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Paperback. This accessible text is split into 2 halves. Initially, Janet Townend takes the reader through the early development and the structure and usage of spoken English. In the second half Jean Walker explains the history and structure of written English, including word formation and grammar. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861564290
- ISBN
- 9781861564290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.04
€ 60.04
Paperback. Finding a particular scientific document amid thousands of other documents can often seem like an insurmountable task. This book shows how linguistic theory can provide a solution by analyzing rhetorical structures to make information retrieval easier and faster. It applies empirical discourse studies to pressing issues of document management. Series: CSLI - Studies in Computational Linguistics. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575865560
- ISBN
- 9781575865560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.39
€ 34.99
€ 27.39
Hardcover. This book provides a characterisation of the nominal, verb, clause and information structure of the Irish language from a functional perspective based on Role and Reference Grammar. Series: Discussions in Functional Approaches to Language. Num Pages: 304 pages, 41 figures. BIC Classification: 2AFR; CFG; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845534219
- ISBN
- 9781845534219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.49
€ 120.49
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585446025
- ISBN
- 9781585446025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.11
€ 34.11
paperback. Scholars usually date Yiddish from the 11th century, when modern linguists believed the language began as a German dialect spoken by newly arrived Jewish immigrants from France and Northern Italy living along the Rhine. Over time, it became an actual language incorporating elements of Hebrew, Aramaic, and the Slavic and Romance languages. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACY; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060837129
- ISBN
- 9780060837129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.74
€ 18.99
€ 17.74
Paperback. Writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions. Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve? This book discusses the history of decipherment and major writing systems, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan. Num Pages: 232 pages, many col and b/w illus. BIC Classification: CFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500286609
- ISBN
- 9780500286609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.35
€ 21.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. The extraordinary story of the development and spread of the English language, from Dark Age Britain to the age of the Internet. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857383280
- ISBN
- 9780857383280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient word ('loaf') to advanced ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), the author takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846684289
- ISBN
- 9781846684289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. Two thousand years ago English was confined to a handful of savage tribes on the shores of north-west Europe; and now, in one form or another, it is spoken by a billion people around the world. This title offers a tale of the origins and development of the English language. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 195 x 33. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571275083
- ISBN
- 9780571275083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.42
€ 19.99
€ 14.42
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198791096
- ISBN
- 9780198791096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.79
€ 19.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. In a splendid display of show-and-tell, 26 writers tell a story and lift the curtain to reveal how they did it. Editor(s): Turchi, Peter; Barrett, Andrea. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CBV; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393325324
- ISBN
- 9780393325324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.69
€ 18.99
€ 18.69
Paperback. This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141015934
- ISBN
- 9780141015934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Hardback. Focuses on Rome's practitioner and theorist of public speech, Cicero. This book shows how Cicero's treatment of the Greek rhetorical tradition's central questions is shaped by his ideal of the republic and the citizen. It is a contribution to the debate over the role of public speech in Roman politics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123646
- ISBN
- 9780691123646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.32€ 62.66
€ 82.32
€ 62.66
Paperback. An atlas that features a visual survey of the profound economic, political, and social changes taking place in China, as well as their implications for the world at large. It provides information on China's wealth, growing unemployment, mass migration to the cities, and trade disputes. Num Pages: 128 pages, col. Illustrations, col. maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPC; CBD; HBJF; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 9. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised and Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256101
- ISBN
- 9780520256101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
Paperback. Fiction has always been in a state of transformation and circulation: how does this history of mobility inform the emergence of the novel? This title explores the active movements of English and French fiction in the eighteenth century and argues that the new literary form of the novel was the result of a shift in translation. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 3JF; CFP; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141534
- ISBN
- 9780691141534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.09
€ 46.99
€ 33.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; CJCR; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- BBC Active
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781406644296
- ISBN
- 9781406644296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.41
€ 18.99
€ 17.41
Hardback. This book focuses on three authors coming of age at an important moment in Spanish literary history and in world history at large. These authors incorporated into their novels the new ideas that they found in the writing of many foreign authors that were essential to their development. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; CJB; DSB; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761857990
- ISBN
- 9780761857990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.53
€ 99.53
Paperback. This book describes all the known ways in which the sounds of the worlda s languages differ. Encapsulating the work of two leading figures in the field, it will be a standard work of reference for researchers in phonetics, linguistics and speech science for many years to come. Series: Phonological Theory. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198154
- ISBN
- 9780631198154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.69
€ 51.69
Paperback. Through essays and practical tasks, this book aims to stimulate creativity so that the reader becomes familiar with their own strengths. Including the author's journey from writer's block back to productive work, this book takes the reader across America from New York to New Mexico. It is for those on the path to creativity. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141018690
- ISBN
- 9780141018690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.66
€ 20.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 42 line drawings. BIC Classification: CF; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226318134
- ISBN
- 9780226318134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.35
€ 35.99
€ 28.35