Die gebürtige Texanerin J.R. Martin, Autorin von über zehn Büchern, lebt auf einer texanischen Ranch, wo sie oft bis spät in die Nacht arbeitet, während ihre Charaktere zum Leben erwachen. Sie liebt es, eine Wortkünstlerin zu sein und erlebt die Welt und ihre Abenteuer durch die Augen ihrer fiktiven Schöpfungen. Martin erzählt, dass es eine tiefe Freude ist, die Welt durch ihre geliebten Charaktere zu sehen, und dass es ihr das Herz bricht, wenn sie einen Charakter sterben lassen muss.
A Special Painted Pony
The story follows a unique painted pony named Jag as he embarks on adventures that teach him valuable lessons about friendship and trust. Through his experiences, readers will discover the importance of these themes in building connections and overcoming challenges.
Celebrating the unique bond between grandfathers and grandchildren, this illustrated rhyming story highlights the special moments and sweetness that Grandpas bring to everyday life. Ideal for story time or bedtime, it invites children to cherish their own memories while fostering a love for reading. The engaging narrative encourages reflections on the joys of having a Grandpa, making it a heartwarming experience for both young readers and their caregivers.
Set in an alternate-history steampunk western, the story weaves together action, adventure, and magic, presenting a gripping mystery that has the potential to transform the Western Native Lands irrevocably. The unique blend of genres promises an engaging narrative filled with unexpected twists and a richly imagined world.
This book is a comprehensive introduction to text forming resources in English, along with practical procedures for analysing English texts and relating them to their contexts of use. It has been designed to complement functional grammars of English, building on the generation of discourse analysis inspired by Halliday and Hasan's Cohesion in English. The analyses presented were developed within three main theoretical and applied contexts: (i) educational linguistics (especially genre-based literacy programmes) (ii) critical linguistics (as manifested in the development of social semiotics) and (iii) computational linguistics (in dialogue with the various text generation projects based on systemic approaches to grammar and discourse). English Text's major contribution is to outline one way in which a rich semantically oriented functional grammar can be systematically related to a theory of discourse semantics, including deconstruction of contextual issues (i.e. register, genre and ideology). The chapters have been organized with the needs of undergraduate students in theoretical linguistics and postgraduate students in applied linguistics in mind.