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The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between British and American English by Lynne Murphy
RRP: $20.98$14.93'The first and perhaps only book on the relative merits of American and British English that is dominated by facts and analysis rather than nationalistic prejudice. For all its scholarship, this is also a funny and rollicking read.' The Economist,... -
An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method by James Paul Gee
RRP: $94.48$82.49Discourse analysis considers how language, both spoken and written, enacts social and cultural perspectives and identities. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis examines the field and presents James Paul Gee's... -
The F***ing History of Swearing by Anna Maria Kiosse
RRP: $27.28$18.90This book is a bold and expressively designed treasure trove of information about the history of swearing. With its bold and expressive design, The F***ing History of Swearing is an outstanding visual feast. Swearing is and always has been regarded as... -
Pocket Kenkyusha Japanese Dictionary by Shigeru Takebayashi
RRP: $31.48$20.50The Pocket Kenkyusha Japanese Dictionary is an essential reference for any English-speaker learning Japanese, whether they're studying the language at school or university, or learning it on their own. It offers detailed coverage of Japanese... -
Translation and Transmigration by Siri Nergaard
RRP: $77.68$68.31In our globalized and transcultural world it has become more common than ever to live among different languages, to cross geographical and cultural borders frequently, to negotiate between multiple spaces and loyalties: from global businesspeople to... -
Italian Grammar You Really Need To Know: A Practical Course by Anna Proudfoot
RRP: $31.48$20.58Do you want to bring clarity to your communication by:- getting to grips with the building blocks of Italian?- learning the right language for the right context?- speaking and writing with ease and style?In this course you'll find comprehensive and clear... -
Complete Biblical Hebrew: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Biblical Hebrew, with Original Texts by Sarah Nicholson
RRP: $62.98$40.74Is this the right book for me?Do you want to be able to read Biblical Hebrew with confidence? Find all the essential tools in this best-selling course from Teach Yourself - the No. 1 brand in language learning. Learn through original texts that make... -
Better Grammar in 30 Minutes a Day by Constance Immel 9781564142047
RRP: $27.28$21.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564142047Author Constance ImmelFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Career PressPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 13mm -
The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing by Thomas S. Kane 9780425176405
RRP: $20.98$13.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425176405Author Thomas S. KaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Oxford University Press IncWeight(grams)... -
Scottish Plant Names: An A to Z by Gregory Kenicer
RRP: $35.68$28.98Dr Gregory Kenicer brings us a concise but through exploration of plants and their names in the Scots language through the ages. Presented as a dictionary, and covering a vast variety of flower, funghi and mosses, this book seeks to present the rich... -
Speech Sounds by Patricia Ashby
RRP: $54.58$47.52Speech Sounds:* helps develop the fundamental skills of the phonetician* investigates the various aspects involved in the production of speech sounds* uses data-based material to reinforce each new concept* includes examples from a wide range of... -
Language, Society and Power: An Introduction by Annabelle Mooney 9780367638443
RRP: $62.98$55.94Language, Society and Power provides an accessible introduction to the study of language in a variety of social contexts. This book examines the ways language functions, how it influences the way we view society, and how it varies according to age,... -
Sounds Appealing: The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation by David Crystal
RRP: $20.98$14.93It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it ... There have long been debates about 'correct' pronunciation in the English language, and Britain's most distinguished linguistic expert, David Crystal, is here to set the record straight. Sounds... -
The Pursuit of Signs by Jonathan Culler
RRP: $27.28$25.07To gain a deeper understanding of the literary movement that has dominated recent Anglo-American literary criticism, The Pursuit of Signs is a must. In a world increasingly mediated, it offers insights into our ways of consuming texts that are both... -
Kiss My...: Dictionary of English-Irish Slang by Garry Bannister
RRP: $16.78$10.77Find out what the gaeilgeoir means when he/she uses the Irish words for 'nerdy', 'well-hung', 'effing and blinding', 'slimeball' or 'drop-dead-gorgeous'? It's all there, with numerous entries under the letters C and F. Already a cult hit, Kiss My... will... -
Linguistics: An Introduction by Andrew Radford
RRP: $94.48$83.75Written by a team based at one of the world's leading centres for linguistic teaching and research, the second edition of this highly successful textbook offers a unified approach to language, viewed from a range of perspectives essential for students'... -
Reflective Dialogue: Advising in Language Learning by Satoko Kato
RRP: $100.78$88.64Reflective Dialogue presents professional educators with the necessary background and skills to engage in reflective dialogue with language learners effectively. It draws on work in the fields of advising in language learning, reflective practice,... -
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language by Professor of Linguistics John McWhorter
RRP: $37.78$24.57Apologies 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... -
Words Words Words by David Crystal
RRP: $23.08$16.32Words, Words, Words is all about the wonder of words. Drawing on a lifetime's experience, David Crystal explores language in all its rich varieties through words: the very building blocks of our communication. Language has no life of its own: it only... -
Get Started in Swedish Absolute Beginner Course: (Book and audio support) by Vera Croghan
RRP: $52.48$34.40Do you want a solid foundation to your Swedish 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 Swedish in no time... -
The Language Hoax by John H. McWhorter
RRP: $24.13$21.11Japanese has a term that covers both green and blue. Russian has separate terms for dark and light blue. Does this mean that Russians perceive these colors differently from Japanese people? Does language control and limit the way we think? This... -
Tourette Syndrome by Mary Robertson
RRP: $31.48$23.00Tourette's Syndrome (TS) is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder affecting up to 1% of the population. It is characterised by motor and vocal tics, and upsetting anti-social behaviour such as involuntary swearing and obscene gestures. This second... -
The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response by Wolfgang Iser
RRP: $57.75$49.64Iser examines what happens during the reading process, and how it is basic to the development of a theory of aesthetic response, setting in motion a chain of events that depends both on the text and the exercise of certain human faculties.About the... -
The Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays: Riders to the Sea; The Shadow of the Glen; The Tinker's Wedding; The Well of the Saints; The Playboy of the Western World; Deirdre of the Sorrows by J. M. Synge
RRP: $16.78$12.16J M Synge was one of the key dramatists in the flourishing world of Irish literature at the turn of the century. This volume offers all of Synge's plays, which range from racy comedy to stark tragedy, all sharing a memorable lyricism. The... -
The Study of Language by George Yule 9781009233408
$58.38This bestselling textbook provides an engaging and user-friendly introduction to the study of language. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, Yule presents information in bite-sized sections, clearly explaining the major concepts in linguistics and... -
The Evolution of Language by W. Tecumseh Fitch
RRP: $102.88$92.44Language, more than anything else, is what makes us human. It appears that no communication system of equivalent power exists elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Any normal human child will learn a language based on rather sparse data in the surrounding... -
Natural Selection and Social Theory: Selected Papers of Robert Trivers by Robert L. Trivers 9780195130621
RRP: $97.63$88.60Robert Trivers is one of the leading figures pioneering the field of sociobiology. For Natural Selection and Social Theory, he has selected eleven of his most influential papers, including several classic papers from the early 1970s on the evolution of... -
Sociolinguistics: A Resource Book for Students by Peter Stockwell
RRP: $69.28$61.24Sociolinguistics: provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics draws on a range of real texts, from an interview with Madonna to the Japanese Asahi Evening News uses real studies designed and conducted by students provides key readings with... -
How to Talk Teen: From Asshat to Zup, the Totes Awesome Dictionary of Teenage Slang by Mark Leigh
RRP: $20.98$14.28What's ILL in one place can be WACK in another, or the same word can actually have TOTES different meanings. It's CRAY CRAY! From KEWL girls hitting on HENCH boys to wannabe gangstas hangin' with their DOGGS in the ENDZ, teen slang can leave NOOBS... -
The Linguistics Wars: Chomsky, Lakoff, and the Battle over Deep Structure by Randy Allen Harris
RRP: $62.98$58.78An updated and expanded history of the field of linguistics from the 1950s to the current day The Linguistics Wars tells the tumultuous history of language and cognition studies from the rise of Noam Chomsky's Transformational Grammar to the current... -
The Most Common Chinese Radicals - New Approaches to Learning Chinese by Zhang Pengpeng 9787800525766
RRP: $25.10$25.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787800525766Author Zhang PengpengFormat PaperbackPage Count 147Imprint SinolinguaPublisher SinolinguaWeight(grams) 340g -
Introducing Chomsky: A Graphic Guide by John Maher
RRP: $18.88$8.48Can it be that the human brain possesses an in-built faculty for language? Noam Chomsky, one of the most brilliant linguists of the 20th century, believes that it does- that there exists a 'universal grammar' common to all languages. Around the world... -
The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699 by B. E. Gent
RRP: $18.88$14.32Written 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... -
The Minimalist Program by Noam Chomsky
RRP: $69.30$65.63Apologies 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 -
Sign Language for Everyone: A Basic Course in Communication with the Deaf by Cathy Rice 9780785269861
$26.31"Listen with your eyes . . .Sign Language is a method of presenting thoughts via pictures made with one's hands."People are adaptable. This trait is particularly useful when one of the five senses is weakened and another becomes more acute to compensate... -
Writely or Wrongly: An unstuffy guide to language stuff by Joanne Anderson 9781922616708
RRP: $31.48$23.00An 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: $83.98$69.85'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
$12.87Apologies 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: $73.48$62.75This 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: $41.98$28.88Do 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...