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Hardback. George Bush's 1988 campaign pledge, "Read my lips: no new taxes", has become a mantra for those who distrust politicians and bureaucrats. This book addresses the timely issue of speech in policy processes from a political-economy perspective. Editor(s): Imbeau, Louis M. Series: Studies in Public Choice. Num Pages: 306 pages, 65 black & white illustrations, 40 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387896717
- ISBN
- 9780387896717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.63
€ 191.63
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gottschalk, Louis; Bechtel, Robert J. Num Pages: 190 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: CFD; JMBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 263 x 190 x 18. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604566505
- ISBN
- 9781604566505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.51€ 80.34
€ 115.51
€ 80.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306437106
- ISBN
- 9780306437106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.28
€ 123.28
Hardback. Editor(s): Lyon, John. Num Pages: 512 pages, 9 images, 2 maps. BIC Classification: CFA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803286849
- ISBN
- 9780803286849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Paperback. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 232 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691265
- ISBN
- 9780816691265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.50
€ 30.99
€ 29.50
hardcover. Lori A. Whynot's examination of International Sign has crucial implications for expository IS usage, training, and interpreting. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686726
- ISBN
- 9781563686726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.16€ 67.19
€ 80.16
€ 67.19
Hardback. Talks about Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457), one of the most important theorist of the humanist movement. He wrote a major work on Latin style, "On Elegance in the Latin Language", which became a battle-standard in the struggle for the reform of Latin across Europe, and "Dialectical Disputations", a wide-ranging attack on scholastic logic. Translator(s): Bowersock, G. W. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; CFA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025332
- ISBN
- 9780674025332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.02
€ 40.99
€ 35.02
Paperback. The Intentionality Model builds on the childa s engagement in a world of persons and objects, the effort that learning language requires, and the essential tension between engagement and effort that propels language acquisition. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. Num Pages: 274 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFDC; JMC; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405100892
- ISBN
- 9781405100892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.34
€ 58.34
Paperback. Explanations and accounts of our own origins have become one of the popular of various areas in science. The discovery of fossils and artefact's has its own intrinsic interest. This volume is a reference work that sets out and evaluates the basic knowledge and theory relevant to these origins of these abilities. Editor(s): Lock, Andrew; Peters, Charles R. Num Pages: 912 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFF; JHM; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 251 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1658.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216902
- ISBN
- 9780631216902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.37
€ 114.37
Paperback. British Sign Language (BSL) is the visual gestural language of the Deaf community in Britain and is the first or preferred language of over 70,000 people. This BSL/English Dictionary contains over 1,800 photographed sign entries ordered by linguistic principles according to the visual characteristics of the language. Editor(s): Brien, David. Num Pages: 1120 pages, 1800 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: CBD; CFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 190 x 62. Weight in Grams: 2154. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KSS0002694
- ISBN
- 9780571143467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.78
€ 6.78
Hardcover. This edited book examines cultures of learning from the perspectives of education, applied linguistics and language learning. The concept can be used to explore socio-cultural features of language learning and use contexts in educational institutions, and cultural practices of pedagogic activities and classroom interaction. Editor(s): Cortazzi, Martin. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230321328
- ISBN
- 9780230321328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.91
€ 122.91
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Beijing Language and Culture Univ. Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9787561934319
- ISBN
- 9787561934319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.86
€ 35.99
€ 35.86
paperback. What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of the Telugu language. This title traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linked to language that lay behind these events. Series: Contemporary Indian Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPG; CFB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220691
- ISBN
- 9780253220691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardback. With increasing pressure on academics and graduate students to publish in peer reviewed journals, this book offers a much-needed guide to writing about and publishing quantitative research in applied linguistics. With annotated examples and useful resources, this book will be indispensable to graduate students and seasoned researchers alike. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBWT; CF; CJCW; GPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369962
- ISBN
- 9780230369962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.13
€ 111.13
Hardcover. This study of Japanese business discourse adopts Bakhtin's notion of speech genres as an heuristic, to analyze groups of spoken texts which display similar constellations of compositional, thematic, and stylistic features. It examines strategies used by a non-Western community of speakers. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780080441658
- ISBN
- 9780080441658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.39
€ 125.39
Paperback. First published in 1795, this classic textbook, covering orthography, etymology, syntax and prosody, is reissued here in its 1830 forty-fourth edition. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108067966
- ISBN
- 9781108067966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.68
€ 48.68
Hardcover. The book outlines the evolution and role of minority languages locally and nationally; it investigates current educational language policies in minority areas; and it assesses the social and economic outcomes of language change for communities in contemporary China. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551480
- ISBN
- 9780230551480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97
Paperback. This is an elementary introduction to syntactic analysis. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject whatsoever, it is intended for students who are encountering such analysis for the first time. For those embarking on a longer term study of syntax, this will be a valuable and quickly assimilated foundation course. Editor(s): Thomas, Linda. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Oxford
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631188261
- ISBN
- 9780631188261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.71
€ 30.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. This text is a compendium of information about the pronunciation of casual English (English as it is used un-self-consciously in informal situations). It does not depend on prior knowledge of any particular phonological theory, but does require basic knowledge of linguistics. Num Pages: 168 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFH; CJCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230809
- ISBN
- 9780631230809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.41
€ 52.41
Hardcover. This text is a compendium of information about the pronunciation of casual English (English as it is used un-self-consciously in informal situations). It does not depend on prior knowledge of any particular phonological theory, but does require basic knowledge of linguistics. Num Pages: 168 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFH; CJCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230793
- ISBN
- 9780631230793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.17
€ 136.17
Hardcover. Voices in Dialogue, a collection of essays which outline key issues in the cultural history of medieval women. Some provide evidence that women in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages achieved an accomplished form of literacy and became actively involved in literary networks. Others discuss women's ministry and spiritual leadership. Editor(s): Olson, Linda; Kerby-Fulton, Kathryn. Num Pages: 608 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; CFC; HBTB; HRCX4; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268037178
- ISBN
- 9780268037178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.18
€ 52.18
Paperback. Offers students a hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on magazines. It combines practical activities with texts, followed by commentaries and suggestions for further reading. Series: Intertext. Num Pages: 128 pages, 32 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: CF; KNTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 168 x 7. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415214247
- ISBN
- 9780415214247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.50
€ 31.99
€ 30.50
hardcover. This work attempts to discover why so many Mexican Indians are illiterate today despite an indigenous literary tradition that dates back to the pre-Conquest period. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; CFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804721219
- ISBN
- 9780804721219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.58
€ 86.58
Paperback. Provides information needed to organize, write, and deliver effective, entertaining speeches, from installations to toasts and roasts. This book pinpoints possible speaking contingencies, from failed electricity to a bored audience, and for each one tells how to prevent it, what to do about it, and what to say about it. Num Pages: 271 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780070680395
- ISBN
- 9780070680395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.00
€ 30.99
€ 22.00