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What do the following have in common?
Let there be light - A fly in the ointment - A rod of iron - New wine in old bottles
Lick the dust - How are the mighty fallen - Kick against the pricks - Wheels within wheels
They are all in the King James Bible. This astonishing...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-09-23
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What do the following have in common?
Let there be light - A fly in the ointment - A rod of iron - New wine in old bottles
Lick the dust - How are the mighty fallen - Kick against the pricks - Wheels within wheels
They are all in the King James Bible. This astonishing...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-09-23
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The topic of variation in language has received considerable attention in the field of general linguistics in recent years. This includes research on linguistic micro-variation that is dependent on fine distinctions in syntax and information structure. However,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2010-09-22
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This book provides a state-of-the-art introduction to categorial grammar, a type of formal grammar which analyses expressions as functions or according to a function-argument relationship. The book's focus is on linguistic, computational, and psycholinguistic aspects of...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-09-22
ePub
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This book provides a state-of-the-art introduction to categorial grammar, a type of formal grammar which analyses expressions as functions or according to a function-argument relationship. The book's focus is on linguistic, computational, and psycholinguistic aspects of...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-09-22
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We say a lot about ourselves by what we don't say. Words and phrases like 'collateral damage', 'wardrobe malfunction', 'vertically challenged', and old favourites like 'unmentionables' (trousers, apparently) or 'lady of the night' - all are ways of not using particular...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2010-09-16
ePub
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The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics contains 39 original chapters on a broad range of topics in applied linguistics by a diverse group of contributors. Its goal is to provide a comprehensive survey of the current state of the field, the many connections among its...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-09-03
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In this powerful book, journalist and film maker John Pilger strips away the layers of deception, dissembling language and omission that prevent us from understanding how the world really works. From the invisible corners of Tony Blair's Britain to Burma, Vietnam,...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2010-09-02
ePub
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The heroes of John Pilger's narrative are the many ordinary people he has witnessed coping with their lives in difficult and often brutal conditions: dissidents in the Soviet Union; victims of conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Africa, India, the Middle East and Central...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2010-09-02
ePub
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Throughout his distinguished career as a journalist and film-maker, John Pilger has looked behind the 'official' versions of events to report the real stories of our time.The centrepiece of this new, expanded edition of his bestselling Distant Voices is Pilger's...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2010-09-02
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This comprehensive new edition of Wardhaugh’s textbook incorporates additional study features and numerous new and updated references to bring the book completely up-to-date, whilst maintaining the features that made the book so popular with lecturers and students:...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-09-02
Collection :
Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
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Finishing this book was one of the most difficult things I have ever done. It took far too long from original idea to page proofs and suffered from being relegated to small corners of my life. It was very rarely on the front burner. Since I started working on this topic...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2010-09-02
Collection :
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
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Susan Orlean's collection of profiles ranges from the well-known (Marky Mark) to the unknown (Colin Duffy, a typical American man, aged ten) to the formerly known (the cult sixties girl group the Shaggs). Orlean meets with Cristina Sanchez, Spain's first fully-qualified...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2010-08-31
ePub
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Is this the right course for me?Do you have a working knowledge of German, but want to improve? Allow this book to come to your rescue and eliminate basic errors and slips of the pen. Each one of 50 top tips for improving your spoken and written German is presented and...
Editeur :
Teach Yourself
Parution :
2010-08-27
ePub
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Is this the right course for me?Do you have a working knowledge of Italian, but want to improve? Allow this book to come to your rescue and eliminate basic errors and slips of the pen. Each one of 50 top tips for improving your spoken and written Italian is presented...
Editeur :
Teach Yourself
Parution :
2010-08-27
ePub
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Do you have a working knowledge of Spanish, but want to improve? Allow this book to come to your rescue and eliminate basic errors and slips of the pen. Each one of 50 top tips for improving your spoken and written Spanish is presented and analysed across a whole double...
Editeur :
Teach Yourself
Parution :
2010-08-27
ePub
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Introducing the fundamental issues in psycholinguistics, this book explores the amazing story of the unconscious processes that take place when humans use language. It is an ideal text for undergraduates taking a first course in the study of language. Topics covered...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-08-20
Collection :
Fundamentals of Linguistics
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Comparisons and Contrasts collects eleven of Richard Kayne's recent articles in theoretical syntax, with an emphasis on comparative syntax, which uses syntactic differences among languages to probe the properties of the human language faculty. Kayne attaches particular...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-08-19
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This book presents a critical overview of current work on linguistic features and establishes new bases for their use in the study and understanding of language.
Features are fundamental components of linguistic description: they include gender (feminine, masculine,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-08-19
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