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Paperback. Serves as a reference guide to everyday Cantonese conversation in Hong Kong. This book of Cantonese idioms provides coverage of over 1,800 entries of the most commonly-used Cantonese colloquial expressions. Entries are grouped under ten different categories, with an index for ease of reference. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDCC; CFK; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629961817
- ISBN
- 9789629961817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.86
€ 29.86
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
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198395027
- ISBN
- 9780198395027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.99
€ 80.99
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
€ 128.71
€ 128.71
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
€ 36.99€ 36.20
€ 36.99
€ 36.20
Paperback. This book looks at how foreign language learners, including learners of English, can be helped to deal with metaphor and metonymy in order to improve their communicative language ability. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFP; CJ; GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349544998
- ISBN
- 9781349544998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Comprises over 12,200 entries, including over 4500 for flora and fauna alone, with various cross-references. This dictionary includes definitions, alternative spellings, pronunciations, etymologies, grammatical information, and illustrative citations of usage. Num Pages: 1072 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; 2AB; 2ZP; CFF; CFG; GBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 295 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1072
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773534063
- ISBN
- 9780773534063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.51
€ 172.51
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
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137577573
- ISBN
- 9781137577573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.79
€ 116.79
Paperback. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674808614
- ISBN
- 9780674808614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.91
€ 34.99
€ 29.91
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
€ 116.36
€ 116.36
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
€ 126.74
€ 126.74
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
€ 49.18
€ 49.18
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
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
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
€ 31.13
€ 31.13
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
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
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
€ 137.88
€ 137.88
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
€ 56.91
€ 56.91
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
€ 32.45
€ 32.45
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
€ 87.25
€ 87.25