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This volume is a compilation of the year's most notable speeches from politics, business, and academia gives a concise snapshot of the year's most significant issues, including Health Care Reform, Disarmament and Arms Control and Financial and Regulatory Reform.

This collection of contributed articles by prominent scholars from a range of disciplines addresses the intersection of gender communication and interpersonal relationships.

El presente libro en honor al Profesor Rolf Eberenz reune veintiun articulos sobre una de las tematicas que el homenajeado ha explorado por caminos poco transitados: la oralidad en los textos antiguos. Siguiendo la senda abierta por sus Conversaciones estrechamente vigiladas. Interaccion coloquial y espanol oral en las actas inquisitoriales de los siglos XV a XVII (Lausana/Zaragoza, 2003), el presente volumen no solo diversifica los generos de las fuentes escritas no literarias, sino que ademas...

Die Beitrage des Bandes gehen auf eine Tagung in Budapest zuruck, die im September 2014 stattgefunden hat. Gemeinsames, erkenntnisleitendes Thema ist die Frage nach "Sprachlichen Konstruktionen von Geschichte zwischen Faktualitat und Fiktionalitat" mit besonderem Blick auf Umbruchs- und Krisenzeiten. Die literaturwissenschaftlichen Beitrage analysieren und interpretieren Texte vom fruhen 20. Jahrhundert bis zum 21. Jahrhundert, in denen kunstlerische, politische, ideologische und gesellschaftlic...

COMMUNICATION IN OUR LIVES, Seventh Edition, provides everything you need to strengthen your interpersonal, group, public speaking, and media literacy skills-and demonstrates the value of communication in your life. Award-winning, forward-thinking scholar Julia T. Wood focuses on helping you develop vital communication skills while exploring the latest research and theory of today's most prominent communication scholars, including current developments in cultural and social diversity and the imp...

This debate-style reader includes a compilation of a variety of issues, including pros and cons of marriage, family life, and traditional assumptions.

Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace, 4/e by Beamer and Varner addresses the issues of culture and communication within the context of international business. The text provides examples of how cultural values and practices impact business communication. The authors explore the relationships among the cultural environments of the firm and the structure of the firm. They examine how companies and individuals communicate, and concentrate on the underlying cultural reasons for beha...

This book is intended for undergraduate students in introductory courses in argumentation and debate. The aim is to present the essential principles and methods of argumentation as simply and clearly as possible. The writing style is engaging to students and provides numerous examples that are clear and interesting.

Exam Board: GL Assessment Level & Subject: 11+ Verbal Reasoning Suitable for the 2022 tests Realistic 11+ practice questions for the GL Assessment test There's no better way to ensure 11+ success than with plenty of practice! These 11+ Verbal Reasoning multiple-choice practice papers provide your child with realistic test-taking practice ahead of the GL Assessment 11 Plus tests. This means children are...

Selected from a diverse field of speakers and venues, this volume offers some of the most engaging American speeches of the year. Distinguished by its diversity, covering areas in politics, education, popular culture, as well as trending topics in the news, these speeches provide an interesting format to explore some of the year's most important stories.

Psychologic is a formal system and relationship within which psychological processes are defined. The language people ordinarily use to formulate, think, and talk about psychological phenomena is organized by Jan Smedslund into a set of propositions aimed at identifying the generalities which underlie human behavior. In this way, psychologic illuminates the conceptual system of psychology embedded in ordinary language. This book continues Professor Smedslund's search for stable theoretical struc...

Will sits and watches the world go by, feeling all alone. Will he be alone forever? This picture book targets the /w/ sound and is part of Speech Bubbles 2, a series of picture books that target specific speech sounds within the story. The series can be used for children receiving speech therapy, for children who have a speech sound delay/disorder, or simply as an activity for children's speech sound development and/or phonological awareness. They are ideal for use by parents, teachers or care...

Zack just wants to find other bees that look like him - and he meets some interesting and different kinds of bees along the way. This picture book targets the /z/ sound and is part of Speech Bubbles 2, a series of picture books that target specific speech sounds within the story. The series can be used for children receiving speech therapy, for children who have a speech sound delay/disorder, or simply as an activity for children's speech sound development and/or phonological awareness. They a...