J.R. Martin, originaria de Texas y autora de más de diez libros, reside en un rancho tejano donde a menudo trabaja hasta altas horas de la noche mientras sus personajes cobran vida. Ella disfruta siendo una artesana de las palabras, experimentando el mundo y sus aventuras a través de los ojos de sus creaciones ficticias. Martin comparte que ver el mundo a través de sus queridos personajes es una profunda alegría, y que, trágicamente, tener que eliminar a un personaje le rompe el corazón.
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.