Language: history & general works books

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You Have a Point There: A Guide to Punctuation and Its Allies

You Have a Point There: A Guide to Punctuation and Its...

Author: Eric Partridge
ISBN: 9781138134768
Format: Hardback
$252.00

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The Language of Drama

The Language of Drama

Author: Keith Sanger
ISBN: 9781138138315
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book is unique in offering A-Level and undergradute students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis...  Read More >>

(Re)visiting Translation: Linguistic and Cultural Issues across Genres

(Re)visiting Translation: Linguistic and Cultural Issues...

Author: Paola Attolino ,  Linda Barone
ISBN: 9783034316859
Format: Paperback
$157.06

The volume focuses on the shift from the traditional linguistic approach to translation to a multidisciplinary task....  Read More >>

The Language of Politics

The Language of Politics

Author: Adrian Beard
ISBN: 9781138835023
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This accessible textbook in the Intertext series is unique in offering student's practical experience of textual...  Read More >>

Fifty Shades of Grammar: Scintillating and Saucy Sentences, Syntax, and Semantics from The Grammar Diva

Fifty Shades of Grammar: Scintillating and Saucy Sentences,...

Author: Arlene Miller ,  Marny Parkin
ISBN: 9780991167425
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Fifty Shades of Grammar presents the very best blog posts from The Grammar Diva-grammar posts, punctuation posts,...  Read More >>

Oink: Bilingual Verse in English & Pig Latin

Oink: Bilingual Verse in English & Pig Latin

Author: Chloe Dee Noble ,  Chloe Dee Noble
ISBN: 9781522961055
Format: Paperback
$20.46

"""OINK"" is a small bilingual book of verse written in English and Pig Latin, a made up language many people in...  Read More >>

The Language of Humour

The Language of Humour

Author: Alison Ross
ISBN: 9781138136533
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This accessible textbook is unique in offering students hands-on, practical experience of textual analysis focused...  Read More >>

The History of English: A Student's Guide

The History of English: A Student's Guide

Author: Ishtia Singh
ISBN: 9781138131293
Format: Hardback
$284.00

By explaining language change with close reference to literary and other textual examples and emphasising the integral...  Read More >>

English Transcription Course

English Transcription Course

Author: Maria Lecumberri ,  J. A. Maidment
ISBN: 9781138131354
Format: Hardback
$284.00

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication from Ancient Times to the Information Age

Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication...

Author: Theresa Enos
ISBN: 9781138130968
Format: Hardback
$347.00

A reference that surveys rhetoric the strategic presentation of ideas and choice of language in 467 signed entries...  Read More >>

Maine Lingo: A Wicked-Good Guide to Yankee Vernacular

Maine Lingo: A Wicked-Good Guide to Yankee Vernacular...

Author: John Gould
ISBN: 9781608935666
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Ethique, poetique et esthetique du secret de l'Ancien Regime a l'epoque contemporaine

Ethique, poetique et esthetique du secret de l'Ancien...

Author: A. Levrier ,  A. Levrier
ISBN: 9789042930988
Format: Paperback
$287.76

Alors que notre epoque semble ne laisser aucune place au secret, il est difficile d'imaginer quelle fut...  Read More >>

The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu

The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu

Author: Dan Jurafsky (Stanford University)
ISBN: 9780393351620
Format: Paperback
$26.95

Stanford University linguist and MacArthur Fellow Dan Jurafsky dives into the hidden history of food.  Read More >>

Critical Terms in Caribbean and Latin American Thought: Historical and Institutional Trajectories

Critical Terms in Caribbean and Latin American Thought:...

Author: Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel ,  Ben. Sifuentes-Jáuregui
ISBN: 9781137554291
Format: Hardback
$343.17

Through a collection of critical essays, this work explores twelve keywords central in Latin American and Caribbean...  Read More >>

Introducing Corpus-based Translation Studies

Introducing Corpus-based Translation Studies

Author: Kaibao Hu
ISBN: 9783662482179
Format: Hardback
$145.17

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Inflectional Defectiveness

Inflectional Defectiveness

Author: Andrea D. Sims (Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9781107045842
Format: Hardback
$258.75

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Gender and Sexuality in 1968: Transformative Politics in the Cultural Imagination

Gender and Sexuality in 1968: Transformative Politics...

Author: L. Frazier ,  Kenneth A. Loparo
ISBN: 9781349381340
Format: Paperback
$116.41

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Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe

Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe

Author: Gaston Dorren ,  Jonathan Buckley
ISBN: 9781781254172
Format: Paperback
$27.99

Why the Spanish speak so fast, the Dutch are gender-benders and it's hard to add up in Breton.  Read More >>

Words of a Feather - An Etymological Explanation of Astonishing Word Pairs

Words of a Feather - An Etymological Explanation of...

Author: Graeme Donald
ISBN: 9781784188146
Format: Hardback
$25.85

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Worst Words: A compendium of contemporary cant, gibberish and jargon

Worst Words: A compendium of contemporary cant, gibberish...

Author: Don Watson
ISBN: 9780857983442
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Don Watson - with his trademark wit and wisdom - says enough already! The English language is complex and evolving,...  Read More >>

In France we eat sofas!

In France we eat sofas!

Author: Adriano Justin Capuano
ISBN: 9781517590178
Format: Paperback
$15.81

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