Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: margaret thomas

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  • FORMALISM AND FUNCTIONALISM IN LINGUISTICS
    MARGARET THOMAS
    This volume is a concise introduction to the lively ongoing debate between formalist and functionalist approaches to the study of language. The book grounds its comparisons between the two in both historical and contemporary contexts where, broadly speaking, formalists’ focus on structural relationships and idealized linguistic data contrasts with functionalists’ commitment to ...

    $660.00

  • FIFTY KEY THINKERS ON LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
    MARGARET THOMAS
    What was the first language, and where did it come from? Do all languages have properties in common? What is the relationship of language to thought? Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics explores how fifty of the most influential figures in the field have asked and have responded to classic questions about language. Each entry includes a discussion of the person’s lif...

    $860.00

  • IMPROVING STUDENT RETENTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
    GLENDA CROSLING / LIZ THOMAS / MARGARET HEAGNEY
    Improving Student Retention in Higher Education provides a practical, curriculum-based response to the current situation in higher education, where participating students emanate from a range of backgrounds; international and lower socioeconomic backgrounds, mature aged students, students with disabilities as well as those for whom higher education is the first family experienc...

    $1,380.00

  • INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF AGROECOSYSTEMS
    THOMAS GITAU / MARGARET W. GITAU / DAVID WALTNER-TOEWS
    Exploring the implementation of participatory, multistakeholder, and transdisciplinary ecosystem health research, Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems combines the latest theories in complexity and management with practical tools and approaches for sustainable rural development research.Although the text foc ...

    $1,480.00

  • UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR IN SECOND-LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
    MARGARET THOMAS
    From the ancient Mediterranean world to the present day, our conceptions of what is universal in language have interacted with our experiences of language learning. This book tells two stories: the story of how scholars in the west have conceived of the fact that human languages share important properties despite their obvious differences, and the story of how westerners have u...

    $1,460.00