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by Otto (edt) Zwartjes  Publisher Comments This is the second volume to be dedicated to the pioneering linguistic work produced by the religious missionaries who, within the scope of the European colonial enterprises along the period 1550-1850, described dozens of autochthonous languages, many of... (read more)  Your price $186.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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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 $41.25 Your price $26.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Charles W. Dunmore Publisher Comments Classical etymology of the English language with equal coverage of Latin and Greek roots. Exercises for each chapter. This work is a best-selling introduction to the Classical etymology of the English language with equal coverage of Latin and Greek roots.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price $18.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Daniel Nettle Publisher Comments There are some 6,500 different languages in the world. This book investigates why diversity arose, how it relates to the origins and evolution of language and culture, and whether the uneven distribution of human languages may be linked with patterns of... (read more) List Price $180.00 Your price $53.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Marshall Blonsky Publisher Comments "Blonsky has grouped numerous original and newly translated works by those who have been highly visible forces in semiotic circles... His book functions as a unified voice proclaiming the power of semiotics to reveal the hidden practices and secrets of... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Lee Thomas Publisher Comments Can it ever be fun to learn about grammar? IsnOt that an oxymoron? But how about the historical traditions behind grammar? What is the purpose of grammar? How does modern grammar differ from yesterdayOs grammar? Allowing individuals to actually think... (read more) List Price $76.75 Your price $50.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Patricia A. Dunkel Synopsis The third edition of this groundbreaking book includes videotaped lectures in DVD or VHS format. Now teachers can use the audio program (available on both tapes and CD) with the support of video simulation of an academic lecture experience. Many new and... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $29.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by R. L. Trask Publisher Comments Language: the Basics provides a concise introduction to the study of language. Written in an engaging and entertaining style, it encourages the reader to think about the way language works. New features in the second edition include: * a chapter on... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Geoffrey Nunberg Publisher Comments The words that echo through Geoffrey Nunberg's brilliant new journey across the landscape of American language evoke exactly the tenor of our times. Nunberg has a wonderful ear for the new, the comic and the absurd. He pronounces that: "‘Blog' is a... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $5.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Boyd-bowman Publisher Comments This handbook offers a synopsis of the regular changes that Latin words underwent in the course of their evolution into the modern Romance languages (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French). Although it is intended for the nonspecialist, students of... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $17.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Melvin Stanley Whitley Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-382) and indexes.... (read more) List Price $42.25 Your price $27.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jean Berko Gleason Publisher Comments Written and contributed by leading researchers, provides the most current coverage of language acquisition and development across the lifespan. Language acquisition and development across the lifespan. Anyone interested in how children acquire language... (read more) List Price $126.50 Your price $69.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ali A. Mazrui Publisher Comments Linguists estimate that there are currently nearly 2,000 languages in Africa, a staggering figure that is belied by the relatively few national languages. While African national politics, economics and law are all conducted primarily in the colonial... (read more) List Price $29.75 Your price $12.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Roland Barthes Publisher Comments Most of these essays were written between 1963 and 1973 and constitute either the elements of the semiotic discipline or the analysis of texts--ranging from the Bible to advertising--in order to determine the site of possible meanings in narratives... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by William A. Foley Publisher Comments It starts from a theoretical viewpoint of both language and culture as conventionalised forms of situated practice and uses this as a unifying framework to cover the full range of topics normally treated under the rubric of language and culture.... (read more) List Price $58.95 Your price $45.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Broeder Publisher Comments This book presents recent advances by leading researchers in computational modelling of language acquisition. The contributors have been drawn from departments of linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, and computer science. They show what light can... (read more) List Price $145.00 Your price $51.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Daniel Jurafsky Synopsis This book takes an empirical approach to language processing, based on applying statistical and other machine-learning algorithms to large corpora.Methodology boxes are included in each chapter. Each chapter is built around one or more worked examples to... (read more) List Price $118.95 Your price $72.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by And Smith Chrysti Publisher Comments What led to the expression ?let the cat out of the bag?? Why do we call blondes ?towheads?? For Pete's sake, what is a fangle? In this humorous and engaging collection of word origins and histories, the famed host of the ?Chrysti the Wordsmith? series... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $21.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ur Shlonsky Publisher Comments Shlonsky uses Chomsky's Government and Binding Approach to examine clausal architecture and verb movement in Hebrew and several varieties of Arabic. He establishes a syntactic analysis of Hebrew and then extends that analysis to certain aspects of Arabic... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price $43.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Mark Aronoff Publisher Comments "What is Morphology? "is a concise and critical introduction to the central ideas of morphology that equips readers with the skills to analyze a wealth of classic morphological issues. Provides a concise and critical introduction to the central ideas... (read more) List Price $38.95 Your price $30.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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