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Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society by Peter Trudgill
RRP: £10.99£7.77This 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: £9.99£8.95Language 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... -
Nelson Spelling Pupil Book 5 Year 5/P6 by John Jackman
£11.47The latest edition of Nelson Spelling Pupil Books provide full coverage of the core spelling and punctuation curriculum. Pupil Book 3 offers differentiated activities to build and extend your pupils' learning.Book InformationISBN 9781408524077Author John... -
Nelson Spelling Pupil Book 4 Year 4/P5 by John Jackman
£11.47The latest edition of Nelson Spelling Pupil Books provide full coverage of the core spelling and punctuation curriculum. Pupil Book 2 offers engaging activities based on key learning points.Book InformationISBN 9781408524060Author John JackmanFormat... -
Jolly Phonics Activity Book 4: In Precursive Letters (British English edition) by Sara Wernham
RRP: £6.50£5.50The fourth in a series of 7 fun-filled activity books for children covers the first group of letter sounds. Jolly Phonics teaches children to read and write using synthetic phonics in a fun and engaging way. Each of these 36-page activity books for... -
Alison Lester's ABC by Alison Lester 9781741148947
RRP: £5.99£4.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741148947Author Alison LesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint A&U ChildrenPublisher A&U Children'sWeight(grams) 158g -
Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions by Bill Beavis
RRP: £9.99£7.11Most of us never realise how many words and expressions used in everyday English have a fascinating nautical origin. This charming pocketbook explains the practical ship-board beginnings of over 200 such phrases - colourful, bizarre and surprising - and... -
WJEC Eduqas GCSE 9-1 English Language and English Literature Workbook (Collins GCSE 9-1 Revision) by Collins GCSE
RRP: £5.99£5.10Exam Board: WJEC Eduqas Level: GCSE 9-1 Subject: English Suitable for the 2024 exams Targeted practice... -
Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method by Marianne W. Jorgensen
RRP: £50.99£41.49Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method is a systematic introduction to discourse analysis as a body of theories and methods for social research. It brings together three central approaches, Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory, critical discourse... -
At a Journal Workshop: Writing to Access the Power of the Unconscious and Evoke Creative Ability by Ira Progoff 9780874776386
RRP: £18.99£15.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874776386Author Ira ProgoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,USWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 190mm... -
Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics by David Crystal 9781119184539
RRP: £36.50£35.76The fully updated new edition of the essential single-volume reference, covering the full fields of linguistics and phonetics Now in its seventh edition, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics remains the definitive resource work for students of... -
Complete Aramaic: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Aramaic, with Original Texts by Eric Reymond
RRP: £39.99£26.55Designed for complete beginners, and tested with real learners, Complete Aramaic offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and even how to translate Biblical texts written in the... -
Philosophy of Language by Scott Soames 9780691155975
RRP: £22.00£16.99A masterful overview of the philosophy of language from one of its most important thinkersIn this book one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field-its principal achievements, its most pressing current... -
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?: B2 (Collins Agatha Christie ELT Readers) by Agatha Christie
RRP: £7.99£5.41Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language... -
Collins Turkish Gem Dictionary: The world's favourite mini dictionaries (Collins Gem) by Collins Dictionaries
£6.91The home of trusted Turkish dictionaries for everyday language learning. A handy Turkish to English and English to Turkish dictionary. Offering learners at home, school and in the office extensive and up-to-date coverage of Turkish and English... -
Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages by Daniel Nettle 9780195152463
£26.00A dramatic account of the rate of language extinction, and how it endangers the future of biodiversity Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250... -
Proper English: Myths and Misunderstandings about Language by Ronald Wardhaugh 9780631212683
RRP: £88.95£77.22This books explores why it is we believe what we believe about language, and why we persist in handing down from generation to generation a rag bag collection of fact and fantasy about language.About the AuthorRonald Wardhaugh was until recently... -
The Language of Whisky by David McNicoll 9781733568210
£14.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733568210Author David McNicollFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Wheatfield PressPublisher Wheatfield PressWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Japanese Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook (Learn Japanese with Teach Yourself): Advanced beginner to upper intermediate course by Shin-Ichiro Okajima
RRP: £24.99£16.78Do you want to communicate easily and freely in Japanese?Master Japanese grammar and broaden your vocabulary with your very own Japanese Tutor. This contemporary interactive workbook features 200 activities across a range of grammar and vocabulary points... -
Japanese Grammar: The Connecting Point by Kimihiko Nomura 9780761853114
RRP: £64.00£56.72Japanese Grammar: The Connecting Point is instrumental for anyone learning Japanese who seeks to gain a firm grasp of the most important aspect of the language: verb usage. Learning Japanese may seem to be a daunting task, but Dr. Nomura's book will help... -
Motivational Dynamics in Language Learning by Zoltan Dornyei
RRP: £34.95£31.01This landmark volume offers a collection of conceptual papers and empirical research studies that investigate the dynamics of language learning motivation from a complex dynamic systems perspective. The contributors include some of the most... -
Language, Learning, and Disability in the Education of Young Bilingual Children by Dina C. Castro
RRP: £29.95£24.81Using an interdisciplinary perspective to discuss the intersection of language development and learning processes, this book summarizes current knowledge and represents the most critical issues regarding early childhood research, policy, and practice... -
A Dictionary of the English Language: an Anthology by Samuel Johnson
RRP: £14.99£10.95Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by... -
The Little Book of Slang, Sayings, Jargon & Humour by Michael Layton
£7.07The definition of slang according to the Oxford Dictionary is'a type of language consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal are more common in speech than in writing and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of... -
The Portuguese of Trinidad and Tobago: Portrait of an Ethnic Minority by Jo-Anne S. Ferreira 9789766406608
RRP: £32.95£27.19Traditionally a navigating and migratory people, Portuguese settlers came to the Caribbean as early as the seventeenth century. The ancestors of the modern Portuguese community in Trinidad and Tobago hailed from the archipelago of Madeira, fleeing their... -
Amazonian Quichua Language and Life: Introduction to Grammar, Ecology, and Discourse from Pastaza and Upper Napo, Ecuador by Janis B. Nuckolls 9781793616210
£30.95In Amazonian Quichua Language and Life: Introduction to Grammar, Ecology, and Discourse from Pastaza and Upper Napo, Janis B. Nuckolls and Tod D. Swanson discuss two varieties of Quichua, an indigenous Ecuadorian language. Drawing on their linguistic and... -
Aristophanes and Athens: An Introduction to the Plays by Douglas M. MacDowell 9780198721581
£32.51BL Covers every play, with extensive quotations in English Aristophanes' comedies are famous for their comic characters and earthy humour, but they are also highly topical, with many contemporary political allusions easily missed today. Douglas... -
Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities by John Warner 9781421437989
RRP: £18.50£16.22An important challenge to what currently masquerades as conventional wisdom regarding the teaching of writing.There seems to be widespread agreement that-when it comes to the writing skills of college students-we are in the midst of a crisis. In Why They... -
Flirting with French: Adventures in Pursuit of a Language by Alexander William
RRP: £9.99£6.41William Alexander is not just a Francophile, he wants to be French. It's not enough to explore the country, to enjoy the food and revel in the ambiance, he wants to feel French from the inside. Among the things that stand in his way is the fact that he... -
The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited: Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics by Kristian Kristiansen
£110.56This book examines the impact of ancient DNA research and scientific evidence on our understanding of the emergence of Indo-European languages in prehistory. Offering cutting-edge contributions from an international team of scholars, it considers the... -
The Languages of China by S. Robert Ramsey 9780691014685
RRP: £35.00£27.21The description for this book, The Languages of China, will be forthcoming.About the AuthorS. Robert Ramsey is professor of East Asian linguistics at the University of Maryland. His books include (with Ki-Moon Lee) A History of the Korean Language... -
The End of the Poem: Studies in Poetics by Giorgio Agamben 9780804730228
RRP: £21.99£18.97This book, by one of Italy's most important and original contemporary philosophers, represents a broad, general, and ambitious undertaking-nothing less than an attempt to rethink the nature of poetic language and to rearticulate relationships among... -
Inspired Baby Names from Around the World: 6,000 Favorite Worldwide Names and the Meaning Behind Them by Neala Shane 9781608683208
RRP: £24.00£19.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608683208Author Neala ShaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library -
Revolution in Poetic Language by Julia Kristeva
RRP: £30.00£22.82The linking of psychosomatic to literary and literary to a larger political horizon raises the question of conservative premises to linguistic, pyschoanalystic, philisophical, and literary theories and criticisms of such.The linking of psychosomatic to... -
Nelson Spelling Pupil Book 3 Year 3/P4 by John Jackman
£11.47The latest edition of Nelson Spelling Pupil Books provide full coverage of the core spelling and punctuation curriculum. Pupil Book 1 offers an introduction to key learning points with supporting activities to build their understanding.Book... -
Eighteenth-Century Women Dramatists by Mary Pix
RRP: £11.99£8.43Mary Pix: The Innocent Mistress (1697) Susanna Centlivre: The Busy-Body (1709) Elizabeth Griffith: The Times (1779) Hannah Cowley: The Belle's Stratagem (1780) Oxford English Drama offers plays from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries in... -
Word Maps: A Dialect Atlas of English by Clive Upton 9781138918238
RRP: £37.99£33.38The maps presented in this volume, first published in 1987, are based on the material of the Survey of English Dialects which was collected from over 300 localities between 1948 and 1961. The 200 word and sound maps included in this title will lead the... -
Lived Religion: Faith and Practice in Everyday Life by Meredith B. McGuire 9780195368338
£36.74What are we to make of the Latina schoolteacher who considers herself a good Catholic, rarely attends Mass, but meditates daily at her home altar (where she mixes images of the Virgin of Guadalupe with those of Frida Kahlo, and traditional votive candles... -
Nature's Robots: A History of Proteins by Charles Tanford
£27.40Proteins are amazingly versatile molecules. They make the chemical reactions happen that form the basis for life, they transmit signals in the body, they identify and kill foreign invaders, they form the engines that make us move, and they record visual... -
Selected Letters by John Keats 9780199555734
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Do you not see how necessary a World of Pains and troubles is to school an Intelligence and make it a soul?' Keats's letters have long been regarded as an extraordinary record of poetic development and sout-making. They represent one of the most...