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by Manfred Gorlach  Publisher Comments This is a bibliography of all significant work charting the importation of English into European languages. The book is divided by language, with each entry accompanied by a critical description of its contents. This will be an indispensable research... (read more)  List Price $135.00 Your price $38.40 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Bernard Comrie, Maria Polinsky, Stephen Matthews Comrie Publisher Comments The origins of language have long been the subject of myth and conjecture... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $18.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Walter Benjamin Publisher Comments Walter Benjamin was one of the most original cultural critics of the twentieth century. Illuminations includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and on Brecht's... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Rod Ellis Publisher Comments This book reviews research into second language acquisition and provides readers with a comprehensive review of the "state of the art" in this important area of applied linguistics. It examines different theories of second language acquisition and the... (read more) List Price $27.75 Your price $20.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Benjamin L. Whorf Publisher Comments 'The hypothesis suggested by Benjamin Lee Whorf that the structure of a person's language is a factor in the way in which he understands reality and behaves with respect to it has attracted the attention of linguists, anthropologists, psychologists, and... (read more) List Price $33.25 Your price $23.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Lloyd M. Hulit Publisher Comments '“I would like to thank the authors for writing one of the best books available for the course that I teach. I would like to encourage them to continue updating and expanding the book so that it remains the premier text for speech and language... (read more) List Price $102.50 Your price $83.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by David E. Freeman Publisher Comments The provides the instructor with suggested answers and responses to the Application Activities at the end of each chapter. Linguistics is much more than a study reserved for academicians. Linguistics has real-life applications to effective teachingnow... (read more) List Price $36.25 Your price $21.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Walter J. Ong Publisher Comments This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures and offers a brilliantly lucid account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Keith Walters Publisher Comments From Tom Tomorrow on English as an official language to Clyde Haberman on words that shoot to kill to Roz Chast on the IMs of Romeo and Juliet to George Orwell on politics and the English language, this anthology of essays, news articles, cartoons, ads... (read more) List Price $56.25 Your price $45.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Albert Croll Baugh Publisher Comments Comprehensive and balanced, this classic exploration of the history of the English language combines internal linguistic history and external cultural history -- from the Middle Ages to the present. Emphasis is on the political, social and cultural... (read more) List Price $110.45 Your price $89.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Rajendra Singh Book News Annotation Exposes the serious limitations of sociolinguistics, based on lectures given at the National University of Singapore in 1992-93. Examines the standard sociolinguistic ways of understanding linguisticality and sociality, and outlines a linguistically... (read more) Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by William O'grady Publisher Comments Contemporary Linguistics is the gold standard of introductory linguistics textbooks. Meticulously prepared, it is one of the most comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date introductory resources on the market. The book’s extensive examples and... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price $60.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Suzanne F. Peregoy and Owen F. Boyle Publisher Comments This Fourth Edition of Peregoy and Boyle's text continues the strengths of the third with its comprehensiveness and accessibility, providing a wealth of practical strategies for promoting literacy and language development in English language learners (K... (read more) List Price $72.75 Your price $49.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Abram Publisher Comments David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David E. Freeman Publisher Comments In this new edition, the Freemans have updated their classic text to address new trends and issues related to the teaching of multilingual students.... (read more) List Price $29.50 Your price $23.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Roberta Michnik Golinkoff Publisher Comments How Babies Talk explores how babies learn language, and the ways in which parents and caregivers can nurture these linguistic skills at every stage of their children's development.<P>Organized chronologically, beginning with the unborn child, who... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Pete Hamill Publisher Comments The newest title in The Library of Contemporary Thought series, "News Is a Verb" casts a critical--and hopeful--eye on the state of modern journalism. NPR sponsorship.... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by George Yule Publisher Comments Unrivalled in its popularity, The Study of Language is quite simply the best introduction to the field available today. It introduces the analysis of the key elements of language - sounds, words, structures and meanings, and provides a solid foundation... (read more) List Price $33.25 Your price $21.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Bill Bryson 
From Powells.com "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) List Price $14.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jean Aitchison Publisher Comments "Teach Yourself Linguistics" is a straightforward introduction to linguistics, the systematic study that seeks to answer two fundamental questions: "What is language?" and "How does language work?" This book outlines the scope of linguistics, explaining... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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