar meaning, providing readers with a deeper understanding of effective communication. The book is structured for ease of use, presenting synonyms in alphabetical order and enriching each entry with copious illustrations and examples drawn from esteemed writers. This approach not only clarifies definitions but also demonstrates practical application within various contexts. Whether you are a student, writer, or language enthusiast, this book is an invaluable resource for enhancing your command of the English language and refining your writing style. Discover the richness and precision of expression with this timeless guide to English synonymes.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
