Language: history & general works books

3186 books were found.

The Idiot's Guide to Idiots: Are you an idiot yet? You soon will be. A to Z

The Idiot's Guide to Idiots: Are you an idiot yet? You...

Author: Jonas Hjertquist
ISBN: 9780645974010
Format: Paperback
$33.00

A New Book of Words. A zebra without stripes is first to die. To be different runs opposite to human nature. We...  Read More >>

Humor and Horror: Different Emotions, Similar Linguistic Processing Strategies

Humor and Horror: Different Emotions, Similar Linguistic...

Author: Lena Straßburger
ISBN: 9783111357973
Format: Paperback
$58.05

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The Cain's Jawbone Book of Crosswords

The Cain's Jawbone Book of Crosswords

Author: Edward Powys Mathers ,  Will Shortz
ISBN: 9781789651669
Format: Paperback
$24.99

From the creator and publisher behind the viral sensation Cain's Jawbone: A Very Novel Mystery, is a collection...  Read More >>

English for Writing Research Papers

English for Writing Research Papers

Author: Adrian Wallwork
ISBN: 9783031310713
Format: Paperback
$72.42

Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This guide is based on...  Read More >>

Life and Language Beyond Earth

Life and Language Beyond Earth

Author: Raymond Hickey (University of Limerick)
ISBN: 9781009226417
Format: Hardback
$64.69

Are we alone in the universe? If other lifeforms exist, how might their languages have evolved? Could we ever understand...  Read More >>

Philosophical Semiotics: The Coming into Being of the World of Meaning

Philosophical Semiotics: The Coming into Being of the...

Author: Yiheng Zhao ,  Xiaoli Fang
ISBN: 9789811930591
Format: Paperback
$158.37

This book attempts to solve the question whether semiotics is a methodology as is generally held and if the studies...  Read More >>

Amo, Amas, Amat ... and All That: How to Become a Latin Lover

Amo, Amas, Amat ... and All That: How to Become a Latin...

Author: Harry Mount
ISBN: 9781780726212
Format: Paperback
$26.99

The Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller How to put a little Latin in your life, from bestselling author and journalist...  Read More >>

Borrowings in Informal American English

Borrowings in Informal American English

Author: Małgorzata Kowalczyk
ISBN: 9781009346870
Format: Hardback
$245.81

Based on a rich range of contemporary sources, this insightful and practical book provides a comprehensive description...  Read More >>

You’re All Talk: why we are what we speak

You’re All Talk: why we are what we speak

Author: Rob Drummond
ISBN: 9781914484285
Format: Hardback
$43.96

‘Telling and compelling’ Susie Dent, author of Word Perfect ‘Rob Drummond has achieved something very special...  Read More >>

The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English

The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English

Author: Hana Videen
ISBN: 9780691237183
Format: Paperback
$39.47

An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful and downright baffling words from the origins of...  Read More >>

Variation in South Asian Languages: From Macro to Micro-Differences

Variation in South Asian Languages: From Macro to Micro-Differences...

Author: Pritha Chandra
ISBN: 9789819911486
Format: Hardback
$369.57

The book addresses some raging questions in linguistics today: What kind of variation do typologically related languages...  Read More >>

The Dictionary People: The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary

The Dictionary People: The unsung heroes who created...

Author: Sarah Ogilvie
ISBN: 9781784744946
Format: Paperback
$36.99

"""A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word.""--Provided...  Read More >>

The Dictionary People: The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary

The Dictionary People: The unsung heroes who created...

Author: Sarah Ogilvie
ISBN: 9781784744939
Format: Hardback
$59.99

"""A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word.""--Provided...  Read More >>

SAT Level Up! Verbal: 300+ Easy, Medium, and Hard Drill Questions for Scoring Success on the Digital SAT

SAT Level Up! Verbal: 300+ Easy, Medium, and Hard Drill...

Author: The Princeton Review
ISBN: 9780593516546
Format: Paperback
$39.99

"""Build the techniques you need for high-level proficiency in each of the 12 SAT verbal subjects.""--"  Read More >>

The Snark Handbook: Christmas Edition: Sarcasm, Bitterness, and the Holiday Season

The Snark Handbook: Christmas Edition: Sarcasm, Bitterness,...

Author: Lawrence Dorfman
ISBN: 9781510775350
Format: Paperback
$44.85

"Bah! Humbug! It's that time of year again....Time to spend too much, drink too much, eat too much, smile falsely,...  Read More >>

The Vernacular: Three Essays on an Ambivalent Concept and its Uses in South Asia

The Vernacular: Three Essays on an Ambivalent Concept...

Author: Hans Harder (Heidelberg University) ,  Nishat Zaidi (Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India)
ISBN: 9781032406275
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines the validity of the notion of the ‘vernacular’ and the position of the so-called ‘vernaculars’...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics: Volume One

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics: Volume...

Author: Li Wei ,  Zhu Hua
ISBN: 9780367536275
Format: Hardback
$452.00

Spilt into two volumes, this new edition includes 27 new chapters and covers a wide range of topics, Volume 1 is...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics: Volume Two

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics: Volume...

Author: Li Wei ,  Zhu Hua
ISBN: 9780367536244
Format: Hardback
$452.00

Spilt into two volumes, this new edition includes 27 new chapters and covers a wide range of topics, Volume 1 is...  Read More >>

I Won't Be Your ESCAPE GOAT: David Carroll's HO MADE Social Media Blunders

I Won't Be Your ESCAPE GOAT: David Carroll's HO MADE...

Author: David Carroll
ISBN: 9781958922316
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Newscaster David Carroll collects misspellings, misinterpretations, and other social-media mishaps for fun and laughs....  Read More >>

Narrative Persuasion. A Cognitive Perspective on Language Evolution

Narrative Persuasion. A Cognitive Perspective on Language...

Author: Francesco Ferretti
ISBN: 9783031092084
Format: Paperback
$290.37

The study of the transition from animal communication to language addresses both the selective pressures that led...  Read More >>

Aphasia’s Implications for Linguistics Research: Exploring the Interface Between Semantics and Pragmatics

Aphasia’s Implications for Linguistics Research: Exploring...

Author: Roberto Graci
ISBN: 9783031368103
Format: Hardback
$343.17

The research herein is gathered across disciplines to provide theoretical and clinical contributions and collaborations,...  Read More >>

Understanding Language: An Introduction to Linguistics

Understanding Language: An Introduction to Linguistics...

Author: Roger Fowler
ISBN: 9781032213262
Format: Paperback
$60.99

In this work, originally published in 1974, Roger Fowler explains the character and absorbing interest of language....  Read More >>

Fair Dinkum!: Aussie Slang

Fair Dinkum!: Aussie Slang

Author: H.G Nelson
ISBN: 9781922507556
Format: Paperback
$19.99

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Abstract Entity Anaphora in Argumentative Texts: Pragmatic Features and Referent Interpretation

Abstract Entity Anaphora in Argumentative Texts: Pragmatic...

Author: Donghong Liu
ISBN: 9789819946297
Format: Hardback
$316.77

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Linguistic Bibliography for the Year 2022 / Bibliographie Linguistique de l’année 2022: and Supplement for Previous Years / et complement des années précédentes

Linguistic Bibliography for the Year 2022 / Bibliographie...

Author: Anne Aarssen ,  René Genis
ISBN: 9789004546042
Format: Hardback
$1755.60

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