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British English Phonetic Transcription by Paul Carley
RRP: €48.78Booksplease Price: €46.21British English Phonetic Transcription provides an accessible introduction to phonemic, phonetic and intonational transcription with a focus on British English. Featuring exercises, revision tasks... -
Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language by Bill Bryson
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.46'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... -
The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics Martin J. Ball (University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA) 9781444338775
RRP: €49.92Booksplease Price: €47.14The 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... -
European Language Matters: English in Its European Context by Peter Trudgill
Booksplease Price: €42.21Why 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: €51.05Beowulf & 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: €41.91The 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: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.64Misc. 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
Booksplease Price: €51.63Few 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... -
Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them Adrienne Raphel 9781472144621
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €9.20'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... -
500 Common Chinese Idioms: An Annotated Frequency Dictionary Liwei Jiao 9780415776820
RRP: €63.06Booksplease Price: €59.73First 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... -
Text Messaging and Literacy - The Evidence Clare Wood 9780415687164
RRP: €46.40Booksplease Price: €44.20"Well thought out and timely. This is the leading group in the world working on texting and literacy, and they have a strong track record of publications. It would also be the first book, as they... -
Grammatical Profiles: Further Languages of LARSP by Martin J. Ball
RRP: €166.54Booksplease Price: €127.85This book brings together 12 previously unpublished language profiles based on the original Language Assessment, Remediation and Screening Procedure (LARSP). The languages featured are: Bangla,... -
The History of English Spelling Christopher Upward (Late of Aston University, UK) 9781405190237
RRP: €34.45Booksplease Price: €33.40The History of English Spelling "Fifty years ago, G. H. Vallins contributed a book on spelling to the Language Library. Since then, there have been several major surveys, and new opportunities to... -
Race and Redemption in Puritan New England by Richard A. Bailey 9780195366594
Booksplease Price: €117.73Although puritans in 17th-century New England lived alongside both Native Americans and Africans, the white New Englanders imagined their neighbors as something culturally and intellectually distinct... -
Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain by Susie Dent
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €9.31Did you know that . . . a soldier's biggest social blunder is called jack brew - making yourself a cuppa without making one for anyone else? That twitchers have an expression for a bird that can't be... -
Playing Politics with Terrorism: A User's Guide by George Kassimeris
RRP: €21.41Booksplease Price: €20.81While governments are obliged to protect society and bring terrorists to justice, their effectiveness in tackling terrorism without undermining the support of the population for law and order or... -
Intonation and Its Parts: Melody in Spoken English by Dwight Bolinger
RRP: €85.68Booksplease Price: €70.14"It's not what she said, it's the way that she said it," is a complaint we have all heard (or made) some time or another. What does it refer to? It obviously relates to the various forms of wordless... -
Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds by Shane O'Mara 9781847926487
RRP: €26.18Booksplease Price: €19.78'Enjoyable' New Scientist'Delightfully well-written, accessible, surprisingly reflective and humorous' Irish Times'Thoughtful' Irish IndependentFrom neurons to nations, Talking Heads is a stunning... -
On the Offensive: Prejudice in Language Past and Present by Karen Stollznow 9781108791786
RRP: €22.60Booksplease Price: €20.74I'm not a racist, but... You look good, for your age... She was asking for it... You're crazy... That's so gay... Have you ever wondered why certain language has the power to offend? It is often... -
The Language Myth: Why Language Is Not an Instinct by Vyvyan Evans
Booksplease Price: €34.01Language is central to our lives, the cultural tool that arguably sets us apart from other species. Some scientists have argued that language is innate, a type of unique human 'instinct'... -
An Anthology of Bilingual Child Phonology Elena Babatsouli 9781788926447
RRP: €47.54Booksplease Price: €41.36This edited book is a collection of studies on protolanguage phonology, referring to the development of children's autonomous linguistic systems from their first meaningful forms to complete... -
History of English: A Resource Book for Students Dan McIntyre 9781138500723
RRP: €40.45Booksplease Price: €39.14Routledge 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... -
Four Words for Friend: Why Using More Than One Language Matters Now More Than Ever by Marek Kohn
Booksplease Price: €18.80A compelling argument about the importance of using more than one language in today's world In a world that has English as its global language and rapidly advancing translation technology, it's easy... -
Assessing Grammar: The Languages of LARSP by Martin Ball 9781847696380
RRP: €154.64Booksplease Price: €138.75This collection is a resource book for those working with language disordered clients in a range of languages. It collects together versions of the well-known Language Assessment Remediation... -
The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions by Kate Summerscale 9781788162821
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €8.79THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANIACS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAIL A WATERSTONES BEST POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK Plunge into this rich and... -
The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary Hana Videen 9781800815803
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.54'Invaluable - and hugely entertaining ... It is an absolute romp and a must-have for history and fantasy enthusiasts alike' - Eleanor Janega 'Endlessly fascinating'- the Spectator Old English... -
Shakespeare's Names by Laurie Maguire 9780199219971
Booksplease Price: €89.37How do names attach themselves to particular objects and people and does this connection mean anything? This is a question which goes as far back as Plato and can still be seen in contemporary... -
Studying Dialect by Rob Penhallurick
RRP: €38.07Booksplease Price: €37.34This book provides an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to the study of the dialects of English as they are spoken around the world, from the earliest dialect dictionaries of the sixteenth... -
Semicolon: How a misunderstood punctuation mark can improve your writing, enrich your reading and even change your life by Cecelia Watson
RRP: €10.70Booksplease Price: €8.32'Fascinating... I loved this book; I really did' David Crystal, Spectator A biography of a much misunderstood punctuation mark and a call to arms in... -
The Life of Guy: Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Unlikely History of an Indispensable Word by Allan Metcalf
RRP: €22.60Booksplease Price: €18.56Had you said "What a guy!" in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. How times have changed! In America... -
The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions by Kate Summerscale 9781800813359
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €14.96THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANES A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAIL AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR AND START THE WEEK Plunge into this... -
How Writing Works: A field guide to effective writing Roslyn Petelin 9781032016283
RRP: €40.45Booksplease Price: €37.51This is an engaging and practical introduction to the elements of grammar, sentence structure, and style that you need to write well across a range of academic, creative, and professional contexts,... -
Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages by Daniel Nettle 9780195152463
Booksplease Price: €25.88A dramatic account of the rate of language extinction, and how it endangers the future of biodiversity Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are... -
Outrageous!: The Story of Section 28, Britain's Homophobic Law by Paul Baker 9781789145618
RRP: €23.80Booksplease Price: €18.14On 23 May 1988, Paul Baker sat down with his family to eat cake on his sixteenth birthday while The Six O'Clock News played in the background. But something was not quite right. There was muffled... -
Algospeak by Adam Aleksic 9781529949155
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €16.95"A linguist explores how the internet is redefining our vocabulary. No cap-this bruh slaps and slays." - Adam Grant, author of Think Again"Incisive and funny, this is a page turner from start to... -
How Writing Works: A Field Guide to Effective Writing Roslyn Petelin 9781041158103
RRP: €49.97Booksplease Price: €47.23This is an engaging and practical introduction to the elements of grammar, sentence structure, and style that you need to write well across a range of academic, creative, and professional contexts,... -
The Book of Books: The Radical Impact of the King James Bible Melvyn Bragg 9781444705164
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.02The King James Bible has often been called the Book of Books both in itself and in what it stands for. Since its publication in 1611 it has been the best selling book in the world, and many believe,... -
English - One Tongue, Many Voices by Jan Svartvik 9781403918307
Booksplease Price: €107.77This 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,... -
Polite: The Art of Communication at Home, at Work and in Public Louise Mullany 9781802793451
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.02The first ever mass-market book on politeness and the important role it plays in our work, relationships and lives, from professor and pioneer of Politeness Theory, Louise MullanyAre women really... -
Speaking American: A History of English in the United States by Richard W. Bailey 9780190232603
RRP: €27.95Booksplease Price: €25.92When did English become American? What distinctive qualities made it American? What role have America's democratizing impulses, and its vibrantly heterogeneous speakers, played in shaping our...