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Paperback. The way in which we understand the concept of intelligence is rooted in metaphor and metonymy. This book explores the motivation for some of the lexemes in this semantic field across the history of the English language, considering the range of cognitive mechanisms and cultural factors that can inform metaphorical and metonymical mappings. Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 317 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405190855
ISBN
9781405190855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.02

Paperback. This text explores the question of how linguistic practices and ideologies relate to sexuality and sexual identity, opening with a discussion of the field of "queer linguistics" and moving from theory into practice with case studies of language use in a variety of cultural settings. Series: CSLI - Stanford Monographs in Linguistics. Num Pages: 350 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575863207
ISBN
9781575863207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.90

Paperback. This book provides speech-language pathologists, advanced students in communication disorders programs, and clinical language researchers with information needed to formulate and respond to questions related to effective service delivery to bilingual children and adults with suspected or confirmed language disorders. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: CFDM; MMZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Plural Publishing Inc United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597565349
ISBN
9781597565349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.56

Paperback. This book critically reviews essential approaches to literacy research and practice in the digital age while showing the relationships between these vital paradigms. This indispensable volume also introduces sensory literacies - a new approach with powerful potential for today's learning environments. Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFC; JNFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783094615
ISBN
9781783094615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardcover. .
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
838
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643001
ISBN
9780888643001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.53
€ 88.99

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691610337
ISBN
9780691610337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Trains intermediate-level Spanish speakers (either in the classroom or for self-study) in legal terminology and the contexts in which it is used in Latin America and Spain. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 330. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292756533
ISBN
9780292756533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138950146
ISBN
9781138950146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408231159
ISBN
9781408231159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.90

Paperback. Translation of two novels written in the 1930s by Korean-born Yuasa Katsuei, who realistically depicted the lives of Koreans under Japanese colonial rule. Translator(s): Driscoll, Mark. Num Pages: 208 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3810 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335177
ISBN
9780822335177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. Presents a series of psycholinguistic investigations on consonantal distinctions in Finnish and Japanese. This work describes differences in adult production, perception, and child acquisition of these distinctions. It is suitable for those interested in developments, in theoretical and psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2FCF; 2GJ; CFD; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792372165
ISBN
9780792372165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.73

Paperback. This book offers an accessible overview of the structural and cognitive approaches to English historical semantics. Focusing primarily on Lexical Semantics, the study of word meaning, the book looks at how these approaches help to answer two key questions in Historical Linguistics: how and why languages change. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644773
ISBN
9780748644773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 476 pages, 1ch. BIC Classification: CFC; DSY; JNV; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810831100
ISBN
9780810831100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.16

Paperback. An introductory guide for students of Arabic language, Arabic historical linguistics and Arabic socio-linguistics. It covers various aspects of the history of Arabic, the Arabic linguistic tradition, Arabic dialects and Arabic as a world language. It makes links between linguistic history and cultural history. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748645275
ISBN
9780748645275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

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

€ 91.27

Paperback. Keir Elam showed how this new 'science' could provide a radical shift in our understanding of theatrical performance, one of our very richest and most complex forms of communication. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 272 pages, further reading, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AN; CFG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415280181
ISBN
9780415280181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.91

Hardback. This book, focused exclusively on demotivation, will help readers to understand motivational issues in language learning from a different perspective. It presents research situated in Japanese English-teaching contexts and serves as a foundation for anyone wishing to better understand the causes of demotivation in SLA. Series: Second Language Acquisition. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFDC; CJC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783093946
ISBN
9781783093946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.00

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Student Companions Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403989710
ISBN
9781403989710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.25

Hardback. Natural Language Semantics discusses fundamental concepts for linguistic semantics. This book combines theoretical explanations of several methods of inquiry with detailed semantic analysis and emphasises the philosophy that semantics is about meaning in human languages and that linguistic meaning is cognitively and functionally motivated. Num Pages: 552 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 176 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1084.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631192961
ISBN
9780631192961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.90

Paperback. This volume offers an introduction to the field of semantics and provides coverage of the main perspectives. The underlying theme is that meanings are cognitively motivated and that expressing them through language is an essential means of cementing human bonding and of displaying it to others. Num Pages: 552 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 264 x 35. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631192978
ISBN
9780631192978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.57

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