wyszukanych pozycji: 19
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On Purpose: Understanding God's Freedom for Women Through Scripture
ISBN: 9780825447075 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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79,49 zł |
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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume IV: 1937-1984
ISBN: 9780199567256 / Twarda / 2010 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The starting date of the fourth volume of Julie Coleman's pioneering history marks the appearance of the most influential slang dictionary of the twentieth century, Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, produced at a time when the Depression had broken down traditional working-class communities; the United States was a still-reluctant world power; and another world war was inevitable. If the First World War unsettled combatants' minds, the second unsettled society. It challenged values around the world and, as the author shows, offered new opportunities for vibrant...
The starting date of the fourth volume of Julie Coleman's pioneering history marks the appearance of the most influential slang dictionary of the twen...
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674,42 zł |
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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume II: 1785-1858
ISBN: 9780199254705 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The second volume of Julie Coleman's entertaining and revealing history of the recording and uses of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858, and explores their manifestations in the United States of America and Australia.
During this period glossaries of cant were thrown into the shade by dictionaries of slang, which now covered a broad spectrum of non-standard English, including the language of thieves. Julie Coleman shows how Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue revolutionized the lexicography of the underworld. She explores the compilation and content of... The second volume of Julie Coleman's entertaining and revealing history of the recording and uses of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785...
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364,22 zł |
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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume III: 1859-1936
ISBN: 9780199549375 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book continues Julie Coleman's acclaimed history of dictionaries of English slang and cant. It describes the increasingly systematic and scholarly way in which such terms were recorded and classified in the UK, the USA, Australia, and elsewhere, and the huge growth in the publication of and public appetite for dictionaries, glossaries, and guides to the distinctive vocabularies of different social groups, classes, districts, regions, and nations. Dr Coleman describes the origins of words and phrases and explores their history. By copious example she shows how they cast light on everyday...
This book continues Julie Coleman's acclaimed history of dictionaries of English slang and cant. It describes the increasingly systematic and scholarl...
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757,93 zł |
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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume II: 1785-1858
ISBN: 9780199557103 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The second volume of Julie Coleman's entertaining and revealing history of the recording and uses of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858, and explores their manifestations in the United States of America and Australia.
During this period glossaries of cant were thrown into the shade by dictionaries of slang, which now covered a broad spectrum of non-standard English, including the language of thieves. Julie Coleman shows how Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue revolutionized the lexicography of the underworld. She explores the compilation and content of... The second volume of Julie Coleman's entertaining and revealing history of the recording and uses of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785...
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197,14 zł |
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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume I: 1567-1784
ISBN: 9780199254712 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The first of three volumes (volume 2, 1785-1874, forthcoming in 2005; volume 3, 1874 to present, forthcoming in 2007) comprising a complete history of the recording of English cant and slang - the jargon of sport, trade, and crime - which give unparalleled insights into the history of slang and the people who used it. Provides information on words and their meanings such as 'ziff' (a young thief), 'bundletail' (a short fat or squat lass), and 'arsworm' (a little diminutive fellow).
The first of three volumes (volume 2, 1785-1874, forthcoming in 2005; volume 3, 1874 to present, forthcoming in 2007) comprising a complete history of...
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805,65 zł |
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Global English Slang: Methodologies and Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415842686 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Global English Slang brings together nineteen key international experts and provides a timely and essential overview of English slang around the world today. The book illustrates the application of a range of different methodologies to the study of slang and demonstrates the interconnection between the different sub-fields of linguistics. A key argument throughout is that slang is a function played by specific words or phrases rather than a characteristic inherent in the words themselves- what is slang in one context is not slang in another. The volume also challenges received wisdom... Global English Slang brings together nineteen key international experts and provides a timely and essential overview of English slang around the wo... |
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231,67 zł |
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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume 1: 1567-1784
ISBN: 9780199557097 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is the first volume in a complete history of the documentation of English cant and slang from 1567 to the present. It gives unparalleled insights into the early history of slang, the people who used it, and how and why it was recorded.
Well over a hundred glossaries of cant and slang were published between 1567 and 1784. The cant lists reveal the secret language allegedly used by thieves and beggars to conceal their illicit conspiracies: Dr Coleman investigates where and how they were produced and the relationship between such lists and canting literature. She considers why this... This is the first volume in a complete history of the documentation of English cant and slang from 1567 to the present. It gives unparalleled insights...
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242,48 zł |
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The Life of Slang
ISBN: 9780199679171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Bad-ass, bee's knees, and bomb-diffity - slang rules
Teachers, politicians, broadcasters, and parents complain of the slang-infested language of today's teenagers. But slang has been around for centuries, always troubling those who take a purist line on the English language. In this entertaining book, Julie Coleman traces the development of slang across the English-speaking world and explores why and how it flourishes. She makes use of a marvellous array of sources, including newly available online records of the Old Bailey, machine-searchable historical newspaper collections, slang users... Bad-ass, bee's knees, and bomb-diffity - slang rules
Teachers, politicians, broadcasters, and parents complain of the slang-infested language of t... |
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68,29 zł |
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Historical Dictionaries and Historical Dictionary Research: Papers from the International Conference on Historical Lexicography and Lexicology, at the
ISBN: 9783484391239 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Lexiographica. Series Maior features monographs and edited volumes on the topics of lexicography and meta-lexicography. Works from the broader domain of lexicology are also included, provided they strengthen the theoretical, methodological and empirical basis of lexicography and meta-lexicography. The almost 150 books published in the series since its founding in 1984 clearly reflect the main themes and developments of the field. Lexiographica. Series Maior features monographs and edited volumes on the topics of lexicography and meta-lexicography. Works from the bro... |
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459,54 zł |
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Global English Slang: Methodologies and Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415842679 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Global English Slang brings together nineteen key international experts and provides a timely and essential overview of English slang around the world today. The book illustrates the application of a range of different methodologies to the study of slang and demonstrates the interconnection between the different sub-fields of linguistics. A key argument throughout is that slang is a function played by specific words or phrases rather than a characteristic inherent in the words themselves- what is slang in one context is not slang in another. The volume also... Global English Slang brings together nineteen key international experts and provides a timely and essential overview of English slang arou... |
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805,98 zł |
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Unexpected Love: God's Heart Revealed in Jesus' Conversations with Women
ISBN: 9781400204243 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. How would you characterize Jesus in his interactions with women? Gracious? Preachy? Aloof? Kind? Dismissive? Unexpected Love is an essential read for anyone eager to understand Jesus Christ's true heart for women. We ache for a satisfying relationship with him and crave his healing touch. So did the women of the first century. Each approached him with something they wanted. They left with more than they could have imagined. Writer and teacher Julie Coleman carefully walks readers through the gospel narratives, offering evidence of a perceptive Savior... How would you characterize Jesus in his interactions with women? Gracious? Preachy? Aloof? Kind? Dismissive? Unexpected L... |
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83,96 zł |
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Colonial Records of the State of Georgia: Volume 29
ISBN: 9780820359236 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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717,49 zł |
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Colonial Records of the State of Georgia: Volume 31
ISBN: 9780820359267 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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717,49 zł |
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Arise to Peace: Daily Devotional
ISBN: 9781946708571 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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66,11 zł |
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Colonial Records of the State of Georgia: Volume 31
ISBN: 9780820359250 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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158,81 zł |
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Colonial Records of the State of Georgia: Volume 32
ISBN: 9780820359281 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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158,81 zł |
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Colonial Records of the State of Georgia: Volume 29
ISBN: 9780820359229 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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158,81 zł |
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The Mediated City: The News in a Post-Industrial Context
ISBN: 9781783608188 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Mediated City begins by asking: how does news circulate in a major post-industrial city? To answer, Stephen Coleman analyzes a wide-range of practices involved in producing, circulating, and consuming news, and he examines the various ways and mediums through which individuals and groups may find out about, follow, or discuss local issues and events. He directly critiques the assumptions of many scholars about the centrality of certain news media, and he shows that questions about what news really is and what types of media constitute and deliver it truly matter. The first book to...
Mediated City begins by asking: how does news circulate in a major post-industrial city? To answer, Stephen Coleman analyzes a wide-range of pr...
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428,18 zł |