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The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699 by B. E. Gent
RRP: $17.53$13.30Written originally for the education of the polite London classes in 'canting' - the language of thieves and ruffians - should they be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town, A New Dictionary of Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting... -
Nelson Grammar Pupil Book 1B Year 1/P2 by Wendy Wren
$13.73Helping you deliver effective and integrated teaching of grammar.A step-by-step grammar course for the new curriculumBook InformationISBN 9781408523889Author Wendy WrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Nelson Thornes LtdPublisher Oxford University... -
The Word Detective: A Life in Words: From Serendipity to Selfie by John Simpson
RRP: $21.43$8.01Language 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... -
The Minimalist Program by Noam Chomsky
RRP: $64.35$60.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262527347Author Noam ChomskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 17mm -
Writely or Wrongly: An unstuffy guide to language stuff by Joanne Anderson 9781922616708
RRP: $29.23$21.35An essential guide for anyone with cause to communicate in written form (most of us), a passing interest in doing it better (some of us), and a disinterest in a book on said subject that is humourlessly preoccupied with rules (almost all of us).Author... -
Metaphor in Discourse by Elena Semino
RRP: $77.98$64.86'Metaphor' is the phenomenon whereby we talk and, potentially, think about something in terms of something else. In this book Elena Semino discusses metaphor as a common linguistic occurrence, which is varied in its textual appearance, versatile in the... -
Pronouncing Welsh Place Names by Tony Leaver
$11.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845272050Author Tony LeaverFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Gwasg Carreg GwalchPublisher Gwasg Carreg Gwalch -
Stylistics: Text, Cognition and Corpora by Jane Lugea 9783031104213
RRP: $68.23$58.27This textbook introduces the reader to contemporary approaches to language analysis such as cognitive stylistics and corpus stylistics, reflecting recent shifts in research trends and offering students a practical way to access and understand these ... -
Enjoy Italian Intermediate to Upper Intermediate Course: Improve your fluency and communicate with ease by Sylvia Lymbery
RRP: $38.98$26.81Do you want to have more meaningful conversations in Italian? Do you want to feel comfortable in a variety of situations? Based on authentic texts, such as songs, poems, and conversations between native speakers, this course will help you improve and... -
The Kristeva Reader by Toril Moi
RRP: $42.80$37.67Julia Kristeva is one of Europe's most brilliant and original theorists, widely acclaimed for her work in such diverse areas as linguistics, psychoanalysis, literary and political theory. The Kristeva Reader is a fully-comprehensive, easily accessible... -
The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language by David Crystal
RRP: $21.43$15.15This is the definitive survey of the English language - in all its forms. Crystal writes accessibly about the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the world and finally he gives a brief history of English. The book has been fully... -
The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary by R. S. McGregor
RRP: $54.58$52.30This major Hindi-English dictionary has been produced to meet the need of a growing number of people now learning and studying Hindi. Reflecting the many-sided development of Hindi during the 20th century, it provides over 36,000 headwords, with generous... -
In Other Words: A Coursebook on Translation by Mona Baker 9781138666887
RRP: $74.08$65.87In Other Words has been the definitive coursebook for students studying translation for nearly three decades. Assuming no knowledge of foreign languages, it offers a practical guide based on extensive research in areas as varied as lexis, grammar,... -
Tins on a Till: Phase 2 Set 4 Blending practice (Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised) by Roisin Leahy 9780008668204
RRP: $9.26$9.18Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that... -
Downs: The history of a disability by David Wright
RRP: $31.18$23.21For 150 years, Down's Syndrome has constituted the archetypal mental disability, easily recognisable by distinct facial anomalies and physical stigmata. In a narrow medical sense, Down's syndrome is a common disorder caused by the presence of all or part... -
Lives of the Sophists. Lives of Philosophers and Sophists by Philostratus
RRP: $48.65$44.69Two sophists on the history of sophistry.Flavius Philostratus, known as "the Elder" or "the Athenian," was born to a distinguished family with close ties to Lesbos in the later second century, and died around the middle of the third. A sophist who... -
Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction by Benjamin W. Fortson
RRP: $74.00$67.00This revised and expanded edition provides a comprehensive overview of comparative Indo-European linguistics and the branches of the Indo-European language family, covering both linguistic and cultural material. Now offering even greater coverage than... -
Dogwhistles and Figleaves: How Manipulative Language Spreads Racism and Falsehood by Jennifer Mather Saul 9780192871756
RRP: $48.75$41.32Pinpoints how "dogwhistles" and "figleaves," two kinds of linguistic trick, distort political discourse and normalize racism It is widely accepted that political discourse in recent years has become more openly racist and more accepting of wildly... -
The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts by Silvia Ferrara 9781529064780
RRP: $21.43$13.88'Ferrara's book is an introduction to writing as a process of revelation, but it's also a celebration of these things still undeciphered, and many other tantalising mysteries besides.' - The SpectatorThis book tells the story of our greatest invention... -
Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar by Barry Eichengreen 9780199596713
$66.30For more than half a century, the dollar has been not just America's currency but the world's. It is used globally by importers, exporters, investors, governments and central banks alike. This singular role of the dollar is a source of strength for the... -
Exploring the Language of Poems, Plays and Prose by Mick Short 9780582291300
$82.41Exploring the Language of Poems, Plays and Prose examines how readers interact with literary works, how they understand and are moved by them. Mick Short considers how meanings and effects are generated in the three major literary genres, carying out... -
The Oxford Handbook of Oral History by Donald A. Ritchie 9780199945061
$97.25In the past sixty years, oral history has moved from the periphery to the mainstream of academic studies and is now employed as a research tool by historians, anthropologists, sociologists, medical therapists, documentary film makers, and educators at... -
Little Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins by Julia Cresswell
RRP: $21.43$15.15Did you know that coconut derives from the Spanish and Portuguese coco for 'grinning face'? Or that giraffes used to be called camelopards? Or that walrus has its origin in Dutch, meaning 'whale horse'. The Little Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins... -
A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic by Geir T Zoega 9780486434315
RRP: $57.51$38.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486434315Author Geir T. ZoeGaFormat PaperbackPage Count 572Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Significant Emotions: Rhetoric and Social Problems in a Vulnerable Age by Ashley Frawley 9781350026797
RRP: $38.98$34.34Significant Emotions is a piercing examination of the rising use of emotional signifiers in public debate and the rhetoric of an increasingly expansive array of social problems. Building on ideas developed in Ashley Frawley's previous book, Semiotics of... -
Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language by Janet Brennan Croft 9780786428274
RRP: $48.73$39.57Tolkien and Shakespeare: one a prolific popular dramatist and poet of the Elizabethan era, the other a twentieth-century scholar of Old English and author of a considerably smaller body of work. Though unquestionably very different writers, the two have... -
The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase by Mark Forsyth
RRP: $39.00$21.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425276181Author Mark ForsythFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)... -
The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism are Transforming the Way we Communicate by Dr Philip Seargeant 9781350278851
RRP: $39.00$29.21Will language as we know it cease to exist? What could this mean for the way we live our lives? Shining a light on the technology currently being developed to revolutionise communication, The Future of Language distinguishes myth from reality and... -
Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts by Andrew Robinson 9780500288160
RRP: $48.65$33.83Beginning with the stories of three great decipherments - Egyptian hieroglyphs, Minoan Linear B and Mayan glyphs - Lost Languages moves on to dissect the most well-known and enigmatic undeciphered scripts from around the world. These include the... -
Words And Rules by Steven Pinker
RRP: $25.33$16.77One of the world's science superstars presents a brilliantly illuminating, entertaining and cutting-edge account of how language actually works.How does language work? How do children learn their mother tongue? Why do languages change over time, making... -
Cutting Edge 3rd Edition Intermediate Students' Book and DVD Pack by Sarah Cunningham
$71.72New World culture lessons encourage the exploration of contemporary topics and develop online research skills. Language live lessons provide light-hearted contexts for practising functional language and writing. The Intermediate level takes students... -
Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage with a French and Spanish Supplement by Richard Allsopp 9789766401450
RRP: $83.75$82.08The Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage is the first attempt for over four hundred years to provide an authentic record of current English from the Caribbean archipelago, Guyana and Belize. Drawing its data from a broad range of enquiry through teacher... -
Chop and Chip: Phase 2 Set 5 Blending practice (Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised) by Caroline Green 9780008668235
RRP: $9.26$9.18Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that... -
The Oxford Companion to Italian Food by Gillian Riley 9780195387100
RRP: $27.28$26.07The popularity of Italian food all over the world is ever increasing. Unhampered by any sense of superiority, and unburdened by the weight of a great classical tradition, Italians cook and eat in the ways they have known and trusted for generations,... -
The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language by Rosemary Salomone
RRP: $51.66$44.44A sweeping account of the global rise of English and the high-stakes politics of language Spoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingua franca--its common tongue. The language of business, popular media, and international... -
Thought and Language by L. S. Vygotsky
RRP: $83.85$78.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262517713Author Lev S. VygotskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 17mm -
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She by Dennis Baron
RRP: $25.33$22.35Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns spark debate, prompting new policies about what pronouns to use. More than a by-product of the culture wars, gender-neutral pronouns are, however, nothing new. Pioneering linguist Dennis Baron... -
Luath Scots Language Learner: An Introduction to Contemporary Spoken Scots by L.Colin Wilson 9781906307431
RRP: $33.13$23.75This new edition of the Luath Scots Language Learner featuring updated information is suitable as an introductory course or for those interested in reacquainting themselves with the language of childhood and grandparents. There are dictionaries and... -
Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society by Peter Trudgill
RRP: $21.43$15.15This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics... -
Linguistics: Why It Matters by Geoffrey K. Pullum 9781509530762
RRP: $19.48$17.45Language is the medium in which we humans compose our thoughts, explain our thinking, construct our arguments, and create works of literature. Without language, societies as complex as ours could not exist. Geoffrey Pullum offers a stimulating...