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Historical & comparative linguistics
Paperback. This work marries qualitative ethnographic methods to quantitative acoustic methods. The analysis describes how internal and external factors in phonological change differ and demonstrates how these two forces interact to structure the phonological systems of Appalachian and African American Southern Migrant speakers in the Detroit, Michigan area. Series: Palgrave Studies in Language Variation. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFF; CFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349284337
- ISBN
- 9781349284337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Hardback. Focuses on the historical evolution of metaphor and proposes theories on language change. This book explores how the metaphors are linked to images existing in the past. It also features findings which reveal that regular patters of evolution emerge and aims to find out what lies behind these patterns. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507517
- ISBN
- 9780230507517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-227) and index. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFF; CFG; CFGR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338702
- ISBN
- 9781349338702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.86
€ 126.86
Hardcover. An investigation of the historical evolution of figurative language within the framework of cognitive linguistics. It examines how and why metaphors evolve through the ages; discusses the role of culture; patterns of metaphor evolution; how many people use particular expressions. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230304826
- ISBN
- 9780230304826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardback. Topics in this volume include: interlingual contact in the Pacific to the mid-19th century; the Sandalwood period; the Tok Pisin language; oceanic Austronesian languages; structures and sources of pidgin syntax; the pidgin pronominal system; and calquing - pidgin and Solomons languages. Num Pages: 280 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1MKL; 2AB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714501
- ISBN
- 9780804714501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Paperback. Using the resources of contemporary linguistic theory, McQuillan sets out to analyse key words in the Irish language and their relationship to historical and cultural texts. The main thrust of the argument is that ideology has been shaped by these words. Series: Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays & Monographs S. Num Pages: 283 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AFR; 2AGP; CFB; CFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160. .
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 283
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183649
- ISBN
- 9781859183649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 38.37
€ 49.00
€ 38.37
Paperback. Covers more than 14,000 idiomatic forms in American English, exemplified with contextual sentences. Series: McGraw-Hill ESL References. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; CBD; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780071478939
- ISBN
- 9780071478939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.11
€ 47.99
€ 34.11
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary synthesis that offers a new understanding of childhood in the Middle Ages as a form of master-servant relation embedded in an ancient sense of time as a correspondence between earthly change and eternal order. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; HBLC1; JFSP1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364784
- ISBN
- 9781137364784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFFD; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403987020
- ISBN
- 9781403987020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.41
€ 61.41
Hardback. A two-edged sword of reconciliation and betrayal, Chinook Jargon (aka Wawa) arose at the interface of "Indian" and "White" societies in the Pacific Northwest. Wawa's sources lie first in the language of the Chinookans who lived along the lower Columbia River .. Series: First Nations Language Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 2JN; CFF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6147 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780774815260
- ISBN
- 9780774815260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Hardback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABC; CFFD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816631858
- ISBN
- 9780816631858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.58
€ 51.58
CD-Audio. An audio recording to accompany the Luath Scots Language Learner book, which conveys the authentic pronunciation, especially important to readers from outside Scotland. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ACZ; CFFD; CJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 121 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842820261
- ISBN
- 9781842820261
CD
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.69
€ 27.99
€ 20.69
Paperback. Today programme presenter's Top Ten bestselling cry for better English in paperback for summer. Num Pages: 352 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340836590
- ISBN
- 9780340836590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.94
€ 15.99
€ 11.94
Paperback. This handy dictionary is for students who need quick and easy reference to American words and phrases. Series: Longman Handy Learners Dictionary. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; CFFD; EBD. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 145 x 109 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582364721
- ISBN
- 9780582364721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99
€ 22.99
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- LMH Publishing Jamaica
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789768184306
- ISBN
- 9789768184306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.31
€ 8.99
€ 8.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2AHM; CFF; CJ; HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801020162
- ISBN
- 9780801020162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Hardback. Editor(s): Fan, Si; Le, Thao; Le, Quynh. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFD; CFF; CFG; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634828000
- ISBN
- 9781634828000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 437.25€ 325.52
€ 437.25
€ 325.52
Paperback. Covers the major aspects of linguistics. This guide begins at the 'arts' end of the subject and finishes at the 'science' end, with the discoveries regarding language in the brain. It looks at the prehistory of languages and their common origins, language and evolution, language in time and space, grammar and dictionaries and phonetics. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192801487
- ISBN
- 9780192801487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. Series: Etudes Romanes. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772895260
- ISBN
- 9788772895260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Paperback. Explores the contemporary phenomenon of English as an international language, and sets out to analyse how and why the language has become so dominant. This book looks at the spread of English historically, at the role it plays in Third World countries, and at the ideologies transmitted through the English language. Series: Oxford Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 374 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; EBAL; EBAR. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 374
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780194371469
- ISBN
- 9780194371469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.97
€ 78.97