Language: history & general works books

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The Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca

The Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca...

Author: Jennifer Jenkins ,  Will Baker (University of Southampton, UK)
ISBN: 9781138855328
Format: Hardback
$462.00

The Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) provides an accessible, authoritative and comprehensive...  Read More >>

Introducing Multilingualism: A Social Approach

Introducing Multilingualism: A Social Approach

Author: Kristine Horner ,  Jean Jacques Weber
ISBN: 9781138244498
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Introducing Multilingualism is a comprehensive and user-friendly introduction to the dynamic field of multilingualism....  Read More >>

The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent

The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent

Author: Jay Jasanoff
ISBN: 9789004346093
Format: Hardback
$366.96

In The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent Jay Jasanoff offers a much-needed guide to the accentual changes that...  Read More >>

Linguistic Bibliography for the Year 2016 / / Bibliographie Linguistique de l'annee 2016: and Supplement for Previous Years / et complement des annees precedentes

Linguistic Bibliography for the Year 2016 / / Bibliographie...

Author: Anne Aarssen ,  Rene Genis
ISBN: 9789004342835
Format: Hardback
$1797.84

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The Singularity of Western Innovation: The Language Nexus

The Singularity of Western Innovation: The Language...

Author: Leonard Dudley
ISBN: 9781137403179
Format: Hardback
$422.37

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The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media

Author: Colleen Cotter (Queen Mary University of London, UK) ,  Daniel Perrin (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9781138014176
Format: Hardback
$452.00

This book provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research in Media Linguistics. Addressing...  Read More >>

Away with Words: An Irreverent Tour Through the World of Pun Competitions

Away with Words: An Irreverent Tour Through the World...

Author: Joe Berkowitz
ISBN: 9780062495600
Format: Paperback
$27.99

""Fast Company reporter Joe Berkowitz investigates the bizarre and hilarious world of pun competitions from the...  Read More >>

Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik: Ansätze – Methoden – Grundbegriffe

Metzler Lexikon Fremdsprachendidaktik: Ansätze – Methoden...

Author: Carola Surkamp
ISBN: 9783476044730
Format: Hardback
$131.97

Dieses Lexikon informiert über die Grundlagen, Konzepte und Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens fremder Sprachen. Es...  Read More >>

Voyage of Discovery: Exploring the Collections of the Asian Library at Leiden University

Voyage of Discovery: Exploring the Collections of the...

Author: Alexander Reeuwijk
ISBN: 9789087282745
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Voyage of Discovery contains more than twenty essays by academics, curators, and authors on their experiences with...  Read More >>

Winning Arguments: What Works and Doesn't Work in Politics, the Bedroom, the Courtroom, and the Classroom

Winning Arguments: What Works and Doesn't Work in Politics,...

Author: Stanley Fish
ISBN: 9780062226679
Format: Paperback
$42.21

"""Fish mines cultural touchstones from Milton to 'Married with Children' to explain how various types of arguments...  Read More >>

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal about the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal...

Author: Ben Blatt ,  Vikas Adam
ISBN: 9781665259293
Format: Audio
$36.93

Originally published in hardcover in 2017 by Siimon & Schuster.  Read More >>

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal about the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal...

Author: Ben Blatt ,  Vikas Adam
ISBN: 9781665259309
Format: Audio
$36.93

Originally published in hardcover in 2017 by Siimon & Schuster.  Read More >>

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal about the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing

Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal...

Author: Ben Blatt ,  Vikas Adam
ISBN: 9781665259286
Format: Audio
$36.93

Originally published in hardcover in 2017 by Siimon & Schuster.  Read More >>

Literature of the Gaelic Landscape: Song, Poem and Tale

Literature of the Gaelic Landscape: Song, Poem and Tale...

Author: John Murray
ISBN: 9781849953634
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Literature of the Gaelic Landscape compares Gaelic literature with other world traditions and their relationship...  Read More >>

Knowledge Machines: Language and Information in a Technological Society

Knowledge Machines: Language and Information in a Technological...

Author: Denise E. Murray
ISBN: 9781138437623
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This text examines language and information technology, focusing attention on the use of the computer at work, as...  Read More >>

Childly Language: Children, language and the social world

Childly Language: Children, language and the social...

Author: Alison Sealey
ISBN: 9781138437647
Format: Hardback
$389.00

Exploring how attitudes and cultural assumptions about children and childhood are revealed in contemporary English,...  Read More >>

The Word Detective: A Life in Words: From Serendipity to Selfie

The Word Detective: A Life in Words: From Serendipity...

Author: John Simpson
ISBN: 9780349141008
Format: Paperback
$26.99

The story of words, cultures, the OED and John Simpson, a word detective with thirty-seven years of dictionary experience...  Read More >>

Quantitative Research Methods for Linguists: a questions and answers approach for students

Quantitative Research Methods for Linguists: a questions...

Author: Tim Grant (Aston University, UK) ,  Urszula Clark (Aston University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415736329
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Quantitative Research Methods for Linguistics provides an accessible, task-based introduction to research methods...  Read More >>

Quantitative Research Methods for Linguists: a questions and answers approach for students

Quantitative Research Methods for Linguists: a questions...

Author: Tim Grant (Aston University, UK) ,  Urszula Clark (Aston University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415736312
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Quantitative Research Methods for Linguistics provides an accessible, task-based introduction to research methods...  Read More >>

The Language of Magazines

The Language of Magazines

Author: Linda McLoughlin (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
ISBN: 9781138423459
Format: Hardback
$378.00

Offers students a hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on magazines. It combines practical...  Read More >>

Words and Their Meaning

Words and Their Meaning

Author: Howard Jackson
ISBN: 9781138413917
Format: Hardback
$389.00

An examination of the rise of the English dictionary, the kinds of dictionary available, the range of information...  Read More >>

The Early Dutch Sinologists (1854-1900): Training in Holland and China, Functions in the Netherlands Indies

The Early Dutch Sinologists (1854-1900): Training in...

Author: Koos (P.N.) Kuiper
ISBN: 9789004228870
Format: Hardback
$749.76

In The early Dutch Sinologists Koos Kuiper gives a detailed account of the studies and work of the 24 Dutchmen trained...  Read More >>

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