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This fascinating book offers a complete visual of our 26-letter alphabet, beginning with the Egyptian alphabet, continuing with the Semite, Phoenician, Greek and Roman alphabets and leaves us where we are today, with the cursive alphabet. In the eas..
13.97£
Brand: Stanford University Press
Medieval books that survive today have been through a lot: singed by fire, mottled by mold, eaten by insects, annotated by readers, cut into fragments, or damaged through well-intentioned preservation efforts. In this book, Michelle Warren tells the..
34.39£
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9781350044241Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)Imprint: Bloomsbury AcademicPublished date: 03 Nov 2022Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 256Weight: 454gHeight: 234mmWidth: 156mmSpine width: 25mm..
85.29£
A practical teach-yourself course on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for the general reader. In this text, the grammar of ancient Egypt is introduced using the inscriptions found on monuments, with an emphasis on learning to read and translate accurate..
15.41£
Brand: Random House
'Susie Dent is a national treasure' RICHARD OSMAN'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' PAM AYRES__________________________________________Would you be bewildered if someone described you as radgy?Do you know ho..
12.42£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging guide.Combing..
34.56£
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
With the loss of many of the world's languages, it is important to question what will be lost to humanity with their demise. It is frequently argued that a language engenders a 'worldview', but what do we mean by this term? Attributed to German poli..
24.53£
Brand: Galaxy Press CA
In The Great Escape and Papillon, Steve McQueen embodied the tough guy on the run from captivity and injustice. But when it comes to toughness, McQueen is following in the daring and determined footsteps of Captain Spar. Wrongfully accused, Spar has..
14.32£
Brand: Profile
Every language in the world shares a few common features: we can ask a question, say something belongs to us, and tell someone what to do. But beyond that, our languages are richly and almost infinitely varied: a French speaker can't conceive of a w..
19.88£
Brand: Springer Publishing
This book examines transnational identities, integration and linguistic practices on Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. Within the context of major historical events and migratory flows, the author considers the significance of the multicultural sm..
90.96£
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Ideophones have been recognized in modern linguistics at least since 1935, but they still lie far outside the concerns of mainstream (Western) linguistic debate, in part because they are most richly attested in relatively unstudied (often unwritten)..
30.69£
This is a much-needed textbook for students of epigraphy and an up-to-date reference work for scholars. Central to the work are its photos. Professor Gordon presents 100 Latin inscriptions arranged in chronological order and illustrated by the best ..
42.93£
Brand: The MIT Press
In Imaginary Languages, Marina Yaguello explores the history and practice of inventing languages, from religious speaking in tongues to politically utopian schemes of universality to the discoveries of modern linguistics. She looks for imagined lang..
32.41£
Brand: Hachette Book Group USA
In Pursuit of English traces how the English language became an object of heated pursuit amid South Korea's rapid neoliberalization, creating the so-called "English fever" of the 1990s and 2000s. Joseph Sung-Yul Park demonstrates that English gained..
35.47£
"An interdisciplinary investigation into the historicity of the biblical figure of Adam, drawing upon Old and New Testament studies and a wide range of scientific disciplines"--. ISBN: 9780802879110Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing CompanyIm..
36.85£
Brand: Lonely Planet
Covering 15 of the key languages used in India, this guide is packed with useful words and phrases so that readers can get by anywhere across the subcontinent. There is a food and culture section, sustainable travel phrases and coloured sections for..
10.60£
Brand: Columbia University Press
For decades, we have been told we live in the "information age"-a time when disruptive technological advancement has reshaped the categories and social uses of knowledge and when quantitative assessment is increasingly privileged. Such methodologies..
96.66£
Durch Übertitelungen oder Gebärdensprachverdolmetschungen auf der Bühne können kommunikative Barrieren für ein hörbeeinträchtigtes Publikum gemindert werden. Setzt man diese Translationsformen auch ästhetisch ein, werden inklusive Aufführungen mögli..
31.35£
Brand: Springer Publishing
This book analyses and describes a segment of Woody Allen's cinematic discourse, focusing specifically on the performed (or diegetic) interactions between actors in various roles in some of his films. It is a case study of Woody Allen's cinematic di..
139.86£
Brand: Wiley
Intercultural Discourse and Communication: The Essential Readings is a collection of articles that discuss major theoretical approaches, case studies of cultural and sub-cultural contact from around the globe, issues of identity in 'bicultural' indi..
137.62£
Brand: Wiley
Planning a trip to a French-speaking country? Starting a business with a French connection? Looking to ace your next French test? Intermediate French For Dummies is the book for you. It offers all the help you need to improve your writing skills and..
21.42£
Brand: Wiley
Need to brush up on your Spanish? Intermediate Spanish For Dummies is your key to success in building your writing skills and bolstering your confidence. It gives you the straight talk and nitty-gritty detail that will see you successfully through a..
22.32£
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Written entirely in Spanish, this is the ideal introduction to Spanish linguistics for students. Using clear explanations, it covers all the basic concepts required to study the structural aspects of the Spanish language - phonetics and phonology, m..
68.34£
Brand: Icon Books
Can it be that the human brain possesses an in-built faculty for language? Noam Chomsky, one of the most brilliant linguists of the 20th century, believes that it does- that there exists a 'universal grammar' common to all languages. Around the worl..
9.09£