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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.

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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.

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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.

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This book explores the Chinese language used in law and analyzes the associated linguistic matters in both monolingual Chinese context and cross-linguistically. It investigates the linguistic and cultural landscape associated with Chinese law through an examination of a number of keywords and linguistic usages.

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Although Chinese narrative, and especially the genres of colloquial fiction, have been subjected to intensive scholarly scrutiny, no comprehensive volume has provided a framework that would permit an overall view of the tradition. The distinguished contributors to this volume have taken an important first step in making possible the consideration o

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This volume presents recent and unpublished research by Chinese scholars from China and the US on ways in which Chinese culture influences and intersects with communication theory and practice in China.

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This volume presents recent and unpublished research by Chinese scholars from China and the US on ways in which Chinese culture influences and intersects with communication theory and practice in China.

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Chinese students' and scholars' academic performance, achievements, and activities are provided, as well as research on their cognitive styles of field independence, scanning, category width, auditory and visual learning styles, and idealist and analyst thinking styles.

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Noam Chomsky is one of the influential thinkers of the twentieth-century. His work in linguistics, philosophy and political theory has spanned six decades, and has been met with critical acclaim and controversy in equal measure. This book is not only an introduction to Chomsky's theoretical writings, but also a critical engagement with his work.

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Noam Chomsky is one of the influential thinkers of the twentieth-century. His work in linguistics, philosophy and political theory has spanned six decades, and has been met with critical acclaim and controversy in equal measure. This book is not only an introduction to Chomsky's theoretical writings, but also a critical engagement with his work.

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