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Global Englishes: A Resource Book for Students by Jennifer Jenkins 9780415638449
Booksplease Price: £52.16Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of... -
The Language Lover's Puzzle Book: Lexical perplexities and cracking conundrums from across the globe by Alex Bellos
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95From the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland and Can You Solve My Problems? comes a fascinating, hugely entertaining collection of puzzles for crossword addicts and language-lovers... -
Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics 6e by D Crystal 9781405152969
RRP: £97.95Booksplease Price: £86.36David Crystal's A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics has long been the standard single-volume reference for its field. Now available in its sixth edition, it has been revised and updated to... -
A Word for Every Day of the Year by Steven Poole
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.08A 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... -
A Dictionary of the English Language: an Anthology by Samuel Johnson
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78Samuel 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... -
A Word for Every Day of the Year Steven Poole 9781787478589
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.26A weird and wonderful word and its meaning for every day of the year.Who knew that to dringle is to 'waste time in a lazy lingering manner'? Or that a sudden happy ending could be termed a... -
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition by H. W. Fowler
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.42'What grammarians say should be has perhaps less influence on what shall be than even the more modest of them realize ...' No book had more influence on twentieth-century attitudes to the English... -
Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life Ben Crystal 9781399809344
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.38An absolutely joyous, gasp-out-loud achievement. - Stephen FryShakespeare's flame is infectious. An olympic torch, for us all, to be enlightened, words which share the shadow and light of humanity's... -
Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties and Subtle Shades of Meaning Eli Burnstein 9781805227229
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46'Delightful' Steven Pinker | 'A joy to read' David Crystal | 'Gulp it down' Lucy Mangan | 'A gem' Simon Garfield Swamp or bog? Guilt or shame? Clementine or tangerine? We like to think... -
You Say Potato: The Story of English Accents by Ben Crystal
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40Some 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... -
Landmarks in the History of the English Language by Keith Johnson 9781032229898
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.37Landmarks in the History of the English Language identifies twelve key landmarks spread throughout the language’s history to provide a lively and interesting introduction to the history of English... -
Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life by Ben Crystal
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.29An absolutely joyous, gasp-out-loud achievement. - Stephen FryA cathedral of consciousness - Shakespeare's uncanny insight into human nature finds us, unearthed here. - LionHeart, artist, poet, and... -
Shakespeare's Bawdy by Eric Partridge
RRP: £99.99Booksplease Price: £88.07This classic of Shakespeare scholarship begins with a masterly introductory essay analysing and exemplifying the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions and allusions in... -
Changing English by David Graddol
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £41.24Changing English examines the history of English from its origins in the fifth century to the present day. It focuses on the radical changes that have taken place in the structure of English over a... -
Shakespeare's Bawdy by Eric Partridge 9780415254007
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £16.40This classic of Shakespeare scholarship begins with a masterly introductory essay analysing and exemplifying the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions and allusions in... -
Grammar and Context: An Advanced Resource Book Ann Hewings 9780415310819
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £48.10Grammar and Context:considers how grammatical choices influence and are influenced by the context in which communication takes placeexamines the interaction of a wide variety of contexts - including... -
The Oxford History of English by Lynda Mugglestone
Booksplease Price: £15.50Lynda 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. ... -
William Shakespeare: The Complete Works by Stanley Wells
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £17.54The second Oxford edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works reconsiders every detail of their text and presentation in the light of modern scholarship. The nature and authority of the early documents... -
An Introduction to the Science of Phonetics Nigel Hewlett 9780805856729
Booksplease Price: £56.11The book is designed as an introduction to the scientific study of speech. No prior knowledge of phonetics is assumed. As far as mathematical knowlege is concerned, all that is assumed is a knowledge... -
Algospeak by Adam Aleksic 9781529949148
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £16.62"Incisive and funny, this is a page turner from start to finish. Algospeak is a must read for anyone seeking to understand how we communicate today." - Taylor Lorenz, author of Extremely Online"A... -
Practice Issues in Sexuality and Learning Disabilities by Ann Craft 9780415057356
RRP: £51.99Booksplease Price: £46.94Practice Issues in Sexuality and Learning Disabilities explores the sexual behaviour of people with learning difficulties and addresses issues of concern such as sexual abuse, HIV and AIDS, service... -
History of the English Language by Bill Lucas 9780709095705
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £18.93A History of the English Language in 100 Places is a joyous ride through time, where readers can criss-cross the British Isles and the world at large to land in a hundred contrasting places and light... -
John Bradburne: The Vagabond of God by Didier Rance 9780232533392
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.08From the Foreword by Jean Vanier: `The story of John's life has touched my heart and soul, and brought me closer to God. It has revealed to me a God wonderfully full of surprises, better, more... -
Shakespeare's English: A Practical Linguistic Guide Keith Johnson 9781408277355
Booksplease Price: £45.91Shakespeare's English: A Practical Linguistic Guide provides students with a solid grounding for understanding the language of Shakespeare and its place within the development of English. With a... -
Race and Redemption in Puritan New England by Richard A. Bailey 9780199377824
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £25.12As colonists made their way to New England in the early seventeenth century, they hoped their efforts would stand as a "citty upon a hill." Living the godly life preached by John Winthrop would have... -
English - One Tongue, Many Voices by Jan Svartvik 9781137550217
Booksplease Price: £90.86This is the fully revised and expanded second edition of English - One Tongue, Many Voices, a book by three internationally distinguished English language scholars who tell the fascinating,... -
Towards an Ecology of World Languages by Louis-Jean Calvet 9780745629551
Booksplease Price: £55.73There are around 5,000 languages spoken across the world today, but the languages that coexist in our multilingual world have varied functions and fulfil various roles. Some are spoken by small... -
English - One Tongue, Many Voices by Jan Svartvik 9781137550224
Booksplease Price: £90.56This is the fully revised and expanded second edition of English - One Tongue, Many Voices, a book by three internationally distinguished English language scholars who tell the fascinating,... -
Towards an Ecology of World Languages by Louis-Jean Calvet 9780745629568
Booksplease Price: £21.68There are around 5,000 languages spoken across the world today, but the languages that coexist in our multilingual world have varied functions and fulfil various roles. Some are spoken by small... -
The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699 by B. E. Gent
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £8.04Written 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... -
British English Phonetic Transcription by Paul Carley
RRP: £40.99Booksplease Price: £37.52British English Phonetic Transcription provides an accessible introduction to phonemic, phonetic and intonational transcription with a focus on British English. Featuring exercises, revision tasks... -
The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics Martin J. Ball (University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA) 9781444338775
RRP: £41.95Booksplease Price: £38.76The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics brings together an international team of contributors to create an original, in-depth survey of the field for students and practitioners of speech-language... -
Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language by Bill Bryson
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.42'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...'Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless... -
European Language Matters: English in Its European Context by Peter Trudgill
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £28.78Why 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... -
Beowulf and Other Stories: A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures Joe Allard 9781408286036
Booksplease Price: £46.21Beowulf & Other Stories was first conceived in the belief that the study of Old English - and its close cousins, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman - can be a genuine delight, covering a period as... -
Treasure-House of the Language: The Living Oed by Charlotte Brewer 9780300209556
Booksplease Price: £35.22The untold history of the celebrated Oxford English Dictionary and its makers, from the first edition's completion in 1928 to the present day The legendary Oxford English Dictionary today contains... -
Misc Delayed Gratification 9781526675231
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.78Misc. will spark a million spirited pub and dinner table conversations, as well as prompting overly long stays and irrepressible guffaws in toilets across the globe. Designed to be dipped into and... -
Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages by Daniel Nettle 9780195136241
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £23.96Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half... -
500 Common Chinese Idioms: An Annotated Frequency Dictionary Liwei Jiao 9780415776820
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £48.10First published in 2010. 500 Common Chinese Idioms is a unique tool for learners. Presenting the 500 most commonly used Chinese idioms or 'chengyu', this dictionary presents: The idiom in both... -
Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them Adrienne Raphel 9781472144621
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40'Beautifully researched account, full of humour and personal insight'David Crystal, author of Making Sense: The Glamorous Story of English Grammar 'A witty, wise, and wonderfully weird journey that...