Linguistics
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English the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide for College Students (Book + Audio)
$19.95 Read moreCollege the American Way: A Fun ESL Guide to English Language and Campus Life in the U.S. (Book + Audio)
From the authors of the REA best-sellers, English the American Way and Celebrate the American- Series: English as a Second Language
- Author: Murtha, Sheila Mackechnie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 17 2016
- ISBN10: 0738612138
- Language: English
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The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism Are Transforming the Way We Communicate
$32.67 Add to cartWill language as we know it cease to exist? What could this mean for the way we live our lives?
Shining a light on the technology currently being developed to revolutionise communication, The Future o- Author: Seargeant, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1350278858
- Language: English
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Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
$15.95 Add to cartMary Norris has spent more than three decades working in The New Yorker’s renowned copy department, helping to maintain its celebrated high standards. In Between You & Me, she brings her vast experien
- Author: Norris, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0393352145
- Language: English
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The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
$30.00 Read moreForget the language instinct–this is the story of how we make up language as we go
Language is perhaps humanity’s most astonishing capacity–and one that remains poorly understood.- Author: Christiansen, Morten H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1541674987
- Language: English
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
$24.99 Add to cartThe American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots traces over 13,000 words, representing nearly 1,350 basic roots, to their origins in Proto-Indo-European, the prehistoric ancestor of English. T
- Author: Watkins, Calvert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 13 2011
- ISBN10: 054754944X
- Language: English
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Cambridge English Proficiency 2 Student’s Book with Answers: Authentic Examination Papers from Cambridge English Language Assessment
$46.75 Add to cartC2 Proficiency 2 authentic examination papers provide the perfect preparation tool because they are exactly like the real exam. This collection of past examination papers provides the most authentic e… [more below]
- Series: Cpe Practice Tests
- Author: Various
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 175
- Publish Date: May 21 2015
- ISBN10: 1107686938
- Language: English
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Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self
$18.95 Read more“At once an eloquent memoir, a wide-ranging commentary on cultural diversity, and an expert distillation of the research on language learning, loss, and recovery.”–The Economist
“Insightful and infor- Author: Sedivy, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0674293932
- Language: English
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The Black Side of the River: Race, Language, and Belonging in Washington, DC
$29.95 Read moreIn The Black Side of the River, sociolinguist Jessi Grieser draws on ten years of interviews with dozens of residents of Anacostia-a historically Black neighborhood in Washington, DC-to explore the im
- Author: Grieser, Jessica A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1647121523
- Language: English
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Linguistic Fingerprints: How Language Creates and Reveals Identity
$28.95 Read moreHow much of ourselves do we disclose when we speak or write? A person’s accent may reveal, for example, whether they hail from Australia, or Ireland, or Mississippi. But it’s not just where we were bo
- Author: Kreuz, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888975
- Language: English
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English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate Book with Answers and Downloadable Audio
$56.75 Read moreUnderstand and be understood in English with the best-selling English Pronunciation in Use. This book, with over four hours of free downloadable audio, includes 60 units of explanations, examples, pra… [more below]
- Series: English Pronunciation in Use
- Author: Hancock, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 27 2017
- ISBN10: 1108403697
- Language: English
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Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
$20.00 Add to cartBullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data.
“A modern classic . . . a straight-- Author: Bergstrom, Carl T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0525509208
- Language: English
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English Grammar All-In-One for Dummies (+ Chapter Quizzes Online)
$29.99 Add to cartLearn to get your ideas across clearly and correctly–the easy way
English Grammar All-in-One For Dummies is packed with everything you need to know to communicate with confidence–in your writing, on
- Author: Woods, Geraldine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1394159447
- Language: English
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For F*ck’s Sake: Why Swearing Is Shocking, Rude, and Fun
$22.99 Add to cartWhy do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? With wit and insight, philosopher Rebecca Roache seeks answers to these and other puzzling questions about bad language.
W… [more below]- Author: Roache, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0190665068
- Language: English
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Hardly Harmless Drudgery: A 500-Year Pictorial History of the Lexicographic Geniuses, Sciolists, Plagiarists, and Obsessives Who Defined the Eng
$65.00 Add to cart“A delight”–Booklist
A richly illustrated historical account of English-language dictionaries, and the people who made them, from the dawn of printing to the present day. Dictionaries are repositorie- Author: Garner, Bryan A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1567928072
- Language: English
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Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening
$27.00 Add to cartThis illuminating book weaves personal stories of a multilingual upbringing with the latest scientific breakthroughs in interspecies communication to show how the skill of deep listening enhances our … [more below]
- Author: Rosner, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1640095519
- Language: English
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Whose Language Is English?
$28.00 Add to cartAn exhilarating new account of the English language, from British colonialism to the age of social media, emphasizing dynamism and democratization
Whose language is English? Although we often think o- Author: Kiaer, Jieun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300264054
- Language: English
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Imaginary Languages: Myths, Utopias, Fantasies, Illusions, and Linguistic Fictions
$29.95 Read moreAn exploration of the practice of inventing languages, from speaking in tongues to utopian schemes of universality to the discoveries of modern linguistics.
In Imaginary Languages, Marina Yaguello exp- Author: Yaguello, Marina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0262547155
- Language: English
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The Queer Arab Glossary
$22.95 Add to cartA groundbreaking survey of the language used around queerness in the Arab world, with contributions by leading Arab queer writers, thinkers and activists, The Queer Arab Glossary is a first-of-its-kin… [more below]
- Author: Kaabour, Marwan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 086356092X
- Language: English
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Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love
$29.00 Read moreA celebration of the beauty and mystery of language and how it shapes our lives, our loves, and our world.
If there is one feature that defines the human condition, it is language: written, spoken, si- Author: Sedivy, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0374601836
- Language: English
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Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
$19.99 Add to cart“A literate exploration of why we use–or mangle–our native tongue.”–USA Today
Bill Bryson celebrates America’s magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western ha
- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 23 2001
- ISBN10: 0380713810
- Language: English
