Haven't written an essay in years? Worried you can't write a coherent essay? Unsure what an essay needs to achieve?You're not alone!Writing an essay is a skill that many students struggle to learn. Knowing how to begin, what to include and what to leave out, how to reference and write in a fluent, engaging yet academic style takes time, practice and commitment.And if you're a mature student who hasn't written an essay for y...

Prepare for your studies. Know what to expect. Make the most of your experience.It is exciting to embark on a new path that will stretch your intellect, open up new career opportunities and enhance your personal development.But it can also be worrying to return to a life of study, where reading, research, note-taking and essay-writing are all required.Much of this anxiety is caused by simply not knowing what lies ahead, and for the mature student, w...

Kevin the Sheep hosts a song competition.It's karaoke - just one-dollar admission!But who's the new sheep that the spotlight's revealed?And how has such talent been so well concealed?Find out the secret, open the book.Go on, you know that you just have to look!

Kevin the Sheep is unusual,he does things his own way.But will being different help him save the day?A hilarious new picture book from best-selling author Jacqueline Harvey.

Joe comes home from school one day to discover that his apparently ordinary parents are actually spies! What's more, baddies are after them! They need to leave their home immediately and disguise themselves to avoid discovery. Joe is thrilled - until he discovers that he has to pretend to be a girl and start his new school as Josephine!Joe (now 'Josephine') is miserable when he starts his new school in a blonde wig, dress and tights. But soon he has a spy mission of his own. Using ...

Pragmatics – the study of language in context, and of how we understand what other people say – is a core subject in English language, linguistics, and communication studies. This textbook introduces the key topics in this fast-moving field, including metaphor, irony, politeness, disambiguation, and reference assignment. It walks the reader through the essential theories in pragmatics, including Grice, relevance theory, speech act theory, and politeness theory. Each chapter includes a rang...

Pragmatics Online examines the use and interpretation of language and communication in digitally mediated contexts. It provides insight into how meaning is communicated online, with a focus on how users negotiate and navigate the constraints and resources of social media sites and other online contexts.The book introduces key concepts in the study of digital contexts and online communication, and discusses how these can be understood from the perspective of pragmatics. Eac...

Bringing together work by leading scholars in relevance theory, this volume showcases cutting-edge research within the theory, and demonstrates its influence across a range of fields including linguistics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, literary studies, developmental psychology and cognitive science. Organised into broad thematic strands that represent the latest research and debates, the volume shows the depth of analysis now possible after nearly forty years of intensive work in de...

Reference is a major theme in the study of language and language use. Providing a relevance-theoretic account of reference resolution, this book develops our understanding of procedurally encoded meaning by exploring its function and role in reference resolution. A range of referring expressions are discussed, including definite descriptions, demonstratives and pronouns. Existing work on the pragmatics of reference has largely focused on how reference is resolved. However, speakers can do ...

'A book that celebrates friendship and the power of being true to yourself.' Frank Cottrell-BoyceIt's hard to measure up in a family with high expectations. But it's even harder when those people sometimes use you as an arm rest. And call you 'Peanut'.Anzo is 11 years old and very, very short. Mum, Dad and his two uncles are extremely tall but they're also high achievers, obsessed with fulfilling their lifelong ambition of opening a restaurant toge...

It's not easy fitting in at a new school. It's even harder to be yourself.A warm and funny story about making new friends and being yourself. Perfect for young fans of WONDER and Frank Cottrell-Boyce.Jack knows LOTS about starting a new school. Since Dad left, he and his mum have moved house five times.He also knows all about fitting in. The trick is to act exactly like everyone else and make sure no one ever notices him. But it's h...

A contemporary young adult novel about a bright dyslexic teen struggling to find her place in a literate world. Counting to D is sure to resonate with anyone who has struggled with learning disabilities, young love, or just being a teen!The kids at Sam's school never knew if they should make fun of her for being too smart or too dumb. That's what it means to be dyslexic, smart, and illiterate. Sam is sick of it. So when her mom gets a job in a faraway city, Sam decides not to tell ...