Children’s books are like dog food in that the purchasers are not the consumers, so the market (and the marketing) is inherently strange. [E] For clues to the book’s future, let’s look at some examples of technological change and see what happened to the old technology. ...
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and so I think it’s telling that I didn’t get on with Annalee Newitz’s third novelThe Terraformers(2023) at all. The book’s set in the far, far future, on a planet named Sask-E (or Sasky), which is being, well, terraformed so it can be sold off piecemeal to property dev...
We do not find (ia, b) convincing as counterexamples to the generalization in the text. Note that in both cases the matrix verbs allow passivization even without the complement clause (iia, b). This contrasts sharply with the behavior ofrang‘let’ andxiangxin‘believe’, which disallow passi...
This success paved the way for the creation of the Idol franchise, which expanded into numerous countries around the world, including the United States with American Idol. Additionally, Cowell's influence extends to other well-known talent shows, such as The X Factor and Britain's Got ...
finding hidden classics of queer and trans speculative literature in Hungarian and English. Including, teaser, Hungarian science fiction from the Communist era and also predating that (!). I’m really excited and looking forward to doing this – I’m grateful for the invitation and the ...
This paper presents a comparative syntactic account of participial adjuncts in German and English. While the typological literature describes German partic
The notes toSaint Aldhelm’s Riddlesare rich in obscure lore. Juster brings to light the wonderful belief that goat blood could dull a diamond, and he identifies “what may be the first example in British literature of a joke at the expense of the French.” There’s even a charming bonus...
tool. From this, we suggest four design guidelines to help developers of language learning tools that are intended to support this underserved population. First, a platform that allows mature ELLs to collaboratively improve their writing skills would benefit both reviewer and writer (DG1). Second,...
As suggested by an anonymous reviewer, these steps are not intended to be “a strict and ab- solute method.” Rather, they are a collection of classroom practices which instructors may adapt to their own teaching contexts. Although the ap- proach was originally designed for implementa- tion ...