×


 x 

Shopping cart

Language

Results 3121 - 3140 of 5921

Language

Paperback. Gathers papers from the conference held on the disappearance of writing systems, in Oxford in March 2004. This title offers a fresh perspective on approaches to writing that can be significant for the understanding of writing systems and their social functions, literacy, memory, and high-cultural communication systems in general. Editor(s): Baines, John; Bennet, Professor John; Houston, Stephen. Num Pages: 384 pages, 63 figures. BIC Classification: CFLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 206 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781845539078
ISBN
9781845539078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.63

paperback. Editor(s): Dunn, John Asher. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; CBD; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780295974194
ISBN
9780295974194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 34.82

paperback. This volume explores the potential advantages of database applications to linguistics. Editor(s): Nerbonne, John A. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 255 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 36.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575860923
ISBN
9781575860923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.15

Paperback. The Handbook of Phonological Theory, second edition offers an innovative and detailed examination of recent developments in phonology, and the implications of these within linguistic theory and related disciplines. Editor(s): Goldsmith, John A.; Riggle, Jason; Yu, Alan C. L. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 968 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 244 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
968
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118798010
ISBN
9781118798010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.57

Paperback. A comprehensive and authoritative collection of the key readings in phonological theory. This text includes classic and contemporary readings in the main areas of phonological research, including autosegmental phonology, syllable structure, lexical phonology and metrical phonology. Editor(s): Goldsmith, John A. Series: Linguistics: The Essential Readings. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 182 x 24. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631204701
ISBN
9780631204701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.04

Hardback. The Handbook of Phonological Theory, second edition offers an innovative and detailed examination of recent developments in phonology, and the implications of these within linguistic theory and related disciplines. Editor(s): Goldsmith, John A.; Riggle, Jason; Yu, Alan C. L. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 968 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 180 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1860.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
968
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405157681
ISBN
9781405157681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 227.78

Paperback. In this volume, a host of distinguished scholars examine Richard Rorty's influence on twentieth-century American pragmatism and its commitment to achieving social democracy. Editor(s): Pettegrew, John. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; CFG; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847690626
ISBN
9780847690626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.15

Hardback. In this volume, a host of distinguished scholars examine Richard Rorty's influence on twentieth-century American pragmatism and its commitment to achieving social democracy. Editor(s): Pettegrew, John. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; CFG; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847690619
ISBN
9780847690619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.33

Paperback. A collection of essays in the philosophy of language. It includes research in semantic relativism, presupposition, vagueness, quantification, the foundations of semantics, and other key issues at the heart of the philosophy of language and philosophical linguistics. Editor(s): Hawthorne, John. Series: Philosophical Perspectives Annual Volume. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: CFA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405196352
ISBN
9781405196352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.70

Paperback. Drawing on the unique resources of the Oxford English Dictionary and offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney 'abaht' to the American term 'zowie', this is the most lively and authoritative dictionary of slang from the 20th and 21st centuries. Editor(s): Ayto, John; Simpson, John. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBD; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199232055
ISBN
9780199232055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Paperback. Describes what might be called the workers' culture of Shaba, through analyses of communicative (sociolinguistic) and cognitive (ethnosemantic) aspects of language use. In this study, inquiry will be directed to the past, and it will, for many reasons, have to reach into a past which is rather remote from present-day Shaba Swahili. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; 3JH; 3JJ; CF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780520076259
ISBN
9780520076259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.48

Paperback. A comprehensive reference grammar of Ingush, a language of the Nakh branch of the Nakh-Daghestanian or East Caucasian language family of the central Caucasus (southern Russia). Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 830 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2ZC; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 182 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
830
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520098770
ISBN
9780520098770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.87
€ 56.19

Hardcover. This volume proposes means of describing, comparing, and interpreting linguistic diversity, both genetic and structural, providing the foundations for a theory of diversity based upon popular science. Num Pages: 376 pages, 5 line drawings, 96 tables, 12 maps. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 679.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226580562
ISBN
9780226580562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81
€ 77.43

Paperback. This volume proposes means of describing, comparing, and interpreting linguistic diversity, both genetic and structural, providing the foundations for a theory of diversity based upon popular science. Num Pages: 358 pages, 5 line drawings, 96 tables, 12 maps. BIC Classification: CFA; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226580579
ISBN
9780226580579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ZC; CBDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1038.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138970212
ISBN
9781138970212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.80

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
258
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
n
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872202399
ISBN
9780872202399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.01

Paperback. An introductory manual for writing Chinese characters specifically designed for English-speaking readers. The author guides the reader through the fundamentals of writing, introduces the various scripts used in China and demonstrates how to write with a fountain pen rather than a brush. Series: Yale Language. Num Pages: 134 pages, index of characters, guide to Chinese pronunciation. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF; CJBT; WFU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
134
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300057713
ISBN
9780300057713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: C; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 796.
Publisher
JY Books Sdn. Bhd. (Joey Yap) Malaysia
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9789670310251
ISBN
9789670310251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.43

Paperback. A highly entertaining history of the Hebrew language and its contributions to all languages. Very well written and charming. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736906
ISBN
9780814736906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Hardback. Place name elements from over 300 languages are arranged alphabetically, followed by the name of the language or language group of origin, the meaning in English and, in many cases, the word's usage in an actual place name. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850408
ISBN
9780810850408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.96

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!