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Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
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276 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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"One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power--and why we love them so much"--
"Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being human. In fact, our ability to curse comes from a different part of the brain than other parts of speech--the urgency with which we say "f&*k!"...
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Get the Summary of Mark Forsyth's The Elements of Eloquence in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Elements of Eloquence" by Mark Forsyth explores the power and intricacies of rhetorical devices in the English language. Forsyth delves into the allure of alliteration, as seen in Shakespeare's works and political slogans, and the subtlety of polyptoton, where a word is used in different forms to enrich the text....
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Este estudio lingüístico examina la frecuencia de uso del sujeto pronombre personal (SPP) en el español de Bogotá Colombia en niños monolingües entre los cinco y ocho años. Esto con el fin de determinar la presencia del sujeto tácito o explícito en sus discursos orales. La investigación analiza las variables de género edad persona gramatical tiempo verbal y discurso contexto para comprender la utilización del SPP en el español como lengua...
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The renowned philosopher and political theorist presents a summation of his influential work in this series of Columbia University lectures.
A pioneer in the fields of modern linguistics and cognitive science, Noam Chomsky is also one of the most avidly read political theorist of our time. In this series of lectures, Chomsky presents more than half a century of philosophical reflection on all three of these areas.
In precise yet accessible language,...
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This book provides a practical and easy-to-understand introduction to acoustic speech analysis, primarily aimed at those involved in linguistic analysis and description in the field and at those preparing for such fieldwork. It explains commonly used methods for displaying aspects of a speech wave, such as waveform graphs, spectra, spectrograms, fundamental frequency graphs (pitch graphs), and intensity graphs. It illustrates how the results of acoustic...
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Diamond BeeKeepers Presentation Diamond BeeKeepers is an experimental collection of poems that explores the ritualization of spontaneity. It tests the limits of logic and assonance to find the transcendental meaning behind sound forming, at least seeking a new meaning, deeper than the preestablished notions of the daily use of words. Unleashing, thus, a new experience of language through the poetic apparatus The Author Mario L. AMEHOU Mario Amehou...
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Sami loves to speak both English and Spanish. But he doesn't just speak them one at a time. He speaks in Spanglish! Sometimes, he makes brand-new words—like 'lonche'—and sometimes, he puts the languages together in one sentence, like when he's hungry for jamberguers con papas fritas. But not everyone likes Spanglish. Abuela thinks that Spanish should be spoken at home and English at school. And to make matters more complicated, Sami's...
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The parents of second language children are often seen but not heard in schools. This book is unique in addressing the many issues facing parents of children whose first language is different from that of the school classroom.
Drawing on teaching theory, the book provides these parents with a wealth of practical information, guidelines and checklists, enabling them to ask schools intelligent and challenging questions to test whether their children's...
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In the vast tapestry of human history, words have been the silent architects, building bridges, sparking revolutions, and sculpting societies. "Warriors of Words" dives deep into the potent world of rhetoric, unraveling its profound impact on civilizations across epochs.From the compelling oratories of Ancient Greece, where philosophers like Aristotle laid the very foundations of rhetorical techniques, to the impassioned speeches of Winston Churchill...
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Speech is so familiar a feature of daily life that we rarely pause to define it. It seems as natural to man as walking, and only less so than breathing. Yet it needs but a moment's reflection to convince us that this naturalness of speech is but an illusory feeling. The process of acquiring speech is, in sober fact, an utterly different sort of thing from the process of learning to walk…
One theory is that primitive words were imitative of sounds:...
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Découvrez une révolution dans l'apprentissage des langues avec ce livre. Ce livre explore de manière exhaustive comment l'intelligence artificielle révolutionne la manière dont nous pouvons apprendre l'hébreu, offrant des exemples concrets et des études de cas.Plongez dans les fondements de l'IA, explorez les défis spécifiques de l'apprentissage de l'hébreu, et apprenez comment les technologies avancées peuvent personnaliser l'expérience...
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Even the most profane practitioner of the vulgar tongue must sometimes wonder, Am I doing it right?" This highly entertaining and crucially informative visual guide to the art of swearing employs a variety of quick-read charts and helpful strategies to take salty skills to the next level. Offering history and etymology along with guidance, quips, insults, answers to lingering questions, and much more, How to Swear celebrates the rude ingenuity of...
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Learning a new language can be an overwhelming task, however "Arabic Shortcuts 1" using an expertly created solution to help you learn a variety of important Arabic phrases. Take the challenge of learning a new foreign language, we invest in you! Why not take a complete course. We support you with material.An e-book, YouTube video links to our course. no hidden cost and subscriptions.Here is the offer, you buy this e-book Arabic shortcuts, we provide...
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The conversations have been gathered, and narrated as an artist by the author. The author takes an abstract perspective of a conversation to assemble conversation essays. Conversation essays help to enhance reading, sharing, learning and presenting abilities of a person in any setting. The author associates abstract topics and relates these topics to conversations that are similar, diverse, parallel, angular, and criteria based for a differentiation...
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Brits and Americans dress the same, eat at the same chain restaurants, and pass music back and forth across the Atlantic, and our national leaders are practically conjoined twins. But the second the Brits open their mouths, all bets are off. So don't dream of visiting the United Kingdom, dating a Brit, or truly understanding what Jude Law is saying without this handy, hilarious, and informative guide to Britspeak.
With the cheekiness of Austin Powers...
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Exploring multilingualism as a complex, context-related, societal, and individual phenomenon, this book centres around perspectives on how multiple languages are made (in)visible within educational settings in the Global North. The authors of each chapter compare and contrast findings across geographical contexts with the goal of understanding the facets of multilingualism that, on the one hand, conform across contexts, and on the other, diverge context-specifically....
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A fun jaunt into the convoluted wilds of the English language, Sentence Diagramming 101 explores the relationship between words using traditional sentence diagramming, lots of movie references, and plenty of practice exercises (Yes, it has an answer key and a website with cool videos–as cool as grammar videos can be anyway).
This book begins with an overview of the parts of speech before delving into word function and sentence patterns. From...
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"EXPAND ARABIC Word vocabularies with this Arabic book, speak Arabic in any situation"Enhance spoken ARABIC with this book series 4 Inside access to:2000 Arabic word phraseSentence building and grammar rulesPhrase Builder30 Arabic expressions30 topics to speak What is in this Arabic book seriesThe topics in this series will be more challenging than the previous books. It covers areas to meet people in a meeting room, or colleagues with the same designation...
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