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Language: history & general works
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€ 12.41
€ 16.99
€ 12.41
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
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Hardcover. Presents an introduction to machine-aided linguistic discovery, a novel research area, arguing for the fruitfulness of the computational approach by presenting a basic conceptual apparatus and several intelligent discovery programmes. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; CFX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845536602
- ISBN
- 9781845536602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.87
€ 114.87
Hardcover. Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or, that there's a Swedish word that means a traveller's particular sense of anticipation before a trip? This book includes a collection full of surprises that will make you savour the elusive, untranslatable words that make up a language. Num Pages: 112 pages, Full colour throughout. BIC Classification: CBX; CFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Square Peg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224100809
- ISBN
- 9780224100809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.30
€ 17.99
€ 13.30
Paperback. Theory in reader-response and stylistics traditions supports L2 work with literature as it is valued by students and helps develop communicative and critical language skills. The author uses insights from empirical research to evaluate current teaching practices against this background, highlighting readers' responses to metaphor as a test case. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349353262
- ISBN
- 9781349353262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.71
€ 62.71
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 highly readable book represents a unique approach to the controverted matter of the relations of literature and religion, eschewing linear argument in favor of a nuanced essayistic manner that elucidates texts and issues of immediate and lasting concern. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSA; DSC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349383429
- ISBN
- 9781349383429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardback. This book offers the first comparative study of the historical role of writing in three languages, including two in non-Roman scripts, over a period of two and a half millennia, which provides an opportunity for reassessment of the work on literacy in English that has accumulated over the past half century. Editor(s): Spooner, Brian; Hanaway, William L. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; CFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934536452
- ISBN
- 9781934536452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.94
€ 133.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Sonino, Elizabetta Zuanelli. Series: Topics in Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489909114
- ISBN
- 9781489909114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.42
€ 185.42
Paperback. The contributions assembled in this volume illustrate the band-width of applications of the Linked Data paradigm for representative types of language resources. They cover lexical-semantic resources, annotated corpora, typological databases as well as terminology and metadata repositories. Editor(s): Chiarcos, Christian; Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hellmann, Sebastian. Num Pages: 232 pages, 21 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFX; UGD; UMB; UNF; UYQL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642434969
- ISBN
- 9783642434969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.20
€ 63.20
paperback. Editor(s): Breheny, Richard; Bach, Kent; Bezuidenhout, Anne; Glucksberg, Sam; Happe, Francesca; Recanati, Francois; Wilson, Deirdre. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349432622
- ISBN
- 9781349432622
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Condition: New
€ 121.55
€ 121.55
Paperback. Editor(s): Buckley, Jonathan. Translator(s): Edwards, Alison. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; CBX; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781254172
- ISBN
- 9781781254172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.56
€ 14.99
€ 11.56
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 324. Some light shelf wear, else as new
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Portico
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- SKU
- KRA0009894
- ISBN
- 9781907554858
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book brings together examples of intercultural practice and research from universities and colleges around the world. Editor(s): Palfreyman, David. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CJ; JNC; JNM; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349360406
- ISBN
- 9781349360406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; GTC; JFSJ; KJSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349300013
- ISBN
- 9781349300013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.19
€ 54.19
Hardcover. Series: Ancient Languages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; CBX; CFLA; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714122885
- ISBN
- 9780714122885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Hardback. Latin continued to be used across Europe long after the end of the Roman Empire. While not the native language of its users, it was nevertheless used for a wide variety of functions from religion to record-keeping. This book considers various contexts in Britain to see how medieval people used Latin and how this affected the language. Editor(s): White, Carolinne; Ashdowne, Richard K. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 380 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ADL; 3H; CBX; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197266083
- ISBN
- 9780197266083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.38
€ 132.38
Paperback. In the twenty-first century, can we really take the dominance of English for granted? In their time, Greek, Latin, Arabic, Sanskrit and Persian have each been world languages, sweeping the globe for centuries at a time. This title explores the rise of a linguistic diversity we could never before have imagined. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- ADULT PBS
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846142161
- ISBN
- 9781846142161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing? These are some of the questions considered in this Very Short Introduction. By examining the science of languages, we find that the answers are not as simple as we might expect. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, Approximately 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; CFZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 173 x 114 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199590599
- ISBN
- 9780199590599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83
paperback. As Europe moves closer to adopting English and its de facto lingua franca, this collection of essays explores the links between politics, nationalism monolingualism, and multilingualism Editor(s): Judt, T; Lacorne, D. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; JFC; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349527830
- ISBN
- 9781349527830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Robert S.; Wartofsky, Marx W. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 472 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400977044
- ISBN
- 9789400977044
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Condition: New
€ 239.10
€ 239.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Arena, Louis A. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489908728
- ISBN
- 9781489908728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.77
€ 120.77
Paperback. Series: Language Policy. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; CBX; CFB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461499923
- ISBN
- 9781461499923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.55
€ 121.55
Paperback. Can a bump on the head cause someone to speak with a different accent? Can animals, aliens, and objects talk? Can we communicate with gods, demons, and the dead? Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic is a curio shop full of colourful superstitions, folklore, and legends about language. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137404855
- ISBN
- 9781137404855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28