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Learning english out of school: an inclusive approach to research and action
This volume reports on the main results of the research project Inclusive epistemologies and practices of out-of-school English learning. The study reacts to low attainment levels in English as a foreign language among socioeconomically disadvantaged youth. The contributors to this volume research teenagers’ existing practices of using and learning English out of school time and implement new…
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- Vol. 19
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- 9783631862261
- Collation
- 167 p.
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- -
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- 371.102 MOO l
Diversity and rabbinization: jewish texts and societies between 400 and 1000 CE
This volume is dedicated to the cultural and religious diversity in Jewish communities from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Age and the growing influence of the rabbis within these communities during the same period. Drawing on available textual and material evidence, the fourteen essays presented here, written by leading experts in their fields, span a significant chronological and geograph…
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- -
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- 9781783749959
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- xxiii, 474 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- -
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- 296.1 DIV d
Studies in the grammar and lexicon of neo-Aramaic
The volume makes a major contribution to the field of Neo-Aramaic and significantly advances research. The articles present new analyses and new primary data from several endangered dialects, many of which have so far not been systematically documented, and in some cases have not been documented at all. It is good to see that the examples have been given glossing, so that this important materia…
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- -
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- 9781783749492
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- xxvi, 511 p.
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- -
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- 492.2 KHA s
Concepts, frames and cascades in semantics, cognition and ontology
This open access book presents novel theoretical, empirical and experimental work exploring the nature of mental representations that support natural language production and understanding, and other manifestations of cognition. One fundamental question raised in the text is whether requisite knowledge structures can be adequately modeled by means of a uniform representational format, and if so,…
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- -
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- 9783030502003
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- ix, 486p. : ill.
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- -
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- 401.9 CON c
Multilingualism and third language acquisition: learning and teaching trends …
The purpose of this book is to present recent studies in the field of multilingualism and L3, bringing together contributions from an international group of specialists from Austria, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and United A All these chapters include several different languages in contact in an acquisition/learning context: Basque, English, French, German, Italian, La…
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- -
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- 9783961102696
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- viii, 214p.: ill.
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- -
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- 400 MUL m
Sequence comparison in historical linguistics
The comparison of sound sequences (words, morphemes) constitutes the core of many techniques and methods in historical linguistics. With the help of these techniques, corresponding sounds can be determined, historically related words can be identified, and the history of languages can be uncovered. So far, the application of traditional techniques for sequence comparison is very tedious and tim…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783110720082
- Collation
- XIV, 307 p.
- Series Title
- Dissertations in Language and Cognition
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- 417.70285 LIS s
Getting others to do things: a pragmatic typology of recruitments
Getting others to do things is a central part of social interaction in any human society. Language is our main tool for this purpose. In this book, we show that sequences of interaction in which one person’s behaviour solicits or occasions another’s assistance or collaboration share common structural properties that provide a basis for the systematic comparison of this domain across languag…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783961102785
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- vi, 429 p.: ill.
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- -
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- 410 GET g
Responsibility and language practices in place
his volume includes chapters by junior and senior scholars hailing from Europe, Asia, North America, and Oceania, all of whom sought to understand the social and cultural implications surrounding how people take responsibility for the ways they speak or write in relation to a place—whether it is one they have long resided in, recently moved to, or left a long time ago.;The contributors to the…
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- -
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- 9789518582109
- Collation
- 225 p.
- Series Title
- Studia Fennica Anthropologica, 4
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- 306.44 RES r
Meaning, life and culture : in conversation with Anna Wierzbicka
This book is dedicated to Anna Wierzbicka, one of the most influential and innovative linguists of her generation. Her work spans a number of disciplines, including anthropology, cultural psychology, cognitive science, philosophy and religious studies, as well as her home base of linguistics. She is best known for the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach to meaning—a versatile tool fo…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781760463939
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- XVIII, 515 p.
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- -
- Call Number
- 801.4 MEA m
Signgram blueprint. A guide to sign language grammar writing
Current grammatical knowledge about sign languages is fragmentary and of varying reliability and is scattered in scientific publications where the description is often intertwined with the analysis. Comprehensive grammars are rare. This work is an innovative tool for the grammar writer: a full-fledged guide to describing all components of the grammars of sign languages in a thorough and systema…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781501511806
- Collation
- 824 p.; 22 cm.
- Series Title
- De Gruyter Reference
- Call Number
- 419 SIG s
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