Language: history & general works books

3186 books were found.

How to Time Travel

How to Time Travel

Author: Lucas Joel Thomas
ISBN: 9798850648657
Format: Paperback
$34.29

HOW TO TIME TRAVEL is a collection of poems, aphorisms, scientific observations, literary criticisms, and daily...  Read More >>

Inspirations from a Lofty Mountain: Festschrift in Honor of Prof . William S-Y . Wang on his 90th Birthday

Inspirations from a Lofty Mountain: Festschrift in Honor...

Author: Gang Peng ,  Jiangping Kong
ISBN: 9789629376727
Format: Paperback
$100.32

Presents diachronic, synchronic, and interdisciplinary linguistic studies from authors across Asia and in the United...  Read More >>

The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue

The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the...

Author: Merritt Ruhlen
ISBN: 9781463244958
Format: Hardback
$237.60

The present volume is a reprint of the 2009 second edition of the book, and includes the text of the first edition...  Read More >>

The Discursive Construction of Place in the Digital Age

The Discursive Construction of Place in the Digital...

Author: Alejandro Parini ,  Francisco Yus
ISBN: 9781032371474
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective

Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive...

Author: Marcel Danesi
ISBN: 9781032393124
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective shows how language influences mechanisms...  Read More >>

Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective

Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive...

Author: Marcel Danesi
ISBN: 9781032393131
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective shows how language influences mechanisms...  Read More >>

Exploring Intersemiotic Translation Models: A Case Study of Ang Lee's Films

Exploring Intersemiotic Translation Models: A Case Study...

Author: Haoxuan Zhang
ISBN: 9781032395326
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Metaphor and Argumentation in Climate Crisis Discourse

Metaphor and Argumentation in Climate Crisis Discourse...

Author: Anaïs Augé
ISBN: 9781032379791
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This volume sheds light on the argumentative role of metaphor in climate change discourse, unpacking the ways in...  Read More >>

Texts and Practices Revisited: Essential Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis

Texts and Practices Revisited: Essential Readings in...

Author: Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard ,  Malcolm Coulthard
ISBN: 9781032225128
Format: Hardback
$263.00

Texts and Practices Revisited: Essential Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis provides a representative collection...  Read More >>

The Origin of Language and Consciousness: How Social Orders and Communicative Concerns Gave Rise to Speech and Cognitive Abilities

The Origin of Language and Consciousness: How Social...

Author: Nikolai S. Rozov
ISBN: 9783031306297
Format: Hardback
$369.57

"This book presents an evolutionary theory of the origin and step-by-step development of linguistic structures and...  Read More >>

Popularizing Science in the Digital Era: A Multimodal Genre Perspective on TED Talk Videos

Popularizing Science in the Digital Era: A Multimodal...

Author: Sichen Xia
ISBN: 9781032263625
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book offers a comprehensive overview of TED talks as a digital-multimodal video genre, exploring the ways in...  Read More >>

Sbisà on Speech as Action

Sbisà on Speech as Action

Author: Laura Caponetto ,  Paolo Labinaz
ISBN: 9783031225277
Format: Hardback
$284.60

The volume provides a thorough look into Marina Sbisà’s distinctive, Austinian-inspired approach to speech acts....  Read More >>

A Deep Well of Want: Visualising the World of John McGahern

A Deep Well of Want: Visualising the World of John McGahern...

Author: Eamon Maher ,  Paul Butler
ISBN: 9781800798106
Format: Paperback
$77.63

This book represents a unique visualisation of the world of Irish writer John McGahern through his words and the...  Read More >>

Puns on the Menu!: (Having Fun with Food)

Puns on the Menu!: (Having Fun with Food)

Author: El McMeen
ISBN: 9781958890202
Format: Hardback
$74.91

"We can have fun with food! Let's make up some words! Tasteless Gazpacho is ""Gazbotcho!"" Shrimp Scampi chintzy...  Read More >>

Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire

Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman...

Author: Nicholas Zair (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781009327671
Format: Paperback
$77.60

Makes use of digital corpora to give in-depth details of the history and development of the spelling of Latin. Focusses...  Read More >>

Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman Empire

Orthographic Traditions and the Sub-elite in the Roman...

Author: Nicholas Zair (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781009327664
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Makes use of digital corpora to give in-depth details of the history and development of the spelling of Latin. Focusses...  Read More >>

The Long Journey of English: A Geographical History of the Language

The Long Journey of English: A Geographical History...

Author: Peter Trudgill (Université de Fribourg, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9781108845120
Format: Hardback
$155.25

Written by one of the foremost authorities on the English language, this book offers a fascinating look at the history...  Read More >>

Exploring Education Policy Through Newspapers and Social Media: The Politics of Mediatisation

Exploring Education Policy Through Newspapers and Social...

Author: Aspa Baroutsis (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) ,  Bob Lingard (Univerisity of Queensland, Australia)
ISBN: 9781032215297
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Exploring education policy through newspapers and social media offers an original, theorised, and empirically-based...  Read More >>

Exploring Education Policy Through Newspapers and Social Media: The Politics of Mediatisation

Exploring Education Policy Through Newspapers and Social...

Author: Aspa Baroutsis (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) ,  Bob Lingard (Univerisity of Queensland, Australia)
ISBN: 9781032215303
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Exploring education policy through newspapers and social media offers an original, theorised, and empirically-based...  Read More >>

The Language of Living Matter: How Molecules Acquire Meaning

The Language of Living Matter: How Molecules Acquire...

Author: Bernd-Olaf Küppers
ISBN: 9783030803216
Format: Paperback
$103.47

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