Products In Language: history & general works (Total Products 107, Showing: 1 -> 32)
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This book, the first of its kind, examines how the phonology and grammar of the ancient Egyptian language changed over more than three thousand years ...
We all had teachers who scolded us over the use of um, uh-huh, oh, like, and mm-hmm. But as linguist N. J. Enfield reveals in How We Talk, these bad ...
Ideal for courses in beginning Sanskrit or self-study, this textbook employs modern, tried-and-tested pedagogical methods and tools, but requires no p...
A collection of proverbs in the original Gaelic, and translated into English covering family, work, money, self-Improvement and food and drink amongst...
Ever feel like you are pedalling in the choucroute? Been caught with your beard in the mailbox again? Or maybe you just wish everyone would stop ironi...
Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics... he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother t...
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos asks: how do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This funny, wise and life-affirming lang...
This unique and authoritative dictionary contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English, utilizing the latest research from Oxford Di...
Quantitative Research Methods for Linguistics provides an accessible introduction to research methods for undergraduates undertaking research for th...
This book looks at how language has evolved around the globe from ancestral proto-languages to our recognisable modern tongues. It demonstrates how la...
Bestseller & Winner of the Popular Non-Fiction Irish Book Award. 'Thought-provoking, irreverent and often laugh-out-loud hilarious' Irish Independ...
This best-selling comprehensive descriptive grammar forms a complete course, ideal for all students studying English Language, whether on a course or ...
In this brilliant transatlantic survival guide, Erin Moore examines the key differences between the British and the Americans through their language. ...
Since its initial publication, English with an Accent has provoked debate and controversy within classrooms through its in-depth scrutiny of American ...
An understanding of phonetics - of the mechanisms of speech, of how the sounds of language are produced, and of how they can be analysed and classifie...
Slang is the language of pop culture, low culture, street culture, underground movements and secret societies; depending on your point of view, it is ...
Bold as brass, cold feet, cock and bull, off the cuff, red herrings and white elephants - we use these phrases every day and yet have only the vaguest idea of where many of them come from. The origins of hundreds of common phrases are explained in this book.
It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: 'to be'. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other En...
This book explores the role of photographs in newspapers and online news, analyzing how meanings are made in images and exploring text-image relations...
This analysis of the rhetoric of nine successfully persuasive politicians explains how their use of language created credible and consistent stories a...
This innovative textbook for learning classical Chinese poetry moves beyond the traditional anthology of poems translated into English and instead b...
'Some part of me believed I would become a more complete person if I spoke Irish, more in tune with my roots, my identity, my very being.'
'I was o...
How and why do languages change? Where does the evidence of language change come from? How do languages begin and end? This introduction to language c...
A comprehensive and critical A-Z guide to the main terms and concepts used in the study of language and linguistics, definitions featured include:
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'At last, a book that tells you exactly where to stick your apostrophe ... funny and useful, the perfect stocking filler.' David Marsh, Guardian
Apos...
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early spea...
Quotations - or snippets from them - are commonly used in everyday speech, most often without the speaker knowing where they came from. From words of ...
Provides a step-by-step approach to the most useful statistical analyses for language test developers and researchers using IBM SPSS, Winsteps and Fac...
Anyone writing texts in English is constantly faced with the unavoidable question whether to use open spelling (drinking fountain), hyphenation (far-o...
From sugar-cube etiquette to why the Marseillaise is all about slaughtering Austrians and Prussians as bloodily as possible, Charles Timoney lays bare the Gallic mindset alongside their bizarre language.
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON
Mark Forsyth presents a delightfully eccentric day in the life of unusual,...
English for Journalists has established itself as an invaluable guide to the basics of English in newsrooms the world over, focusing on the essential ...