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  • The Prodigal Tongue

    The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English

    by Lynne Murphy ...
    **CHOSEN BY THE ECONOMIST AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAn American linguist teaching in England explores the sibling rivalry between British and American English**“English accents are the sexiest.”“Americans have ruined the English language.”Such claims about the English language are often repeated but rarely examined. Professor Lynne Murphy is on the linguistic front line. In The Prodigal Tongue she ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Potluck and Other Stories

    by Lynne Murphy ...
    Prepare to be surprised, as you are when you go to a potluck supper. Lynne Murphy's stories in this collection will entertain and intrigue you. The senior citizens in the Golden Elders Condo, who find a new meaning for the term "taking potluck" or who have to cope with a neighbor who is making their comfortable lives miserable; Simba, the cat in The Lion King, who must free himself from tyranny; ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lexical Meaning

    by M. Lynne Murphy ...
    Series series Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
    The ideal introduction for students of semantics, Lexical Meaning fills the gap left by more general semantics textbooks, providing the teacher and the student with insights into word meaning beyond the traditional overviews of lexical relations. The book explores the relationship between word meanings and syntax and semantics more generally. It provides a balanced overview of the main theoretical ... Read more

    $49.19 USD

  • Am I Invisible?

    Things I Wish Teachers Knew

    by Murphy Lynne ...
    "Am I Invisible?" is a book for many audiences! Educators who want to do better for all kids who walk a different path (aka. the spectrum road), kids who are on that path and their parents. "Am I Invisible?" takes you on a heartfelt and brutally honest journey of one child's view through school as a child on the autism spectrum. Being diagnosed with PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Antonyms in English

    Construals, Constructions and Canonicity

    by Steven Jones, M. Lynne Murphy, Carita Paradis, Caroline Willners ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    The study of antonyms (or 'opposites') in a language can provide important insight into word meaning and discourse structures. This book provides an extensive investigation of antonyms in English and offers an innovative model of how we mentally organize concepts and how we perceive contrasts between them. The authors use corpus and experimental methods to build a theoretical picture of the ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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    The Prodigal Tongue

    The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English

    by Lynne Murphy ...
    Narrated by Pam Ward ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 38 min

    "If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd sound like an American.""English accents are the sexiest.""Americans have ruined the English language.""Technology means everyone will have to speak the same English."Such claims about the English language are often repeated but rarely examined. Professor Lynne Murphy is on the linguistic front line. In The Prodigal Tongue she explores the fiction and reality ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Word by Word

    The Secret Life of Dictionaries

    by Kory Stamper ...
    Narrated by Kory Stamper ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 48 min

    Do you have strong feelings about the word “irregardless”? Have you ever tried to define the word “is”? Brimming with intelligence and personality, this vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made is a must-read for word mavens.Many of us take dictionaries for granted, and few may realize that the process of writing dictionaries is, in fact, as lively and dynamic as language itself. ... Read more

    $17.50 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Truth About Stacey: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #2)

    by Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier ...
    Illustrated by Raina Telgemeier ...
    Series Book 2 - The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
    A graphic novel adapted and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile!Poor Stacey. She just moved to a new town, is still coming to terms with her diabetes, and is facing baby-sitting problems left and right. Fortunately, Stacey has three new friends -- Kristy, Claudia, and Mary Anne. Together they're the BSC -- and they will ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

    A Novel

    by Lorna Landvik ...
    “A lively story as delectable as a five-pound box of chocolates . . . a thoroughly engaging chronicle of friendship and the substantive place it holds in women’s lives.”—Anne D. LeClaire, author of Leaving EdenThe women of Freesia Court are convinced that there is nothing good coffee, delicious desserts, and a strong shoulder can’t fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together—the foundation ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Defining Pragmatics

    by Mira Ariel ...
    Series series Research Surveys in Linguistics
    Although there is no shortage of definitions for pragmatics the received wisdom is that 'pragmatics' simply cannot be coherently defined. In this groundbreaking book Mira Ariel challenges the prominent definitions of pragmatics, as well as the widely-held assumption that specific topics – implicatures, deixis, speech acts, politeness – naturally and uniformly belong on the pragmatics turf. She ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • The 10-Year Reunion

    by Susan Wiggs ...
    Enjoy this fan-favorite story of blind dates, high school reunions and unexpected romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs.Beautician Twyla McCabe was voted most likely to succeed in her high school graduating class, but a run of bad luck forced her to give up her dreams of college and a career. Now a widow with a six-year-old and essentially Dear Abby with a blow-dryer, she ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Must Love Dogs

    by Claire Cook ...
    Series Book 1 - Must Love Dogs
    “Wildly witty.”—USA Today“Funny and pitch perfect.”—Chicago TribuneFirst the much-loved novel by New York Times bestselling author Claire Cook. Then the romantic comedy movie adaptation starring Diane Lane and John Cusack. Now MUST LOVE DOGS is a tail-waggingly fun 7-book series."Voluptuous, sensuous, alluring and fun. Barely 40 DWF seeks special man to share starlit nights. Must love dogs. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus