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Paperback. John C. Maher explains why societies everywhere have become more multilingual, despite the disappearance of hundreds of the world languages. He considers our notion of language as national or cultural identities, and discusses why nations cluster and survive around particular languages even as some territories pursue autonomy or nationhood. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 8 black and white images. BIC Classification: C; CF; CFDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Pr (T)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198724995
- ISBN
- 9780198724995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Developed over fifteen years in a formal course on Hebrew syntax at the University of Toronto, it treats the syntax of the noun, the verb, particles and clauses, with a selection of illustrative examples. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFK; HRCG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802094292
- ISBN
- 9780802094292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.49
€ 43.99
€ 39.49
Paperback. Providing examples, tips and hints for confidence, this wedding speech guide is written exclusively for the bridegroom. It covers conveying feelings to guests; adding a little humour; finding the ideal beginning and ending; putting it all together; and getting the delivery right. Num Pages: 108 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; WJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- How To Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSS0005789
- ISBN
- 9781857035674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Providing examples, tips and hints for confidence, this wedding speech guide is written exclusively for the bridegroom. It covers conveying feelings to guests; adding a little humour; finding the ideal beginning and ending; putting it all together; and getting the delivery right. Num Pages: 108 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; WJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- How To Books
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KNW0008719
- ISBN
- 9781857035674
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Bitchener, John; Storch, Neomy; Wette, Rosemary. Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series. Num Pages: 234 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: CFDM; EBAL; JNT; JNU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138284234
- ISBN
- 9781138284234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.21
€ 54.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFGR; GTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 249 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415841986
- ISBN
- 9780415841986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
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
€ 51.45
€ 51.45
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
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295974194
- ISBN
- 9780295974194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.09
€ 46.09
paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing United States
- Edition
- 7th Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781133957546
- ISBN
- 9781133957546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.29
€ 78.29
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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.64
€ 30.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFF; CJB; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801048869
- ISBN
- 9780801048869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.34
€ 42.99
€ 30.34
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
€ 289.30
€ 289.30
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
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
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
€ 183.61
€ 183.61
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
€ 62.07
€ 62.07
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€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Hardback. Translator(s): French, Geoffrey. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640785
- ISBN
- 9780691640785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.75
€ 117.75
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€ 25.98
€ 34.99
€ 25.98
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
€ 73.99€ 58.27
€ 73.99
€ 58.27
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
€ 93.95€ 78.93
€ 93.95
€ 78.93
Hardback. This book investigates the maintenance of multilingualism and minority languages in 12 different minority communities across Europe. The authors argue that legislation and institutional and educational support provide no guarantee for minority language maintenance, surmising that changes in attitudes and language ideologies are the key. Series: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; CFB; CFDM; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783094950
- ISBN
- 9781783094950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.60
€ 167.60
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€ 22.86
€ 30.99
€ 22.86
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
€ 150.35
€ 150.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 820 pages. BIC Classification: 2B; 2G; CF; HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 197 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1598.
- Publisher
- Snow Lion Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780937938348
- ISBN
- 9780937938348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.13€ 69.46
€ 90.13
€ 69.46