Language: history & general works books

3479 books were found.

Language and Dialect Death: Theorising Sound Change in Obsolescent Gascon

Language and Dialect Death: Theorising Sound Change...

Author: Damien Mooney
ISBN: 9783031511004
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book offers a systematic acoustic phonetic analysis of both language and dialect death in the region of Béarn,...  Read More >>

Language, Society and the State in a Changing World

Language, Society and the State in a Changing World...

Author: Stanley D. Brunn ,  Roland Kehrein
ISBN: 9783031181481
Format: Paperback
$284.60

Through including authors from nine different countries, who are writing about issuesin twelve countries and their...  Read More >>

Living Latin: Everyday Language and Popular Culture

Living Latin: Everyday Language and Popular Culture...

Author: Dr Charlie Kerrigan (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) ,  Thomas Harrison (University of St Andrews UK)
ISBN: 9781350377028
Format: Hardback
$100.00

What kind of language is Latin, and who is it for? Contrary to most accounts, this book tells the story of Latin...  Read More >>

Fuck, Fuck, Fuckity, Fuck Coloring Book: A Swear Word Extravaganza based on the F-Bomb!

Fuck, Fuck, Fuckity, Fuck Coloring Book: A Swear Word...

Author: Will Rolfe ,  High Line Studio
ISBN: 9798883704825
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Welcome to where expletives meet art therapy in a hilariously cathartic fusion! Embrace your inner rebel and release...  Read More >>

An MT-Oriented Study of Corresponding Lexical Chunks in Business Correspondences from English to Chinese

An MT-Oriented Study of Corresponding Lexical Chunks...

Author: Fumao Hu ,  Jing An
ISBN: 9789819949762
Format: Hardback
$527.97

This book sheds new light on chunk in business correspondence in order to promote the advancement of machine translation....  Read More >>

Discourse Analysis: A Practical Introduction

Discourse Analysis: A Practical Introduction

Author: Patricia Canning ,  Brian Walker (University of Huddersfield, UK)
ISBN: 9781138047082
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Discourse Analysis provides an essential and practical introduction for students studying modules on the analysis...  Read More >>

Intercultural Challenges for the Reintegration of Displaced Professionals: A Response to the Language Learning Needs of Refugees in Europe

Intercultural Challenges for the Reintegration of Displaced...

Author: Tony Johnstone Young ,  Sara Ganassin (Newcastle University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032199696
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book critically reflects on the challenges faced by refugee aspirant professionals in securing employment and...  Read More >>

English in China: Creativity and Commodification

English in China: Creativity and Commodification

Author: Songqing Li (Associate Professor, Department of English, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China)
ISBN: 9781032273426
Format: Paperback
$83.99

English-related linguistic creativity and language commodification are a constant topic of interest and analysis...  Read More >>

Mobile Messaging and Resourcefulness: A Post-digital Ethnography

Mobile Messaging and Resourcefulness: A Post-digital...

Author: Caroline Tagg ,  Agnieszka Lyons
ISBN: 9781032269412
Format: Paperback
$41.99

This book advocates a new blended linguistic ethnography approach to unpacking mobile communication and enabling...  Read More >>

Metadiscursive Nouns: Interaction and Persuasion in Disciplinary Writing

Metadiscursive Nouns: Interaction and Persuasion in...

Author: Feng (Kevin) Jiang (School of Foreign Language Education, Jilin University)
ISBN: 9781032270050
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Based on a 1.7-million-word corpus of 160 research articles from both soft and hard knowledge fields, this book...  Read More >>

The History and Origin of Language

The History and Origin of Language

Author: A.S. Diamond
ISBN: 9781032611990
Format: Hardback
$194.00

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Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape

Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish...

Author: Manchán Magan
ISBN: 9781804184035
Format: Hardback
$43.96

A lyrical reminder of Ireland’s lost words that offer a different way of seeing the world.  Read More >>

Introducing the History of the English Language

Introducing the History of the English Language

Author: Seth Lerer
ISBN: 9781032129693
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This essential new text provides a comprehensive, modern account of how the English language originated, developed,...  Read More >>

Introducing the History of the English Language

Introducing the History of the English Language

Author: Seth Lerer
ISBN: 9781032129716
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This essential new text provides a comprehensive, modern account of how the English language originated, developed,...  Read More >>

The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary

The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary

Author: Hana Videen
ISBN: 9780691260006
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Welcome to the delightful and fascinating world of Old English animals  Read More >>

Do You Speak Football?: A Glossary of Football Words and Phrases from Around the World

Do You Speak Football?: A Glossary of Football Words...

Author: Tom Williams
ISBN: 9781399410212
Format: Hardback
$33.61

An expertly compiled and utterly delightful compendium of the weird and wonderful words and phrases used to describe...  Read More >>

Slangology: Trendy Slang and Acronyms of the 21st Century

Slangology: Trendy Slang and Acronyms of the 21st Century...

Author: Ryder Sparks
ISBN: 9798879246773
Format: Paperback
$26.37

This book contains big text font for easy reading. This book contains over 100 trendy terms and acronyms presently...  Read More >>

Interfaces and Domains of Contact-Driven Restructuring: Volume 168: Aspects of Afro-Hispanic Linguistics

Interfaces and Domains of Contact-Driven Restructuring:...

Author: Sandro Sessarego (University of Texas, Austin)
ISBN: 9781108987189
Format: Paperback
$59.49

Approaching creole studies from contrasting standpoints, this pioneering study casts new light on the nature of...  Read More >>

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