Language: history & general works
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Language: history & general works
Paperback. This updated and revised edition is the authoritative guide to foreign words and phrases used in contemporary British and American English. Drawn from over 40 languages, the 6,000 entries detail the history of each word or phrase and provide selected quotations to clearly illustrate their use in the English language. Editor(s): Delahunty, Andrew. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBD; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199543687
- ISBN
- 9780199543687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349516919
- ISBN
- 9781349516919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.72
€ 62.72
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138911673
- ISBN
- 9781138911673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.34
€ 44.34
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195387070
- ISBN
- 9780195387070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.46
€ 30.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFS; CBX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 99 x 10. . Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0018282
- ISBN
- 9781910745397
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Selfie, slacker, groovy, teenager-these are some of the words that have emerged from the different generations in American history. This book tells the stories of these and dozens of other words that identify and characterize the generations, from skedaddle, dude, and sexy, to rock and roll, streaking, and friends with benefits. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CB; CBX; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 186 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0005240
- ISBN
- 9780199927128
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Wooden Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263784
- ISBN
- 9781904263784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.28
€ 9.28
Paperback. Author's Habilitationsschrift--Freie Universiteat Berlin, 1986. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531120041
- ISBN
- 9783531120041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.71
€ 73.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415655965
- ISBN
- 9780415655965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.80
€ 60.80
Paperback. In the century since its birth, the crossword has evolved into the world's most popular intellectual pastime: a unique form of wordplay, the codes and conventions of which are open to anyone masochistic enough to get addicted. This book celebrates the wit, ingenuity and frustration of setting and solving puzzles. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: CBX; JFCX; WDKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141977102
- ISBN
- 9780141977102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.03
€ 16.99
€ 13.03
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141028392
- ISBN
- 9780141028392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.32
€ 25.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. Translator(s): Creswell, Robyn. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 184 x 13. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811224932
- ISBN
- 9780811224932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.53
€ 14.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. This documents how Oscar Wilde was appropriated as a fictional character by no less than thirty-two of his contemporaries, including such celebrated writers as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, George Bernard Shaw and Bram Stoker. Num Pages: 318 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349369645
- ISBN
- 9781349369645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Wright, T.; Beaumont, M. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CJ; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349323180
- ISBN
- 9781349323180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 142.32
€ 142.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Watson, G.; Zyngier, Sonia. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFC; CFG; CJ; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349541836
- ISBN
- 9781349541836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.13
€ 121.13
Paperback. This book brings together the theory, structure and practice of legal semiotics in an accessible style. It introduces the concepts of legal semiotics and offers an insight in contemporary and future directions which the semiotics of law is going to take. Editor(s): Wagner, Ms. Anne, PhD; Broekman, Jan M. Num Pages: 244 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; HPL; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400739857
- ISBN
- 9789400739857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.88
€ 121.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Starc, Sonja; Jones, C.; Maiorani, Arianna. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFP; CJ; GTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349502110
- ISBN
- 9781349502110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Soria, Belen; Romero, Esther. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFGA; GTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349360994
- ISBN
- 9781349360994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Sebeok, Thomas A.; Umiker-Sebeok, Jean. Series: Topics in Contemporary Semiotics. Num Pages: 676 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSB; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
- Number of pages
- 676
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475702071
- ISBN
- 9781475702071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.50
€ 126.50
Paperback. Editor(s): Scanlon, M.; Engbers, Chad. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFG; DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486342
- ISBN
- 9781349486342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.91
€ 62.91
Paperback. All humans can interpret sentences of their native language quickly and without effort. Working from the perspective of generative grammar, the contributors to this volume investigate three mental mechanisms, widely assumed to underlie this ability: compositional semantics, implicature computation and presupposition computation. Editor(s): Sauerland, Uli; Stateva, Penka. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFG; HPL; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349282067
- ISBN
- 9781349282067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.09
€ 121.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Santos, Diana; Linden, Krister; Nganga, Wanjiku. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFX; UYQL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642432514
- ISBN
- 9783642432514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.55
€ 63.55
Der alte Kanon neu: Zur Revision des literarischen Kanons in Wissensch...
. Ed(S): Raitz, Walter; Schutz, Erhard
Paperback. Editor(s): Raitz, Walter; Schutz, Erhard. Series: Lesen. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531113289
- ISBN
- 9783531113289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.47
€ 78.47
Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2012 Conference Pr...
. Ed(S): Quan, Zhang Shi; Yang, Hong
Paperback. Editor(s): Quan, Zhang Shi; Yang, Hong. Num Pages: 358 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QRP; CBX; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642375910
- ISBN
- 9783642375910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.03
€ 185.03