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Popular assumptions about gender and communication - famously summed up in the title of the massively influential 1992 bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus - can have unforeseen but far-reaching consequences in many spheres of life, from attitudes to the...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-09-11
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Why do so many swear words involve sex, bodily functions and religion?Why are some words rude and others aren't?Why can launching into expletives be so shocking - and sometimes so amusing?Steven Pinker takes us on a fascinating and funny journey through the world of...
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Penguin
Parution :
2008-09-04
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Mark Abley takes the reader on a world-wide trip like no other - from Singapore to Japan, Oxford to Los Angeles, through the web and even back in time. As much a travel book as a linguistic study, this book goes beyond grammar and vocabulary; more importantly, this book...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2008-09-04
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This book presents the first comprehensive description of the Manambu language of Papua New Guinea. Manambu belongs to the Ndu language family, and is spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages: Avatip, Yawabak, Malu, Apa:n, and Yambon (Yuanab) in East Sepik...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-09-04
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This book presents the first comprehensive reference on noun declensions in Modern Irish. Whereas traditional descriptions of noun inflection are notoriously complex and filled with exceptions and irregularities, this reference guide provides a systematic and...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-08-21
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This comprehensive account of the history of Chinese lexicography is the first book on the subject to be published in English. It traces the development of Chinese lexicography over three millennia, from the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-256 BC) to the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911)....
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OUP Oxford
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2008-08-14
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This book is the first comprehensive presentation of Functional Discourse Grammar, a new and important theory of language structure. The authors set out its nature and origins and show how it relates to contemporary linguistic theory. They demonstrate and test its...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-08-08
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Get ready to chew the fat.This engaging, humorous new book explains the not-so-common origins of such commonly used phrases as "apple-pie order," "chew the fat," and "hat trick." Presented in a fun, easy-to-read style, it provides entertaining insight on metaphorical...
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Dk
Parution :
2008-08-05
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Whether all human languages are fundamentally the same or different has been a subject of debate for ages. This problem has deep philosophical implications: If languages are all the same, it implies a fundamental commonality-and thus the mutual intelligibility-of human...
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Basic Books
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2008-08-05
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Al-Jazeera, the independent, all-Arab television news network based in Qatar, emerged as ambassador to the Arab world in the events following September 11, 2001. Arabic for "the peninsula," Al-Jazeera has "scooped" the western media conglomerates many times. With its...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2008-08-01
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The Penguin Writers' Guides series provide authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to gris with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find...
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Penguin
Parution :
2008-07-31
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There's a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated-that it is, in its very essence, immune from the government's (or anyone else's) control. Code, first published in 2000, argues that this belief is wrong. It is not in the nature of cyberspace to be...
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Basic Books
Parution :
2008-07-31
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An original and timely study of men's experiences of depression in which the author tackles the discursively constructed relationship between the self and depression showing its linguistic and social complexity and analyses the relationship between depression and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-07-10
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Derek Nurse looks at variations in the form and function of tense and aspect in Bantu, a branch of Niger-Congo, the world's largest language phylum. Bantu languages are spoken in central, eastern, and southern sub-Saharan Africa south of a line between Nigeria and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-07-03
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The DK Bilingual Visual Dictionaries introduce the vocabulary of the modern world in thematic order, using full-colour artworks and photographs to display and label all the elements of everyday life - from home and office to sport, music, nature, and beyond - with...
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Dorling Kindersley
Parution :
2008-07-01
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This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. After defining and distinguishing case systems, Christa König begins a thorough analysis of case in roughly 100 African languages and reveals...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-06-12
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The Stuff of Thought is an exhilarating work of non-fiction. Surprising, thought-provoking and incredibly enjoyable, there is no other book like it - Steven Pinker will revolutionise the way you think about language. He analyses what words actually mean and how we use...
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Penguin
Parution :
2008-06-05
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The bible for debaters and their coaches.Nearly every high school and college in America has a debate club and/or a debate team. There are hundreds of competitions at the county and state level, culminating in heated national competitions. Yet, at many high schools and...
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Dk
Parution :
2008-06-03
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Look and learn to recall a wealth of everyday vocabulary in Hindi with this intuitive easy-to-use visual language dictionary
Whether it's for business or pleasure, pick up 6,000 key Hindi words and phrases on a range of subjects: from shopping and eating out, to sport...
Editeur :
Dorling Kindersley
Parution :
2008-06-02
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"This book analyses issues of the internet and mass media in a rapidly changing environment. It covers a wide range of fundamentals which will be in effect for a longer time, and reflects the benefits of international and interdisciplinary collaboration."
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2008-05-14
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