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Paperback. This book traces the development of English slang from the earliest records to the latest tweet and explores why and how slang is used. Based on inside information from real live slang users as well as the best scholarly sources, this book is guaranteed to teach you some new words that you shouldn't use in polite company. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199679171
- ISBN
- 9780199679171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.39
€ 30.39
Hardback. This timely book is the first complete descriptive grammar of Lillooet, an indigenous Canadian language spoken in British Columbia, now threatened with extinction. Series: First Nations Language Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2JN; CFH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774806251
- ISBN
- 9780774806251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.89
€ 159.89
Paperback. BIC Classification: CFB. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333371534
- ISBN
- 9780333371534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.98
€ 48.98
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253208699
- ISBN
- 9780253208699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.25
€ 35.99
€ 33.25
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
€ 167.30
€ 167.30
The Linguistic Landscape of the Mediterranean: French and Italian Coas...
Blackwood, Robert J., Tufi, Stefania
Hardcover. This book explores the Linguistic Landscapes of ten French and Italian Mediterranean coastal cities. The authors address the national languages, the regional languages and dialects, migrant languages, and the English language, as they collectively mark the public space. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 56 figures, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DST; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290983
- ISBN
- 9780230290983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.71
€ 149.71
Hardcover. Editor(s): Mailhammer, Robert; Vennemann, Theo; Olsen, Birgit Anette. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2A; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 437 x 247 x 27. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763542098
- ISBN
- 9788763542098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.93€ 58.22
€ 74.93
€ 58.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Rorty, Richard. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226725697
- ISBN
- 9780226725697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521637183
- ISBN
- 9780521637183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.36
€ 60.36
Paperback. Brings thinking about semantics to bear on the question of how, and how much, language corresponds to thought. This title argues that lying is a function not of words but of sentences; it belongs to the semantic aspect of language. It forges links between linguistic and literary categories on the one hand and ethics and good manners on the other. Translator(s): Churchill, Larry R.; Brown, Jane K.; Brown, Marshall. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4522 x 3226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Translation
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985497
- ISBN
- 9780295985497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Mark Turner makes the revolutionary claim that the basic issue for cognitive science is the nature of literary thinking. Using tools of modern linguistics, the recent work of neuroscientists, and literary masterpieces from Shakespeare, Homer, and Dante, Turner explains how story and projection are fundamental to everyday thought. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195126679
- ISBN
- 9780195126679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.90
€ 32.90
Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Edition
- 9th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780321986504
- ISBN
- 9780321986504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.34
€ 105.34
The Logic of Our Language. An Introduction to Symbolic Logic.
Jackson, Rodger L.; McLeod, Melanie L.
Paperback. A book that lays bare the underlying logic of the English language. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811847
- ISBN
- 9781554811847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.23€ 57.74
€ 58.23
€ 57.74
Hardback. This work deals with a number of constructions in Mandarin Chinese which involve the main verb and the material following it, like the object NPs, resultative phrases, durative expressions and other elements. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDCM; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792354628
- ISBN
- 9780792354628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.55
€ 132.55
Paperback. Language is understood as a key path in the formation of all social and political relations Num Pages: 574 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 227 x 36. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 574
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253007728
- ISBN
- 9780253007728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. This title questions the presupposition that interpretation is the basic problem of language and examines how assumptions about the constructed nature of the object of interpretation affect current discussions about interpretation in the humanities. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734325
- ISBN
- 9780804734325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Paperback. With a combination of erudition and insight, this work investigates the major aspects of Yiddish language and culture, showing where Yiddish came from and what it has to offer, even as it ceases to be a living language. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 236 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACY; CFB; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3887 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 265.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735759
- ISBN
- 9780804735759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. In this original, detailed and wide--ranging study, Neil Smith and Ianthi--Maria Tsimpli not only provide insight into the mind of one unique individual, but simultaneously cast light on the nature of language and thought in general. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7. BIC Classification: CFDC; CFDM; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631190172
- ISBN
- 9780631190172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.44
€ 60.44
Hardback. Challenging an enduring paradigm among linguists, this text explores the origins of plantation creole. It proposes that the "limited access model" of creole genesis is seriously flawed. Num Pages: 292 pages, 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; 2ZP; CFFD; GTB; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219991
- ISBN
- 9780520219991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.29€ 49.59
€ 62.29
€ 49.59
Paperback. An examination of the changes that the Arabic language has undergone in its transition from its roots in classical Arabic to a language able to meet the demands of twentieth-century life. Noting the changes in grammar and semantics, it illustrates how literary Arabic has become a more flexible language. Series: Georgetown Classics in Arabic Languages and Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589011175
- ISBN
- 9781589011175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.87
€ 73.87