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Linguistics
Brand: St. Martins Publishing Group
Why does everything sound better if it's said in French? That fascination is at the heart of The Story of French, the first history of one of the most beautiful languages in the world that was, at one time, the pre-eminent language of literature, s..
26.19£
Brand: Cambridge University Press
This bestselling textbook provides an engaging and user-friendly introduction to the study of language. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, Yule presents information in bite-sized sections, clearly explaining the major concepts in linguistic..
36.00£
Brand: BrooksCole Cengage Learning
Praised for its practical strategies, real-world emphasis and focus on critical thinking, this successful 4-in-1 text (rhetoric, reading, research guide, and handbook) prepares students for writing in college and in the workplace. This edition has b..
96.00£
Brand: AcornScholastic Inc.
The second book in the Pig series of chapter books in diary form - with Pig's hilarious illustrations on every page. Pig couldn't be happier. Life with the vegetarian farmers is perfect, and best of all, he has a new friend, Kitty. Kitty is a fel..
10.54£
Brand: Picador USA
Guy Deutscher presents dozens of new insights into the nature and function of language, showing, for example, how languages 'decay', evolving and simplifying as a result of the laziness of the speakers, while also developing through the use of metap..
25.16£
Brand: Sourcebooks
The ultimate guide on how to speak eloquently, including 200 well-spoken alternatives to common words and phrases.If you've ever fumbled while trying to use a big word ('lofty word,' 'pretentious word') to impress a crowd, you know what it's like to..
20.03£
Brand: Stanford University Press
Marlene Dietrich had the last line in Orson Welles's A Touch of Evil: "What does it matter what you say about other people?" The author ponders the question: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She wonders why the requirement to be a so..
30.88£
Brand: Cambridge University Press
The World of Rome is an introduction to the history and culture of Rome for students at university and at school as well as for anyone seriously interested in the ancient world. Drawing on the latest scholarship, it covers all aspects of the city - ..
38.51£
Brand: Charles Scribner's Sons
"The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous objects in the world, attracting millions of visitors to the British Museum ever year, and yet most people don't really know what it is. Discovered in a pile of rubble in 1799, this slab of stone proved t..
28.02£
Brand: University of Chicago Press
Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a competent and respected scholar possessed of an ardent desire to make his research readily and entertainingly available to laymen. More remarkable, Chiera had extraordinary gifts to equal to his desir..
39.26£
Brand: BrooksCole Cengage Learning
THINKING FOR YOURSELF, 9E, International Edition offers a unique integration of composition, reading, and critical thinking. As you complete the book's writing assignments, you'll see how your writing reflects your thinking and how self-directed imp..
66.53£
Many writers, even experienced ones, admit that one of the most frightening objects in their world is a blank piece of paper. Susan Horton feels that too many teachers, students, and writers themselves make writing harder than it needs to be. So muc..
29.91£
Brand: Fitzcarraldo Editions
An essay with the reach and momentum of a novel, Kate Briggs's This Little Art is a genre-bending song for the practice of literary translation, offering fresh, fierce and timely thinking on reading, writing and living with the works of others. Taki..
17.40£
Discover the secret to toasting with confidence and write the perfect speech with this complete, no-nonsense guide to toasting!With a short, snappy, and straightforward speechwriting system, this practical handbook is your all-in-one guide for naili..
20.79£
Brand: Polity Press
There are around 5,000 languages spoken across the world today, but the languages that coexist in our multilingual world have varied functions and fulfil various roles. Some are spoken by small groups, a village or a tribe; others, much less numerou..
28.03£
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
Winner of the British Association of Applied Linguistics Book Prize 2014ISBN: 9781137385758Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UKImprint: Palgrave PivotPublished date: 29 Nov 2013DEWEY: 418DEWEY edition: 23Language: EnglishNumber of pages: x, 165Weight: 3..
64.28£
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
The cross-linguistic and cross-cultural practice of translation is a field of rapidly growing international importance. World-renowned experts offer new and multidisciplinary insights on this subject, viewing translation as social action and intercu..
73.91£
Brand: Galaxy Press CA
Long before Captain Jack Sparrow raised hell with the Pirates of the Caribbean, Tom Bristol sailed to hell and back Under the Black Ensign. That's where the real adventure begins. Bristol's had plenty of bad luck in his life. Press-ganged into servi..
14.29£
Brand: Wiley
Understanding English Grammar presents a linguistic introduction to the structure of English that is accessible to students who have had little or no opportunity to study the language. Familiarizes students with the essential structural characteris..
143.14£
Brand: Wiley
This textbook provides an introduction to pragmatics from the point of view of Sperber and Wilson's Relevance Theory. The first part lays down the foundations of a relevance theoretic approach to utterance understanding, which is then applied to the..
46.02£
Brand: Equinox Publishing Ltd
This book provides an overview of the dialectic of theory and practice through which SFL positions itself as an appliable linguistics with reference to the theory of Verbal Art. A concise history of the linguistic study of literature tout court is s..
33.74£
Brand: Equinox Publishing Ltd
This book provides an overview of the dialectic of theory and practice through which SFL positions itself as an appliable linguistics with reference to the theory of Verbal Art. A concise history of the linguistic study of literature tout court is s..
87.83£
Brand: Channel View Publications
This book presents the current state of knowledge in the vibrant and diverse field of vocabulary studies, reporting innovative empirical investigations, summarising the latest research, and showcasing topics for future investigation. The chapters ar..
47.88£
Brand: Wiley
This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, and expanded coverage of topics such as speech technology. Describes how languages use a ..
39.65£