Do you want your Korean language skills to shine? Essential Korean Grammar offers what you need to understand and express which grammar option is best. Having a solid understanding of grammar is vital to learn Korean effectively. Essential Korean Grammar gives you excellent examples that lay out the best grammar options for communicating, and when to use each option. The grammar items are cleverly rated so you can determine what's most useful for you to study, based on your Korean knowledge level and your plans. There is a star rating system, from 5 stars ("critical"; with these under your belt you can communicate almost everything you need to say) to 1 star (don't worry about this unless there's some reason you need to know it--for example, the TOPIK exam). Essential Korean Grammar is a toolbox to help you form correct and natural-sounding sentences, and determine which grammar you need for reading or writing Korean. It details: How to combine grammar points with each type of word. How it is similar to and different from related grammar points. Commonly used expressions. Things for learners to watch out for. The example sentences for each grammar point use simple vocabulary that even a beginner will know. A perfect supplement to any Korean language textbook!

Looking for a convenient way to build your Mandarin Chinese vocabulary without drills, books, homework or long lists to memorize? HOW DOES IT WORK? In this five-hour intermediate level audio course, Michel Thomas Method teacher Harold Goodman introduces over 600 new words and everyday phrases and the tools to allow you to create thousands more through the application of simple rules for building more words for concepts, people, places, adjectives and verbs. Learning alongside two genuine students, you will acquire essential language building blocks which allow you to increase your vocabulary in manageable, enjoyable steps by thinking out answers for yourself. You will learn at your own pace, pausing and repeating where necessary. You'll stick with it, because you'll love it. WHY IS IT SO SUCCESSFUL? Unlike most vocabulary courses which give you lists of words to memorize, the Michel Thomas Method based Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Course allows you to further extend your vocabulary by unlocking what you already know. The course is designed to take advantage of the logic and patterns of Mandarin so you can exponentially build up your knowledge and understanding of the language. WHO IS THE COURSE FOR? Whether you have learned from other Michel Thomas Method courses or are simply looking for a new approach to help improve your proficiency, the high-beginner to Intermediate level Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Course will introduce you to a unique way of acquiring language that will significantly boost your confidence in your ability to speak and understand Chinese. It is a Phase 2 course and should be used after you have completed the Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Course or equivalent. What's in the Course?* Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Course includes five audio CDs. The booklet is available to download from www.michelthomas.com. *Note that the course content is the same as the previously entitled Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Builder+ course, but does not include a CD-ROM. LEARN ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME! Reclaim your pockets of free time to learn a new language! Don't be tied to chunky books or your computer, Michel Thomas Method audio courses let you learn whenever and wherever you want, in as little or as much time as you have.

Korean Grammar: The Complete Guide to Speaking Korean Naturally covers all the basic sentence structures, verbal forms and idiomatic expressions taught in the first two years of a college-level Korean language course. It is uniquely designed for the following learners: Students taking a Korean language course Self-study learners or those studying Korean with a tutor Heritage learners who wish to speak Korean more correctly Those who previously studied the language and wish to review and brush-up Anyone wanting to improve their Korean language ability Each chapter provides clear grammatical explanations with charts and examples for each construction, showing how it is used in various contexts. All Korean words and sentences are given in both Korean Hangul script and Romanized form, with English translations to assist beginning learners. Fundamental concepts like honorifics, formal and informal speech styles, verb endings and complex sentence constructions are all presented in simple and clear terms to make these constructions accessible to learners at every level. Exercises at the end of each chapter reinforce the learning process.

Das Ziel dieser Studie ist die Erforschung des Phanomens der Hybridbildungen in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Die anhand des selbststandig erstellten Modells durchgefuhrte Analyse weist auf die Vielfalt der hybriden Wortbildungen im Gegenwartsdeutschen hin und bestatigt, dass der Anteil fremder Wortbildungselemente an den Wortbildungen des Deutschen eine offenkundige und unbestreitbare Tatsache ist. Die Vielfalt der fremd-indigenen und indigen-fremden Wortkonstellationen, die im Rahmen der Hybridbildung im Deutschen entstehen, sowie der in den Prozess der Wortbildung einbezogenen, aus unterschiedlichen Sprachen stammenden Einheiten bietet eine stichhaltige Grundlage dafur behaupten zu koennen, dass der Aufbau der Hybridbildungen eine erhoehte Flexibilitat und Kreativitat im Umgang mit dem exogenen Sprachmaterial zeigt. Das in der deutschen Gegenwartssprache prasente Hybridbildungsphanomen wird am Beispiel einer sich auf die Ansatze der Linguistic-landscape-Forschung stutzenden raumgebundenen Untersuchung in der Universitats- und Hansestadt Greifswald expliziert.

Este volumen reune trabajos sobre distintos discursos publicos, politicos y periodisticos, que abordan cuestiones en torno al lexico empleado en los medios, en las instituciones y en los movimientos ciudadanos. Se estudia el valor argumentativo del lexico mediante la atencion a temas y fenomenos linguisticos concretos en generos diversos. Aunque los enfoques se enmarcan en la corriente del Analisis del discurso, son variadas las perspectivas que confluyen en este volumen, entre otras, las teorias de la valoracion y de los marcos, la pragmatica discursiva y la linguistica de corpus. Este volumen contiene trabajos en espanol y en ingles.

Forensic science has become increasingly important within contemporary criminal justice, from criminal investigation through to courtroom deliberations, and an increasing number of agencies and individuals are having to engage with its contribution to contemporary justice. This Handbook aims to provide an authoritative map of the landscape of forensic science within the criminal justice system of the UK. It sets out the essential features of the subject, covering the disciplinary, technological, organizational and legislative resources that are brought together to make up contemporary forensic science practice. It is the first full-length publication which reviews forensic science in a wider political, economic, social, technological and legal context, identifying emerging themes on the current status and potential future of forensic science as part of the criminal justice system. With contributions from many of the leading authorities in the field it will be essential reading for both students and practitioners.

Help adolescents learn and use the academic words that will assist them in school and beyond. The author argues that "words worth using" must matter to adolescents' authentic work in the disciplines and connect to their lived experiences. Rather than using a model of vocabulary instruction that positions students as passive recipients who must simply memorize definitions, Townsend outlines a metalinguistic approach that shows students how to learn words by using them in ways that are meaningful to their identity, language background, and individual interests. The book provides research-based instructional routines to support adolescents as they learn and use new words in their disciplinary learning. It explores how academic vocabulary can position students as "insiders" or "outsiders," and how culturally sustaining instruction can welcome all students into discovering and using language. Words Worth Using will be a popular resource for teachers who feel stymied by the sheer volume of words they are expected to teach.Book Features: An engaging exploration of adolescents and the kinds of powerful word learning that endure. Metalinguistic awareness as an underleveraged approach to helping adolescents develop word knowledge in engaging ways. A culturally sustaining pedagogy framework with specific attention to emergent bilinguals. "Words Worth Using" boxes that share the etymology and morphology of many important words throughout the text. A careful review and explanation of research accompanied by classroom anecdotes, real-world examples, and templates for teachers and instructional leaders to use in their own contexts.

Gesamtsatze, ihre Strukturen und Funktionen wurden in der historischen Syntax des Deutschen bisher vernachlassigt. Ihre Behandlung ist das Ziel der neun Beitrage dieses Sammelbandes. Alle Arbeiten sind empirisch orientiert und berucksichtigen bisher noch nicht ausgewertete Materialien vom Althochdeutschen bis zur Gegenwartssprache. Theoretisch geklart werden die Termini Gesamtsatz, Ganzsatz und Periode, das Verhaltnis von Vers und Satz in der Bibelsprache und die Moeglichkeiten der Ermittlung von Satzgrenzen bei UEberlieferungen, in denen in der Gegenwartssprache bekannte Normen der Begrenzung nicht existieren. Neu ist die Verbindung von Syntax und Textlinguistik, indem die Relevanz der Gesamtsatze bei der Konstitution einzelner Textsorten wie Prosaroman, Erzahlung, Zunftsatzung, Biographie, Bericht, Vision, Vita Christi und Ordensregel herausgearbeitet wird.

This book presents and discusses theoretical and practical perspectives on English pronunciation theory, research and practice in order to establish evidence-based pronunciation teaching models, teaching and research priorities, and recommendations for best practices in teaching English pronunciation. The chapters provide a balanced view of theory and practice based on the authors' empirical findings and their extensive professional experiences in English as a second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) and lingua franca contexts. The book identifies pronunciation teaching priorities that take into account individual learner variables, disseminates knowledge about theoretical frameworks, explores teachers' and learners' beliefs and practices regarding pronunciation instruction, and shares empirical findings regarding teacher education and teaching interventions in diverse contexts with English learners of different ages and language backgrounds. Overall, the chapters highlight the need to focus on intelligibility models that consider individual learner differences, and teacher and contextual variables.

Cognitive grammar transforms insights from the cognitive sciences into grammatical descriptions and attempts to use the grammar of natural languages to understand human thinking. The presentation is centred on the classical paradigms of Cognitive Grammar as they have been developed from 1975 and later systematically expanded. The initial chapters deal with the questions of the nature of thought and how experiences are converted into language. Subsequent sections indicate the perspectives of how neurolinguistic insights can be deepened. Key features: concise introduction to a much debated subject in linguistics

Ob im Internet, in der Freizeit oder im Beruf: Immer mehr Menschen verbringen ihre Zeit mit der Suche nach sowie der Rezeption und Verarbeitung von symbolisch reprasentiertem Wissen. Insofern ist die Kommunikation von Information und Wissen zur bestimmenden Erfahrung und zur zentralen Aufgabe in heutigen Berufen und damit in modernen Wissensgesellschaften geworden. Sie ist Voraussetzung und Resultat einer fortschreitenden Arbeitsteilung und Spezialisierung in Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Der Sammelband geht zwei Fragen nach: Wie kommunizieren wir Wissen - und zwar unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der sprachlichen und kommunikativen Randbedingungen des Wissenstransfers? Und: Welche Konsequenz hat Wissenskommunikation fur die Gesellschaft?

Dans l'antiquite, la grammaire etait l'art de bien ecrire, et elle n'a pas perdu ce lien etroit a l'ecrit. La critique de la grammaire interroge ces liens par rapport a la realite langagiere. En effet, l'ecrit n'est pas une simple representation de l'oral, mais il ordonne, rationalise la pratique orale. Baser la grammaire sur l'ecrit, revient a decrire une forme deja rationalisee de la langue. Et ces descriptions ne refletent que partiellement la realite orale. Contribution a une grammaire critique, ce livre propose des alternatives aux descriptions grammaticales en dehors des rationalisations de l'ecrit. Elle ouvre ainsi les pistes pour une conceptualisation nouvelle de la langue.

The Deonomasticon Italicum provides a systematic historical treatment of, and commentary on, the lexemes of Italian derived from proper names. It covers both derivations from geographical names (including those from ethnic roots, which are of especial interest both for the history of vocabulary and for cultural history) and from the names of persons. The first part of the Dictionary (4 volumes) is devoted to derivations from geographical names, the second (2 volumes) to the names of persons. The Deonomasticon Italicum will be published in complete volumes and no longer in the form of single fascicles. Key features: Desiderat in der Lexikographie des Italienischen Insgesamt 6 B nde (1 Band alle 3 Jahre) Breite Quellengrundlage auch zeitgen ssischer Texte Indices und regelm ig aktualisierte Bibliographie online (http: //romanistik.phil.uni-sb.de/schweickard/images/suppbibdi/supplementobibliografico.pdf)

Actualmente las investigaciones fraseologicas brindan la posibilidad de abrir nuevas vias de estudio. Una de las vias mas complejas pero a la vez mas novedosas es la que supone acercarse al estudio de los fraseologismos y demas unidades fijas (paremias, comparaciones proverbiales, sentencias) desde un prisma culturologico. Este nuevo enfoque nos permite acercarnos simultaneamente a estas unidades desde una doble perspectiva: la linguistica y la cultural. Gracias a este doble acercamiento se consigue alcanzar un estudio mas exhaustivo y completo de los fraseologismos. Este volumen se concibe como la continuacion logica de una obra anterior, Fundamentos teoricos de los Diccionarios Linguistico-Culturales (Luque Nadal, 2010) y presenta un estudio pormenorizado de los fenomenos de creacion de fraseologismos y el estudio de los dominios fuente y dominios meta, asi como de los problemas de traduccion que plantean dichas unidades.

Despues de veinticinco anos de ingente investigacion sobre marcadores discursivos, ?que logros se han conseguido? ?Que queda todavia por resolver? Este libro presenta en la primera parte una reflexion sobre cuestiones teoricas, defiende una postura conciliadora basada en una aproximacion polifuncional, y trata de ubicar el estudio de los marcadores en una concepcion general del lenguaje. Asimismo, ofrece directrices para la elaboracion de los articulos lexicograficos, y propone un modelo de microestructura. En la segunda parte, se ocupa del analisis sincronico de las funciones y rasgos caracteristicos de cuatro marcadores discursivos que corresponden a las macrofunciones, a saber: eso si (funcion argumentativa), en este sentido (funcion metadiscursiva), en efecto (funcion modalizadora) y ?verdad? (funcion interactiva). De este modo, trata de ilustrar el planteamiento teorico mediante el analisis particular de marcadores discursivos cuya sintesis se muestra en la posterior aplicacion lexicografica.