Linguistics
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American Sign Language Dictionary
“An abridged edition of ‘the most comprehensive and clearly written dictionary of sign language ever published.'” — Los Angeles Times
Deaf since the age of seven, Martin L. A. Sternberg, Ed.D., spent most of his career working with deaf people. Inspired by his sign language teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, he devised this vital reference to help anyone learn to speak with their hands.
A must for parents, instructors, and students, American Sign Language Dictionary includes everything you need to know to communicate clearly using ASL. This illustrated abridgment of the most authoritative reference book on sign language features more than 5,000 signs and 8,000 illustrations, as well as clear, detailed instructions to help you master each sign.
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Analysing Sign Language Poetry
This new study is a major contribution to sign language study and to literature generally, looking at the complex grammatical, phonological and morphological systems of sign language linguistic structure and their role in sign language poetry and performance. Chapters deal with repetition and rhyme, symmetry and balance, neologisms, ambiguity, themes, metaphor and allusion, poem and performance, and blending English and sign language poetry. Major poetic performances in both BSL and ASL – with emphasis on the work of the deaf poet Dorothy Miles – are analysed using the tools provided in the book.Read more
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Australian Sign Language (Auslan): An introduction to sign language linguistics
This is first comprehensive introduction to the linguistics of Auslan, the sign language of Australia. Assuming no prior background in language study, it explores each key aspect of the structure of Auslan, providing an accessible overview of its grammar (how sentences are structured), phonology (the building blocks of signs), morphology (the structure of signs), lexicon (vocabulary), semantics (how meaning is created), and discourse (how Auslan is used in context). The authors also discuss a range of myths and misunderstandings about sign languages, provide an insight into the history and development of Auslan, and show how Auslan is related to other sign languages, such as those used in Britain, the USA and New Zealand. Complete with clear illustrations of the signs in use and useful further reading lists, this is an ideal resource for anyone interested in Auslan, as well as those seeking a clear, general introduction to sign language linguistics.Read more
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BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE: The Ultimate Guide to Learning the Basics to Mastery of BSL to Start Communicating with Your Hands and Touch Hearts in Education, Work, and Your Everyday…
Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey into the captivating world of British Sign Language (BSL)? Do you want to be able to understand and use British Sign Language confidently?
If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you’re in luck – All you need is this ultimate guide to British sign language now and become an expert! Learn everyday, useful BSL through real-life situations that make the grammar and vocabulary easy and memorable.
With the help of my easy-to-understand guide and the numerous illustrations, I support children and adults to discover sign language for themselves and to implement it correctly. But this book offers more than just language lessons. It’s a gateway to a world of cultural exploration and personal growth, during which I would be happy to share my wealth of knowledge with you. If you…
- ✅ Want to learn the basics of British sign language
- ✅ Always wanted to know how the finger alphabet works
- ✅ Are looking for background knowledge about sign language
- ✅ Would like to learn more about British sign language and signs
- ✅ You are looking for the best book for learning British sign language
Then this book is for you! I, Aidan Robson, have written down all my knowledge about sign language for you and developed step-by-step practical examples, engaging exercises, and expert insights for your self-study. So in this book, you will get access to…
- ✅ Building Your Vocabulary: Easy Signs for Everyday Life
- ✅ Medium Difficulty Signs: Enhancing Your Communication Skills
- ✅ Challenging Signs: Mastering Complex Concepts
- ✅ Pushing Boundaries: Extremely Hard Signs for Advanced Learners
- ✅ And much, much more!
Dive into the world of British sign language! Only for a short time! With this book, you will unlock the practical applications of BSL in parenting, education, workplaces, and emergencies, where effective communication is vital, which will forever change the way you communicate, understand, and connect with others.
Let your hands speak volumes, your expressions touch hearts, and your understanding transcend words. Embrace the power of “British Sign Language” and open doors to a new realm of connection, empathy, and cultural appreciation.
Click on ⭐️BUY NOW⭐ ️ button right now to get the book today and unlock the power to speak with your hands, touch hearts, and bridge the gap between hearing and Deaf worlds!
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Censorship And The Permissive Society: British Cinema and Theatre, 1955-1965
Stage or film presentations of Look Back in Anger, A Taste of Honey, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Alfie, and Darling were much changed, even transformed, by censorship between 1955-1965. Indeed, censorship altered the progression of the artistic and creative renaissance of the period, and John Osborne, Shelagh Delaney, Alan Sillitoe, Tony Richardson, Lindsay Anderson, and John Schlesinger are just a few of the people who were forced to change their work.Censorship and the Permissive Society explores the predicament writers and directors faced, and highlights the debate over the liberalizing or progressive aspects of the sea changes affecting British society at the time.Read more
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Emeric Pressburger: Life and Death of a Screenwriter: The Life and Death of a Screenwriter
A Hungarian Jew who lived and worked in half a dozen European countries before arriving in Britain in 1935, Pressburger’s reputation rests on the series of strikingly original films he made in collaboration with Michael Powell under the banner of The Archers. The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp all bear the unique credit ‘Written, Produced and Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’.
Frequently controversial, always experimental, The Archers suffered a long period of neglect before being rediscovered by such prominent admirers as Martin Scorsese, Derek Jarman and Francis Ford Coppola.
Written by his grandson, and containing extracts from private diaries and correspondence, this biography defends the notion of film as a collaborative art and illuminates the adventurous life and work of the film-maker who brought continental grace, with and style to British cinema.
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Evaluative Constructions in Italian Sign Language (LIS): A Multi-Theoretical Analysis (Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC] Book 17)
The domain of evaluative morphology is vast and complex, as it requires the combination of morphological, semantic and pragmatic information to be understood. Nevertheless, cross-linguistic studies on spoken languages show that languages share some patterns in the way they encode evaluative features. It follows that investigating evaluative morphology in sign languages (SLs) can enrich the literature and offer new insights. This book provides descriptive and theoretical contributions by considering Italian Sign Language (LIS) as empirical ground of investigation. At the descriptive level, the analysis of corpus and elicited data improves the description of morphological processes in LIS, as well as typological studies on evaluative morphology by adding the patterns of a visuo-gestural language. At the theoretical level, the study shows the benefit of combining different approaches (Generative Linguistics, Linguistic Typology, Cognitive Linguistics) for the exploration of evaluative constructions in SLs, as it allows to identify both modality-specific and modality-independent properties.
In sum, this book encourages the readers to rely on different data types, analyses and theoretical perspectives to investigate linguistic phenomena in SLs.Read more
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Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness in Martha’s Vineyard: Hereditary Deafness on Martha’s Vineyard
From the seventeenth century to the early years of the twentieth, the population of Martha’s Vineyard manifested an extremely high rate of profound hereditary deafness. In stark contrast to the experience of most Deaf people in our own society, the Vineyarders who were born Deaf were so thoroughly integrated into the daily life of the community that they were not seen―and did not see themselves―as handicapped or as a group apart. Deaf people were included in all aspects of life, such as town politics, jobs, church affairs, and social life. How was this possible?
On the Vineyard, hearing and Deaf islanders alike grew up speaking sign language. This unique sociolinguistic adaptation meant that the usual barriers to communication between the hearing and the Deaf, which so isolate many Deaf people today, did not exist.
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Irish Sign Language: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach
As the only book of its kind, this book describes the social and historical background of this signed language and places Irish Sign Language in a world context. The Signs of Ireland corpus is used to introduce phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. It also examines the key influences driving signed language linguistics in the past decade, including: recognition of the role of gesture; the influence of cognitive linguistics; the complexities of iconic representation in signing space; the role of simultaneous construction; and the grammar of ISL. All examples listed are drawn from the Signs of Ireland corpus, one of the largest digital corpora of a signed language in Europe, and are included on the accompanying DVD. An essential resource for sign language teachers and interpreters, students of sign linguistics, and learners of ISL in Ireland, this book offers new insights into the role of gesture, spatial models, iconicity, metaphor, and metonymy in ISL grammar, vocabulary and discourse.Read more
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Klima: Signs Of ∗language∗ (cloth)
In a book with far-reaching implications, Edward S. Klima and Ursula Bellugi present a full exploration of a language in another mode–a language of the hands and of the eyes. They discuss the origin and development of American Sign Language, the internal structure of its basic units, the grammatical processes it employs, and its heightened use in poetry and wit. The authors draw on research, much of it by and with deaf people, to answer the crucial question of what is fundamental to language as language and what is determined by the mode (vocal or gestural) in which a language is produced.
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Knowledge-Based Vocabulary Lists (British Council Monographs on Modern Language Testing)
In teaching second language (L2) vocabulary, it is useful to have a way of prioritizing words to teach from among the multitude available. Word frequency, i.e. how often various words appear in written and spoken discourse, has typically been used to inform the emphasis taken. This volume explores the need for word lists based on direct tests of learner knowledge to inform L2 pedagogy. The Knowledge-based Vocabulary Lists (KVL) are introduced, and a description of the theoretical and practical basis for their development is given, highlighting pedagogical and assessment situations in which it is beneficial to know whether learners are likely to be able produce and correctly spell the words they know. A focus on L2 learners of English from Chinese, German, and Spanish L1 backgrounds resulted in three ranked lists of English-language word knowledge. The comparative probability of learners from these language backgrounds knowing each word are presented, and the correspondence with existing information about word frequency, word acquisition sequence, and word difficulty is explored. The value of the KVL is discussed in terms of providing one of the few evidence-based descriptions of L2 form-recall vocabulary knowledge available to teachers and researchers.Read more
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Linguistics of American Sign Language – An Introduction
Completely reorganized to reflect the growing intricacy of the study of ASL linguistics, the 5th edition presents 26 units in seven parts. Part One: Introduction presents a revision of Defining Language and an entirely new unit, Defining Linguistics. Part Two: Phonology has been completely updated with new terminology and examples. The third part, Morphology, features units on building new signs, deriving nouns from verbs, compounds, fingerspelling, and numeral incorporation. Part Four: Syntax includes units on basic sentence types, lexical categories, word order, time and aspect, verbs, and the function of space. The fifth part, Semantics, offers updates on the meanings of individual signs and sentences.
Part Six: Language in Use showcases an entirely new section on Black ASL in the unit on Variation and Historical Change. The units on bilingualism and language and ASL discourse have been thoroughly revised and updated, and the Language as Art unit has been enhanced with a new section on ASL in film. Two new readings update Part Seven, and all text illustrations have been replaced by video stills from the expanded video content. Also, signs described only with written explanations in past editions now have both photographic samples in the text and full demonstrations in the video.
You can find the supplemental video content on the Gallaudet University Press YouTube channel.
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Monasteriales Indicia: Anglo-Saxon Monastic Sign-language
This is one of the very few texts which let us see how life was really lived in monasteries in the early Middle Ages. Written in Old English and preserved in a manuscript of the mid-eleventh century, it consists of 127 signs used by Anglo-Saxon monks during times when the Benedictine Rule forbade them to speak. These indicate the food the monks ate, the clothes they wore, and the books they used in church and chapter, as well as the tools they used in their daily life, and persons they might meet both in the monastery and outside. The text is printed here with a parallel translation. The introduction gives a summary of the background, both historical and textual, as well as a brief look at the later evidence for monastic sign language in England. Extensive notes provide details of textual relationships, explore problems of interpretation, and set out the historical implications of the text.Read more
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Oxford Guide to Plain English
Plain English is the art of writing clearly, concisely, and in a way that precisely communicates your message to your intended audience. This book offers expert advice to help writers of all abilities improve their written English. With 30 chapters, each centred around a practical guideline, its coverage is extensive, including lessons on vocabulary, punctuation, grammar, layout, proofreading, and organization. There are also hundreds of real examples to show how it’s done, with handy ‘before’ and ‘after’ versions. All this is presented in a straightforward and engaging way.This new edition has been fully revised, reorganized, and updated to make its content even more accessible. There are new chapters discussing customer-service writing and common blunders in the workplace, while other sections have been amended to update examples and provide easier routes through the book. The chapter on sexism, in particular, has been heavily expanded to advise on the use of inclusive language in general. A new appendix has also been added, summarising the history of plain English from Chaucer to the present day.
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Phonics Book for 5-6 Year Olds: Bumper Phonics Activity Book for Year 1 – KS1 | Practice Letters, Sounds, Words, Tracing and Handwriting
Is your child learning to read and write? Are you looking for a fun and educational book that follows the official National Curriculum in England for ages 5-6? Well, look no further!
Phonics is the process of learning how to pronounce different sounds to form words and then sentences. This is essential to helping children learn reading and writing skills.
Reading, writing, and practicing the alphabet are exciting activities for your child, and you as their parent/guardian can also be part of it! To make sure that learning together is fun and doesn’t end in frustration, you need the right materials so you can guide and nurture your child’s learning process.
This book was designed and optimised specifically for young children. It’s full of colourful, fun activities that will make your child WANT to learn. This exercise book follows the official National Curriculum for kids aged 5-6, so you can make sure your child is well-prepared for school.
While most other books in this category only feature around 30 pages, this book offers an incredible 72 pages of comprehensive phonics activities – so you get the best value for money on the market!
There is plenty of practice for the sounds learnt in Year 1 and also a recap of those learnt in Reception. Also included are new concepts such as split diagraphs and alternative pronunciations of the sounds learnt, as well as more practice of ‘tricky’ words that are common but don’t follow normal phonetic rules. There is also a raft of interactive and fun activities, such as mazes, match ups, word searches, cut-out flash cards and much more.
Also included are handwriting and tracing pages for forming letters and reading practice as well as a beginner introduction into sentences and paragraphs for reading skills.
The structure and order of the activities in this workbook have been carefully designed to support a child’s natural learning progress in the best possible way.
Key features of this book include:
- All letters and most sounds of the English alphabet
- 72 pages of full-colour activities
- Tracing and handwriting
- Rhyming, split diagraphs, tricky words, alternative pronunciations
- Cut-your-own flash cards
- Activities: mazes, spot the difference, and word searches
- Aligned to the official National Curriculum for ages 5-6
- Year 1 – P2 – KS1
- AND MUCH MORE!
“Phonics Book for 5-6 Year Olds” is the ultimate guide to reading and writing for children aged 5-6. This easy-to-follow workbook with interactive activities is the perfect learning companion for any parent/guardian looking to help their child take the next steps in their education.
So, what are you waiting for? Click “Buy Now” and you and your child can start learning all the fun of reading and writing together!
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Phonics Bumper Book Ages 3-5: Ideal for home learning (Collins Easy Learning Preschool)
Level: EYFS
Subject: EnglishAn engaging Phonics activity bumper book to really help boost your child’s progress at every stage of their learning!
Fully in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage, this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child’s learning at home.
Combining useful English practice with engaging, colourful illustrations, this Phonics bumper book helps to boost your child’s confidence and develop good learning habits for life. Each fun activity is designed to give your child a real sense of achievement.
Included in this book:
- questions that allow children to practise the important skills learned at school
- colourful activities that make learning fun and motivate children to learn at home
- helpful tips and answers so that you can support your child’s learning
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Phonics Catch-up Activity Book Ages 6+: Ideal for home learning (Collins Easy Learning KS1)
Level: KS1
Subject: EnglishLearn the easy way with this Phonics activity book!
Including helpful questions and answers, this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child’s learning at home.
Combining useful English practice with engaging, colourful illustrations, this Phonics practice book helps to boost your child’s confidence and develop good learning habits for life. Each fun activity is designed to give your child a real sense of achievement.
Included in this book:
- questions that allow children to practise the important skills learned at school
- colourful activities that make learning fun and motivate children to learn at home
- helpful tips and answers so that you can support your child’s learning
Provides recap and additional practice for phonics phases 2-5.
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Short Stories in Italian for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Italian the fun way! (Foreign Language Graded Reader Series)
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners.
“I love Olly’s work – and you will too!” – Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers
Short Stories in Italian for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly – enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you, and give you a feeling of progress when reading.
What does this book give you?
· Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller – making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary
· Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently
· Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability
· Pleasure! It’s much easier to learn a new language when you’re having fun, and research shows that if you’re enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won’t experience the usual feelings of frustration – ‘It’s too hard!’ ‘I don’t understand!’
· Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free wayCarefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including
· A glossary for bolded words in each text
· A bilingual word list
· Full plot summary
· Comprehension questions after each chapter.As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying reading, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language, without ever feeling overwhelmed or frustrated. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in Italian for Beginners will make learning Italian easy and enjoyable.
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Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Spanish the fun way! (Foreign Language Graded Reader Series)
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners.
“I love Olly’s work – and you will too!” – Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers
Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly – enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you, and give you a feeling of progress when reading.
What does this book give you?
· Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller – making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary
· Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently
· Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability
· Pleasure! It’s much easier to learn a new language when you’re having fun, and research shows that if you’re enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won’t experience the usual feelings of frustration – ‘It’s too hard!’ ‘I don’t understand!’
· Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free wayCarefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including
· A glossary for bolded words in each text
· A bilingual word list
· Full plot summary
· Comprehension questions after each chapter.As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying reading, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language, without ever feeling overwhelmed or frustrated. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners will make learning Spanish easy and enjoyable.
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Sign Language and Linguistic Universals
Sign languages are of great interest to linguists, because while they are the product of the same brain, their physical transmission differs greatly from that of spoken languages. In this 2006 study, Wendy Sandler and Diane Lillo-Martin compare sign languages with spoken languages, in order to seek the universal properties they share. Drawing on general linguistic theory, they describe and analyze sign language structure, showing linguistic universals in the phonology, morphology, and syntax of sign language, while also revealing non-universal aspects of its structure that must be attributed to its physical transmission system. No prior background in sign language linguistics is assumed, and numerous pictures are provided to make descriptions of signs and facial expressions accessible to readers. Engaging and informative, Sign Language and Linguistic Universals will be invaluable to linguists, psychologists, and all those interested in sign languages, linguistic theory and the universal properties of human languages.Read more
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Sign Language in Action (Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics)
This book defines the notion of applied sign linguistics by drawing on data from projects that have explored sign language in action in various domains. The book gives professionals working with sign languages, signed language teachers and students, research students and their supervisors, authoritative access to current ideas and practice.Read more
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Sign Language: The Study of Deaf People and their Language
The discovery of the importance of sign language in the deaf community is very recent indeed. This book provides a study of the communication and culture of deaf people, and particularly of the deaf community in Britain. The authors’ principal aim is to inform educators, psychologists, linguists and professionals working with deaf people about the rich language the deaf have developed for themselves – a language of movement and space, of the hands and of the eyes, of abstract communication as well as iconic story telling. The first chapters of the book discuss the history of sign language use, its social aspects and the issues surrounding the language acquisition of deaf children (BSL) follows, and the authors also consider how the signs come into existence, change over time and alter their meanings, and how BSL compares and contrasts with spoken languages and other signed languages. Subsequent chapters examine sign language learning from a psychological perspective and other cognitive issues. The book concludes with a consideration of the applications of sign language research, particularly in the contentious field of education. There is still much to be discovered about sign language and the deaf community, but the authors have succeeded in providing an extensive framework on which other researchers can build, from which professionals can develop a coherent practice for their work with deaf people, and from which hearing parents of deaf children can draw the confidence to understand their children’s world.Read more
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Signs (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
Speech is a way of tearing out a meaning from an undivided whole.”
Thus does Maurice Merleau-Ponty describe speech in this collection of his important writings on the philosophy of expression, composed during the last decade of his life. For him, expression is a category of human behavior and existence much broader than language alone. He maintains that man is essentially expressive, even prior to speaking: in his silence, gestures, and lived behavior.Read more
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Speaking Through Hands: A Beginner’s Guide to British Sign Language Communication in 30 Days
Step into the world of “Speaking through Hands!” This all-encompassing manual invites you on a transformative 30-day expedition into the realm of British Sign Language (BSL). In just one month, you’ll master the intricacies of BSL and gain the self-assurance to communicate fluently with the Deaf community, all while deepening your understanding of their unique culture.
Our proficient instructors will be your guides throughout this remarkable journey, systematically simplifying the complexities of BSL. Each week, you’ll delve into critical facets of BSL, from conquering the BSL alphabet and fingerspelling to enriching your vocabulary, discussing matters of family and relationships, and articulating emotions and preferences with precision.
Designed for novices, this course ensures accessibility to all, irrespective of prior sign language experience. Whether you’re a student, a professional, or an individual yearning to broaden your horizons, this guide promises to be an invaluable resource.
Upon completing this month-long expedition, you won’t just have proficiency in BSL but will also boast a profound understanding of Deaf culture and the art of communication etiquette. You’ll navigate daily interactions with ease and be prepared to lend a helping hand during emergencies, solidifying your role as a valued contributor to the Deaf community.
However, don’t just take our word for it – witness firsthand the transformative experiences shared by readers of “Speaking through Hands.” Embark on this 30-day odyssey towards mastering British Sign Language.
So, what’s holding you back? Click the BUY button now to secure your copy and embark on the beautiful journey of sign language communication!
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Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind
Documents life in a remote Bedouin village in Israel whose residents communicate through a unique method of sign language used by both hearing and non-hearing citizens, in an account that offers insight into the relationship between language and the human mind. 35,000 first printing.Read more
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Teaching Tenses: Ideas for Presenting and Practising Tenses in English
A comprehensive analysis of form and function, with suggestions for presentation and practice of structures in context and a review of common learner errors for each tense. Contains photocopiable material.Read more
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The Discourse of Advertising (Interface)
The Discourse of Advertising explores the language of contemporary advertising. Cook argues that advertisements are always in complex interaction with the texts around them, with music and pictures, and with the people who make and experience them. This second edition addresses contemporary advertising in the context of current changes in communication. Advertisements span a range of mediums from billboards to email and the author sensitively analyses their social functions and effects on the individual. New advertisements include those for Barnardos and the Royal Navy,Philips, Wonderbra and Wrigleys, and the book has also been substantially rewritten. This is a comprehensive and invaluable reference guide to all aspects of the language of advertising.
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The Language of Advertising: Written Texts (Intertext)
The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. The core book, Working with Texts, is the foundation text which provides an introduction to language analysis. It is complemented by a range of ‘satellite’ titles which provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics. They can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.
Drawing on literary and linguistic theory for analysis of texts, The Language of Advertising covers all aspects of advertising language, from the interrelation of language, image and layout to the discourse between ‘reader’ and advertisement.
The second edition has been substantially rewritten to incorporate recent developments in the field. Features include:
* a range of new advertisements, from Orange to Young Person’s Railcard
* new material on internet advertising and its influence on paper texts
* new material on advertising designed to be seen ‘on the move’
* new activities to support student-directed study
* updated Further Reading sections and a list of URLs for students to visit.Read more
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The Linguistics of British Sign Language: An Introduction
This is the first detailed explanation of the way British Sign Language works and is the product of many years’ experience of research and teaching sign linguistics to deaf and hearing people. It assumes no previous knowledge of linguistics or sign language, and is not structured around traditional headings such as phonology, morphology and syntax. Instead it is set out in such a way as to help learners and their teachers understand the linguistic principles behind the language. There are sections on BSL grammar and also on the use of BSL, including social acceptability in signing, variation, and poetry and humour in BSL. Technical terms and linguistic jargon are kept to a minimum, and the text contains many examples from English, BSL, and other spoken and sign languages. The book is amply illustrated and contains exercises, as well as a reading list for further study. An accompanying 90-minute DVD is available from Talk With Sign Books. To find out more, visit http://www.talkwithsign.com/linguistics-british-sign-language-p-741.html.Read more
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The Routledge Handbook of Sign Language Translation and Interpreting (Routledge Handbooks in Translation and Interpreting Studies)
This Handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of sign language translation and interpretation from around the globe and looks ahead to future directions of research.
Divided into eight parts, the book covers foundational skills, the working context of both the sign language translator and interpreter, their education, the sociological context, work settings, diverse service users, and a regional review of developments. The chapters are authored by a range of contributors, both deaf and hearing, from the Global North and South, diverse in ethnicity, language background, and academic discipline. Topics include the history of the profession, the provision of translation and interpreting in different domains and to different populations, the politics of provision, and the state of play of sign language translation and interpreting professions across the globe.
Edited and authored by established and new voices in the field, this is the essential guide for advanced students and researchers of translation and interpretation studies and sign language.
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The Teacher’s Guide to Grammar
The Teacher’s Guide to Grammar is unique in focusing directly on the aspects of grammar that teachers need to know. Assuming little or no formal linguistic education, this concise and accessible book provides the necessary background knowledge required in the classroom context. There are detailed chapters on the nuts and bolts of language: words, morphology, sentences, phrases, verbs, and clauses. Other important educational issues concerned in the teaching of English are discussed: the grammatical variation that differentiates standard and non-standard English; how grammar varies in relation to the purpose and audience of a text; and the different grammatical characteristics of different languages. Throughout, illustrations are given using examples from the real spoken and written language produced by learners.Here are the essentials every English and literacy teacher needs to know about grammar in one practical and relevant guide.
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The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead: A Journey Around the World in Idioms, Proverbs and General Nonsense
Know your tater trap from your sniffle herring in Sharp’s journey around the world in idioms, proverbs and general nonsense – the perfect gift for Christmas
‘Brilliant, hilarious fun from a master wordsmith – you will LOVE this book’ Kit de Waal
‘Extremely entertaining and very useful for new insults’ Russell Kane
‘Utter genius’ Marian Keyes
‘Brilliant’ Brian BilstonJoin wordsmith Adam Sharp as he journeys around the world in idioms, proverbs and general nonsense. Learn unusual insults from France (You are a potato with the face of a guinea pig), how to hurry someone up in the US (You’re going as slow as molasses in January) and what they call a shark in Vietnam (fat fish).
Full of fascinating, ridiculous and hilarious translations from around the world, Adam has rounded up the very best of what every corner of the globe has to offer.
Let’s get this show on the road! Or:
Let’s saddle the chickens! (German)
On with the butter! (Icelandic)
Forward with the goat! (Dutch)Read more
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Unlocking the World of British Sign Language: A Visual Language of Expression and Inclusion
Unlocking thе World of British Sign Languagе: A Visual Languagе of Exprеssion and Inclusion is a comprеhеnsivе and еnlightеning еxploration of thе rich tapеstry of British Sign Languagе (BSL). This mеticulously craftеd book is dеsignеd to еmpowеr rеadеrs with a profound undеrstanding of BSL, еnsuring thеy not only grasp thе languagе but also thе cultural nuancеs that undеrpin it.
Within thе pagеs of this book, rеadеrs will еmbark on a journеy through thе mеsmеrizing world of BSL, dеlving into its history, structurе, and thе intricaciеs of еffеctivе communication through sign. Thе book includеs:
1. Foundations of BSL: A dеtailеd introduction to thе history and significancе of British Sign Languagе, providing a solid grounding for lеarnеrs.
2. Linguistic Insights: In-dеpth еxploration of BSL’s grammatical and syntactical fеaturеs, making it accеssiblе to both bеginnеrs and advancеd lеarnеrs.
3. Practical Vocabulary: A vast array of signs and phrasеs, from еvеryday convеrsation to spеcializеd tеrminology, to facilitatе еffеctivе communication.
4. Cultural Contеxt: An undеrstanding of Dеaf culturе and thе nuancеs of communication, еnsuring a wеll-roundеd apprеciation of BSL.
5. Inclusivе Lеarning: This book is dеsignеd to bе an inclusivе rеsourcе, suitablе for sеlf-lеarnеrs, еducators, and profеssionals sееking to еnhancе thеir communicativе abilitiеs.
Thе bеnеfits of Unlocking thе World of British Sign Languagе arе manifold. By dеlving into thе world of BSL through this comprеhеnsivе guidе, rеadеrs will:
Enhancе Communication: Acquirе thе skills nеcеssary to communicatе with Dеaf individuals, fostеring inclusion and brеaking down communication barriеrs.
Cultural Apprеciation: Gain insights into Dеaf culturе, promoting cultural sеnsitivity and rеspеct.
Carееr Advancеmеnt: Opеn up nеw carееr opportunitiеs by adding BSL proficiеncy to your skill sеt.
Pеrsonal Growth: Embark on a journеy of sеlf-improvеmеnt, broadеning your horizons and еmbracing a uniquе form of еxprеssion.
This book is a valuablе rеsourcе for anyonе sееking to lеarn, undеrstand, and mastеr British Sign Languagе. It is not mеrеly a book; it is a kеy to unlocking a world of еxprеssion and inclusion. Whеthеr you arе a studеnt, profеssional, or an individual intеrеstеd in еnriching your lifе through communication and cultural apprеciation, Unlocking thе World of British Sign Languagе is thе indispеnsablе guidе that will hеlp you achiеvе your goals. Invеst in this book, and you’ll find thе doors of a vibrant and inclusivе world opеning bеforе you.
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Visual Culture: The Reader (Published in association with The Open University)
`This collection of classic essays in the study of visual culture fills a major gap in this new and expanding intellectual field. Its major strength is its insistence on the importance of three central aspects of the study of visual culture: the sign, the institution and the viewing subject. It will provide readers, teachers and students with an essential text in visual and cultural studies′ – Janet Wolff, University of RochesterVisual Culture provides an invaluable resource of over 30 key statements from a wide range of disciplines, including four editorial essays which place the readings in their historical and theoretical context. Although underpinned by a focus on contemporary cultural theory, this Reader puts the study of visual culture and the rhetoric of the image at centre stage.
Divided into three parts: Cultures of the Visual; Regulating Photographic Meaning; and Looking and Subjectivity, the Reader enables students to make hitherto unmade connections between art, film and photography history and theory, history, semiotics and communications, media studies, and cultural theory.
Visual Culture sets the agenda for the study of Visual Culture and will be essential reading for researchers and students alike.
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Will I Ever Pee Alone Again?: Poems for mums
‘Please stop staring at me whilst I’m on the loo
I simply want a peaceful poo.’
In this uplifting, funny and giftable collection of poems, general force for good Emma Conway explores motherhood in all its glory. A mum to two young humans herself, she revisits the days of potty training and toddler tantrums, deep-dives into first days of school and watching your babies grow into little people, and writes frankly about life after having kids, embracing the mum bod and giving zero sods.
Written with huge amounts of warmth and love (and just the right amount of cynicism), this is the reassuring hug-in-a-book all mums need.
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