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Modern Languages – Why It Matters by K Kohl
RRP: £9.99£8.95It might seem as if globalization is making the whole world speak English. But spend time in any major city and you are likely to encounter a cornucopia of languages. Even monolingual people have different ways of speaking to their bosses or teachers,... -
A Handbook of Diction for Singers: Italian, German, French by David Adams 9780195325591
RRP: £20.99£20.94Now in its second edition, A Handbook of Diction for Singers is a complete guide to achieving professional levels of diction in Italian, German, and French, the three major languages of the classical vocal repertory. Written for English-speaking singers... -
HOI: Your New Swiss German Survival Guide by Sergio J. Lievano 9783905252675
RRP: £25.99£16.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783905252675Author Sergio J. LievanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Bergli Books LtdPublisher Bergli Books Ltd -
Key Questions in Second Language Acquisition: An Introduction by Bill VanPatten 9781108708173
RRP: £26.99£23.44This highly accessible introductory textbook carefully explores the main issues that have driven the field of second language acquisition research. Intended for students with little or no background in linguistics or psycholinguistics, it explains... -
Succeed in TEFL - Continuing Professional Development: Teaching English as a Foreign Language with Teach Yourself by David Riddell
RRP: £14.99£9.80The ultimate guide for developing your career as an English teacher.Succeed in TEFL is packed with information on how to develop within the profession including chapters on:-getting the most out of observations-teaching exam classes-becoming a trainer... -
A Student Grammar of Chinese by Yongping Zhu 9781009233491
RRP: £29.99£26.34Written for beginning learners of the language, this concise introduction to Chinese grammar assumes only a basic knowledge of Chinese, and no knowledge of grammatical terminology and practices. Comparing Chinese grammar patterns and rules with those of... -
Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us by Nicholas Evans
RRP: £28.95£25.07The next century will see more than half of the world's 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores... -
The Book of Letters: A Mystical Hebrew Alphabet by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
RRP: £19.99£13.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781879045002Author Lawrence KushnerFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 152mm *... -
Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals by Neil Smith
RRP: £26.99£19.44Noam Chomsky continues to be one of the most influential intellectual figures of modern times. His wide-ranging contributions to the fields of linguistics, psychology, philosophy and politics have revolutionised our view of language, the mind and human... -
Plato Respublica by S. R. Slings
£27.89This is the first edition of Plato's Republic to be based on an exhaustive examination of all the textual evidence - manuscripts, including papyri; quotations and allusions in ancient authors; translations into Coptic, Arabic and Hebrew. The three... -
The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics by Malcolm Coulthard 9780367531225
RRP: £43.99£39.44The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics offers a comprehensive survey of the subdiscipline of Forensic Linguistics, with this new edition providing both updated overviews from leading figures in the field and exciting new contributions from the... -
Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts by Aneta Pavlenko
£26.91The volume highlights the role of language ideologies in the process of negotiation of identities and shows that in different historical and social contexts different identities may be negotiable or non-negotiable. The chapters address various ways in... -
Straightforward 2nd Edition Upper Intermediate Level Student's Book by Philip Kerr 9780230423343
£30.46For ease of use and practicality Straightforward Second Edition is structured to provide one lesson per double-page spread (A/B/C/D), lasting around 90 minutes. All lessons are interlinked to promote better and more memorable learning, but there is the... -
Nelson Grammar Resource Book Year 3-4/P4-5 by Wendy Wren
£36.80Helping you deliver effective and integrated teaching of grammar.A step-by-step grammar course for the new curriculumBook InformationISBN 9781408524008Author Wendy WrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Nelson Thornes LtdPublisher Oxford University... -
Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English by Rebecca Gowers
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Stuffed with entertaining detail ... Horrible Words is lively, provocative, witty and enlightening' The TimesNothing inflames the language purists like an illogical irregardless or a hideous otherization. But is it enough simply to dismiss these words... -
An Introduction to Regional Englishes: Dialect Variation in England by Joan C. Beal
RRP: £19.99£16.42Are the dialects of England disappearing in the wake of globalisation and 'Estuary English', or are geographical differences as strong as ever? Joan Beal looks at recent research into regional variation in England, discusses the evidence for 'dialect... -
You Say Potato: The Story of English Accents by Ben Crystal
£17.72Some people say scohn, while others say schown.He says bath, while she says bahth.You say potayto. I say potahtoAnd--wait a second, no one says potahto. No one's ever said potahto. Have they?From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall... -
Introducing Arabic Rhetoric: Course Book by Safaruk Z Chowdhury 9781493741755
RRP: £9.50£8.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493741755Author Safaruk Z ChowdhuryFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
What Kind of Creatures Are We? by Noam Chomsky
£10.15Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of the field of cognitive science, and perhaps the most avidly read political theorist and commentator of our time. In these lectures, he... -
The Dialects of England by Peter Trudgill
RRP: £30.95£27.45This text celebrates the rich variety of regional and social dialects of English in all its forms, ancient and modern.About the AuthorPeter Trudgill is Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. His interest in dialects... -
Language Development by Patricia J. Brooks 9781444331462
RRP: £55.95£48.93From the first moment of life, language development occurs in the context of social activities. This book emphasises how language development interacts with social and cognitive development, and shows how these abilities work together to turn children... -
Complete Word Study Old Testament by S. Zodhiates
£49.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780899576657Author S. ZodhiatesFormat HardbackPage Count 2608Imprint AMG PublishersPublisher AMG PublishersWeight(grams) 1769g -
Understanding Child Language Acquisition by Caroline Rowland
RRP: £43.99£39.53Taking an accessible and cross-linguistic approach, Understanding Child Language Acquisition introduces readers to the most important research on child language acquisition over the last fifty years, as well as to some of the most influential theories in... -
Syntax: A Generative Introduction by Andrew Carnie
RRP: £41.95£37.73The extensively updated fourth edition of the leading introductory textbook on theoretical syntax, including an all-new chapter and additional problem sets Now in its fourth edition, Andrew Carnie's Syntax: A Generative Introduction remains the leading... -
Death in Venice and A Man and His Dog by Thomas Mann 9780486416007
£10.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486416007Author Thomas MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 283Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc. -
The Semiotics of Emoji: The Rise of Visual Language in the Age of the Internet by Marcel Danesi
RRP: £19.99£17.61Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2017 Emoji have gone from being virtually unknown to being a central topic in internet communication. What is behind the rise and rise of these winky faces, clinking glasses and smiling poos? Given the sheer... -
Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art by Julia Kristeva
£32.72Desire in Language traces the path of an investigation, extending over a period of ten years, into the semiotics of literature and the arts. But the essays of Julia Kristeva in this volume, though they often deal with literature and art, do not amount to... -
Nineteenth-Century French Short Stories (Dual-Language) by Stanley Appelbaum 9780486411262
RRP: £9.99£6.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486411262Author Stanley AppelbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Happiness Dictionary: Words from Around the World to Help Us Lead a Richer Life by Tim Lomas
RRP: £14.99£9.80'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... -
Language Acquisition: The Basics by Paul Ibbotson 9780367741983
RRP: £18.99£16.87Language Acquisition: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the must-know issues in child language development. Covering key topics drawn from contemporary psychology, linguistics and neuroscience, readers are introduced to fundamental concepts,... -
Oxford International Primary English Student Workbook 3 by Emma Danihel
RRP: £11.99£11.66This write-in workbook includes writing frames, grammar and vocabulary activities and language practice exercises. It extends and reinforces skills taught in International English Student Book 3 and offers a record of students' progress. All answers for... -
Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory by Zoltan Koevecses 9781108796620
RRP: £23.99£21.51The phenomenon known as metaphor is an extremely complex mental event - we cannot capture its complexity if we tie ourselves to existing standard views on metaphor. This book offers fresh insight into metaphor, updating an established theory, conceptual... -
A Course in Semantics by Daniel Altshuler
RRP: £43.00£33.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262042772Author Daniel AltshulerFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 17mm -
The Mathematical Theory of Symmetry in Solids: Representation Theory for Point Groups and Space Groups by Christopher Bradley 9780199582587
RRP: £80.00£73.66This book gives the complete theory of the irreducible representations of the crystallographic point groups and space groups. This is important in the quantum-mechanical study of a particle or quasi-particle in a molecule or crystalline solid because the... -
Reading in a Second Language: Moving from Theory to Practice by William Grabe 9781108793704
RRP: £29.99£26.34Understanding reading abilities and their development is fundamental for language comprehension and human cognition. Now in its second edition, this book draws on research from multiple disciplines to explain reading abilities in both L1 and L2, and... -
The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III: Multiple Universes, Mutual Assured Destruction, and the Meltdown of a Nuclear Family by Peter Byrne
RRP: £26.99£23.20Peter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose "many worlds" theory of multiple universes has had a profound impact on physics and philosophy. Using Everett's unpublished papers (recently discovered in his son's basement) and dozens... -
Optimal Linking Grammar: Volume 170: A Theory of Morphosyntax by Daniel Galbraith 9781316516591
RRP: £95.00£85.85Supported by data from linguistic fieldwork conducted in the Faroe Islands and Iceland, this book presents a pioneering approach to syntactic analysis, 'Optimal Linking Grammar' (OLG), which brings together two existing models, Linking Theory and... -
Revising and Editing for Translators by Brian Mossop
RRP: £36.99£32.53Revising and Editing for Translators provides guidance and learning materials for translation students and professional translators learning to revise the work of others or edit original writing, and those wishing to improve their self-revision ability... -
An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory by Hilda J. Koopman 9781405100175
RRP: £35.95£32.07An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory offers beginning students a comprehensive overview of and introduction to our current understanding of the rules and principles that govern the syntax of natural languages. Includes numerous pedagogical... -
The Oxford History of English by Lynda Mugglestone
£14.20Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is now updated and entirely reset in a new edition featuring David Crystal's new take on the future of English in the wider world. In accounts made vivid with examples from a vast range...