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Paperback. Writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions. Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve? This book discusses the history of decipherment and major writing systems, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan. Num Pages: 232 pages, many col and b/w illus. BIC Classification: CFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500286609
- ISBN
- 9780500286609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.78
€ 23.99
€ 17.78
Paperback. This is the first near--exhaustive introduction to the burgeoning field of morphology in generative grammar. Presupposing very little prior knowledge of linguistics, the book guides the reader from absolute basics to the most recent theoretical developments. Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics S. Num Pages: 536 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631161448
- ISBN
- 9780631161448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.83
€ 116.83
Paperback. Useful for the undergraduate student, this book provides a presentation of the fundamental concepts of phonology. This book contains the four main themes - syllable structure, feature structure, rules and stress/rhythm that include references to a variety of languages. Series: Introducing Linguistics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631192336
- ISBN
- 9780631192336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.76
€ 75.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 50 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Number of pages
- 280
- Publisher
- Ulysses Press United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612436685
- ISBN
- 9781612436685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.77
€ 13.77
Paperback. Yup'ik elders of southwest Alaska recall, "Our ancestors were never heavy with a tool kit." They carried in their minds what they needed to live rich lives in the harsh environment of the Bering Sea coast. This volume gives readers a sense of the complexity and variety of Yup'ik tools and technology. Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Meade, Marie. Num Pages: 360 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2JN; CF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 180 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987804
- ISBN
- 9780295987804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.59
€ 48.59
Paperback. Editor(s): Gerber, Andri; Patterson, Brent. Num Pages: 302 pages, 107 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMA; CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837623727
- ISBN
- 9783837623727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.08
€ 49.99
€ 36.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
- Condition
- New
- Number of pages
- 194
- SKU
- V9788323328681
- ISBN
- 9788323328681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
Hardback. How are words organized in the bilingual mind? How are they linked to concepts? How do bi- and multilinguals process words in their multiple languages? Contributions to this volume offer up-to-date answers to these questions and provide a detailed introduction to interdisciplinary approaches used to investigate the bilingual lexicon. Editor(s): Pavlenko, Aneta. Series: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFDM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847691255
- ISBN
- 9781847691255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.64
€ 161.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415856553
- ISBN
- 9780415856553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.75
€ 26.99
€ 26.75
Paperback. In this detailed survey of Finnish, Hungarian, Lapp and the other Uralic Languages, Angela Marcantonio shows there is in fact no scientific evidence to support the belief that they form a genetic family. If this approach is accepted, this detailed analysis will have far--reaching consequences for other assumed language families. Series: Publications of the Philological Society. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 2F; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231707
- ISBN
- 9780631231707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.48
€ 39.48
Paperback. The Egyptians believed that the creator god Ptah brought the world into being by naming everything in it. Names had great power, and kings often over-wrote their own names on the monuments of earlier rulers. This book is about reading, writing and understanding ancient Egyptian names, epithets, titles and phrases. Num Pages: 64 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CXG; CFL; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 202 x 10. Weight in Grams: 366. Names * Greetings * Insults * Sayings. 64 pages, 50 colour illustrations. The Egyptians believed that the creator god Ptah brought the world into being by naming everything in it. Names had great power, and kings often over-wrote their own names on the monuments of earlier rulers. This is an illustrated guide to reading, writing and understanding ancient Egyptian names, epithets, titles and phrases. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2CXG; CFL; HBTG. Dimension: 259 x 202 x 10. Weight: 366.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714119762
- ISBN
- 9780714119762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.90
€ 11.99
€ 10.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415695374
- ISBN
- 9780415695374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Hardback. This volume brings together a range of scholars from different disciplinary areas in the field, examining the challenges of transition into a (new) workplace, team or community, as well as transitions within different professional communities. Editor(s): Angouri, Jo; Marra, Meredith; Holmes, Janet. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; KJP; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474403139
- ISBN
- 9781474403139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.48€ 107.41
€ 112.48
€ 107.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; CFD; JMM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 526
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199755301
- ISBN
- 9780199755301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.50
€ 96.50
Paperback. In Burps, Scabs and Smells, find out gruesome facts such as why we burp, why bogies are green and whether geese have goosebumps! Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. Illustrator(s): Trimmer, Tony. Series Editor(s): Gamble, Nikki. Num Pages: 24 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 4KHF; YQCR. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 130 x 189 x 2. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS MD
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198308201
- ISBN
- 9780198308201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.21
€ 13.99
€ 11.21
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US) United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205238460
- ISBN
- 9780205238460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.40
€ 217.40
Paperback / so. Establish a strong home-school connection through family activities that extend.. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, graphs. BIC Classification: CF; JNLA; JNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 213 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616085483
- ISBN
- 9781616085483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.03
€ 14.03
Hardback. Typed feature structure formalisms allow linguistically precise and theoretically motivated descriptions of human languages to be used in real-world applications such as email response, spoken dialogue systems, and machine translation. This book provides a theoretical and practical introduction. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFK; CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575862613
- ISBN
- 9781575862613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.71
€ 81.71
Hardcover. Employs a straightforward methodology in the examination of the use of Taiwan Sign Language handshapes in five chapters. This work discusses the two approaches linguists have taken toward understanding languages, and how these theories have influenced sign language researchers' consideration of the ease of articulation and frequency of handshapes. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; CFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781563682889
- ISBN
- 9781563682889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.65
€ 78.65