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The latest edition of a popular introductory linguistics text, now including a section on computational linguistics, new non-English examples, quizzes for each chapter, and additional special topics.

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From Today programme presenter and national treasure John Humphrys, the bestselling cry in book form for better English and an expos of the political uses and abuses of language.

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The world's best-known authority on the English language reveals the secrets and subtleties of its grammar.

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From the author of the BBC Radio News house style guide comes a fascinating guide to the English language.

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"A mathematical explication of Chomsky's Merge theory of syntax"--

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"An argument to replace Chomsky's set-theoretic view of syntax with one based on mereological objects, written by the former President of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain"-- Provided by publisher.

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From the world-famous author of THE NAME OF THE ROSE, an illuminating and humorous study on the pleasures and pitfalls of translation.

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In this entertaining journey exploring the facts, foibles and sheer charm of English, Richard Watson Todd contemplates everything from the origins of words to their erratic spellings and unexpected uses.

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"A short, reader-friendly introduction to the neuroscientific study of language. Written by an emerging star in the field"--

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Pithy, direct, and bold: essays that propose new ways to think about old problems, spanning a range of philosophical topics.

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An introduction to philosophy of language through systematic and accessible explanations of ten classic texts by such thinkers as Frege, Kripke, Russell, and Putnam.

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Please Teach Me To Read, Somebody, The 500 Most Used Words In English WORKBOOK, is designed as a tool for parents and teachers to help struggling readers achieve a greater level of reading fluency. Teaching guidelines are included in the Workbook.

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Demonstrates the Ameslan sign language gestures for six hundred words and includes memory aids for recalling each sign.

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"An original argument about argument structure that extends the work of a veteran MIT author"--

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A comprehensive theory of selective opacity effectsconfigurations in which syntactic domains are opaque to some processes but transparent to otherswithin a Minimalist framework.

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"Edited collection with potential for textbook use giving an overview of the relatively new field of prosody, including all (often conflicting) perspectives"--

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How highly abstract quantum concepts were represented in language, and how these concepts were later taken up by philosophers, literary critics, and new-age gurus.

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This work contains six titles from the "Reading the Past" series and provides an introduction to the systems of writing used in the Ancient World. Illustrated throughout, it covers cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, the early alphabet, linear B and related scripts, Greek inscriptions and Etruscan.

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This is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. Chapters provide rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characterise a wide range of generic and linguistic/cultural contexts, including dating shows in China and Spain, docudramas in Argentina and New Zealand, and talent shows in the UK and USA.

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The full story of the race to decipher the world's greatest puzzle.

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Focusing on the contemporary Scottish culture, this book is a useful reading for those who care about their country's identity in the twenty-first century. It is a history of how the Scots have come to speak the way they do and it acted as a catalyst for radical changes in attitude towards the language.

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