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by Colin Maccabe  Publisher Comments Piers Gray was one of the most brilliant literary writers of his generation. These essays ranging from Oscar Wilde to Levin, from Shakespeare to pulp fiction, use the full resources of literary and linguistic analysis to produce a reading of European... (read more)  List Price $95.00 Your price $60.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies 
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by Iggy Roca Publisher Comments This textbook presupposes no knowledge of phonology or phonetics, and takes the learner step by step through the various stages and areas of the discipline without sacrificing rigor or breadth of coverage. The extraordinary clarity of explanation by the... (read more) List Price $68.95 Your price $52.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Keith Johnson Publisher Comments Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics provides an accessible yet rigorous introduction to basic acoustics, audition, signal processing, and the acoustic theory of speech production.... (read more) List Price $51.95 Your price $39.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Barbara Fennell Publisher Comments "A History of English" provides an intelligent and accessible synthesis of modern sociolinguistic approaches to the development of the English Language.... (read more) List Price $51.95 Your price $39.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Ingram Publisher Comments A closely analyzed exposition of how children acquire language that explores the receptive and productive abilities of children in all core areas of language--phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Readers will acquire the fundamental knowledge and... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $45.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Yoshiki Ogawa Publisher Comments Syntactically speaking, it has long been known that noun phrases are parallel to clauses in many respects. While most syntactic theories incorporate this principle, nouns have generally been regarded as inferior to verbs in terms of their licensing... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price $35.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Hans H. Hock Publisher Comments Why does language change? Why can we speak to and understand our parents but have trouble reading Shakespeare? Why is Chaucer's English of the fourteenth century so different from Modern English of the late twentieth century that the two are essentially... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price $27.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ian G Roberts Publisher Comments This is the first book-length study of Welsh syntax in English using minimalist theory. The central empirical issue addressed is an analysis of word order and clause structure in Welsh, within the context of the Principles and Parameters theory and Welsh... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $23.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Tom Mcarthur Publisher Comments Plural? Monolithic? Legion? - Tom McArthur explores the nature of English in its local and global contexts.... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price $18.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Muriel Saville-troike Publisher Comments The Ethnography of Communication presents the terms and concepts which are essential for discussing how and why language is used and how its use varies in different cultures.... (read more) List Price $51.95 Your price $39.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Man Publisher Comments Praise for Alpha Beta <BR>"This book comes at the perfect moment -- as we rediscover the importance in early reading of 'cracking the alphabetic code. The story of how that code came into being is a fascinating one, and Man is the ideal writer to... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Daniel Jones Publisher Comments This book provides in a lucid and authoritative manner the basic information needed by foreign students of the language on pronunciation.... (read more) List Price $37.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Andrew Robinson Synopsis Aims to demystify writing for the general reader. This book explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script for each of the major writing systems in turn, and follows the discovery of writing forms from cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs to... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Bruce Mitchell Publisher Comments The seventh edition of this popular introduction to Old English language and literature retains the general structure and style of previous editions, but has been updated, and includes two new, much-requested texts: the Cotton Gnomes and Wulfstan's... (read more) List Price $42.95 Your price $33.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John I Saeed Publisher Comments This second edition of Semantics provides an engaging introduction to semantics for students new to the field.... (read more) Your price $89.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jack E. Hulbert Publisher Comments Learn grammar the easy way with EFFECTIVE ENGLISH FOR COLLEGE! Concept reviews, examples, and applications will help you improve your grammar and usage skills. Features such as Apply Your Knowledge and end-of-chapter reviews help you ensure that you have... (read more) List Price $124.95 Your price $73.00 (Used - Spiral) check for new and sale copies
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by Wolfram Publisher Comments This book describes dialect differences in American English and their impact on education and everyday life. It explores some of the major issues that confront educational practitioners and suggests what practitioners can do to recognize students... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price $25.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by S. Morris Engel Publisher Comments Witty, thought-provoking exploration of government newspeak, exaggerated advertising claims, propaganda and other misuses of language -- and how to combat them.<BR>... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Alfred Jules Ayer Publisher Comments Classic introduction to objectives and methods of schools of empiricism and linguistic analysis, especially of the logical positivism derived from the Vienna Circle. Topics: elimination of metaphysics, function of philosophy, nature of philosophical... (read more) List Price $5.95 Your price $1.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Cary Publisher Comments sIf you teach English language learners, you probably have too many unanswered questions to count. How do I assess a student's English? How do I get my reluctant speakers to speak English? How do I teach grade-level content to English beginners... (read more) List Price $28.50 Your price $17.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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