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Four Words for Friend Why Using More Than One Language Matters Now More Than Ever
ISBN: PB: 9780300251517, Yale University Press, March 2020
264 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm
In a world that has English as its global language and rapidly advancing translation technology, it's easy to assume that the need to use more than one language will diminish – but Marek Kohn argues that plural language use is more important than eve...
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£11,99
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Form and Meaning in Language Volume II: Papers on Discourse and Pragmatics
ISBN: PB: 9781684000548, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, January 2020
335 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
This volume continues the collection of work by Charles J. Fillmore, which he started in 2003. Taken together, the work gathered in these volumes reflects Fillmore's desire to make sense of the workings of language in a way that keeps in mind questio...
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£26,00
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Form and Meaning in Language Volume III: Papers on Linguistic Theory and Constructions
ISBN: PB: 9781684000562, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, January 2020
330 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
This volume continues the collection of work by Charles J. Fillmore, which he started in 2003. Taken together, the work gathered in these volumes reflects Fillmore's desire to make sense of the workings of language in a way that keeps in mind questio...
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£26,00
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Fighting in the Shadows The Untold Story of Deaf People in the Civil War
ISBN: HB: 9781563686801, Gallaudet University Press, May 2017
248 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 160 photographs
This visually rich volume presents Harry G. Lang's groundbreaking study of deaf people's experiences in the Civil War. Based on meticulous archival research, "Fighting in the Shadows" reveals the stories of both ordinary and extraordinary deaf soldie...
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£30,00
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Following Searle on Twitter How Words Create Digital Institutions
ISBN: HB: 9780226438214, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
224 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 1 halftone, 1 table
Twitter allows us to build communities, track celebrities, raise our social profile, and promote a personal brand. Adam Hodgkin thinks Twitter is much more than a mere social media tool – it is a terrain ripe for a conceptual and theoretical analysis...
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£30,00
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First Words in French
ISBN: PB: 9781908985750, GMC Group, Button Books, September 2016
60 pp., 27.6x21.6 cm, colour illus.
Help your child to learn their first words in French with this beautifully presented, interactive learning resource. Packed with more than 300 key words, this book makes the perfect companion, whether your child is learning the language at home, at s...
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£7,26
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First Words in Spanish
ISBN: PB: 9781908985743, GMC Group, Button Books, September 2016
60 pp., 27.6x21.6 cm, colour illus.
Help your child to learn their first words in Spanish with this beautifully presented, interactive learning resource. Packed with more than 300 key words, this book makes the perfect companion, whether your child is learning the language at home, at...
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£7,26
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French in Action, Workbook, Part 2 A Beginning Course in Language and Culture: The Capretz Method
ISBN: PB: 9780300176131, Yale University Press, July 2016
608 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, illus.
Since it was first published, "French in Action: A Beginning Course in Language and Culture – The Capretz Method" has been widely recognized in the field as a model for video-based foreign-language instructional materials. The third edition has been...
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£40,00
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From Syntax to Text The Janus Face of Functional Sentence Perspective
ISBN: PB: 9788024628790, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2015
400 pp., 24x16.5 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! The volume deals with the interaction between syntax, informational structure (or functional sentence perspective), and text in present-day English and Czech. Libuše Duškova...
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£26,50
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From Iberian Romani to Iberian Para-Romani Varieties
ISBN: PB: 9788024629360, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2015
240 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 3 halftones, 25 tables
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Linguistic contact between Romani and Spanish, Catalan and other languages of the Iberian Peninsula began in the first half of the fifteenth century. This contact resulted in the emergence...
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£19,00
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