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1	The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language more books like this by Professor David Crystal add to wishlist Where did human language come from? How many languages are there? How do we acquire our first language or learn a second one? The highly acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language by David Crystal answers these and other questions about language. From hieroglyphics to trucker talk, from Shakespeare in pidgin to sneezing in Tongan, this is a ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £9.96! \| first editions
2	Heavens to Betsy!: & Other Curious Sayings more books like this by Charles Earle Funk add to wishlist Whether it's like "a bump on a log" or "a bat out of hell, " these expressions have been around forever. Dr. Funk explains over 400 droll, colorful, and sometimes pungent expressions of everyday speech. Derived from classical sources, historic events, famous literature, frontier humor, and the frailties of humankind, each of these sayings have an ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
3	Philosophical Investigations: The German Text, with a Revised English Translation more books like this by Ludwig Wittgenstein, G E M Anscombe add to wishlist Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations presents his own distillation of two decades of intense work on the philosophies of mind, language and meaning. When first published in 1953, it immediately entered the center of philosophical debate, and achieved a classic status it has retained ever since. This revised German-English edition is ... see all copies from £16.90! new only from £18.34! \| first editions
4	An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method more books like this by James Paul Gee add to wishlist James Paul Gee presents here his unique integrated approach to discourse analysis: the analysis of spoken and written language as it is used to enact social and cultural perspectives and identities. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, James Paul Gee presents both a theory of language-in-use, as well as a method of research. This method is ... see all copies from £18.61! new only from £18.73! \| first editions
5	Language in thought and action more books like this by Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa add to wishlist An introduction to the study of semantics, which examines human interaction through communication, toward a more sophisticated understanding of the role of language in life, the complex functions language performs and the way language, sometimes without knowing, shapes our thinking. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £13.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Language: Introductory Readings more books like this by Virginia P Clark add to wishlist Language: Introductory Readings offers forty-four thematically arranged readings on crucial topics in linguistics. This new edition offers fourteen new selections and five commissioned selections have been specially updated. Substantial apparatus incudes part introductions, head- notes for each selection, and selected bibliographies and projects ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £12.45! \| first editions
7	The Atlas of Languages: The Origin and Development of Languages Throughout the World more books like this by Bernard Comrie, Maria Polinsky, Stephen Matthews add to wishlist 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 £5.60! new only from £20.13! \| first editions
8	Philosophical investigations more books like this by Ludwig Wittgenstein add to wishlist Incorporating significant editorial changes from earlier editions, the fourth edition of Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations" is the definitive en face German-English version of the most important work of 20th-century philosophy. The extensively revised English translation incorporates many hundreds of changes to Anscombe's ... see all copies from £12.61! new only from £17.96! \| first editions
9	Language: The Social Mirror more books like this by Elaine Chaika add to wishlist Discusses the ways people use language in society with chapters on kinesics, dialect, and bilingualism. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £10.18! \| first editions
10	Words Words Words more books like this by Professor David Crystal add to wishlist "Words, Words, Words" is all about the wonder of words. Drawing on a lifetime's experience, David Crystal explores language in all its rich varieties through words: the very building blocks of our communication. Language has no life f its own: it only exists in the mouths and ears, hands, eyes and brains of its users. As we are guided expertly and ... see all copies from £2.49! new only from £2.49!
11	Story of Language more books like this by Mario Pei add to wishlist see all copies from £1.57! new only from £53.28! \| first editions
12 view cover	Horsefeathers: & Other Curious Words more books like this by Charles Earle Funk add to wishlist If readers have ever wondered why the candy is called butterscotch; why a certain Southern food is called a hushpuppy; or why log supports in a fireplace are known as andirons, or, sometimes, firedogs; then they'll be fascinated by the origins of the over 600 words discussed in "a book that gets curiouser and curiouser as it goes along" ("San ... see all copies from £4.96! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language more books like this by John R Searle add to wishlist Written in an outstandingly clear and lively style, it provokes its readers to rethink issues they may have regarded as long since settled. see all copies from £13.44! new only from £20.16! \| first editions
14 view cover	Syntactic Structures more books like this by Professor Noam Chomsky add to wishlist Noam Chomsky's first book on syntactic structures is one of the first serious attempts on the part of a linguist to construct within the tradition of scientific theory-construction a comprehensive theory of language which may be understood in the same sense that a chemical, biological theory is understood by experts in those fields. It is not a ... see all copies from £10.13! new only from £24.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Going Nucular: Language, Politics and Culture in Confrontational Times more books like this by Geoffrey Nunberg add to wishlist The words that echo through Geoffrey Nunberg's brilliant journey across the landscape of American language evoke exactly the tenor of our times. Nunberg has a wonderful ear for the new, the comic and the absurd. He pronounces that "Blog is a syllable whose time has come" and that "You don't get to be a verb unless you're doing something right", ... see all copies from £1.94! new only from £2.49! \| first editions
16 view cover	Studies in Words more books like this by C. S. Lewis add to wishlist Language - in its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meanings - is a perennially fascinating topic. C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words explores this fascination by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations using examples from a vast range of English literature, recovering lost meanings and ... see all copies from £3.86! new only from £14.31! \| first editions
17 view cover	Semantic Leaps: Frame-Shifting and Conceptual Blending in Meaning Construction more books like this by Seana Coulson add to wishlist Semantic Leaps explores how people combine knowledge from different domains in order to understand and express new ideas. Concentrating on dynamic aspects of on-line meaning construction, Coulson identifies two related sets of processes: frame-shifting and conceptual blending. Frame-shifting is semantic reanalysis in which existing elements in the ... see all copies from £7.30! new only from £8.71!
18	The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates the Gift of Language more books like this by Steven Pinker add to wishlist In this title, MIT Professor Steven Pinker explains the origins of language and its evolution, the instinctive way we use language, and the relationships between 'proper' languages and slang, pidgins, and other 'improper' versions. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £16.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Samskrta-Subodhini: A Sanskrit Primer more books like this by Madhav Deshpande add to wishlist A quintessential guidebook for learning Sanskrit see all copies from £16.81! new only from £22.18!
20 view cover	Working with Words: A Guide to Teaching and Learning Vocabulary more books like this by Ruth Gairns add to wishlist This is a practical guide for teachers on how to select, organise and teach vocabulary to all levels of students. It discusses the linguistic and psychological theories relevant to vocabulary learning, describes with clear examples traditional and current methods of presentation and practice, and suggests ways of assessing and supplementing the ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £10.57!
21 view cover	Discourse Analysis more books like this by Barbara Johnstone add to wishlist Fully revised and updated throughout, the new edition of "Discourse Analysis" is a user-friendly textbook for students taking their first course in linguistic approaches to discourse. Second edition of a popular introductory textbook, combining breadth of coverage, practical examples, and student-friendly features. It includes new sections on ... see all copies from £9.19! new only from £22.07!
22 view cover	The Years of Talking Dangerously more books like this by Geoffrey Nunberg add to wishlist Numberg writes there has never been an age as wary as ours of the tricks words can play. These are the years of talking dangerously, and the author of "Talking Right" deftly unpacks the telling phrases of America's national conversation. see all copies from £1.45! new only from £5.38! \| first editions
23 view cover	Elements of semiology more books like this by Professor Roland Barthes add to wishlist "In his "Course in General Linguistics," first published in 1916, Saussure postulated the existence of a general science of signs, or Semiology, of which linguistics would form only one part. Semiology, therefore aims to take in any system of signs, whatever their substance and limits; images, gestures, musical sounds, objects, and the complex ... see all copies from £2.56! new only from £7.36! \| first editions
24	People in Quandaries: The Semantics of Personal Adjustment more books like this by Wendell Johnson add to wishlist see all copies from £7.47! new only from £29.23! \| signed copies
25 view cover	The Artful Nuance: A Refined Guide to Imperfectly Understood Words in the English Language more books like this by Rod L Evans add to wishlist From the author of "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge" comes a fun and fascinating reference book for word lovers, students, and trivia collectors alike. see all copies from £5.83! new only from £5.88!

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