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Language: history & general works
Paperback. Two thousand years ago English was confined to a handful of savage tribes on the shores of north-west Europe; and now, in one form or another, it is spoken by a billion people around the world. This title offers a tale of the origins and development of the English language. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 195 x 33. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571275083
- ISBN
- 9780571275083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.42
€ 19.99
€ 14.42
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198791096
- ISBN
- 9780198791096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.67
€ 19.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. Journey into the history of English and discover how words have been absorbed into our language to make it what it is today Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719564550
- ISBN
- 9780719564550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBG; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608194964
- ISBN
- 9781608194964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.81
€ 19.99
€ 17.81
The Routledge Guide to Systemic Functional Linguistics. Terms, Resourc...
Matthiessen, Christian; Lam, Marvin; Teruya, ...
hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; CFGR; EBAL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138938274
- ISBN
- 9781138938274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.10
€ 166.10
Paperback. Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is republished in a reset and revised edition featuring David Crystal's new take on the future of English. With impeccable and approachable scholarship, it describes the changing sounds, words, and meanings of English. A book for everyone interested in the language. Editor(s): Mugglestone, Lynda. Num Pages: 624 pages, Tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199660162
- ISBN
- 9780199660162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.84
€ 19.84
Paperback. The best introduction to word history ever published combines scholarship with readability. OED's chief etymologist shows how words originate and change. He explores the histories of place and personal names and explains how to use different kinds of evidence, historical as well as linguistic. This is a book for everyone interested in words. Num Pages: 360 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199691616
- ISBN
- 9780199691616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99
€ 36.99
hardcover. Special 30th Anniversary edition of Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's classic humour book, revised and updated and including The Deeper Meaning of Liff Num Pages: 240 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752227597
- ISBN
- 9780752227597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. The Letter and the Cosmos is a sharp and entertaining examination of how languages, letterforms, orthography, and writing tools have reflected our hidden obsession with the alphabet, Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442628533
- ISBN
- 9781442628533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.23
€ 32.99
€ 29.23
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- National Geographic
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426204616
- ISBN
- 9781426204616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.21
€ 27.99
€ 24.21
Paperback. Stanford University linguist and MacArthur Fellow Dan Jurafsky dives into the hidden history of food. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393351620
- ISBN
- 9780393351620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.29
€ 16.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. This is a book about the structure, history and evolution of the Japanese language Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804848831
- ISBN
- 9780804848831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.05
€ 11.99
€ 10.05
Hardback. Editor(s): Kapovic, Mate. Series: Routledge Language Family Series. Num Pages: 700 pages, 170 black & white tables, 15 black & white halftones, 47 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2A; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 700
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415730624
- ISBN
- 9780415730624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 439.01€ 385.05
€ 439.01
€ 385.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785781711
- ISBN
- 9781785781711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.63
€ 8.63
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138795457
- ISBN
- 9781138795457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. An authoritative and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848873636
- ISBN
- 9781848873636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.40
€ 19.99
€ 14.40
Hardcover. The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally intended to educate the polite London classes in the parlance of thieves and ruffians, should they be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; CBX; CFFD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 380. Fine copy in dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KKD0008974
- ISBN
- 9781851243488
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally intended to educate the polite London classes in the parlance of thieves and ruffians, should they be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; CBD; CBX; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243877
- ISBN
- 9781851243877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.78
€ 11.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Contrary to popular belief, the author of the first English dictionary is not Samuel Johnson, but Robert Cawdrey, who published his Table Alphabeticall in 1604 - nearly 150 years before Johnson's dictionary. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; CBD; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243884
- ISBN
- 9781851243884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.60
€ 14.99
€ 12.60
Hardback. The most controversial word in the English language--the word that still can't be used on network TV or in major newspapers--is displayed here in its endless varieties, supported by colorful citations dating back to the word's earliest appearance in the 15th century. Editor(s): Sheidlower, Jesse. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195393118
- ISBN
- 9780195393118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.92
€ 20.92
Paperback. The massive Christmas 2011 bestseller and Radio 4 Book of the Week Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785781704
- ISBN
- 9781785781704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785781728
- ISBN
- 9781785781728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.02
€ 9.02
Paperback. Series: Cornell East Asia Series. Num Pages: 636 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ East Asia Program
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947655
- ISBN
- 9781933947655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.61
€ 78.61
Paperback. Series: Cornell East Asia Series. Num Pages: 612 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; CFF; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 218 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ East Asia Program
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947648
- ISBN
- 9781933947648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.61
€ 78.61