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Hardcover. Series: The Anthem-European Union Series. Num Pages: 190 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857281265
- ISBN
- 9780857281265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.21
€ 139.21
Paperback. This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141015934
- ISBN
- 9780141015934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198791096
- ISBN
- 9780198791096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. Two thousand years ago English was confined to a handful of savage tribes on the shores of north-west Europe; and now, in one form or another, it is spoken by a billion people around the world. This title offers a tale of the origins and development of the English language. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 195 x 33. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571275083
- ISBN
- 9780571275083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
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
€ 21.99€ 17.73
€ 21.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585446025
- ISBN
- 9781585446025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.72
€ 34.72
Hardback. Analyzes the structure of coordination from two perspectives: the symmetrical properties the construction imposes on its conjuncts, and how conjuncts interact with other categories outside coordination with respect to agreement and other grammatical phenomena. This book offers a theory of coordination within the syntactic frameworks. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402015106
- ISBN
- 9781402015106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Paperback. Analyzes the structure of coordination based on the symmetrical properties the construction imposes on its conjuncts, and how conjuncts interact with other categories outside coordination with respect to agreement and other grammatical phenomena. Focusing on data from Spanish, this work offers a theory of coordination within syntactic frameworks. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402015113
- ISBN
- 9781402015113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.04
€ 129.04
Paperback. Finding a particular scientific document amid thousands of other documents can often seem like an insurmountable task. This book shows how linguistic theory can provide a solution by analyzing rhetorical structures to make information retrieval easier and faster. It applies empirical discourse studies to pressing issues of document management. Series: CSLI - Studies in Computational Linguistics. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575865560
- ISBN
- 9781575865560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.96
€ 34.99
€ 27.96
Paperback. This accessible text is split into 2 halves. Initially, Janet Townend takes the reader through the early development and the structure and usage of spoken English. In the second half Jean Walker explains the history and structure of written English, including word formation and grammar. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861564290
- ISBN
- 9781861564290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.71
€ 61.71
Hardcover. The book introduces the reader into the world of mental perception of literary contents. Based on the research in modern semantics, functional stylistics and cognitive phonetics, it explores the way linguistic elements of a literary work cause readers to form a single perception shape identified as a cultural, literary or social stereotype. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFC; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137519474
- ISBN
- 9781137519474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. The author provides a critique of the cognitivist philosophy which underpins information-processing models of human speech perception, and a proposal of an alternative approach to speech perception research which focuses on the nature of the perceiver, rather than of the acoustic signal. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFH; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333551714
- ISBN
- 9780333551714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFH; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349123704
- ISBN
- 9781349123704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.04
€ 127.04
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574410
- ISBN
- 9780230574410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. The making of the "Oxford English Dictionary" was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the "OED's" editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; CFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140271287
- ISBN
- 9780140271287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Paperback. "As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, .. a model work."-International Journal of African Historical Studies Series: Ethnohistory S. Num Pages: 160 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 1HFJ; CFF; HBJH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812212075
- ISBN
- 9780812212075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. BIC Classification: CFG. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333213995
- ISBN
- 9780333213995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Paperback. Editor(s): Porter, Stanley E (McMaster Divinity College Canada); Dyer, Bryan R (Calvin College USA). Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP; HRCG3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801049507
- ISBN
- 9780801049507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.49
€ 26.99
€ 19.49
Paperback. A complete course in the syntactic structure of English. The edition offers coverage of areas such as appositive constructions, parasitic gaps and expanded coverage of cleft sentences and free relatives. It progresses from overview to major constructions and grammar with end-of-chapter exercises. Num Pages: 834 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 834
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226556291
- ISBN
- 9780226556291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.28€ 70.06
€ 82.28
€ 70.06
The Syntax and Semantics of Split Constructions. A Comparative Study.
Butler, Alastair; Mathieu, Eric (Affiliated R...
Hardback. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403921123
- ISBN
- 9781403921123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57