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The Social Turn in Second Language Acquisition
David Block
Paperback - $57.95
This book offers an extended crititque of one of the main theoretical approaches to second language acqisition--the input/interaction/output school--on the grounds that it does not take sociolinguistic considerations into account. This boils down to ...
Discourse : A Critical Introduction
Jan Blommaert
Hardcover - $174.95
This new and engaging introduction offers a critical approach to discourse, written by an expert uniquely placed to cover the subject for a variety of disciplines. Organised along thematic lines, the book begins with an outline of the basic principle ...
Becoming a Word Learner : A Debate on Lexical Acquisition
Lois Bloom
Paperback - $57.95
This is a debate on lexical acquisition by some of the most prominent and influential psychologists in the area of language development. Each author provides, in the strongest possible terms, his or her own theory of language acquisition. In the fina ...
The Transition from Infancy to Language : Acquiring the Power of Expression
Lois Bloom
Paperback - $76.95
In this important volume, Lois Bloom brings together her original theoretical and empirical work on early lexical development. She examines the expressive power children acquire as they begin to talk and analyzes their cognitive development, affect e ...
How Children Learn the Meanings of Words
Paul Bloom
Paperback - $48.95
How do children learn that the word "dog" refers not to all four-legged animals, and not just to Ralph, but to all members of a particular species? How do they learn the meanings of verbs like "think," adjectives like "good," and words for abstract e ...
Introducing Language in Use : A Coursebook
Aileen Bloomer
Hardcover - $227.95
"Introducing Language in Use "is a comprehensive coursebook for students new to the study of language and linguistics.
Written by a highly experienced team of teachers, this coursebook is lively and accessible, interactive and above all produced ...
The Functional Analysis of English : A Hallidayan Approach
Thomas Bloor
Paperback - $92.95
This book presents the principles of a Hallidayan approach to language studies, and introduces a set of techniques for the grammatical analysis of English. It includes an overview of the applications of functional grammar that demonstrates the practi ...
Optimal Communication
Reinhard Blutner
Paperback - $57.95
This volume explores how the effectiveness of communication is shaped by aspects of semantics and pragmatics such as compositionality, the role of the speaker and hearer, and the acquisition of meaning. "Optimal Communication surveys recent research ...
The Language of Websites
Mark Boardman
Paperback - $46.95
The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. "Working with Texts: " a core introduction to language analysis (second edition 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by ...