Alphabets & Writing Systems

This book is an account of the writing systems of the world from earliest times to the present. Its aim is to explore the complex ways in which writing systems relate to the language they depict. Writing, Coulmas contends, is not only the guide or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997099904Author Khaled AliaFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Alif Baa WorldPublisher Alif Baa World

In Building Academic Vocabulary: Teacher's Manual, Robert J. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering give teachers a practical way to help students master academic vocabulary. Research has shown that when teachers, schools, and districts take a systematic...

Equips Students with Essential Tools to Quickly Grasp Akkadian and Move into TranslationBasics of Akkadian: A Complete Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon, by Gordon P. Hugenberger with Nancy L. Erickson, is a one-semester introductory textbook to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399532603Author Karyn WarburtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

Today the history of ancient Egypt is known around the world, recognisable in precious museum collections and countless retellings from popular culture. Yet for hundreds of years, from the late Roman Empire to the 19th century, the wonders of this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432971847Author Daniel NunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Heinemann Educational BooksPublisher Heinemann Educational BooksWeight(grams) 73g

This long-awaited translation of Johannes Pedersen's Danish work Den Arabiske Bog (1946) describes in vivid detail the production of books in medieval Islam, and outlines the role of literature and scholarship in Islamic society. Originally published in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671663636Author Fred GwynneFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977131577Author Cari MeisterFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone Press, IncorporatedPublisher Capstone Press, Incorporated

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487807726Author Hui XuFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Royal Collins Publishing CompanyPublisher Royal Collins Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 322g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977131560Author Cari MeisterFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone Press, IncorporatedPublisher Capstone Press, Incorporated

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487807719Author Hui XuFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Royal Collins Publishing CompanyPublisher Royal Collins Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 336g

Language contact phenomena describe the linguistic varieties, or intrusions of one variety into another, that arise when speakers confront a new language. Language contact is one of the principal causes of linguistic change and diversity, and of central...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024071Author Brigitte Miriam Bedos-RezakFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks...

This book is a quick and easy way to learn basic Chinese Characters.All beginning Chinese language learners struggle to memorize and learn to write Chinese characters. The First 100 Chinese Characters adopts a structural approach which helps students to...

Visible Speech is an attempt to set the record straight about the nature of writing. John DeFrancis, a noted specialist in the Chinese language, shows that writing can be based only upon a sound system and not upon any other linguistic level. He corrects...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861716999Author Sanje ElliotFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

It's never a good idea to be overly-relient on technology while traveling! Look up words quickly and easily with this great little Malay dictionary.Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to Malaysia Pocket Malay Dictionary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716123474Author Mirela HeljFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564142023Author Harry H. CrosbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Career PressPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

Is the British press prejudiced against Muslims? In what ways can prejudice be explicit or subtle? This book uses a detailed analysis of over 140 million words of newspaper articles on Muslims and Islam, combining corpus linguistics and discourse...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789991054704Author Daphne Barlatt PrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Sierra Leonean Writers SeriesPublisher Sierra Leonean Writers...

Writing surrounds us in the modern world - but how did it develop into the systems we use today, and given the technological developments of the twenty-first century, what does its future hold? This beautifully illustrated book, published to coincide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440496882Author Dinesh VermaFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556437236Author Stan TenenFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368070973Author Mo WillemsFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Hyperion Books for ChildrenPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891289364Author Diane P WormsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint American Printing House for the BlindPublisher American Printing House for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780698113541Author Ruth HellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.Publisher Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.Weight(grams)...

From its first adoption of writing at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age, ancient Cyprus was home to distinctive scripts and writing habits, often setting it apart from other areas of the Mediterranean and Near East. This well-illustrated volume is the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564142474Author Edie SchwagerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Career PressPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715622605Author Professor Roy HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Gerald Duckworth & Co LtdPublisher Duckworth OverlookWeight(grams) 214g

This book presents the first ever comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, the impacts they have and the advocacy campaigns which led to their creation. It comprises 18 studies from communities across Europe, the US, South...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951028794Author Melissa CaudleFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Absolute Author Publishing HousePublisher Absolute Author Publishing...

The field of text technologies is a capacious analytical framework that focuses on all textual records throughout human history, from the earliest periods of traceable communication-perhaps as early as 60,000 BCE-to the present day. At its core, it...

The languages and dialects of Europe, this book shows, are becoming increasingly alike. Furthermore this unifying process goes at least as far back as the Roman empire, is accelerating, and affects every one of Europe's 150 or so languages including...

English Vocabulary Elements draws on the tools of modern linguistics to help students acquire an effective understanding of learned, specialized, and scientific vocabulary. This fully refined and updated edition helps develop familiarity with over 500...

Fascination with words-their meanings, origins, pronunciation, usages-is something most of us experience at some point. This book aims both to fuel and to satisfy that fascination. The book is based on a course that each of the authors helped to develop...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806143736Author University Ellen CushmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint University of Oklahoma PressPublisher University of Oklahoma...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891288763Author Diane P WormsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint American Printing House for the BlindPublisher American Printing House for the...