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Paperback. An autobiography and an introduction to the field of linguistics. It offers us a look behind the scenes at the adventures, rewards, challenges and pitfalls of his life in language. It is suitable not just for students and teachers but for lovers of language. Num Pages: 304 pages, , black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: CF; EBAL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0008795
- ISBN
- 9780415485746
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
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
Hardback. A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBP; CFA; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 412. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press New Haven, CT
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0008983
- ISBN
- 9780300214260
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. The story of words, cultures, the OED and John Simpson, a word detective with thirty-seven years of dictionary experience and twenty years as Chief Editor of the world's most important dictionary Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; CBX; CFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 344 x 35. Weight in Grams: 638. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0009001
- ISBN
- 9781408706602
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A humorous guide to antiquated words, with history, literary excerpts and drawings. The author includes excerpts from Shakespeare, John Donne, Ben Jonson et al. A social history of centuries past seen through the lens of language. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 30. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- WmMorrowPB
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0007462
- ISBN
- 9780688166366
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479826551
- ISBN
- 9781479826551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.36
€ 27.99
€ 25.36
Paperback. This book explains how a change in writing-the introduction of word separation-led to the development of silent reading during the period from late antiquity to the 15th century. It also explains why word separation was so long in coming. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; CFF; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 169 x 30. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740166
- ISBN
- 9780804740166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.78€ 50.61
€ 51.78
€ 50.61
Paperback. Series: Yale Language. Num Pages: 601 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1046.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Yale University Press New Haven
- Edition
- Second Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300020588
- ISBN
- 9780300020588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.16
€ 45.99
€ 32.16
Paperback. The next century will see more than half of the world's 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: CF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233060
- ISBN
- 9780631233060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.89
€ 37.99
€ 36.89
Hardcover. Human language is viewed and studied by some authors as a natural object and by other scholars as a social and cultural object. The main goal of this book consists in showing that both views are correct and compatible if applied in a proper way. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781790526
- ISBN
- 9781781790526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.86
€ 79.86
Paperback. A comprehensive introduction to language acquisition based on current linguistic theory. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: CFDC; CJBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 28. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262529389
- ISBN
- 9780262529389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.24€ 52.65
€ 55.24
€ 52.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Benyuch, O.P.; Galushko, Raisa I. Num Pages: 205 pages, 3000 entries. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 2AGU; CBD; CF; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781801881
- ISBN
- 9780781801881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.97
€ 13.99
€ 12.97
Hardback. This volume defines vocabulary knowledge in each of the areas identified in Nation's framework of 'what is involved in knowing a word', and presents some of the latest exemplary research in these areas. It also explores how learners handle what they know, or partly know, in foreign language vocabulary, and how they activate this information. Editor(s): Milton, James; Fitzpatrick, Tess (Swansea University). Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK; CFM; CJA; CJBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- SKU
- V9780230275720
- ISBN
- 9780230275720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.16
€ 135.16
Paperback. Series: Studies in Contemporary Linguistics. Num Pages: 454 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226674476
- ISBN
- 9780226674476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.04€ 57.55
€ 69.04
€ 57.55
Paperback. This book looks at native speaker varieties of English, considering how and why they differ in terms of their pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language. Num Pages: 144 pages, Ill.d. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748613380
- ISBN
- 9780748613380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.06
€ 32.06
Paperback. Phonetic Data Analysis examines the procedures involved in describing the sounds of a language and illustrates the basic techniques of experimental phonetics, most of them requiring little more than a tape recorder, a video camera, and a computer. Num Pages: 208 pages, 94 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232704
- ISBN
- 9780631232704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 46.61
€ 47.99
€ 46.61
paperback. With contributors from the fields of sociology, linguistics and psychology, this appraisal of the work of Erving Goffman discusses the main parameters of his "interaction order", both expounding Goffman's own views and reporting research which develops his ideas further. Editor(s): Drew, Paul; Wootton, Anthony. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFD; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745603933
- ISBN
- 9780745603933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.14
€ 26.14
Hardback. This interactive guide to the use of online corpora will be invaluable for teachers and students of English. It demonstrates how to use online corpora and text analysis software to understand different aspects of language, and to formulate and test your own research hypotheses, using data from online corpora as evidence. Num Pages: 264 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK; CFX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438126
- ISBN
- 9781137438126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.84
€ 114.84
Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Translation. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472575852
- ISBN
- 9781472575852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.81
€ 54.81
Paperback. Shows how quantitative methods and statistical techniques can supplement qualitative analyses of language. This book presents some mathematical and statistical properties of natural languages, and introduces some of the quantitative methods which are of the most value in working empirically with texts and corpora. Num Pages: 272 pages, 77 figures. BIC Classification: CFK; CFM; GPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845534325
- ISBN
- 9781845534325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.27
€ 48.27
Paperback. This book is the first to give teachers of linguistics the chance to reflect on their professional practice as teachers and thus to share their enthusiasms, their strategies and their personal approaches to their subject. Editor(s): Kuiper, Koenraad. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: CF; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845536879
- ISBN
- 9781845536879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.50
€ 43.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521097482
- ISBN
- 9780521097482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.54
€ 57.54
Paperback. This book, by a recognized expert in bilingualism, examines the definition and characterization of the bilingual person, the perception and production of spoken language by bilinguals, the sign-oral bilingualism of the Deaf, and methodological and conceptual issues in research on bilingualism. Num Pages: 322 pages, 49 figures. BIC Classification: CFDM; CFZ; JMR; PSAN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199281299
- ISBN
- 9780199281299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. In contrast to current orthodoxy, the author of this work argues that grammar is not autonomous with respect to semantics, but rather reduces to patterns for the structuring and symbolization of conceptual content. Num Pages: 628 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 628
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804738521
- ISBN
- 9780804738521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 45.34
€ 51.99
€ 45.34