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Paperback. This history of reading goes from the earliest examples of the clay tablets and cuneiform of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to today's digital revolution. It argues that it is the demands of the reader, acting alongside the will of the writer, that is the evolutionary motor of literary genres. Num Pages: 384 pages, 140 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006546818
- ISBN
- 9780006546818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.66
€ 21.99
€ 15.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; HRAC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118970775
- ISBN
- 9781118970775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.51
€ 30.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFD; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250. Fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KST0009942
- ISBN
- 9780801485619
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Fusing adventure, anthropology, linguistics and psychology, and drawing on Everett's pioneering research with the Amazonian Pirahas, this book argues that language is embedded within - and is inseparable from - its specific culture. It presents the controversial idea that language is not an innate component of the brain. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846682681
- ISBN
- 9781846682681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. BIC Classification: CFF; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Baker Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801093203
- ISBN
- 9780801093203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.35
€ 21.99
€ 17.35
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
€ 15.99€ 13.25
€ 15.99
€ 13.25
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Tarcher/Putnam,US
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781101982723
- ISBN
- 9781101982723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.70
€ 20.99
€ 18.70
Paperback. The Multiliteracies Classroom gives an accessible account of the challenges and rewards of engaging students in literacy learning through multimedia design. It paints a vivid picture of what multiliteracies can look like in a culturally diverse classroom. Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: CFC; CFDM; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847693181
- ISBN
- 9781847693181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.94
€ 43.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GJ; CFC; CJ; JNKC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319397047
- ISBN
- 9783319397047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.62
€ 111.62
Hardback. This book presents research that seeks to understand students' experiences of transnational mobility and transcultural interaction in the context of educational settings confronted with linguistic diversity. Editor(s): Fabricius, Anne H.; Preisler, Bent. Num Pages: 320 pages, 33 black & white tables, 16 figures. BIC Classification: CFB; JNFR; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137397461
- ISBN
- 9781137397461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.93
€ 64.93
Paperback. This text presents a "Traveller's Guide" to deaf culture, starting from the premise that deaf cultures have an important contribution to make to other academic disciplines, and human lives in general. Num Pages: 528 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: CFDM; JFC; JFFG; MJPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853595455
- ISBN
- 9781853595455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.59
€ 38.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? These are some of the questions considered in this Very Short Introduction. By examining the science of languages, we find that the answers are not as simple as we might expect. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, Approximately 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; CFZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 173 x 114 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199590599
- ISBN
- 9780199590599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.75
€ 11.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Through case studies of language practices in spaces understood as inherently translocal and multi-layered (classrooms and schools, youth spaces, mercantile spaces and nation-states), this book explores the relevance of superdiversity for the social and human sciences and positions it as a research perspective in sociolinguistics and beyond. Editor(s): Arnaut, Karel; Karrebaek, Martha Sif; Spotti, Massimiliano; Blommaert, Jan. Series: Encounters. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFN; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 209 x 31. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783096787
- ISBN
- 9781783096787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.24
€ 62.24
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198701880
- ISBN
- 9780198701880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.31
€ 26.31
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
€ 54.99€ 53.26
€ 54.99
€ 53.26
Hardback. This book presents a sociolinguistic ethnography of the linguistic landscape of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The book sheds new light on the impact of urban development on traditionally ethnic neighbourhoods and discusses the various historical, social and cultural factors that contribute to this area's shifting linguistic landscape. Series: Encounters. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; CFB; CFDM; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783095629
- ISBN
- 9781783095629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.87
€ 161.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Stone Bridge Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780962813702
- ISBN
- 9780962813702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.72
€ 20.99
€ 20.72
Paperback. Do particular sounds have particular magical effects? Discussing this question, this book talks about the deadly daggers of D, the trivialising teasing taunts of T and the nagging nasal negatives associated with N. It is useful for orators, poets and sorcerers, and is humorously illustrated by "Guardian" cartoonist, Merrily Harpur. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AQ; CF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 159 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 86.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263432
- ISBN
- 9781904263432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.19
€ 9.19
Hardback. This book explores city branding in the public sector as an aspect of e-governance from a privileged linguistic, discursive and semiotic perspective. It analyses how local administrations and public bodies engage their stakeholders by addressing key issues such as active citizenship, social inclusion and promotion of cultural heritage and events. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137387950
- ISBN
- 9781137387950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.30
€ 90.30
Paperback. An Introduction to Language Policy: Theories and Method is a collection of newly-written chapters that cover the major theories and methods currently employed by scholars active in the field. Editor(s): Ricento, Thomas. Series: Language and Social Change. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405114981
- ISBN
- 9781405114981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.35
€ 51.35