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  • Dying Words

    Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us

    de Nicholas Evans ...
    Series Libro 22 - The Language Library
    The next century will see more than half of the world’s 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result.Explores the unique philosophy, knowledge, and cultural assumptions of languages, and their impact on our ... Leer más

    $42.00 USD

  • The Writing Revolution

    Cuneiform to the Internet

    de Amalia E. Gnanadesikan ...
    Series Libro 25 - The Language Library
    In a world of rapid technological advancements, it can be easy to forget that writing is the original Information Technology, created to transcend the limitations of human memory and to defy time and space. The Writing Revolution picks apart the development of this communication tool to show how it has conquered the world.Explores how writing has liberated the world, making possible everything ... Leer más

    $106.00 USD

  • Words of Wonder

    Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us

    de Nicholas Evans ...
    Series series The Language Library
    A gripping and moving text which explores the wealth of human language diversity, how deeply it matters, and how we can best turn the tide of language endangermentIn the new, thoroughly revised second edition of Words of Wonder: Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us, Second Edition (formerly called Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us), renowned scholar Nicholas ... Leer más

    $38.00 USD

  • The Writing Revolution

    Cuneiform to the Internet

    de Amalia E. Gnanadesikan ...
    Series series The Language Library
    An exploration of the original Information Technology – the writing systems of historyThe Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet explores the origins, historical development, adaptations, linguistic properties, cultural context, and social impact of one of humankind's greatest inventions: writing systems. Now in its second edition, this popular book traces the history of writing from the ... Leer más

    $44.00 USD

  • The History of English Spelling

    de Christopher Upward, George Davidson ...
    Series Libro 26 - The Language Library
    The History of English Spelling“Fifty years ago, G. H. Vallins contributed a book on spelling to the Language Library. Since then, there have been several major surveys, and new opportunities to explore the history of English words. The time is therefore ripe for a fresh presentation, and this is what George Davidson has done, building on the huge collection of historical data amassed by ... Leer más

    $86.00 USD

  • English Words

    A Linguistic Introduction

    de Heidi Harley ...
    Series series The Language Library
    English Words is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the study of English words from a theoretically informed linguistic perspective.accessibly written to give students a command of basic theory, skills in analyzing English words, and the foundation needed for more advanced study in linguistic theory or lexicologycovers basic introductory material and investigates the structure of ... Leer más

    $42.00 USD

  • Political Correctness

    A History of Semantics and Culture

    de Geoffrey Hughes ...
    Series Libro 24 - The Language Library
    Political Correctness“Geoffrey Hughes has brought together with great panache the very many manifestations of political correctness, both absurd and vicious, and shown how they express a single collective mind-set. His book establishes beyond doubt that there is such a phenomenon, that it has become dominant in our culture, and that it represents a growing tendency to censor public debate and to ... Leer más

    $42.00 USD

  • Listening in the Language Classroom

    de John Field ...
    Series series Cambridge Language Teaching Library
    This book challenges the orthodox approach to the teaching of second language listening, which is based upon the asking and answering of comprehension questions. The book's central argument is that a preoccupation with the notion of 'comprehension' has led teachers to focus upon the product of listening, in the form of answers to questions, ignoring the listening process itself. The author ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Language of the Taj Mahal

    Islam, Prayer, and the Religion of Shah Jahan

    de Michael D. Calabria ...
    Series series Library of Islamic South Asia
    The Taj Mahal, built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1592-1666 CE) as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631 CE), is considered exceptional in the history of world architecture.This book provides a deeper understanding of the Taj Mahal and its builder by examining its inscriptions within their architectural, historical and biographical contexts. The texts adorning the Taj Mahal ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • The Secret Language of Maps

    How to Tell Visual Stories with Data

    de Carissa Carter, Stanford d.school ...
    Series series Stanford d.school Library
    A highly visual exploration of diagrams and data that helps you understand how "maps" are part of everyday thinking, how they tell stories, and how they can reframe your point of view, from Stanford University's world-renowned d.school.“This book is the ultimate legend to mapping all kinds of data.”—Jessica Hagy, Webby Award-winning blogger of Indexed and author of How to Be Interesting (In Ten ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Aphasia and Language Disorders

    Edición de Anastasia M. Raymer, Leslie J. Gonzalez Rothi ...
    Series series Oxford Library of Psychology
    What is immediately clear when meeting individuals with acquired brain damage is that the patterns of communication impairments vary in remarkable ways among these individuals. Aphasia and related communication disorders, while devastating life events for individuals who acquire brain damage, provide lessons of considerable interest to many clinicians and researchers trying to understand the brain ... Leer más

    $157.99 USD

  • The Language of Television

    Uses and Abuses

    de Albert Hunt ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Television
    The first part of this book assesses how television presents viewers with information - contrasting the ‘official reality’ of news and current affairs programmes with the anarchic view of the world put out by such as Morecambe and Wise and the two Ronnies. It challenges the politics of programme schedules and takes care to consider the language used in programs designed for different purposes.The ... Leer más

    $63.99 USD