This completely rewritten and updated fifth edition of the long-running bestseller, Research Methods in Education covers the whole range of methods currently employed by educational researchers.
It continues to be the standard text for students undertaking educational research whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level. This new edition constitutes the largest reshaping of the text to date and includes new material on:
• qualitative, naturalistic and ethnographic research methods;
• curricular and evaluative research;
• critical theory and educational research;
• feminist perspectives on research;
etc.
What is humpty-dumptying? Do arguments from analogy ever stand up?
How do I know when someone is using weasel words?
What's the difference between a red herring and a straw man?
In and out of English: For Better, For Worse? is concerned with the impact of English as the lingua franca of today’s world, in particular its relationship with the languages of Europe. Within this framework a number of themes are explored, including linguistic imperialism, change as the result of language contact, the concept of the English native speaker, and the increasing need in an enlarged Europe for translation into as well as out of English.
Стилистика современного английского языка (стилистика декодирования)
Функциональная стилистика, лексикологическая стилистика, теория образов, стилистический анализ на уровне фонетики и морфологии — таков далеко не полный перечень вопросов, рассматриваемых в книге.