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Language classification by numbers (2005)

Author(s): April McMahon, Robert McMahon Series: Oxford linguistics Publisher: Oxford University Press, Year: 2005 ISBN: 0199279012,9780199279012,9781429470889,0199279020,9780199279029 Description: This book considers how languages have traditionally been divided into families, and asks how they should classified in the future. It describes and applies computer programs from biology and evolutionary genetics...
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Language and mind (2006)

Author(s): Noam Chomsky Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Year: 2006 ISBN: 9780521674935,052167493X Description: This is the long-awaited third edition of Chomsky’s outstanding collection of essays on language and mind. The first six chapters, originally published in the 1960s, made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theory. This new edition complements...
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Guide to publishing a scientific paper (2008)

Author(s): Ann M. Körner Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2008 ISBN: 9780415452663,041545266X,0203938755,0415452651,9780415452656,9780203938751 Description: Guide to Publishing a Scientific Paper provides researchers in every field of the biological, physical and medical sciences with all the information necessary to prepare, submit for publication, and revise a scientific paper. The book includes details...
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Grammar and Meaning (2012)

By: Sally Humphrey, Louise Droga and Susan Feez This new edition draws on a range of literary, information and persuasive texts to demonstrate how teaching about grammar and meaning contributes to the weaving together of the three strands of the Australian Curriculum: English (Language, Literature and Literacy). Download...
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Plain English at Work: A Guide to Writing and Speaking (1996)

Author(s): Edward P. Bailey Jr. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, Year: 1996 ISBN: 0195104498,9780195104493 Description: Everyday we write countless memos, letters, and reports without a second thought. Likewise, we give presentations, both formal and informal. Often this writing and speaking gets criticized for being jargon-ridden, obscure, or long-winded–in...
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Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide (2002)

Author(s): Tracey Bowell, Gary Kemp, Tracy Bowell Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2002 ISBN: 9780415240161,9780415240178,0415240166,0415240174 Description: Attempts to persuade us – to believe something, to do something, to buy something – are everywhere. What is less clear is how one is to think critically about such attempts and whether any...
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In And Out Of English: For Better, For Worse? (2005)

Author(s): Gunilla Anderman, Margaret Rogers Series: Translating Europe Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited, Year: 2005 ISBN: 1853597872 In and out of English: For Better, For Worse? is concerned with the impact of English as the lingua franca of today’s world, in particular its relationship with the languages of Europe....
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