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  • Never Give Up

    by Bernard Scott Thompson ...
    Never Give Up by Bernard Scott Thompson is an inspiring memoir that shares the author's journey from a meager upbringing on a small farm in Northern Michigan to a fulfilling life filled with adventure and success. Through heartfelt storytelling, Bernard reveals his struggles with poverty, his dreams of exploring the world, and the determination that drove him to create a better life for his family ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Virtual University

    The Internet and Resource-based Learning

    by Steve Ryan, Bernard Scott, Howard Freeman, Daxa Patel ...
    Series series Open and Flexible Learning Series
    A discussion of the increased accessibility to the Internet and how this has lead to a variety of resources being used for learning. Case studies and examples show the benefits of using the Internet as part of resource-based learning. ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Translation, Brains and the Computer

    A Neurolinguistic Solution to Ambiguity and Complexity in Machine Translation

    by Bernard Scott ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This book is about machine translation (MT) and the classic problems associated with this language technology. It examines the causes of these problems and, for linguistic, rule-based systems, attributes the cause to language’s ambiguity and complexity and their interplay in logic-driven processes. For non-linguistic, data-driven systems, the book attributes translation shortcomings to the very ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

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    In 2008, Mark Beaumont smashed the world record for cycling around the world, by an astonishing 81 days. His race against the clock took him through the toughest terrain and the most demanding of conditions. In 2009, Mark set out on his second ultra-endurance challenge. And this one would involve some very big mountains.The Man Who Cycled the Americas tells the story of a 15,000 mile expedition ... Read more

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  • The Geometry of Meaning

    Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces

    by Peter Gardenfors ...
    A novel cognitive theory of semantics that proposes that the meanings of words can be described in terms of geometric structures.In The Geometry of Meaning, Peter Gärdenfors proposes a theory of semantics that bridges cognitive science and linguistics and shows how theories of cognitive processes, in particular concept formation, can be exploited in a general semantic model. He argues that our ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Travel Guide - What To See & Do

    by Erica Gregory ...
    Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the Galapagos Islands.The Galapagos Islands are a small archipelago of islands belonging to Ecuador in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The islands are quite remote and isolated, lying some 1000 km (620 miles) west of the South American continent. The Galapagos archipelago consists of 13 main islands and 6 smaller isles, which together embrace some 50,000 sq ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Partitions and Atoms of Clause Structure

    Subjects, Agreement, Case and Clitics

    by Dominique Sportiche ...
    Series series Routledge Leading Linguists
    This collection brings together some of Dominique Sportiche's best work, including essays that are published here for the first time. The articles discuss the architecture of syntax in natural languages and Sportiche suggests that languages do not differ at all in their syntactic organization. This view takes shape through the analysis of a variety of syntactic configurations and essays examine ... Read more

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  • Measuring L2 Proficiency

    Perspectives from SLA

    Edited by Pascale Leclercq, Amanda Edmonds, Heather Hilton ...
    Series Book 78 - Second Language Acquisition
    The creation of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) has given rise to interest and debate among policy makers, testers, teachers and researchers alike in the reliability and feasibility of the assessment of second language (L2) proficiency. This volume brings together concrete ideas on identifying and measuring L2 proficiency from different branches of SLA research ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The New Psychology of Language

    Cognitive and Functional Approaches To Language Structure, Volume II

    Edited by Michael Tomasello ...
    From the point of view of psychology and cognitive science, much of modern linguistics is too formal and mathematical to be of much use. The newly emerging approaches to language termed, "Functional and Cognitive Linguistics," however, are much less formally oriented. Instead, functional and cognitive approaches to language structure are typically couched in terms already familiar to cognitive ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Idioms

    Structural and Psychological Perspectives

    Edited by Martin Everaert, Erik-Jan van der Linden, Andr‚ Schenk, Rob Schreuder, Robert Schreuder ...
    Idioms have always aroused the curiosity of linguists and there is a long tradition in the study of idioms, especially within the fields of lexicology and lexicography. Without denying the importance of this tradition, this volume presents an overview of recent idiom research outside the immediate domain of lexicology/lexicography. The chapters address the status of idioms in recent formal and ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Courage Quest

    Through Solo Adventure Travel

    by Sally DeMasi ...
    Series series Quest
    This is an engaging memoir of one woman’s solo backpacking travels through areas of the world most would not tackle, in her mid-life, she searched fifteen years for courage by confronting fear.Sally DeMasi stepped from her comfort zone to expand new horizons and face her personal fears. Leaving a lucrative career behind, turning her back on millions in stock options, she chose a backpack over a ... Read more

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  • Learning to Spell

    Research, Theory, and Practice Across Languages

    Edited by Charles A. Perfetti, Laurence Rieben, Michel Fayol ...
    This distinctive cross-linguistic examination of spelling examines the cognitive processes that underlie spelling and the process of learning how to spell. The chapters report and summarize recent research in English, German, Hebrew, and French.Framing the specific research on spelling are chapters that place spelling in braod theoretical perspectives provided by cognitive neuroscience, ... Read more

    $82.99 USD