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  • Choose The Right Word

    An entertaining and easy-to-use guide to better English- with 70 test yourself quizzes

    by Vic Mayhew, Robin Hosie ...
    Whether applying for a job, writing a letter of complaint or simply talking with colleagues or friends, the people who get listened to are those with a confident command of language. Choose the Right Word is a fun guide to using English effectively and to avoiding common mistakes. It is both a valuable work of reference and an enjoyable read. While plotting a path through a minefield of rules and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • A Miscellany for Word Lovers

    Origins, Meanings & Quizzes

    by Robin Hosie, Vic Mayhew ...
    More than 100 vocabulary-building quizzes make up the core of the book, with shorter sections on:* The fascinating origins of words* Quotes and misquotes* Slang, dialects and secret languages* Unforgettable Adverts, Famous Lines from Novels and Movies* Newspeak, Basic English, spelling reform* Malapropisms, politicians' blunders and 'mispeakings'* Mnemonics and other memory joggers* Palindromes ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • How Language Works

    by David Crystal ...
    In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Dictionary of Untranslatables

    A Philosophical Lexicon

    Edited by Barbara Cassin, Emily Apter, Jacques Lezra, Michael Wood ...
    Series series Translation/Transnation
    Characters in some languages, particularly Hebrew and Arabic, may not display properly due to device limitations. Transliterations of terms appear before the representations in foreign characters.This is an encyclopedic dictionary of close to 400 important philosophical, literary, and political terms and concepts that defy easy—or any—translation from one language and culture to another. Drawn ... Read more

    $68.39 USD

  • How to Read a Word

    by Elizabeth Knowles ...
    Have you ever wondered how you can find out more about a word: Where did it come from? How has its meaning altered? How can it be pronounced? What is its relationship to other words? Language is not fixed, but is an evolutionary process: words develop and change, in meaning, association, and pronunciation, as well as in many other ways. Exploring the routes taken by the words we choose to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Tawdry Knickers and Other Unfortunate Ways to Be Remembered

    A Saucy and Spirited History of Ninety Notorious Namesakes

    by Alex Novak ...
    Some are born notorious.Others have notoriety thrust upon them.Few realize that their morning mouthwash bears the name of a life- saving British baron or that their sugary graham crackers would be abhorred by the health-food fanatic who concocted the flavorless original recipe. Throughout history, the proper names of figures both noble and notorious have slipped into the common and uncommon ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Translation and Language in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

    A European Perspective

    by Anne O’Connor ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an in-depth study of translation and translators in nineteenth-century Ireland, using translation history to widen our understanding of cultural exchange in the period. It paints a new picture of a transnational Ireland in contact with Europe, offering fresh perspectives on the historical, political and cultural debates of the era. Employing contemporary translation theories and ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Trilingual Talk in Sicilian-Australian Migrant Families

    Playing Out Identities Through Language Alternation

    by A. Rubino ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book explores the linguistic and cultural identities of Sicilians in Australia, through conversations gathered within the family, survey data and interviews. The study is placed in the context of the family migrant experience and the shifting attitudes towards immigrant languages in Australia. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Metaphor and the Historical Evolution of Conceptual Mapping

    by R. Trim ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    An investigation of the historical evolution of figurative language within the framework of cognitive linguistics. It examines how and why metaphors evolve through the ages; discusses the role of culture; patterns of metaphor evolution; how many people use particular expressions. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Story of English in 100 Words

    by David Crystal, St Martins Press ...
    In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century ('roe', in case you are wondering). Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Garner's Modern English Usage

    by Bryan Garner ...
    With more than a thousand new entries and more than 2,300 word-frequency ratios, the magisterial fourth edition of this book-now renamed Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU)-reflects usage lexicography at its finest. Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary with thoroughness, finesse, and wit. He discourages whatever is slovenly, pretentious, or pedantic. GMEU is the liveliest and ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The Oxford History of English

    Edited by Lynda Mugglestone ...
    Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is now updated and entirely reset in a new edition featuring David Crystal's new take on the future of English in the wider world. In accounts made vivid with examples from a vast range of documentary evidence that includes letters, diaries, and private records, fifteen scholars trace the history of English from its ancient Indo ... Read more

    $10.99 USD