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Provides an examination of the Hebrew word BMH in biblical and post-biblical passages where it supposedly carries its primary topographical sense. This book focuses on its likely Semitic and unlikely Greek cognates, pertinent literary, compositional, and text-critical matters, and the ideological and iconographical ambiance of each occurrence.

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Unique '2-Languages-A-Page', Execellent for an Audiobook Age, worldly. Join us, Thank you.

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Obesity in a world where thin is endlessly in vogue, pros and cons of tattoos and body piercing, and family blending. Fiction and nonfiction titles, most published since 1995, were selected with curriculum connections in mind and are arranged topically.

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Pierre Bourdieu is regarded as one of the foremost social philosophers of the twentieth century. Issues surrounding language permeate Bourdieu's entire oeuvre. This book sets out what Bourdieu has to say about language and why, and exemplifies this approach through a series of empirical language studies.

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Pierre Bourdieu is regarded as one of the foremost social philosophers of the twentieth century. His output included extensive studies of education, culture, art and language. This book sets out what Bourdieu has to say about language and why, and exemplifies this approach through a series of empirical language studies.

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Provides an exploration of a multimodal theory of cognitive science. This work analyses how social and biological systems interact to produce meaning. This study is of interest to undergraduates and academics researching cognitive linguistics and advanced semiotics.

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This book engages with the current dialogue between the human and life sciences to ask questions about the relationship between the physical, biological aspects of a human being, and the sociocultural framework in which a human being exists.

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Examines the interactions between learners and teachers in a content-based classroom. This book aims to identify patterns of discourse which support both second language development and curriculum learning, and the pedagogical contexts in which they occur. It puts forward a fresh approach to the analysis of classroom discourse.

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Describes how comedians employ impersonation and expectation to create humour in stand-up comedy.

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Originally published in hardcover in 2012.

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The first book length study of the genre of 'chick lit' informed by an advanced stylistic approach, covering tradition and cognitive angles.

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The landmark reference in the field, completely updated: a comprehensive treatment of a disorder that is more prevalent than autism.

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This book examines emergent literacy as the foundations for language instruction and seeks to relate the work of those doing research on literacy acquisition and those designing programs to facilitate children's literacy development.

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Presents a survey of the linguistic issues facing children growing up in indigenous communities. This book illustrates the linguistic diversity that can be found in such communities. It examines a wide range of factors which relate to the divergence between home and school language for children growing up in indigenous multilingual communities.

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Presents a survey of the linguistic issues facing children growing up in indigenous communities. This book illustrates the linguistic diversity that can be found in such communities. It examines a wide range of factors which relate to the divergence between home and school language for children growing up in indigenous multilingual communities.

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

The popular notion of how children come to speak their first language is that their parents teach them words, then phrases, then sentences, then longer utterances. But there is widespread agreement amongst linguists that this account is wrong. This book aims to give readers the background necessary to form their own views on the debate.

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The popular notion of how children come to speak their first language is that their parents teach them words, then phrases, then sentences, then longer utterances. But there is widespread agreement amongst linguists that this account is wrong. This book aims to give readers the background necessary to form their own views on the debate.