Language: history & general works books

3479 books were found.

Word-Formation in English

Word-Formation in English

Author: Ingo Plag (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf)
ISBN: 9781107172098
Format: Hardback
$162.99

This textbook is directed towards university students of English and linguistics at all levels. It can also serve...  Read More >>

Routledge Revivals: Crabb's English Synonyms (1916): Arranged Alphabetically with Complete Cross References Throughout

Routledge Revivals: Crabb's English Synonyms (1916):...

Author: George Crabb
ISBN: 9781138283459
Format: Paperback
$116.00

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Presented Discourse in Popular Science: Professional Voices in Books for Lay Audiences

Presented Discourse in Popular Science: Professional...

Author: Olga Pilkington
ISBN: 9789004365964
Format: Hardback
$306.24

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Metaphor

Metaphor

Author: Terence Hawkes (Emeritus Professor of English, Cardiff University, UK)
ISBN: 9781138238121
Format: Paperback
$69.99

First published in 1972, this work examines the complex concept of metaphor. It defines the term by placing the...  Read More >>

The Mirror of Information in Early Modern England: John Wilkins and the Universal Character

The Mirror of Information in Early Modern England: John...

Author: James Dougal Fleming
ISBN: 9783319820736
Format: Paperback
$237.57

This book examines the seventeenth-century project for a ""real"" or ""universal"" character: a scientific and objective...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies

Author: Philip Seargeant ,  Ann Hewings (The Open University, UK)
ISBN: 9781138913455
Format: Hardback
$452.00

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies provides a comprehensive overview of English Language Studies....  Read More >>

Law and Language in the Middle Ages

Law and Language in the Middle Ages

Author: Matthew W. McHaffie ,  Jenny Benham
ISBN: 9789004342675
Format: Hardback
$380.16

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Limbo Reapplied: On Living in Perennial Crisis and the Immanent Afterlife

Limbo Reapplied: On Living in Perennial Crisis and the...

Author: Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte
ISBN: 9783319789125
Format: Hardback
$290.37

The observation that our world is signed by a lasting crisis is as much underwritten as it is questioned. This book...  Read More >>

The Bluenosers' Book of Slang: How to Talk Nova Scotian

The Bluenosers' Book of Slang: How to Talk Nova Scotian...

Author: Vernon Oickle
ISBN: 9781772760934
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Nova Scotia is blessed with a rich language. It is literally littered with words and expressions that vary from...  Read More >>

A Bibliography of South African Languages, 2008-2017: With an Introduction by Menán du Plessis

A Bibliography of South African Languages, 2008-2017:...

Author: Anne Aarssen ,  René Genis
ISBN: 9789004376601
Format: Paperback
$52.80

This concise bibliography on South-African Languages and Linguistics was compiled on the occasion of the 20th International...  Read More >>

Pieces and Parts in Scientific Texts

Pieces and Parts in Scientific Texts

Author: Florence Bretelle-Establet ,  Stéphane Schmitt
ISBN: 9783319784663
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book starts from a first general observation: there are very diverse ways to frame and convey scientific knowledge...  Read More >>

The Happiness Dictionary: Words from Around the World to Help Us Lead a Richer Life

The Happiness Dictionary: Words from Around the World...

Author: Dr Tim Lomas
ISBN: 9780349417196
Format: Paperback
$36.99

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A Bibliography of Sign Languages, 2008-2017: With an Introduction by Myriam Vermeerbergen and Anna-Lena Nilsson

A Bibliography of Sign Languages, 2008-2017: With an...

Author: Anne Aarssen ,  René Genis
ISBN: 9789004376618
Format: Paperback
$52.80

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Transnational Writing Education: Theory, History, and Practice

Transnational Writing Education: Theory, History, and...

Author: Xiaoye You (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
ISBN: 9780815383505
Format: Paperback
$90.99

"Arguing that writing teachers need to enable students to recognize, negotiate with, deconstruct, and transcend...  Read More >>

Transnational Writing Education: Theory, History, and Practice

Transnational Writing Education: Theory, History, and...

Author: Xiaoye You (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
ISBN: 9780815383499
Format: Hardback
$284.00

"Arguing that writing teachers need to enable students to recognize, negotiate with, deconstruct, and transcend...  Read More >>

Critics, Compilers, and Commentators: An Introduction to Roman Philology, 200 BCE-800 CE

Critics, Compilers, and Commentators: An Introduction...

Author: James E. G. Zetzel (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, Columbia University)
ISBN: 9780195380521
Format: Paperback
$61.95

Critics, Compilers, and Commentators is the first comprehensive introduction to Roman philology-the study of Latin...  Read More >>

Letting Go Is All We have to Hold Onto: Mind-Altering Jokes

Letting Go Is All We have to Hold Onto: Mind-Altering...

Author: Gregg E Eisenberg
ISBN: 9781732296909
Format: Paperback
$36.93

All humor is philosophy. But Austrian linguist Ludwig Wittgenstein went further: ""An entire treatise of philosophy...  Read More >>

Oxford Companion to the English Language

Oxford Companion to the English Language

Author: Tom McArthur ,  Jacqueline Lam-McArthur
ISBN: 9780199661282
Format: Paperback
$30.95

The most compact, authoritative, single-volume source of information about the English language available, this...  Read More >>

New Era for Robust Speech Recognition: Exploiting Deep Learning

New Era for Robust Speech Recognition: Exploiting Deep...

Author: Shinji Watanabe ,  Marc Delcroix
ISBN: 9783319878492
Format: Paperback
$527.97

It provides insights and detailed descriptions of some of the new concepts and key technologies in the field, including...  Read More >>

Bless Your Heart & Mind Your Mama: Sassy, Sweet and Silly Southernisms

Bless Your Heart & Mind Your Mama: Sassy, Sweet and...

Author: Polly Powers Stramm
ISBN: 9781493034208
Format: Board book
$40.99

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Come To The Dad Side - We Have Jokes So Bad, They're Good: Dad Jokes Gift Idea Book

Come To The Dad Side - We Have Jokes So Bad, They're...

Author: Jim Ward
ISBN: 9781721560264
Format: Paperback
$19.11

Once upon a time, in a living room, kitchen, garage or moving vehicle not far away, a dad unleashed his first dad...  Read More >>

Learning to Become Turkmen: Literacy, Language, and Power, 1914-2014

Learning to Become Turkmen: Literacy, Language, and...

Author: Victoria Clement
ISBN: 9780822964636
Format: Paperback
$145.20

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