Language: History & General Works
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Handbook of the Changing World Language Map
Springer Nature Switzerland AGCurrent price €1,118.47Original price €1,363.99This reference work delivers an interdisciplinary, applied spatial and geographical approach to the study of languages and linguistics. This work i...
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Una lingua morta per letterature vive: il dibattito sul latino come lingua letteraria in eta moderna e contemporanea. Atti del convegno internazionale, Roma, 10-12 dicembre 2015
Leuven University PressCurrent price €72.20Original price €82.99La straordinaria polifonia di lingue che caratterizza le letterature nazionali di eta moderna e ormai un dato acquisito nelle piu aggiornate ricost...
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Nailing the Lies of the Plain English Campaign: Exposing the false claims of a business that preaches clarity and honesty to everyone else
Martin CuttsCurrent price €16.10Original price €18.50Current price €16.10Original price €18.50Save 13% -
Gaelic in Modern Scotland: Policies, Movements, Ideologies
Wilson McLeodCurrent price €103.52Original price €118.99Current price €103.52Original price €118.99Save 13% -
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment Every Day
Susie DentCurrent price €17.39Original price €19.99'Susie Dent is a national treasure' Richard Osman'WORD PERFECT is a golden vaulted cave of fascinating and funny hidden gems' JO BRANDWelcome to a ...
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Burning Issues in Afro-Asiatic Linguistics
Cambridge Scholars PublishingCurrent price €50.83Original price €61.99This refereed volume is a collection of selected scholarly articles resulting from research conducted for the first international Australian Worksh...
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In Praise of the Garrulous
Allan CameronCurrent price €15.65Original price €17.99This first and only work of non-fiction by the author of two novels, two collections of short stories and a collection of poetry, has an accessible...
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
David BellosCurrent price €16.63Original price €17.50Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos asks: how do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This funny, wise and life-affirming l...
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Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story
Michael RosenCurrent price €16.63Original price €17.50From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it's...
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A history of Ireland in 100 words
Gregory TonerCurrent price €20.87Original price €23.99This book tells a history of Ireland through the examination of 100 key words from the Royal Irish Academys Dictionary of the Irish Language, the m...
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Moonwise Calendar 2020 for Cornwall / Dydhlyver Furlorel 2020 rag Kernow
Coherent VisionsCurrent price €16.19Original price €17.99Current price €16.19Original price €17.99Save 10% -
Now You''re Talking: Human Conversation from the Neanderthals to Artificial Intelligence
Trevor CoxCurrent price €16.63Original price €17.50A lively, intelligent and persuasive history of speech...Expertly and patiently explained The TimesWhy are human beings the only animals that can s...
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Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary School
Koros Press LimitedCurrent price €141.54Original price €148.99Current price €141.54Original price €148.99Save 5% -
Our Tangled Speech: Essays on Language and Culture
Aodan Mac PoilinCurrent price €22.61Original price €25.99Current price €22.61Original price €25.99Save 13% -
Creating Canadian English: The Professor, the Mountaineer, and a National Variety of English
Stefan DollingerCurrent price €32.29Original price €33.99This lively account of the making of Canadian English traces the variety's conceptual, social and linguistic developments from the twentieth centur...
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Reading the Gaelic Landscape: Leughadh Aghaidh na Tire
John MurrayCurrent price €18.80Original price €23.50Following the success of the first edition, this new edition has been expanded and improved with additional images and enhanced drawings. The subje...
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From Hindi to Urdu: A Social and Political History
Tariq RahmanCurrent price €21.31Original price €25.99This book is the first of its kind on the socio-political history of Urdu. It analyses the historiography of the language-narratives about its name...
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Language!: Five Hundred Years of the Vulgar Tongue
Jonathon GreenCurrent price €30.88Original price €32.50In this richly entertaining book, Jonathon Green traces the development of slang and its trajectory through society, and offers an impassioned argu...
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Beatha Iosa Chriosd: A Gaelic Gospel - The Life of Jesus Christ
Anthony DilworthCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99This story of the life of Jesus is told in Gaelic by an author whose love of God and of the Gaelic language shine through every page. Suitable for ...
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Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language
Peter JonesCurrent price €15.75Original price €17.50Did you know that the word 'prestige' derives from the Latin word for 'illusion'? Or that 'infantry' stems from a Latin word meaning one who could ...
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Printer''s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History
J. P. RomneyCurrent price €17.58Original price €18.50A funny and entertaining history of printed books as told through absurd moments in the lives of authors and printers, collected by televisions fav...
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Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a not so dead language
Darach O'SeaghdhaCurrent price €14.10Original price €16.99Bestseller & Winner of the Popular Non-Fiction Irish Book Award. 'Thought-provoking, irreverent and often laugh-out-loud hilarious' Irish Inde...
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Colourful Irish Phrases
Micheal O ConghaileCurrent price €10.79Original price €11.99The Irish language has made a huge contribution to the English language as its spoken in Ireland and beyond. Micheál Ó Conghaile's 'Colourful Iris...
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Irish Proverbs & Sayings
Seamus CashmanCurrent price €15.65Original price €17.99Irish history and folklore is rich with proverbs and sayings of old, full of timeless wisdom that still has resonance and truth today. This beautif...
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Dent''s Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain
Susie DentCurrent price €16.63Original price €17.50Did you know that . . . a soldier's biggest social blunder is called jack brew - making yourself a cuppa without making one for anyone else? That t...
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Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word
Matthew BattlesCurrent price €21.32Original price €24.50Matthew Battles explores the questions of why writing exists and what it means to those who write. Born from the interplay of natural and cultural ...
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The Emergence and Development of English: An Introduction
JrCurrent price €24.69Original price €25.99This textbook provides a step-by-step introduction to the history of the English language (HEL), offering a fresh perspective on the process of lan...
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The Emergence and Development of English: An Introduction
JrCurrent price €76.94Original price €80.99This textbook provides a step-by-step introduction to the history of the English language (HEL), offering a fresh perspective on the process of lan...
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Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks
Keith HoustonCurrent price €16.63Original price €17.50A charming and indispensable tour of two thousand years of the written word, Shady Characters weaves a fascinating trail across the parallel histor...
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Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English
Rebecca GowersCurrent price €14.88Original price €17.50'Stuffed with entertaining detail ... Horrible Words is lively, provocative, witty and enlightening' The TimesNothing inflames the language purists...
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Languages: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen AndersonCurrent price €14.39Original price €15.99How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages di...
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From Ancient Arabia to Modern Cairo: Papers from the BRISMES Annual Conference 2009
Oxford University PressCurrent price €29.25Original price €32.50A collection of essays, originating from papers given at the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies conference held at the University of Manche...
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The Oxford Guide to Etymology
Philip DurkinCurrent price €32.29Original price €33.99This practical introduction to word history investigates every aspect of where words come from and how they change. Philip Durkin, chief etymologis...
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The Writing on the Wall: Everyday Phrases from the King James Bible
Richard NobleCurrent price €15.29Original price €16.99Current price €15.29Original price €16.99Save 10% -
Leaves on the Line: What the British say ... And what they really mean
Martin ToselandCurrent price €12.47Original price €15.99In every walk of life, from relationships, to work, to politics, sport and the news, our everyday use of English harbours duplicities of meaning. W...
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English in the World: History, Diversity, Change
Mark SandersCurrent price €146.29Original price €153.99English in the World: History, Diversity, Change examines the English language as it has developed through history and is used across the globe tod...
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An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work
Caroline TaggartCurrent price €11.39Original price €11.99Does absence really make the heart grow fonder?Can beggars be choosers?Is it always better late than never?Proverbs are short, well-known, pithy sa...
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Spellbound: Untangling English Spelling
Robbins BurlingCurrent price €76.26Original price €93.00Spellbound considers the history of English spelling and provides suggestions for modern day reform of its irregularities.The first half of the boo...
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Latin inscriptions
Dirk BoomsCurrent price €15.29Original price €16.99Latin inscriptions can appear daunting a jumble of letters without any structure or meaning. However, once you know how, most are easy to read as ...
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Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist''s Guide to Britain
David CrystalCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99Wordsmiths and Warriors explores the heritage of English through the places in Britain that shaped it. It unites the warriors, whose invasions tran...
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The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building
David J. PetersonCurrent price €21.84Original price €22.99Current price €21.84Original price €22.99Save 5% -
The Horologicon: A Day''s Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
Mark ForsythCurrent price €17.58Original price €18.50FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON.'Reading The Horologicon in one sitting is very tempting' Roland White, ...
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The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting
Anne TrubekCurrent price €19.79Original price €21.99Persuasively argues that our fixation with writing by hand is driven more by emotion than evidence, as it is perceived to be inextricably linked to...
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Mothballs and Elbow Grease
National TrustCurrent price €9.83Original price €11.99A charming, attractively illustrated collection of household sayings with their origins and meanings.Mothballs and Elbow Grease explores the impact...
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Garner''s Dictionary of Legal Usage
Bryan GarnerCurrent price €62.69Original price €65.99This new edition of Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage marshals and analyses the modern legal vocabulary more thoroughly than any other contemporar...
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