Language: history & general works books

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From Gaillimh to Galway: The Anglicisation of Irish Place Names

From Gaillimh to Galway: The Anglicisation of Irish...

Author: Tom Burnell ,  Ruth Burnell
ISBN: 9781803993423
Format: Paperback
$49.99

An invaluable and detailed directory of anglicised Irish place names  Read More >>

Mother Tongue: The surprising history of women's words -'A gem of a book' (Kate Mosse)

Mother Tongue: The surprising history of women's words...

Author: Jenni Nuttall
ISBN: 9780349015293
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Mother Tongue: The surprising history of women's words -'A gem of a book' (Kate Mosse)

Mother Tongue: The surprising history of women's words...

Author: Jenni Nuttall
ISBN: 9780349015309
Format: Hardback
$45.00

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Finding the Constitution (Vol II): Why Britain’s System of Government Lost Its Way

Finding the Constitution (Vol II): Why Britain’s System...

Author: Peter J Stanbridge
ISBN: 9781739759018
Format: Hardback
$153.09

A detailed and highly readable account of English constitutional history in two volumes. It examines the gripping...  Read More >>

Finding the Constitution (Vol. I): Why Britain’s System of Government Lost Its Way

Finding the Constitution (Vol. I): Why Britain’s System...

Author: Peter J Stanbridge
ISBN: 9781919636085
Format: Hardback
$153.09

A detailed and highly readable account of English constitutional history in two volumes. It examines the gripping...  Read More >>

African Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of English in Higher Education

African Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of...

Author: Alexandra Esimaje (Benson Idahosa University, Nigeria) ,  Bertus van Rooy (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
ISBN: 9781032231365
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book brings together the work of African scholars and educators directly involved in initiatives to improve...  Read More >>

Scottish Plant Names: An A to Z

Scottish Plant Names: An A to Z

Author: Gregory Kenicer
ISBN: 9781910877449
Format: Hardback
$43.96

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Relevant Acoustic Phonetics of L2 English: Focus on Intelligibility

Relevant Acoustic Phonetics of L2 English: Focus on...

Author: Ettien Koffi
ISBN: 9780367617578
Format: Paperback
$105.00

This book applies four relevant concepts in acoustic phonetics and proposes a new approach for assessing the intelligibility...  Read More >>

Caucasian Albania: An International Handbook

Caucasian Albania: An International Handbook

Author: Jost Gippert ,  Jasmine Dum-Tragut
ISBN: 9783110794595
Format: Hardback
$580.80

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Digital Disinformation: Computational Analysis of Culture and Conspiracy Theories in Russia and Eastern Europe

Digital Disinformation: Computational Analysis of Culture...

Author: Peter Chew ,  Matthew Fort
ISBN: 9783031288340
Format: Hardback
$310.47

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Dichos! The Wit and Whimsy of Spanish Sayings

Dichos! The Wit and Whimsy of Spanish Sayings

Author: Joseph J. Keenan
ISBN: 9781477328637
Format: Paperback
$57.95

The author of the classic Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish—more than 100,000 copies sold—presents an indispensable...  Read More >>

Beth yw’r Gymraeg?

Beth yw’r Gymraeg?

Author: Angharad Naylor ,  Llion Pryderi Roberts
ISBN: 9781786839497
Format: Paperback
$51.72

MYNEDIAD AGORED Dyma gyfrol atyniadol a chyfoes sy’n rhoi cyflwyniad hygyrch i ddisgyblaeth y Gymraeg. Mae’r...  Read More >>

A Systemic Functional Typology of MOOD

A Systemic Functional Typology of MOOD

Author: Dongqi Li
ISBN: 9789811988202
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book is a successful integration of the typological and systemic functional approaches to mood, aiming to investigate...  Read More >>

Deutsche Sprache der Gegenwart: Eine Einführung

Deutsche Sprache der Gegenwart: Eine Einführung

Author: Ulrike Freywald ,  Heike Wiese
ISBN: 9783476049209
Format: Paperback
$42.36

Das Gegenwartsdeutsche ist faszinierend – vielfältig, lebendig und dynamisch. In mancher Hinsicht ist es exotisch,...  Read More >>

An Introduction to Linguistics through Popular Music

An Introduction to Linguistics through Popular Music...

Author: Patrice Larroque
ISBN: 9783031247026
Format: Paperback
$103.47

This textbook introduces the field of linguistics, demonstrating syntactic categories, morphological structures,...  Read More >>

Unlocking Scots: The Secret Life of the Scots Language

Unlocking Scots: The Secret Life of the Scots Language...

Author: Clive P L Young
ISBN: 9781804250495
Format: Paperback
$43.96

The Scots language is the hidden treasure of Scottish culture. For many of us it is still how we speak to each other,...  Read More >>

Formal Approaches to Languages of South America

Formal Approaches to Languages of South America

Author: Cilene Rodrigues ,  Andrés Saab
ISBN: 9783031223433
Format: Hardback
$336.35

This book analyzes the linguistic diversity of South America based on approaches deeply rooted in the tradition...  Read More >>

The Demotivational Coloring Book: 30 Uninspirational but Relatable Quotes About Life

The Demotivational Coloring Book: 30 Uninspirational...

Author: Jenine Zimmers
ISBN: 9798399132730
Format: Paperback
$26.37

"Do you roll your eyes when you see one of those cliched motivational posters? Are you tired of people who seem...  Read More >>

The Language Game: How improvisation created language and changed the world

The Language Game: How improvisation created language...

Author: Morten H. Christiansen ,  Nick Chater
ISBN: 9781804991008
Format: Paperback
$27.99

What is language? Why do we have it? Where does it come from? Why does that matter? The Language Game draws on a...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Prescriptivism

The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Prescriptivism...

Author: Joan C. Beal ,  Morana Lukač
ISBN: 9780367557843
Format: Hardback
$410.00

This handbook provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge overview of the field of linguistic prescriptivism. Mapping...  Read More >>

Audiovisual Translation – Subtitles and Subtitling: Theory and Practice

Audiovisual Translation – Subtitles and Subtitling:...

Author: Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin ,  Marie Biscio
ISBN: 9781803742144
Format: Paperback
$116.44

An increasing number of contributions have appeared in recent years on the subject of Audiovisual Translation (AVT),...  Read More >>

Jansenisms and Literature in Central Europe / Jansenismen und Literatur in Mitteleuropa / Jansénismes et littérature en Europe centrale

Jansenisms and Literature in Central Europe / Jansenismen...

Author: Peter Hesselmann ,  Gabor Tüskés
ISBN: 9783034346252
Format: Hardback
$170.78

This volume explores how Jansenism was transmitted into Central European literatures and how it shaped the concept...  Read More >>

Beyond Borrowing: Lexical Interaction between Englishes and Asian Languages

Beyond Borrowing: Lexical Interaction between Englishes...

Author: Hyejeong Ahn ,  Jieun Kiaer
ISBN: 9780367181307
Format: Hardback
$263.00

In their book, the authors describe the usage of and attitudes towards English in Asia since the 19th century, as...  Read More >>

Transmitting Minority Languages: Complementary Reversing Language Shift Strategies

Transmitting Minority Languages: Complementary Reversing...

Author: Michael Hornsby ,  Wilson McLeod
ISBN: 9783030879129
Format: Paperback
$336.35

This book gives fresh insight into the diverse ways in which the transmission of minority and heritage languages...  Read More >>

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