Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage

Author: Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson, John J. Gumperz
Date: 1987
Pages: 345
Format: PDF
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Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar, 4 edition

Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar, 4 edition by Michael Halliday and Christian Matthiessen
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1444146602, 0415826284 | 790 pages | PDF | 13 MB

Fully updated and revised, this fourth edition of Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar explains the principles of systemic functional grammar, enabling the reader to understand and apply them in any context. Halliday's innovative approach of engaging with grammar through discourse has become a worldwide phenomenon in linguistics.

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Instant IELTS: Ready-To-Use Tasks And Activities

Instant IELTS: Ready-To-Use Tasks And Activities
Author(-s): Guy Brook-Hart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: May 31, 2004
Format / Quality: MP3, RAR / Excellent
Language: English


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IELTS Practice Tests with Key + CD

IELTS Practice Tests with Key + CD
Author(-s): Russell Whitehead, Mark Harrison
Publisher: Heinle ELT
Publication date: June 22, 2005
Number of pages: 256
Format / Quality: PDF + MP3, RAR / Excellent
Language: English


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IELTS 6 with Answers + CD

IELTS 6 with Answers + CD
Author(-s): Cambridge University Press
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: June 28, 2008
Number of pages: 176
Format / Quality: PDF + MP3, RAR / Excellent
Language: English 

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The Pragmatics of Politeness

This readable book presents a new general theoretical understanding of politeness. It offers an account of a wide range of politeness phenomena in English, illustrated by hundreds of examples of actual language use taken largely from authentic British and American sources.

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Experimental Research Methods in Language Learning

Experimental Research Methods in Language Learning
Author: Aek Phakiti
Series: Research Methods in Linguistics
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Date: February 12, 2015

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Semantics: A Coursebook

This practical course book introduces all the basics of semantics in a simple, step-by-step fashion. Each unit includes short sections of explanation with examples, followed by stimulating practice exercises to complete in the book. Feedback and comment sections follow each exercise to enable students to monitor their progress.

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Webster's New World Essential Vocabulary free ebook download

How’s your vocabulary? Is it okay, pretty good, or exceptional? Whatever your answer to these questions, this is the book for you. For those whose vocabulary ranges from okay to pretty good, here is the opportunity to improve it. The main content is grouped into sets of words that have been taken from the SAT and GRE examinations over the past 10 years. These approximately 1,500 words are expected by the examiners to be familiar in one form or another to college and graduate school applicants.

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Teaching and Researching: Computer-Assisted Language Learning (Applied Linguistics in Action)

 

 Computers play a crucial and rapidly evolving role in education, particularly in the area of language learning. Far from being a tool mimicking a textbook or teacher, Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has the power to transform language learning through the pioneering application of innovative research and practices.   Technological innovation creates opportunities to revisit old ideas, conduct new research and challenge established beliefs, meaning that the field is constantly undergoing change. This fully revised second edition brings teachers and researchers up-to-date by offering: A comprehensive overview of CALL and current research issues Step-by-step instructions on conducting research projects in CALL Extensive resources in the form of contacts, websites and free software references A glossary of terms related to CALL Closely linked to other branches of study such as autonomy in language learning and computer science, CALL is at the cutting edge of current research directions. This book is essential reading for all teachers and researchers interested in using CALL to make language learning a richer, more productive and more enjoyable task.   Ken Beatty has taught at colleges and universities in Canada, Asia and the Middle East. His publications include more than 100 textbooks for learning English as a Second Language, as well as various websites, CD-ROMs and educational videos. 

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New Headway Pre-Intermediate (4th Ed) Workbook with Answer Key

A completely new Pre-intermediate level of the world's most trusted English course, with brand new digital resources bringing you a completely up-to-date blended Headway course.  

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A Reference Grammar Of Syrian Arabic

A Reference Grammar Of Syrian Arabic
Author: Mark W. Cowell
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 2005
ISBN: 978-1589010512
Number of pages: 616
Format / Quality: pdf
Size: 122MB

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Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies

Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies
Author: James Watson, Anne Hill
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publication date: 2012 8th ed.
ISBN: 1849665281
Number of pages: 368
Format / Quality: PDF
Size: 4MB


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Archaeology of knowledge (Routledge Classics)

"Next to Sartre's Search for a Method and in direct opposition to it, Foucault's work is the most noteworthy effort at a theory of history in the last 50 years." -- Library Journal

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Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction

This second edition of Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction expands and improves upon a truly unique introductory syntax textbook. Like the first edition, its focus is on the development of precisely formulated grammars whose empirical predictions can be directly tested. There is also considerable emphasis on the prediction and evaluation of grammatical hypotheses, as well as on integrating syntactic hypotheses with matters of semantic analysis.

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Language and Power

 

Substantial changes in social life have taken place during the past decade which have changed the nature of unequal power relations, and therefore the agenda for the critical study of language. In this second edition, Norman Fairclough brings the discussion completely up-to-date with the inclusion of a new chapter covering the 'globalisation' of power relations and the development of the internet in relation to language and power.

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Grammar for Young Learners

Helps teachers of young learners introduce and practise grammar in a fun and motivating way. Steers a middle course between grammar-based and communicative approaches to teaching: meaning is the main focus of all language teaching and grammar is an intrinsic part of making meaning explicit.

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Assessing Young Learners

It is generally accepted that we teach young learners differently from older ones. A whole range of entertaining, motivating, creative, and above all, physically engaging activities has been developed in recent years, to keep pace with the growth in demand for materials to teach this special group of learners. However, when it comes to assessing the progress of young learners, we often find ourselves driven back on testing materials which are more appropriate for use with older learners.
This book will therefore be particularly welcome as it attempts to link assessment with instruction. If teaching is focused on physically engaging, creative, entertaining activities, then these should also be the focus of any assessment which is carried out. Teaching and assessment thus become congruent, not inconsistent. 

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Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose

• Provides students with a systematic introduction to and explanation of the main features of 'style'
• Contains a series of close analyses of extracts from a wide range of novels and stories for great depth of coverage
• Includes an abundance of new material, addressing the massive changes in the discipline that have taken place over the last 25 years
• The ‘Further Reading’ section and the bibliographical references have been thoroughly update. 

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An Introduction to Functional Grammar

This revised edition of the classic treatment of its subject presents an outline of the grammar of modern English in the framework of systemic-functional linguistic theory and serves as an introduction to functional theory in general, which can be used for describing any language in its own terms. The description of English presented here has been widely used in a number of applied linguistics contexts, particularly artificial intelligence and language education,both second language and mother tongue, but also in literary stylistics and other fields requiring a rich interpretation of the text. 

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