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ISBN: 9781848314535 - The Etymologicon Bestseller The Etymologicon
Mark Forsyth

ISBN10: 1848314531  ISBN13: 9781848314535
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Sep 2012
The Sunday Times Number One bestseller - and Radio 4 Book of the Week - in paperback for the first time. What is the actual connection between disgruntled and gruntled? What links church organs to organised crime, California to the Caliphate... More

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ISBN: 9780415694438 - Analysing 21st Century British English Analysing 21st Century British English
Clive Upton, Bethan Davies

ISBN10: 0415694434  ISBN13: 9780415694438
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 May 2013
The Voices project of the British Broadcasting Corporation, a recent high-profile media investigation, gathered contemporary English dialect samples from all over the UK and invited contributions from the public to a dedicated website. More

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ISBN: 9780415669870 - Language and Identity in Englishes Language and Identity in Englishes
Urszula Clark

ISBN10: 0415669871  ISBN13: 9780415669870
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Apr 2013
Language and Identity in Englishes examines the core issues and debates surrounding the relationship between English, language and identity. Drawing on a range of international examples from the UK, US, China and India, Clark uses both cutting... More

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ISBN: 9781847699084 - English in Post-Revolutionary Iran English in Post-Revolutionary Iran
Maryam Borjian

ISBN10: 1847699081  ISBN13: 9781847699084
Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd Multilingual Matters Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Feb 2013
This book unravels the story of English, the language of "the enemies", in post-revolutionary Iran. Situating English within the nation's broader social, political, economic and historical contexts, the book explores the politics, causes... More

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ISBN: 9781848314153 - The Horologicon The Horologicon
Mark Forsyth

ISBN10: 1848314159  ISBN13: 9781848314153
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Nov 2012
The Horologicon - which means 'a book of things appropriate to each hour - follows a day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words. BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, READ BY HUGH DENNIS The Horologicon (or book of hours) gives you... More

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ISBN: 9781107013483 - Constructional Change in English Constructional Change in English
Martin Hilpert

ISBN10: 1107013488  ISBN13: 9781107013483
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 28 Feb 2013
Martin Hilpert combines construction grammar and advanced corpus-based methodology into a new way of studying language change. Martin Hilpert combines construction grammar and advanced corpus-based methodology into a new way of studying language... More

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ISBN: 9780415655965 - A History of the English Language A History of the English Language
Albert C Baugh, Thomas Cable

ISBN10: 041565596X  ISBN13: 9780415655965
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: 6th Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 16 Aug 2012
A History of the English Language explores the linguistic and cultural development of English from the Roman conquest of England to the present day to provide a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of its history. This best... More

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ISBN: 9781846318887 - Funerary Speech for John Chrysostom Funerary Speech for John Chrysostom

ISBN10: 1846318882  ISBN13: 9781846318887
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 21 May 2013
The first English translation of the funerary speech for John Chrysostom delivered by one of his former clergy in a city close to Constantinople in the autumn of 407 when news arrived of John's death on a forced march in eastern Asia Minor. More

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ISBN: 9780826480378 - The Seven Basic Plots The Seven Basic Plots
Christopher Booker

ISBN10: 0826480373  ISBN13: 9780826480378
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 Nov 2005
This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays... More

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ISBN: 9781847698544 - Language Learning, Gender and Desire Language Learning, Gender and Desire
Kimie Takahashi

ISBN10: 1847698549  ISBN13: 9781847698544
Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd Multilingual Matters Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 22 Jan 2013
This book explores Japanese women's desire for English as a means of identity transformation and as access to the West and its masculinity. Drawing on ethnographic data and critical discourse analysis, the book illuminates how such desire impacts... More