Discourses in Place
 The way we interpret language depends on where the words we are reading are placed in the world. Discourses in Place explores how the physical and material characteristics of language in the world give meaning to communication.In the book Ron and Suzanne [... more]
$39.95
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Coding Theory And Cryptology
The inaugural research program of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the National University of Singapore took place from July to December 2001 and was devoted to coding theory and cryptology. As part of the program, tutorials for graduate [... more]
$91.00
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German Business Correspondence
Covering a wide range of situations, this text is suitable for the business user or for students learning the language. [... more]
$33.95
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Language Most Foul
Have we always sworn like troopers? Has creative cursing developed simply because we can't thump someone when they make us mad? And if verbal aggression is universal, why is it that some languages (Japanese for instance) supposedly have no offensive [... more]
$16.05
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Variation and Change in Spanish
This book studies the differences of pronunciation and grammar that exist within the Spanish-speaking world, and traces their origins in the frequent mixing of dialects in Spanish-speaking communities from the Middle Ages to the present day, both in [... more]
$30.00
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Colloquial Norwegian
This book pack is part of a language course which is designed to provide a complete introduction and self-study course to the language, as well as a cultural and historical background to the people. Each lesson in the textbook contains conversations [... more]
$22.95
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The Mind and its Stories
Hogan argues that the stories people admire in different cultures follow a limited number of patterns determined by cross-culturally constant ideas about emotion. He concludes with a discussion of the relations among narrative, emotion concepts, and the [... more]
$68.00
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Lexical Categories
Mark C. Baker investigates the fundamental nature of nouns, verbs, and adjectives. He claims that the various superficial differences that are found in particular languages have a single underlying source which can be used to give better definitions of [... more]
$28.00
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The Recipe Writer's Handbook, Revised and Updated
Offering comprehensive guidance on the intimate elements of the recipe writing art, The Recipe Writer's Handbook is an indispensable companion for anyone who develops, tests, writes, or edits recipes - for publication, for broadcast, or simply to share [... more]
$24.95
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Vague Language Explored
The use of vague language (for example expressions such as 'bags of time', 'doing stuff', 'sort of thing', 'and all that') is an aspect of communicative competence of considerable social importance. "Vague Language Explored" examines the [... more]
$100.00
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Language in South Africa
A wide-ranging guide to language and society in South Africa. The book surveys the most important language groupings in the region in terms of wider socio-historical processes; contact between the different language varieties; language and public policy [... more]
$88.00
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Language Communication & Education
Examines communication in the classroom within the larger context of the development of standard English and its social implications. [... more]
$44.95
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