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This new, updated edition of the widely cited classic offers a unique blend of theory and practice in a single, easy to read source. The Second Edition of ...

The extensively revised edition of the best-selling Focus Groups as Qualitative Research continues to provide an excellent guide for researchers across the ...

Traditional language teaching typically results in limited foreign language proficiency. Communicative approaches tend to produce greater fluency, but less ...

The grammar of focus has been studied in generative grammar from its inception. It has been the subject of intense, detailed cross-linguistic investigation ...

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Papers presented at a workshop, Focus and background in Romance languages, that convened during the 30th Romanistentag, in Vienna, Austria, 23-27 September ...

This collection of papers examines the theoretical, psychological and descriptive approaches to focus. ...

As one of the most popular tools for gathering information in today's marketplace, focus groups require understanding of purpose and good grounding in the ...

The notion of focus structure in this work refers to the distinction between categorical, thetic and identificational sentences. The central claim is that ...

This is the first book to systematically address the issues, practical wisdom and problems in conducting focus groups. Written by an interdisciplinary grou ...

This monograph focuses on an interesting typological property shared by four languages: the ungrammaticality of multiple wh-questions in Irish, Berber, Ita ...

Prepares students for reading success through prereading background material ; Focuses reading with guided questions ; Builds vocabulary ; Develops cultura ...

The most significant class of antidepressants marketed in recent years is the selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Claims of decreased adverse ...

During the 2001 Linguistic Summer Institute at University of California, Santa Barbara, a group of linguists gathered at a workshop to discuss the expressi ...

Specifically written for researchers and students with a fundamental knowledge of focus group research, the book gives numerous examples of what researcher ...

"Though centered on Italian, cross-linguistic analysis is extensively provided: data from languages as diverse as English, Hungarian, Modern Greek, Hausa, ...

Over the last two decades, focus has become a prominent topic in major fields in linguistic research (syntax, semantics, phonology). Focus Strategies in Af ...

This collection investigates the architecture of focus in linguistic theory from different theoretical perspectives. Research on focus and information stru ...

Finding the right insider information about specific training needs is often hard to determine. This Infoline presents a focus group strategy that will hel ...

The authors set out to define the aims, principles and objectives of recent research into what exactly happens in the language classroom, to describe the f ...

The topic of this book is the notion of focus and its linguistic characterization. The main thesis is that focus has a uniform grammatical identification o ...

This volume is indispensable for those who want to improve their focus group moderating skills. Based on years of experience in moderating and training oth ...

This book brings together a collection of articles about performing focus groups with 7 to 11 year-old children. All of the contributions were written by m ...

This study explores the grammar of focus particles in German. It gives a thorough description and analysis of focus particle constructions and links their ...

This study breaks new ground in describing how various linguistic and pragmatic mechanisms affect both the form of the narrative clause and the arrangement ...

This book is a must for those who want to teach others to conduct focus group interviews, particularly non-researchers in communities. Richard Krueger and ...

Focus Groups are often under-used as a valuable tool for research. This practical and extremely well-written guide offers advice on: * planning and organis ...

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"This is not a book about systems, nor is it a book about conventions (although I confess I shall attempt to persuade you to adopt one or two in the course ...

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistic ...

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Explores more than twenty careers in broadcasting, including the nature of the work, educational or training requirements, ways to get started, advancement ...

Drawing on research integrated with practitioner experience, this book creates fresh 'practice wisdom' for engaging effectively with offenders. Recognising ...

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In the last 50 years significant numbers of men and women take little exercise in the course of their occupation. The computer keyboard, the rise of privat ...

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This book accompanies an exhibition at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, on the role of photography in Central Africa. This is t ...

In Focus Like a Laser Beam, acclaimed management consultant and business blogger Lisa Haneberg offers business leaders a new way to direct their focus that ...

While there are many books that address focus groups, most are directed at business and marketing. This book differs by demonstrating the specific steps ne ...