Essential Legal English in Context
Essential Legal English in Context

Author: Karen M. Ross

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2019-04-11

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1479854808

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Winner, 2019 Global Legal Skills Book Award, given by the Global Legal Skills Conference An essential handbook for international lawyers and students Focusing on vocabulary, Essential Legal English in Context introduces the US legal system and its terminology. Designed especially for foreign-trained lawyers and students whose first language is not English, the book is a must-read for those who want to expand their US legal vocabulary and basic understanding of US government. Ross uses a unique approach by selecting legal terms that arise solely within the context of the levels and branches of US government, including terminology related to current political issues such as partisanship. Inspired by her students’ questions over her years of teaching, she includes a vast collection of legal vocabulary, concepts, idioms, and phrasal verbs and unpacks concepts embedded in US case law, such as how the US constitutional separation of powers may affect a court’s interpretation of the law. The handbook differentiates basic terms in civil and criminal cases and compares terms that may seem similar because of close spellings but in fact have different meanings. For instance, what is the distinction between “taking the stand” and “taking a stand?” What is the difference between “treaties” and “treatises”? Featuring illustrations and hands-on exercises, Essential Legal English in Context is a valuable self-study resource for those who want to improve their legal English terminology before entering a US law school, studying US law or government, or working as a seconded attorney to a US law firm. Instructors can use the handbook in an introductory US legal English course.

English Literature in Context
English Literature in Context

Author: Paul Poplawski

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-05-18

Total Pages: 757

ISBN-13: 1107141672

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From Anglo-Saxon runes to postcolonial rap, this undergraduate textbook covers the social and historical contexts of the whole of the English literature.

English Language
English Language

Author: Jonathan Culpeper

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 682

ISBN-13: 1350308080

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The second edition of this hugely successful textbook provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics in theoretical and applied linguistics. Written by leading academics in the field, this text offers a firm grounding in linguistics and includes engaging insights into current research. It covers all the key areas of linguistic analysis, including phonetics, morphology, semantics and pragmatics, and core domains of study, comprising the history of the English language, regional and social variation, style and communication and interaction. Fresh material on research methods outlines key areas for consideration when carrying out a research project, and provides students with the framework they need to investigate linguistic phenomena for themselves. This is an invaluable resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students on English language and linguistics degree programmes. New to this Edition: - Seven new chapters covering topics such as second language acquisition, corpus linguistics and research methods - A number of chapters have been substantially revised, including those on World Englishes, Literacies in Cyberspace and TEFL, TESOL and Linguistics - Fully updated throughout to reflect the latest advances in the field

Analyzing English in a Global Context
Analyzing English in a Global Context

Author: Anne Burns

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1136370137

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Devised in collaboration with the Open University and Macquarie University, Australia, Analysing English in a Global Context is specifically designed for the postgraduate student market, as well as for teachers of English as a second or foreign language throughout the world. This is a groundbreaking Reader which includes specially commissioned pieces as well as classic texts and provides a global perspective on the changing uses and forms of English and its impact on language teaching contexts. Students' skills in analysing these forms will be developed through an examination of the major functional models and their strengths and weaknesses.

Advanced Vocabulary in Context
Advanced Vocabulary in Context

Author: Donald Watson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-03-25

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0521140404

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This book enables advanced level students to practise vocabulary in natural contexts. It is suitable for use in the classroom, for homework, or for self-study. The book develops an awareness of collocation, and prepares for gap-filling sections in examinations such as Cambridge CAE and CPE, as well as providing a rich source of stimulating reading material. Key features include: 24 authentic texts from quality newspapers and magazines, on stimulating contemporary topics; texts gapped for completion with 40-50 words listed separately and preliminary exercises which review pages after each group of six units. The With Key version contains an answer key.

Macmillan English Grammar in Context
Macmillan English Grammar in Context

Author: Simon Clarke

Publisher: Macmillan Elt

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781405070515

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This book is part of the Macmillan English Grammar In Context series, a three-level grammar practice series with a difference. Incorporating contextual examples in grammar practice activities, Macmillan English Grammar In Context is a grammar book that can be used in both the classroom and for self-study. Key Features:Grammar explanations with traditional practice activities and contextual examples Cross-curricular content areas include: literature science, geography, history and social sc

Introducing English Linguistics
Introducing English Linguistics

Author: Charles F. Meyer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-05-14

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0521833507

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A genuine introduction to the linguistics of English that provides a broad overview of the subject that sustains students' interest and avoids excessive detail. It takes a top-down approach to language beginning with the largest unit of linguistic structure, the text, and working its way down through successively smaller structures.