Language Arts & Disciplines

This classic book on the Icelandic language was written to aid the military, the businessman, the traveler, or any foreign resident in Iceland. Originally published in 1945, the grammar gives reliable information on pronunciation, inflexions, and syntax...

The first course book designed to engage students in the pronunciation of modern German by grounding practice in theory An essential introduction to the pronunciation of modern German, this unique classroom text is designed to help mid- to upper-level...

This three-volume course is the ideal Hebrew program for English-speaking high school college and adult education students. The only entry requirement is the ability to recognize Hebrew letters and to read basic words. This course requires only one or...

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the study of language contact and its outcomes, as well as the social and linguistic factors involved. Provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of contact linguistics.Examines a wide range of...

Persian, or Farsi, is one of the world's oldest languages. Dating back to the sixth century B.C., it is spoken today by over forty million people in Iran and 5 million in Afghanistan. Now available in paperback for the first time, this comprehensive...

The first description of voice quality production in forty years, this book provides a new framework for its study: The Laryngeal Articulator Model. Informed by instrumental examinations of the laryngeal articulatory mechanism, it revises our...

Grammar and Meaning is an introduction to the study of grammar of contemporary English. It provides an impressive survey of all the main areas of English grammar, from words through to sentences and texts. It introduces and explains the linguistic terms...

New Cutting Edge Upper Intermediate Workbook consolidates and extends the language taught in the Students' Book. Grammar exercises give students useful practice and build confidence Vocabulary boosters and Wordspots build on the lexical areas covered in...

"The first edition of this Handbook is built on surveys by well-known figures from around the world and around the intellectual world, reflecting several different theoretical predilections, balancing coverage of enduring questions and important recent...

In this accessible new textbook, Isabela and Norman Fairclough present their innovative approach to analysing political discourse.Political Discourse Analysis integrates analysis of arguments into critical discourse analysis and political discourse...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780910355377Author James Scott BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Compendium PressPublisher Compendium PressWeight(grams) 150g

Language is always changing. No one knows where it is going but the best way to future-cast is to look at the past. John Simpson animates for us a tradition of researching and editing, showing us both the technical lexicography needed to understand a...

Written by two of the leading figures in the field, this is a lucid and systematic introduction to formal semantics.About the AuthorIrene Heim is Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of The Semantics of...

'A delightful compendium' - Evening StandardHave you ever had a feeling that you couldn't quite describe, because no English word exists for it?Indeed, without such a word, it's difficult to remember or understand the feeling, and to talk about it with...

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This book is an outstanding contribution to the philosophical study of language and mind, by one of the most influential thinkers of our time. In a series of penetrating essays, Chomsky cuts through the confusion and prejudice which has infected the...

Kid Wonder and Grandpa are behind bars at Baggem City Prison in Kid Wonder and the Sticky Skyscraper. They are trying to discover a sneaky plot by her great enemy, the cunning Slippery Shadow. He has suddenly become interested in cookery... TreeTops...

What do the following have in common? Let there be light - A fly in the ointment - A rod of iron - New wine in old bottles Lick the dust - How are the mighty fallen - Kick against the pricks - Wheels within wheels They are all in the King James...

This work provides the first truly comprehensive and systematic reconstruction of proto-Afroasiatic (proto-Afrasian). It rigorously applies, throughout, the established canon and techniques of the historical-comparative method. It also fully incorporates...

Shortlisted for the Royal Society of Young People's Book Prize. How to Change the World examines the often-unorthodox approaches which led to some of the world's greatest scientific discoveries from falling apples to melting chocolate! TreeTops inFact...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787513572132Author Foreign Language PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Foreign Languages PressPublisher Foreign Languages PressWeight(grams) 299g

If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, you'd do best to hone your chops and avoid cliches (like the one that begins this sentence) by learning from the prime movers. How to Write About Music offers a selection of the best writers on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593331996Author Daniel C. KoboldtFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

This is a book about languages and the people who love them. Sophie Hardach is here to guide us through the strange and wonderful ways that humans have used languages throughout history. She takes us from the earliest Mesopotamian clay tablets and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739905835Author Irene HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Oxford Brookes UniversityPublisher Oxford Brookes University

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913357641Author ScholdenersFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Devela PublishingPublisher Devela Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787561921623Author Yang NanFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Beijing Language & Culture University Press,ChinaPublisher Beijing Language & Culture...

Zoom Out! starts with an eye. Turn the page to zoom out and see where the eye is. Keep turning the pages to keep zooming out to a fly, an elephant, Kenya, Africa, then Earth! Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a non-fiction series that aims to engage...

Don't Eat Soup with your Fingers is filled with poems and jokes. Find out what's worse than being eaten alive by spiders and why a cat makes a better hat than a cow. Chucklers is a series of funny novels, short stories, anthologies and comics that make...

Do you sometimes mix up your 'affects' and 'effects'? Do you know when to use 'less' or 'fewer'? And what about punctuation - would you like to feel sure about semicolons? Grammar can be tricky, but this book will stop you from making embarrassing...

Introducing theoretical ideas and the latest empirical findings in this fast-developing field of media communication scholarship and study News, Public Relations and Power has contributions from leading international researchers who address issues such...

Doohickey gets a job as the professor's assistant in Doohickey and the Robot. When he is given a boring list of jobs to do by the professor, he decides to put the professor's latest invention to good use. After all, what could possibly go wrong? ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787301291610Author Liu YuehuaFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Peking University PressPublisher Peking University PressWeight(grams) 118g

How humans produce and understand language is clearly introduced in this textbook for students with only a basic knowledge of linguistics. With a logical, flexible structure Introducing Psycholinguistics steps through the central topics of production and...

In Translation Sites, leading theorist Sherry Simon shows how the processes and effects of translation pervade contemporary life. This field guide is an invitation to explore hotels, markets, museums, checkpoints, gardens, bridges, towers and streets as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865970526Author Adam SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 291Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 481g

Colloquial Irish 2 is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge of the language and to extend your skills from the beginner level to advanced beginner.Structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read plenty of modern, everyday Irish, Colloquial...

The Solutions Workbook is the perfect partner to the Student's Book, and helps consolidate the material taught in class. It contains further lesson-by-lesson practice for students to complete in their own time, as well as reference material for those who...

The Student's Resource Book supports students by giving them extensive additional material that enables students to consolidate and enrich their language and practise exam skills. If you would like access to these materials please contact your local...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902920941Author Fred FazakerleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 45Imprint Abson Books LondonPublisher Abson Books London