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Talk Italian Enhanced eBook (with audio) - Learn Italian with BBC Active: The bestselling way to make learning Italian easy
by Alwena Lamping‘Determined to learn the language but no time for nightschool? Try the BBC Talk short courses.’ The GuardianLearn even faster and smarter with the flexibility, speed and convenience of this enhanced eBook. Everything you need is just where you need it: navigate the book with ease, practise your listening and speaking skills, test your progress and access valuable language notes all with one touch from the page you’re on. Talk Italian has already inspired thousands of people to learn Italian from scratch and find the confidence to give it a go. It is a bestselling course, widely used both in the classroom and by independent learners. Make fast progress right from the start using the successful, proven Talk method - with specially designed activities, interactive audio and clear, jargon-free grammar explanations. Develop your language skills with tips and strategies to help you learn. Express yourself more confidently through taking part in real Italian conversations. Whether you’re learning for business, travel or just for fun, this straightforward, step-by-step approach will ensure you’re soon able to speak Italian in a range of everyday situations. Want to improve your grammar? Get quickly up to speed with our bestselling Talk Italian Grammar eBook. Easy to follow and specially written to work with this course, it’ll help you easily demystify and unlock the key structures of Italian grammar and boost your understanding, speaking and listening skills. Search now for ‘Talk Italian Grammar’. Learner reviews of the book/CD version of Talk Italian:‘Bought this in preparation for a holiday to Italy. Have found it an excellent starter for a complete novice. Would recommend.’‘Great way to learn the language, this is the definitive BBC series that others try but fail to emulate.’ ‘The BBC talk series is easy to use and quickly gets you speaking the language. Ideal for holidays.’ Also available: Talk Spanish Enhanced eBook, Talk French Enhanced eBook and Talk German Enhanced eBook; Talk Spanish Grammar eBook, Talk French Grammar eBook, Talk Italian Grammar eBook and Talk German Grammar eBook
Talk Italian 2 Enhanced eBook (with audio) - Learn Italian with BBC Active: The bestselling way to improve your Italian
by Alwena LampingLearn a language for less – get this bestselling Enhanced eBook for HALF PRICE - only £6.99. For a limited time only.Learn even faster and smarter with the flexibility, speed and convenience of this enhanced eBook. Everything you need is just where you need it: navigate the book with ease, practise your listening and speaking skills, test your progress and access valuable language notes all with one touch from the page you’re on.TALK Italian 2 has already helped thousands of people to improve their Italian.Whether you’re returning to the language and don’t want to start from scratch or you’ve completed an introductory course, Talk Italian 2 is the ideal way to take your Italian to the next level – fast.With its clear and effective approach, you’ll soon be able to engage in increasingly sophisticated conversations and express opinions on a wide range of subjects from food to property, as well as get to know people and cope confidently in everyday situations.Learn faster and smarter using the successful, proven Talk method.Develop your language skills with a wealth of activities to help you learn.Express yourself more confidently by taking part in real Italian conversations.Want to improve your grammar? Get quickly up to speed with our bestselling Talk Italian Grammar eBook. Easy to follow and specially written to work with this course, it’ll help you easily demystify and unlock the key structures of Italian grammar and boost your understanding, speaking and listening skills. Search now for ‘Talk Italian Grammar’.Learner reviews of the book/CD version of Talk Italian 2:‘Excellent course, good CD to help with pronunciation. Interesting and relevant. Worthwhile buy if you already have some Italian.’‘Very good. Great extension after book one. These books are the best I have tried.’‘Excellent in every way.’‘My teacher (who is Italian) uses this as part of her teaching, so I think that says a lot. The two discs are accompanied by an excellent and comprehensive book.’Also available: Talk Spanish Enhanced eBook, Talk Spanish 2 Enhanced eBook, Talk French Enhanced eBook, Talk French 2 Enhanced eBook, Talk German Enhanced eBook, Talk German 2 Enhanced eBook, Talk Italian Enhanced eBook; Talk Spanish Grammar eBook, Talk French Grammar eBook, Talk Italian Grammar eBook and Talk German Grammar eBook
Talk Greek Enhanced eBook: The bestselling way to make learning Greek easy (Talk)
by Karen RichTalk Greek Enhanced eBook (with audio) - Learn Greek with BBC ActiveThe bestselling way to make learning Greek easy"Determined to learn the language but no time for nightschool? Try the BBC Talk short courses." The GuardianLearn even faster and smarter with the flexibility, speed and convenience of this enhanced eBook. Everything you need is just where you need it: navigate the book with ease, practise your listening and speaking skills, test your progress and access valuable language notes all with one touch from the page you're on.Talk Greek has already inspired thousands of people to learn Greek from scratch and find the confidence to give it a go. It is a bestselling course, widely used both in the classroom and by independent learners.Make fast progress right from the start using the successful, proven Talk method - with specially designed activities, interactive audio and clear, jargon-free grammar explanations. Develop your language skills with tips and strategies to help you learn. Express yourself more confidently through taking part in real Greek conversations.Whether you're learning for business, travel or just for fun, this straightforward, step-by-step approach will ensure you're soon able to speak Greek in a range of everyday situations.Learner reviews of the book/CD version of Talk Greek:"Talk Greek is a must if you want to learn the basics.""Clear and easy to use. Really recommend!""Lots of interactive exercises to help practise the things the book teaches. Simple, clear scenarios that will not confuse. Excellent."Also available in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Talk German Enhanced eBook (with audio) - Learn German with BBC Active: The bestselling way to make learning German easy
by Jeanne Wood Judith Matthews‘Determined to learn the language but no time for nightschool? Try the BBC Talk short courses.’ The GuardianLearn even faster and smarter with the flexibility, speed and convenience of this enhanced eBook. Everything you need is just where you need it: navigate the book with ease, practise your listening and speaking skills, test your progress and access valuable language notes all with one touch from the page you’re on. Talk German has already inspired thousands of people to learn German from scratch and find the confidence to give it a go. It is a bestselling course, widely used both in the classroom and by independent learners. Make fast progress right from the start using the successful, proven Talk method - with specially designed activities, interactive audio and clear, jargon-free grammar explanations. Develop your language skills with tips and strategies to help you learn. Express yourself more confidently through taking part in real German conversations. Whether you’re learning for business, travel or just for fun, this straightforward, step-by-step approach will ensure you’re soon able to speak German in a range of everyday situations.Want to improve your grammar? Get quickly up to speed with our bestselling Talk German Grammar eBook. Easy to follow and specially written to work with this course, it’ll help you easily demystify and unlock the key structures of German grammar and boost your understanding, speaking and listening skills. Search now for ‘Talk German Grammar’. Learner reviews of the book/CD version of Talk German:‘Exactly what I needed. Clear, easy to follow and useful language.’ ‘A must if you are serious about learning German. Very informative and easy to understand with numerous examples. This book certainly helps me to learn German properly rather than just learning simple phrases.’ ‘I think the BBC language courses are very good, got this one to support with my German class, as the Tutor uses the same course book.’ Also available: Talk Spanish Enhanced eBook, Talk French Enhanced eBook and Talk Italian Enhanced eBook; Talk Spanish Grammar eBook, Talk French Grammar eBook, Talk Italian Grammar eBook and Talk German Grammar eBook
Talk German 2 Enhanced eBook (with audio) - Learn German with BBC Active: The bestselling way to improve your German
by Mrs Susanne WinchesterLearn a language for less – get this bestselling Enhanced eBook for HALF PRICE - only £6.99. For a limited time only.Learn even faster and smarter with the flexibility, speed and convenience of this enhanced eBook. Everything you need is just where you need it: navigate the book with ease, practise your listening and speaking skills, test your progress and access valuable language notes all with one touch from the page you’re on.TALK German 2 has already helped thousands of people to improve their German. Whether you’re returning to the language and don’t want to start from scratch or you’ve completed an introductory course, Talk German 2 is the ideal way to take your German to the next level – fast.With its clear and effective approach, you’ll soon be able to engage in increasingly sophisticated conversations and express opinions on a wide range of subjects from food to property, as well as get to know people and cope confidently in everyday situations.Learn faster and smarter using the successful, proven Talk methodDevelop your language skills with a wealth of activities to help you learn.Express yourself more confidently by taking part in real German conversations. Want to improve your grammar? Get quickly up to speed with our bestselling Talk German Grammar eBook. Easy to follow and specially written to work with this course, it’ll help you easily demystify and unlock the key structures of German grammar and boost your understanding, speaking and listening skills. Search now for ‘Talk German Grammar’.Learner reviews of the book/CD version of Talk German 2:‘A great asset to learning German. CDs and book are excellent.’‘Definitely recommend this book to everyone studying German on their own or anyone who wants to recap and study further.’‘BBC Active Talk German series is absolutely fantastic for those who plan on self-learning German’‘We are using this as the course book for an evening class, which should be a good indicator for anyone. The book is laid out clearly and is easy to follow.’Also available: Talk Italian Enhanced eBook, Talk Italian 2 Enhanced eBook, Talk French Enhanced eBook, Talk French 2 Enhanced eBook, Talk Spanish Enhanced eBook, Talk Spanish 2 Enhanced eBook, Talk German Enhanced eBook; Talk Spanish Grammar eBook, Talk French Grammar eBook, Talk Italian Grammar eBook and Talk German Grammar eBook
Talk French Enhanced eBook (with audio) - Learn French with BBC Active: The bestselling way to make learning French easy
by Isabelle Fournier‘Determined to learn the language but no time for nightschool? Try the BBC Talk short courses.’ The GuardianLearn even faster and smarter with the flexibility, speed and convenience of this enhanced eBook. Everything you need is just where you need it: navigate the book with ease, practise your listening and speaking skills, test your progress and access valuable language notes all with one touch from the page you’re on. Talk French has already inspired thousands of people to learn French from scratch and find the confidence to give it a go. It is a bestselling course, widely used both in the classroom and by independent learners. Make fast progress right from the start using the successful, proven Talk method - with specially designed activities, interactive audio and clear, jargon-free grammar explanations. Develop your language skills with tips and strategies to help you learn. Express yourself more confidently through taking part in real French conversations. Whether you’re learning for business, travel or just for fun, this straightforward, step-by-step approach will ensure you’re soon able to speak French in a range of everyday situations. Want to improve your grammar? Get quickly up to speed with our bestselling Talk French Grammar eBook. Easy to follow and specially written to work with this course, it’ll help you easily demystify and unlock the key structures of French grammar and boost your understanding, speaking and listening skills. Search now for ‘Talk French Grammar’.Learner reviews of the book/CD version of Talk French:‘An excellent book for beginners and teachers.’‘Anyone learning French you must buy this book. It is brilliant and the CD is great.’ ‘Signed up for a course and this was the obligatory material. I will not be attending any more courses but WILL buy the next series of this pack.’ Also available: Talk Spanish Enhanced eBook, Talk Italian Enhanced eBook and Talk German Enhanced eBook; Talk Spanish Grammar eBook, Talk French Grammar eBook, Talk Italian Grammar eBook and Talk German Grammar eBook
Talk French 2 Enhanced eBook (with audio) - Learn French with BBC Active: The bestselling way to improve your French
by Mrs Sue PurcellLearn a language for less – get this bestselling Enhanced eBook for HALF PRICE - only £6.99. For a limited time only.Learn even faster and smarter with the flexibility, speed and convenience of this enhanced eBook. Everything you need is just where you need it: navigate the book with ease, practise your listening and speaking skills, test your progress and access valuable language notes all with one touch from the page you’re on.TALK French 2 has already helped thousands of people to improve their French.Whether you’re returning to the language and don’t want to start from scratch or you’ve completed an introductory course, Talk French 2 is the ideal way to take your French to the next level – fast.With its clear and effective approach, you’ll soon be able to engage in increasingly sophisticated conversations and express opinions on a wide range of subjects from food to property, as well as get to know people and cope confidently in everyday situations.Learn faster and smarter using the successful, proven Talk method.Develop your language skills with a wealth of activities to help you learn.Express yourself more confidently by taking part in real French conversations.Want to improve your grammar? Get quickly up to speed with our bestselling Talk French Grammar eBook. Easy to follow and specially written to work with this course, it’ll help you easily demystify and unlock the key structures of French grammar and boost your understanding, speaking and listening skills. Search now for ‘Talk French Grammar’.Learner reviews of the book/CD version of Talk French 2:‘This is one of the best courses I have ever bought and I have bought a great many over more than sixty years of study. I thoroughly recommend it.’‘This book is easy to follow and makes learning easy. It was recommended by the French teacher so widely used.’‘An excellent book for my standard of French. Particularly like the grammar sections. There is a broad sweep of situations which I like.‘We are going on holiday to France and wanted to brush up our French. It's not always easy doing this because the kits seem either too basic or too advanced. But this was just right for us. It contains the sort of things you'll need on holiday, and has up to date colloquial French as well.’Also available: Talk Spanish Enhanced eBook, Talk Spanish 2 Enhanced eBook, Talk Italian Enhanced eBook, Talk Italian 2 Enhanced eBook, Talk German Enhanced eBook, Talk German 2 Enhanced eBook, Talk French Enhanced eBook; Talk Spanish Grammar eBook, Talk French Grammar eBook, Talk Italian Grammar eBook and Talk German Grammar eBook
Talk Arabic Enhanced eBook (with audio) - Learn Arabic with BBC Active: The bestselling way to make learning Arabic easy
by Jonathan Featherstone Lynne Strugnell Yukiko IsonoTalk Arabic Enhanced eBook (with audio) - Learn Arabic with BBC ActiveThe bestselling way to make learning Arabic easy"Determined to learn the language but no time for nightschool? Try the BBC Talk short courses."The GuardianLearn even faster and smarter with the flexibility, speed and convenience of this enhanced eBook. Everything you need is just where you need it: navigate the book with ease, practise your listening and speaking skills, test your progress and access valuable language notes all with one touch from the page you're on.Talk Arabic has already inspired thousands of people to learn Arabic from scratch and find the confidence to give it a go. It is a bestselling course, widely used both in the classroom and by independent learners.Make fast progress right from the start using the successful, proven Talk method - with specially designed activities, interactive audio and clear, jargon-free grammar explanations.Develop your language skills with tips and strategies to help you learn.Express yourself more confidently through taking part in real Arabic conversations.Whether you're learning for business, travel or just for fun, this straightforward, step-by-step approach will ensure you're soon able to speak Arabic in a range of everyday situations.Learner reviews of the book/CD version of Talk Arabic:"A very good and well organised course. I have been struggling with Arabic classes for two years and this has given me the confidence to speak up at last. I recommend it.""Perfect starter pack for beginners: Highly recommended.""Excellent course. Very clear and easy to follow."Talk Arabic focusses on the Arabic of the Levant, spoken in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine and widely understood elsewhere.Also available in French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Talent Development for English Language Learners: Identifying and Developing Potential
by Michael S. Matthews Jaime A. CastellanoTalent Development for English Language Learners offers concrete guidance to teachers, schools, and administrators seeking to maximize the potential of all of their students. Each chapter will focus thematically on an issue relevant to developing the talents and potential of gifted English language learners (ELLs) in inclusive educational settings. Examples of how schools or educators might conventionally conceptualize and handle the issues related to ELLs and what the concerns or unintended negative outcomes are for gifted ELLs are provided. The authors focus on what an “ideal” response might be from the lens of both the gifted education and the language education field, and how collaborative efforts across these perspectives yield effective interventions in schools and related educational settings for students who are both English language learners and highly academically able.
Talent Development for English Language Learners: Identifying and Developing Potential
by Michael S. Matthews Jaime A. CastellanoTalent Development for English Language Learners offers concrete guidance to teachers, schools, and administrators seeking to maximize the potential of all of their students. Each chapter will focus thematically on an issue relevant to developing the talents and potential of gifted English language learners (ELLs) in inclusive educational settings. Examples of how schools or educators might conventionally conceptualize and handle the issues related to ELLs and what the concerns or unintended negative outcomes are for gifted ELLs are provided. The authors focus on what an “ideal” response might be from the lens of both the gifted education and the language education field, and how collaborative efforts across these perspectives yield effective interventions in schools and related educational settings for students who are both English language learners and highly academically able.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Ladybird Readers Level 1 (Ladybird Readers)
by Beatrix Potter LadybirdPeter Rabbit goes in the farmer's garden for some radishes. Then, the farmer sees him! Can the farmer catch Peter?Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language.Beautifully illustrated and carefully written, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills.The six levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework and include language activities that provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) exams.The Tale of Peter Rabbit, a Level 1 Reader, is Pre-A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Starters exams. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, using the present tense and some simple adjectives.
Taking Literature and Language Learning Online: New Perspectives on Teaching, Research and Technology
by Sandra Stadler-Heer and Amos ParanThe use of literary texts in language classrooms is firmly established, but new questions arise with the transfer to remote teaching and learning. How do we teach literature online? How do learners react to being taught literature online? Will new genres emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic? Is the literary canon changing?This volume celebrates the vitality of literary and pedagogic responses to the pandemic and presents research into the phenomena observed in this evolving field. One strand of the book discusses literary outputs stimulated by the pandemic as well as past pandemics. Another strand looks at the pedagogy of engaging learners with literature online, examining learners of different ages and of different proficiency levels and different educational backgrounds, including teacher education. Finally, a third strand looks at the affordances of various technologies for teaching online and the way they interact with literature and with language learning. The contributions in this volume take literature teaching online away from static lecturing strategies, present numerous options for online teaching, and provide research-based grounding for the implementation of these pedagogies.
Taking Literature and Language Learning Online: New Perspectives on Teaching, Research and Technology
The use of literary texts in language classrooms is firmly established, but new questions arise with the transfer to remote teaching and learning. How do we teach literature online? How do learners react to being taught literature online? Will new genres emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic? Is the literary canon changing?This volume celebrates the vitality of literary and pedagogic responses to the pandemic and presents research into the phenomena observed in this evolving field. One strand of the book discusses literary outputs stimulated by the pandemic as well as past pandemics. Another strand looks at the pedagogy of engaging learners with literature online, examining learners of different ages and of different proficiency levels and different educational backgrounds, including teacher education. Finally, a third strand looks at the affordances of various technologies for teaching online and the way they interact with literature and with language learning. The contributions in this volume take literature teaching online away from static lecturing strategies, present numerous options for online teaching, and provide research-based grounding for the implementation of these pedagogies.
Taiwan Cinema: A Contested Nation on Screen
by G. HongA groundbreaking study of Taiwan cinema, Hong provides helpful insight into how it is taught and studied by taking into account not only the auteurs of New Taiwan Cinema, but also the history of popular genre films before the 1980s. The book is essential for students and scholars of Taiwan, film and visual studies, and East Asian cultural history.
Tagalog Verb Dictionary
by Michael C. Hawkins Rhodalyne Gallo-crailThis handy reference is a concise explanatory text and English-Tagalog/Tagalog-English verb guide designed to address and facilitate the most important aspect of Tagalog language learning—understanding and mastering the complex focal orientation of verbs. It is organized into an accessible pattern illustrating the primary conjugations that establish aspect and actor/object focus for each verb. These verbs are further enhanced by sample sentences demonstrating their usage and introducing common cultural contexts for effective communication. In addition to the verb guide, this text also provides a short history of Tagalog, an extensive explanation of verbal function in the language, and a number of learners' tips intended to ease and expedite the learning process. Taken together, these materials, along with a persistent willingness to engage the language, will facilitate a quick and effective path to fluency. Whether one is studying within the structured environment of a classroom or independently in their spare time, this book is designed to give special attention to the most critical aspects of Tagalog language learning. Tagalog Verb Dictionary's orderly and easily accessible layout and neat size make it the ideal companion for students, travelers, and anyone interested in fast fluency in the language.
Tacitus Annals XVI (Latin Texts)
by Lee FratantuonoBook XVI of Tacitus' Annals is the last of the surviving books of the great Roman historian's monumental account of the reigns of the emperors from Tiberius to Nero. The unfinished book offers a stunning portrait of Nero in his last years, a man now free of the restraining influences of his mother Agrippina and tutor Seneca. Annals XVI presents such unforgettable scenes as the spectacle of Petronius' suicide, and the mad quest of Nero to find the gold of the Carthaginian queen Dido.This edition provides a commentary to the entire book, with notes carefully aimed at first-time readers of Tacitus as well as more advanced students. An introduction provides a guide to what we know of Tacitus' life and work, as well as to the reign of Nero and Tacitus' depiction of an empire in transition, of a Rome teetering on the verge of chaos and collapse. A full vocabulary at the end of the volume is a vital resource for students preparing this text for class work or assessment.
Tacitus Annals XVI (Latin Texts)
by Lee FratantuonoBook XVI of Tacitus' Annals is the last of the surviving books of the great Roman historian's monumental account of the reigns of the emperors from Tiberius to Nero. The unfinished book offers a stunning portrait of Nero in his last years, a man now free of the restraining influences of his mother Agrippina and tutor Seneca. Annals XVI presents such unforgettable scenes as the spectacle of Petronius' suicide, and the mad quest of Nero to find the gold of the Carthaginian queen Dido.This edition provides a commentary to the entire book, with notes carefully aimed at first-time readers of Tacitus as well as more advanced students. An introduction provides a guide to what we know of Tacitus' life and work, as well as to the reign of Nero and Tacitus' depiction of an empire in transition, of a Rome teetering on the verge of chaos and collapse. A full vocabulary at the end of the volume is a vital resource for students preparing this text for class work or assessment.
Tacitus, Annals, 15.20-23, 33-45: Latin Text, Study Aids with Vocabulary, and Commentary (Classics Textbooks #3)
by Mathew Owen Ingo GildenhardThe emperor Nero is etched into the Western imagination as one of ancient Rome’s most infamous villains, and Tacitus’ Annals have played a central role in shaping the mainstream historiographical understanding of this flamboyant autocrat. This section of the text plunges us straight into the moral cesspool that Rome had apparently become in the later years of Nero’s reign, chronicling the emperor’s fledgling stage career including his plans for a grand tour of Greece; his participation in a city-wide orgy climaxing in his publicly consummated ‘marriage’ to his toy boy Pythagoras; the great fire of AD 64, during which large parts of central Rome went up in flames; and the rising of Nero’s ‘grotesque’ new palace, the so-called ‘Golden House’, from the ashes of the city. This building project stoked the rumours that the emperor himself was behind the conflagration, and Tacitus goes on to present us with Nero’s gruesome efforts to quell these mutterings by scapegoating and executing members of an unpopular new cult then starting to spread through the Roman empire: Christianity. All this contrasts starkly with four chapters focusing on one of Nero’s most principled opponents, the Stoic senator Thrasea Paetus, an audacious figure of moral fibre, who courageously refuses to bend to the forces of imperial corruption and hypocrisy. This course book offers a portion of the original Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and a commentary. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Owen’s and Gildenhard’s incisive commentary will be of particular interest to students of Latin at both A2 and undergraduate level. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis and historical background to encourage critical engagement with Tacitus’ prose and discussion of the most recent scholarly thought.
Taboo: Corporeal Secrets in Nineteenth-century France
by Hannah ThompsonFrench realist texts are driven by representations of the body and depend on corporeality to generate narrative intrigue. But anxieties around bodily representation undermine realist claims of objectivity and transparency. Aspects of bodily reality which threaten les bonnes moeurs - gender confusion, sexual appetite, disability, torture, murder, child abuse and disease - rarely occupy the foreground and are instead spurned or only partially alluded to by writers and critics. This wide-ranging study uses the notion of the taboo as a powerful means of interpreting representations of the body. The hidden bodies of realist texts reveal their secrets in unexpected ways. Thompson reads texts by Sand, Rachilde, Maupassant, Hugo, Barbey d'Aurevilly, Mirbeau and Zola alongside modern theorists of the body to show how the figure of the taboo plots an alternative model of author-reader relations based on the struggle to speak the unspeakable. Dr Hannah Thompson is a Senior Lecturer in French at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her first book, Naturalism Redressed: Identity and Clothing in the Novels of Emile Zola, was published by Legenda in 2004.
Taboo: Corporeal Secrets in Nineteenth-century France
by Hannah ThompsonFrench realist texts are driven by representations of the body and depend on corporeality to generate narrative intrigue. But anxieties around bodily representation undermine realist claims of objectivity and transparency. Aspects of bodily reality which threaten les bonnes moeurs - gender confusion, sexual appetite, disability, torture, murder, child abuse and disease - rarely occupy the foreground and are instead spurned or only partially alluded to by writers and critics. This wide-ranging study uses the notion of the taboo as a powerful means of interpreting representations of the body. The hidden bodies of realist texts reveal their secrets in unexpected ways. Thompson reads texts by Sand, Rachilde, Maupassant, Hugo, Barbey d'Aurevilly, Mirbeau and Zola alongside modern theorists of the body to show how the figure of the taboo plots an alternative model of author-reader relations based on the struggle to speak the unspeakable. Dr Hannah Thompson is a Senior Lecturer in French at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her first book, Naturalism Redressed: Identity and Clothing in the Novels of Emile Zola, was published by Legenda in 2004.
A Systemic Functional Grammar of French
by David BanksA Systemic Functional Grammar of French provides an accessible introduction to systemic functional linguistics through French. This concise introduction to the systemic functional grammar (SFG) framework provides illustrations throughout that highlight how the framework can be used to analyse authentic language texts. This will be of interest to students in alternative linguistic frameworks who wish to acquire a basic understanding of SFG as well as academics in related areas, such as literary and cultural studies, interested in seeing how SFG can be applied to their fields.
A Systemic Functional Grammar of French: A Simple Introduction
by David BanksA Systemic Functional Grammar of French provides an accessible introduction to systemic functional linguistics through French. This concise introduction to the systemic functional grammar (SFG) framework provides illustrations throughout that highlight how the framework can be used to analyse authentic language texts. This will be of interest to students in alternative linguistic frameworks who wish to acquire a basic understanding of SFG as well as academics in related areas, such as literary and cultural studies, interested in seeing how SFG can be applied to their fields.
A Synthesis of Research on Second Language Writing in English
by Ilona Leki Alister Cumming Tony Silva'I applaud the authors for this sizeable undertaking, as well as the care exercised in selecting and sequencing topics and subtopics. A major strength and salient feature of this volume is its range: It will serve as a key reference tool for researchers working in L2 composition and in allied fields.' – John Hedgcock, Monterey Institute for International Studies Synthesizing twenty-five years of the most significant and influential findings of published research on second language writing in English, this volume promotes understanding and provides access to research developments in the field. Overall, it distinguishes the major contexts of English L2 learning in North America, synthesizes the research themes, issues, and findings that span these contexts, and interprets the methodological progression and substantive findings of this body of knowledge. Of particular interest is the extensive bibliography, which makes this volume an essential reference tool for libraries and serious writing professionals, both researchers and practitioners, both L1 and L2. This book is designed to allow researchers to become familiar with the most important research on this topic, to promote understanding of pedagogical needs of L2 writing students, and to introduce graduate students to L2 writing research findings.
A Synthesis of Research on Second Language Writing in English
by Ilona Leki Alister Cumming Tony Silva'I applaud the authors for this sizeable undertaking, as well as the care exercised in selecting and sequencing topics and subtopics. A major strength and salient feature of this volume is its range: It will serve as a key reference tool for researchers working in L2 composition and in allied fields.' – John Hedgcock, Monterey Institute for International Studies Synthesizing twenty-five years of the most significant and influential findings of published research on second language writing in English, this volume promotes understanding and provides access to research developments in the field. Overall, it distinguishes the major contexts of English L2 learning in North America, synthesizes the research themes, issues, and findings that span these contexts, and interprets the methodological progression and substantive findings of this body of knowledge. Of particular interest is the extensive bibliography, which makes this volume an essential reference tool for libraries and serious writing professionals, both researchers and practitioners, both L1 and L2. This book is designed to allow researchers to become familiar with the most important research on this topic, to promote understanding of pedagogical needs of L2 writing students, and to introduce graduate students to L2 writing research findings.
Syntax-Phonology Interface: Argumentation from Tone Sandhi in Chinese Dialects (Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics)
by Hongming ZhangThis book centers on theoretical issues of phonology-syntax interface based on tone sandhi in Chinese dialects. It uses patterns in tone sandhi to study how speech should be divided into domains of various sizes or levels. Tone sandhi refers to tonal changes that occur to a sequence of adjacent syllables or words. The size of this sequence (or the domain) is determined by various factors, in particular the syntactic structure of the words and the original tones of the words. Chinese dialects offer a rich body of data on tone sandhi, and hence great evidence for examining the phonology-syntax interface, and for examining the resulting levels of domains (the prosodic hierarchy). Syntax-Phonology Interface: Argumentation from Tone Sandhi in Chinese Dialects is an extremely valuable text for graduate students and scholars in the fields of linguistics and Chinese.