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Literacies eBook Series

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  • African American Literacies

    by Elaine Richardson ...
    Series series Literacies
    African-American Literacies is a personal, public and political exploration of the problems faced by student writers from the African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) culture.Drawing on personal experience, Elaine Richardson provides a compelling account of the language and literacy practices of African-American students. The book analyses the problems encountered by the teachers of AAVE ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Hiphop Literacies

    by Elaine Richardson ...
    Series series Literacies
    Hiphop Literacies is an exploration of the rhetorical, language and literacy practices of African Americans, with a focus on the Hiphop generation. Richardson analyses the lyrics and discourse of Hiphop, explodes myths and stereotypes about Black culture and language and shows how Hiphop language is a global ambassador of the English language and American culture.Richardson examines African ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • The Great Gatsby

    by F. Scott Fitzgerald ...
    “His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him.”Jay Gatsby is mysterious, wealthy, and throws the most lavish parties at his mansion on Long Island. Among all the bright young things in Gatsby’s circle, the brightest is Daisy Buchanan – the girl he fell in love with before the war. Having lost her to marriage with the ... Read more

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  • I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms From Around the World

    by Jag Bhalla ...
    "I'm not hanging noodles on your ears." In Moscow, this curious, engagingly colorful assertion is common parlance, but unless you're Russian your reaction is probably "Say what?" The same idea in English is equally odd: "I'm not pulling your leg." Both mean: Believe me. As author Jag Bhalla demonstrates, these amusing, often hilarious phrases provide a unique perspective on how different cultures ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • We Shall Fight on the Beaches

    The Speeches That Inspired History

    by Jacob F. Field ...
    Prefaced by brief historical and biographical introductions, the examples in this book show how words can be used to inspire, to comfort, to move, or to enthuse even the most seemingly hard-bitten of listeners. From rallying cries such as Garibaldi's 'To arms, then, all of you!' and Chou En-lai's 'We must hold aloft the great red banner' to sombre statements such as Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 'This ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The English Language in Canada

    Status, History and Comparative Analysis

    by Charles Boberg ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    The English Language in Canada examines the current status, history and principal features of Canadian English, focusing on the 'standard' variety heard across the country today. The discussion of the status of Canadian English considers the number and distribution of its speakers, its relation to French and other Canadian languages and to American English, its status as the expressive medium of ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • English Grammar- Have, Has, Had: Patterns and Examples

    English Daily Use, #18

    by Manik Joshi ...
    Series Book 18 - English Daily Use
    We use "have, has, had" in our everyday speech, therefore it's critical to understand the fundamentals. "Has" is used with the pronouns he, she, and it, and with singular subjects. "Have" is used with the pronouns I, you, we, and they, and with plural subjects. The verb "have, has, had" are used as auxiliary Verbs as well as main (ordinary) verbs. They also do the function of 'modal verbs'. 'The ... Read more

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  • Slang

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Jonathon Green ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Slang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of noir fiction, teenagers, and rappers, but also found in the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. It has been recorded since at least 1500 AD, and today's vocabulary, taken from every major English-speaking country, runs to over 125,000 slang words and phrases. This Very ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • When Words Lose Their Meaning

    Constitutions and Reconstitutions of Language, Character, and Community

    by James Boyd White ...
    Through fresh readings of texts ranging from Homer's Iliad, Swift's Tale of a Tub, and Austen's Emma through the United States Constitution and McCulloch v. Maryland, James Boyd White examines the relationship between an individual mind and its language and culture as well as the "textual community" established between writer and audience. These striking textual analyses develop a rhetoric—a "way ... Read more

    $29.59 USD

  • Contested Policy

    The Rise and Fall of Federal Bilingual Education in the United States, 1960-2001

    by Guadalupe San Miguel Jr. ...
    Series series Al Filo, Mexican American Studies Series
    Bilingual education is one of the most contentious and misunderstood educational programs in the country. It raises significant questions about this countrys national identity, the nature of federalism, power, ethnicity, and pedagogy. In Contested Policy , Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr., studies the origins, evolution, and consequences of federal bilingual education policy from 1960 to 2001, with ... Read more

    $12.69 USD

  • Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres

    by Carmen Sancho Guinda ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres brings together a range of perspectives on two of the most important and contested concepts in applied linguistics: stance and voice. International experts provide an accessible, yet authoritative introduction to key issues and debates surrounding these terms. ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics

    Edited by Ruth Wodak, Bernhard Forchtner ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics
    The Routledge Handbook of Language and Politics provides a comprehensive overview of this important and dynamic area of study and research. Language is indispensable to initiating, justifying, legitimatising and coordinating action as well as negotiating conflict and, as such, is intrinsically linked to the area of politics. With 45 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, this ... Read more

    $66.99 USD