Language: history & general works books

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Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
Author: Laura Spinney ISBN: 9780008626563 Format: Paperback	$24.99
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How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race to Save Our Words

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race...
Author: Sophia Smith Galer ISBN: 9780008723736 Format: Paperback	$34.99
‘Beautiful, thought-provoking, and compelling' SUSIE DENT 'Punchy and persuasive' SUNDAY... Read More >>

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 6, Part 1: Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume...
Author: Raymond Hickey (University of Limerick) ISBN: 9781009206204 Format: Hardback	$362.25
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How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race to Save Our Words

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race...
Author: Sophia Smith Galer ISBN: 9780008723729 Format: Hardback	$50.00
‘Beautiful, thought-provoking, and compelling' SUSIE DENT 'Punchy and persuasive' SUNDAY... Read More >>

D’you Hear There!: Daily Pipes of the Royal Navy

D’you Hear There!: Daily Pipes of the Royal Navy
Author: Commodore Richard Harris ISBN: 9781472876188 Format: Hardback	$22.99
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The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 6, Part 2: Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume...
Author: Raymond Hickey (University of Limerick) ISBN: 9781009748179 Format: Hardback	$475.20
This volume, split into two parts, looks at varieties of English in Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific. Introductory... Read More >>

Journal of Language Relationship: 21/3-4

Journal of Language Relationship: 21/3-4
Author: George Starostin ISBN: 9781463247508 Format: Paperback	$234.96
The Journal of Language Relationship is an international periodical publication devoted to the issues of comparative... Read More >>

The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing

The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier,...
Author: Joshua Hammer ISBN: 9781668015452 Format: Paperback	$39.99
An “adventure tale for puzzle lovers and Indiana Jones fans alike” (The Washington Post) following three free-spirited... Read More >>

Collaboration, Technologies, and the History of Shakespearean Bibliography

Collaboration, Technologies, and the History of Shakespearean...
Author: Heidi Craig (University of Toronto) , Laura Estill (St Francis Xavier University) ISBN: 9781009614115 Format: Paperback	$46.58
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Making News in Renaissance Europe

Making News in Renaissance Europe
Author: Brendan Dooley (University College Cork) ISBN: 9781009358811 Format: Paperback	$46.58
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Father Humor: Mastering the Art of the Dad Joke

Father Humor: Mastering the Art of the Dad Joke
Author: Bart King ISBN: 9781423669692 Format: Hardback	$29.99
Father Humor covers every aspect of the most simultaneously loathed and beloved joke form of all time: the pun.... Read More >>

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 5: North America and the Caribbean

The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume...
Author: Natalie Schilling (Georgetown University, Washington DC) , Derek Denis (University of Toronto) ISBN: 9781009205764 Format: Hardback	$362.25
This volume examines the development of forms of English in North America from the earliest founder populations... Read More >>

Making News in Renaissance Europe

Making News in Renaissance Europe
Author: Brendan Dooley (University College Cork) ISBN: 9781009571791 Format: Hardback	$142.31
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Rogues, Widows and Orphans: Mischief and Misadventures in the World of Books

Rogues, Widows and Orphans: Mischief and Misadventures...
Author: Rebecca Lee ISBN: 9781805221180 Format: Hardback	$42.99
An entertaining romp through bookish mishaps, exposing all the weird, wow! and wtf? moments that the literary world... Read More >>

The Language of Early English Dialect Literature

The Language of Early English Dialect Literature
Author: Alex Broadhead ISBN: 9783032021403 Format: Hardback	$232.85
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National Multilingualism in the Horn of Africa and South Asia

National Multilingualism in the Horn of Africa and South...
Author: Javed Majeed , Sara Marzagora ISBN: 9783032137715 Format: Hardback	$284.60
This book compares how multilingualism is governed, managed, and imagined in nation-states in the Horn of Africa... Read More >>

The Feedback Society: Linguistic and Discursive Approaches

The Feedback Society: Linguistic and Discursive Approaches...
Author: Sylvia Jaworska , Camilla Vásquez (University of South Florida, USA) ISBN: 9781032883830 Format: Hardback	$401.06
This collection explores the rise of feedback as a discursive practice in everyday life, examining diverse genres... Read More >>

Digital Technology in Language Education: Research, Practice, and Innovation

Digital Technology in Language Education: Research,...
Author: Aby John ISBN: 9781041206521 Format: Hardback	$271.69
Digital Technology in Language Education: Research, Practice, and Innovation is a comprehensive volume exploring... Read More >>

Caspian Languages and Linguistics: Eight Essays

Caspian Languages and Linguistics: Eight Essays
Author: Alireza Korangy , Zia Khoshsirat ISBN: 9789819513895 Format: Hardback	$362.22
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Doing Pragmatics

Doing Pragmatics
Author: Peter Grundy (Professor Emeritus, Durham University) ISBN: 9781032896113 Format: Paperback	$108.65
Doing Pragmatics is a popular reader-friendly introduction to pragmatics, extending beyond theory to promote an... Read More >>

A Dictionary of True Etymologies

A Dictionary of True Etymologies
Author: Adrian Room ISBN: 9781041307655 Format: Hardback	$217.32
Originally published in 1986 this dictionary gives the true etymologies, as far as they are known, of many English... Read More >>

The New Englishes

The New Englishes
Author: John Platt , Heidi Weber ISBN: 9781041293996 Format: Hardback	$388.12
First published in 1984, The New Englishes explores new varieties of English.It deals with the way New Englishes... Read More >>

Doing Pragmatics

Doing Pragmatics
Author: Peter Grundy (Professor Emeritus, Durham University) ISBN: 9781032896120 Format: Hardback	$401.06
Doing Pragmatics is a popular reader-friendly introduction to pragmatics, extending beyond theory to promote an... Read More >>

Reimagining Creole Communities

Reimagining Creole Communities
Author: Christoph Neuenschwander , Joseph T. Farquharson ISBN: 9781032378091 Format: Hardback	$401.06
This volume undertakes a reimagination of Creole communities in the Caribbean and beyond by addressing the persistent... Read More >>

This Language, A River: A History of English – Second Edition

This Language, A River: A History of English – Second...
Author: K. Aaron Smith , Susan M. Kim ISBN: 9781554816965 Format: Paperback	$139.79
This Language, A River is an introduction to the history of English that recognizes multiple varieties of the language... Read More >>

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