Author: Alison Wray
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
Keywords: boundaries, pushing, language, formulaic
Number of Pages: 305
Published: 2008-09-11
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0194422453
ISBN-13: 9780194422451

Examines how formulaic language ("lexical chunks") is used in a variety of real-life situations. Presents a framework for examining the existence and function of formulaic language and tests it extensively against language data within a wide variety of language samples. Formulaic language is a fast-growing area of applied linguistic research, and the author is a key figure in this field.

Author: Alison Wray
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: lexicon, language, formulaic
Number of Pages: 348
Published: 2002-03-04
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0521773091
ISBN-13: 9780521773096

A considerable proportion of our everyday language is "formulaic". It is predictable in form and idiomatic--apparently stored in fixed or semi-fixed chunks. This book explores the nature and purposes of formulaic language, and looks for patterns across the research findings from the fields of discourse analysis, first language acquisition, language pathology and applied linguistics. It gradually builds up a unified description and explanation of formulaic language as a linguistic solution to a larger, non-linguistic, problem, the promotion of self.

Author: Alison Wray
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: lexicon, language, formulaic
Number of Pages: 348
Published: 2005-11-10
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0521022126
ISBN-13: 9780521022125

A considerable proportion of our everyday language is "formulaic". It is predictable in form and idiomatic--apparently stored in fixed or semi-fixed chunks. This book explores the nature and purposes of formulaic language, and looks for patterns across the research findings from the fields of discourse analysis, first language acquisition, language pathology and applied linguistics. It gradually builds up a unified description and explanation of formulaic language as a linguistic solution to a larger, non-linguistic, problem, the promotion of self.

Authors:Alison Wray, Kate Trott, Aileen Bloomer,
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Keywords: publication, arnold, hodder, linguistics, projects
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2006-09-21
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0340905786
ISBN-13: 9780340905784

Following increased emphasis on research projects at the undergraduate level, this book, now in paperback, teaches students how to write good research projects in linguistics. Giving an overview of major themes of linguistics and introducing essential tools and techniques, the book provides practical advice on how to choose a research topic, collect data, analyse it, and write up the results. Incorporating over 300 project ideas and covering plagiarism, referencing, phonetic and orthographic transcription and tips on writing good English, Projects in Linguistics is a treasure trove of helpful

Authors:Professor Mike Wallace, Professor Alison Wray,
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: study, skills, series, sage, postgraduates, reading, writing, critical
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-05-09
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 1412902223
ISBN-13: 9781412902229

This guide to critical reading and self-critical writing is a must-have resource for postgraduate students and early-career academics. It is packed with tools for analyzing texts and structuring critical reviews, and incorporating exercises and examples drawn from the social sciences.

Authors:Alison Millar, Alison MacTier, Peter Fox, Gary Cli
Publisher: Folens Publishers UK
Keywords: grammar, english, rules, basic
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 1996-01-31
List price: $12.93
ISBN-10: 1852762322
ISBN-13: 9781852762322

A series of activities that will help to develop children’s understanding of the basic rules of grammar: forms of spoken and written language, sentence structure, parts of speech, punctuation and vocabulary.

Author: Alison Tokita and David W. HughesAlison McQueen T
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: soas, musicology, series, music, japanese, research, companion, ashgate
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $124.95
ISBN-10: 0754656993
ISBN-13: 9780754656999

Music is a frequently neglected aspect of Japanese culture. It is in fact a highly problematic area, as the Japanese actively introduced Western music into their modern education system in the Meiji period (1868-1911), creating westernized melodies and instrumental instruction for Japanese children from kindergarten upwards. As a result, now most Japanese have a far greater familiarity with Western (or westernized) music than with traditional Japanese music. Traditional or classical Japanese music has become somewhat ghettoized, known and practised only by small groups of people in social stru