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The Story of French
The Story of French
by Jean Benoit Nadeau
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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... (read more)

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Noam Chomsky (Reaktion Books - Critical Lives)
Noam Chomsky (Reaktion Books - Critical Lives)
by Wolfgang B Sperlich
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“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)

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The story of English
The story of English
by Robert Mccrum
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....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)

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The Stories of English
The Stories of English
by David Crystal
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The Stories of English is a groundbreaking history of the language by David Crystal, the world-renowned writer and commentator on English. Other books have been written on the subject, but they focused on the educated, printed language called standard... (read more)

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The Matrix of Language: Contemporary Linguistic Anthropology
The Matrix of Language: Contemporary Linguistic Anthropology
by Donald Brenneis
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The Matrix of Language introduces students and other readers to recent debates in the study of language and culture. The articles in this anthology, selected for their readability, present a range of methodological approaches and well-known case studies... (read more)

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You Are What You Speak (10 Edition)
You Are What You Speak (10 Edition)
by Robert Lane Greene
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"An insightful, accessible examination of the way in which day-to-day speech is tangled in a complicated web of history, politics, race, economics and power." - Kirkus What is it about other people’s language that moves some of us to anxiety or... (read more)

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Is the Best Good Enough? Optimality and Competition in Syntax (Mit Working Papers in Linguistics)
Is the Best Good Enough? Optimality and Competition in Syntax (Mit Working Papers in Linguistics)
by Pilar Barbosa
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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)

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Neurolinguistics and Linguistic Aphasiology: An Introduction (Cambridge Studies in Speech Science & Communication)
Neurolinguistics and Linguistic Aphasiology: An Introduction (Cambridge Studies in Speech Science & Communication)
by David Caplan
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This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the emerging fields of neurolinguistics and linguistic aphasiology. Reflecting the dramatic changes that have taken place in the study of language disorders over the last decade, David Caplan's... (read more)

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Current Studies in Linguistics #35: Parasitic Gaps
Current Studies in Linguistics #35: Parasitic Gaps
by Peter Culicover
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This book offers a comprehensive survey of research on parasitic gaps, an intriguing syntactic phenomenon. The first section of the book contains a history of work on the topic and three fundamental previously published papers. The remaining three... (read more)

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Psycholinguistics (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
Psycholinguistics (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
by Michael Garman
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This book is an introduction to psycholinguistics, the study of human language processing and suitable for any reader with an interest in the psychological foundations of human language.... (read more)

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Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages
Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages
by Richard P Meier
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The realization that signed languages are true languages is one of the great discoveries of the last 30 years of linguistic research. The work of many sign language researchers has revealed deep similarities between signed and spoken languages in their... (read more)

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The Atoms of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules of Grammar
The Atoms of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules of Grammar
by Mark C. Baker
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It's difficult to fathom that the incredible number of languages in the world can be broken down into a small group of shared parameters. Mark Baker shows that this is possible due to a key uniting factor: grammar. His investigation spans the Navajo Code... (read more)

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Contemporary Linguistics an Introduction 4TH Edition
Contemporary Linguistics an Introduction 4TH Edition
by William Ogrady
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Contemporary Linguistics offer integrated and comprehensive coverage of linguistics written by experts in the field -- from phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics to cross-curricular topics such as sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics and... (read more)

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Metaphors We Live by
Metaphors We Live by
by George Lakoff
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The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social... (read more)

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Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday #04: The Language of Early Childhood with CD (Audio)
Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday #04: The Language of Early Childhood with CD (Audio)
by M A K Halliday
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Professor M A K Halliday has been enriching the discipline of linguistics with his keen insights into the social semiotic phenomenon we call language. This ten-volume series presents his seminal works. This fourth volume contains sixteen papers that look... (read more)

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A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
by Carl Darling Buck
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Originally published in 1949 and appearing now for the first time in a paperbound edition, Buck's Dictionary remains an indispensable tool for diachronic analysis of the Indo-European languages. Arranged according to the meaning of words, the work... (read more)

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Sociolinguistic Variation and Change
Sociolinguistic Variation and Change
by Scott F Kiesling
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The study of variation and change lies at the heart of sociolinguistic enterprise, yet few texts cover the full range of studies produced in this field. This collection widely surveys this work, focusing on the tension created among three constraints on... (read more)

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Language Death
Language Death
by David Crystal
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A thorough review of the worldwide problem of language endangerment and death.... (read more)

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Language Its Structure & Use 3RD Edition
Language Its Structure & Use 3RD Edition
by Edward Finegan
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Finegan's best selling text, LANGUAGE: ITS STRUCTURE AND USE, Fourth Edition maintains its relevance with new emphasis on the political and social aspects of language including "Applications to the Professions."... (read more)

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Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey: Volume 4, Language: The Socio-Cultural Context
Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey: Volume 4, Language: The Socio-Cultural Context
by Frederick Newmeyer
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Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey is a comprehensive introduction to current research in all branches of the field of linguistics, from syntactic theory to ethnography of speaking, from signed language to the mental lexicon, from language acquisition to... (read more)

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