Fully revised for the third edition, this popular text provides an advanced yet accessible introduction to the tools, terminology and research perspectives that students need to know in order to engage in academic debate and successfully complete research-based assignments. It first explores the language and nature of research, before developing readers' understanding of different research meth…
This book fundamentally challenges the way in which PhDs are currently pursued. It applies lean methodologies – which have been embraced by start-ups – to the doctoral research process. It explains how to apply techniques such as the minimal viable product (MVP) approach, rapid prototyping and pivoting to each stage, from choosing a topic to seeking feedback, in order to save time, make the…
If you are new to linguistics as a subject and beginning a course at undergraduate or sixth-form level, How to Study Linguistics is the ideal introduction and companion to your studies. - Covers all the core areas of linguistic study, with chapters discussing strategies for studying phonology, syntax and semantics. - Explores other branches of linguistics such as sociolinguistics, stylistics, a…
Il volume è rivolto ai giovani che intendono intraprendere una carriera militare nel Corpo della Guardia di Finanza, con lo scopo di orientarli e prepararli al concorso per Marescialli. La Parte I fornisce indicazioni sulle modalità ed i criteri di svolgimento delle provi orali, obbligatorie e facoltative, oltre ad elencare il programma previsto dal bando di concorso. La Parte II contiene tut…
In questo saggio Lise Lewis, PhD, International President dell'European Coaching and Mentoring Council (EMCC), affronta uno dei temi più dibattuti a livello internazionale. Coaching e mentoring sono due discipline affini ed al tempo stesso diverse. Stando al Curriculum Europeo del Mentore, il mentoring include il coaching. Quali sono dunque le aspettative e quali le opportunità per coloro che…
Il volume è rivolto ai giovani che intendono intraprendere una carriera militare nell'Arma dei Carabinieri, con lo scopo di orientarli e prepararli al concorso per Ufficiali. Nella prima parte vengono illustrati i criteri, i punteggi e le modalità di esecuzione degli esercizi della prova di efficienza fisica, nonché la documentazione da consegnare in sede d'esame. Nella seconda parte è affr…
Alongside Shakespeare, the great English dramatists of the Renaissance are Marlowe, Webster and Jonson. In this new guide, Chris Coles shows you how to approach the plays of these three major playwrights and how you can build your own critical response to their complex and demanding plays. If you are studying any of these three dramatists, then this is likely to prove the one critical book you …
This book provides a clear method of study which encourages students to construct their own interpretation of any of Dicken's novels. It helps students to identify a novel's major thematic concerns and interests and to argue a case purely from the evidence of the text. But it also moves beyond a straighforwardly thematic analysis to consider how a novel is put together and how it works. This in…
Forster's novels have always given great pleasure to the general reader but they do present particular problems for those who wish to study them in a more systematic way. The elusiveness of Forster's irony, the complexity of his symbolism and the formal ambiguities in structure that are such a marked feature in all his novels, make any analysis surprisingly challenging. In this book, Nigel Mess…
We can all say whether or not we like this or that TV programme, but how can you set about analysing it and formulating an informed critical response to it? What sort of things do you need to know? How can you discuss practical topics like lighting, camera work and editing, together with your insights into class, gender and politics? This invaluable book will tell you how. There are chapters on…