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The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between: Volume II
Patrick FooteCurrent price €17.39Original price €19.99Dive Into the Fun Facts Behind Names and Word Origins#1 Bestseller in Words, Language & Grammar, Etymology The best-selling book is back in its...
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Gaelic in Modern Scotland: Policies, Movements, Ideologies
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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 €15.23Original 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 €15.23Original 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
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Now You''re Talking: Human Conversation from the Neanderthals to Artificial Intelligence
Trevor CoxCurrent price €15.23Original 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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Koros Press LimitedCurrent price €129.62Original price €148.99Current price €129.62Original price €148.99Save 13% -
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Our Tangled Speech: Essays on Language and Culture
Aodan Mac PoilinCurrent price €22.61Original price €25.99Current price €22.61Original price €25.99Save 13% -
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Creating Canadian English: The Professor, the Mountaineer, and a National Variety of English
Stefan DollingerCurrent price €26.09Original price €29.99This 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 €26.09Original price €29.99In 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 €16.20Original price €19.75This 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 €15.23Original 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 €16.10Original 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 €10.19Original 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 €15.23Original 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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Curious English Words and Phrases: The Truth Behind the Expressions We Use
Max CryerCurrent price €14.78Original price €16.99For anyone who has ever puzzled over why we say ''''spill the beans'''', ''''spitting image'''', and a plethora of other weird and wonderful phrase...
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The Emergence and Development of English: An Introduction
William A. KretzschmarCurrent price €22.95Original price €27.99This 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 €66.11Original price €75.99This 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 €14.78Original price €16.99A 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 €14.53Original 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
Stephen AndersonCurrent price €13.91Original 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 €28.28Original 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 €28.28Original price €32.50This 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
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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 €133.97Original 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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