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Language: history & general works

Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349428410
ISBN
9781349428410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.86

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

€ 194.53

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
€ 14.33

Hardcover. Discover words to surprise, delight, and enamor. Learn terms for the sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees, for dancing awkwardly but with relish, and for the look shared by two people who each wish the other would speak first. Other-Wordly is an irresistible gift for lovers of words and those lost for words alike. Illustrator(s): Garrity-Riley, Kelsey. Num Pages: 64 pages, Full-colour throughout. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452125343
ISBN
9781452125343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

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

€ 66.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349517060
ISBN
9781349517060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Tracing the development of green from the days when it was just a colour, web when it was something spiders made and trolls when they were nothing more threatening than the baddies in fairy tales, this is a fascinating tour through the history of the words we use every day. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 206 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782434726
ISBN
9781782434726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.96

hardcover. This volume explores the communicative and neuropsychological correlates of the daily interactions we have with our fellow human beings. It covers new methodological approaches, paying particular attention to neuroimaging and brain stimulation techniques. Editor(s): Balconi, Michela. Num Pages: 223 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; MB; MMZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Italy
Edition
2010th Edition
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9788847015838
ISBN
9788847015838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.24

Paperback. Editor(s): Sebeok, Thomas A. Num Pages: 535 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977
Number of pages
535
Condition
New
SKU
V9781475715644
ISBN
9781475715644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.26

Paperback. Saul Kripke's Naming and Necessity was one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century. In this collection of essays leading specialists explore issues arising from this and other works of Kripke's. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349486243
ISBN
9781349486243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This new study argues that modernist literature is characterised by a 'multilingual turn'. Examining the use of different languages in the fiction of a range of writers, including Lawrence, Richardson, Mansfield, Rhys, Joyce and Beckett, Taylor-Batty demonstrates the centrality of linguistic plurality to modernist forms of defamiliarisation. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; CBX; DSA; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349309573
ISBN
9781349309573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1928
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401521475
ISBN
9789401521475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.25

Paperback. Presenting a tour of English from its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation, this book covers curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn and as flexible to use. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141040080
ISBN
9780141040080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.93

Hardcover. A fascinating, attractively illustrated collection of household sayings with their origins and meanings. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212. Origins and Meanings of Household Sayings. 128 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. A fascinating, attractively illustrated collection of household sayings with their origins and meanings. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Dimension: 159 x 131 x 19. Weight: 212.
Publisher
National Trust
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907892165
ISBN
9781907892165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.39

Paperback. As part of a common cultural heritage minority languages in Europe need protection. The contributions to this book reflect urgent, stimulating and productive debates among researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, politics and sociology, and among language activists and policy makers. Editor(s): Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle; Wolff, Stefan. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; CBX; CFB; JFS; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230217034
ISBN
9780230217034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Hardcover. An investigation of the historical evolution of figurative language within the framework of cognitive linguistics. It examines how and why metaphors evolve through the ages; discusses the role of culture; patterns of metaphor evolution; how many people use particular expressions. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230304826
ISBN
9780230304826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.09

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

€ 65.82

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

€ 66.64

paperback. "In this book, linguists and philosophers combine to offer a unique insight not only into Grice's contribution to philosophy of language, but on his theories of natural and non-natural meaning, implicatures and the semantic-pragmatic distinction"-- Editor(s): Petrus, Klaus; Sauerland, Uli; Breheny, Richard. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFG; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349367733
ISBN
9781349367733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.61

Paperback. A richly entertaining exploration of the origins of the words that English has borrowed from other languages over its 1500-year history. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. . Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0000359
ISBN
9781786694553
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Elizabeth Martin explores the impact of globalization on the language of French advertising, showing that English and global imagery play an important role in tailoring global campaigns to the French market, with media companies undeterred by the attempts through legislation to curb language mixing in the media. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; JFD; KJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349526000
ISBN
9781349526000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Kawharu, Merata. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2PGPA; CBX; JFF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869408053
ISBN
9781869408053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781253519
ISBN
9781781253519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Tells the story of how American arose out of the English language, and along the way, de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', and more. Series: Bryson. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; CBX; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 208 x 37. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784161866
ISBN
9781784161866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

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