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Because Internet : Understanding the New Rules of Language
Mcculloch, GretchenPenguin Publishing Group 2019AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!! Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Amazon, and The Washington Post A Wired Must-Read Book of Summer “Gretchen McCulloch is the internet’...
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Amatka
Tidbeck, KarinKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2017A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE GUARDIAN’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOKS OF 2017A surreal debut novel set in a world shaped by language in the tradition of Margaret Atwo...
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When in French : Love in a Second Language
Collins, LaurenPenguin Publishing Group 2016A language barrier is no match for love. Lauren Collins discovered this firsthand when, in her early thirties, she moved to London and fell for a Frenchman named Olivier—a surprisi...
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Kisisi (Our Language): The Story of Colin and Sadiki : New Directions in Ethnography
Gilmore, PerryJohn Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2016 1. utgåvaPart historic ethnography, part linguistic case study and part a mother’s memoir, Kisisi tells the story of two boys (Colin and Sadiki) who, together invented their own language, a...
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Lab Girl : A Memoir
Jahren, HopeKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2016NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory t...
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Fluent Forever : How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
Wyner, GabrielHarmony/Rodale 2014NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to lear...
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The Nine Elements of a Sustainable Campus
Thomashow, MitchellMIT Press 2014A former college president offers a framework for sustainability on campus, describing initiatives that range from renewable energy to a revamped curriculum to sustainable investme...
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Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us
Evans, NicholasJohn Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2011 1. utgåvaThe next century will see more than half of the world’s 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the le...
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Elements of Fiction Writing--Characters & Viewpoint : Proven advice and timeless techniques for creating compelling characters by an a ward-winning author
Card, Orson ScottPenguin Publishing Group 2010Vivid and memorable characters aren't born: they have to be madeThis book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and...
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Don't Sleep, There are Snakes : Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Everett, DanielProfile 2010Although Daniel Everett was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahãs, they converted him. He shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and...
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Lesbian Discourses: Images of a Community
Koller, VeronikaTaylor & Francis Group 2008 1. utgåvaLesbian Discourses is the first book-length treatment of lesbian text and discourse. It looks at what changing images of community American and British lesbian authors have communi...
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The Pronunciation of English : A Course Book
Kreidler, Charles W.Wiley 2008 2. utgåvaThis revised second edition provides an introduction to the phonetics and phonology of English. It incorporates all central aspects of research in the phonology of English and invo...
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In Other Words: A Coursebook on Translation
Baker, MonaTaylor & Francis Group 2001 1. utgåvaThis bestselling coursebook addresses the need for a systematic approach to training in translation studies by drawing on key areas in modern linguistic theory and relating them sy...
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Writing the Breakout Novel
Maass, DonaldPenguin Publishing Group 2002Take your fiction to the next level! Maybe you're a first-time novelist looking for practical guidance. Maybe you've already been published, but your latest effort is stuck in mid-...