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The Sounds of English Around the World: An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology by Jette G. Hansen Edwards 9781108795029
RRP: £26.99£23.84Most introductions to English phonetics and phonology focus primarily on British or American English, which fails to account for the rich diversity of English varieties globally. This book addresses this gap, providing an overview of English phonetics... -
Mother Tongue: The surprising history of women's words -'Fascinating, intriguing, witty, a gem of a book' (Kate Mosse) by Jenni Nuttall 9780349015309
RRP: £16.99£15.11A rich, provocative and entertaining history of women's words - of the language we have, and haven't, had to share our lives.'Fascinating, intriguing, witty, a gem of a book' KATE MOSSE'Wonderful' DAILY TELEGRAPH'This superb book teems with historical... -
Mastering Logical Fallacies: The Definitive Guide to Flawless Rhetoric and Bulletproof Logic by Michael Withey 9781623157104
RRP: £16.99£11.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623157104Author Michael WitheyFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Callisto Media Inc.Publisher Callisto Media Inc. -
Collins Common Errors in English by Collins Dictionaries
RRP: £7.99£5.78The home of trusted English learner's dictionaries for everyday language learning. Focussing on the most common errors in English, this book is the easiest way to improve your everyday language skills. Using simple explanations and corpus... -
Essential English for Journalists, Editors and Writers by Sir Harold Evans
RRP: £16.99£12.28Essential English is an indispensable guide to the use of words as tools of communication. It is written primarily for journalists, yet its lessons are of immense value to all who face the problem of giving information, whether to the general public or... -
Get Started in Hungarian Absolute Beginner Course: (Book and audio support) by Zsuzsanna Pontifex
RRP: £29.99£19.40Do you want a solid foundation to your Hungarian studies?If you are looking for a solid foundation to your language studies for school, work or travel, this engaging course will get you speaking, writing, reading and understanding Hungarian in no time... -
A History of the Scots Language by Robert McColl Millar 9780198864004
RRP: £30.00£28.51This book provides a thorough yet approachable history of the Scots language, a close relative of Standard English with around 1.5 million speakers in Scotland and several thousand in Ireland, according to the 2011 census. Despite the long history of... -
Dictionary of Common Persian & English Verbs: with Synonyms & Examples by Hooshang Amuzegar 9781588140302
RRP: £81.99£65.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588140302Author Hooshang AmuzegarFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint IBEX Publishers,U.S.Publisher IBEX Publishers,U.S.Weight(grams) 474g -
Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence by David Benatar
RRP: £29.99£25.94Most people believe that they were either benefited or at least not harmed by being brought into existence. Thus, if they ever do reflect on whether they should bring others into existence---rather than having children without even thinking about whether... -
Thinking about Mathematics: The Philosophy of Mathematics by Stewart Shapiro
RRP: £39.99£37.65This unique text by Stewart Shapiro looks at a range of philosophical issues and positions concerning mathematics in four comprehensive sections. The first describes questions and issues about mathematics that have motivated philosophers almost since the... -
English Grammar For Dummies by Geraldine Woods
RRP: £18.99£13.15Get the last word on English grammar Grasping the intricacies of the English language doesn't need to be tricky, and this down-to-earth guide breaks everything down in ways that make sense-Revealing rules, tips, and tricks to eliminate confusion and gain... -
The Queens' English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Expressions by Chloe O. Davis 9781529110401
RRP: £16.99£12.68A landmark reference guide to the LGBTQIA+ community's contributions to the English language-an intersectional, inclusive illustrated glossary featuring more than 800 terms created by and for queer culture.With a foreword from Paula Akpan Do you know... -
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker
RRP: £12.99£9.09In The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature, Steven Pinker looks at how the relationship between words and thoughts can help us understand who we are. Why do so many swear words involve topics like sex, bodily functions or the... -
Practical Manx by Jennifer Kewley Draskau 9781846311314
RRP: £29.99£27.38There has been a revival of interest in Manx Gaelic of late, with the number of Manx speakers rising tenfold over the last twenty years. Jennifer Kewley Draskau has now produced the first definitive guide to the language, drawing on a wide range of... -
Research on Politeness in the Spanish-Speaking World by Maria Elena Placencia
RRP: £53.99£47.27One of the main contributions of this important book is that it offers a thorough survey of the theoretical and empirical developments that have occurred in the area of (im)politeness in the different regions of the Spanish-speaking world, gathering... -
The Major Works by John Milton
RRP: £14.99£11.35This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Milton's poetry and prose - all the English verse together with a... -
A Word for Every Day of the Year by Steven Poole
RRP: £14.99£11.35A weird and wonderful word and its meaning for every day of the year.'A lexicological delight' Professor David CrystalWho knew that to dringle is to 'waste time in a lazy lingering manner'? Or that a sudden happy ending could be termed a eucotastrophe?... -
Discourse and Social Change by Norman Fairclough 9780745612188
RRP: £18.99£16.87Now available in paperback, this book is a critical introduction to discourse analysis as it is practised in a variety of different disciplines today, from linguistics and sociolinguistics to sociology and cultural studies. The author shows how concern... -
The Politics of Language by David Beaver 9780691181981
RRP: £35.00£27.21A provocative case for the inherently political nature of languageIn The Politics of Language, David Beaver and Jason Stanley present a radical new approach to the theory of meaning, offering an account of communication in which political and social... -
ESL Classroom Activities for Teens and Adults: ESL games, fluency activities and grammar drills for EFL and ESL students. by Shelley Ann Vernon 9781478213796
RRP: £15.88£14.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478213796Author Shelley Ann VernonFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Treigladur, Y - A Check-List of Welsh Mutations (Argraffiad Newydd) by D. Geraint Lewis
£9.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781859024805Author D. Geraint LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Gomer PressPublisher Gomer Press -
Semantic Modeling for Data: Avoiding Pitfalls and Breaking Dilemmas by Panos Alexopoulos
RRP: £71.99£45.99What value does semantic data modeling offer? As an information architect or data science professional, let's say you have an abundance of the right data and the technology to extract business gold-but you still fail. The reason? Bad data semantics. ... -
Introduction to Classical Chinese by Kai Vogelsang 9780198834984
RRP: £37.99£36.82This textbook provides a comprehensive scholarly introduction to Classical Chinese and its texts. Classical Chinese is the language of Confucius and Mencius and their contemporaries, who wrote the seminal texts of Chinese philosophy more than 2,000 years... -
Language and Mind by Noam Chomsky
RRP: £33.99£28.38This is the third edition of Chomsky's outstanding collection of essays on language and mind, first published in 2006. The first six chapters, originally published in the 1960s, made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theory. This edition... -
Violent Phenomena: 21 Essays on Translation: 2022 by Jeremy Tiang 9781911284789
RRP: £12.00£8.30Frantz Fanon wrote in 1961 that 'Decolonisation is always a violent phenomenon,' meaning that the violence of colonialism can only be counteracted in kind. As colonial legacies linger today, what are the ways in which we can disentangle literary... -
For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun by Rebecca Roache 9780190665067
RRP: £16.99£12.28Why do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? With wit and insight, philosopher Rebecca Roache seeks answers to these and other puzzling questions about bad language. When someone swears at you, it can sting. Likewise,... -
The Language Construction Kit by Mark Rosenfelder 9780984470006
RRP: £14.95£12.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984470006Author Mark RosenfelderFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Yonagu BooksPublisher Yonagu BooksWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm *... -
The Greek & Latin Roots of English by Tamara M. Green
RRP: £39.00£38.45More than 60 percent of all English words have Greek or Latin roots; in the vocabulary of the sciences and technology, the figure rises to more than 90 percent. Through the study of the Greek and Latin roots of English, students can expand their... -
Consecutive Interpreting: A Short Course by Andrew Gillies 9781138123243
RRP: £35.99£31.69Consecutive Interpreting: A Short Course provides a step-by-step guide to consecutive interpreting. This user-friendly coursebook tackles key skills such as presentation, analysis, note-taking and reformulation, as well as advanced market-related skills... -
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen
RRP: £10.99£7.40Why do so many women feel that men don't tell them anything, but just lecture and criticise? Why do so many men feel that women nag them and never get to the point? In this pioneering book Deborah Tannen shows us how women and men talk in different ways,... -
Northern Renaissance Art by Susie Nash 9780192842695
RRP: £21.99£16.40This book offers a wide-ranging introduction to the way that art was made, valued, and viewed in northern Europe in the age of the Renaissance, from the late fourteenth to the early years of the sixteenth century. Drawing on a rich range of sources, from... -
Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases by Andrew Delahunty
RRP: £11.99£11.42One of the most distinctive characteristics of English is the number of words and phrases it has borrowed - and continues to borrow - from other languages, originally and most notably from Latin and French but now also from every corner of the globe... -
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics by P. H. Matthews
RRP: £12.99£9.09The third edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics is an authoritative and invaluable reference source covering every aspect of its wide-ranging field. In 3,250 entries the Dictionary spans grammar, phonetics, semantics, languages (spoken... -
Truth - Meaning - Reality by Paul Horwich 9780199268900
£98.74Truth -- Meaning -- Reality presents a fresh approach to philosophy: a broad and unified deflationism that encompasses language, thought, knowledge, reality, and the relations between them. Horwich's story begins with a minimalist view of truth... -
Black Cats and Evil Eyes: A Book of Old-Fashioned Superstitions by Chloe Rhodes 9781782434863
RRP: £7.99£5.42This fascinating collection investigates the origins of our most intriguing superstitions, many of which we still observe today.Hundreds of the beliefs passed down through the generations have their foundations in our ancestors' efforts to ward off evil,... -
New Cutting Edge Elementary Students' Book by Sarah Cunningham
£30.00New reading and listening texts bring the real world to the classroom New activities and tasks present, practise and extend the language in meaningful contexts New Study... Practise... Remember! sections combine study skills with consolidation to... -
Wicked Words by Terry Deary 9780702330292
RRP: £8.99£5.82Discover all the cut-throat facts about Wicked Words with history's most horrible headlines: Wicked Words edition. Jump into the origins of lamentable language with Terry Deary, the master of making history fun. Learn... -
Word Origins by John Ayto 9780713674989
£15.63The average contemporary English speaker knows 50,000 words. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality much smaller, derived from Latin, French and the Germanic languages. It is estimated that every year, 800... -
Subtitling: Concepts and Practices by Jorge Diaz Cintas
RRP: £29.99£26.64*comprehensive and practical: provides both the theoretical grounding and coverage of the core skills needed for any course in subtitling*widely applicable: focuses on general practice but takes in account points of contention, regional and medium-bound... -
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...