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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

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

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138911673
ISBN
9781138911673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.34

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195387070
ISBN
9780195387070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

Paperback. .
Publisher
Wooden Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904263784
ISBN
9781904263784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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