Language & Linguistics

Tackles the big ideas about language, literacy and learning. Why do poor and minority students under-perform in school? Do computer games help or hinder learning? What can new research in psychology teach our educational policy makers?..

This is a varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. It makes a timely and important contribution to literary practices - essential reading for anyone involved in literary education...

Speech Sounds is an accessible and helpful guide to basic phonetic theory. It includes examples from a wide range of languages and provides dozens o exercises with solutions and full cross references...

Speech Sounds is an accessible and helpful guide to basic phonetic theory. It includes examples from a wide range of languages and provides dozens o exercises with solutions and full cross references...

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

The topic of plagiarism is a highly contentious issue and one that is of growing interest and importance in higher education across the world. Stolen Language? Plagiarism in Writinguncovers the reasons why students plagiarise, and explains what can be done about it. The book shows that the subject o..

The topic of plagiarism is a highly contentious issue and one that is of growing interest and importance in higher education across the world. Stolen Language? Plagiarism in Writinguncovers the reasons why students plagiarise, and explains what can be done about it. The book shows that the subject o..

"...this book is best characterised as Cohen’s selected highlights of research on language learner strategies. Or, to use Cohen’s own words, it is a “salad-bowl” (p. 2) with visible large chunks of vegetables. I would immediately add that it is not just any salad-bowl, it is a bowl of salad with a u..

This book investigates the use of constructions such as 'make an accusation against' or 'give one's approval of' which can be seen as 'stretched' versions of simple verbs such as 'accuse' or 'approve of'...

This book investigates the use of constructions such as 'make an accusation against' or 'give one's approval of' which can be seen as 'stretched' versions of simple verbs such as 'accuse' or 'approve of'...

This volume is a corpus-based study that unveils the morpho-syntax and the semantics of the Arabic verb...