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Paperback. Using examples from contemporary fiction, this book promotes a respect for the power and usefulness of language in all its forms. It draws from a number of linguistic grammars, traditional grammar, and contemporary composition theory, yet achieves a unified synthesis by seeing each of these as ways to understand the language itself. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781904768111
- ISBN
- 9781904768111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.64
€ 54.64
Hardcover. Looks at two popular approaches to language description: Systemic Functional Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics Editor(s): Thompson, Geoffrey Richard; Hunston, Susan. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 61 b&w line drawings & halftones. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9781904768197
- ISBN
- 9781904768197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.34
€ 104.34
Hardcover. This book argues on the one hand the need to attend to the different voices in the classroom, and on the other to encourage an attitude of enquiry which creates awareness of the power of discourse in maintaining and/or changing societies. Editor(s): Webster, Jonathan J. Series: Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan. Num Pages: 426 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781904768371
- ISBN
- 9781904768371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.53
€ 113.53
Hardcover. The chapters of this book focus on the relations of context and text, conceptualising the latter as language operative in some recognizable social context. Editor(s): Webster, Jonathan J. Series: Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan S. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904768395
- ISBN
- 9781904768395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.26
€ 124.26
Hardcover. Whether prose or poetry, how does a text come to mean what it does? A functional-semantic approach to text analysis, such as is illustrated in this book, offers a revealing look at the resources of language at work in the creation of meaning, and a unique perspective on the text as object of study. Series: Equinox Textbooks & Surveys in Linguistics. Num Pages: 436 pages, 11 figures, numerous tables and diagrams. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904768470
- ISBN
- 9781904768470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.26
€ 124.26
Hardcover. This book explores how language is acquired via enculturation. It combines research and perspectives from anthropology, sociology, applied linguistics, developmental psychology and neurobiology to argue for a theory of language acquisition via enculturation. Num Pages: 228 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: CFDC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908049995
- ISBN
- 9781908049995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.66
€ 119.66
Paperback. Series: Borderlines. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes. BIC Classification: CFF; HPJ; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816626854
- ISBN
- 9780816626854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.23
€ 29.99
€ 28.23
Hardcover. A profound, eloquent meditation on the history of writing, from Mesopotamia to multimedia. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393058857
- ISBN
- 9780393058857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.04
€ 27.99
€ 25.04
Hardcover. This English-Welsh dictionary - modelled on the "Harrap Shorter French" dictionary - includes synonyms; illustrative quotations; idioms; accentuation; specialist and technical terms; regional variants; literary and colloquial registers; as well as place-names and personal names. Editor(s): Griffiths, Dr. Bruce; Jones, Dafydd Glyn. Num Pages: 1792 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AFW; CBDX; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 205 x 79. Weight in Grams: 2852.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1792
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Bilingual
- SKU
- V9780708311868
- ISBN
- 9780708311868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.59
€ 75.59
Hardback. This book provides a state-of-the-art account of past and current research in the interface between linguistics and law. It outlines the range of legal areas in which linguistics plays an increasing role and describes the tools and approaches used by linguists and lawyers in this vibrant new field. Editor(s): Tiersma, Peter M. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 664 pages, Figures. BIC Classification: CF; JHB; JM; L. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 254 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199572120
- ISBN
- 9780199572120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.87
€ 236.87
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335122
- ISBN
- 9780822335122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.15
€ 40.15
Paperback. Linking the development of reading, writing, speaking and listening, this study emphasizes the value of active, collaborative learning for primary school children. The text includes sections on literacy across the new primary National Curriculum, new technology and assessment. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; CFC; JNLB; JNU. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 0. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001997
- ISBN
- 9780415042116
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
First Steps Together: Home-school Early Literacy in European Contexts
Spencer, Margaret Meek, Dombey, Henrietta
Paperback. The writers, members of the European Institute for the Development of the Potentials of All Children (IEDPE), have presented these vignettes as first steps in sharing and explaining to others their common concern about early literacy. Num Pages: 160 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: CFC; JNA; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 228. . Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Trentham Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0002016
- ISBN
- 9781858560014
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. British Sign Language (BSL) is the visual gestural language of the Deaf community in Britain and is the first or preferred language of over 70,000 people. This BSL/English Dictionary contains over 1,800 photographed sign entries ordered by linguistic principles according to the visual characteristics of the language. Editor(s): Brien, David. Num Pages: 1120 pages, 1800 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: CBD; CFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 190 x 62. Weight in Grams: 2154. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KSS0002694
- ISBN
- 9780571143467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 6.78
€ 6.78
Paperback. This handy introduction to English grammar covers all the basics of the subject, using a simple and straightforward style. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520. Understanding the Basics. 284 pages. This handy introduction to English grammar covers all the basics of the subject, using a simple and straightforward style. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 14. Weight: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1 Csm
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521732161
- ISBN
- 9780521732161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.49
€ 37.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 905.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226556116
- ISBN
- 9780226556116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.24
€ 83.24
Paperback. Translator(s): Pellauer, D.; McLaughlin, K. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226713342
- ISBN
- 9780226713342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.63
€ 26.63
Paperback. Moustapha Safouan, in this courageous and honest book, confronts head-on the problem of Arab despotism, examining it from the point of view of political philosophy, religious argument and linguistic history. * A ground-breaking book written by the eminent Lacanian psychoanalyst Moustapha Safouan. Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; CFB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161718
- ISBN
- 9781405161718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99
€ 23.99
Paperback. This fascinating study confirms that the Indus script was logo-syllabic and that the Indus language belonged to the Dravidian family. Num Pages: 400 pages, 135 line figures 141 tones 32 maps 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; CFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 271 x 201 x 23. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780521795661
- ISBN
- 9780521795661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.08
€ 60.08
Paperback. Describes the development of the Japanese language from its recorded beginnings until the present day. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644. 462 pages. Describes the development of the Japanese language from its recorded beginnings until the present day. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; CFF. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 26. Weight: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107404090
- ISBN
- 9781107404090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.25
€ 50.25
Paperback. Alex Horne loves words so much, in fact, that he's decided to invent his own and get them into the dictionary. But, as Alex discovers, gaining entry into the official lexicon takes more than just a gentle word in the ear of the editor. Evidence is required. Alex needs proof that his words are being spoken by more people than just him and his mum. Num Pages: 336 pages, Integrated line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905264612
- ISBN
- 9781905264612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.49
€ 20.99
€ 16.49
Hardcover. The theory of prosodic hierarchy, proposed and developed by a series of work by Elisabeth O. Selkirk, has been one of the most important areas of research in the past few decades. The current volume puts together papers that address issues surrounding the theory of prosodic hierarchy, from its bottom (mora) to the top (utterance). Editor(s): Borowsky, Toni; Kawahara, Shigeto; Shinya, Takahito. Series: Advances in Optimality Theory. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 964.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845536770
- ISBN
- 9781845536770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.92
€ 154.92
Paperback. Effective and easy to follow, this step-by-step guide aims to dispel the mysteries of punctuation and prove a useful aid to writing clear English. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBG; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140513660
- ISBN
- 9780140513660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Providing examples, tips and hints for confidence, this wedding speech guide is written exclusively for the bridegroom. It covers conveying feelings to guests; adding a little humour; finding the ideal beginning and ending; putting it all together; and getting the delivery right. Num Pages: 108 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; WJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- How To Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSS0005789
- ISBN
- 9781857035674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99