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  • The English Language

    par Charles Barber, Joan Beal, Philip Shaw ...
    Collections series Canto Classics
    This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day. Using dozens of familiar texts, including the English of King Alfred, Shakespeare and Chaucer, the English language is explored in terms of where it came from, where it is going and the global impact it ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

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  • The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction

    par Istvan Csicsery-Ronay ...
    This major critical work from one of the preeminent voices in science fiction scholarship reframes the genre as a way of understanding today's world.As the application of technoscience increasingly transforms every aspect of life, science fiction has become an essential mode of imagining the horizons of possibility. Though the broad scope of science fiction may vary in artistic quality and ... En savoir plus

    $14.39 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Intonational Phonology

    par D. Robert Ladd ...
    Collections series Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
    This second edition presents a completely revised overview of research on intonational phonology since the 1970s, including new material on research developments since the mid 1990s. It contains a new section discussing the research on the alignment of pitch features that has developed since the first edition was published, a substantially rewritten section on ToBI transcription that takes account ... En savoir plus

    $69.99 CAD

  • Tarahumara Medicine

    Ethnobotany and Healing among the Rarámuri of Mexico

    par Fructuoso Irigoyen-Rascón, Alfonso Paredes ...
    The Tarahumara, one of North America’s oldest surviving aboriginal groups, call themselves Rarámuri, meaning “nimble feet”—and though they live in relative isolation in Chihuahua, Mexico, their agility in long-distance running is famous worldwide. Tarahumara Medicine is the first in-depth look into the culture that sustains the “great runners.” Having spent a decade in Tarahumara communities, ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

  • Medical Writing in Early Modern English

    Modifié par Irma Taavitsainen, Päivi Pahta ...
    Collections series Studies in English Language
    Medical writing tells us a great deal about how the language of science has developed in constructing and communicating knowledge in English. This volume provides a new perspective on the evolution of the special language of medicine, based on the electronic corpus of Early Modern English Medical Texts, containing over two million words of medical writing from 1500 to 1700. The book presents ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

  • A Political History of Spanish

    The Making of a Language

    Modifié par José Del Valle ...
    Spanish is spoken as a first language by almost 400 million people in approximately 60 countries, and has been the subject of numerous political processes and debates since it began to spread globally from Iberia in the thirteenth century. A Political History of Spanish brings together a team of experts to analyze the metalinguistic origins of Spanish and evaluate it as a discursively constructed ... En savoir plus

    $50.99 CAD

  • One Language, Two Grammars?

    Differences between British and American English

    Modifié par Günter Rohdenburg, Julia Schlüter ...
    Collections series Studies in English Language
    It is well known that British and American English differ substantially in their pronunciation and vocabulary - but differences in their grammar have largely been underestimated. This volume focuses on British–American differences in the structure of words and sentences and supports them with computer-aided studies of large text collections. Present-day as well as earlier forms of the two ... En savoir plus

    $53.99 CAD

  • Discovering Words in the Kitchen

    par Julian Walker ...
    Collections Livre 302 - Shire Discovering
    Throughout history the English language has reflected social changes, trade routes, and waves of fashion.This book examines the histories of the names of foods, ingredients, utensils, drinks, cooking methods, and dishes to show how the vocabulary of English has reflected the ways speakers of the language have interacted with their tastes, their environment and other cultures.Approximately 250 ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Flexible Syntax

    A Theory of Case and Arguments

    par A. Neeleman, F. Weerman ...
    Collections series Social Sciences (R0)
    Most linguistic theories assume that each grammatical relation is established in a unique structural configuration. Neeleman and Weerman take issue with this view, arguing for a more flexible approach on the basis of conceptual considerations and data taken mostly, but not exclusively, from the Germanic languages. In-depth analyses of word order phenomena as well as diachronic and typological ... En savoir plus

    $115.99 CAD

  • Linguistic Variation

    Confronting Fact and Theory

    Modifié par Rena Torres Cacoullos, Nathalie Dion, André Lapierre ...
    Linguistic Variation: Confronting Fact and Theory honors Shana Poplack in bringing together contributions from leading scholars in language variation and change. The book demonstrates how variationist methodology can be applied to the study of linguistic structures and processes. It introduces readers to variation theory, while also providing an overview of current debates on the linguistic, ... En savoir plus

    $116.79 CAD

  • The Bantu Languages of Western Equatorial Africa

    Handbook of African Languages

    par Malcolm Guthrie ...
    Collections series Linguistic Surveys of Africa
    The area covered by this book, originally published in 1953, is one that has long been recognized as presenting many problems from the point of view of Bantu linguistic studies. Almost all the material set out in this present work is based on notes taken in the field, and in many cases presented completely new facts. The sources of the information used are listed at the end of the linguistic ... En savoir plus

    $71.44 CAD

  • Language Planning in the Post-Communist Era

    The Struggles for Language Control in the New Order in Eastern Europe, Eurasia and China

    Modifié par Ernest Andrews ...
    This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the attempts of language experts and governments to control language use and development in Eastern Europe, Eurasia and China through planned activities generally known as language planning or language policy. The ten case studies presented here examine language planning in China, Russia, Tatarstan, Central Asia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, ... En savoir plus

    $153.99 CAD