Contains 3,500 full-color illustrations, and more than 25,000 terms in English, Spanish, French and German.

Ouvrage considérablement amélioré depuis sa première édition en français, en 1986. Cet instrument a une orientation terminologique: à partir de dessins autour de 28 grands thèmes, les choses sont nommées en quatre langues; elles ne sont pas décrites. Index général en chacune des langues. Ouvrage de grande valeur par la qualité de son contenu et de ses illustrations, par sa présentation et par la solidité de sa reliure.

Appearing on the world stage with the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing, China has intrigued Westerners since the days of Marco Polo. French journalist Christina Lionnet takes us on an exciting journey through this vast and varied land. With a clear sensibility, Lionnet's photographs offer a painterly exploration of the paradoxes and complexities of the Chinese landscape as well as its soul. Her lens captures a dazzling array of century-spanning architecture, intriguing peoples and age-old customs. The ambiguous beauty of an ancient and enigmatic culture is masterfully visualized. A fine addition to the contemporary photographic canon An ideal gift for all lovers of Chinese culture ILLUSTRATIONS 87 color photographs

Studies in French Applied Linguistics invites the reader to adopt a broad perspective on applied linguistics, illustrating the fascinating multifaceted work researchers are conducted in so many various, inter-connected subfields. The five chapters of the first part are dedicated to the first and second language acquisition of French in various settings: First language acquisition by normal children from a generative perspective and by children with Specific Language Impairment; second language acquisition in Canadian immersion settings, from a neurolinguistic approach to phonology and natural language processing and CALL. The six chapters of the second part explore the contribution of French in various subfields of applied linguistics such as an anthropological approach to literacy issues in Guadeloupean Kréyòl, literacy issues in new technologies, phonological and lexical innovations in the banlieues, French in North Africa, language planning and policy in Quebec, as well as the emerging field of forensic linguistics from an historical perspective.