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Grammars of Approach Landscape, Narrative, and the Linguistic Picturesque
ISBN: HB: 9780226467665, University of Chicago Press, March 2019
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 9 colour plates, 16 halftones, 7 line drawings, 2 tables
In "Grammars of Approach", Cynthia Wall offers a close look at changes in perspective in spatial design, language, and narrative across the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries that involve, literally and psychologically, the concept of "ap...
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£79,00
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Gesture in Multiparty Interaction
ISBN: HB: 9781944838430, Gallaudet University Press, February 2019
256 pp., 23.5x15.9 cm
"Gesture in Multiparty Interaction" confronts the competing views that exist regarding gesture's relationship to language. In this work, Emily Shaw examines embodied discourses in American Sign Language and spoken English and seeks to establish conne...
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£60,00
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Gift of the Gab How Eloquence Works
ISBN: PB: 9780300226409, ISBN: HB: 9780300214260, Yale University Press, May 2017
256 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 29 black&white illus.
We all know eloquence when we hear it. But what exactly is it? And how might we gain more of it for ourselves? This entertaining and, yes, eloquent book illuminates the power of language from a linguistic point of view and provides fascinating insigh...
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£10,99
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£14,99
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German Phonetics and Phonology Theory and Practice
ISBN: PB: 9780300196504, Yale University Press, January 2017
416 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 58 black&white illus.
The first course book designed to engage students in the pronunciation of modern German by grounding practice in theory An essential introduction to the pronunciation of modern German, this unique classroom text is designed to help mid- to upper-leve...
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£50,00
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Gallaudet Children's Dictionary of American Sign Language
ISBN: HB + DVD: 9781563686313, Gallaudet University Press, October 2014
384 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 1048 illus.
* Featuring more than 1,000 ASL sign drawings * All signs paired with charming color illustrations * Introduction explains how to sign ASL and fingerspell * Complete index of English terms for each sign, including synonyms * Sample sentences using sp...
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£30,00
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Genetics, Disability, and Deafness
ISBN: PB: 9781563685767, Gallaudet University Press, February 2013
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Menand begins this wide-ranging volume with an essay that extols diversity and warns of the dangers of modifying the human genome. Nora Groce reviews the ways that societies have defined disability and creates an i...
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£35,50
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Grammatical Framework Programming with Multilingual Grammars
ISBN: PB: 9781575866260, ISBN: HB: 9781575866277, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, July 2011
340 pp., 23x15 cm
Grammatical Framework is a programming language designed for writing grammars, which has the capability of addressing several languages in parallel. This thorough introduction demonstrates how to write grammars in Grammatical Framework and use them i...
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£24,50
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£52,50
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Grammar, Geometry, and Brain
ISBN: PB: 9781575865928, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, April 2010
120 pp., 23x15 cm
This original study considers the effects of language and meaning on the brain. Jens Erik Fenstad – an expert in the fields of recursion theory, nonstandard analysis, and natural language semantics – combines current formal semantics with a geometric...
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£22,00
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Gesture and Thought
ISBN: PB: 9780226514635, ISBN: HB: 9780226514628, University of Chicago Press, September 2007
328 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 92 figures, 13 tables
Gesturing is such an integral yet unconscious part of communication that we are mostly oblivious to it. But if you observe anyone in conversation, you are likely to see his or her fingers, hands, and arms in some form of spontaneous motion. Why? Davi...
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£28,00
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£45,00
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German Through Film
ISBN: PB: 9780300109504, Yale University Press, January 2007
150 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm
"German Through Film" is designed to be a flexible tool for teachers who strive towards content-based instruction and believe that learning a language should be meaningful and enjoyable. It is based on eight contemporary German films, all of which ar...
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£27,00
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