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  • Thematic Relations

    A Study in the Grammar-Cognition Interface

    by Mário A. Perini ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book presents a proposal to better define thematic relations by exploring the relation between language and cognition. It analyzes the relation between grammatically defined roles such as agent and patient (semantic roles), and elaborate thematic relations (ETRs) actually accessible to language users. It shows that many phenomena previously analyzed as grammatical can be described in a more ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Function and Class in Linguistic Description

    The Taxonomic Foundations of Grammar

    by Mário Alberto Perini ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book deals with the traditional problem of the classification of linguistic units, with a primary focus on word classes. The approach is descriptive rather than theoretical, and is based on the use of distinctive features analogous to the ones used in phonology, which entails a radical reworking of the traditional classification. The first part presents some basic notions such as the use of ... Read more

    $153.99 CAD

  • Describing Verb Valency

    Practical and Theoretical Issues

    by Mário Alberto Perini ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The elaboration of linguistic theories depends on the existence of adequate descriptions of particular languages; otherwise theories will be poorly grounded on empirical data. This book starts from theoretical points of wide acceptance among linguists and goes on to present a descriptive metalanguage, able to express the facts of verb valency, which constitute one of the core areas in linguistic ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Psychoanalytic Perspectives on a Turbulent World

    Edited by Halina Brunning, Mario Perini ...
    This article is intended to contribute to our understanding of the December 2001 collapse of Enron. The existing literature on Enron’s demise falls largely into two broad areas, involving either “micro” psychological explanations or “macro” accounts that emphasize the workplace and its environment; this paper is an exploratory study that focuses on a new interpretation which links the two areas ... Read more

    $72.82 CAD

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  • The Book of Words

    by Tim Glynne-Jones ...
    Words have come a long way since they were invented as a nifty tool to help us communicate. We have played with them, made up rules for them, added bits to them and taken bits off. We've gathered them into languages, adopted and defined them. The words we use say so much about who we are, yet most of them slip from our mouths without a second thought.The Book of Words is a brief pause for ... Read more

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  • Grammar, Philosophy, and Logic

    by Bruce Silver ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book argues that a basic grasp of philosophy and logic can produce written and spoken material that is both grammatically correct and powerful. The author analyses errors in grammar, word choice, phrasing and sentences that even the finest writers can fail to notice; concentrating on subtle missteps and errors that can make the difference between good and excellent prose. Each chapter ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Test Your Personality

    Have Fun and Learn Useful Phrases

    by Adrian Wallwork ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Personality tests are relatively quick and easy to read, and are thus great for improving your English vocabulary and knowledge of idiomatic expressions.These quizzes were designed primarily to enable you to:learn some useful English vocabulary (of the type that is often not taught in a language course)have fun doing something in English that you might equally well have done in your own ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Learning Vocabulary Strategically in a Study Abroad Context

    by Isobel Kai-Hui Wang ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book focuses on case studies of vocabulary strategy use and presents an in-depth account of the vocabulary learning experiences of Chinese students in the UK. It challenges the view that vocabulary strategies result only from learners’ cognitive choices, and provides insightful analysis of the interplay between learner characteristics, agency and context in the process of strategic learning. ... Read more

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  • Applying Cognitive Grammar in the Foreign Language Classroom

    Teaching English Tense and Aspect

    by Jakub Bielak, Mirosław Pawlak ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    The monograph constitutes an attempt to demonstrate how Cognitive Grammar (CG) can be employed in the foreign language classroom with a view to aiding learners in better understanding the complexities of English grammar. Its theoretical part provides a brief overview of the main tenets of Cognitive Grammar as well as illustrating how the description of English tense and aspect can be approached ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Jokes

    Have a Laugh and Improve Your English

    by Adrian Wallwork ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Jokes are a perfect format for learning vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and grammar. Jokes are also designed to be retold. If you learn a joke by heart and tell it to other people, then by doing so you will also learn the grammar and vocabulary involved.The book also contains exercises designed to reveal whether you have understood the joke or not:A joke is presented to you but with the ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • The Function and Use of TO and OF in Multi-Word Units

    by Michael Pace-Sigge ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The highly frequent word items TO and OF are often conceived merely as prepositions, carrying little meaning in themselves. This book disputes that notion by analysing the usage patterns found for OF and TO in different sets of text corpora. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD