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Contemporary Linguistics
Contemporary Linguistics
by William Ogrady
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This widely praised Study Guide gives students extra practice and support with a range of supplemental exercises and an answer key. Revised for the sixth edition.... (read more)

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Made in America
Made in America
by Bill Bryson
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Bill Bryson, who gave glorious voice to The Mother Tongue, now celebrates her magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood...and exactly why Mr... (read more)

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The Mother Tongue
The Mother Tongue
by Bill Bryson
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"Everything, it seems, is interesting to Bill Bryson. The marvel is that he can make it all interesting to us....Bryson's book, Mother Tongue...is the one that convinced me he could probably write informatively and with humor about anything. I mean, who... (read more)

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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.)
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.)
by Steven Pinker
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In this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples... (read more)

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How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation
How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation
by Robert Kegan
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In this intensely practical book, Harvard psychologists Kegan and Lahey take readers on a carefully guided journey designed to help them arrive at their own particular answers to solve the puzzling gap between what they intend and what they are able to... (read more)

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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
by John Mcwhorter
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There are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. While laying out how languages mix and mutate over time, linguistics professor John McWhorter reminds us... (read more)

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The Essential Chomsky
The Essential Chomsky
by Noam Chomsky
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In a single volume, the seminal writings of the world's leading philosopher, linguist, and critic, published to coincide with his eightieth birthday. For the past forty years Noam Chomsky's writings on politics and language have established him as a... (read more)

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Working with English Language Learners, Second Edition: Answers to Teachers' Top Ten Questions
Working with English Language Learners, Second Edition: Answers to Teachers' Top Ten Questions
by Stephen Cary
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If you teach English language learners, you probably have too many unanswered questions to count. How do I assess a student's English? How do I get my reluctant speakers to speak English? How do I teach grade-level content to English beginners... (read more)

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First Word (07 Edition)
First Word (07 Edition)
by Christine Kenneally
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An accessible exploration of a burgeoning new field: the incredible evolution of language The first popular book to recount the exciting, very recent developments in tracing the origins of language, The First Word is at the forefront of a controversial... (read more)

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Language and Culture (98 Edition)
Language and Culture (98 Edition)
by Claire Kramsch
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This book offers an accessible survey of key language concepts such as social context and cultural authenticity, using insights from fields including linguistics, sociology, and anthropology.... (read more)

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How To Do Things With Words (2ND 75 Edition)
How To Do Things With Words (2ND 75 Edition)
by J. L. Austin
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John L. Austin was one of the leading philosophers of the twentieth century. The William James Lectures presented Austin's conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts on a wide variety of philosophical problems. These talks became the... (read more)

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Queerly Phrased (97 Edition)
Queerly Phrased (97 Edition)
by Anna Livia
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This pioneering collection of previously unpublished articles on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender language combines queer theory and feminist theory with the latest thinking on language and gender. The book expands the field well beyond the study... (read more)

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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
by Jeffrey Toobin
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Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important — and secret — legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. Just in... (read more)

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On Metaphor
On Metaphor
by Sheldon Sacks
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On Metaphor, a collection of fourteen essays by eminent philosophers, literary critics, theologians, art historians, and psychologists, illustrates and explores a striking phenomenon in modern intellectual history: the transformation of metaphor from a... (read more)

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God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible (P.S.)
God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible (P.S.)
by Adam Nicolson
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Nicolson gives a fascinating and dramatic account of the era of the King James Bible and its translation, immersing readers in an age whose greatest monument is not a painting or a building but a book. 16-page insert.... (read more)

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Adventure of English: the Biography of a Language (04 Edition)
Adventure of English: the Biography of a Language (04 Edition)
by Melvyn Bragg
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Bragg's landmark history of the English language details how and where it began 1,500 years ago, and how it evolved to become the tongue of two billion people worldwide.... (read more)

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Old English and Its Closest Relatives: A Survey of the Earliest Germanic Languages
Old English and Its Closest Relatives: A Survey of the Earliest Germanic Languages
by Orrin Robinson
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This book surveys the linguistic and cultural backgrounds of the earliest known Germanic... (read more)

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How Languages Are Learned
How Languages Are Learned
by Patsy M Lightbown
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This thoroughly updated third edition presents the main theories of language acquisition, considering their bearing on language teaching. It discusses the effects of factors such as intelligence, personality, and age. It helps teachers assess the merits... (read more)

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Speech Science -with CD (2ND 07 - Old Edition)
Speech Science -with CD (2ND 07 - Old Edition)
by Carole Ferrand
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Speech Science integrates scientific material on the acoustics, anatomy, and physiology of speech production and perception with state-of-the-art instrumental techniques used in clinical practice.   Each chapter presenting theoretical information is... (read more)

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Slang and Sociability: In-Group Language Among College Students
Slang and Sociability: In-Group Language Among College Students
by Connie Eble
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Slang is often seen as a lesser form of language, one that is simply not as meaningful or important as its 'regular' counterpart. Connie Eble refutes this notion as she reveals the sources, poetry, symbolism, and subtlety of informal slang expressions... (read more)

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