How people really speak
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But people do not realize how thin the evidence for that idea iswith a new chapter entitled 'how people really speak' which uses corpus data to analyse how language is used in spontaneous english conversation, responses to critics, extensive revisions throughout, and a new preface by paul postal of new york university, this new edition will be an essential purchase for students, academics, and general readers interested in the debate about the 'language instinct'since chomsky revolutionized the study of language in the s, it has increasingly come to be accepted that language and other knowledge structures are hard-wired in our genesthe 'language instinct' debate examines the various arguments for instinctive knowledge, and finds that each one rests on false premisses or embodies logical fallaciesaccording to this view, human beings are born with a rich structure of cognition already in placethe structures of language are shown to be purely cultural creationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this revised and expanded new edition, sampson revisits his original arguments in the light of fresh evidence that has emerged since the original publicationoxfam bookshop preston when it was first published in , geoffrey sampson's educating eve was described as the definitive response to steven pinker's the language instinct and noam chomsky's nativism
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How to write & speak better – hardback – used this book for example shows how to write letters with sample templates
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How to write & speak better – hardback – used this book for example shows how to write letters with sample templatesfree uk delivery
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How the dead speak – val mcdermid the number one sunday times bestseller hard cover 407 pages to keep you interested new and unused read more
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Thats how people grow up (2-track) by morrissey good
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Social scientist and consultant examines five professions - engineering, architecture, management, psychotherapy, and town planning - to show how professionals really go about solving problemsthe best professionals, donald schön maintains, know more than they can put into wordssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop west hampstead a leading mthe cover shows slight signs of edgewear, but the book is otherwise in very good conditionthis unarticulated, largely unexamined process is the subject of schön's provocatively original book, an effort to show precisely how 'reflection-in-action' works and how this vital creativity might be fostered in future professionalsto meet the challenges of their work, they rely less on formulas learned in graduate school than on the kind of improvisation learned in practice
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Love to play and already knows the command sit, stay, down and speaki'm really sad to have to sell my 6 month old malinois puppyyou will see when you come here that she is excellent with children and she is extremely cleverif my son knew how to play with her in a nice way then i would have kept her no problem but i can't have him keep pulling her tail or picking her fur so it's best to let her go to another loving familyplease contact me if you have any questions or would like to come see hershe is a very kind and gentle puppyi love her with all my heart but my son is special needs and he doesn't know how to play with a dog like i thought he wouldi paid ÂŁ800 for her
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Covering both the urban and rural and packed with pictures, maps and drawings showing everything from how we can still pick out bronze age fields on bodmin moor to how the industrial revolution really changed our landscape, this book makes us look afresh at our surroundings and really see them for the first timein the making of the british landscape, eminent historian, archaeologist and farmer, francis pryor explains how to read these clues to understand the history of our land and of how people have lived on it throughout timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the suburban streets that still trace out the boundaries of long vanished farms to the norfolk broads, formed when medieval peat pits flooded, from the ceremonial landscapes of stonehenge to the spread of the railways - evidence of how man's effect on britain is everywhereoxfam bookshop ludlow this is the story of britain as it has been preserved in fields, roads, buildings, towns and villages, mountains, forests and islands
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It doubles as a comfy sofa bed for two people and it really has been loved by us! it needs a clean due to marks and has regular wear and tear as it is now a few years oldi've included a picture of a movie night so you can see how many it really does fit easily! it was originally over ÂŁ but due to both wear and immediacy in selling i'm open to offers and starting at ÂŁ385 as a reasonable pricebut it is still is good condition and perfect for netflix nights, entertaining, and having guests to stayour lovely 6+ corner sofa for sale immediately! due to an unexpected move to a smaller flat we can not take it with us but it is so incredibly comfortable that everyone who has stayed on it loves it
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Brand new sealed find out what your friends really think about you: bad people is a hilarious and brutal voting game! share crazy and ridiculous stories after each round 370 hilarious cards: 10 player identity cards (up to 10 people can play at once), 250 question cards, 100 voting cards, 10 double down cards perfect for parties: it's the most savage party game ever! you can play bad people 's of times: the gameplay changes each time based on who you are playing with how to play step 1 the dictator picks up a question card and reads it out loudstep 2 everybody silently votes who they think best matches the questionstep 3 everybody takes turns one-by-one revealing their vote, ending with the dictatorstep 4 if you voted the same as the dictator you get 1 point, unless you used your double down card
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How to speak wookiee-wu kee smith--with 10 wookiee sounds!
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Grand duchy - let the people speak 15 track promo cdcondition is gooddispatched with royal mail 1stclass large letter
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Although it focuses on a particular people, the work should help readers to understand the experiences of people forced by mass migrations to live fragmented lives in the post-modern era of rapid changethe author, an established somali novelist who went into exile as a form of protest, has interviewed somalis in africa and europe to provide this portrait of how people react, are wounded, how they survive, change and even thrive when they flee their homes and are turned into refugeesit reveals how refugees have adapted, or failed to adapt, to different countries and how their lives became disrupted and recreated as a result of politics and economicsoxfam shop ambleside the story of the international refugees created by the political tyranny of post-colonial somaliait shows how the refugees see themselves and how the host countries treat refugeesbook is in good condition with shelf wear see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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people may say they live one day at a timecharmaz looks at how these people disclose their illness, how they experience their emotions, and how they manage daily lifecharmaz artfully combines near jargon-free analysis with moving stories about how people have experienced illness, usually told in the sufferers' own wordsher work is based on interviews with people suffering from such diseases as cancer, multiple sclerosis, and arthritis, and with their caregiversor ahead to deathcharmaz examines under what conditions they situate their self-concepts in each of those timeframesthis edition (second paperback printing) is in a fair, used condition overallfor example, the chronically ill may situate their self-concepts in the past, present, or futurethey may bracket certain experiences, such as a heart attack, as timemarkers or turning points in the pastthey are mostly confined to chapter 2 with only a few in the rest of the booksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit will appeal to anyone facing a long-term problem that seems beyond controlshe enters the world of the chronically ill, and brings us into itas they struggle for control over illness and control over time, they also struggle to control the central images of the selfor they may look ahead to recovering their healthoxfam bookshop hexham kathy charmaz has written a compelling book on chronic illness and the effect it has on the self-concepts of those who sufferillness provides a mirror that allows sufferers to see themselves and to become more introspectivethe cover shows few signs of shelf-wear but the text block has some pencil annotations in the margins, made by a previous owner
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How can you engage people with strategy?using the science of strategy,the strategy book will help you tackle the really important challenges you face both in developing strategies and putting them into action
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Providing a comprehensive guide to person-centred counselling for people with dementia, this book gives an illuminating perspective on the subject and will be of value to counsellors, health and social care professionals, carers, people with dementia and their familiesbased on the author's own experiences of counselling people with dementia, the book covers the fundamentals of the counselling process and precisely what a person-centred approach entailsthe author explores the pervasive myth that all experiences of living with dementia are entirely negative and shows counsellors and carers how a person-centred counselling experience can have positive outcomes for those with dementia and the people who care for themalthough currently many people with dementia are not given the opportunity to receive professional counselling, this book explores the value of counselling for men and women living with this condition and how it enables them to make sense of their lives and their notions of themselvesaccumulating findings from over 20 years of counselling experience in both the uk and the us, this book explores the importance of the self and recognising each individual's worth and valuededication from the author on the pre-title pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredialogue from the author's counselling experiences is used to illustrate the person-centred counselling approachthe book then brings together several theories of counselling such as the role of the 'spiritual' in the counselling relationship; working with concepts of relational depth and configurations of self; and the author's own theories of relating to a person's spiritual coreoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells very good condition
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How to speak dragonesecan also be postedonce again we are relying on hiccup to be herotoothless has been captured,the nanodragon is about to be gobbled and shark worms are on the loosehiccup horrendous haddock the thirdhow to train your dragon book 3fantastic book in excellent condition
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In-room coverage for up to 4 peopletype speakerphonewhat's in the box?omni-directional microphone provides 360-degree voice pick updigital signal processing (dsp) technologyconnectivity usbusb connectivity
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Since , klein has conducted fieldwork to find out how people tackle challenges in difficult, nonroutine situationsgary klein is one of the developers of the naturalistic decision making approach, which views people as inherently skilled and experiencedoxfam bookshop swanage anyone who watches the television news has seen images of firefighters rescuing people from burning buildings and paramedics treating bombing victimshow do these individuals make the split-second decisions that save lives? most studies of decision making, based on artificial tasks assigned in laboratory settings, view people as biased and unskilledin addition to providing information that can be used by professionals in management, psychology, engineering, and other fields, the book presents an overview of the research approach of naturalistic decision making and expands our knowledge of the strengths people bring to difficult taskssources of power is based on observations of humans acting under such real-life constraints as time pressure, high stakes, personal responsibility, and shifting conditionsit documents human strengths and capabilities that so far have been downplayed or ignoredsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach chapter builds on key incidents and examples to make the description of the methodology and phenomena more vividthe professionals studied include firefighters, critical care nurses, pilots, nuclear power plant operators, battle planners, and chess masters
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Oxfam shop frodsham street brand new and sealed speak out board game by hasbrovery funny game, although probably best to play this one with people from your household only!! see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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speak and spell - texas instrumentsa lovely looking toy from the past and still really useful education tool for any retro kidsfully tested and working greatcollection only read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this is the story of britain told through its buildings and the people who built themhe climbs to the top of the light45;flooded ely cathedral, a looming vision of norman conquest and domination; he explores harvington hall in worcestershire, riddled with hidden passages to conceal catholic priests; he delves into manchester&39;s network of sewers, constructed to flush away the polluted waters of disease; and he takes a quizzical look at the scottish parliament in edinburgh, the symbol of devolutiontying in with the hit bbc1 series and generously illustrated with specially commissioned colour photography and over 100 historic images, this book reveals how these structures originated in the experiences and beliefs of the british people, and how they hold the key to who we aresee oxfam website for delivery information read morejoin david dimbleby on his colourful chronological journey through the nation39;s architectural landscape: to towering fortresses, timber&45;framed barns, magnificent palaces, railway viaducts, music halls, suburban homes and tower blocks
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Oxfam bookshop shaftesbury what were the beginnings of the english language? why has american culture spread so successfully and will it continue to do so even as the countries power apparently wanes? why are the west indies no longer any good at cricket? what difference did slavery make to the way we speak english today?packed with nuggets of information about language, culture, history and power, robert mccrum traces the way that the english language as twisted and turned in response to the way the world has changed, and how, even as the british empire is long dead, the language extends its influence further and further in a globalised worldpages all in clean crisp conditionauthors signature to the title page see oxfam website for delivery information read morecloth cover in good condition with some signs of wear to the spine edgesbook condition: dust jacket in good condition with some signs of being read to the edges
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Showing why the rules work and how to put them into practice, morieux and tollman give managers a much-needed tool to reinvigorate people in the face of seemingly endless complexitythe way to manage complexity, the authors argue, is neither with the hard solutions of another era nor with the soft solutions such as team building and feel-good people initiatives" that often follow in their wakeclearly it's time for leaders to stop trying to manage complexity with their traditional tools and instead better leverage employees' intelligenceit also disengages and demotivates the workforcethis book shows you how and explains the implications for designing and leading organisationsas a result, you will improve productivity, innovate more, reengage your workforce, and seize opportunities to create competitive advantageoxfam books & music perth new tools for managing complexity does your organisation manage complexity by making things more complicated? if so, you are not alonesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreaccording to the boston consulting group's fascinating complexity index, business complexity has increased sixfold during the past sixty yearsit's time to manage complexity betterin their attempt to respond to the increasingly complex performance requirements they face, company leaders have created an organisational labyrinth that makes it more and more difficult to improve productivity and to pursue innovationbased on social sciences (notably economics, game theory, and organisational sociology) and the boston consulting group's work with more than five hundred companies in more than forty countries and in various industries, authors yves morieux and peter tollman recommend six simple rules to manage complexity without getting complicatedincluded are detailed examples from companies that have achieved a multiplicative effect on performance by using thememploy these six simple rules to foster autonomy and cooperation and to effectively handle business complexityand, all the while, organisational complicatedness that is, the number of structures, processes, committees, decision-making forums, and systems has increased by a whopping factor of thirty-five
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John cleese on how to irritate people video tape vhs pg with micheal palinand tim brooke-taylor
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4 how to draw & paint people & / fantasy art books for sale i am also selling other books, video games and film etc from art books, vhs tapes, snes games, super nintendo games, nes games, sega mega drive games, sega master system games, ps1 games, ps2 games, ps3 games, playstation 1 2 3 games, wii games, wii u games, psp games and others etc
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We will do our best to turn any less than satisfactory experience into a positive onecommunication is key to helping us give you the best experiencethe leader's guide to managing people: how to use soft skills to get hard results paperback – 14 nov
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But this isn't simply an inventory of disaster, it's a wry look at how people around the globe are coping as their world changes at unprecedented speedclimate change is not a concern for the futurefrom sand-buried houses in china to thawing alaskan plains, the author witnesses some of the worst effects of climate change at first handsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the no logo of climate change - a book that shows how global warming is not a theory we should still debate, but something that has already happened on a global scaleit's happening right nowothers -Â like the drowning pacific island of tuvalu -Â are a world away from the exhaust pipes and factory chimneys that are actually causing global warmingin this book -Â based on the latest scientific evidence -Â the author takes us around the world to show the impact of global warming already being felt in people's livesin the process, the author eats whale blubber in alaska, swims in shark-infested waters off the great barrier reef and struggles to the top of andean peaks in peruan adventure with a conscience and an argument with an urgent purpose, high tide is an extremely important booksome, like the floods in the uk, are near home
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Oxfam shop wolverhampton oracle bones tells its engaging and compelling story through the lives of a handful of ordinary peoplewith him we discover not only where the great, influential cultures of east and west intersect, but also how the conjunction of past and present creates today's china - and how people create meaning out of chaotic world eventsall of them are migrants, emigrants, or wanderers who find themselves far from home, their lives dramatically changed by historical forces they are struggling to understandthe author himself is a westerner, a journalist living in beijingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe narrative tracks his story along with that of polat, a trader and member of a forgotten ethnic minority, who moves to the west in search of political freedom and a new life; william jefferson foster, who grew up in an illiterate family in a remote village; emily, a migrant factory worker in a city without a past; and chen mengjia, a scholar of oracle-bone inscriptions - the earliest known writing in east asia - and a man whose mysterious story has been lost since his suicide forty years ago, at the beginning of the cultural revolutionhessler excavates the past in search of meaning, his intimate approach putting a remarkable human face on the history he uncovers
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The black boards and endpapers are in good condition, and it is tightly bound and clean throughoutdorothy, for, yes, she does have her own name, presents this lively book - a first edition from - as a working manual for wives on a mission to "build enthusiasm and morale in a man so he will have the zest and power he needs in order to survive" the condition is used: fairthe dustjacket has tearing, creasing and marking, with a section torn from the back coversection headings include: encourage him to have a hobby - and leave him alone!, how to get along with his secretary, don't try to make him over', don't be the girl he left behind, and why men leave homeall as wholesome, of course, as apple pieshe has been no slouch in her research, interviewing and drawing on the wisdom of high-profile wives, mrs roosevelt and mrs eisenhower includedand one that just may need to be flung across the roommrs dale carnegie, whose husband wrote the best-selling self-help classics 'how to win friends and influence people' and 'how to stop worrying and start living', picks up the pen herself, albeit it to keep her beloved sweet see oxfam website for delivery information read morea steadying glug of cooking sherry may be required when approaching this s slice of american domestic lifeone hot tip - take a deep breath and remember this was the unenlightened and unliberated 50s - is for women to abandon any thoughts of a career of their own as bolstering their husband's is a full-time job in itself! how fulfilling! another suggestion is to be so demure, so compliant and so helpful that your husband may pay the ultimate compliment after a life-long marriage: "she was just so pleasant"
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