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Hardback. This text is an analysis of the aspects of sound in James Joyce's book "Finnegans Wake". It considers phonetic symbolism, rhythm, pitch-contours, motifs and songs in a way which shows how Joyce's work has a genuinely musical layer that is particularly apparent when the book is read aloud. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; CFH; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333553398
ISBN
9780333553398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.05

paperback. Fictions of India explores the relation of narrative technique to issues of power in the work of selected writers dealing with India. It examines the imperial context in which the writers operate and suggests how historical and ideological assumptions and anxieties may be read into the texts they produce. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; 3JJ; CFG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780748611812
ISBN
9780748611812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.26

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

Paperback. This history of legal language slices through the polysyllabic thicket of legalese. The text shows to what extent legalese is simply a product of its past and demonstrates that arcane vocabulary is not an inevitable feature of our legal system. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226803036
ISBN
9780226803036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Open Learning Units offer a very flexible approach to the teaching of psychology. They are designed to be more than sufficient for the purposes of A/S and A-Level psychology, and the applied emphasis will appeal to various vocational courses such as those offered by BTEC and also to mature students on Access courses. Series: Open Learning Units. Num Pages: 64 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 4KL; CFD; JMC; JMR; JNQ. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 5. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854331595
ISBN
9781854331595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.50

Paperback. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ZX; CFA; CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1995
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048144945
ISBN
9789048144945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.34

Hardback. This text reviews possible semantic analyses of plural and conjoined noun phrases, arguing that the distinction between collective and distributive readings is represented in the part/whole structure of events. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792332381
ISBN
9780792332381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467870
ISBN
9780226467870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover. This work examines the procedures involved in describing the sounds of a language and illustrates the basic techniques of experimental phonetics, most of them requiring little more than a tape recorder, a video camera and a computer. Num Pages: 208 pages, 94 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631232698
ISBN
9780631232698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.03

Paperback. Phonetic Data Analysis examines the procedures involved in describing the sounds of a language and illustrates the basic techniques of experimental phonetics, most of them requiring little more than a tape recorder, a video camera, and a computer. Num Pages: 208 pages, 94 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631232704
ISBN
9780631232704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

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

€ 52.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 tables. BIC Classification: CFH; PHDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226467641
ISBN
9780226467641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition and now includes an accompanying website. While maintaining Peter Ladefoged's expert writing and knowledge of sounds in language, Sandy Disner brings essential updates on topics such as speech technology. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444334296
ISBN
9781444334296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.66

Paperback. Taken from the "QED" series of teach-yourself Latin articles, this book aims to give its readers a basic knowledge of Latin in a short space of time. It covers just enough to give a basic understanding of the ancient language at the heart of many modern European languages. Series: Greek and Latin Language. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CF; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Duckworth London
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715627570
ISBN
9780715627570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.43

Paperback. Time is a fundamental aspect of human cognition and action. All languages have developed rich means to express various facets of time, such as bare time spans, their position on the time line, or their duration. This volume explores what we know about the neural and cognitive representations of time that speakers can draw on in language. Editor(s): Indefrey, Peter; Gullberg, Marianne. Series: Language Learning Cognitive Neuroscience Series. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: CFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405185813
ISBN
9781405185813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.69

Hardback. Language is the basic means of communication in the classroom. Peter Herriot describes the relationship with thinking, with personal and social development and its manifestations in the classroom. All this is described from the point of view of the psychologist and unites many of the findings of contemporaneous psychological research. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: CFDC; JNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415694865
ISBN
9780415694865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.74
€ 85.58

Hardback. Aims to think psychiatry through the writings of Mikhail Bakhtin. This book uses the concepts of Dialogism and Polyphony, the Carnival and the Chronotope as a means of navigating the clinical landscape. It explores the context of psychiatry's unofficial voices: its terminology, jokes, parodies, and everyday narratives. Series: Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 561.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306465024
ISBN
9780306465024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.48

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199568369
ISBN
9780199568369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

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

€ 88.53

Paperback / so. Series: Konzeption Empirische Literaturwissenschaft. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CF; DSA; JHB; JNF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Vieweg+teubner Verlag United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9783528073220
ISBN
9783528073220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.98

Paperback / so. Series: Forschungsberichte Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Num Pages: 44 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CF; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 3. Weight in Grams: 97.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
44
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531073705
ISBN
9783531073705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.11

Paperback. This brand-new edition of English Grammar has been revised and updated throughout, with grammatical explanations simplified, more information on popular topics such as morphology, and more illustrative examples and end-of-chapter exercises to support readers as they get to grips with grammar, language and linguistics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 49 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBG; CFK; CJBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137507396
ISBN
9781137507396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.27

Paperback. A book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider how the plot reflects the patterns of human destiny and seeks to impose a new meaning on life. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674748927
ISBN
9780674748927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.20

Hardcover. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 183 x 27. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772893525
ISBN
9788772893525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.76
€ 53.08

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