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  • The French Language Today

    A Linguistic Introduction

    by Adrian Battye, Marie-Anne Hintze, Paul Rowlett ...
    This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the French language from the perspective of modern linguistics. Placing French within its social and historical context, the authors highlight the complex, diverse aspects of the language in a lively and accessible way. A variety of topics is covered, including the distribution of French in the world, the historical development of standard French, ... Read more

    $78.99 USD

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  • Wheelock's Latin, 7th Edition

    by Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur ...
    Generations of students have learned Latin with this classic introductory Latin grammar textbook that remains the most highly regarded and bestselling single-volume of its kind.Wheelock’s Latin 7th Edition retains its signature core of authentic Latin readings—curated from the works of Cicero, Vergil, and other major Roman authors of Roman literature, drama, and poetry, as well as inscriptions, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • How Happy Became Homosexual

    And Other Mysterious Semantic Shifts

    by Howard Richler ...
    An old joke goes like this: What’s the difference between a good girl and a nice girl? Answer: The good girl goes to a party, goes home then goes to bed, whereas the nice girl goes to the party, goes to bed, then goes home. The distinction made between the two types of young ladies would probably have been appreciated by Shakespeare. While we think of “nice” nowadays as being a synonym for ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • A Brief Introduction to the Arabic Alphabet

    Its Origins and Various Forms

    by John F. Healey, G. Rex Smith ...
    Series series Brief Introduction
    The Arabic alphabet has a rich history, one that is closely linked with the development of culture and society in the Middle East. In this comprehensive introduction the authors trace the origins of the Arabic alphabet back to Aramaic, which also gave rise to the Hebrew and Greek alphabets. Using detailed illustrations the authors investigate early Arabic papyri and early Islamic inscriptions as ... Read more

    $9.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hobson-Jobson

    The Definitive Glossary of British India

    by Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive.' Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick scholarship. Compiled in 1886 by two India enthusiasts, it documents the words and phrases that entered English from Arabic, Persian, Indian, and Chinese sources - and vice versa. Described by Salman Rushdie as 'the ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • From Silence to Voice

    by Paola Della Valle ...
    Before the 1970s, Maori existed in New Zealand literature as figures created by Pakeha writers. The Maori renaissance of the 1970s changed all that. Fiction writers led by Ihimaera and Grace challenged earlier stereotypes and inherited literary forms, creating a new body of writing that has redefined the Maori in literature. Until now no single comprehensive critical work has followed this ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Talking Back, Talking Black

    Truths About America's Lingua Franca

    by John McWhorter ...
    “Superb.” —Steven Pinker“An explanation, a defense, and, most heartening, a celebration. . . . McWhorter demonstrates the ‘legitimacy’ of Black English by uncovering its complexity and sophistication, as well as the still unfolding journey that has led to its creation. . . . [His] intelligent breeziness is the source of the book’s considerable charm.” —New Yorker“Talking Back, Talking Black is ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • History of Linguistics Vol III

    Renaissance and Early Modern Linguistics

    by Giulio C. Lepschy ...
    Series series Longman Linguistics Library
    TheHistory of Linguistics, to be published in five volumes, aims to provide the reader with an authoritative and comprehensive account of the attitudes to language prevailing in different civilizations and in different periods by examining the very varied development of linguistic thought in the specific social, cultural and religious contexts involved. Issues discussed include the place of ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Transcending Mission

    The Eclipse of a Modern Tradition

    by Michael W. Stroope ...
    IVP Readers' Choice AwardMission, missions, missional, and all its linguistic variations are part of the expanding vocabulary and rhetoric of the contemporary Christian missionary enterprise. Its language and assumptions are deeply ingrained in the thought and speech of the church today. Christianity is a missionary religion and faithful churches are mission-minded. What's more, in telling the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pedagogies for Internationalising Research Education

    Intellectual equality, theoretic-linguistic diversity and knowledge chuàngxīn

    by Michael Singh, Jinghe Han ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book explores pedagogical concepts, metaphors and images of non-white, non-western researchers and research students on the inter/nationalization of education. Specifically, this book draws on the intellectual resources of China and India to explore the pedagogical dynamics and dimensions of the localization/globalization of education with non-Western characteristics. It introduces theoretic ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Ideophones and the Evolution of Language

    by John Haiman ...
    Ideophones have been recognized in modern linguistics at least since 1935, but they still lie far outside the concerns of mainstream (Western) linguistic debate, in part because they are most richly attested in relatively unstudied (often unwritten) languages. The evolution of language, on the other hand, has recently become a fashionable topic, but all speculations so far have been almost totally ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • The Acquisition of Scrambling and Cliticization

    Edited by S.M. Powers, C. Hamann ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This collection of papers investigates two specific linguistic phenomena from the point of view of first- and second-language acquisition. While observations on the acquisition of scrambling or pronominal clitics can be found in the literature, up until the recent past they were sparse and often buried in other issues. This volume fills a long-existing gap in providing a collection of articles ... Read more

    $188.09 USD