Apache (Native Americans)

Apache (Native Americans) Informative, easy-to read text and oversized photographs draw in readers as they learn about the Apache. Traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more are covered. A map highlights the tribes homeland, while fun facts and a timeline with photos help break up the text. Also discussed …

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Teaching Writing in Middle School: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

Teaching Writing in Middle School: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques Classroom-tested lessons, practice problems, examples, games, and resources cover fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as all aspects of writing (including prewriting, editing, and technique). With step-by-step guidelines, helpful tips from the authors, and numerous writing activities, this book offers myriad options for inspiring your students. …

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False Friends in Learner Corpora: A corpus-based study of English false friends in the written and spoken production…

False Friends in Learner Corpora: A corpus-based study of English false friends in the written and spoken production… This book is conceived as a contribution to the general understanding of learner language. It presents an innovative approach to the study of English false friends. False friends are a current issue for those learning and working …

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The Morpheme: A Theoretical Introduction

The Morpheme: A Theoretical Introduction This book develops a theory of the morpheme in the framework of Distributed Morphology. Particular emphasis is devoted to the way in which functional morphemes receive their phonological form post-syntactically, through the operation of Vocabulary Insertion. In addition to looking closely at syncretism, the primary motivation for Vocabulary Insertion, the …

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Everyone’s an Author with Readings (2nd Edition)

Everyone’s an Author with Readings (2nd Edition) A rhetoric that bridges the gap between the writing students already do in social media and other nonacademic contexts and the writing they’re expected to do in college―all within a strong rhetorical framework. Built on the keystones of rhetoric, Everyone’s an Author provides a strong foundation for authoring …

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