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Language Files

Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics, 13th Edition

by Department of Linguistics ...

Language Files has become one of the most widely adopted, consulted, and authoritative introductory textbooks to linguistics ever written. The scope of the text makes it suitable for use in a wide range of courses, while its unique organization into student-friendly, self-contained sections allows for tremendous flexibility in course design.The thirteenth edition has been revised, clarified, and ... Read more

$39.59 USD

Language Files has become one of the most widely adopted, consulted, and authoritative introductory textbooks to linguistics ever written. The scope of the text makes it suitable for use in a wide range of courses, while its unique organization into student-friendly, self-contained sections allows for tremendous flexibility in course design.The thirteenth edition has been revised, clarified, and
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Why Q Needs U

A history of our letters and how we use them

by Danny Bate ...

'A breathtaking adventure through the alphabet... An absolutely delightful read, filled with jewels of lightly worn scholarship and dazzling insight. I just couldn't recommend it more highly.' Stephen Fry'An excellent read.' Susie Dent'You'll never look at a keyboard the same way after reading Danny Bate's fascinating linguistic history.' Sunday TimesWhy does 'W' sounds like 'doubl... ... Read more

$9.59 USD

'A breathtaking adventure through the alphabet... An absolutely delightful read, filled with jewels of lightly worn scholarship and dazzling insight. I just couldn't recommend it more highly.' Stephen Fry'An excellent read.' Susie Dent'You'll never look at a keyboard the same way after reading Danny Bate's fascinating linguistic history.' Sunday TimesWhy does 'W' sounds like 'doubl...
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Australian English Pronunciation and Transcription

by Felicity Cox, Janet Fletcher ...

Australian English Pronunciation and Transcription is the first textbook to clearly describe Australian English speech patterns. Now in its second edition, this ground-breaking work addresses speech production characteristics and provides detailed instruction in both phonetic and phonemic transcription of the dialect. Each chapter features practical exercises to allow readers to develop skills and ... Read more

$81.19 USD

Australian English Pronunciation and Transcription is the first textbook to clearly describe Australian English speech patterns. Now in its second edition, this ground-breaking work addresses speech production characteristics and provides detailed instruction in both phonetic and phonemic transcription of the dialect. Each chapter features practical exercises to allow readers to develop skills and
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Tone Analysis for Field Linguists

by Keith Snider ...

Tone, the use of pitch to provide phonological contrast between morphemes, plays an integral role in the structures of many languages. This book teaches linguists a tried-and-proven methodology for analyzing tone in any part of the world. Significant features: • Delivers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to tone analysis for field linguists • Emphasizes the discovery of ... Read more

$12.39 USD

Tone, the use of pitch to provide phonological contrast between morphemes, plays an integral role in the structures of many languages. This book teaches linguists a tried-and-proven methodology for analyzing tone in any part of the world. Significant features: • Delivers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to tone analysis for field linguists • Emphasizes the discovery of
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Collins Rhyming Dictionary

by Rosalind Fergusson ...

If it’s time for a rhyme, or you need a satiric lyric, the Collins Rhyming Dictionary is the fastest and easiest way to refine your line.The most accessible way to find the rhyme you need. Other rhyming dictionaries are characterised by the use of obscure words for padding, subsections for disyllabic and trisyllabic rhymes, and reverse phonetic order – but we avoid such complications and, as a ... Read more

$8.99 USD

If it’s time for a rhyme, or you need a satiric lyric, the Collins Rhyming Dictionary is the fastest and easiest way to refine your line.The most accessible way to find the rhyme you need. Other rhyming dictionaries are characterised by the use of obscure words for padding, subsections for disyllabic and trisyllabic rhymes, and reverse phonetic order – but we avoid such complications and, as a
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The Ultimate ESL Conversational English Guide

by Josiah Wolff ...

"The Ultimate ESL Conversational English Guide: Speak English With Confidence In 90 days" by Josiah Wolff is a comprehensive English language learning resource for Spanish speakers. This intensive course offers a practical approach to mastering everyday English conversation skills quickly and effectively.Key features:50 in-depth ESL lessons for rapid English language acquisitionPhonetic ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"The Ultimate ESL Conversational English Guide: Speak English With Confidence In 90 days" by Josiah Wolff is a comprehensive English language learning resource for Spanish speakers. This intensive course offers a practical approach to mastering everyday English conversation skills quickly and effectively.Key features:50 in-depth ESL lessons for rapid English language acquisitionPhonetic
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Linguistics: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

by David Hornsby ...

Written by David Hornsby, who is a current Linguistics lecturer and researcher at theUniversity of Kent, Linguistics - The Essentials is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then providing added value features like summaries of key books, ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Written by David Hornsby, who is a current Linguistics lecturer and researcher at theUniversity of Kent, Linguistics - The Essentials is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then providing added value features like summaries of key books,
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Level 3 Sight Words: 61 First Grade Flash Cards

by Chris DiPaolo ...

Series Book 3 - Easy-Peasy Reading & Flash Card Series
These sight word flash cards include 61 First Grade sight words - 41 of the most common sight words - Plus 20 common sight nouns Sight words can be known by many names including high-frequency words, Dolch words, Fry words, instant words or even Star words. These flash cards have been designed to make learning sight words fun! - Skip Around Feature! - To keep your little one on his or her toes, ... Read more

$0.99 USD

These sight word flash cards include 61 First Grade sight words - 41 of the most common sight words - Plus 20 common sight nouns Sight words can be known by many names including high-frequency words, Dolch words, Fry words, instant words or even Star words. These flash cards have been designed to make learning sight words fun! - Skip Around Feature! - To keep your little one on his or her toes,
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Phonetic Symbol Guide

by Geoffrey K. Pullum, William A. Ladusaw ...

An indispensable comprehensive reference guide to the phonetic alphabet symbols, revised and expanded.Phonetic Symbol Guide is a comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia of phonetic alphabet symbols, providing a complete survey of the hundreds of characters used by linguists and speech scientists to record the sounds of the world's languages.This fully revised second edition incorporates the ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An indispensable comprehensive reference guide to the phonetic alphabet symbols, revised and expanded.Phonetic Symbol Guide is a comprehensive and authoritative encyclopedia of phonetic alphabet symbols, providing a complete survey of the hundreds of characters used by linguists and speech scientists to record the sounds of the world's languages.This fully revised second edition incorporates the
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Shakespeare's Insults

Educating Your Wit

by Wayne F. Hill, Cynthia J. Ottchen ...

The sharpest stings ever to snap from the tip of an English-speaking tongue are here at hand, ready to be directed at the knaves, villains, and coxcombs of the reader's choice. Culled from 38 plays, here are the best 5,000 examples of Shakespeare's glorious invective, arranged by play, in order of appearance, with helpful act and line numbers for easy reference, along with an index of topical ... Read more

$6.99 USD

The sharpest stings ever to snap from the tip of an English-speaking tongue are here at hand, ready to be directed at the knaves, villains, and coxcombs of the reader's choice. Culled from 38 plays, here are the best 5,000 examples of Shakespeare's glorious invective, arranged by play, in order of appearance, with helpful act and line numbers for easy reference, along with an index of topical
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The Sounds of Language

An Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology

by Elizabeth C. Zsiga ...

Series series Linguistics in the World
The Sounds of Language is an introductory guide to the linguistic study of speech sounds, which provides uniquely balanced coverage of both phonology and phonetics.Features exercises and problem sets, as well as supporting online resources at www.wiley.com/go/zsiga, including additional discussion questions and exercises, as well as links to further resources such as sound files, video files, and ... Read more

$59.95 USD

The Sounds of Language is an introductory guide to the linguistic study of speech sounds, which provides uniquely balanced coverage of both phonology and phonetics.Features exercises and problem sets, as well as supporting online resources at www.wiley.com/go/zsiga, including additional discussion questions and exercises, as well as links to further resources such as sound files, video files, and
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Phonetics For Dummies

by William F. Katz ...

The clear and easy way to get a handle on the science of speechThe science of how people produce and perceive speech, phonetics has an array of real-world applications, from helping engineers create an authentic sounding Irish or Canadian accent for a GPS voice, to assisting forensics investigators identifying the person whose voice was caught on tape, to helping a film actor make the transition ... Read more

$17.00 USD

The clear and easy way to get a handle on the science of speechThe science of how people produce and perceive speech, phonetics has an array of real-world applications, from helping engineers create an authentic sounding Irish or Canadian accent for a GPS voice, to assisting forensics investigators identifying the person whose voice was caught on tape, to helping a film actor make the transition
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Chineasy Everyday

Learning Chinese Through Its Culture

by ShaoLan ...

$10.99 USD
Sight Word Practice (Better Reading Skills) : 3rd Grade Workbooks Series

by Baby Professor ...

Instead of forcing your child to read boring texts, why don't you the process a lot more fun and engaging? You can use this workbook to help your child practice on sight words. Sight words are the most commonly seen words. Getting familiar with them is the first and most important step to reading later on. Grab a copy today! ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Instead of forcing your child to read boring texts, why don't you the process a lot more fun and engaging? You can use this workbook to help your child practice on sight words. Sight words are the most commonly seen words. Getting familiar with them is the first and most important step to reading later on. Grab a copy today!
... Read more
Sight Word Practice (Better Reading Skills) : 2nd Grade Workbooks Series

by Baby Professor ...

This book discusses what sight words are, and how important the understanding of this key reading concept is. Unlike other educational materials available in school, this book utilizes a powerful combination of pictures, colors and select texts. The purpose of which is to encourage self-paced learning for optimum information absorption. Grab a copy today! ... Read more

$3.99 USD

This book discusses what sight words are, and how important the understanding of this key reading concept is. Unlike other educational materials available in school, this book utilizes a powerful combination of pictures, colors and select texts. The purpose of which is to encourage self-paced learning for optimum information absorption. Grab a copy today!
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Thinking like a Linguist

An Introduction to the Science of Language

by Jordan B. Sandoval, Kristin E. Denham ...

This is an engaging introduction to the study of language for undergraduate or beginning graduate students, aimed especially at those who would like to continue further linguistic study. It introduces students to analytical thinking about language, but goes beyond existing texts to show what it means to think like a scientist about language, through the exploration of data and interactive problem ... Read more

$31.19 USD

This is an engaging introduction to the study of language for undergraduate or beginning graduate students, aimed especially at those who would like to continue further linguistic study. It introduces students to analytical thinking about language, but goes beyond existing texts to show what it means to think like a scientist about language, through the exploration of data and interactive problem
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A Gaelic Alphabet

a guide to the pronunciation of Gaelic letters and words

by George McLennan ...

The modern Gaelic alphabet has 18 letters - Gaelic simply needs a smaller alphabet to make its sounds. To pronounce Gaelic words correctly you need to know what the sounds of the letters are, particularly the sounds of combinations of letters. Using his knowledge of the conventions of the language and not a little humour, George McLennan offers a straightforward guide to the Gaelic alphabet. ... Read more

$7.19 USD

The modern Gaelic alphabet has 18 letters - Gaelic simply needs a smaller alphabet to make its sounds. To pronounce Gaelic words correctly you need to know what the sounds of the letters are, particularly the sounds of combinations of letters. Using his knowledge of the conventions of the language and not a little humour, George McLennan offers a straightforward guide to the Gaelic alphabet.
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Handbook of the International Phonetic Association

A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet

by International Phonetic Association ...

This book is a comprehensive guide to the International Phonetic Alphabet, whose aim is to provide a universally agreed system of notation for the sounds of languages, and which has been widely used for over a century. The Handbook presents the basics of phonetic analysis so that the principles underlying the Alphabet can be readily understood, and gives examples of the use of each of the phonetic ... Read more

$41.89 USD

This book is a comprehensive guide to the International Phonetic Alphabet, whose aim is to provide a universally agreed system of notation for the sounds of languages, and which has been widely used for over a century. The Handbook presents the basics of phonetic analysis so that the principles underlying the Alphabet can be readily understood, and gives examples of the use of each of the phonetic
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The Phonological Mind

by Iris Berent ...

Humans instinctively form words by weaving patterns of meaningless speech elements. Moreover, we do so in specific, regular ways. We contrast dogs and gods, favour blogs to lbogs. We begin forming sound-patterns at birth and, like songbirds, we do so spontaneously, even in the absence of an adult model. We even impose these phonological patterns on invented cultural technologies such as reading ... Read more

$36.09 USD

Humans instinctively form words by weaving patterns of meaningless speech elements. Moreover, we do so in specific, regular ways. We contrast dogs and gods, favour blogs to lbogs. We begin forming sound-patterns at birth and, like songbirds, we do so spontaneously, even in the absence of an adult model. We even impose these phonological patterns on invented cultural technologies such as reading
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Introductory Phonology

by Bruce P. Hayes ...

Series Book 32 - Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
Accessible, succinct, and including numerous student-friendly features, this introductory textbook offers an exceptional foundation to the field for those who are coming to it for the first time.Provides an ideal first course book in phonology, written by a renowned phonologistDeveloped and tested in the classroom through years of experience and useEmphasizes analysis of phonological data, placing ... Read more

$50.00 USD

Accessible, succinct, and including numerous student-friendly features, this introductory textbook offers an exceptional foundation to the field for those who are coming to it for the first time.Provides an ideal first course book in phonology, written by a renowned phonologistDeveloped and tested in the classroom through years of experience and useEmphasizes analysis of phonological data, placing
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Kindergarten Sight Words Workbook (Baby Professor Learning Books)

by Baby Professor ...

Little children cannot be stuck with just learning letters. At one point or another, they need to learn to read. The introduction of sight words makes this task so much easier. In this book, sight words are not only taught through words, they are also linked to pictures to make learning even more effective. Grab a copy of this book today! ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Little children cannot be stuck with just learning letters. At one point or another, they need to learn to read. The introduction of sight words makes this task so much easier. In this book, sight words are not only taught through words, they are also linked to pictures to make learning even more effective. Grab a copy of this book today!
... Read more
Cajun Vocabulation

by Gordon J. Voisin ...

With each generation and with each passing day, we grow closer to losing a key part of our nations unique heritagethe Cajun French language. Unless a concerted effort is made to preserve the language, this rich and vibrant culture will soon be relegated to the back pages of history. Cajun Vocabulation is one such labor of loveone mans attempt to preserve the unique heritage of his South Louisiana ... Read more

$3.99 USD

With each generation and with each passing day, we grow closer to losing a key part of our nations unique heritagethe Cajun French language. Unless a concerted effort is made to preserve the language, this rich and vibrant culture will soon be relegated to the back pages of history. Cajun Vocabulation is one such labor of loveone mans attempt to preserve the unique heritage of his South Louisiana
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Read Assure: Guaranteed Formula For Reading Success With Phonics

by Everett Ofori ...

Read Assure takes advantage of the best asset all children have in abundance: tremendous brain power hungry for challenges. Children as young as four have successfully mastered reading English through phonics using Read Assure. The ability to read raises children's confidence and leads to a love of reading and the desire to devour ever more challenging material. Parents have recognized that ... Read more

$8.69 USD

Read Assure takes advantage of the best asset all children have in abundance: tremendous brain power hungry for challenges. Children as young as four have successfully mastered reading English through phonics using Read Assure. The ability to read raises children's confidence and leads to a love of reading and the desire to devour ever more challenging material. Parents have recognized that
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Introducing Language Typology

by Edith A. Moravcsik ...

Series series Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics
Language typology identifies similarities and differences among languages of the world. This textbook provides an introduction to the subject which assumes minimal prior knowledge of linguistics. It offers the broadest coverage of any introductory book, including sections on historical change, language acquisition, and language processing. Students will become familiar with the subject by working ... Read more

$43.49 USD

Language typology identifies similarities and differences among languages of the world. This textbook provides an introduction to the subject which assumes minimal prior knowledge of linguistics. It offers the broadest coverage of any introductory book, including sections on historical change, language acquisition, and language processing. Students will become familiar with the subject by working
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