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Goldstein, Norm, Ed. – 1998
Pointing out that the style of the Associated Press (AP) defines clear writing, this revised edition of the practical and much-used AP stylebook is designed to be an essential handbook for all writers, editors, and students. The stylebook contains over 5000 entries laying out the AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage. It gives…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Grammar, Language Usage, Libel and Slander
Kimball, Lillian G. – American Book Company, 1911
This textbook is an elementary English course based upon two fundamental facts in regard to language: (1) the purpose of language is communication of thought; and (2) the use of language is an art. The book also provides a complete and progressive course of instruction in the use of the dictionary as an aid to both oral and written language.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Dictionaries, English Instruction, Language Usage
Lillis, Theresa; McKinney, Carolyn – 2003
This workbook for students provides an accessible introduction to a range of ways of analyzing language in context. The workbook can be used in a number of ways, for example, as a student reference text to briefly review a particular kind of language analysis or as a course textbook to introduce students to a variety of approaches to language data…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English, Ethnography
Makah Cultural and Research Center, Neah Bay, WA. – 1979
The book presents the Makah alphabet decided upon in a public workshop held by the Makah Language Program in 1978, before which there was no standard Makah orthography. The 10 vowels and 34 consonants of the alphabet are presented in relation to English sounds. The book groups vowels sounds together but devotes a page to each consonant telling how…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Consonants, Elementary Secondary Education
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1970
A supplement is presented to volumes one, two, and three of a basic course in Persian that is designed for use in the Defense Language Institute's intensive programs for native English speakers. Part one introduces the student to a phonemic transcription which is derived from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Part two applies the modified…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), Instructional Materials, Intensive Language Courses