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1	The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics more books like this by Jean Aitchison An established bestseller, "The Articulate Mammal" is a concise and highly readable introduction to the main topics in psycholinguistics. This fifth edition brings the book up-to-date with recent theories, including new material on: the possibility of a 'language gene'; Post-Chomskyan ideas Language within an evolutionary framework; spatial ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £18.34! \| first editions
2	The Atlas of Languages: The Origin and Development of Languages Throughout the World more books like this by Bernard Comrie (Editor), Maria Polinksy (Editor), Jean Aitchison (Foreword by) The origins of language have long been the subject of myth and conjecture. Today, scientists and scholars are rendering these origins less obscure with clues from linguistic and archaeological evidence. Written by a panel of eminent linguists, this book guides the general reader through the mysterious and exciting world of languages and ... see all copies from £9.17! new only from £21.98! \| first editions
3	The Seeds of Speech: Language Origin and Evolution more books like this by Jean Aitchison Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong than with the calls of other primates. In this wide-ranging and accessible overview, Jean Aitchison explores the origins of human language and how it has evolved. She likens the search to a vast pre-historic jigsaw puzzle, in which numerous fragments of evidence ... see all copies from £2.86! new only from £7.80! \| first editions
4	Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon more books like this by Jean Aitchison This volume about words, and the extraordinary human capacity to store and retrieve them. We hold effortlessly at least 50,000 of them in our minds, the majority of which can be summoned in a split second. No computer has yet come anywhere near simulating the complexities of the internal word-store. This book provides an up-to-date introduction to ... see all copies from £6.21! new only from £23.61! \| first editions
5	Linguistics more books like this by Jean Aitchison An introduction to linguistics. This fifth edition contains a new chapter on language and style, discussing literature, advertising and newspapers. There are also new sections on language origin, the role of verbs, language and power, and sign language. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £8.08!
6	Teach Yourself Linguistics more books like this by Jean Aitchison "Teach Yourself Linguistics" is a straightforward introduction to linguistics, the systematic study that seeks to answer two fundamental questions: "What is language?" and "How does language work?" This book outlines the scope of linguistics, explaining the basic concepts and essential terminology. It discusses sound patterning, syntax, and ... see all copies from £7.05! new only from £10.92!
7	Language and Society 2ed more books like this by William Downes, Jean Aitchison (Editor) This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Downes' textbook is an accessible introduction to the social aspects of language and their various explanations. Topics covered include domains of language use, language change, code-switching, speech as social action, and the nature of meaning and understanding. This new edition includes an up-to ... see all copies from £4.21! new only from £27.54!
8	A Glossary of Language and Mind more books like this by Jean Aitchison This alphabetical guide to language and mind gives an up-to-date introduction to the key topics of speech comprehension, speech production and child language. Written by a well-known author in the field, the entries are concise and lucid, and provide an easy-to-read overview of an area of linguistics which lies at the core of the human ability to ... see all copies from £3.63! new only from £3.63! \| first editions
9	Language Change: Progress or Decay? more books like this by Jean Aitchison Why do people sometimes leave off the ends of words when they speak? Is it sloppiness, progress, or inevitable erosion? This book attempts to answer such questions by giving a lucid and up-to-date overview of language change. It discusses where our evidence about language change comes from, how and why changes happen, and how and why languages ... see all copies from £2.65! new only from £18.35!
10	The Word Weavers: Newshounds and Wordsmiths more books like this by Jean Aitchison Modern journalism is often the subject of criticism and opposition. Written by one of the foremost authorities on language and the media writing today, this engaging book suggests that view is unfair, and that journalists are in fact skilled 'word weavers' whose output is cleverly worked into planned patterns. Drawing on a range of authentic news ... see all copies from £7.72! new only from £7.72!
11 view cover	The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words, the 1996 BBC Reith Lectures more books like this by Jean Aitchison Language is like a vast spider's web. In this volume Jean Aitchison explores the different facets of this web. She begins with the cobweb of false worries which surrounds language. She then discusses how language evolved in the human species, how children acquire it, and how educated English speakers remember 50,000 or more words. Finally, she ... see all copies from £9.45! new only from £11.28!
12 view cover	New Media Language more books like this by Jean Aitchison (Editor), Diana Lewis (Editor) New Media Language brings leading media figures and scholars together to debate the shifting relations between today's media and contemporary language. From newspapers and television to email, the internet and text messaging, there are ever increasing media conduits for the news. This book investigates how developments in world media have affected ... see all copies from £15.53! new only from £19.69!
13 view cover	Thesaurus Construction and Use: A Practical Manual more books like this by Jean Aitchison, Alan Gilchrist, David Bawden IT applications for thesauri have been emerging - for example, in front-end systems, cross-database searching, hypertext systems, expert systems, and in natural-language processing. In-house thesauri are still needed for internal special collections. Aiming to meet these needs, this fourth edition has been revised to take account of advances in ... see all copies from £62.88! new only from £62.88!
14 view cover	Articulate Mammal: Introduction to Psycholinguistics more books like this by Jean Aitchison This highly successful text has been substantially revised to take account of the considerable changes in Chomsky's recent ideas. The chapters on grammatical innateness, child language acquisition, and speech comprehension have been largely rewritten and new material and references throughout the book make it completely up-to-date with key ... see all copies from £6.00! first editions
15 view cover	Words in the Mind more books like this by Jean Aitchison This book deals with words, and how humans learn them, remember them, understand them and find the ones they want. It discusses the structure and content of the human word-store or 'mental lexicon' with particular reference to the spoken language of those with English as their native language. Since the first two editions of Words in the Mind were ... see all copies from £5.64! new only from £74.10!
16	International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology more books like this by Jean Aitchison see all copies from £147.95! new only from £183.38!
17	General linguistics. more books like this by Jean Aitchison see all copies from £7.68!
18	Thesaurus construction: a practical manual more books like this by Jean Aitchison, Alan Gilchrist see all copies from £9.38!
19	Language Change more books like this by Jean Aitchison see all copies from £5.64!
20	Introducing language and mind more books like this by Jean Aitchison This brief, accessible introduction to psycholinguistics includes points presented in an alphabetical format. see all copies from £46.97!
21 view cover	Unhcr International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology more books like this by Jean Aitchison, United Nations High Commissioner for Ref see all copies from £60.69!
22 view cover	Linguistics : an introduction more books like this by Jean Aitchison Introduces linguistics taking account of recent developments in the academic field, and their practical applications. The book includes sections on speech disorders, politeness, the language of advertising and phonetics. This text is for language undergraduates and students of related areas. see all copies from £17.68!
23	Wörter Im Kopf by Martina; Aitchison Wiese, Jean see all copies from £26.21! new only from £26.21!

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