Product Description: The 14th Dalai Lama, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and spiritual leader of the Tibetans in exile, is well known in the West, but the 600-year tradition to which he is heir is less familiar. In this book, Glenn Mullin offers the life stories of all 14 Dalai Lamas in one volume for the first time...read more

In Literature About Language Valerie Shepherd brings together linguistic theory and literary criticism and examines languages as a theme in a range of literary texts. By looking at the work of writers such as Swift, Joyce and Sontag she discusses the power of story-telling and metaphor to shape our thinking and examines the communicative capacities of non-standard English and the strengths of women's writing in a male language world. By turning to the work of writers such as Hardy, Cummings, Lodge and Gordimer, however, she also demonstrates the ways in which language can be constrained by its users and by social and cultural pressures. Written specifically for a student audience, Language About Literature presumes no prior knowledge of linguistic theory and each chapter concludes with a set of practical exercises. An invaluable text for A-level and undergraduate students of language, literature and communication studies.

Product Description: The debate about the respective merits of standard and non-standard English has intensified in recent years. This book argues that regional dialects and language variations are not inferior to standard English and, indeed, have a richness and appropriateness of their own...read more

Product Description: These language games relate linguistic analysis to language behaviour, enable pupils to make explicit their implicit understanding of language, and facilitate students' use of language in the real world. They are aimed at 13-18 year olds but may be adapted for both younger and older students...read more