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Descriptive Typology and Linguistic Theory: A Study in the Morphology of Relative Clauses by Farrell Ackerman 9781575864563
Booksplease Price: $54.25Descriptive grammarians and typologists often encounter unusual constructions or unfamiliar variants of otherwise familiar construction types. Many of these phenomena are puzzling from the... -
Let's Speak Twi: A Proficiency Course in Akan Language and Culture Adams Bodomo 9781575866048
Booksplease Price: $41.38Let's Speak Twi is an introductory language-learning textbook for speakers of English and other languages who seek proficiency in Akan Twi, the most widely used and understood native language of... -
Digital Typography by Donald E. Knuth 9781575860107
Booksplease Price: $61.12Donald Knuth's influence in computer science ranges from the invention of literate programming to the development of the TeX programming language. One of the foremost figures in the field of... -
Thai and Indic Literary Studies by Thomas John Hudak 9780891480808
Booksplease Price: $75.18For most of his career Professor William J. Gedney has devoted his scholarly research to an indepth exploration and recording of Tai languages and dialects. These endeavors have resulted in numerous... -
Yuarn Music Dramas: Studies in Prosody and Structure and a Complete Catalogue of Northern Arias in the Dramatic Style by Dale Johnson 9780892640409
RRP: $32.21Booksplease Price: $31.52Part One of Yuarn Music Dramas presents a detailed analysis of form and structure in Yuarn music drama, with sections on the act, the suite, the aria, the verse, metrics of repeated graph patterns,... -
Studies on Tai Dialects: Glossaries, Texts, and Translations by Thomas John Hudak 9780891480778
Booksplease Price: $207.88In 1964, William J. Gedney began his intensive and meticulous study of the Thai language family. Initially working on the Southwestern Branch and then moving on to the Central Branch of the family,... -
Paninian Studies: S.D. Joshi Felicitation Volume by Madhav M. Deshpande 9780891480655
RRP: $32.21Booksplease Price: $31.52Panini's grammar is the oldest surviving grammar of Sanskrit, dating back to the fifth century BCE. In its completeness of coverage of linguistic elements and its theoretical and analytical... -
Introduction to Old Javanese Language and Literature: A Kawi Prose Anthology by Mary S Zurbuchen 9780891480532
Booksplease Price: $17.06The oldest and most extensive written language of Southeast Asia is Old Javanese, or Kawi. It is the oldest language in terms of written records, and the most extensive in the number and variety of... -
Living Words: Language, Lexicography and the Knowledge Revolution by Tom McArthur 9780859896115
RRP: $142.50Booksplease Price: $127.09In this unique and entertaining collection of articles, a noted scholar and compiler of key works of reference reflects on the nature of language, the art of lexicography and the breath-taking... -
From English Language Test to University Success Jeanne Godfrey 9781350517141
Booksplease Price: $18.28This short and pithy guide helps readers to understand the differences between English language tests and university-level work. It covers the study and language skills directly connected to using... -
Plurality and Classifiers across Languages in China by Dan Xu 9783110293821
RRP: $297.35Booksplease Price: $203.19Plural marking, numeral classifiers and reduplication constitute the main means of quantification marking in the domain of grammar. The contributions in this book focus on the typological correlation... -
Japanese/Korean Linguistics, Volume 13 by Mutsuko Endo Hudson 9781575865188
Booksplease Price: $64.90Japanese and Korean are typologically quite similar languages, and the linguistic phenomena of the former often hve counterparts in the latter. These collections from the annual Japanese/Korean... -
Perspectives on Language Learning Materials Development by Freda Mishan 9783039118632
RRP: $87.59Booksplease Price: $79.23Language learning materials development remains a surprisingly under-supported aspect of language teaching. This book constitutes a much-needed resource in the area, aiming to support and advance the... -
A Glossary of Words and Phrases in the Oral Performing and Dramatic Literatures of the Jin, Yuan, and Ming by Dale Johnson 9780472038237
RRP: $32.21Booksplease Price: $31.52For many years, the oral performing and dramatic literatures of China from 1200 to 1600 CE were considered some of the most difficult texts in the Chinese corpus. They included ballad medleys, comic... -
Hindi Structures Intermediate Level, with Drills, Exercises, and Key by Peter Edwin Hook 9780891480167
RRP: $39.81Booksplease Price: $39.20An instructional book for learning Hindi-Urdu grammatical structuresAbout the AuthorPeter Edwin HOOK is Professor Emeritus of Asian Languages & Cultures at the University of Michigan.Book... -
An Annotated Bibliography of Chinese Painting Catalogues and Related Texts by Hin-Cheung Lovell 9780472038404
Booksplease Price: $17.06The student of Chinese painting must from time to time consult John C. Ferguson's Li-tai chu-lu hua mu, an index to Chinese paintings recorded in Chinese catalogues. The catalogues in which the... -
The Matrix of Lyric Transformation: Poetic Modes and Self-Presentation in Early Chinese Pentasyllabic Poetry by Zong-Qi Cai 9780472038053
Booksplease Price: $24.87Pentasyllabic poetry has been a focus of critical study since the appearance of the earliest works of Chinese literary criticism in the Six Dynasties period. Throughout the subsequent dynasties,... -
Writing on the Tongue by A.L. Becker 9780891480471
Booksplease Price: $81.93Included are original texts in Balinese, Indonesian, and Javenese as well as the authors' translations, supplemented with detailed commentaries on the works themselves and the act (or art) of... -
Person-centred and Experiential Therapies: Contemporary Approaches and Issues in Practice by Paul Wilkins
Booksplease Price: $80.45An essential new guide for any person-centred trainee or practitioner, this book explores some of the key contemporary counselling and psychotherapy approaches that have developed from classical... -
Beginner's English (Learn BRITISH English as a Foreign Language): A short four-skills foundation course in EFL / ESL Cindy Cheetham 9781473612143
RRP: $24.68Booksplease Price: $17.59Do you want a solid foundation to your English 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,... -
Modern China, 1840-1972: An Introduction to Sources and AIDS by Andrew Nathan 9780472038268
Booksplease Price: $17.06Graduate students have traditionally learned a good part of what they know about sources and research aids on modern China through hearsay and serendipity, in unsystematic and unreliable bits and... -
Wittgenstein and Marx: Language, Mind and Society Felice Cimatti 9788869773808
RRP: $28.48Booksplease Price: $28.35The volume tries to offer a comparison between two philosophers who belong to two different philosophical traditions and who have thus been rarely discussed together: Karl Marx and Ludwig... -
Samskrta-Subodhini: A Sanskrit Primer by Madhav M. Deshpande 9780891480792
RRP: $41.71Booksplease Price: $41.46Samskrta-Subodini: A Sanskrit Primer marks the culmination of Professor Deshpande's experience of teaching Sanskrit at the University of Michigan for over twenty-five years. Tested in classes at... -
Double Jeopardy: A Critique of Seven Yuan Courtroom Dramas by Ching-Hsi Perng 9780472037995
Booksplease Price: $24.87Traditionally, criticism of plays from the Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368) has been dominated by the so-called poetic and socialist schools. Double Jeopardy instead rigorously evaluates a group of plays by... -
Modal Logic for Open Minds Johan van Benthem 9781575865980
Booksplease Price: $46.46In Modal Logic for Open Minds, Johan van Benthem provides an up-to-date introduction to the field of modal logic, outlining its major ideas and exploring the numerous ways in which various academic... -
AI-Powered Corpus Translation Studies at Work: Exploring Early English Translations by Aphra Behn and her Contemporaries of Fontenelle's (1686) Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes by Anna Maria Cipriani 9789819559329
Booksplease Price: $87.93This open access book introduces a pioneering methodology in corpus translation studies by integrating generative artificial intelligence to assist in text annotation, alignment, and interpretative... -
Southwestern Tai Dialects: Glossaries, Texts and Translations by Thomas John Hudak 9780891480747
Booksplease Price: $176.02In 1964 and 1965, William J. Gedney first began his intensive and meticulous study of the Tai language family, concentrating primarily upon the Southwestern Branch of the family. Working in Thailand,... -
Journey: Stories by K. C. Das by K. C. Das 9780891480815
RRP: $32.21Booksplease Price: $31.52K. C. Das is deservedly one of the most celebrated writers in India today. He writes primarily in Oriya, the language of his native state of Orissa, where he was born in 1924. A civil servant by... -
Language Learner Autonomy: Policy, Curriculum, Classroom: A Festschrift in Honour of David Little by Breffni O'Rourke 9783039119806
RRP: $115.52Booksplease Price: $103.85This volume offers a collection of essays addressing contemporary issues in foreign and second language education. In particular, it addresses language learner autonomy, both as a theoretical... -
Building Language Using LEGO (R) Bricks: A Practical Guide by Dawn Ralph
RRP: $34.18Booksplease Price: $27.66Building Language using LEGO (R) Bricks is a flexible and powerful intervention tool designed to aid children with severe receptive and expressive language disorders, often related to autism and... -
The Train That Had Wings: Selected Stories of M. Mukundan by Donald R. Davis 9780891480907
Booksplease Price: $124.93The Train That Had Wings presents modern life in Kerala in terms of a shared but tragically compromised humanity. Mukundan dares to look beneath the routines and facades of everyday life in order to... -
The Train That Had Wings: Selected Stories of M. Mukundan by Donald R. Davis 9780891480914
RRP: $28.41Booksplease Price: $28.20The Train That Had Wings presents modern life in Kerala in terms of a shared but tragically compromised humanity. Mukundan dares to look beneath the routines and facades of everyday life in order to... -
Elementary Korean: Second Edition (Includes Access to Website for Native Speaker Audio Recordings) Ross King, Ph.D. 9780804844987
Booksplease Price: $48.41This is a comprehensive and detailed introductory Korean textbook and language learning package.Korean is now the 11th most popular language taught at American universities. This new edition of... -
Continuing Korean: Second Edition (Online Audio Included) Ross King, Ph.D. 9780804845151
RRP: $47.48Booksplease Price: $34.37Following Elementary Korean, Continuing Korean is the second volume in Ross King and Jaehoon Yeon's popular series of college-level Korean textbooks.This volume is aimed at the student with one year... -
Modern Languages Study Guides: Como agua para chocolate: Literature Study Guide for AS/A-level Spanish by Sebastian Bianchi
RRP: $29.45Booksplease Price: $28.86Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, WJEC, Eduqas & CCEALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: Modern LanguagesFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: June 2018Literature analysis made easy. Build your students'... -
Early Childhood Studies: Principles and Practice Jane Johnston 9781138674417
Booksplease Price: $89.59This fully updated new edition offers a comprehensive, accessible, yet rigorous introduction to the study of Early Childhood that will will add value to any Early Childhood Studies course at both... -
Modern Languages Study Guides: Cronica de una muerte anunciada: Literature Study Guide for AS/A-level Spanish by Sebastian Bianchi
RRP: $29.45Booksplease Price: $28.86Exam board: AQA & EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: Modern LanguagesFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Literature analysis made easy. Build your students' confidence in their language... -
Modern Languages Study Guides: La casa de Bernarda Alba: Literature Study Guide for AS/A-level Spanish Sebastian Bianchi 9781471891960
RRP: $29.45Booksplease Price: $28.86Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, WJEC, Eduqas & CCEALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: Modern LanguagesFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: June 2018Literature analysis made easy. Build your students'... -
Martial Arts Studies: Disrupting Disciplinary Boundaries by Paul Bowman 9781783481286
Booksplease Price: $76.72The phrase "martial arts studies" is increasingly circulating as a term to describe a new field of interest. But many academic fields including history, philosophy, anthropology, and Area studies... -
Light on the Mahabharata: A Beginner's Guide to India's Great Epic by Nicholas Sutton 9798887620770
RRP: $43.68Booksplease Price: $31.05In this in-depth, engaging guide to the Mahabharata, Hindu Studies scholar Nicholas Sutton explores the central messages of the work's core narratives and passages of instruction, demonstrating how...