Language: History & General Works
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Do You Speak Football?: A Glossary of Football Words and Phrases from Around the World
Tom WilliamsCurrent price €15.36Original price €18.50'At last, the definitive guide to football phraseology across the world... Sparky and very funny' Paul Hayward 'Amusing and informative in equal ...
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Icons of the Alphabet: Letter Names, Phonetic Notation and the Phonology and Orthography of English
Reese M. HeitnerCurrent price €107.00Original price €122.99This book examines the names by which we refer to the letters of the English alphabet, arguing that these letter names provide unrivalled insights ...
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Describing Prescriptivism: Usage Guides and Usage Problems in British and American English
Ingrid Tieken-Boon van OstadeCurrent price €125.27Original price €143.99Describing Prescriptivism provides a topical and thought-provoking analysis of linguistic prescriptivism in British and American English, from a hi...
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StarWords: The Celestial Roots of Modern Language
Daniel KunthCurrent price €24.80Original price €28.50Unbeknownst to many, our modern language contains countless words that were inspired by human observations of the cosmos. We now use words like zen...
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The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For
Douglas AdamsCurrent price €15.36Original price €18.50The Meaning of Liff has sold hundreds of thousands of copies since it was first published in 1983, and remains a much-loved humour classic. This ed...
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The Dictionary People: The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary
Christopher NolanCurrent price €28.28Original price €32.50**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**'Enthralling and exuberant ... Here is a wonder-book for word-lovers' Jeanette WintersonA l...
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American Linguistics in Transition: From Post-Bloomfieldian Structuralism to Generative Grammar
Frederick J. NewmeyerCurrent price €97.43Original price €111.99This volume is devoted to a major chapter in the history of linguistics in the United States, the period from the 1930s to the 1980s, and focuses p...
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Analyzing the Korean Alphabet: The Science of Hangul
Hye K. PaeCurrent price €107.00Original price €122.99This book provides comprehensive coverage of the Korean alphabet, Hangul, and includes a synthesis of research findings relating to reading in the ...
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Political Community in Minority Language Writing: Claiming Difference, Seeking Commonality
Patrick CarlinCurrent price €107.00Original price €122.99This book offers case studies and a comparative analysis of three authors writing in different European minority languages, exploring how they link...
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French Lessons in Late-Medieval England: The Liber Donati and Commune Parlance
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Language, Literature and the Construction of a Dutch National Identity (1780-1830)
Amsterdam University PressCurrent price €123.53Original price €141.99In exploring the birth of a Dutch identity between 1780 and 1830, this book integrates nationalism studies with literary and linguistic history by ...
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The Social Life of Appalachian Englishes: A Sociolinguistic Introduction
Allison BurketteCurrent price €39.14Original price €44.99Appalachian Englishes (AEs) possess an array of linguistic features that distinguish them from other American Englishes, yet the rich history of la...
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The Social Life of Appalachian Englishes: A Sociolinguistic Introduction
Allison BurketteCurrent price €125.27Original price €143.99Appalachian Englishes (AEs) possess an array of linguistic features that distinguish them from other American Englishes, yet the rich history of la...
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Runes - Volume 2: LéCriture Des Anciens Germains_runes Vikings& Traditions Runiques
Pollington StephenCurrent price €40.88Original price €46.99Books on Runes are not legion in France. Ever since the Introduction to Runology by Lucien Musset in 1965, very few works have been published on th...
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Social Semiotics: Key Figures, New Directions
Elise Seip TonnessenCurrent price €57.41Original price €65.99M.A.K Hallidays work has been hugely influential in linguistics and beyond since the 1960s. This is a collection of interviews with key figures in ...
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Einführung in die deutsche Sprachgeschichte
Hans Ulrich SchmidCurrent price €22.61Original price €25.99Diese Einführung bietet einen Überblick über die Entwicklung der deutschen Sprache vom Althochdeutschen bis zum Frühneuhochdeutschen mit Ausblicken...
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Handbuch Deutschsprachig-jüdische Literatur seit der Aufklärung Bd. 3: Sprachkulturen
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KGCurrent price €107.00Original price €122.99Das Handbuch bietet eine anhand von 6 Paradigmen entfaltete Darstellung deutschsprachig-jüdischer Literatur seit der Aufklärung. Ausgangspunkt ist ...
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The Mayan Languages
Taylor & Francis LtdCurrent price €273.17Original price €313.99The Mayan Languages presents a comprehensive survey of the language family associated with the Classic Mayan civilization (AD 200900), a family who...
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International English: A Guide to Varieties of English Around the World
Jean HannahCurrent price €39.14Original price €44.99From Singapore to Scotland, Canada to the Channel Islands, Namibia to New Zealand and beyond, International English takes you on a fascinating jour...
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Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination
Jennifer Taylor WesterfeldCurrent price €62.63Original price €71.99Throughout the pharaonic period, hieroglyphs served both practical and aesthetic purposes. Carved on stelae, statues, and temple walls, hieroglyphi...
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A Social History of Hebrew: Its Origins Through the Rabbinic Period
William M. SchniedewindCurrent price €36.53Original price €41.99More than simply a method of communication shared by a common people, the Hebrew language was always an integral part of the Jewish cultural system...
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Exploring Linguistic Standards in Non-Dominant Varieties of Pluricentric Languages- Explorando estándares lingueísticos en variedades no dominantes de lenguas pluricéntricas
Peter Lang AGCurrent price €78.29Original price €89.99This volume commemorates the 20th anniversary of Michael Clynes seminal volume «Pluricentric languages. Differing norms in different countries» pub...
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European Francophonie: The Social, Political and Cultural History of an International Prestige Language
Peter Lang AG Internationaler Verlag der WissenschaftenCurrent price €81.77Original price €93.99This volume examines the use of French in European language communities outside France from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The phenomeno...
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