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Paperback. Does language reflect the culture of a society? Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? This title states that contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFD; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099505570
- ISBN
- 9780099505570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Presents an investigation into the evolution of language. This book exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication. Along the way, it teaches why German maidens are neuter while German turnips are female, why we have feet not foots, and how great changes of pronunciation may result from simple laziness. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; CFFD; HBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099460251
- ISBN
- 9780099460251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Y Lolfa
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847715708
- ISBN
- 9781847715708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.53
€ 19.53
Paperback. Words and why they matter. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; WDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473620292
- ISBN
- 9781473620292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Accompanied by a DVD, this collection of essays brings a view of the literary, social, and performative aspects of American Sign Language to a wide audience. It presents the work of a renowned and diverse group of deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing scholars who examine original ASL poetry, narrative, and drama. Editor(s): Bauman, H-Dirksen L.; Nelson, Jennifer L.; Rose, Heidi M. Num Pages: 292 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations, DVD. BIC Classification: CFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1 Pap/DVD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229761
- ISBN
- 9780520229761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardcover. Liddell & Scott's Greek-English Lexicon (9/e 1940) is used by every student of ancient Greek in the English-speaking world, and covers every surviving ancient Greek author and text discovered up to 1940. In 1968 the Lexicon was updated with a Supplement, which has now, after 13 years' painstaking work, been completely revised and updated. Num Pages: 2448 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CBDX; CF; YRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 294 x 70. Weight in Grams: 3788.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 2446
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 9th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198642268
- ISBN
- 9780198642268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.83
€ 203.83
Hardcover. Examines the relations between grammar, text, and discourse. This book intends to provoke critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis. It introduces the notion of pretext as an additional factor in the general interpretative process, and focuses on the work of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in light of the issues discussed. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234517
- ISBN
- 9780631234517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.17
€ 139.17
Paperback. Written by a leading researcher in the field, this fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text, and discourse is designed to provoke critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and examined. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234524
- ISBN
- 9780631234524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.43
€ 47.43
Paperback. Takes a particular perspective on the nature of poetry and follows this through to proposals for teaching. This book focuses attention on how the use of language in short poems can set up conditions for individual interpretation and the representation of reality in ways other than those which are established by normal social convention. Series: Oxford Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSC; ESB; JNU. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780194371841
- ISBN
- 9780194371841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.81
€ 77.81
Paperback. Selections from Aulus Gellius' "Attic Nights," "The Lives" of Nepos, Phaedrus' "Fables" in verse, and some Caesar are carefully aimed to interest and challenge, but not overtax, the college student who is not yet ready for complicated readings in Latin. Series: Midway Reprints. Num Pages: 276 pages, xii, 264 p. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226476018
- ISBN
- 9780226476018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CF; CJBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 856. 688 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2CSR; CF; CJBG. Dimension: 218 x 152 x 37. Weight: 872.
- Publisher
- Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2 Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853315858
- ISBN
- 9780853315858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.41
€ 46.99
€ 41.41
Paperback. This book gives an inside view of real engineers communicating in a modern aerospace engineering environment. Using many authentic texts and language examples, the author describes the writing of specifications and requirements, engineering proposals, executive summaries and other communication tasks. Series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; GTN; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580138
- ISBN
- 9780230580138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.56
€ 123.56
Paperback. In Articulate While Black, two renowned scholars of Black Language address language and racial politics in the U.S. through an insightful examination of President Barack Obama's language use-and America's response to it. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JFSL3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199812981
- ISBN
- 9780199812981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.29
€ 57.29
Hardback. Raciolinguistics reveals the central role that language plays in shaping our ideas about race. This team of leading scholars-working both within and beyond the United States-shares powerful, much-needed research to help us understand the increasingly vexed relationships between race, ethnicity, and language in our rapidly changing world. Editor(s): Alim, H. Samy; Rickford, John R.; Ball, Arnetha F. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190625696
- ISBN
- 9780190625696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.22
€ 87.22
Paperback. Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; GTC; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403986313
- ISBN
- 9781403986313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.44
€ 124.44
paperback. In over 2500 entries, this dictionary provides a survey of the key terminology and languages of more than 30 sub-disciplines of linguistics. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBD; CF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 28. Weight in Grams: 877.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415203197
- ISBN
- 9780415203197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.67
€ 123.67
Paperback. A guide that reveals the contemporary colloquial language locals actually speak. It presents cool things to say for various casual situations - shopping, parties, nightclubs, sporting events, and even romance and sex. It includes harsh expressions to convince a local police officer that one's documents are in order. Series: Dirty Everyday Slang. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GK; CFFD; CJBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Ulysses Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569757796
- ISBN
- 9781569757796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.72
€ 14.99
€ 13.72
Hardback. While philosophy is experienced at admiring, resenting, celebrating, and, at times, renouncing language, philosophers have rarely succeeded in being intimate with it. This book argues that philosophy's concern with abstract forms of linguistic meaning and the objective, propositional nature of language has obscured the singular human voice. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 diagram. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133500
- ISBN
- 9780231133500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.13
€ 81.13
Paperback. aeo First major and detailed evaluation of universalist claims about the development of nasalization/sound change. aeo Strongly multidiscplinary: phonological and historical approach backed by the results of experimental phonetics and supported by typological evidence. aeo Taps into resurgence of interest in nasality and language typology. Editor(s): Hajek, John. Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631204565
- ISBN
- 9780631204565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.25
€ 32.25
Topic Focus Articulation, Tripartite Structures and Semantic Content
Hajicova, Eva; Partee, Barbara B. H.; Sgall, ...
hardcover. This text explores the relationship between theories of topic-focus structure, principally as developed in the Prague School, and the tripartite structure approach to quantification and other focus-sensitive constructions which has emerged from work in formal semantics. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352891
- ISBN
- 9780792352891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57