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Paperback. In this book, the first written about the globalization of the English language by a professional historian, the exploration of English's global ascendancy receives its proper historical due. This brief, accessible volume breaks new ground in its organization, emphasis on causation, and conclusions. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 218 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303066
- ISBN
- 9781137303066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.53
€ 126.53
Paperback. A handy, thoughtful guide to politically and ethically appropriate language. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; JFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813254
- ISBN
- 9781554813254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.62
€ 25.99
€ 24.62
Paperback. From dardledumdue, which means daydreamer in East Anglia, through forkin robbins, the Yorkshire term for earwigs, to clemt, a Lancashire word that means hungry, this title investigates an astonishingly rich variety of regional expressions, and provides insight into the history of the English language. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 116 x 17. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099514763
- ISBN
- 9780099514763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
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€ 19.55
€ 25.99
€ 19.55
Paperback. Series: Topics in Contemporary Semiotics. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSB; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489934925
- ISBN
- 9781489934925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Paperback. This book is a study of how developments in information and communication technologies have affected language learning. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CJ; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349354900
- ISBN
- 9781349354900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Paperback. Identity Trouble assembles contributions from a variety of discourse fields to discuss the pressures on traditional understandings of identity. The focus is on failures and uncertainties in people's construction of their identities when faced change and the contributors raise critical questions about identity and how it may be reconfigured. Editor(s): Caldas-Coulthard, Carmen Rosa; Iedema, Rick. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFDM; CFGR; JFSJ; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349522736
- ISBN
- 9781349522736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Discover the many twists and turns through history that led to the language, accents and turns of phrase which make up modern English Illustrator(s): Appleby, Barrie. Num Pages: 256 pages, 73. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; CBX; CFFD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445663821
- ISBN
- 9781445663821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. In this study two strands of inferentialism are brought together: the philosophical doctrine of Brandom, according to which meanings are generally inferential roles, and the logical doctrine prioritizing proof-theory over model theory and approaching meaning in logical, especially proof-theoretical terms. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; DSB; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349497553
- ISBN
- 9781349497553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.34
€ 160.34
Hardback. This monograph probes the structure of the verb phrase through a cross-linguistic investigation of the syntax and morphology of relevant constructions. Evidence is provided for two event-related non-lexical projections called "inner aspect" and "event". Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048185498
- ISBN
- 9789048185498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.50
€ 233.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; DSB; HPQ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489903747
- ISBN
- 9781489903747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Paperback. Series: Recht - schnell erfasst. BIC Classification: CBX. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540009412
- ISBN
- 9783540009412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.58
€ 38.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138233690
- ISBN
- 9781138233690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. The contributors to Internationalising the University: the Chinese Context offer an in-depth understanding of the rapidly changing developments in the fields of institutional, social, management, curriculum and student concerns and changes. Editor(s): Coverdale-Jones, T; Rastall, P. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CJ; DSB; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349301362
- ISBN
- 9781349301362
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Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
Paperback. Previous edition was authored by Bloomer, Aileen. Num Pages: 488 pages, 13 colour illustrations, 14 black & white tables, 7 black & white halftones, 116 black &. BIC Classification: CBX; CF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415583381
- ISBN
- 9780415583381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.76
€ 61.76
Paperback. A masterful, engaging history of the English language from the age of "Beowulf" to the rap of Eminem, this book percolates with creative energy ("Publishers Weekly"). Num Pages: 349 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBX; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- revised and expanded edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174473
- ISBN
- 9780231174473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.21
€ 19.00
€ 17.21
Paperback. How do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This book shows how, from puns to poetry, news bulletins to the Bible, Asterix to Swedish films, translation is at the heart of everything we do - and makes us who we are. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; CFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Particular
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954300
- ISBN
- 9780241954300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.93
€ 15.99
€ 11.93
Paperback. Looking at the work of J.L. Austin, who subjected language to a close and intense analysis, this book deals with his examination of the various things we do with words, and with the philosophical insights he believed could be gained by closely examining the uses of words by non-philosophers. Editor(s): Garvey, B. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; D; HPC; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460786
- ISBN
- 9781349460786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2PGPA; 3JJ; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 392 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927322413
- ISBN
- 9781927322413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.88
€ 24.99
€ 18.88
paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349539628
- ISBN
- 9781349539628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26