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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: 9781958922323
Format: Hardback
$73.79

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

A Constructional Approach to Interpersonal Metaphor of Modality

A Constructional Approach to Interpersonal Metaphor...

Author: Jian Hu
ISBN: 9789819927630
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This book is a current and comprehensive study that incorporates constructional frameworks to inquire grammatical...  Read More >>

Understanding Sun Tzu and the Art of Hybrid War

Understanding Sun Tzu and the Art of Hybrid War

Author: Zia Ul Haque Shamsi
ISBN: 9781636672335
Format: Hardback
$126.59

The book attempts to rediscover Sun Tzu’s precepts from The Art of War, and its application in today’s hybrid warfare....  Read More >>

Samson Abramsky on Logic and Structure in Computer Science and Beyond

Samson Abramsky on Logic and Structure in Computer Science...

Author: Alessandra Palmigiano ,  Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh
ISBN: 9783031241161
Format: Hardback
$475.17

Samson Abramsky’s wide-ranging contributions to logical and structural aspects of Computer Science have had a major...  Read More >>

Countervocalities: Shifting Language Hierarchies on Corsica

Countervocalities: Shifting Language Hierarchies on...

Author: Alexander Mendes
ISBN: 9781837644391
Format: Hardback
$245.81

The Mediterranean island of Corsica, a French territory, experiences mobility in the form of locals’ mass exodus...  Read More >>

Nähe, Distanz und Anonymität - Untersuchungen zum sein-Modalpassiv und Gerundiv: am Beispiel der Presse-, Politik- und Rechtssprache

Nähe, Distanz und Anonymität - Untersuchungen zum sein-Modalpassiv...

Author: Igor Trost
ISBN: 9783662678534
Format: Paperback
$237.57

Untersuchungsgegenstand sind die Grammatik, die Modal-, Temporal- und Aspekt-Semantik, die Pragmatik und die Funktion...  Read More >>

English for Journalists: Thirtieth Anniversary Edition

English for Journalists: Thirtieth Anniversary Edition...

Author: Wynford Hicks (Freelance Journalist, UK) ,  Gavin Allen
ISBN: 9781032232652
Format: Paperback
$73.99

English for Journalists has established itself in newsrooms the world over as an invaluable guide to the basics...  Read More >>

Jest for the Pun of It: Wordplay for Those Who Dare

Jest for the Pun of It: Wordplay for Those Who Dare...

Author: Meridith Montague
ISBN: 9781961776357
Format: Paperback
$34.19

"Puns are one of the great pleasures of the English language. And for all those unfortunates who would disparage...  Read More >>

Systemic Functional Linguistics: A Complete Guide

Systemic Functional Linguistics: A Complete Guide

Author: Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) ,  Kazuhiro Teruya
ISBN: 9781138938274
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This user-friendly student guide is the essential resource for all those engaged in studying SFL (Systemic Functional...  Read More >>

English for Journalists: Thirtieth Anniversary Edition

English for Journalists: Thirtieth Anniversary Edition...

Author: Wynford Hicks (Freelance Journalist, UK) ,  Gavin Allen
ISBN: 9781032232645
Format: Hardback
$284.00

English for Journalists has established itself in newsrooms the world over as an invaluable guide to the basics...  Read More >>

Meaning and Justification. An Internalist Theory of Meaning

Meaning and Justification. An Internalist Theory of...

Author: Gabriele Usberti
ISBN: 9783031246043
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This volume develops a theory of meaning and a semantics for both mathematical and empirical sentences inspired...  Read More >>

"Dr. E. Jessens ""Formaedelige Skandale"".": Et Lidet Indlaeg for Den Nye Retskrivning

"Dr. E. Jessens ""Formaedelige Skandale"".": Et Lidet...

Author: Hans Sofus Vodskov
ISBN: 9781022191365
Format: Paperback
$47.39

"A humorous and satirical commentary on the new spelling rules proposed for the Danish language. Written by Dr....  Read More >>

Allerhand Sprarhdummheiten

Allerhand Sprarhdummheiten

Author: Gustav Wustmann
ISBN: 9781022677265
Format: Paperback
$71.15

"In diesem Werk werden verschiedene Kuriositäten und Witze über die deutsche Sprache gesammelt und erläutert. Gustav...  Read More >>

English As She Is Wrote: "Showing Curious Ways in Which the English Language May Be Made to Convey Ideas Or Obscure Them; a Companion to ""English As She Is Spoke."""

English As She Is Wrote: "Showing Curious Ways in Which...

Author: Anonymous
ISBN: 9781022785991
Format: Paperback
$47.39

"This is a humorous look at the English language through the eyes of two Portuguese gentlemen who clearly did not...  Read More >>

"Dr. E. Jessens ""Formaedelige Skandale"".": Et Lidet Indlaeg for Den Nye Retskrivning

"Dr. E. Jessens ""Formaedelige Skandale"".": Et Lidet...

Author: Hans Sofus Vodskov
ISBN: 9781020643637
Format: Hardback
$81.71

"A humorous and satirical commentary on the new spelling rules proposed for the Danish language. Written by Dr....  Read More >>

Allerhand Sprarhdummheiten

Allerhand Sprarhdummheiten

Author: Gustav Wustmann
ISBN: 9781021090195
Format: Hardback
$105.47

"In diesem Werk werden verschiedene Kuriositäten und Witze über die deutsche Sprache gesammelt und erläutert. Gustav...  Read More >>

Pregunta lo que mi3rda quieras.

Pregunta lo que mi3rda quieras.

Author: Mariano L Michel
ISBN: 9798856541655
Format: Paperback
$31.68

Este libro,...  Read More >>

Digital Influencers and Online Expertise: The Linguistic Power of Beauty Vloggers

Digital Influencers and Online Expertise: The Linguistic...

Author: Aditi Bhatia (City University of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China)
ISBN: 9780367820565
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Based on data from beauty vlogs published by well-known YouTubers, Bhatia explores how they discursively negotiate...  Read More >>

English As She Is Wrote: "Showing Curious Ways in Which the English Language May Be Made to Convey Ideas Or Obscure Them; a Companion to ""English As She Is Spoke."""

English As She Is Wrote: "Showing Curious Ways in Which...

Author: Anonymous
ISBN: 9781020669453
Format: Hardback
$81.71

"This is a humorous look at the English language through the eyes of two Portuguese gentlemen who clearly did not...  Read More >>

The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement

The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement

Author: El-Hussein A Y Aly (Indiana University)
ISBN: 9781009385602
Format: Paperback
$43.99

This Element re-defines translation and implies a complex process in which the target text combines knowledge of...  Read More >>

The Rise of Discourse Markers

The Rise of Discourse Markers

Author: Bernd Heine ,  Gunther Kaltenböck
ISBN: 9781108987288
Format: Paperback
$59.49

Discourse markers constitute an important part of linguistic communication. This pioneering book presents a detailed...  Read More >>

Lingua Franca and Français Tirailleur: From Sea Jargon to Military Order?

Lingua Franca and Français Tirailleur: From Sea Jargon...

Author: Joanna Nolan
ISBN: 9783031305542
Format: Hardback
$103.47

This book explores how the eponymous and original Lingua Franca was recognized as a potential linguistic template...  Read More >>

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