Language: history & general works books

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Making Sense of ""Bad English"": An Introduction to Language Attitudes and Ideologies

Making Sense of ""Bad English"": An Introduction to...

Author: Elizabeth Peterson (University of Helsinki, Finland)
ISBN: 9781138237476
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Making Sense of ""Bad English"" is an accessible introduction to attitudes and ideologies towards the use of English...  Read More >>

Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination

Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination...

Author: Jennifer Taylor Westerfeld
ISBN: 9780812251579
Format: Hardback
$171.47

Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination argues that, in the absence of any genuine understanding of...  Read More >>

Reading the Gaelic Landscape: Leughadh Aghaidh na Tire

Reading the Gaelic Landscape: Leughadh Aghaidh na Tire...

Author: John Murray
ISBN: 9781849954389
Format: Paperback
$49.14

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Making Sense of ""Bad English"": An Introduction to Language Attitudes and Ideologies

Making Sense of ""Bad English"": An Introduction to...

Author: Elizabeth Peterson (University of Helsinki, Finland)
ISBN: 9781138237469
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Making Sense of ""Bad English"" is an accessible introduction to attitudes and ideologies towards the use of English...  Read More >>

American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice

American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice...

Author: Paul Carley (University of Leicester, UK) ,  Inger M. Mees
ISBN: 9781138588530
Format: Paperback
$75.99

American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides an accessible introduction to basic articulatory...  Read More >>

American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice

American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice...

Author: Paul Carley (University of Leicester, UK) ,  Inger M. Mees
ISBN: 9781138588516
Format: Hardback
$284.00

American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides an accessible introduction to basic articulatory...  Read More >>

Marriage Seen through Proverbs and Anti-Proverbs

Marriage Seen through Proverbs and Anti-Proverbs

Author: Anna T. Litovkina ,  Wolfgang Mieder
ISBN: 9781527539457
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This book explores various aspects of marriage and the ways it is viewed and conceptualized in the body of Anglo-American...  Read More >>

All the Wonderful Things About My Ex: A Complete List

All the Wonderful Things About My Ex: A Complete List...

Author: Funny Journals
ISBN: 9781670557445
Format: Paperback
$21.75

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Receptions of Hellenism in Early Modern Europe: 15th-17th Centuries

Receptions of Hellenism in Early Modern Europe: 15th-17th...

Author: Natasha Constantinidou ,  Han Lamers
ISBN: 9789004343856
Format: Hardback
$572.88

An investigation of modes of receiving and responding to Greek culture in diverse contexts throughout early modern...  Read More >>

Describing Prescriptivism: Usage Guides and Usage Problems in British and American English

Describing Prescriptivism: Usage Guides and Usage Problems...

Author: Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
ISBN: 9780367207182
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Describing Prescriptivism provides a topical and thought-provoking analysis of linguistic prescriptivism in the...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages

The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages

Author: Daniel Siddiqi (Carleton University, Canada) ,  Michael Barrie (Associate Professor in Department of English Literature and Linguistics, Sogang University)
ISBN: 9781138628748
Format: Hardback
$462.00

A one-stop reference for linguists to find topics that come up the most frequently in the study of North American...  Read More >>

Introducing Pragmatics in Use

Introducing Pragmatics in Use

Author: Anne O'Keeffe ,  Brian Clancy
ISBN: 9781138482005
Format: Paperback
$62.99

Introducing Pragmatics in Use is a lively and accessible introduction to pragmatics, which both covers theory and...  Read More >>

Difference and Repetition in Language Shift to a Creole: The Expression of Emotions

Difference and Repetition in Language Shift to a Creole:...

Author: Maïa Ponsonnet (University of Western Australia, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138601352
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This volume is the first to explore the influence of the formal properties of language on the expression of emotions,...  Read More >>

Introducing Pragmatics in Use

Introducing Pragmatics in Use

Author: Anne O'Keeffe ,  Brian Clancy
ISBN: 9781138481992
Format: Hardback
$242.00

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The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, ultracrepidarian and other surprisingly useful terms worth resurrecting

The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, ultracrepidarian...

Author: Joe Gillard
ISBN: 9781760876852
Format: Hardback
$22.99

In The Little Book of Lost Words, history buff Joe Gillard presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history's...  Read More >>

Fucking Fantastic Swear Word Coloring Book: A Clever & Funny Curse Word Gift Idea For Stress Relief - Great White Elephant Christmas Party or Gift Exchange Gag Gift

Fucking Fantastic Swear Word Coloring Book: A Clever...

Author: Bendle Publishing
ISBN: 9781710679403
Format: Paperback
$18.35

This amazingly epic adult coloring book makes an awesome unique birthday gift or holiday present idea! This Coloring...  Read More >>

Categories, Constructions, and Change in English Syntax

Categories, Constructions, and Change in English Syntax...

Author: Nuria Yáñez-Bouza (Universidade de Vigo, Spain) ,  Emma Moore (University of Sheffield)
ISBN: 9781108419567
Format: Hardback
$287.19

A collection of new case studies by world-renowned and emerging scholars in the field, which explores English syntactic...  Read More >>

100 Favourite Scots Words

100 Favourite Scots Words

Author: Pauline Cairns Speitel
ISBN: 9781912147991
Format: Paperback
$20.67

Compiled from the Herald’s Scots Word of the Week, this anthology provides a glimpse into the depth of diversity...  Read More >>

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial...

Author: Janelle Shane ,  Xe Sands
ISBN: 9781549128585
Format: Audio
$92.40

AI is everywhere. But how does it actually work? Shane, a scientist and engineer, is also the go-to contributor...  Read More >>

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial...

Author: Janelle Shane ,  Xe Sands
ISBN: 9781549128561
Format: Audio
$184.77

AI is everywhere. But how does it actually work? Shane, a scientist and engineer, is also the go-to contributor...  Read More >>

Attitudes to World Englishes: Implications for teaching English in South Korea

Attitudes to World Englishes: Implications for teaching...

Author: Hyejeong Ahn (University of Melbourne, Australia) ,  Hyejeong Ahn
ISBN: 9780367410698
Format: Paperback
$88.99

This book examines South Korean English teachers’ awareness of and attitude towards eight varieties of English and...  Read More >>

Studia Hibernica Vol. 45

Studia Hibernica Vol. 45

Author: William Murphy (Information Systems and Services, Dublin City University (Ireland)) ,  Professor Ciarán Mac Murchaidh
ISBN: 9781789620719
Format: Paperback
$290.27

Founded in 1961, Studia Hibernica is devoted to the study of the Irish language and its literature, Irish history...  Read More >>

A history of Ireland in 100 words

A history of Ireland in 100 words

Author: Sharon Arbuthnot ,  Maire, Ni Mhaonaigh
ISBN: 9781911479185
Format: Hardback
$46.58

This book tells a history of Ireland through the examination of 100 key words from the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary...  Read More >>

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