Objects of metaphor

The only reasonable response to the philosophical literature on metaphor is one of despair. This is not because what one finds there is bad; far from it. Though I don't think that anyone is quite right about metaphor, very few writers are simply wrong. Nor is the despair grounded on the sheer volume of the literature and its almost exponential increase in recent years. To be sure, if you tho…

Pragmatics and non-verbal communication

Pragmatics is by its nature a cross-disciplinary subject, with its roots in philosophy and linguistics, but reaching out into cognitive science, psychology, sociology and even the study of non-human animal communication. I have done my best to make the book self-contained and self-explanatory, and to present the arguments in a non-technical way. I therefore hope that it will be of interes…

English as a lingua franca in higher education: a longitudinal study of class…

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-

ISBN/ISSN

9783110205190 (alk.

Collation

x, 464 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series Title

Trends in applied linguistics ; 2

Call Number

420.141 SMI e

The Bilingual child: early development and language contact

How does a child become bilingual? The answer to this intriguing question remains largely a mystery, not least because it has been far less extensively researched than the process of mastering a single first language. Drawing on new studies of children exposed to two languages from birth (English and Cantonese), this book demonstrates how childhood bilingualism develops naturally in respon…

Bilingual by choice: raising kids in two (or more!) languages

Bilingualism and bi-literacy are admirable goals for every individual. At the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), we embrace this mantra and advocate learning more than one language and culture. We are now a global society and we must learn to create unity within diversity. As tireless advocates who work to influence and create moreinclusive language policies, more biling…

Philosophy of language: a contemporary introduction

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ISBN/ISSN

0415171156 (hb.)

Collation

xiv, 243 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series Title

Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy

Call Number

401 LYC p

Key ideas in linguistics and the philosophy of language

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ISBN/ISSN

0748626182

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xii, 258 p. ; 23 cm.

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401 KEY k

Oxford collocations dictionary for students of English

Edition

5th imp

ISBN/ISSN

0194312437

Collation

930 p. illus.

Series Title

-

Call Number

423 OXF

English Grammar: A University Course

Edition

Third edition.

ISBN/ISSN

9780415732673 (hardb

Collation

xix, 529 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

425 DOW e

Three-participant constructions in English: a functional-cognitive approach t…

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ISBN/ISSN

9027230897 (pbk.)

Collation

vii, 268 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series Title

Studies in language companion series, v. 79

Call Number

425 LAF t