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Language: history & general works
Paperback. A hilarious and fascinating look at the "who, what, where, and why" of perfectly normal names with bizarre meanings. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; VFXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 226. 240 pages. A hilarious and fascinating look at the "who, what, where, and why" of perfectly normal names with bizarre meanings. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: CBX; VFXB1. Dimension: 141 x 192 x 17. Weight: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Adams Media
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781440552557
- ISBN
- 9781440552557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.56
€ 15.99
€ 14.56
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson Publishers United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595553003
- ISBN
- 9781595553003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.24
€ 15.99
€ 15.24
Paperback. "DUV Literaturwissenschaft"--P. [4] of cover. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitats-Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824440610
- ISBN
- 9783824440610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.89
€ 74.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 249 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitats-Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824440924
- ISBN
- 9783824440924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.91
€ 73.91
Paperback. Series: Literatur - Handlung - System. Num Pages: 440 pages, 82 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CBX; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 563.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitats-Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824445479
- ISBN
- 9783824445479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.31
€ 71.31
paperback. Series: Psycholinguistische Studien. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 29 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CBX; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitätsverlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9783824445776
- ISBN
- 9783824445776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.59
€ 69.59
Paperback. Series: Psycholinguistische Studien. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBX; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitats-Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824445974
- ISBN
- 9783824445974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.45
€ 68.45
paperback. Scholars usually date Yiddish from the 11th century, when modern linguists believed the language began as a German dialect spoken by newly arrived Jewish immigrants from France and Northern Italy living along the Rhine. Over time, it became an actual language incorporating elements of Hebrew, Aramaic, and the Slavic and Romance languages. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACY; CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060837129
- ISBN
- 9780060837129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.97
€ 18.99
€ 17.97
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
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
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
€ 17.99€ 17.29
€ 17.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CBX; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909248380
- ISBN
- 9781909248380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.90
€ 33.99
€ 25.90
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
€ 52.98
€ 52.98
Hardcover. Editor(s): Meinken, Kimberly L. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 260 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2208.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613242230
- ISBN
- 9781613242230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 441.06€ 306.16
€ 441.06
€ 306.16
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
€ 64.42
€ 64.42
Using the experiences of philologists, text critics, text encoders, scientific editors, and media analysts, this book ranges from philology in ancient Alexandria to the vision of user-supported online critical editing, from peer-directed texts distributed to a few to community-edited products shaped by the many. Editor(s): Apollon, Daniel; Belisle, Claire; Regnier, Philippe. Series: Topics in the Digital Humanities. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 black and white photographs, 8 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038402
- ISBN
- 9780252038402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.97
€ 132.97
Paperback. Series: Gabler-Studientexte. Num Pages: 56 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; K. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Gabler Germany
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783409001946
- ISBN
- 9783409001946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Gabler Germany
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783409002035
- ISBN
- 9783409002035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.63
€ 67.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 279 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Gabler Germany
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783409196147
- ISBN
- 9783409196147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.05
€ 74.05
Hardcover. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Yiddish was widely viewed as a corrupt form of German that Jews had to abandon if they hoped to engage in intellectual, cultural, or political work. Yet, by 1917 it was the dominant language of the Russian Jewish press. This title investigates how this change in status occurred. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black-&-white illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACY; CBX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631903
- ISBN
- 9780815631903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.30
€ 37.30
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
€ 21.19
€ 21.19