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Paperback. Whys & Therefores aids the reader to arrive at generalizations for the shape of the English language: words, grammar, meaning, sound and spelling. The format adopted throughout is that of a light-hearted ongoing Socratic dialogue between a mentor and a pupil. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBG; CFK; CJBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 247 x 22. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845536510
- ISBN
- 9781845536510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.50
€ 44.99
€ 39.50
Hardcover. This book is the first to give teachers of linguistics the chance to reflect on their professional practice as teachers and thus to share their enthusiasms, their strategies and their personal approaches to their subject. Editor(s): Kuiper, Koenraad. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: CF; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781845536862
- ISBN
- 9781845536862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.81
€ 98.81
Hardcover. This long-awaited volume presents thirteen original contributions by some of the leading scholars in Systemic Phonology. The chapters present both theoretical and applied studies with analyses of wide-ranging texts including news readings, children's stories, literary classics, classroom discourse, and sung texts. Editor(s): Bowcher, Wendy L.; Smith, Bradley A. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845539399
- ISBN
- 9781845539399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.94
€ 118.94
Paperback. The book provides an introduction into a highly developed, coherent, and extensively tested cognitive linguistic approach to lexical semantics, which is not currently accessible to readers of English. This makes the book important to researchers and students in lexical semantics, in Cognitive Linguistics and beyond. Editor(s): Zinken, Jorg. Series: Advances in Cognitive Linguistics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845539702
- ISBN
- 9781845539702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.80
€ 47.99
€ 42.80
Hardcover. 'Explorations in Functional Syntax' develops a practical framework for analysing the syntactic structure of a text from a functional perspective. It is well illustrated with examples of the descriptive framework in action throughout the text and in a summary end chapter. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781904768005
- ISBN
- 9781904768005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.22
€ 86.22
Hardcover. 'Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse' asks the question 'what do interactions between apes and humans mediated by language tell us?'. In order to answer this question the authors explore language-in-context, drawing on a multi-leveled, multi-functional linguistics. Editor(s): Benson, James D.; Greaves, William S. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24 line drawings & 11 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781904768050
- ISBN
- 9781904768050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.81
€ 98.81
Hardcover. Looks at two popular approaches to language description: Systemic Functional Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics Editor(s): Thompson, Geoffrey Richard; Hunston, Susan. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 61 b&w line drawings & halftones. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9781904768197
- ISBN
- 9781904768197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.22
€ 86.22
Hardcover. This book argues on the one hand the need to attend to the different voices in the classroom, and on the other to encourage an attitude of enquiry which creates awareness of the power of discourse in maintaining and/or changing societies. Editor(s): Webster, Jonathan J. Series: Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan. Num Pages: 426 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781904768371
- ISBN
- 9781904768371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.77
€ 93.77
Hardcover. The chapters of this book focus on the relations of context and text, conceptualising the latter as language operative in some recognizable social context. Editor(s): Webster, Jonathan J. Series: Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan S. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904768395
- ISBN
- 9781904768395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.59
€ 102.59
Hardcover. Whether prose or poetry, how does a text come to mean what it does? A functional-semantic approach to text analysis, such as is illustrated in this book, offers a revealing look at the resources of language at work in the creation of meaning, and a unique perspective on the text as object of study. Series: Equinox Textbooks & Surveys in Linguistics. Num Pages: 436 pages, 11 figures, numerous tables and diagrams. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904768470
- ISBN
- 9781904768470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.59
€ 102.59
Hardcover. This book explores how language is acquired via enculturation. It combines research and perspectives from anthropology, sociology, applied linguistics, developmental psychology and neurobiology to argue for a theory of language acquisition via enculturation. Num Pages: 228 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: CFDC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908049995
- ISBN
- 9781908049995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.81
€ 98.81
Hardback. Talks about Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457), one of the most important theorist of the humanist movement. He wrote a major work on Latin style, "On Elegance in the Latin Language", which became a battle-standard in the struggle for the reform of Latin across Europe, and "Dialectical Disputations", a wide-ranging attack on scholastic logic. Translator(s): Bowersock, G. W. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; CFA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025332
- ISBN
- 9780674025332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.67
€ 40.99
€ 33.67
Paperback. Series: Borderlines. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes. BIC Classification: CFF; HPJ; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816626854
- ISBN
- 9780816626854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.24
€ 30.99
€ 26.24
Hardcover. A profound, eloquent meditation on the history of writing, from Mesopotamia to multimedia. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393058857
- ISBN
- 9780393058857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.60
€ 27.99
€ 24.60
Hardcover. This English-Welsh dictionary - modelled on the "Harrap Shorter French" dictionary - includes synonyms; illustrative quotations; idioms; accentuation; specialist and technical terms; regional variants; literary and colloquial registers; as well as place-names and personal names. Editor(s): Griffiths, Dr. Bruce; Jones, Dafydd Glyn. Num Pages: 1792 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AFW; CBDX; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 205 x 79. Weight in Grams: 2852.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1792
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Bilingual
- SKU
- V9780708311868
- ISBN
- 9780708311868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.59
€ 76.59
Hardback. This book provides a state-of-the-art account of past and current research in the interface between linguistics and law. It outlines the range of legal areas in which linguistics plays an increasing role and describes the tools and approaches used by linguists and lawyers in this vibrant new field. Editor(s): Tiersma, Peter M. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 664 pages, Figures. BIC Classification: CF; JHB; JM; L. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 254 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199572120
- ISBN
- 9780199572120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 244.72
€ 244.72
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335122
- ISBN
- 9780822335122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.97
€ 40.97
Paperback. Linking the development of reading, writing, speaking and listening, this study emphasizes the value of active, collaborative learning for primary school children. The text includes sections on literacy across the new primary National Curriculum, new technology and assessment. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; CFC; JNLB; JNU. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 0. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001997
- ISBN
- 9780415042116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
First Steps Together: Home-school Early Literacy in European Contexts
Spencer, Margaret Meek, Dombey, Henrietta
Paperback. The writers, members of the European Institute for the Development of the Potentials of All Children (IEDPE), have presented these vignettes as first steps in sharing and explaining to others their common concern about early literacy. Num Pages: 160 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: CFC; JNA; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 228. . Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Trentham Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0002016
- ISBN
- 9781858560014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. British Sign Language (BSL) is the visual gestural language of the Deaf community in Britain and is the first or preferred language of over 70,000 people. This BSL/English Dictionary contains over 1,800 photographed sign entries ordered by linguistic principles according to the visual characteristics of the language. Editor(s): Brien, David. Num Pages: 1120 pages, 1800 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: CBD; CFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 190 x 62. Weight in Grams: 2154. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KSS0002694
- ISBN
- 9780571143467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.78
€ 6.78