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1) Pygmalion
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An idealistic professor transforms an unsophisticated Cockney girl into a refined young lady in this classic drama set in turn-of-the-century London.
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Esta segunda edición ha sido escrita con el objetivo de dotar a los estudiantes de las herramientas necesarias para la redacción de textos en contextos académicos.
Todo estudiante universitario necesita procesar gran cantidad de información. Por ello, el empleo de la lectura y la escritura sigue siendo fundamental.
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 Wang Zhao was a Chinese monk who, in the first spring of the twentieth century, delivered a document that would change the Chinese-speaking world forever. He had been hiding out in Japan for the past two years, carrying a hefty bounty on his head. His desire to go home eclipsed his fear of capture.
#2 The Chinese language seemed to be a major impediment to China's...
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"El silencio de todos los seres humanos, hombres y mujeres, ancianos y niños, debería ser más alabado, más protegido, mejor resguardado. No sólo el silencio, sino ese silencio activo que es la capacidad de escucha [... ] que quisiéramos todos ver mejor distribuida entre los dones de este mundo".
Una sucesión de diversas escenas presenta al lenguaje, en estas páginas, como protagonista e invitado permanente. La palabra cercada de silencio,...
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What is an idiom? It can be an insult - "He has more brawn than brains." - or a compliment - "She's a real trooper." Idioms add life to our language: "I have ants in my pants." Idioms can cast light on a topic, and they have the power to add color to your language and add punch to your vocabulary. Have FUN WITH IDIOMS, and improve your command of English at the same time!
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Ever wondered where the sayings we commonly use originate from?
Sometimes the things we say, if we really think about it, make absolutely no logical sense.
Why on earth has a cat got my tongue? Why does a wall have ears? And why the heck are my ears burning? Why would I possibly want to break a leg?
If you think you know the answers, you might be close but have no cigar and if you don't want to wake up on the wrong side of the bed or even worse,...
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Linguistics For Beginners is the first book to ever make the arcane labors of linguistics accessible to general readers. It begins with a lucid definition of language and proceeds to examine how it becomes the subject matter of linguistics. Key topics include the contrast between writing and speech, and elementary lessons in analyses ranging from simple sounds to entire sentences. Absurd fictions such as Eskimos having hundreds of words for snow...
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The objectives of this book are to help students develop their communicative skills in english as well as various job-related competencies. The book was designed based on teh global simulation framework in which students take on a role in a simulated center for disease control. Each unit covers different aspects of working in te simulated center, including how to apply for a job, applying for a job in the center, designing medical campaigns about...
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Lots of new parents these days have the opportunity to bring up their child with two or more languages because of increasing job mobility and the global community. The benefits of bilingualism and biculturalism such as higher cognitive skills, an awareness of language and sensitivity to other cultures, are being increasingly recognised. However many parents don't know how to start, what methods to use or where to seek help when facing problems.
Now...
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This early work by Otto Jespersen was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Efficiency in Linguistic Change' is an informative work on linguistics and includes chapters on 'Sound-Laws', 'Semantics', 'Glottic', and much more. Otto Jespersen was born in Randers, Denmark on 16th July 1869. He worked as an academic at Copenhagen University and rose to the position of professor...
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Correos electrónicos, ensayos, reseñas, debates, exposiciones orales... Los alumnos universitarios deben dominar una amplia variedad de textos, tanto escritos como orales.
Para ayudarles en este propósito, se ha preparado este manual, en cuyas páginas y a través de fragmentos textuales relacionados con el ámbito psicológico se presentan de forma sencilla y clara las claves para aprender a elaborarlos.
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For all the richness and nuance of the English language there are some words that other languages simply do better-whether it's an insult that just hits the spot, a phrase that beautifully articulates a feeling, or a word that you didn't know you even needed. From the funny to the sentimental to the downright bizarre this fascinating journey around Europe in 12 languages unearths the best untranslatable words that English is missing, celebrating our...
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Fruto del Romanticismo literario se desarrolla en el siglo XIX la mitificación de al-Andalus. Desde entonces, dos imágenes por igual hipertrofiadas tienden a representar en exclusiva esta faceta de la Historia de España. Y si bien hoy en día nadie sostiene en serio que ignorancia, despoblación y desertización africanas fueran el corolario inevitable de la invasión musulmana, por el contrario-y por razones muy de momento- sí subsiste una corriente...
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Este manual desarrolla estrategias para reconocer, analizar, comprender y producir textos expositivos (orales y escritos) propios de ambientes académicos. Asimismo, busca concientizar acerca de la importancia del lenguaje como recurso para comprender y producir significados y lograr propósitos comunicativos.
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Correos electrónicos, ensayos, reseñas, debates, exposiciones orales... Los alumnos universitarios deben dominar una amplia variedad de textos, tanto escritos como orales.
Para ayudarles en este propósito, se ha preparado este manual, en cuyas páginas y a través de fragmentos textuales relacionados con el ámbito educativo se presentan de forma sencilla y clara las claves para aprender a elaborarlos.
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Whether presenting their versions of real events or making up tales of adventure and discovery, children enchant us with their stories. But the value of those stories goes beyond their charm. Storytelling is an essential form through which children interpret their own experiences and communicate their view of the world. Each narrative presented by a child is a brushstroke on an evolving self-portrait - a self-portrait the child can reflect on, refer...
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"Spectacular vernacular-delivered with fresh flavor."-Playboy "Hang with this slang and reep these righteous words!" This entertaining, highly readable book pulses with the vernacular of young Americans, tracing slang terms and expressions from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. In addition to alphabetical listings for each decade, it features fascinating word histories and sidebars about language and culture-jazz cat jive, the argot...
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This book is based on an eleven-year observation of two children who were simultaneously exposed to three languages from birth. It tells the story of two parents from different cultural, linguistic, and ethnic-racial backgrounds who joined to raise their two children with their heritage languages outside their native countries. It also tells the children's story and the way they negotiated three cultures and languages and developed a trilingual identity....
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"El lenguaje desobedece cuando ensucia la lengua con sus trampas de encantamiento y sensiblería, cuando la falsifica, cuando la infecta de glosarios impunes y de retóricas sin nadie dentro y nadie del otro lado, cuando se sobreestima en su regocijo adulto o se desprecia el lugar de su ausencia. Sin embargo, el lenguaje es también desobedecido. Lo desobedecen los niños, los ancianos, las mujeres, los artistas, los filósofos. Lo desobedecen la...
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