On understanding grammar by Givón, Talmy, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…text-frequency distribution of major clause-types --…”
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Visual communication

Table of Contents: “…Ally Sloper, Victorian comic book hero: interpreting a comedy type /…”
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Flash fiction forward : 80 very short stories

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Satellite networking : principles and protocols by Sun, Zhili

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Pragmatics of Quoting Now and Then. by Arendholz, Jenny

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Images of contemporary Iceland : everyday lives and global contexts

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The digital musician by Hugill, Andrew

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A companion to Byzantine epistolography

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Arduino sketches : tools and techniques for programming wizardry by Langbridge, James A.

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Academic writing for graduate students : essential tasks and skills by Swales, John M., 1938-, Feak, Christine B.

Ethics Training for Managers Best Practice and Techniques. by Watts, Logan L.

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Uma Politics : an Ethnography of Democratization in West Sumba, Indonesia, 1986-2006 by Vel, Jacqueline, 1958-

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Solo Vocal Works on Jewish Themes : a Bibliography of Jewish Composers. by Jaffe, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…Part III: Works Organized by Voice TypeWorks with Solo Voice; Soprano/High Female Voice; Mezzo-Soprano/Medium Female Voice; Contralto/Alto/Low Female Voice; Female Voice (unspecified); Tenor/High Male Voice; Baritone/Medium Male Voice; Bass-Baritone; Bass/Low Male Voice; Male Voice (unspecified); High Voice (gender not specified); Medium Voice (gender not specified); Low Voice (gender not specified); Voice Type Variable or Not Determined; Works With Two Solo Voices; Two Female Voices; One Female & One Male Voice; Two Male Voices; Two Soli (unspecified or variable).…”
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Diversity and inclusion in the recreation profession : organizational perspectives

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Cellular communications explained : from basics to 3G by Poole, Ian

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to cellular telecommunications -- Beginnings -- Overview of the systems -- Radio waves and propagation -- Electric fields -- Magnetic fields -- Radio waves -- Frequency-to-wavelength conversion -- Polarization -- How radio signals travel -- Refraction, reflection and diffraction -- Coverage and network planning -- Modulation -- Radio carrier -- Amplitude modulation -- Modulation index -- Frequency modulation -- Modulation index and deviation ratio -- Sidebands -- Bandwidth -- Improvement in signal-to-noise ration -- Frequency shift keying -- Phase modulation -- Phase shift keying -- Minimum shift keying -- Quadrature amplitude modulation -- Spread spectrum techniques -- Frequency hopping -- Direct sequence spread spectrum -- Orthogonal frequency division multiplex -- Bandwidth and data capacity -- Cellular basics -- Spectrum re-use -- Multiple access schemes -- Duplex operation -- Setting up calls -- Receiving and making a call -- Handover and handoff -- Channel usage -- Infrastructure -- Base transceiver station -- Mobile switching centre -- Mobile phone -- Voice coding -- Digital data structures -- Analogue systems -- Today -- Basic system -- Base station -- Mobile switching centres -- Mobile equipment -- Voice messaging -- Signaling methods -- Control channels -- Froward control channel -- Reverse control channel -- Call initiation -- Paging and incoming call set-up -- Handoff -- GSM -- System architecture -- Equipment and subscriber identifiers -- Air interface -- Power levels -- Multiple access and channel structure -- Vovoders -- Operation -- General packet radio service -- GPRS network structure -- Layers -- GPRS mobiles -- GPRS coding -- GPRS physical channel -- Channel allocation -- GPRS operation -- EDGE -- Time slots -- Data coding and throughput -- Operation -- North American TDMA -- System overview -- RF signal -- Channels -- Paging -- Handoff -- Authentication -- PDC -- cdmaOne/IS-95 -- Standards -- Spreading codes -- Radio signal construction -- Channels -- Froward link code channels -- Reverse channels -- Power control -- Handoff -- Discountinuous reception -- Call processing -- vocoders -- Advantages of CDMA -- CDMA2000 -- 1X and 3X -- Radio configurations -- CDMA2000 1X -- Power control -- Beam formatting -- Channels -- Packet data -- Handoff -- CDMA 1xEV-DV -- New features -- Base station selection -- Release D -- Broadcast and multicast services -- Fast call set-up -- Mobile equipment identifier -- CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -- EV-DO air interface -- Froward link -- Reverse link -- Mobile IP -- UMTS -- Capabilities -- System architecture overview -- User equipment -- Radio network sub-system -- Protocols -- Air interface -- Spreading -- Synchronization -- Power control -- Frames, slots and channels -- Logical channels -- Transport channels -- Physical channels -- Packet data -- Speech coding -- Discountinuous reception -- Access stratum protocol layers -- Handover -- inner-system handover -- The evolution of 3G networks -- Position location -- Cell ID -- TDOA -- A-GPS -- GPS -- Assistance from the base station -- A-GPS -- Conformance and interoperability testing -- Types of test -- Test cases -- CDMA system.…”
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Current diagnosis & treatment in otolaryngology : head and neck surgery

Table of Contents: “…-- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1: Anatomy -- Chapter 2: Antimicrobial Therapy for Head and Neck Infection -- Chapter 3: Radiology -- Chapter 4: Principles of Radiation Oncology -- Chapter 5: Anesthesia in Head and Neck Surgery -- Chapter 6: Lasers in Head and Neck Surgery -- PART II: FACE -- Chapter 7: Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations -- Chapter 8: Maxillofacial Trauma -- Chapter 9: Cutaneous Malignant Neoplasms -- PART III: NOSE -- Chapter 10: Olfactory Dysfunction -- Chapter 11: Congenital Nasal Anomalies -- Chapter 12: Nasal Trauma -- Chapter 13: Nasal Manifestations of Systemic Disease -- Chapter 14: Nonallergic and Allergic Rhinitis -- PART IV: SINUSES -- Chapter 15: Acute and Chronic Sinusitis -- Chapter 16: Frontal Sinus Fractures -- Chapter 17: Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms -- PART V: SALIVARY GLANDS -- Chapter 18: Benign Diseases of the Salivary Glands -- Chapter 19: Malignant Diseases of the Salivary Glands -- PART VI: ORAL CAVITY, OROPHARYNX, AND NASOPHARYNX -- Chapter 20: Cleft Lip and Palate -- Chapter 21: Management of Adenotonsillar Disease -- Chapter 22: Deep Neck Space Infections and Parapharyngeal Space Neoplasms -- Chapter 23: Benign and Malignant Lesions of the Oral Cavity, Oropharynx, and Nasopharynx -- Chapter 24: Mandibular Reconstruction -- Chapter 25: Jaw Cysts -- Chapter 26: Temporomandibular Disorders -- PART VII: NECK -- Chapter 27: Neck Masses -- Chapter 28: Neck Neoplasms and Neck Dissection -- PART VIII: LARYNX AND HYPOPHARYNX -- Chapter 29: Voice Assessment -- Chapter 30: Professional Voice Assessment and Care -- Chapter 31: Neurolaryngology -- Chapter 32: Benign Laryngeal Lesions -- Chapter 33: Malignant Laryngeal Lesions -- Chapter 34: Vocal Cord Paralysis -- Chapter 35: Stridor in Children -- Chapter 36: Laryngeal Trauma -- PART IX: TRACHEA AND ESOPHAGUS -- Chapter 37: Congenital Disorders of the Trachea and Esophagus -- Chapter 38: Benign and Malignant Disorders of the Esophagus -- Chapter 39: Benign and Malignant Disorders of the Trachea -- Chapter 40: Airway Management and Tracheostomy -- Chapter 41: Foreign Bodies -- Chapter 42: Airway Reconstruction -- Chapter 43: Sleep Disorders -- PART X: THYROID AND PARATHYROID -- Chapter 44: Disorders of the Thyroid Gland -- Chapter 45: Parathyroid Disorders -- PART XI: OTOLOGY -- Chapter 46: Anatomy and Physiology of the Ear -- Chapter 47: Audiologic Testing -- Chapter 48: Vestibular Testing -- PART XII: EXTERNAL AND MIDDLE EAR -- Chapter 49: Diseases of the External Ear -- Chapter 50: Congenital Disorders of the Middle Ear -- Chapter 51: Otitis Media -- Chapter 52: Cholesteatoma -- Chapter 53: Otosclerosis -- PART XIII: INNER EAR -- Chapter 54: Sensorineural Hearing Loss -- Chapter 55: The Aging Inner Ear -- Chapter 56: Hereditary Hearing Impairment -- Chapter 57: Aural Rehabilitation and Hearing Aids -- Chapter 58: Vestibular Disorders -- Chapter 59: Diving Medicine -- Chapter 60: Occupational Hearing Loss -- Chapter 61: Temporal Bone Trauma -- PART XIV: SKULL BASE -- Chapter 62: Lesions of the Anterior Skull Base -- Chapter 63: Vestibular Schwannomas -- Chapter 64: Nonacoustic Lesions of the Cerebellopontine Angle -- Chapter 65: Neurofibromatosis Type 2 -- Chapter 66: Osseous Dysplasias of the Temporal Bone -- Chapter 67: Neoplasms of the Temporal Bone and Skull Base -- Chapter 68: Neurotologic Skull Base Surgery -- Chapter 69: Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery-- PART XV: MIDDLE EAR AND COCHLEAR IMPLANTS -- Chapter 70: Implantable Middle Ear Hearing Devices -- Chapter 71: Cochlear Implants -- PART XVI: FACIAL NERVE -- Chapter 72: Anatomy, Physiology, and Testing of the Facial Nerve -- Chapter 73: Disorders of the Facial Nerve -- PART XVII: FACIAL PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY -- Chapter 74: Reanimation of the Paralyzed Face -- Chapter 75: Scar Revision -- Chapter 76: The Aging Face: Rhytidectomy, Brow Lift, Midface Lift -- Chapter 77: Blepharoplasty -- Chapter 78: Rhinoplasty -- Chapter 79: Hair Restoration Surgery -- Chapter 80: Local Skin Flaps in Facial Reconstruction -- Chapter 81: Microvascular Reconstruction -- Chapter 82: Otoplasty & Microtia -- Chapter 83: Facial Fillers and Implants --…”
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Outcomes of university Spanish heritage language instruction in the United States

Table of Contents: “…Bowles -- Modality Matters! A Look at Task-Based Outcomes / Julio Torres -- The Differential Effects of Three Types of Form-Focused, Computer-based Grammar Instruction : The Case of Receptive Heritage Learners / Sara M. …”
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Brand equity : defining, measuring and managing brand equity. by Guzman, Francisco

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Guest editorial; The impact of corporate social responsibility on brand equity: consumer responses to two types of fit; Assessing brand equity in the luxury wine market by exploiting tastemaker scores; A comparison of brand equity strength across consumer segments and markets; Brand skill: linking brand functionality with consumer-based brand equity; The contribution of a brand spokesperson's voice to consumer-based brand equity; The asymmetric effect of portfolio and image abstractness; Consumer evaluations of trend imitation: brand equity, consumer attitudes and preference.…”
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FreePBX 2.5 powerful telephony solutions : configure, deploy, and maintain an enterprise-class VoIP PBX by Robar, Alex

Table of Contents: “…Using audio files for Music on HoldUsing audio streams for Music on Hold; Custom voice prompts; Recording custom voice prompts; Merging existing voice prompts; Directory search options; Customizing feature codes; Callback; Direct Inward System Access (DISA); CallerID Lookup Sources; HTTP source type; MySQL source type; PIN Sets; Misc applications; Misc Destinations; Summary; Chapter 10: System Protection, Backup and Restoration; System protection; Uninterruptible power supplies; Redundant components; Redundant servers; Surge protection; Backups; Taking a backup…”
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Engaging with complexity : child & adolescent mental health and education

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Language typology and language universals : an international handbook. Volume 2 / 2. Halbband / herausgegeben von Martin Haspelmath [and others] = La typologie des langues et les u...

Table of Contents: “…Adnominal possession and possessive noun phrases: prototypical cases; 2. Structural types of possessive noun phrases; 3. …”
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Current diagnosis & treatment in otolaryngology head & neck surgery

Table of Contents: “…Anatomy -- Antimicrobial therapy for head & neck infection -- Radiology -- Principles of radiation oncology -- Anesthesia for head & neck surgery -- Lasers in head & neck surgery -- Hemangiomas of infancy & vascular malformations -- Maxillofacial trauma -- Cutaneous malignant neoplasms -- Olfactory dysfunction -- Congenital nasal anomalies -- Nasal trauma -- Nasal manifestations of systemic disease -- Nonallergic & allergic rhinitis -- Acute & chronic sinusitis -- Frontal sinus fractures -- Frontal sinus fractures -- Benign diseases of the salivary glands -- Malignant diseases of the salivary glands -- Cleft lip & palate -- Management of adenotonsillar disease -- Deep neck space infections & parapharyngeal space neoplasms -- Benign & malignant lesions of the oral cavity, oropharynx & nasopharynx -- Mandibular reconstruction -- Mandibular reconstruction -- Temporomandibular disorders -- Neck masses -- Neck neoplasms & neck dissection -- Clinical voice assessment: the role & value of the phonatory function studies -- Benign laryngeal lesions -- Malignant laryngeal lesions -- Vocal cord paralysis -- Vocal cord paralysis -- Laryngeal trauma -- Congenital disorders of the trachea & esophagus -- Benign & malignant disorders of the esophagus -- Benign & malignant disorders of the trachea -- Airway management & tracheotomy -- Foreign bodies -- Airway reconstruction -- Sleep disorders -- Disorders of the thyroid gland -- Parathyroid disorders -- Anatomy & physiology of the ear -- Audiologic testing -- Diseases of the external ear -- Congenital disorders of the middle ear -- Otitis media -- Cholesteatoma -- Otosclerosis -- Sensorineural hearing loss -- The aging inner ear -- Hereditary hearing impairment -- Aural rehabilitation & hearing aids -- Vestibular disorders -- Diving medicine -- Occupational hearing loss -- Temporal bone trauma -- Lesions of the anterior skull base -- Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma) -- Nonacoustic lesions of the cerebellopontine angle -- Neurofibromatosis type 2 -- Osseous dysplasias of the temporal bone -- Neoplasms of the temporal bone & skull base -- Neurotologic skull base surgery -- Implantable middle ear hearing devices -- Cochlear implants -- Anatomy, physiology, & testing of the facial nerve -- Disorders of the facial nerve -- Reanimation of the paralyzed face -- Scar revision -- The aging face: rhytidectomy, browlift, midface lift -- Blepharoplasty -- Rhinoplasty -- Hair transplantation -- Local skin flaps in facial reconstruction -- Microvascular reconstruction -- Microvascular reconstruction -- Otoplasty & microtia -- Facial fillers & implants.…”
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Faith Schools and Society : Civilizing the Debate. by Cairns, Jo

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Corpus linguistics and the web

Table of Contents: “…Corpus linguistics and the web; Accessing the web as corpus; Using web data for linguistic purposes; Concordancing the web: promise and problems, tools and techniques; WebCorp: an integrated system for web text search; Compiling corpora from the internet; From webpage to mega-corpus: the CNN transcripts; Constructing a corpus from the web: message boards; Towards a taxonomy of web registers and text types: a multidimensional analysis; Critical voices; New resources, or just better old ones? …”
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Genoveva by Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856

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Who speaks for Roma? : political representation of a transnational minority community by McGarry, Aidan

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Text and beyond : issues in the mobile marketplace

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The bassoon by Kopp, James B.

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Emergency communications : enhancing the safety network

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Above and beyond the segments : experimental linguistics and phonetics by Caspers, Johanna, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Above and Beyond the Segments; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Foreword; Tone and stress in North-West Indo-Aryan: A survey; Introduction; Hindi-Urdu; Punjabi-type tone languages; Shina-type languages; Kalami-type languages; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Whose voice is that? …”
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Unfit to be a slave : a guide to adult education for liberation by Greene, David

Table of Contents: “…; dialogue questions for teachers and students; questions for chapter one; notes; chapter 2: the field of adult or worker education; millions of adult students; types of literacy; students and potential students; literacy programs; bake sale to support victims of hurricane katrina; a wealth of experience; teachers; validating the experience of adult education students; teachers and organizing; stability and voice.…”
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Microsoft HoloLens By Example. by Newnham, Joshua

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Teaching Healthy Musicianship. by Taylor, Nancy

Table of Contents: “…Instrumental Ergonomics: Strings; Bow Hold; Bow-​Control Exercises; Chairs and Sitting Balance; Cumbersome Cases; Violin and Viola; Cello; Bass; 10. Ergonomics in Choir; Posture; The Music Folder; Footwear; 11. …”
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The typology of semantic alignment

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Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a grammar : with sociolinguistic commentary by Alexander, Ronelle

Table of Contents: “…Conjunctions Adjectives, introduction A Possessive pronominal adjectives Demonstrative pronominal adjectives (ovaj, taj, onaj) Word order A The role of clitics The "XYZ" model of clitic placement Verb conjugation: the present tense Relationship between infinitive and present tense A Potential accent shifts Type pisati Type vidjeti / videti Type piti Type kupovati The verb moci Verb forms of politeness Adjectives, continued A Adjectives with single-syllable stems "Fleeting -a-" in adjectives; voicing assimilation Adjectives in -o Short and long forms of adjectives A "Indefinite" vs "definite" "Short vs. long" and "indefinite vs. definite" Cases of nouns, introduction The vocative case The nominative case The accusative case A Endings of nouns and adjectives Fleeting -a- in nouns, and possible accent shifts Accusative of interrogative pronouns The accusative of direct object The accusative with prepositions A Accentuation of prepositional phrases The preposition za The preposition u and days of the week The preposition na Object pronouns: clitic and full forms A Clitic (short form) object pronouns Full (long form) object pronouns Negation A Negation of present tense verbs Negation of other parts of speech The conjunction da A Da used to introduce statements Da after verbs of desire "Da + present" as possible infinitive replacement Infinitives A Infinitives after another verb Infinitive subjects Verbal aspect, introduction Word order A Subordinate clauses Pronoun objects of infinitives Present tense, continued A Type davati Type teci Feminine nouns ending in a consonant A Nouns with more than one gender Nominative plural A Endings of nouns and adjectives Consonant shifts before -i Fleeting -a- in masculine nouns Accent shifts in the plural Addition of -ov- / -ev- "Soft" consonants Plurals of nouns ending in -in Added syllable in neuter plurals Accusative plural Prepositions, continued A The preposition kroz The preposition uz The preposition na, continued Adverbs Pronominal adjectives, continued A Interrogative pronominal adjectives Descriptive pronominal adjectives Jedan and the idea "one" Speaking of and to "people" A Case endings of personal names Vi: singular or plural agreement? …”
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The handbook of discourse analysis

Table of Contents: “…3 New Territories and Frontiers3.1 Beyond the intonation phrase; 3.2 Beyond intonation; 4 Looking Ahead; 5 Transcription Conventions; References; 5 Voice Registers; 0 Introduction; 1 At the Intersection of Two Concepts of Register; 2 Background; 3 Falsetto Voice; 4 Creaky Voice; 5 Whisper Voice; 6 Breathy Voice; 7 Discussion; References; 6 Computer-Mediated Discourse 2.0; 0 Introduction; 1 Classification of Computer-Mediated Discourse; 1.1 Modality; 1.2 Modes, genres, and discourse types; 1.3 Faceted classification; 1.4 Classification of "Discourse 2.0"; 2 Discourse Structure; 3 Meaning.…”
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Predication in Caribbean English Creoles. by Winford, Donald

Table of Contents: “…"Comparative" SVC'S; 4.1 Comparative "more"; 5. Serial verbs and "Case-marking."…”
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Evidence and Counter-Evidence, 2 : General Linguistic. by Lubotsky, Alexander

Table of Contents: “…THREE TASHELHIYT BERBER TEXTS FROM THE ARSÈNE ROUX ARCHIVESSYNTAX, RECURSION, PRODUCTIVITY -- A USAGE-BASED PERSPECTIVE ON THE EVOLUTION OF GRAMMAR; LANGUAGE, BRAINS AND THE SYNTACTIC REVOLUTION.…”
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Building academic language : meeting common core standards across disciplines, grades 5-12 by Zwiers, Jeff

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The great Arab conquests : how the spread of Islam changed the world we live in by Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.)

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