Language Linguistics

If you ever wanted to learn how to read people with the ease of reading a book, keep reading! As we know, in everyday life we are exposed to constant dangers: We may be in contact with people who have bad intentions, manipulators, fraudsters, or even a narcissistic and abusive ex. Through the use of techniques practiced in cognitive behavioural therapy and building emotional intelligence skills, you can learn to read people and their body language and avoid being tricked or abused. These techniques are very useful in case someone wants to take advantage of you.

En su audiolibro SECRETOS DE EXPERTOS: LENGUAJE CORPORAL, autor Maxwell Jensen le enseñará pasos prácticos para pulir su lenguaje corporal, así como analizar las señales físicas de otras personas, para mejorar su comunicación, influencia, negociación y habilidades de persuasión.

How to Read Anyone Instantly provides proven psychology facts that will help you to improve your people skills and influence anyone in minutes without saying a word! Did you know that people who can look further than where they usually put their attention, have 93 percent higher success rate at influencing others? We actively receive over 55 percent of information through nonverbal communication.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Have You Eaten Grandma? written and read by Gyles Brandreth. It can be much harder than it seems; commas, colons, semicolons and even apostrophes can drive us all mad at times, but it riles no one more than the longest-serving resident of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, grammar guru Gyles Brandreth. In this brilliantly funny tirade and guide, Gyles anatomises the linguistic horrors of our times, tells us where we've been going wrong (and why) and shows us how, in future, we can get it right every time.

In recent years the function of language, narrative and text in psychic life has taken on increasing significance in depth psychology. The Alchemy of Discourse examines language in relation to psychic formation, beginning with the role played by images and words in the onset of subjectivity. Through a careful examination of Jung’s early word association experiments coupled with recent developments in Lacanian psychoanalysis, Dr. Kugler offers a re-conceptualization of the origin and function of the Jungian divided subject (ego/self). For those just beginning to explore the role of ...

The story of how English became American—and how it became Southern, Bostonian, Californian, African American, Chicano, elite, working-class, urban, rural, and everything in between.

Being able to make small talk can make a huge difference when it comes to that promotion you want. Healthy self-expression and straightforward communication can save your romantic relationships. There’s not one aspect of life that can’t be improved with better communication skills. The same goes for critical thinking.

Part of the project Immortal Grammar Series of classic literature, this is a new edition of the classic work published in 1837—not a facsimile reprint. Obvious typographical errors have been carefully corrected and the entire text has been reset and redesigned to enhance readability. The eBook edition was designed in an elegant style and set to take full advantage of the readers' features.

Dark psychology studies the parts of ourselves that none of us wants to recognize. Dark psychology tactics are used by people around us every day to manipulate, coerce, and influence us to get what they want. The ability to make others do things as you say and accepting your terms without questioning you, is one of the most valuable skills you'll ever develop. This bundle opens the doors to the most well-kept secrets of our brain and way of thinking.

Soon I felt something alive moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked down, I saw a very small human being, only 15 centimetres tall . . . I was so surprised that I gave a great shout. ’But that is only the first of many surprises which Gulliver has on his travels. He visits a land of giants and a flying island, meets ghosts from the past and horses which talk. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Jonathan Swift original by Clare West.

La psicología siempre se ha usado para la manipulación, aunque ha habido un intento de ocultar cómo, este audiolibro revela los secretos más prohibidos. Si aplicas el contenido de este libro podrás influir en los demás hasta niveles que no crees posible. Esta obra es la biblia de la manipulación porque incluye TODOS los conocimientos científicos que existen hoy sobre el tema.

Mental manipulation happens every day without most people noticing it. So, sit down next to the fireplace, and let me tell you how the power of persuasion and manipulation works. Through these three books, you will discover how to influence people and learn how to read them as if they were an open book and have them ready to tell you even their most hidden secrets. You will discover how to put thoughts into people's minds by convincing them that they are their own.

People do bad things. They misspeak, mislead, and misbehave. They lie, cheat, steal, and kill. Often, afterward, they apologize. But what makes a successful apology? Why does Joe Biden's 2007 apology for referring to Barack Obama as "articulate and bright" succeed, whereas Mel Gibson's 2006 apology for his anti-Semitic tirade fails? Naturally, the effectiveness of an apology depends on the language used, as well as the conditions under which we offer our regrets.

Kingsley Amis' authoritative and witty guide to the use and abuse of the English language. A scourge of illiteracy and a thorn in the side of pretension, Amis provides indispensable advice about the linguistic blunders and barbarities that lie in wait for us, from danglers, four-letter words to jargon and even Welsh rarebit. By turns reflective, acerbic and provocative, The King's English is for anyone who cares about how the English language is used.

Do you find Italian grammar hard to digest and boring? You’re not alone. Did you know that grammar is the number one obstacle most new students struggle with, when learning Italian? Italian grammar is the complete opposite to English, and the hardest part is trying to adapt. This audiobook is designed to make Italian grammar easier to digest than baby food. No boring linguistic jargon that you will hardly ever use, or overly complex explanations. Instead a shortcut way to learning grammar that you wish teachers taught you.

A compendium of 100 words and phrases smart people use—even if they only kinda sorta (secretly don't) know what they mean—with pithy definitions and fascinating etymologies to solidify their meanings.

"We must leave for Zenda at once, to find the King!" cried Sapt. "If we’re caught, we’ll all be killed!" So Rudolf Rassendyll and Sapt gallop through the night to find the King of Ruritania. But the King is now a prisoner in the Castle of Zenda. Who will rescue him from his enemies, the dangerous Duke Michael and Rupert of Hentzau? And who will win the heart of the beautiful Princess Flavia? An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Anthony Hope original by Diane Mowat.

Could the first words spoken by Homo sapiens have been ‘hey, hold the baby!’? Madeleine Beekman, a visionary evolutionary biologist walks readers along a path through deep time that our forebears trod toward creating human language, populating the planet, and understanding the universe. Human accomplishments, all rooted in language, didn't come from supposedly male dominated activities like hunting or making war, their origin lies in a culture of caring, of looking after the weakest among us, our relatively helpless children.

In Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas, Ngugi wa Thiong'o presents a series of essays that build on his vast wealth of work on language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity. Intricate, nuanced and accessible, it reaffirms the revolutionary power of African languages to fight back against both the psychic and material impacts of colonialism, past and present.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP, is the study of the mind and how it processes information. It’s a powerful set of techniques that can help you understand yourself and others better.