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Cambridge IGCSE First Language English Coursebook
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 26.00Written specifically for the Cambridge syllabus, this updated series provides clear and practical support for students and teachers. more...
Midnighters #1: The Secret Hour
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 7.99A few nights after Jessica Day arrives in Bixby, Oklahoma, she wakes up at midnight to find the entire world frozen, except for her and a few others who call themselves 'midnighters'. Dark things haunt this midnight hour ? dark things with a mysterious interest in Jessica. The question is ?hy; The Secret Hour is a compelling tale of dark secrets,... more...
New Discourse on Language
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 140.00New Discourse on Language addresses the need for innovative analyses of multi-modal discourse, identity and affiliation within functional linguistics. The chapters in this volume are connected by their common underlying theoretical approach, Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), and by their focus on semantic variation (across modalities of communication... more...
Formulaic Language and the Lexicon
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 60.00Explores the nature of formulaic language. more...
Interlanguage Request Modification
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2012; US$ 143.00This is the first edited volume dedicated specifically to interlanguage request modification. It is a collection of empirical studies carried out by an international array of scholars which provides insights for researchers, graduate students and language teachers on patterns of interlanguage request modification in a range of research contexts and... more...
How to Do Critical Discourse Analysis
SAGE Publications 2012; US$ 43.00Written for students without prior knowledge of linguistics, this is an accessible and systematic toolkit for doing language and image analysis. Using case studies and examples from a range of media, it enables students to analyze and understand the relationship between language, discourse and social practices. more...
IB English B
Oxford University Press 2012; US$ 43.20With lots of compelling and contemporary extracts which appeal to students, this course book draws students into the subject and motivates them to achieve their best. Activities and practice tests help students improve their linguistic proficiency and meet all assessment objectives and Group 2 aims. more...
Interpersonal Pragmatics
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 307.00This handbook focuses on the interpersonal aspects of language in use, exploring key concepts such as face, im/politeness, identity, or gender, as well as mitigation, respect/deference, and humour in a variety of settings. The volume includes theoretical overviews as well as empirical studies from experts in a range of disciplines within linguistics... more...
Null Subjects
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 79.00This book provides an accessible and original account of null subject phenomena, and encompasses the most recent findings and developments. more...
Academic Writing and Genre
Continuum International Publishing 2008; US$ 130.00The focus of this book is the use of genre-based approaches to teaching academic writing. Genre-based courses enable second language learners to integrate their linguistic, organisational and contextual knowledge in a variety of different tasks. The book reviews pedagogical approaches to genre through English for Specific Purposes and Systemic Functional... more...









