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Writing and Language Learning
Advancing research agendas
Edited by Rosa M. Manchón
November 2020. vii, 432 pp.
The current volume aspires to add to previous research on the connection between writing and language learning from a dual perspective: It seeks to reflect current progress in the domain as well as to foster future developments... read more
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Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size
I.S.P. Nation and Averil Coxhead
February 2021. xiii, 160 pp.
Estimating native-speaker vocabulary size is important for guiding interventions to support native-speaker vocabulary growth and for setting goals for learners of English as a foreign language. Unfortunately, the measurement of... read more
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Argumentation between Doctors and Patients
Understanding clinical argumentative discourse
Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen and Nanon Labrie
February 2021. x, 155 pp.
Argumentation between Doctors and Patients discusses the use of argumentation in clinical settings. Starting from the pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation, it aims at providing an understanding of argumentative... read more
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The Art and Architecture of Academic Writing
Patricia Prinz and Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir
Expected April 2021. xiv, 291 pp. + index
This book is a bridge to confident academic writing for advanced non-native English users. It emphasizes depth over breadth through mastery of core writing competencies and strategies which apply to most academic disciplines and... read more