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Ammer, Christine – 1995
This book explains the usage of more than 1,000 food-related expressions in everyday English. The 13 comprehensive chapters of the book cover the entire alphabet of food phrases from "soup to nuts" (or as in the index, from "above the salt" to "zest") as well as cooking and dining terms. The book provides many food…
Descriptors: Definitions, English, Etymology, Figurative Language
Brown, Gillian, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This collection of 10 reports focuses on research in the area of language and understanding, with emphasis on the effects of such research on language teaching and applied linguistics. The reports address issues in psycholinguistics, pragmatics, second language acquisition, syntax, text linguistics, language testing, and sociolinguistics. The…
Descriptors: Definitions, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency
Perry, Fred L., Jr. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2005
This text provides a solid introduction to the foundations of research methods, with the goal of enabling students and professionals in the field of applied linguistics to become not just "casual" consumers of research who passively read bits and pieces of a research article, but "discerning" consumers able to effectively use published research…
Descriptors: Research Design, Research Methodology, Applied Linguistics, Language Research