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Evaluative Language in Engineering Writing: The Grammar of Persuasion

Evaluative Language in Engineering Writing: The Grammar...

Author: Dr Claire Simpson-Smith
ISBN: 9781350475137
Format: Hardback
$190.00

Examines strategic language use in professional engineering written reports, illustrating how writers create a persuasive...  Read More >>

The Early History of they: Forms, Functions and Etymology

The Early History of they: Forms, Functions and Etymology...

Author: Marcelle Cole
ISBN: 9783032056849
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This book challenges the long-held theory that the English pronouns they, their, them are loanwords from Old Norse,...  Read More >>

Candidate Fetterman: John Fetterman's U.S. Senate Campaign Rhetoric

Candidate Fetterman: John Fetterman's U.S. Senate Campaign...

Author: Brian J. Snee ,  Grant C. Cos
ISBN: 9783032195012
Format: Hardback
$90.54

Candidate Fetterman: John Fetterman’s U.S. Senate Campaign Rhetoric examines the historic 2022 race between John...  Read More >>

Language Education and Learners of a Refugee Background

Language Education and Learners of a Refugee Background...

Author: Vander Tavares ,  Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer
ISBN: 9783032169464
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book offers a comprehensive and global perspective on language education for learners of a refugee background....  Read More >>

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global

Author: Laura Spinney
ISBN: 9780008626563
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Named a Best Book of 2025 by the Guardian, Scientific American, and the Washington Independent Review of Books...  Read More >>

The Perks of Being a Bookworm: The Science of the Benefits of Reading

The Perks of Being a Bookworm: The Science of the Benefits...

Author: Falk Huettig (Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9781009701488
Format: Paperback
$64.69

This book explores how reading and the development of literacy positively affect a wide variety of important cognitive...  Read More >>

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race to Save Our Words

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race...

Author: Sophia Smith Galer
ISBN: 9780008723736
Format: Paperback
$34.99

‘Beautiful, thought-provoking, and compelling' SUSIE DENT 'Punchy and persuasive'...  Read More >>

Rhythms of Speech and Language: Physiology, Cognition, Culture

Rhythms of Speech and Language: Physiology, Cognition,...

Author: Lars Meyer (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences) ,  Antje Strauss (University of Konstanz)
ISBN: 9781009295857
Format: Paperback
$129.38

Comprising 50 chapters spanning physiology, cognition, and culture, this book captures the pivotal role of rhythms...  Read More >>

Pauses in Simultaneous Interpreting: A Multimodal Corpus-Based Approach

Pauses in Simultaneous Interpreting: A Multimodal Corpus-Based...

Author: Taoyun Qi
ISBN: 9789819568048
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book presents cutting-edge research on simultaneous interpreting based on a multimodal corpus. It examines...  Read More >>

Hermano Mateo, le dernier nom de V.-Y. Mudimbe: Réflexions sur un pseudonyme énigmatique

Hermano Mateo, le dernier nom de V.-Y. Mudimbe: Réflexions...

Author: José Mambwini Kivuila-Kiaku ,  Albert Tshiji Bampendi Mukole
ISBN: 9782336563206
Format: Paperback
$62.22

Pourquoi V.-Y. Mudimbe a-t-il choisi, dans ses dernières années, le pseudonyme Hermano Mateo comme signature électronique...  Read More >>

D’you Hear There!: Daily Pipes of the Royal Navy

D’you Hear There!: Daily Pipes of the Royal Navy

Author: Commodore Richard Harris
ISBN: 9781472876188
Format: Hardback
$22.99

A unique approach to describing life at sea in the Royal Navy.  Read More >>

The Perks of Being a Bookworm: The Science of the Benefits of Reading

The Perks of Being a Bookworm: The Science of the Benefits...

Author: Falk Huettig (Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9781009701525
Format: Hardback
$207.00

This book explores how reading and the development of literacy positively affect a wide variety of important cognitive...  Read More >>

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race to Save Our Words

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance and the Race...

Author: Sophia Smith Galer
ISBN: 9780008723729
Format: Hardback
$50.00

‘Beautiful, thought-provoking, and compelling' SUSIE DENT 'Punchy and persuasive'...  Read More >>

The Early Evolution of Language: A Species Pump Hypothesis

The Early Evolution of Language: A Species Pump Hypothesis...

Author: Pierre Bancel
ISBN: 9781041091806
Format: Hardback
$315.00

The huge gap between human articulate language and all the communication systems of other living beings has prevented...  Read More >>

Digital Political Communication and Indigenous Languages in Africa

Digital Political Communication and Indigenous Languages...

Author: Limukani Mathe ,  Gilbert Motsaathebe
ISBN: 9783032096289
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This book explores the various kinds of political communication that social media enables or curtails in African...  Read More >>

Translating Finance and Economics: Theory, Practice, Training and Technology

Translating Finance and Economics: Theory, Practice,...

Author: Dongchun Chen ,  Aina Sun
ISBN: 9789819543731
Format: Hardback
$362.22

This book provides an in-depth exploration of financial and economic translation, bridging theoretical insights...  Read More >>

African Oral Law in Practice: The Banen Customary Courts in Cameroon

African Oral Law in Practice: The Banen Customary Courts...

Author: Endurence Midinette Koumassol Dissake
ISBN: 9783032121356
Format: Hardback
$90.54

This book examines the African oral legal tradition through the case study of the Banen community of Cameroon, employing...  Read More >>

New Developments in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies

New Developments in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting...

Author: Xu Wen ,  Jin Liu
ISBN: 9789819554904
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book summarizes the rapid development of cognitive translation studies in global perspective over the past...  Read More >>

Artificial Intelligence in School: A Pedagogical Framework for Critical AI Literacy

Artificial Intelligence in School: A Pedagogical Framework...

Author: Maria Ranieri ,  Stefano Cuomo
ISBN: 9783032159182
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This book addresses a growing and urgent educational challenge: equipping students and educators with the knowledge...  Read More >>

Kripke's Wittgenstein: Meaning, Rules, and Scepticism

Kripke's Wittgenstein: Meaning, Rules, and Scepticism...

Author: Ali Hossein Khani
ISBN: 9781839990151
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This book examines Kripke's influential interpretation of Wittgenstein's later philosophy, as presented in his celebrated...  Read More >>

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