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ISBN: 9780007485796 - Collins Quite Brilliant Collins Quite Brilliant

ISBN10: 0007485794  ISBN13: 9780007485796
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Collins
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Jun 2012
A jubilant celebration of British English's most wonderful moments (and of the island nations that came up with them). A jubilant celebration of British English's most wonderful moments (and of the island nations that came up with them). More

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ISBN: 9780748643134 - Morphology Morphology
Antonio Fabregas, Sergio Scalise

ISBN10: 0748643133  ISBN13: 9780748643134
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 May 2012
Provides an in-depth look at morphology, tackling theoretical approaches including Construction Grammar and the Minimalist Program. Tackling theoretical approaches including Construction Grammar and the Minimalist Program, this volume focuses on... More

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ISBN: 9780521181068 - Meaning and Humour Meaning and Humour
Andrew Goatly

ISBN10: 0521181062  ISBN13: 9780521181068
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 May 2012
Introduces and critiques a wide range of semantic and pragmatic theories in relation to humour. How are humorous meanings generated and interpreted? Understanding a joke involves knowledge of the language code (a matter mostly of semantics) and... More

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ISBN: 9780300175981 - Chinese language and culture (Pt. 2) Chinese language and culture (Pt. 2)
Cynthia Y Ning, John S Montanaro

ISBN10: 0300175981  ISBN13: 9780300175981
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Apr 2012
A Chinese language programme that features a dramatic series filmed entirely in China. By combining a story line with a wealth of educational materials, it helps students progress from listening and speaking to the more difficult skills of reading... More

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ISBN: 9781444151848 - Linguistics Made Easy Linguistics Made Easy
Jean Aitchison

ISBN10: 1444151843  ISBN13: 9781444151848
Publisher: Hodder Education
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 30 Mar 2012
Everything you need to get started. This new title in the popular 'Flash' series gets straight to the key facts of linguistics. In just 96 pacy, jargon-free pages, you will: - look at language - understand sound - get to grips with semantics ... More

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ISBN: 9781111827212 - Get Writing Get Writing
Mark Connelly

ISBN10: 1111827214  ISBN13: 9781111827212
Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc Heinle
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 19 Mar 2012
GET WRITING: PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS helps developmental students learn to think and plan before they write, and evaluate their own and others' writing, with a focus on critical thinking through features called "Critical Thinking: What Are You... More

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ISBN: 9780415618823 - Doing English Language Doing English Language
Angela Goddard

ISBN10: 0415618827  ISBN13: 9780415618823
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 12 Mar 2012
Doing English Language provides a concise, lively and accessible introduction to the field of English Language studies for readers who are interested in taking courses at university level. This book addresses the fundamental questions about... More

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ISBN: 9780415699341 - Vocabulary Vocabulary
Ronald Carter

ISBN10: 0415699347  ISBN13: 9780415699341
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 28 Feb 2012
How do we teach and learn vocabulary? How do words work in literary texts? In this book, Ronald Carter provides the necessary basis for the further study of modern English vocabulary with particular reference to linguistic descriptive frameworks... More

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ISBN: 9780415696005 - Verbal Hygiene Verbal Hygiene
Deborah Cameron

ISBN10: 0415696003  ISBN13: 9780415696005
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 Feb 2012
In Verbal Hygiene, Deborah Cameron takes a serious look at popular attitudes towards language and examines the practices by which people attempt to regulate its use. Instead of dismissing the practice of 'verbal hygiene', as a misguided and... More

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ISBN: 9780415696838 - Authority in Language Authority in Language
James Milroy, Lesley Milroy

ISBN10: 0415696836  ISBN13: 9780415696838
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 Feb 2012
Authority in Language explores the perennially topical and controversial notion of correct and incorrect language.This seminal text is here reissued with a new preface and a new final chapter looking at the histories created over some centuries... More