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Metaphors We Live by by George Lakoff Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language (P.S.) by Steven Pinker Publisher Comments “Deliciously erudite.” —William Safire, New York Times Magazine“A riveting detective story.” —Chicago TribuneSteven Pinker, author of the landmark bestsellers The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, and The... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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English with an Accent: Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United States by Rosini Lippi Green Publisher Comments Scrutinizing American attitudes toward language, "English With an Accent" exposes the way in which language is used to maintain and perpetuate social structures and unequal power relations. Rosina Lippi-Green explores language prescription and... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Introducing Second Language Acquisition (Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics) by Muriel Saville-troike Publisher Comments A clear and practical introduction to the key issues and concepts in second language acquisition (SLA).... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Languages of East Asia: An Introduction by Cliff Goddard Publisher Comments This book introduces readers to the remarkable linguistic diversity of East and Southeast Asia. It combines serious but accessible treatments of diverse areas not usually found in a single volume: for example, word origins, cultural key words, tones and... (read more) List Price $74.25 Your price: $30.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Language Myths and the History of English (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics) by Richard J Watts Publisher Comments Language Myths and the History of English aims to deconstruct the myths that are traditionally reproduced as factual accounts of the historical development of English. Using concepts and interpretive sensibilities developed in the field of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Adventure of English: the Biography of a Language (04 Edition) by Melvyn Bragg Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Historical Romance Linguistics by Randall S Gess Publisher Comments This volume contains 17 studies on historical Romance linguistics within a variety of current theoretical frameworks; it includes studies on phonology, morphology and syntax, focusing solely or comparatively on all five 'major' Romance languages: French,... (read more) List Price $150.00 Your price: $32.00 Used - Hardcover
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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World by Nicholas Ostler Publisher Comments The story of the world in the last five thousand years is above all the story of its languages. Some shared language is what binds any community together and makes possible both the living of a common history and the telling of it. Yet the history of the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English by John Mcwhorter Publisher Comments A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar Why do we say I am reading a catalog instead of I read a catalog? Why do we say do at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Grammar as Science by Richard K Larson Publisher Comments andlt;Pandgt;This introductory text takes a novel approach to the study of syntax. Grammar as Science offers an introduction to syntax as an exercise in scientific theory construction. Syntax provides an excellent instrument for introducing students from... (read more) List Price $49.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The World's Writing Systems by Peter T Daniels Publisher Comments Ranging from cuneiform to shorthand, from archaic Greek to modern Chinese, from Old Persian to modern Cherokee, this is the only available work in English to cover all of the world's writing systems from ancient times to the present. Describing scores of... (read more) List Price $243.50 Your price: $100.00 Used - Hardcover
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Teaching and Researching Listening (01 - Old Edition) by Michael Rost Publisher Comments Applied Linguistics in Action Series Series Editors: Christopher N. Candlin, Chair Professor of Applied Linguistics, Centre for English Language Education and Communication Research, City University of Hong Kong David R. Hall, Head of Linguistics... (read more) List Price $55.25 Your price: $30.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Introduction to Scholarship in Modern Languages and Literatures by David Nicholls Publisher Comments The third edition of the MLA's widely used Introduction to Scholarship in Modern Languages and Literatures features sixteen completely new essays by leading scholars. Designed to highlight relations among languages and forms of discourse, the volume is... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Current Studies in Linguistics #35: Parasitic Gaps by Peter Culicover Publisher Comments 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) List Price $69.25 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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Psycholinguistics (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) by Michael Garman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $76.50 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Handbooks of Applied Linguistics [Hal] #9: Handbook of Language and Communication: Diversity and Change by Marlis Hellinger Synopsis The volume has four parts: Part I (Language minorities and inequality) analyses language contact and linguistic diversity as a global phenomenon; Part II (Language planning and language change) focuses on colonialism, imperialism and economics as factors... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price: $40.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Contemporary Linguistics an Introduction 4TH Edition by William Ogrady Synopsis 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) List Price $55.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Do You Speak American? by Robert Macneil Publisher Comments The companion volume to a PBS special, this is the tale of the surprising discoveries the authors made while interviewing a host of native speakers and observing everyday verbal interactions across the country. High school & older.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language by Christine Kenneally Staff Pick The First Word is a fascinating search for the origins of language, which takes the reader through genetics, evolution, and the process of defining language itself. Christine Kenneally is a capable guide to answering this difficult and complex question... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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