Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 8:26am CEST by free book city
Religion, Culture, and Politics in the Twentieth-Century United States
Mark Hulsether, "Religion, Culture, and Politics in the Twentieth-Century United States"
Columbia University Press | ISBN: 0231144032 | July 31, 2007 | 256 pages | PDF | ~1MB
Anyone who seeks to understand the dynamics of culture and politics in the United States must grapple with the importance of religion in its many diverse and contentious manifestations. With conservative evangelicals forming the base of the Republican Party, racial-ethnic communities often organized along religious lines, and socio-political movements on the left including major religious components, many of the country's key cultural-political debates are carried out through religious discourse.
Posted: August 11th, 2008, 5:50pm CEST by free book city
World English: A Study of Its Development
Paperback: 215 pages
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited (May 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1853595772
ISBN-13: 978-1853595776
Posted: August 9th, 2008, 4:10pm CEST by free book city
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Sign Language
English | PDF | 479 Pages | 4.85 MB
How to say it in sign. With over 500 photos and an instructional.
Focusing on the less formal and more popular PSE (Pidgin Sign English), this is the perfect guide to the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations. Inside, readers will discover how to sign for small talk, emotions, directions, weather, family and friends, special occasions, recreation, travel, around the house, dining out, shopping, education, at the workplace, emergencies, and more.
• Includes more than 500 photos
• There are approximately two million deaf people in the United States
• 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, and PSE is the form of signing most often learned and taught by parents
Posted: August 4th, 2008, 2:36pm CEST by free book city
Language Reference RealBasic
This book gives you fast access to information about all the REALbasic language elements: objects, keywords, operators, constants, error messages, runtime exceptions, built-in methods and functions, and so forth. Wherever applicable, the properties and methods belonging to an object are documented, along with cross-references to related objects.
Posted: July 30th, 2008, 9:58pm CEST by free book city
Four Levels Of English Vocabulary in Use
Four Levels Of English Vocabulary in Use
English Vocabulary in Use is a family of self-study and classroom texts for vocabulary development.
The books follow the successful format of the English Grammar in Use titles with presentation of new
vocabulary on the left-hand pages and practice exercises on the facing right-hand pages. There are
currently 4 levels of English Vocabulary in Use from Elementary to Advanced. The Elementary and
Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate levels are now available with brand-new CD-ROMs offering additional
interactive exercises. Supplementary tests for each level are also available.
All levels of English Vocabulary in Use are informed by the Cambridge International Corpus to ensure that
the items of vocabulary selected are current, useful and up to date. The corpus has also been used to
ensure that the vocabulary is presented in natural contexts. The books have been designed for self-study
and come with a full discursive answer key.
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 11:23pm CEST by free book city
Basic Reading Power
Beatrice S. Mikulecky “Basic Reading Power"
Addison Wesley Publishing Company | 1997-01 | ISBN: 020184673X | 164 pages | PDF | 59,4 MB
In this book, you can work on reading in four ways:
1. Pleasure reading. Read many stories and books.
2. Comprehension Skills. Understand what you read.
3. Vocabulary Building. Learn many new words.
4. Thinking Skills. Learn to think in English.
Posted: May 30th, 2008, 6:33pm CEST by free book city
Краткий словарь современных английских идиом
В. А. Кабулянский, К. Г. Савельева “Краткий словарь современных английских идиом"
АСТ | 2007 | ISBN: 5170401213 | 176 cтр | PDF | 17,2 MB
Краткий словарь является пособием по изучению идиом и рассчитан на широкий круг лиц со средним и продвинутым уровнем языка и стремящихся расширить свои знания - на студентов, аспирантов, научных работников, переводчиков и преподавателей.
Активное использование нескольких сотен идиом станет ощутимым шагом к свободному общению по-английски.
Posted: May 30th, 2008, 5:01pm CEST by free book city
Новый русско-английский разговорник
Е. Лазарева “Новый русско-английский разговорник"
АСТ | 2005 | ISBN: 5170273997 | 384 cтр | PDF | 28,9 MB
Новый русско-английский разговорник содержит типичные модели фраз и выражений по широкому кругу тем. Английский текст снабжен практической транскрипцией, передающей звуки английского языка средствами русской графики. В конце разговорника дается краткий грамматический очерк английского языка, таблица неправильных глаголов и англо-русский словарь.
Posted: May 30th, 2008, 4:43pm CEST by free book city
How To Teach Pronunciation (Book with Audio CD)
Gerald Kelly “How To Teach Pronunciation (Book with Audio CD)"
Pearson ESL | 2001-05-15 | ISBN: 0582429757 | 160 pages | PDF + mp3 | 15,1 + 21,7 MB
Reader's review:
Like most books in the "How to.." series, such as How to Teach Grammar (How To...), "How to Teach Pronunciation" by Gerald Kelly is an awesome book for teachers in need of some advice and input on the area of pronunciation.
The book has a variety of chapters on different aspects. It begins with the basics, (vowel and consonant sounds), and builds up to intonation and connected speech. There are excellent chapters on stress, sentence stress and more. Every chapter has sample lessons that illustrate some great ideas for teaching. They are all very adaptable.
The book has some excellent theoretical aspects, giving rules for connected speech and the like, for example. The theory is very clear, gives you a good run down on the terminology and keeps it all very real. The book really was written for the working teacher.
Choosing this one or Sound Foundations (Teacher Development) is a tough call. I would tend to go with both, as they have both got some serious advantages over each other.
Either way, I found this book an excellent source of new direction, new clarity and new focus on the ever present pronunciation blues. Totally recommended!
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 6:57am CEST by free book city
A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic
A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic
Cambridge University Press | 2005-09-19 | ISBN: 0521777712 | 736 pages | PDF | 123 MB
Keeping technical terminology to a minimum, this comprehensive handbook provides a detailed yet accessible overview of Arabic wherein its phonology, morphology and syntax can be readily accessed. Accompanied by extensive examples, it will prove an invaluable practical guide for supporting students' textbooks, classroom work or self-study, and a useful resource for scholars and professionals.
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 6:53am CEST by free book city
Teach Yourself Arabic Complete Course
Teach Yourself Arabic Complete Course
McGraw-Hill | 2004-04-14 | ISBN: 0071430180 | 163 pages | PDF | 10 MB
Prepared by experts in Arabic, the course begins with the basics and gradually promotes you to a level of smooth and confident communication, including:
* Step-by-step guide to pronunciation and grammar
* Regular and irregular verb tables
* Plenty of practice exercises and answers
* Practical vocabulary and a bilingual glossary
* Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout
* An exploration of the culture
* And much more
Posted: May 25th, 2008, 3:52pm CEST by free book city
Making Out in Japanese Phrase Book, Revised Edition
Making Out in Japanese Phrase Book, Revised Edition
Tuttle Publishing | Pages: 128 | 2003-10-15 | ISBN: 0804833966 | 13 MB
I got this and Dirty Japanese for my son and his girlfriend, so they could be silly at each other and maybe improve their minds with another language at the same time. I liked them so much I wish I'd picked them up for myself. I'd recommend these books for anyone trying to learn casual Japanese. Delivery was about what I expected and the transactions came off without a hitch.
Posted: May 25th, 2008, 10:47am CEST by free book city
Legal English
William R. McKay, "Legal English"
Longman Publishing Group | Pages: 188 | 2005-01 | ISBN: 0582894360 | 3 MB
Posted: May 21st, 2008, 7:49am CEST by free book city
Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages
Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages
RoutledgeCurzon | 2007-04-23 | ISBN: 070071197X | 669 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The introduction is followed by regional sections, each authored by a notable specialist, combining to provide a comprehensive listing of every language which is likely to disappear within the next few decades. Each regional section comprises an introduction that deals with problems of language preservation peculiar to the area, surveys of known extinct languages, and problems of classification. The introduction is followed by a list of all known languages within the region, endangered or not, arranged by genetic affiliation, with endangered and extinct languages marked. This listing is followed by entries covering each language listed as endangered. Useful maps are provided to pinpoint the more complex clusters of smaller languages. The Encyclopedia therefore provides in a single resource: expert analysis of the current language policy situation in every multilingual country and on every continent, detailed descriptions of little-known languages from all over the world, and clear alphabetical entries, region by region, of all the world's languages currently thought to be in danger of extinction. The Encyclopedia of the World’s Endangered Languages will be a necessary addition to all academic linguistics collections and will be a useful resource for a range of readers with an interest in development studies, cultural heritage and international affairs.
Posted: May 15th, 2008, 8:30pm CEST by free book city
Simpler Syntax
Peter W. Culicover, Ray Jackendoff “Simpler Syntax"
Oxford University Press, USA | 2005-08-22 | ISBN: 0199271097 | 608 pages | PDF | 2,1 Mb
This groundbreaking book offers a new and compelling perspective on the structure of human language. The fundamental issue it addresses is the proper balance between syntax and semantics, between structure and derivation, and between rule systems and lexicon. It argues that the balance struck by mainstream generative grammar is wrong. It puts forward a new basis for syntactic theory, drawing on a wide range of frameworks, and charts new directions for research. In the past four decades, theories of syntactic structure have become more abstract, and syntactic derivations have become ever more complex. Peter Culicover and Ray Jackendoff trace this development through the history of contemporary syntactic theory, showing how much it has been driven by theory-internal rather than empirical considerations. They develop an alternative that is responsive to linguistic, cognitive, computational, and biological concerns. At the core of this alternative is the Simpler Syntax Hypothesis: the most explanatory syntactic theory is one that imputes the minimum structure necessary to mediate between phonology and meaning. A consequence of this hypothesis is a far richer mapping between syntax and semantics than is generally assumed. Through concrete analyses of numerous grammatical phenomena, some well studied and some new, the authors demonstrate the empirical and conceptual superiority of the Simpler Syntax approach. Simpler Syntax is addressed to linguists of all persuasions. It will also be of central interest to those concerned with language in psychology, human biology, evolution, computational science, and artificial intellige
