Language: history & general works books

"Why is the word madre, ""mother,"" so complicated in Spanish—especially in Mexico?"  Read More >>

Accompanying book: Essential French / edited by Shaina Malkin and Christine Boucher.  Read More >>

A multimedia program that takes you from beginner to advanced in one package.  Read More >>

Early Modern Northern English Lexis  Read More >>

Technology provides an unusually active laboratory for the study of linguistic innovation. Virtual Words consists...  Read More >>

The study of language attitudes is the investigation of beliefs expressed about the nature of language and its diverse...  Read More >>

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Perspectives on Language and Language Development brings together new perspectives on language, discourse and language...  Read More >>

Linking – how semantic arguments map to the syntax – is one of the challenges for theories of the syntax-semantics...  Read More >>

Based on the National Communication Association's conceptual model for teaching and evaluating undergraduate public...  Read More >>

Based on the National Communication Association's conceptual model for teaching and evaluating undergraduate public...  Read More >>

Brings us the answers to nearly two hundred of the most intriguing questions the author been asked about language...  Read More >>

Includes papers focusing on the topic morphology and linguistic typology. These papers were presented at the Fourth...  Read More >>

Brings a pragmatic perspective to the discussion of the unity of science. This book contributes to our understanding...  Read More >>

Develops a hybrid architecture that allows to incorporate anaphora resolution into grammatical deduction. After...  Read More >>

Are natural languages genuinely compositional? In particular, does context interfere with the compositional determination...  Read More >>

How to Read a Word is an entertaining read that shows you how you might delve into the origin and evolution of words....  Read More >>

A guide to the grammar of modern English. It covers the essentials of English grammar, beginning with the basics...  Read More >>

This volume discusses the evolution of language politics in India since Independence and how this has affected the...  Read More >>

A guide to the grammar of modern English. It covers the essentials of English grammar, beginning with the basics...  Read More >>

Collects 6,500 distinctive New Zealand words and usages, and covers the full range of New Zealandisms, drawn from...  Read More >>

Based largely on my doctoral dissertation “Textual Cognetics and the Role of Iconic Linkage in Software User Guides”,...  Read More >>

However, none of these books were based on linguistic data from Chinese and expressions of space in Chinese have...  Read More >>

Offers what would be the author's final reflections on the state of the English language. Finished just before his...  Read More >>

""A dictionary of modern English usage first published 1926""--T.p. verso.  Read More >>