Carl Wilhelm Salice Contessa: Schriften. Band 5
by Carl Wilhelm Salice Contessa
Questions de Classification En Linguistique: Methodes Et Descriptions (Sciences Pour La Communication, #78)
Carl Wilhelm Salice Contessa: Schriften. Band 1
by Carl Wilhelm Salice Contessa
The Evolution of Spanish Past Forms (Routledge Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics)
by Gibran Delgado-Diaz
The Evolution of Spanish Past Forms examines how Spanish past forms have changed diachronically. With examples from Medieval Spanish, Golden Age Spanish, and Modern Spanish literary works, this book demonstrates how language is dynamic and susceptible to change. The past forms considered here include the preterit, the imperfect, the imperfect progressive with estar (temporal to be), the present perfect, the imperfect progressive with other auxiliary verbs, the preterit progressive with estar,...
Common Discourse Particles in English Conversation (RLE: Discourse Analysis)
by Lawrence C. Schourup
First published in 1985, this book studies several common items in English conversation known variously as 'discourse particles', 'interjections', 'discourse markers', and, more informally, 'hesitations' or 'fillers'. While the analysis primarily focuses on 'like', 'well' and 'you know', the larger concern is the entire set of items of which these are members and as such 'I mean', 'now', 'oh', 'hey', and 'aha' are also examined. These discourse particles are analysed at length and then a framewo...
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Letters of Note comes a collection of 75 of history's most interesting, profound, and sometimes unknown speeches from a range of scintillating personalities such as Frederick Douglass, Justin Trudeau, Albert Einstein, Meghan Markle, Barbara Jordan, and Ursula K. Le Guin. This thoughtfully curated and richly illustrated collection celebrates oratory old and new, highlighting speeches we know and admire, while also shining a light on profound dr...
Introduction to Public Forum and Congressional Debate
Abingdon's Speeches and Recitations for Young Children
by Libby Malloy-Kisseih
11+ Verbal Reasoning Practice Papers Book 2 (Letts 11+ Success) (Collins 11+ Practice)
by Letts 11+
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...
Representative American Speeches, 2014-2015 (Reference Shelf)
by H W Wilson
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.
Hanyu Putonghua Yuyin Tujie Keben - Teacher's book
by Jin Xiaoda and Liu Guanghui
'A great journalist with a whip-like satirical prose style… Wolfe’s great gift is to make the heavy seem light and this book is such an entertaining polemic that I read it in a day and immediately wanted to read it again.' - Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey through language. The Kingdom of Speech is a paradigm-shifting argument that speech - not evolution - is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievement...
My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Delivered in Stockholm on 7 December 2017, My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs is the lecture of the Nobel Laureate in Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro. A generous and hugely insightful biographical sketch, it explores his relationship with Japan, reflections on his own novels and an insight into some of his inspirations, from the worlds of writing, music and film. Ending with a rallying call for the ongoing importance of literature in the world, it is a characteristically thoug...
Este volumen recoge una seleccion de las comunicaciones presentadas en el Congreso Internacional sobre Descortesia y violencia verbal en espanol, organizado por el Grupo de investigacion "Argumentacion y persuasion en Linguistica" en la Universidad de Sevilla durante los dias 5 al 7 de noviembre de 2008. Los estudios aqui presentados se caracterizan, pues, por describir en diferentes corpora como el lenguaje se utiliza para crear una relacion social armonica, o, por el contrario, para producir...
11+ Verbal Reasoning Quick Practice Tests Age 9-10 (Year 5) (Collins 11+ Practice) (Letts 11+ Success)
by Letts 11+
Exam Board: CEM Level & Subject: 11+ English & Verbal Reasoning Suitable for the 2022 tests Practice for your 11+ test in short, quick question bursts Making sure your child is ready for the 11+ CEM Assessment Tests by familiarising them with the real thing will help them do their very best in the 2022 11+ tests. The Collins 11+ Quick Practice Test range gives children plenty of opportunity to test them...
PUBLIC SPEAKING: CONCEPTS AND SKILLS FOR A DIVERSE SOCIETY, 8e equips you with the training and tools to be an effective public speaker and listener in a world of constant cultural, political, and technological changes. The book combines 2,500-year-old principles with up-to-date research into concepts, skills, theories, applications, and critical-thinking proficiencies essential for successful listening and speaking. Giving you a heightened awareness of and sensitivity to your audience, discussi...
Scholars concerned with the phenomenon of mind have searched through history for a principled yet non-reductionist approach to the study of knowledge, communication, and behavior. Pragmatics has been a recurrent theme in Western epistemology, tracing itself back from pre-Socratic dialectics and Aristotle's bio- functionalism, all the way to Wittgenstein's content-dependent semantics. This book's treatment of pragmatics as an analytic method focuses on the central role of context in determining...
This handbook is a companion piece to Dame Joan Metge's earlier work ""Talking Past Each Other"". In this text she presents a procedure for managing group discussion which borrows from and draws on Maori tikanga (protocol). It is designed for use in settings where Maori from different iwi or Pakeha from different ethnic groups are present and committed to working together but it could be used in a wide range of contexts such as conferences, workshops, and community discussions. The book is based...
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
by Linda Beamer and Iris Varner
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...
A contemporary approach to persuasion that emphasizes the influence that media has had on persuasive practices. While drawing heavily from rhetorical theories as a foundation for the book, essential social science behavioral theories are used liberally to complement the discussion.