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Features a Russian language course for beginners. This book is designed to provide the student with an excellent command of basic Russian (the equivalent of A level standard). It features thirty lessons punctuated by revision exercises. It places an emphasis on acquiring vocabulary, experiencing conversational language and learning useful grammar.

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One of the most comprehensive mass-market Spanish/English, English/Spanish dictionaries available includes more than seventy thousand entries, with more than three thousand entries that have been added, expanded, or rewritten to reflect contemporary Spanish vocabulary. Reissue.

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(Hardback)

"This handbook contains principles and methods for the management, archiving, sharing, and citing of linguistic research data-especially digital data-with an eye toward engaging growing trends in transforming linguistics into a more data-driven and reproducible scientific endeavor"--

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Offers a selection of synonyms for a host of words, ranging from the everyday to the comparatively esoteric and from standard vocabulary to contemporary slang and jargon.

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Looks at a range of examples, providing definitions and explaining how they should be used. This practical guide is arranged by theme, making it possible to compare all the idioms in that subject area and find the right one for the occasion, whether in writing or speech.

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This is a revised edition of the existing "Nuttall's Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms" that is designed to help widen the reader's vocabulary. Lists of synonyms provide alternative words of the same meaning while lists of antonyms provide words of opposite meaning.

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The Penguin Guide to Punctuation is indispensable for anyone who needs to get to grips with using punctuation in their written work. Whether you are puzzled by colons and semicolons, unsure of where commas should go or baffled by apostrophes, this jargon-free, succinct guide is for you.

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Despite lower levels of compulsory Latin in schools, the language remains prolific in many areas of our daily life. This is a comprehensive dictionary that includes Latin to English, English to Latin, notes on grammar and pronunciation as well as the historical context of this classical language.

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This companion for rhymesters everywhere - from lyric poets to limerick writers, from songwriters to composers of commercial jingles and slogans. Unlike many of its predecessors it is not merely organized according to spelling of the words, but also on phonetic principles.

This revised and expanded guide to sign language features more than 1350 signs, arranged alphabetically. There are also directions on how to form each sign and illustrations showing precise hand positions and exact movements, as well as sample sentences.

(Hardback, Fourth Edition)

This is a supplemental text for all philosophy courses that facilitates, invigorates, and enhances student learning by teaching students to read and write effectively.

(Paperback, Fourth Edition)

This is a supplemental text for all philosophy courses that facilitates, invigorates, and enhances student learning by teaching students to read and write effectively.

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During the more than ten years that Stuart Spencer has taught playwriting, he has struggled to find an effective handbook for his courses.

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In this absorbing volume, David Lodge turns his incisive critical skills onto his own profession, salutes the great writers who have influenced his work, wonders about the motives of biographers, ponders the merits of creative writing courses, pulls the rug from under certain theoretical critics and throws open the curtains on his own workshop.

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An investigation of howchildren balance rules and exceptions when they learn languages.

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A laugh-out-loud dissection of the linguistic myths surrounding British and American English

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A laugh-out-loud dissection of the linguistic myths surrounding British and American English

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Practical, authoritative and entertaining, this book reminds readers how to use the basics of grammar, punctuation and spelling. It also teaches them new tips and tricks of style and vocabulary to give their writing and speech an impressive flair.

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It takes you step by step through:

-Acquiring basic public speaking skills
-Building confidence
-Speaking effectively the quick and easy way
-Earning the right to talk
-Vitalising your talk
-Sharing the talk with the audience as well as organisation and presentation skills

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An indispensable guide for writers of English prose from Robert Graves.

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An attractive, well-written letter can grab the reader's attention and hold it long after someone else's email has been discarded. It can make a strong, lasting impression on a hiring manager, potential client, or faraway friend who receives it.

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Every writer needs help with words - choosing them, using them, spelling them correctly. This guide provides an A-Z listing of troublesome, confusing words, accompanied by examples and explanations to help avoid common mistakes.