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A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
by David Crystal  Synopsis David Crystal's "A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics" has long been the standard single-volume reference for its field. Now available in its sixth edition, it has been revised and updated to reflect the latest terms in the field. Includes in excess...
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Behind the Mask: A Book about Prepositions (World of Language)
by Ruth Heller Publisher Comments Through clever, rhyming text and boldly colorful illustrations, students and language lovers of all ages will enjoy Ruth Heller's world of prepositions. Full color....
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Language Variation in South Asia
by William Bright Publisher Comments South Asia presents the linguist with a bewildering variety of regional dialects, social dialects, formal and informal registers, literary standards, languages, writing systems, and language families. Written over a period of more than twenty years...
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Introducing Chomsky, New Edition
by John Maher Publisher Comments Heir to the Enlightenment tradition, Chomsky has introduced new perspectives on language, the creative individual and the nature of human freedom in society....
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Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
by Maryanne Wolf 
Publisher Comments The act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to rearrange itself beyond its original abilities in order to understand written symbols. But how does the brain learn to read? As world-renowned cognitive...
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Style : Toward Clarity and Grace (90 Edition)
by Joseph M. Williams Publisher Comments This acclaimed book is a master teacher's tested program for turning clumsy prose into clear, powerful, and effective writing. A logical, expert, easy-to-use plan for achieving excellence in expression, Style offers neither simplistic rules nor endless...
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Cambridge Studies in Linguistics #117: Functional Categories
by Pieter Muysken Publisher Comments In every language there are descriptive lexical elements, such as evening and whisper, as well as grammatical elements, such as the and -ing. The distinction between these two elements has proven useful in a number of domains, but what is covered by the...
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The Story of French
by Jean-benoit Nadeau Publisher Comments Imagine a language watched over by a group of “Immortals” wearing Napoleonic hats and brandishing swords, one with rules so complex that mastery is a farce, and one whose speakers spend millions of dollars yearly to place it artfully in...
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Vision of Vygotsky (02 Edition)
by Joan Wink Publisher Comments This book will introduce readers to Vygotskian theories of teaching, learning, and development and show how that theory can be applied in current classrooms. Vygotsky's work continues to be applied and studied in Teacher Education and Educational...
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How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads (Counterpunch)
by Daniel Cassidy Publisher Comments In a series of lively essays, this pioneering book proves that US slang has its strongest wellsprings in nineteenth-century Irish America. "Jazz" and "poker," "sucker" and "scam" all derive from Irish. While demonstrating this, Daniel Cassidy...
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The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax (Oxford Handbooks)
by Guglielmo (edt) Cinque Publisher Comments Comparison across formal languages is an essential part of formal linguistics. The study of closely-related varieties has proven extremely useful in illuminating relations between cross-linguistic syntactic differences that might otherwise appear...
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Introducing Neuro-linguistic Programming: Psychological Skills for Understanding and Influencing People (UK Edition)
by John Seymour Publisher Comments NLP skills are proving invaluable for personal development and professional excellence in counselling, education, and business....
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Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assualts Upon Our Language
by Richard Lederer Publisher Comments "Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed Up Metaphors...from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers, here is an outrageous treasury of...
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The Sociolinguistics of Identity (Advances in Sociolinguistics)
by Tope (edt) Omoniyi Synopsis Across the social and behavioural sciences there has been an increased interest in identity as a subject of inquiry. Despite this, there remain questions to which researchers need to find answers and challenges to be made to older paradigms of analysis...
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Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
by Steven Pinker Publisher Comments How does language work, and how do we learn to speak? Why do languages change over time, and why do they have so many quirks and irregularities? In this original and totally entertaining book written in the same engaging style that illuminated his...
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Esl / Efl Teaching (98 Edition)
by Yvonne S. Freeman Publisher Comments With ESL/EFL Teaching,Yvonne and David Freeman provide an expanded and updated revision of Whole Language for Second Language Learners. As in the original edition, the authors provide a readable explanation of second language teaching methodology...
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Semantic Antics: How and Why Words Change Meaning
by Sol Steinmetz Publisher Comments Lexicographer Steinmetz conducts an in-depth, fascinating journey to learn how hundreds of words have evolved from their first meaning to the meanings used today....
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Second Language Acquisition (2ND 01 - Old Edition)
by Susan M. Gass Publisher Comments This book is a thorough revision of the highly successful text first published in 1994. The authors retain the multidisciplinary approach that presents research from linguistics, sociology, psychology, and education, in a format designed for use in an...
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The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
by Oxford Publisher Comments This comprehensive dictionary by one of our century's greatest language scholars provides a clear and brief account of the origins, history, and sense-development of more than 38,000 words....
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My Trouble Is My English : Asian Students and the American Dream (95 Edition)
by Danling Fu Publisher Comments [This book] is a very readable and timely book for mainstream teachers and ESL educators; its authenticity makes one smile, cry, cringe, clap. - TESLEJ Can the whole language approach adequately prepare minority students, especially those with different...
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