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Becoming fluent :how cognitive science can help adults learn a foreign language
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Roberts, RichardKreuz, Roger J.,

"Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged because they believe they cannot acquire a language as easily as children. Once they begin to learn a language, adults may be further discouraged when they find the methods used to teach children don't seem to work for them. What is an adult language learner to do? In this book, Richard Roberts and Roger Kreuz draw on insights f…

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1 online resource (xviii, 226 pages) :illustrations
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Getting Through: The Pleasures and Perils of Cross-Cultural Communication
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Roberts, RichardKreuz, Roger J.,

Understanding how culture affects the ways we communicate -- how we tell jokes, greet, ask questions, hedge, apologize, compliment, and so much more. We can learn to speak other languages, but do we truly understand what we are saying? How much detail should we offer when someone asks how we are? How close should we stand to our conversational partners? Is an invitation genuine or just pro form…

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9780262340601
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1 online resource (xx, 276 pages) :illustrations
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Irony and sarcasm
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Kreuz, Roger J.,

A biography of two troublesome words. Isn't it ironic Or is it Never mind, I'm just being sarcastic (or am I ). Irony and sarcasm are two of the most misused, misapplied, and misunderstood words in our conversational lexicon. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, psycholinguist Roger Kreuz offers an enlightening and concise overview of the life and times of these two terms…

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9780262357296
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1 online resource (232 pages).
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Changing minds :how aging affects language and how language affects aging
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Roberts, RichardKreuz, Roger J.,

Why language ability remains resilient and how it shapes our lives.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

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9780262353533
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1 online resource (288 pages).
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