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A three-level (B1+ to C1) integrated skills course for higher education students at university or on foundation courses. Designed specifically for students preparing for university, this integrated sk...

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This book presents the results of my research on language learning in the tourist market in Aswan, Egypt, where vendors speak languages from the European, Asian and American continents to tourists o...

O livro que você tem em mãos iconiza, de várias maneiras, a própria postura crítica que é oferecida como um presente para as realizações da vida do estudioso brasileiro nascido na Índia Kanavillil R...

Crossing Culture is your guide to the English-speaking world(ESW). You will find out lots about life in many English – speaking countries and discover the reality behind many myths and stereoptypes. ...

Crossing Culture is your guide to the English-speaking world (ESW). You will find out lots about life in many English – speaking countries and discover the reality behind many myths and stereoptypes....

Producing for TV and New Media provides a comprehensive look at the role of the “Producer” in television and new media. At the core of every media project there is a Producer who provides a wide array...

Methodology should not be seen as an indoctrinated set of techniques it should be seen as tools. Teaching is natural, real, fun; it is an opportunity to be open to outside influences, it is an orchest...

E-mail and computer keyboards may have replaced dictation and typewriters in the business world, but the importance of clear and effective written communication has never been greater. In her all-new ...

Aimed principally at the undergraduate student, this exciting new textbook provides a compact presentation of the fundamental concepts of phonology.

In order to succeed in today´s competitive environment, it´s imperative that a person has a strong foundation in business communications. This book takes the basic concepts that every professional mus...

Accessible, succinct, and including numerous student-friendly features, this introductory textbook offers an exceptional foundation to the field for those who are coming to it for the first time. Pro...

This newest edition of Broadcast Journalism continues its long tradition of covering the basics of broadcasting from gathering news sources, interviewing, putting together a programme, news writing, r...

Translation is one of the most important cross-linguistic and cross-cultural practices. This short introduction focuses on what you need to know about it: the different perspectives on translation and...

Offers the most complete, up-to-date coverage available on the principles of digital communications. Focuses on basic issues, relating theory to practice wherever possible. Numerous examples, worked o...

Conversation analysts have begun to challenge long-cherished assumptions about the relationship between gender and language, asking new questions about the interactional study of gender and providing ...

David Crystal´s classic English as a Global Language considers the history, present status and future of the English language, focusing on its role as the leading international language. English has b...

Introduction to Multimodal Analysis is a unique and accessible textbook that clearly and critically explains this groundbreaking approach to visual analysis. Each chapter outlines the tools for anal...

How can Twitter data be used to study individual-level human behavior and social interaction on a global scale? This book introduces readers to the methods, opportunities, and challenges of using Twit...

Digital Television is as an authoritative and complete overview that describes the technology of digital television broadcasting. It gives you a thorough technical description of the underlying princi...

For any digital TV developer or manager, the maze of standards and specifications related to MHP and OCAP is daunting-you have to patch together pieces from several standards to gather all the necessa...

This collection of previously unpublished, cutting-edge research discusses the conversation analysis (CA) approach to understanding language use. CA is the dominant theory for analyzing the social use...

Semantics is a bridge discipline between linguistics and philosophy; but linguistics student are rarely able to reach that bridge, let alone cross it to inspect and assess the activity on the other si...

The history and development of English, from the earliest known writings to its status today as a dominant world language, is a subject of major importance to linguists and historians. In this book, a...

A clear account of the physical process of speech production and communication, which will be of interest to psycholinguists as well as phoneticians.

The relationship between language, discourse and identity has always been a major area of sociolinguistic investigation. In more recent times, the field has been revolutionized as previous models - wh...

Using a wide range of data from real-life speech situations, this introduction to politeness theory breaks away from the limitations of current models. It argues that the proper object of study in pol...

This is a guide to Korean language usage for students who have already acquired the basics of the language. Unlike a conventional grammar, it highlights those areas of vocabulary and grammar which cau...