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Hardback. This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. Drawing extensively on archival and other sources, it traces the conception of the idea of the Dictionary in the 1850s right up to the launching of the Dictionary as an online database in 2000 and beyond. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; CFB; CFM; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199283620
- ISBN
- 9780199283620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.13
€ 87.13
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 13th Global ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292099477
- ISBN
- 9781292099477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.62
€ 84.62
Paperback. Mark Turner makes the revolutionary claim that the basic issue for cognitive science is the nature of literary thinking. Using tools of modern linguistics, the recent work of neuroscientists, and literary masterpieces from Shakespeare, Homer, and Dante, Turner explains how story and projection are fundamental to everyday thought. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195126679
- ISBN
- 9780195126679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.11
€ 31.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Dimension: 232 x 159. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780937073476
- ISBN
- 9780937073476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.28
€ 52.99
€ 40.28
Paperback. Brings thinking about semantics to bear on the question of how, and how much, language corresponds to thought. This title argues that lying is a function not of words but of sentences; it belongs to the semantic aspect of language. It forges links between linguistic and literary categories on the one hand and ethics and good manners on the other. Translator(s): Churchill, Larry R.; Brown, Jane K.; Brown, Marshall. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4522 x 3226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Translation
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985497
- ISBN
- 9780295985497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.29
€ 32.99
€ 31.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Rorty, Richard. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226725697
- ISBN
- 9780226725697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.27
€ 40.99
€ 31.27
Hardcover. Editor(s): Mailhammer, Robert; Vennemann, Theo; Olsen, Birgit Anette. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2A; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 437 x 247 x 27. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763542098
- ISBN
- 9788763542098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.08€ 56.74
€ 74.08
€ 56.74
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253208699
- ISBN
- 9780253208699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.66
€ 35.99
€ 32.66
Hardback. A powerful critique of the revolutionary mentality and sexual aggression represented in the works of authors including D. H. Lawrence, Georges Bataille, Henry Miller, and Norman Mailer. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; C; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349921
- ISBN
- 9780822349921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.30
€ 131.30
Hardback. This timely book is the first complete descriptive grammar of Lillooet, an indigenous Canadian language spoken in British Columbia, now threatened with extinction. Series: First Nations Language Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2JN; CFH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774806251
- ISBN
- 9780774806251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.63
€ 168.63
Paperback. This book traces the development of English slang from the earliest records to the latest tweet and explores why and how slang is used. Based on inside information from real live slang users as well as the best scholarly sources, this book is guaranteed to teach you some new words that you shouldn't use in polite company. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199679171
- ISBN
- 9780199679171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.79
€ 28.79
Paperback. A biography of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 1312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; CFM; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436624
- ISBN
- 9780140436624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.43
€ 33.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. Vayrynen argues that thick concepts - such as lewd and rude, selfish and cruel, courageous and kind - are evaluative only as a matter of pragmatics. If thick concepts are not inherently evaluative in meaning, they cannot have the deep and distinctive significance they are often given in moral philosophy. Series: Oxford Moral Theory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190262174
- ISBN
- 9780190262174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. From the time they first met as undergraduates at Columbia College in New York City in the mid-1930s, the noted editor Robert Giroux (1914-2008) and the Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton (1915-1968) became friends. The Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton captures their personal and professional relationship. Editor(s): Samway, Patrick. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: CBW; HRCC7; HRCM; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268017866
- ISBN
- 9780268017866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.59
€ 31.99
€ 30.59
Paperback. Based on the analysis of community records in a Peruvian village, The Lettered Mountain tells how Andean peasants thought to be illiterate appropriated the Roman alphabet long ago. Num Pages: 392 pages, 72 illustrations, 7 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; CFC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350446
- ISBN
- 9780822350446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.38
€ 32.99
€ 32.38
Paperback. The Letter and the Cosmos is a sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet, Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442628533
- ISBN
- 9781442628533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.23
€ 31.99
€ 29.23
Hardcover. Documents the linguistic properties of lesser-known varieties of English, showing their relevance for language spread and change. Editor(s): Trudgill, Peter; Schneider, Edgar W.; Schreier, Daniel; Williams, Jeffrey P. Series: Studies in English Language. Num Pages: 386 pages, 1 b/w illus. 25 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 386
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521883962
- ISBN
- 9780521883962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.63
€ 95.63
Paperback. Drawing on research in Russian archives, this work examines how Alexandra Tolstoy, the youngest daughter of Russian writer Lev (Leo) Tolstoy, sought to preserve the work of her father after the Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917. It combines Alexandra's life with events in Soviet history and illuminates Lev Tolstoy's legacy in the Soviet period. Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; C; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988771
- ISBN
- 9780295988771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.14
€ 35.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: CBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 187 x 15. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 13th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781305960947
- ISBN
- 9781305960947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Paperback. Provides an editing checklist, editing exercises with a suggested revision key, usage notes that address common errors, and reference works to further aid your writing. This title is suitable for practicing lawyers and law students. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: CBW; LAS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288430
- ISBN
- 9780520288430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.51
€ 33.99
€ 24.51