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Presents the motivations for, intuitions behind, and basic mathematical models of natural spoken language communication. This book offers an overview of various aspects of the problem from the physics of speech production through the hierarchy of linguistic structure and ending with some observations on language and mind. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; PBWH; UYU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470844076
ISBN
9780470844076
Condition: New

€ 155.75

Paperback. One of America's leading intellectuals offers a moving and deeply personal account of his experiences with his own son, a late-talking child, and offers hope, advice, and fellowship to parents who are faced with a similar situation. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFH; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465038350
ISBN
9780465038350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.14

Hardcover. This study focuses on workers, women and peasants, and the ways in which their reading was constructed as a social and political problem, to analyze the fear of reading in 19th century France. The author presents a series of case studies of actual readers. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; CFC; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 459.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333921265
ISBN
9780333921265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.39
€ 139.26

hardcover. An exploration of how key modern writers challenged conventional ways of characterizing selfhood, thus developing a discourse expressive of the subtleties of experience in a post-Freudian world long before the self-representation theories of the post-structuralists and post-modernists. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; CFG; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Edition
1989th Edition
SKU
V9780333457429
ISBN
9780333457429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.97

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

€ 185.46

Paperback. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; JFSL; JFSR; JHM; JHMC; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312296001
ISBN
9780312296001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.81

Hardback. This volume examines the complex interaction between the English language and the construction of ethnicity in the global English-speaking world. The essays demonstrate that the constructs of both English and ethnicity are contested sites of identity formation. Editor(s): Brutt-Griffler, Janina; Davies, Catherine Evans. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 561.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312295998
ISBN
9780312295998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.75

Hardback. This study examines the practice and functions of literary translation in Anglo-American Modernism. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312295196
ISBN
9780312295196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.58

Hardback. This work argues that adaptation (hon'an) was a valid form of contemporary Japanese translation that fostered creative appropriation across many genres and among a diverse group of writers and artists. In addition, it invites readers to reconsider adaptation in the context of translation theory. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; CFP; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239954
ISBN
9780312239954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.61

Hardback. In this work, Niloofar Haeri looks at the complex interactions of two dialects: Classical Arabic (the language of both religion and the state) and the Egyptian dialect of Arabic. He focuses on the political, cultural, and religious struggles to modernize Classical Arabic. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; CFB; CFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312238988
ISBN
9780312238988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.63

Hardback. While philosophy is experienced at admiring, resenting, celebrating, and, at times, renouncing language, philosophers have rarely succeeded in being intimate with it. This book argues that philosophy's concern with abstract forms of linguistic meaning and the objective, propositional nature of language has obscured the singular human voice. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 diagram. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231133500
ISBN
9780231133500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.13

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227173961
ISBN
9780227173961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.58

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227173916
ISBN
9780227173916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: CFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Plume
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780142180501
ISBN
9780142180501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.83

Paperback. America's bestselling ASL phrase book--revised, updated, and with a fresh new look. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; CFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780071497138
ISBN
9780071497138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.09

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harper
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062226655
ISBN
9780062226655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.50

Hardcover. Series: Cornell East Asia Series. Num Pages: 636 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947853
ISBN
9781933947853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

Paperback. This is a remarkably interesting and useful book..it makes a significant contribution to our knowledge and understanding of both bilingualism and education.' Journal of Education Policy Series: Applied Linguistics and Language Study. Num Pages: 254 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFDM; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 679.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582553804
ISBN
9780582553804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Paperback. Written to fill the need for a core text in third-year German conversation and composition course, Der treffende Ausdruck became, upon publication, the leading book in its field. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CF; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393968231
ISBN
9780393968231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.30

paperback. The scope of The Forged Feature is two-fold: to bring together a representative selection of critical essays bearing on Belitt's interests as poet, critic, teacher, and translator; and to furnish an on-going review of his concern with the encoding of languages and the exigencies of their imaginative retrieval. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: CF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823216048
ISBN
9780823216048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

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