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Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat(2018) ROBSON, MARTIN (UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, UK)This book explores the nautical history of some of our most common expressions in an entertaining and informative volume.Vezava: Trda14,01 €
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Speaking Our Minds: Why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it special(2014) THOM SCOTT-PHILLIPSVezava:64,61 €
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Illustrated Etymologicon(2021) FORSYTH, MARKA new, beautifully illustrated hardback edition of the bestselling Etymologicon, published on its tenth anniversary.Vezava: Trda28,04 €
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Babel Message(2021) KAHN-HARRIS, KEITHA thrilling journey deep into the heart of language, from a rather unexpected starting point.Vezava: Trda18,21 €
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Yooper Talk(2019) REMLINGER, KATHRYN A.The Upper Peninsula of Michigan - known as ""the U P"" - is historically, geographically, and culturally distinct. Drawing on sixteen years of fieldwork, including interviews with seventy-five lifelong residents of the UP, Kathryn Remlinger examines how tVezava: Mehka26,60 €
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Introduction to Old English(2012) HOGG, RICHARD (FORMERLY SMITH PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER)An student's introduction to the first centuries in the history of the English language.Vezava: Mehka30,88 €
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History in English Words(2002) BARFIELD, OWENA classic historical excursion through the English language.Vezava: Mehka21,02 €
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Cambridge Topics in English Language Attitudes to Language(2018) CLAYTON, DANEssential study guides for the future linguist.Vezava: Mehka32,95 €
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Smuggling in Syntax(2021)One of the fundamental properties of human language is movement, where a constituent moves from one position in a sentence to another position. This book investigates how different movement operations interact with one another, focusing on the special casVezava: Mehka114,76 €
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Bespoke(2021) BROMLEY, TOMThis book guides the reader through a land where the road to hell is paved not with good intentions, but with cobbles. This is a place where all the world is a stage, unless you are a one-day specialist. Where its inhabitants come with a litany of arrestiVezava: Trda18,21 €
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Oxford Guide to Etymology(2011) DURKIN, PHILIP (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS)The best introduction to word history ever published combines scholarship with readability. OED's chief etymologist shows how words originate and change. He explores the histories of place and personal names and explains how to use different kinds of evidVezava: Mehka53,21 €
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Language Variation and Language Change Across the Lifespan(2021)This volume brings together research on panel studies with the aim of providing a coherent empirical and theoretical knowledge-base for examining the impact of maturation and lifespan-specific effects on linguistic malleability in the post-adolescent speaVezava: Trda123,12 €
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Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic Languages(2016) SCHRIJVER, PETER (UNIVERSITY OF UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS)History, archaeology, and human evolutionary genetics provide us with an increasingly detailed view of the origins and development of the peoples that live in Northwestern Europe. This book aims to restore the key position of historical linguistics in thiVezava: Mehka60,81 €
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Hawaiian Language(2020) SCHUTZ, ALBERT J.Presents aspects of Hawaii and its history that are rarely treated in language classes. The major characters in this book make up a diverse cast: Dutch merchants, Captain Cook's naturalist, æpkahaæia, lexicographer Noah Webster, philologists in New EnglanVezava: Mehka31,99 €
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Communicating with Asia(2019)In today's global world, where Asia is an increasing area of focus, it is vital to explore what it means to 'understand' Asian cultures through English and other languages. This volume presents new research on English in Asia, alongside Mandarin, CantonesVezava: Mehka72,23 €
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Story of Be(2017) CRYSTAL, DAVIDIt's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: 'to be'. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be's multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our flexibleVezava: Trda21,71 €
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Holy Sh*t(2016) MOHR, MELISSAA humorous, trenchant and fascinating examination of how Western culture's taboo words have evolved over the millennia.Vezava: Mehka20,31 €