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Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective by Marcel Danesi 9781032393124
RRP: £36.99£32.53Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective shows how language influences mechanisms of cognition, perception, and belief, and by extension its power to manipulate thoughts and beliefs. This exciting and original work is... -
A History of Language by Steven Roger Fischer
RRP: £14.95£8.43It is tempting to take the tremendous rate of contemporary linguistic change for granted. What is required, in fact, is a radical reinterpretation of what language is. Steven Roger Fischer charts the history of language from the times of Homo erectus,... -
Tokyo City Atlas: A Bilingual Guide by Kodansha International 9781568364452
RRP: £24.00£14.30This is the updated third edition of an atlas first published in 1998. During the past six years, the transportation network of the metropolitan area of Tokyo has changed a good deal. In the case of the subway system, lines have been extended, and some... -
The Song of Middle-earth: J. R. R. Tolkien's Themes, Symbols and Myths by David Harvey
RRP: £9.99£7.19Available for the first time in paperback, this is the pre-eminent critical study, and exploration, of how myth and legend played such a significant role in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The Song of Middle-earth takes a fresh look at The Lord... -
The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind and Body by Steven Mithen
RRP: £14.99£9.80A fascinating and incisive examination of our language instinct from award-winning science writer Steven Mithen.Along with the concepts of consciousness and intelligence, our capacity for language sits right at the core of what makes us human. But while... -
The Violin Family and its Makers in the British Isles: An Illustrated History and Directory by Brian W. Harvey 9780198162599
£98.75The contribution of the British Isles to the history of the violin family has been consistently under-estimated. For over 200 years England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland have produced many fine makers and an abundance of quality instruments and bows, now... -
WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Language: Student Book 1: Developing the skills for Component 1 and Component 2 by Michelle Doran 9780198332824
£22.95Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: Eduqas Level: GCSE Subject: English Language First teaching: 2015 First exams: 2017 Student Book 1 develops the key reading and writing skills that students will be... -
Collins French Essential Dictionary by Collins Dictionaries
RRP: £5.99£4.18The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy and affordable French to English and English to French reference dictionary for every day, including short grammars of French and English. The clear layout allows... -
Miss Julie and Other Plays by Johan August Strindberg
RRP: £8.99£6.45The Father; A Dream Play; Miss Julie; The Ghost Sonata; The Dance of Death `Ibsen can sit serenely in his Doll's House,' Sean O'Casey remarked, `while Strindberg is battling with his heaven and his hell.' Strindberg was one of the most extreme,... -
Dad Jokes: Terribly Good Dad Jokes by Share The Love Gifts 9781979369657
RRP: £6.99£6.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781979369657Author Share The Love GiftsFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Lazarillo de Tormes (Dual-Language) by Anonymous 9780486414317
RRP: £8.49£5.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486414317Author Anonymous AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Index, A History of the by Dennis Duncan
RRP: £10.99£7.77*A TIME, New Yorker, Financial Times and History Today Book of the Year*'Hilarious' Sam Leith'I loved this book' Susie Dent''Witty and affectionate' Lynne TrussPerfect for book lovers, a delightful history of the wonders to be found in the humble book... -
The Phonology of a South Durham Dialect: Descriptive, Historical, and Comparative by Harold Orton
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book, first published in 1933, examines the dialect of the people of Byers Green in County Durham. Orton explores the possible reasons behind why the dialect has signs of external influences, and the ways in which it differs to the dialects of other... -
Bilingualism and the Latin Language by J. N. Adams
RRP: £37.99£35.43Since the 1980s, bilingualism has become one of the main themes of sociolinguistics - but there are as yet few large-scale treatments of the subject specific to the ancient world. This book is the first work to deal systematically with bilingualism... -
Language and Television Series: A Linguistic Approach to TV Dialogue by Monika Bednarek
RRP: £32.99£28.43This book offers a comprehensive linguistic analysis of contemporary US television series. Adopting an interdisciplinary and multimethodological approach, Monika Bednarek brings together linguistic analysis of the Sydney Corpus of Television Dialogue... -
Reading the Gaelic Landscape: Leughadh Aghaidh na Tire by John Murray 9781849954389
RRP: £18.99£15.65Following the success of the first edition, this new edition has been expanded and improved with additional images and enhanced drawings. The subject matter has been expanded with the chapter on grammar and pronunciation extended. There are examples of... -
The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen 9780199552580
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.' In The Theory of the Leisure Class Thorstein Veblen sets out 'to discuss the place and value of the leisure class as an economic factor in modern life'... -
Collins Cambridge International AS & A Level - Cambridge International AS & A Level English Language Student's Book by Beth Kemp
RRP: £30.00£28.91Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel & Subject: Cambridge International AS & A Level English LanguageFirst teaching: September 2019 First examination: from 2021 The Student's Book is structured to build skills and... -
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John McWhorter 9781592404940
RRP: £17.00£11.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592404940Author John McWhorterFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Gotham BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 182mm * 129mm *... -
Discourse Analysis and Media Attitudes: The Representation of Islam in the British Press by Paul Baker
RRP: £30.99£23.80Is 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... -
Introducing Linguistics: A Graphic Guide by R. L. Trask 9781848310889
RRP: £8.99£6.70Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, "Introducing Linguistics" reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human skill.About the AuthorR.L. Trask was a professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex. A hugely... -
Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age by Roberta Katz
RRP: £21.00£17.76Born since the mid-1990s, Generation Z is the first generation never to know the world without the internet, and it is the most diverse generation yet. As Gen Z starts to emerge into adulthood and enter the workforce, what do we really know about them?... -
Distributed Languaging, Affective Dynamics, and the Human Ecology Volume II: Co-articulating Self and World by Paul J. Thibault
RRP: £39.99£35.06Language plays a central role in human life. However, the term "language" as defined in the language sciences of the 20th century and the traditions these have drawn on, have arguably limited our thinking about what language is and does. The two... -
Other Tongues: Psychological therapies in a multilingual world by Beverley Costa
RRP: £16.99£16.12Multilingual clients are different from monolingual clients. So writes Beverley Costa at the start of this groundbreaking book. Other Tongues challenges counsellors and psychotherapists to consider more deeply the tool that is central to their work -... -
Irish English: History and Present-Day Forms by Raymond Hickey
RRP: £41.99£38.34English has been spoken in Ireland for over 800 years, making Irish English the oldest variety of the language outside Britain. This 2007 book traces the development of English in Ireland, both north and south, from the late Middle Ages to the present... -
Romanticism: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Ferber
RRP: £8.99£6.61What is Romanticism? In this Very Short Introduction Michael Ferber answers this by considering who the romantics were and looks at what they had in common -- their ideas, beliefs, commitments, and tastes. He looks at the birth and growth of Romanticism... -
A Historical Phonology of English by Donka Minkova
RRP: £24.99£22.65This title charts the historical development of the English phonological system. Phonological evolution is a major component of the overall history of the language; the subject matter is both significant on its own terms and relevant in curricular terms... -
A History of the Irish Language: From the Norman Invasion to Independence by Aidan Doyle
RRP: £23.99£22.77In this book, Aidan Doyle traces the history of the Irish language from the time of the Norman invasion at the end of the 12th century to independence in 1922, combining political, cultural, and linguistic history. The book is divided into seven main... -
The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names by John Wright
RRP: £10.99£7.77Latin names - frequently unpronounceable, all too often wrong and always a tiny puzzle to unravel - have been annoying the layman since they first became formalised as scientific terms in the eighteenth century. Why on earth has the entirely... -
Behold, America by Sarah Churchwell
RRP: £12.99£9.09SELECTED AS A 2018 SUMMER READ BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, I-PAPER AND THE BIG ISSUE 'Enormously entertaining' SUNDAY TIMES 'Fascinating' NEW STATESMAN 'Excoriating, brilliant' ALI SMITH 'Enthralling' GUARDIAN 'My number one contributor when it... -
It's All Greek: Borrowed Words and their Histories by Alexander Tulloch
RRP: £12.99£9.63Most of us are aware that words such as geometry, mathematics, phobia and hypochondria derive from ancient Greek, but did you know that marmalade, pirate, sketch and purse can also trace their linguistic origins back to the Athens of 500 bce? This... -
Stories from the Tain by John Strachan
£12.39'The Tain' (meaning 'The driving-off cows of Cooley') is a legendary Irish tale set in the first century AD. It tells of a war against Ulster by the Connacht queen Medb and her husband Ailill, who intend to steal the stud bull Donn Cuailnge and are... -
Cued Articulation: Consonants and Vowels by Jane Passy 9780864318466
RRP: £41.95£34.33This publication is the revised edition of the Cued Articulation range. The previously separate titles Cued Articulation and Cued Vowels are now combined and updated, with this edition covering consonants, vowels, demonstrative images and full colour... -
English Stylistics: A Cognitive Grammar Approach by Zeki Hamawand
RRP: £54.99£49.36This accessible textbook hinges on the central assumptions of Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Grammar, introducing students to the analytical tools they need to approach Stylistics, an essential area in language analysis. The author verifies the... -
Serendipities: Language And Lunacy by Umberto Eco
RRP: £9.99£6.80The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions.SERENDIPITIES is an iconoclastic, dazzlingly erudite and witty demonstration, by one of the world's most brilliant thinkers, of how myths and lunacies can produce historical... -
Historical Linguistics: An Introduction by Lyle Campbell 9781474463126
RRP: £29.99£24.16Lyle Campbell presents an accessible, hands-on introduction to historical linguistics. The fourth edition has a lucid and engaging style, expert guidance and comprehensive coverage, making it ideal for students coming to historical linguistics for the... -
Raciolinguistics: How Language Shapes Our Ideas About Race by H. Samy Alim
£38.54Raciolinguistics reveals the central role that language plays in shaping our ideas about race. The book brings together a team of leading scholars-working both within and beyond the United States-to share powerful, much-needed research that helps us... -
Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology by Leslie L. Iversen
RRP: £56.00£54.41Introduction to Neuropsychopharmacology expands on the molecular and cellular foundations of the classic Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology, Eighth Edition (Cooper, Bloom, and Roth) by now including the behavioral methods used to study psychoactive... -
Ben-Yehuda's Pocket English-Hebrew, Hebrew-English Dictionary: Meelon Ben-Yehuda Meelon Ceem Anglee-Iuree, Iuree-Anglee by Ehud Ben-Yehuda 9780671688622
RRP: £9.99£7.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671688622Author Ehud Ben-YehudaFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Simon & Schuster LtdPublisher Simon & Schuster LtdWeight(grams) 306g -
Lawyers Latin by John Gray
RRP: £12.99£10.78Updated and expanded, this invaluable reference book was originally written as an aid for those disadvantaged by the deteriorating standing of Latin in our education system and by its use as legal terminology. Professional and comprehensive, yet...