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Hardcover. Drawing on the discipline of stylistics, this book introduces a series of methodological tools and applies them to works by well-known Nigerian writers, including Abani, Adichie and Okri. In doing so, it demonstrates how attention to form fosters understanding of content in their work, as well as in African and postcolonial literatures more widely. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137264404
- ISBN
- 9781137264404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Fin-de-Siecle Fictions, 1890s-1990s focuses on fin-de-siecle British and postmodern American fictions of apocalypse and investigates the ways in which these narratives demonstrate shifts in the relations among modern discourses of power and knowledge. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263650
- ISBN
- 9781137263650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. This is the first scholarly study devoted to Shakespeare's girl characters and conceptions of girlhood. It charts the development of Shakespeare's treatment of the girl as a dramatic and literary figure, and explores the impact of Shakespeare's girl characters on the history of early modern girls as performers, patrons, and authors. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024756
- ISBN
- 9781137024756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. Known for their intimate, sensual encounters that examine the relationship between identity and power, playwright Naomi Wallace's works are critically examined for the first time. Editor(s): Stevens Abbitt, Erica. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137017918
- ISBN
- 9781137017918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 39.85
€ 48.99
€ 39.85
Hardcover. This book explores how using small groups in second language classrooms supports language learning. Chappell's experience as a language teacher equips him to present a clear, evidence-based argument for the powerful influence group work has upon the opportunities for learning, and how it should therefore be an integral part of language lessons. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJA; EBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008770
- ISBN
- 9781137008770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardcover. Tennyson experienced at first hand the all-pervasive nature of celebrity culture. It caused him to retreat from the eyes of the world. This book delineates Tennyson's reluctant celebrity and its effects on his writings, on his coterie of famous and notable friends and on the ever-expanding, media-led circle of Tennyson's admirers. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137007933
- ISBN
- 9781137007933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardcover. Neo-Victorian writers invoke conflicting viewpoints in diaries, letters, etc. to creatively retrace the past in fragmentary and contradictory ways. This book explores the complex desires involved in epistolary discoveries of 'hidden' Victorians, offering new insight into the creative synthesising of critical thought within the neo-Victorian novel. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137007155
- ISBN
- 9781137007155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. Presents a developmental crosslinguistic and cross-orthographic perspective on learning to write from preschool up to university level. This book includes research in three different writing systems (Roman, Hebrew, and Chinese) and six languages (Chinese, German, English, French, Hebrew, and Spanish) in different knowledge dimensions of writing. Editor(s): Tolchinsky, Liliana. Series: Studies in Writing. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJCW; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370635
- ISBN
- 9780792370635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.13
€ 129.13
Hardback. Editor(s): Tolchinsky, Liliana. Series: Studies in Writing. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJCW; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792369790
- ISBN
- 9780792369790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.69
€ 131.69
Hardback. Uncovers the work of seven Renaissance Bible translator-revisers and argues for an agenda to replace the outmoded and inappropriate one of evaluating Renaissance Bibles according to the extent of their influence on the 1611 King James Authorised Version. Series: Studies in Early Modern Religious Tradition, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; HPCB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792369554
- ISBN
- 9780792369554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.17
€ 132.17
Hardback. Contains chapters which focus on spelling. This book includes papers which focus on spelling as a linguistic process, examining the phonological and morphological factors that make certain words easier or harder to spell than others. Editor(s): Treiman, Rebecca. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJ; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Reprinted from READING AND WRITING, 9:5-6, 1998
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349587
- ISBN
- 9780792349587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.78
€ 131.78
Hardback. Presents a unified theory of aspect within Universal Grammar. This title combines syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic approaches to a single domain, and offers linguistic analyses of five languages with very different aspectual systems: English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Navajo and Russian. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2AGR; 2GDC; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346579
- ISBN
- 9780792346579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.74
€ 256.74
Hardback. Presents an analysis of Hobbes which takes language seriously. This work presents a reading of Hobbes's view of society at large, and political society in particular, through a comprehensive discussion based on, and intimately linked to, his philosophy of language. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792344254
- ISBN
- 9780792344254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.17
€ 132.17
Hardback. This text, based on principle-based linguistic theories for English, argues that differences in the kind of information being computed, whether lexical, structural or syntactic, play a crucial role in the mapping from grammatical theory to parsing algorithms. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; UYQL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341031
- ISBN
- 9780792341031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.70
€ 132.70
Hardback. Analyzes the interpretation of interrogative phrases in single and multiple constituent questions, including their interpretation under adverbs of quantification. This work is intended for researchers and students in syntax, semantics and their interface. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADR; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792338048
- ISBN
- 9780792338048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.69
€ 131.69
Paperback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 372 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 2AF; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792336747
- ISBN
- 9780792336747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.71
€ 128.71
Hardback. Presents an analysis of Modern Irish syntax, in which the particulars of Irish syntax are shown to inform more general theoretical issues, revealing both the scope of Universal Grammar as well as the limits to syntactic variation. This book considers the major structures of Irish and compares them with similar structures found in other languages. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 2AF; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792335504
- ISBN
- 9780792335504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.35
€ 135.35
Hardback. Offers a critical review of the literature on written expression disorders of individuals with learning disabilities. This book sheds light on issues concerning definition, assessment and interaction for individuals with writing disorders. Series: Neuropsychology and Cognition. Num Pages: 159 pages, 19 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; MJN; MMH; MMZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792333555
- ISBN
- 9780792333555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.11
€ 197.11
Paperback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324959
- ISBN
- 9780792324959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 199.10
€ 199.10
Hardback. An analysis of the poetic aspect of Chartism. Series: Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792321101
- ISBN
- 9780792321101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.37
€ 254.37