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Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft
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Include books by the same authorGrammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
Mignon Fogarty · 224 pages
The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need: A One-Stop Source for Every Writing Assignment
Susan Thurman · 192 pages
The Only Grammar Book Youll Ever Need is the ideal resource for everyone who wants to produce writing that is clear, concise, and grammatically excellent. Whether youre creating perfect professional documents, spectacular school papers, or effective personal letters, youll find this handbook indispensable. From word choice to punctuation to organization, English teacher Susan Thurman guides you
How to Learn Any Language: Quickly, Easily, and on Your Own!
Barry Farber · 172 pages
Speech and Language Processing: An Introduction to Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics and Speech Recognition
Dan Jurafsky, James H. Martin · 966 pages
"This book offers a unified vision of speech and language processing, presenting state-of-the-art algorithms and techniques for both speech and text-based processing of natural language. This comprehensive work covers both statistical and symbolic approaches to language processing; it shows how they can be applied to important tasks such as speech recognition, spelling and grammar correction, inf
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William Zinsser · 288 pages
In addition to exploring the techniques of nonfiction writing, Zinsser discusses sexism in writing, jargon, and psychological writing blocks.
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Steven Pinker · 368 pages
" A short and entertaining book on the modern art of writing well by New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing? Why should any of us care? In The Sense of Style, the bestselling linguist and cognitive scientist Steve
An Introduction to Language
Victoria A. Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina Hyams · 474 pages
Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters, 6th Edition
James W. Heisig · 484 pages
English Phonetics and Phonology
Peter Roach · 262 pages
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
Maryanne Wolf · 320 pages
In the Book. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, Harper Perennial, 2008. This is an account of how our brains change as we learn to read.
Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar
William D. Mounce · 448 pages
First published in 1993, Basics of Biblical Greek is the most popular introduction to the field, used in universities and seminaries around the world. Over 200,000 students have learned biblical Greek under its guidance. This significant third edition has been carefully developed in consultation with instructors, students, self-learners, and homeschoolers. Now in a larger size, with an attractive
How To Speak And Write Correctly
Joseph Devlin · 139 pages
In the preparation of this little work the writer has kept one end in view, viz.: To make it serviceable for those for whom it is intended, that is, for those who have neither the time nor the opportunity, the learning nor the inclination, to peruse elaborate and abstruse treatises on Rhetoric, Grammar, and Composition. To them such works are as gold enclosed in chests of steel and locked beyond p
The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, With Exercises and Answer Keys
Amy Einsohn · 564 pages
The Copyeditor's Handbook is a lively, practical manual for newcomers to publishing and for experienced editors who want to fine-tune their skills or broaden their understanding of the craft. This book may be used for self-instruction or as a textbook in copyediting classes. The exercises are accompanied by answer keys and detailed line-by-line explanations. The third edition features: Updates ref
Practical English Usage
Michael Swan · 654 pages
A topic-by-topic guide for teachers and learners of English grammar and vocabulary.
Japanese for Busy People I: Romanized Version includes CD
Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT) · 269 pages
30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary
Wilfred Funk, Norman Lewis · 244 pages
First Greek book: containing exercises and reading-lessons
John Robson (B.A.) · 144 pages
How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
Stanley Fish · 165 pages
Some appreciate fine art; others appreciate fine wines. Stanley Fish appreciates fine sentences. The New York Times columnist and world-class professor has long been an aficionado of language: "I am always on the lookout for sentences that take your breath away, for sentences that make you say, 'Isn't that something?' or 'What a sentence!'" Like a seasoned sportscaster, Fish marvels at the adeptne
Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese
Eri Banno · 382 pages
Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences
Kitty Burns Florey · 165 pages
Once wildly popular and used by teachers across America to teach grammar, sentence diagramming is now a lost art to most people. But from the moment she encountered it in the seventh-grade classroom of Sister Bernadette, Kitty Burns Florey was fascinated by the bizarre method of mapping the words in a sentence. Now a veteran copyeditor, Florey studies the practice in a funny look back at its odd h
How Languages are Learned
Patsy M. Lightbown, Nina Spada · 233 pages
Explains theories of language acquisition for classroom teaching of first or second languages. Examines factors such as intelligence, personality and age on language learning, as well as new research ideas.
Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish
Joseph J. Keenan · 215 pages
Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
Gabriel Wyner · 363 pages
At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sound
Wheelock's Latin
Frederic M. Wheelock · 511 pages
The classic beginning Latin texbook offers forty chapters with grammatical explanations and readings based on ancient Roman authors, along with self-tutorial exercises and an answer key for independent study.