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Critical Theory and The English Teacher - Transforming the Subject (Hardcover): Nick Peim Critical Theory and The English Teacher - Transforming the Subject (Hardcover)
Nick Peim
R5,492 Discovery Miles 54 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this radical exploration, Nick Peim, himself a practising English teacher, shows how teachers can use critical theory to bring students' own experience back into the subject. The author explains how the insights of discourse theory, psychoanalysis, semiotics and deconstruction can be used on the material of modern culture as well as on and in oral work. The book is written in a style which even those with no background in critical theory will find approachable, and arguments are backed up with practical classroom examples.

Young Adult Fiction by African American Writers, 1968-1993 - A Critical and Annotated Guide (Hardcover, annotated edition):... Young Adult Fiction by African American Writers, 1968-1993 - A Critical and Annotated Guide (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Deborah Kutenplon; Ellen Olmstead
R5,369 Discovery Miles 53 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Comprehensive and up-to-date
The first contemporary publication to go beyond examining broad themes and trends in the field, this timely volume looks closely at specific authors and texts. The book is comprehensive and as current as possible, covering works by African American authors for young adults published between 1968-1993-some 200 titles by close to 50 writers. In addition to established authors and bestselling titles, the coverage includes material overlooked by previous studies, such as works from small presses and talented new authors.
Guidlines for evaluation
An extensive introduction reviews important milestones in this body of literature and analyzes noteworthy bibliographical and critical publications about such writing. It includes suggested guidelines for evaluating a work in terms of its direct and indirect treatment of such issues as race, gender, class, ability, age, sexuality, and sexual orientation. The book also offers specific guidance for determining the appropriate readership for a work with regard to age and gender.
Unusually extensive annotations
The main body of the book is an annotated bibliography, alphabetical by author, with the works arranged chronologically by publication date. The annotations are much more extensive than those in other bibliographies. Each annotation reads more like a full-length book review and is from one to two pages long and explores themes, plot and character development, evaluates the quality of the writing, judges the handling of issues of race, class, and gender, and provides a readership recommendation.
Written in accessible language, this user-friendly book presents a wide range of factual information, evaluations, and analyses. It is a valuable tool for all teachers, librarians, counselors, and young adults

Japanese Names and How to Read Them - A Manual for Art Collectors and Students (Hardcover, Revised): H. Inada, A.J. Koop Japanese Names and How to Read Them - A Manual for Art Collectors and Students (Hardcover, Revised)
H. Inada, A.J. Koop
R7,335 Discovery Miles 73 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Long established as the standard reference tool for the identification of Japanese names on works of art, and is therefore essential for collectors, galleries, auction-houses, restorers and students. A reprint of the first (1923) edition.

Business Welsh: A User's Manual - A User's Manual (Paperback): Robert Dery Business Welsh: A User's Manual - A User's Manual (Paperback)
Robert Dery
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Business Welsh is a reference volume for native speakers and second language learners who wish to use Welsh in a business or professional environment.
This book comprises a wide range of sample situations in English and Welsh which can be adapted to meet the specific requirements of the user.
Business Welsh is:
* fully bilingual
* covers 45 business situations
* comprises letters, faxes, adverts and other essential business documents
From letters of complaint to job applications, Business Welsh is the essential handbook for using Welsh in a professional environment.

Dramatic Discourse - Dialogue as Interaction in Plays (Hardcover): Vimala Herman Dramatic Discourse - Dialogue as Interaction in Plays (Hardcover)
Vimala Herman
R4,143 Discovery Miles 41 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Whilst poetry and fiction have been subjected to extensive linguistic analysis, drama has long remained a neglected field for detailed study. Vimala Herman argues that drama should be of particular interest to linguists because of its form, dialogue and subsequent translation into performance. The subsequent interaction that occurs on stage is a rich and fruitful source of analysis and can be studied by using discourse methods that linguists employ for real-life interaction. Shakespeare, Pinter, Osborne, Beckett, Chekhov, and Shaw are just some of the dramatists whose material is drawn upon.
Each chapter contains a theoretical section in which major concepts of each framework are explained before the relevance of the framework to dramatic discourse is analyzed and explored using textual examples. This book will be of interest to undergraduates and postgraduates studying in the areas of literary linguistics and stylistics, or anyone specialising in the relationship between the text and performance.

Spanish Business Situations - A Spoken Language Guide (Paperback): Michael Gorman, Maria-Luisa Henson Spanish Business Situations - A Spoken Language Guide (Paperback)
Michael Gorman, Maria-Luisa Henson
R1,065 Discovery Miles 10 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Spanish Business Situations is a handy reference and learning text for all who use or need spoken Spanish for business.

Over 40 situations are simply presented, including

* basic phone calls

* leaving messages

* making presentations

* comparing, enquiring, booking

* selling techniques

With full English translations and usage note, Spanish Business Situations will help you to communicate confidently and effectively in a broad range of everyday business situations.

Grammatical and Lexical Variance in English (Hardcover): Randolph Quirk Grammatical and Lexical Variance in English (Hardcover)
Randolph Quirk
R4,144 Discovery Miles 41 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Written by one of Britain's most distinguished linguists, this book is concerned with the phenomenon of variance in English grammar and vocabulary across regional, social, stylistic and temporal space.

Language and Gender - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Paperback): Sara Mills Language and Gender - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Paperback)
Sara Mills
R1,677 Discovery Miles 16 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume examines important themes in the current theoretical debates on the relationship of language and gender. It analyses this relationship across a range of different disciplinary perspectives from linguistics, literary theory, cultural studies and visual analysis. The focus of the book goes beyond an analysis of women's language to discuss the complexities of gendered language with chapters on lesbian poetics, the language of girls and boys and the relationship between gender and genre. In her introduction, Sara Mills discusses how language is analysed differently across a range of disciplines and she looks at the various meanings associated with the term gender. Two key chapters, by leading linguists in the area, Deborah Cameron and Jennifer Coates, focus the book on the current situation of the language and gender debate. Accessibly written, individual chapters are short, concise and clearly focused on an aspect of this debate. Language and Gender will be of interest to students and lecturers in a range of areas from Linguistics, Literature, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Education and Social Sciences, providing them with the opportunity to survey other perspectives on the subject.

A Foucault Primer - Discourse, Power And The Subject (Paperback, Revised): Alec McHoul, Wendy Grace A Foucault Primer - Discourse, Power And The Subject (Paperback, Revised)
Alec McHoul, Wendy Grace
R1,215 Discovery Miles 12 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Who are we today? That deceptively simple question continued to be asked by the French historian and philosopher, Michel Foucault, who for the last three decades has had a profound influence on English-speaking scholars in the humanities and social sciences.; This text is designed for undergraduates and others who feel in need of some assistance when coming to grips with Foucault's voluminous and complex writings. Instead of dealing with them chronologically, however, this book concentrates on some of their central concepts, primarily Foucault's rethinking of the categories of "discourse," "power," and " the subject."; Foucault's writings contribute collectively to what he himself calls "an ontology of the present." His historical research was always geared towards showing how things could have been and still could be otherwise. This is especially the case with respect to the production of human subjects.

The Textual Life of Savants - Ethnography, Iceland, and the Linguistic Turn (Paperback): Gisli Palsson The Textual Life of Savants - Ethnography, Iceland, and the Linguistic Turn (Paperback)
Gisli Palsson
R1,028 R462 Discovery Miles 4 620 Save R566 (55%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Challenge of English in the National Curriculum (Paperback): Peter King, Robert Protherough The Challenge of English in the National Curriculum (Paperback)
Peter King, Robert Protherough
R1,554 Discovery Miles 15 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Challenge of English in the National Curriculum considers how particular aspects of a national curriculum can be reconciled with the best practice of the English teaching tradition. The authors are all practising teachers who look at the lessons of the past as well as their hopes for the future. Each chapter begins from a question raised by teachers when asked at in-service workshops about the issues which concerned them most. The chapters cover most of the more significant aspects of English within the National Curriculum and vary from John Johnson's survey of practical ways to raise the standard of oracy to Nick Peim's suggestions for coping with Key Stage 4 which leads him to a radical questioning of the whole nature of English as a curriculum subject.

An Introduction to the Celtic Languages (Paperback): Paul Russell An Introduction to the Celtic Languages (Paperback)
Paul Russell
R1,971 Discovery Miles 19 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This text provides a single-volume, single-author general introduction to the Celtic languages. The first half of the book considers the historical background of the language group as a whole. There follows a discussion of the two main sub-groups of Celtic, Goidelic (comprising Irish, Scottish, Gaelic and Manx) and Brittonic (Welsh, Cornish and Breton) together with a detailed survey of one representative from each group, Irish and Welsh. The second half considers a range of linguistic features which are often regarded as characteristic of Celtic: spelling systems, mutations, verbal nouns and word order.

Stories from the Mahabharata, Part 3 - A Sanskrit Coursebook for Intermediate Level, a Sanskrit Language Course (Paperback):... Stories from the Mahabharata, Part 3 - A Sanskrit Coursebook for Intermediate Level, a Sanskrit Language Course (Paperback)
Warwick Jessup
R601 Discovery Miles 6 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Keywords in Language and Literacy (Paperback, New): Ronald Carter Keywords in Language and Literacy (Paperback, New)
Ronald Carter
R1,224 Discovery Miles 12 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Just what is Standard English? Is it correct English? Should grammar be taught?
The answers to such questions invariably provoke controversy. In this handy A to Z guide to language and literacy, Ronald Carter unpicks the meaning of key terms like proper English', real books', text', and discourse', and the ways in which concepts are used - and abused - by teachers, politicians, linguists, journalists and employers.
Each concise definition is cross-referenced, and supported by extensive examples and by references to further reading. Designed as a dictionary, but possessing an encyclopedic range, Keywords in Language and Literacy, provides an invaluable guide to the debates surrounding language and literacy. An indispensible book for all teachers and students of language and education, and anyone interested in the place of language in schools.

Grammatical and Lexical Variance in English (Paperback): Randolph Quirk Grammatical and Lexical Variance in English (Paperback)
Randolph Quirk
R1,614 Discovery Miles 16 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Written by one of Britain's most distinguished linguists, this book is concerned with the phenomenon of variance in English grammar and vocabulary across regional, social, stylistic and temporal space.

Judeo-Romance Linguistics (RLE Linguistics E: Indo-European Linguistics) - A Bibliography (Latin, Italo-, Gallo-, Ibero-, and... Judeo-Romance Linguistics (RLE Linguistics E: Indo-European Linguistics) - A Bibliography (Latin, Italo-, Gallo-, Ibero-, and Rhaeto-Romance except Castilian) (Paperback)
Paul Wexler
R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A separate bibliographic treatment of the Judeo-Romance languages should facilitate a deeper appreciation of the contributions that they may make to Romance linguistics in general. Up until now, Judeo-Romance topics have scarcely been canvassed in Romance linguistic bibliographies. It is hoped that this new book serves to popularize the field of Judeo-Romance languages both among students of general Romance and comparative Jewish linguistics.

Spoken English on Computer - Transcription, Mark-Up and Application (Paperback): Geoffrey Leech, Greg Myers, Jenny (All... Spoken English on Computer - Transcription, Mark-Up and Application (Paperback)
Geoffrey Leech, Greg Myers, Jenny (All Lecturers, Department Of Linguistics And Modern English, Lancaster University) Thomas
R1,835 Discovery Miles 18 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book has evolved from a Workshop on Computerized Speech Corpora, held at Lancaster University in 1993. It brings together the findings presented in a clear and coherent manner, focussing on the advantages and disadvantages of particular transcription or mark-up practice.

History of Linguistics Volume II - Classical and Medieval Linguistics (Hardcover): Giulio C Lepschy History of Linguistics Volume II - Classical and Medieval Linguistics (Hardcover)
Giulio C Lepschy
R4,169 Discovery Miles 41 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This comprehensive history of linguistics is part of a 5 volume set. Together, the volumes examine the social, cultural and religious functions of language, its place in education, the prestige attached to different varieties of language, and the presentation of lexical and grammatical descriptions. They explore the linguistic interests and assumptions of individual cultures in their own terms, without trying to transpose and reshape them into the context of contemporary ideas of what the scientific study of language ought to be. The authors of individual chapters are all specialists who have been able to analyse the primary sources, and so produce original syntheses which offer an authoritative view of the different traditions and periods. Volume Two examines the Greek, Roman and Medieval European traditions, which between them developed the grammatical and syntactical models which form the basis of our inherited linguistic assumptions.

Investigating English Style (Hardcover): David Crystal, Derek Davy Investigating English Style (Hardcover)
David Crystal, Derek Davy
R4,151 Discovery Miles 41 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader, but especially for English-speaking students of language and linguistics in institutions where English is the language of instruction, or advanced specialist students of English in universities where English is taught as a foreign language.

Easy German Step-by-Step, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd edition): Ed Swick Easy German Step-by-Step, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Ed Swick
R428 R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Save R73 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Get the skills you need to begin communicating in German quickly and easily! Communicating in a new language can be intimidating. This accessible guide will give you the tools and confidence to understand and converse in German with confidence. Based on the idea that the quickest route to learning a language is through a solid foundation in the basics, Easy German Step-by-Step, Premium Second Edition presents a successful building block approach to mastering German, with important concepts linked together by clear explanations, appropriate exercises, and helpful answers. The first steps introduce you to the everyday expressions of the language, allowing you to communicate in a variety of everyday situations almost immediately. Gradually, a series of interconnected steps takes you from simple to more challenging concepts at your own pace. After working through these exercises, you'll have a better grasp of the language and the skills to handle German with confidence. The accompanying McGraw-Hill Education Language Lab app is packed with streaming audio recordings to help you improve your German pronunciation and fluency. Easy German Step-by-Step, Premium Second Edition features: *Easy-to-grasp descriptions of essential rules and concepts*Key verbs and hundreds of key terms introduced on the basis of frequency*Numerous exercises that give you valuable practice*Audio recordings of exercise answer keys throughout the book, available via the exclusive McGraw-Hill Education Language Lab app

Women in the Digital World (Hardcover): Anya Schiffrin, Karolina Koc-Michalska, Michelle Ferrier Women in the Digital World (Hardcover)
Anya Schiffrin, Karolina Koc-Michalska, Michelle Ferrier
R3,846 Discovery Miles 38 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Women’s existence in the digital world has been closely studied by scholars and attracted the attention of activists worldwide. Women, like men, early on saw the Internet as a potentially powerful and liberating tool that would help them find groups or communities with similar aims and interests. Today there is more awareness of the deleterious effects of unconstrained online speech such as online violence, ridicule, silencing, and threats against women. Women in the Digital World brings together the latest academic research on women online and includes chapters on political speech, gendered online violence, dealing with sexual assaults, marginalization of women politicians, and how women participate (or don’t) via online environments. The interdisciplinary research in this volume brings together communications studies, gender studies, sociology, politics, and computer science and is essential reading for those seeking to understand a growing field. The book should be of interest also for activists and NGOs who seek to deepen their knowledge on the place of females online. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal Information, Communication & Society.

Japanese Language Teaching in the Nineties - Materials and Course Design (Paperback): Stefan Kaiser Japanese Language Teaching in the Nineties - Materials and Course Design (Paperback)
Stefan Kaiser
R1,584 Discovery Miles 15 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The growth in demand for Japanese in the English-speaking world as a whole, but especially in the United States, Australia and Britain has led to rapid developments in Japanese language teaching and the need for more and improved resources. This collection of papers examines these developments and their implications for the future in a series of case studies by experts from both Europe and Japan. For example the system evolved in Nagoya for accurate aptitude testing is detailed here as is the work/study programme for students at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies designed to gain the most from a period in Japan. The current issues and problems involved in teaching and learning Japanese are discussed: how to deal with the large number of kanji that must be learnt, how to overcome the scarcity of authentic materials outside Japan, the different cultural contexts, and the growing diversity of students requirements. The syllabus of Britain's new GCSE examination in Japanese is included with an outline of the Department of Trade and Industry's Diploma programme and details of other examinations such as the Japan Foundation's Proficiency Test. Ongoing developments

An Introduction to Modern English Word-Formation (Hardcover): Valerie Adams An Introduction to Modern English Word-Formation (Hardcover)
Valerie Adams
R4,145 Discovery Miles 41 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader, but especially for English-speaking students of language and linguistics in institutions where English is the language of instruction, or advanced specialist students of English in universities where English is taught as a foreign language

Teaching and Language Corpora (Hardcover): Anne Wichmann, Steven Fligelstone Teaching and Language Corpora (Hardcover)
Anne Wichmann, Steven Fligelstone
R5,061 Discovery Miles 50 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Corpora are well-established as a resource for language research; they are now also increasingly being used for teaching purposes. This book is the first of its kind to deal explicitly and in a wide-ranging way with the use of corpora in teaching. It contains an extensive collection of articles by corpus linguists and practising teachers, covering not only the use of data to inform and create teaching materials but also the direct exploitation of corpora by students, both in the study of linguistics in general and in the acquisition of proficiency in individual languages, including English, Welsh, German, French and Italian. In addition, the book offers practical information on the sources of corpora and concordances, including those suitable for work on non-roman scripts such as Greek and Cyrillic.

Courtesans and Cuckolds - A Glossary of Renaissance Dramatic Bawdy (Hardcover): James T. Henke Courtesans and Cuckolds - A Glossary of Renaissance Dramatic Bawdy (Hardcover)
James T. Henke
R4,134 Discovery Miles 41 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title, first published in 1979, is a glossary of the bawdy vocabulary that was used in Renaissance Drama. One of the primary functions of this gloss of literary bawdy is to interpret imaginative uses of the language rather than simply record the generally accepted uses and meanings, with its principal task to make the dialogue of the plays more intelligible to the reader. With examples of bawdy language used in the works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and John Webster amongst many others, this title will be of great interest to students of literature and performance studies.

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