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SAT Level Up! Verbal: 300+ Easy, Medium, and Hard Drill Questions for Scoring Success on the Digital SAT

SAT Level Up! Verbal: 300+ Easy, Medium, and Hard Drill...

Author: The Princeton Review
ISBN: 9780593516546
Format: Paperback
$39.99

"""Build the techniques you need for high-level proficiency in each of the 12 SAT verbal subjects.""--"  Read More >>

The Snark Handbook: Christmas Edition: Sarcasm, Bitterness, and the Holiday Season

The Snark Handbook: Christmas Edition: Sarcasm, Bitterness,...

Author: Lawrence Dorfman
ISBN: 9781510775350
Format: Paperback
$44.85

"Bah! Humbug! It's that time of year again....Time to spend too much, drink too much, eat too much, smile falsely,...  Read More >>

The Vernacular: Three Essays on an Ambivalent Concept and its Uses in South Asia

The Vernacular: Three Essays on an Ambivalent Concept...

Author: Hans Harder (Heidelberg University) ,  Nishat Zaidi (Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India)
ISBN: 9781032406275
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines the validity of the notion of the ‘vernacular’ and the position of the so-called ‘vernaculars’...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics: Volume One

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics: Volume...

Author: Li Wei ,  Zhu Hua
ISBN: 9780367536275
Format: Hardback
$452.00

Spilt into two volumes, this new edition includes 27 new chapters and covers a wide range of topics, Volume 1 is...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics: Volume Two

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics: Volume...

Author: Li Wei ,  Zhu Hua
ISBN: 9780367536244
Format: Hardback
$452.00

Spilt into two volumes, this new edition includes 27 new chapters and covers a wide range of topics, Volume 1 is...  Read More >>

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: 9781958922316
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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

Narrative Persuasion. A Cognitive Perspective on Language Evolution

Narrative Persuasion. A Cognitive Perspective on Language...

Author: Francesco Ferretti
ISBN: 9783031092084
Format: Paperback
$290.37

The study of the transition from animal communication to language addresses both the selective pressures that led...  Read More >>

Aphasia’s Implications for Linguistics Research: Exploring the Interface Between Semantics and Pragmatics

Aphasia’s Implications for Linguistics Research: Exploring...

Author: Roberto Graci
ISBN: 9783031368103
Format: Hardback
$343.17

The research herein is gathered across disciplines to provide theoretical and clinical contributions and collaborations,...  Read More >>

Understanding Language: An Introduction to Linguistics

Understanding Language: An Introduction to Linguistics...

Author: Roger Fowler
ISBN: 9781032213262
Format: Paperback
$60.99

In this work, originally published in 1974, Roger Fowler explains the character and absorbing interest of language....  Read More >>

Fair Dinkum!: Aussie Slang

Fair Dinkum!: Aussie Slang

Author: H.G Nelson
ISBN: 9781922507556
Format: Paperback
$19.99

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Abstract Entity Anaphora in Argumentative Texts: Pragmatic Features and Referent Interpretation

Abstract Entity Anaphora in Argumentative Texts: Pragmatic...

Author: Donghong Liu
ISBN: 9789819946297
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This book focuses on abstract entity anaphora in argumentative texts with Asher’s (1993) Segmented Discourse Representation...  Read More >>

Linguistic Bibliography for the Year 2022 / Bibliographie Linguistique de l’année 2022: and Supplement for Previous Years / et complement des années précédentes

Linguistic Bibliography for the Year 2022 / Bibliographie...

Author: Anne Aarssen ,  René Genis
ISBN: 9789004546042
Format: Hardback
$1755.60

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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

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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 >>

Manuscripts and Arabic-script writing in Africa

Manuscripts and Arabic-script writing in Africa

Author: Charles C. Stewart ,  Ahmed Chaouki Binebine
ISBN: 9781739260705
Format: Hardback
$258.75

Manuscripts and Arabic-script writing in Africa - explores the lesser-known secrets of the African past, specifically...  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 >>

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 >>

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