Browsing 13. Language - Literature by Issue Date

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    • Language, thought, and reality : selected writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf 

      Carroll, John B. (editor); Chase, Stuart (Foreword ) (The MIT Press, 1956)

    • Phonetics : theory and application to speech improvement 

      Tiffany, William R.; Carrell, James A. (McGraw-Hill, 1960)

    • Languages in contact : findings and problems 

      Weinreich, Uriel (Mouton Publishers, 1968)

    • Aspect : an introduction to the study of verbal aspect and related problems 

      Comrie, Bernard (Cambridge University Press, 1976)
      An introduction to the general linguistic study of aspect. Topics covered include the relation of tense and aspect, the morphology and the semantics of aspect, and structuralist and philosophical approaches. Dr Comrie draws ...

    • Teaching English as a foreign language 

      Broughton, Geoffrey; Brumfit, Christopher; Flavell, Roger (Routledge, 1980)
      For the many categories of EFL teachers throughout the world, this book examines the main principles which concern them. By drawing upon their experience the authors provide a hands-on approach.

    • Analyzing english : an introduction to descriptive linguistics 

      Jackson, Howard (Pergamon Press, 1982)

    • Techniques in testing 

      Madsen, Harold S. (Oxford University Press, 1983)

    • An introduction to discourse analysis 

      Coulthard, Margaret (Routledge, 1985)
      The central concern of this book is the analysis of verbal interaction or discourse. This first six chapters report and evaluate major theoretical advances in the description of discourse. The final chapters demonstrate ...

    • English for specific purposes : a learning-centred approach 

      Hutchinson, Tom; Waters, Alan (Cambridge University Press, 1987)
      This book offers the teacher a new perspective on this important field. The main concern is effective learning and how this can best be achieved in ESP courses. The authors discuss the evolution of ESP and its position ...

    • A reference grammar of Japanese 

      Martin, Samuel Elmo (Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1987)
      Have you ever wondered about a Japanese sentence your textbook fails to explain? Do you feel unsure about the use of «wa,» «ga,» and «mo?» Or what the rules and meanings of words in their literary forms are? If so, you ...

    • A textbook of translation 

      Newmark, Peter (Longman, 1988)
      Part one consists of a comprehensive discussion of most subjects and problems that arise in translating: the process of translating, text analysis, translation methods, text as a translation unit, translation procedures, ...

    • Writing English language tests 

      Heaton, J. B. (Longman, 1988)
      This book is for all teachers who write tests of English, from the classroom teachers writing for a particular class to the test constructor writing for an examination board. It gives detailed guidance on how to write, ...

    • English grammar : an outline 

      Huddleston, Rodney (Cambridge University Press, 1988)
      Rodney Huddleston's earlier work,An Introduction to the Grammar of English, was praised by reviewers for its clarity, and that is a particular strength of this new textbook as well. The book draws on descriptive and ...

    • Language change and variation 

      Fasold, Ralph W.; Schiffrin, Deborah (John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1989)
      The study of language variation in social context continues to hold the attention of a large number of linguists. This research is promoted by the annual colloquia on New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English' (NWAVE). ...

    • Testing for language teachers 

      Hughes, Arthur (Cambridge University Press, 1989)

    • Success with foreign languages : seven who achieved it and what worked for them 

      Stevick, Earl W. (Prentice Hall, 1989)

    • Contrasting languages : the scope of contrastive linguistics 

      Krzeszowski, Tomasz P. (Mouton de Gruyter, 1990)

    • Reference and computation : an essay in applied philosophy of language 

      Kronfeld, Amichai; Searle, John (Cambridge University Press, 1990)
      This book deals with a major problem in the study of language: the problem of reference. The ease with which we refer to things in conversation is deceptive. Upon closer scrutiny, it turns out that we hardly ever tell each ...

    • Literature in projects 

      Eijk, A. J. M. van (Wolters-Noordhoff-Longman Groningen, 1990)

    • Discourse and the translator 

      Hatim, B.; Mason, I. (Longman, 1990)
      Discourse and the Translator both incorporates and moves beyond previous studies of translation. Its logical and informative approach to the problems of translation ensures that it will be essential for all those who work ...