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Studies in the grammar and lexicon of neo-Aramaic
The volume makes a major contribution to the field of Neo-Aramaic and significantly advances research. The articles present new analyses and new primary data from several endangered dialects, many of which have so far not been systematically documented, and in some cases have not been documented at all. It is good to see that the examples have been given glossing, so that this important materia…
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- 9781783749492
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- xxvi, 511 p.
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- 492.2 KHA s
Foundational principles of task-based language teaching
The Open Access version of this book will be available soon. This book introduces readers to the concept of task-based language teaching (TBLT), a learner-centred and experiential approach to language teaching and learning. Based on the premise that language learners can enhance their second language acquisition (SLA) through engagement in communicative tasks that compel them to use language fo…
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- 9781003039709
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- XVI, 198 p.
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- ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
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- 418.0071 EAS f
Multilingualism and third language acquisition: learning and teaching trends …
The purpose of this book is to present recent studies in the field of multilingualism and L3, bringing together contributions from an international group of specialists from Austria, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and United A All these chapters include several different languages in contact in an acquisition/learning context: Basque, English, French, German, Italian, La…
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- 9783961102696
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- viii, 214p.: ill.
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- 400 MUL m
Making ai intelligible: philosophical foundations
Can humans and artificial intelligences share concepts and communicate? One aim of Making AI Intelligible is to show that philosophical work on the metaphysics of meaning can help answer these questions. Cappelen and Dever use the externalist tradition in philosophy of to create models of how AIs and humans can understand each other. In doing so, they also show ways in which that philosophical …
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- 9780192894724
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- viii, 175p.
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- 004.019 CAP m
Programming languages and systems : 30th European Symposium on Programming, E…
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 30th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2021, which was held during March 27 until April 1, 2021, as part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2021. The conference was planned to take place in Luxembourg and changed to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 24 papers included in t…
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- 9783030720193
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- xii, 692p. : ill.
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- 005.13 PRO p
The sounds of English theory and practice for latin American speakers
do you speak English? Most people ask this question when they want to know whether you can communicate in this language. By doing it they evince the widespread tendency to equate our ability to speak with our overall communicative competence. Paradoxically, for most EFL and ESL learners, speaking is the most challenging skill and the last they get to develop to the full. Latin American students…
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- 9789588943534
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- 103 p.
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- 421.55 OLA t
Language activism : imaginaries and strategies of minority language equality
While top-down policies and declarations have yet to establish equal status and opportunities for speakers of all languages in practice, activists and advocates at local levels are playing an increasingly significant role in the creation of new social imaginaries and practices in multilingual contexts. This volume describes how social actors across multiple domains contribute to the elusive goa…
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- 9781501511561
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- XV, 243 p.
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- Volume 114 in the series Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]
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- 305.7 DE l
Diversity dimensions in mathematics and language learning: perspectives on cu…
Extensive research is available on language acquisition and the acquisition of mathematical skills in early childhood. But more recently, research has turned to the question of the influence of specific language aspects on acquisition of mathematical skills. This anthology combines current findings and theories from various disciplines such as (neuro-)psychology, linguistics, didactics and anth…
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- 9783110661941
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- XV, 417 p.
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- 370 DIV d
Developing graphics frameworks with python and openGL
Developing Graphics Frameworks with Python and OpenGL shows you how to create software for rendering complete three-dimensional scenes. The authors explain the foundational theoretical concepts as well as the practical programming techniques that will enable you to create your own animated and interactive computer-generated worlds. You will learn how to combine the power of OpenGL, the most wid…
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- 9781003181378
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- IX, 334 p.
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- 006.6 LEE d
Beyond the makerspace: making and relational rhetorics
Makerspaces—local workshops that offer access to and training on fabrication technologies, often with a focus on creativity, education, and entrepreneurship—proliferated in the 2010s, popping up in cities across the world. Beyond the Makerspace is a longitudinal, ethnographically informed study of a particular Seattle makerspace that begins in 2015 and ends with the closing of the space in …
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- IX, 148 p.
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- Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative,
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- 428.00712 SHI b
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