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Hardback. Spoken by eighty million people, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue. David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil, emphasizing how its speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their language over its long history. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 2BRT; CBX; CFB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 34. Weight in Grams: 738.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674059924
ISBN
9780674059924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.10

Paperback. Harvey Sacksa s early death in 1975 robbed the social sciences of one of its most original thinkers. Although he published relatively little in his lifetime, his lectures and papers were enormously influential in sociology and sociolinguistics and they played a major role in the development of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617114
ISBN
9780745617114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. .
Publisher
Business Education Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901888744
ISBN
9781901888744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.37

Hardback. This important book provides a comparative study of the growth and impact of mass literacy across Europe between 1750 and 1950. The volume outlines the main features of the comparative growth of literacy, and relates them to the later growth of electronic media. Series: Themes in History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; CFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745614441
ISBN
9780745614441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.69

Paperback. Long before he probed the workings of time, human choice, and human frailty in "Infinite Jest," Wallace wrote a brilliant philosophical critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. This volume reproduces Taylor's original article and other works on fatalism cited by Wallace in his critique. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308. An Essay on Free Will. 264 pages. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Long before he probed the workings of time, human choice, and human frailty in "Infinite Jest," Wallace wrote a brilliant philosophical critique of Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. This volume reproduces Taylor's original article and other works on fatalism cited by Wallace in his critique. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight: 308.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151573
ISBN
9780231151573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. A sort of Robbie Fowler's "Modern English Usage", this book provides an A to Row Z of the language of football, with over 800 examples of the set phrases we use to talk and write about the beautiful game. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFFD; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 16. Weight in Grams: 162.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
SKU
KNW0007715
ISBN
9780571230525
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. * Provides a comprehensive and current picture of the field of Applied Linguistics. * Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that examine both the applications of linguistics to language data and the use of real world language to ameliorate social problems. Editor(s): Davies, Alan; Elder, Catherine. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 888 pages, 20. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
888
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405138093
ISBN
9781405138093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 149 pages, 15 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFGA; CFGR; JFSJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137587510
ISBN
9781137587510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.27

Paperback. Working with Spoken Discourse provides a comprehensive account of the expanding multidisciplinary field of discourse analysis. It discusses current approaches, concepts and debates in the field of spoken discourse and provides a grounding in the practical techniques of discourse analysis and how to apply them to real data. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761957737
ISBN
9780761957737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.61

Paperback. This Routledge Linguistics Classic includes a new foreword and substantial new chapter, bringing this seminal text up to date. In 'Verbal Hygiene', Deborah Cameron takes a serious look at popular attitudes towards language and examines the practices by which people attempt to regulate its use. Series: Routledge Linguistics Classics. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415696005
ISBN
9780415696005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781446267233
ISBN
9781446267233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.10

Paperback. Cameron debunks the myths about language and the sexes propagated in recent popular writing by drawing on more than 30 years of scientific research in language and gender studies. She explains what the findings really say about men and women and the way they communicate. Essential reading, whatever planet you come from. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199550999
ISBN
9780199550999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Hardback. Examines legal translation in its many facets from an interdisciplinary perspective, covering both theoretical and practical grounds and linguistic as well as legal issues. This book analyses the basic skills and competence of the legal translator and various types of legal texts. Series: Topics in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853599545
ISBN
9781853599545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.77

Paperback. * provides guide to the various frameworks, concepts, and methods available for the analysis of discourse within linguistics. * compares six dominant approaches to discourse analysis: speech act theory, pragmatics, ethnomethodology, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, and variation theory. Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 480 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 804.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631166238
ISBN
9780631166238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.09

Paperback. Her international bestseller, the book that shows us at last, why we find it so difficult to talk to the opposite sex. Reissued to coincide with her new book The Argument Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853814716
ISBN
9781853814716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

paperback. Series: AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCD; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780788501241
ISBN
9780788501241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.30

Hardback. Deals with syllable structure in the two main languages spoken in Morocco. This book's theoretical outlook is that of generative phonology. It tells how the inventories of syllable types of the two languages are very similar. Unlike Tashlhiyt, Moroccan Arabic has an epenthetic vowel, but it also allows vowelless syllables. Series: International Handbooks of Linguistics. Num Pages: 385 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 2CXB; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 765.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402010767
ISBN
9781402010767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.17

Paperback. Deals with the syllable structure in the two main languages spoken in Morocco. This book first deals with Tashlhiyt Berber, a language which has a syllable structure with properties which are highly unusual. It then presents an argument that our conclusions about Tashlhiyt Berber carry over to a certain extent to Moroccan Arabic. Series: International Handbooks of Linguistics. Num Pages: 385 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 2CXB; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402010774
ISBN
9781402010774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 188.58

Paperback / so. Series: Gabler-Studientexte. Num Pages: colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 3. Weight in Grams: 89.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Gabler Verlag United Kingdom
Edition
14
Condition
New
SKU
V9783409921541
ISBN
9783409921541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Dowdy, Joanne Kilgour. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFC; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595583505
ISBN
9781595583505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.81

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