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Women, Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind by George Lakoff
£19.79"Its publication should be a major event for cognitive linguistics and should pose a major challenge for cognitive science. In addition, it should have repercussions in a variety of disciplines, ranging from anthropology and psychology to epistemology... -
The Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts by Umberto Eco
£18.37"...not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." -The Review of Metaphysics "...essential reading for anyone interesting in...the new reader-centered forms of criticism." -Library Journal In this... -
Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners by Michael Erard 9781451628265
RRP: £20.00£12.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451628265Author Michael ErardFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 211mm *... -
The Verticalization Model of Language Shift: The Great Change in American Communities by Joshua R. Brown 9780198864639
RRP: £83.00£75.34This book introduces a new and still emerging theoretical framework for understanding language shift and uses this approach to explore a range of minority language communities in the United States. To date, approaches to language shift have typically... -
Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian): Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary by Christopher Ehret
£55.30This work provides the first truly comprehensive and systematic reconstruction of proto-Afroasiatic (proto-Afrasian). It rigorously applies, throughout, the established canon and techniques of the historical-comparative method. It also fully incorporates... -
Why Translation Matters by Edith Grossman
RRP: £14.99£13.03From the celebrated translator of Cervantes and Garcia Marquez, a testament to the power of the translator's art "Groundbreaking."-New York Times Why Translation Matters argues for the cultural importance of translation and for a more encompassing and... -
The Bantu Languages by Mark Van de Velde 9781032401669
RRP: £43.99£38.44Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume presents grammatical analyses of individual Bantu languages, comparative studies of their main phonetic, phonological and grammatical characteristics and overview chapters on their... -
The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Peter Gilliver 9780198826163
£29.87This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. The author, uniquely among historians of the OED, is also a practising lexicographer with nearly thirty years'... -
A Guide to Discursive Organizational Psychology by Chris Steyaert 9781786431714
RRP: £36.95£33.43This lively guide showcasing original and carefully curated research illustrates the dynamic relationship between discourse and organizational psychology. It maps the origins and development of discursive approaches in the field of organizational... -
Lexicon of the Mouth: Poetics and Politics of Voice and the Oral Imaginary by Brandon LaBelle
RRP: £28.99£25.82Lexicon of the Mouth surveys the oral cavity as the central channel by which self and surrounding are brought into relation. Questions of embodiment and agency, attachment and loss, incorporation and hunger, locution and the non-sensical are critically... -
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language by Professor of Linguistics John McWhorter
RRP: £17.99£11.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060520854Author Professor of Linguistics John McWhorterFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers... -
Sengoidelc: Old Irish For Beginners by David Stifter 9780815630722
RRP: £45.00£40.70David Stifter's Sengoidelc (Shan-goy-delth) provides a comprehensive introduction to Old Irish grammar and metrics. Ideally suited for use as a course text and as a guide for the independent learner, this exhaustive handbook is also an invaluable... -
Languages of the World: An Introduction by Asya Pereltsvaig
£31.71Are you curious to know what all human languages have in common and in what ways they differ? Do you want to find out how language can be used to trace different peoples and their past? Then this book is for you! Now in its third edition, it guides... -
Dominoes: Starter: Rip Van Winkle & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
£10.87Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the new edition of the series makes reading motivating for... -
Now You're Talking: Human Conversation from the Neanderthals to Artificial Intelligence by Trevor Cox
RRP: £10.99£7.77'A lively, intelligent and persuasive history of speech...Expertly and patiently explained' The TimesWhy are human beings the only animals that can speak? And why does it matter?If you've ever felt the shock of listening to a recording of your own voice,... -
The Oxford History of Western Music: Music in the Early Twentieth Century by Richard Taruskin 9780195384840
RRP: £34.49£29.50The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes,... -
Cartesian Linguistics: A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought by Noam Chomsky
RRP: £28.99£24.42In this extraordinarily original and profound work, Noam Chomsky discusses themes in the study of language and mind since the end of the sixteenth century in order to explain the motivations and methods that underlie his work in linguistics, the science... -
Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits by Dimitra Fimi
RRP: £24.99£22.37Fimi explores the evolution of Tolkien's mythology throughout his lifetime by examining how it changed as a result of his life story and contemporary cultural and intellectual history. This new approach and scope brings to light neglected aspects of... -
The English Language: A Very Short Introduction by Simon Horobin
RRP: £8.99£6.45The English language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English come from? And how has it evolved into the language used today? In this Very Short Introduction Simon Horobin investigates how we have arrived at... -
English for Life: Beginner: Student's Book: General English four-skills course for adults by Tom Hutchinson 9780194307253
£43.95An easy-to-use course for adults who either want to learn English quickly for a specific purpose - such as travel - or who just prefer a much more straightforward approach to learning. Each page is one complete lesson, and each lesson has... -
Machine Translation by Thierry Poibeau
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262534215Author Thierry PoibeauFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 14mm -
Strange Academy Vol. 2: Bright Side by Skottie Young 9781846533266
RRP: £13.99£9.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846533266Author Skottie YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Panini BooksPublisher Panini Publishing Ltd -
Eoin O'Duffy: A Self-Made Hero by Fearghal McGarry 9780199276554
RRP: £67.00£55.80Eoin O'Duffy was one of the most controversial figures of modern Irish history. A guerrilla leader and protege of Michael Collins, he rose rapidly through the ranks of the republican movement. By 1922 he was chief of staff of the IRA, a member of the... -
The Word Detective: A Life in Words: From Serendipity to Selfie by John Simpson 9781408706602
RRP: £5.99£4.51Language 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 Story of Be: A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language by David Crystal
RRP: £14.99£10.95It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: 'to be'. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be's multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our... -
War and Semiotics: Signs, Communication Systems, and the Preparation, Legitimization, and Commemoration of Collective Mass Violence by Frank Jacob
RRP: £39.99£35.06Wars create their own dynamics, especially with regard to images and language. The semiotic and semantic codes are redefined, according to the need to create an enemy image, or in reference to the results of a war that are post-event defined as just or... -
Citizenship and Immigration in Postwar Britain: The Institutional Origins of a Multicultural Nation by Randall Hansen 9780199240548
RRP: £100.00£84.35In this ground-breaking book, the author draws extensively on archival material and theortical advances in the social sciences literature on citizenship and migration. Citizenship and Immigration in Postwar Britain examines the transformation since 1945... -
Complete Biblical Hebrew: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Biblical Hebrew, with Original Texts by Sarah Nicholson 9781473627833
RRP: £36.99£24.04Designed for complete beginners, and tested for years with real learners, Complete Biblical Hebrew offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and ultimately gain the skills needed to... -
Dialogic Pedagogy: The Importance of Dialogue in Teaching and Learning by David Skidmore
RRP: £34.95£29.52This book provides a wide-ranging and in-depth theoretical perspective on dialogue in teaching. It explores the philosophy of dialogism as a social theory of language and explains its importance in teaching and learning. Departing from the more... -
Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 1:: Under the Moon by Rowena Akinyemi
£10.68"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.The planet Earth is burning, burning...Book InformationISBN... -
European Language Matters: English in Its European Context by Peter Trudgill
£25.45Why do Greek lorries have Metaphores written on the side? Is it grammatically correct to say 'the best team won' after a football match? What is the difference between manly, male, masculine and macho? Bringing together Peter Trudgill's highly popular... -
Variation across Speech and Writing by Douglas Biber
RRP: £62.99£52.78Similarities and differences between speech and writing have been the subject of innumerable studies, but until now there has been no attempt to provide a unified linguistic analysis of the whole range of spoken and written registers in English. In this... -
Introducing Psycholinguistics by Paul Warren
RRP: £27.99£24.27How humans produce and understand language is clearly introduced in this textbook for students with only a basic knowledge of linguistics. With a logical, flexible structure Introducing Psycholinguistics steps through the central topics of production and... -
Statistics in Corpus Linguistics: A Practical Guide by Vaclav Brezina
RRP: £26.99£22.29Do you use language corpora in your research or study, but find that you struggle with statistics? This practical introduction will equip you to understand the key principles of statistical thinking and apply these concepts to your own research, without... -
Critical Genre Analysis: Investigating interdiscursive performance in professional practice by Vijay K. Bhatia
RRP: £39.99£35.06Genre theory has focused primarily on the analysis of generic constructs, with increasing attention to and emphasis on the contexts in which such genres are produced, interpreted, and used to achieve objectives, often giving the impression as if... -
Really Existing Nationalisms by Erica Benner
RRP: £11.99£9.70Really Existing Nationalisms challenges the conventional view that Marx and Engels lacked the theoretical resources needed to understand nationalism. It argues that the two thinkers had a much better explanatory grasp of national phenomena than is... -
Introducing Language and Society by Rodney H. Jones
RRP: £25.99£22.61This accessible and entertaining textbook introduces students to both traditional and more contemporary approaches to sociolinguistics in a real-world context, addressing current social problems that students are likely to care about, such as racism,... -
The Syntax and Semantics of the Verb in Classical Greek by Albert Rijksbaron
RRP: £26.00£24.85The verb is, in any language, the motor of all communication: no verb, no action. In Greek, verb forms change not only with person, number, tense, and voice, but in four possible moods as well. "The Syntax and Semantics of the Verb in Classical Greek" is... -
Essential French Vocabulary: Teach Yourself by Noel Saint-Thomas
RRP: £14.99£9.80Essential French Vocabulary is the course for you if you need help with your study of French. This fully revised edition of our best-selling course now comes with plenty of hints on how to learn vocabulary effectively.Unlike a phrasebook or a dictionary,... -
Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic, and Anglo-Norman Literatures by Richard North 9781408247709
RRP: £43.99£43.26The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures provides a scholarly and accessible introduction to the literature which was the inspiration for many of the heroes of modern popular culture, from The Lord of the Rings to...