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Hardcover. This volume explores the history of reading in the British Isles during a period in which the printed word became all pervasive. From wealthy readers of 'amatory fiction', through to men and women reading surreptitiously at the Victorian railway bookstall, it argues that a variety of new reading communities emerged during this period. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; CFC; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230525382
- ISBN
- 9780230525382
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Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. Focusing on the actual experiences of L2 students who travelled from their homes to foreign lands as part of a faculty-led, short-term SA program, the author explores the linkage between intercultural awareness and sensitivity, language development (e.g., sociopragmatic awareness), and identity reconstruction in young adult L2 learners. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; CJA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230527218
- ISBN
- 9780230527218
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Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardcover. The author presents a new approach to the study of language policy, by focusing on language policy formation and implementation as a dynamic, conflict-laden process involving the interaction of various actors with different motivations and uneven bargaining powers, rather than as a product, examinable post hoc from existing language legislation. Editor(s): Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDFC; CFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537347
- ISBN
- 9780230537347
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Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardcover. Morpho-Lexical Alternation in Noun Formation proposes a novel analysis of the structure of complex nouns in English, placing the focus on noun pairs that share single roots but end in different suffixes. To achieve this mission, the book combines two aspects of language: derivation and usage. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537385
- ISBN
- 9780230537385
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Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. This is a practical guide to all aspects of linguistic fieldwork. It not only discusses techniques for working on the phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse of an undescribed language, but also considers field technology, grant application preparation, ethical research methods and problems which might arise when in the field. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545380
- ISBN
- 9780230545380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.01
€ 127.01
Hardcover. Working in Language and Law is a detailed account of the forensic linguistic work done by the author in the last 35 years. It provides exemplary insights into an ever-expanding field of expert testimony, focusing on the situation in Germany since the seventies and covering all major areas of the field. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFH; LASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551428
- ISBN
- 9780230551428
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Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
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
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. This book traces the history of the word 'charisma', and the various meanings assigned to it, from its first century origins in Christian theology to its manifestations in twenty-first century politics and culture, while considering how much of the word's original religious meaning persists in the contemporary secular understanding. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; HBTB; HRCM; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551534
- ISBN
- 9780230551534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.78
€ 42.78
Hardcover. In this coherent historical development of the passive voice in English, the main argument deals not only with the passive per se, but also with its related constructions, which can play vital parts in identifying both functional and structural motivations for creating the passive. Series: Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553453
- ISBN
- 9780230553453
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Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Hardcover. Through case studies the author shows that formulaic genres are everywhere, ranging from engagement notices through political propaganda to cartoon humour. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553521
- ISBN
- 9780230553521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. This examines a significant aspect of contemporary social life: cultural identities and our linguistic means of constructing them. It combines a theoretical re-assessment of processes of identification with case studies of the discourses of three-generation families living in split-border communities along the former 'Iron Curtain'. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230554375
- ISBN
- 9780230554375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.77
€ 126.77
Hardcover. A ground-breaking study of the roles played by foreign languages in film and television and their relationship to translation. The book covers areas such as subtitling and the homogenising use of English, and asks what are the devices used to represent foreign languages on screen? Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573918
- ISBN
- 9780230573918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. An in-depth study of a group of multilingual students from widening participation backgrounds on a first-year undergraduate academic writing programme. The book explores ways in which identity positions emerge in the spoken interaction, with a particular focus on gender. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573987
- ISBN
- 9780230573987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.49
€ 127.49
Hardcover. Assertion is a term frequently used in linguistics and philosophy but rarely defined. This in-depth study surveys and synthesizes a range of philosophical, linguistic and psychological literature on the topic, and then presents a detailed account of the cognitive processes involved in the interpretation of assertions. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. 240 pages, 3 tables, 3 figures. Assertion is a term frequently used in linguistics and philosophy but rarely defined. This in-depth study surveys and synthesizes a range of philosophical, linguistic and psychological literature on the topic, and then presents a detailed account of the cognitive processes involved in the interpretation of assertions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: CFD. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573994
- ISBN
- 9780230573994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. An exploration of the role of language attitudes and ideologies in predicting the survival prospects of a minority language. The author examines this role through a cross-national comparative analysis of Irish in the Republic of Ireland and Galician in the Autonomous Community of Galicia in north-west Spain. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DSE; 2ADQ; 2AFR; CFB; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574038
- ISBN
- 9780230574038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. This monograph focuses on the description, use and development of the inflectional subjunctive in English and German in the eighteenth century. A close comparison between meta-linguistic comments (eighteenth-century grammars) and actual language usage (corpus study) allows the evaluation of the influence of prescriptivism on language change. Editor(s): Jones, Charles. Series: Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change. Num Pages: 235 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ACG; 3JF; CFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574410
- ISBN
- 9780230574410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Learning Language and Culture Via Public Internet Discussion Forums
Hanna, Barbara, de Nooy, Juliana
Hardcover. Public Internet discussion forums offer opportunities for intercultural interaction in many languages on a vast range of topics, but are often overlooked by language educators in favour of purpose-built exchanges between learners. The book investigates this untapped pedagogical potential. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CJA; EBA; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576308
- ISBN
- 9780230576308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. This study provides a definition and a typology of swearing and compares its manifestations in English and 24 other languages. In addition the study traces the history of swearing from its first known appearance in Ancient Egypt to the present day. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: CFFD; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576315
- ISBN
- 9780230576315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.82
€ 160.82
The World Told and the World Shown: Multisemiotic Issues
Ventola, Eija, Guijarro, Arsenio Jes?S Moya
Hardcover. Positioned within the field of linguistics and multisemiotic discourse analysis, the theme of this book is the multifaceted interaction between text and image in different discourse genres, and it offers critical views on how we talk and show our experience of the world around us. Num Pages: 310 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576353
- ISBN
- 9780230576353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. The relation between common-sense belief and scientific theory is debated in contemporary philosophy. This book offers a defense of ordinary belief and outlines its contents on the nature of reality, the soundness of ordinary language, and the existence of the mind and its relation to the body. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576940
- ISBN
- 9780230576940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. Shi-xu critiques ethnocentrism in discourse studies in terms of its intellectual and cultural consequences. He outlines a culturally pluralist stance that advocates the construction of theory and use of methodology from an innovative position in-between Eastern and Western cultures. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577626
- ISBN
- 9780230577626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Hardcover. A state-of-the-art collection of works on institutional discourse across the Spanish-speaking world. This volume focuses on how language is used in the media, politics and the workplace; what discursive identities are constructed; and how interpersonal relations are negotiated. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CFB; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579095
- ISBN
- 9780230579095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Paperback. A state-of-the-art collection of works on institutional discourse across the Spanish-speaking world. This volume focuses on how language is used in the media, politics and the workplace; what discursive identities are constructed; and how interpersonal relations are negotiated. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CFB; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579101
- ISBN
- 9780230579101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardcover. An examination of how the commercialization of professional practice is implicated in its organizational discourses. Drawing on a study of ELT colleges, the book explores how teaching practices are permeated and challenged by a 'discourse of commercialization' through which market priorities become normative in teachers' professional lives. Series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CJA; EBA; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396. A Multi-perspectived Analysis. Series: Palgrave Studies in Professional and Organizational Discourse. 232 pages, 1 tables, 4 figures. An examination of how the commercialization of professional practice is implicated in its organizational discourses. Drawing on a study of ELT colleges, the book explores how teaching practices are permeated and challenged by a 'discourse of commercialization' through which market priorities become normative in teachers' professional lives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: CFG; CJA; EBA; KJP. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 19. Weight: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579118
- ISBN
- 9780230579118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76