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Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner by Geneva Smitherman Publisher Comments Fully revised and updated -- the ultimate guide to black talk from all segments of the African American community.Do you want to be down with the latest hype terms from the Hip Hop world? Black Talk is the perfect source. "Even if you think you're hip... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The story of English by Robert Mccrum Publisher Comments ....The Story of English is the first book to tell the whole story of the English language. Originally paired with a major PBS miniseries, this book presents a stimulating and comprehensive record of spoken and written English-from its Anglo-Saxon... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language by Dean Falk Publisher Comments Scientists have long theorized that abstract, symbolic thinking evolved to help humans negotiate such classically male activities as hunting, tool making, and warfare, and eventually developed into spoken language. In Finding Our Tongues, Dean Falk... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Global Mother Tongue: The Eight Flavours of English by Howard Richler Publisher Comments Celebrating a language that is spoken by 1.6 billion people, this entertaining analysis explores the international growth of English and gives an in-depth examination of its history. Explaining the differences and... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Noam Chomsky (Reaktion Books - Critical Lives) by Wolfgang B Sperlich Publisher Comments “The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didnt betray it Id be ashamed of myself.” This declaration by Noam Chomsky exemplifies the uncompromising radicalism that has long defined his life and work. A linguist... (read more) List Price $16.25 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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En Una Palabra by Charlie Lopez Publisher Comments Es un fascinante viaje a traves de los origenes e historias de mas de quinientos terminos de uso cotidiano. Charlie Lopez se vale de la etimologia para revelar vinculos insospechados entre muchos vocablos conocidos y personajes historicos, de ficcion... (read more) List Price $18.85 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Is the Best Good Enough? Optimality and Competition in Syntax (Mit Working Papers in Linguistics) by Pilar Barbosa Publisher Comments Recent developments in linguistic theory have led to a reconsideration of the role of optimality in the overall architecture of the grammar. Emerging from this research is the idea that different components of the grammar interact to yield the best... (read more) List Price $45.75 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Language, Culture, and Society: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology by Zdenek Salzmann Publisher Comments The third edition of Language, Culture, and Society continues to address the full spectrum of fundamental topics in linguistic anthropology. Because anthropology stresses a holistic view, the integration of data from all subfields of anthropology and... (read more) List Price $37.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Kristeller and the Italian Vernacular by Angelo Mazzocco Publisher Comments n essay on Kristeller and the Italian Vernacular, excerpted from the book, Kristeller Reconsidered: Essays on His Life and... (read more) Your price: $5.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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A Life in Letters: The Personal, the Professional, and the Political by Sol Saporta Publisher Comments This is a varied collection of letters to the editors of various newspapers, which reflect the interaction of Sol Saporta's personal, professional, and political life and thinking over a period of 25 years. A large section of the letters deal with... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Face To Face by Virginia V Zanger Publisher Comments Students practice English in natural contexts by conducting interviews and field-based research on American culture. -- Preparatory vocabulary and case-study readings -- Collaborative analysis to stimulate cooperation and critical thinking... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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Biting the Wax Tadpole: Confessions of a Language Fanatic by Elizabeth Little Publisher Comments When Chinese shopkeepers tried to find a written equivalent of Coca-Cola, one set of characters they chose was pronounced ke-kou ke-la. It sounded right, but it literally translated as bite the wax tadpole. Language, like travel, is always stranger than... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Talking Turkey and Other Cliches We Say (Ways to Say It) by Nancy Loewen Synopsis Feeling under the weather? Don't throw in the towel. Chin up! This book is your dream come true. For more cliches, look inside.... (read more) Your price: $6.95 New - Trade Paper
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Bilingualism Across the Lifespan: Aspects of Acquisition, Maturity, and Loss by Kenneth Hyltenstam Publisher Comments In this broad overview of current theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of bilingualism, the contributors examine the dynamics of bilingual language processing over time from the perspectives of neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics and... (read more) List Price $63.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Language and Thought (93 Edition) by Noam Chomsky Publisher Comments A fascinating analysis of human language and its influence on other disciplines by one of the nation's most respected linguists. Chomsky is also the author of What Uncle Sam Really Wants and The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many (15,000 copies sold).... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Anguished English by Richard Lederer Publisher Comments Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers . . . it's a collection that... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Current Studies in Linguistics #16: Language and Problems of Knowledge: The Managua Lectures by Noam Chomsky Publisher Comments Language and Problems of Knowledge is Noam Chomsky's most accessible statement on the nature, origins, and current concerns of the field of linguistics. He frames the lectures with four fundamental questions: What do we know when we are able to speak and... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Writing the Story of Alphabets by Shelby Rice Publisher Comments Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries RM volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more) Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Word Smart II How To Build a More Educat by Princeton Review Publisher Comments Revised Edition This revised edition of Word Smart II features another 848 words you need to know for an educated, up-to-date vocabulary. Other features are a pronunciation guide, a list of common usage errors and the most frequently tested words.... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Stubborn as a Mule and Other Silly Similes (Ways to Say It) by Nancy Loewen Synopsis Are you silly as a goose? Do you laugh like a hyena? Like a monkey? Like a moose? For more similes, look inside.... (read more) Your price: $6.95 New - Trade Paper
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