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The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way
ISBN: 9780380715435 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries. With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly explores the remarkable hi... |
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69,13 zł |
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Nigerian Pidgin
ISBN: 9780415022910 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first comprehensive grammar of Nigerian Pidgin. This book provides basic descriptive and analytical treatment of the syntax, morphology and phonology of a language which may soon become the most widely spoken in all of Africa.
This is the first comprehensive grammar of Nigerian Pidgin. This book provides basic descriptive and analytical treatment of the syntax, morphology an...
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1268,22 zł |
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Pidgins and Creoles
ISBN: 9780415053112 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The focus of this study is upon those pidgins and creoles which are English-based and which have arisen since the 15th century. The book examines the widespread nature of the pidgin/creole phenomenon and evaluates the current definitions of the terms and the theories which have been advanced to account for their existence. The author considers the potential of pidgins and creoles as literary media and as vehicles for education. She looks at the sociological and psychological implications of using pidgins and creoles in the classroom and examines the position of American Black English and...
The focus of this study is upon those pidgins and creoles which are English-based and which have arisen since the 15th century. The book examines the ...
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195,06 zł |
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On Language Change: The Invisible Hand in Language
ISBN: 9780415076722 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Language change is back on the agenda in Rudi Keller's exciting book. He demonstrates that, far from being a remote mystery, it can and should be explained.
Language change is back on the agenda in Rudi Keller's exciting book. He demonstrates that, far from being a remote mystery, it can and should be expl...
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229,20 zł |
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Creolization of Language and Culture
ISBN: 9780415145923 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Creolization of Language and Culture is the first English edition of Robert Chaudenson's landmark text Des iles, des hommes, des langues, which has also been fully revised.
. With reference to the main varieties of creole French, Chaudenson argues against the traditional account of creole genesis for a more sophisticated paradigm which takes full account of the peculiar linguistic and social factors at play in colonial societies. This is an accessible book which makes an important contribution to the study of pidgin and creole language varieties, as well as to the... Creolization of Language and Culture is the first English edition of Robert Chaudenson's landmark text Des iles, des hommes, des langues<...
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707,28 zł |
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Creolization of Language and Culture
ISBN: 9780415145930 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Creolization of Language and Culture is the first English edition of Robert Chaudenson's landmark text Des iles, des hommes, des langues, which has also been fully revised. Referring to the main varieties of creole French, Chaudenson argues against the traditional account of the origins of creole for a more sophisticated view which takes account of the peculiar linguistic and social factors at play in colonial societies. This is an accessible book which makes an important contribution to the study of pidgin and creole language varieties, as well as to the development of contemporary European...
Creolization of Language and Culture is the first English edition of Robert Chaudenson's landmark text Des iles, des hommes, des langues, which has al...
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243,84 zł |
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Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics
ISBN: 9780520078932 / Angielski / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ten years of research back up the bold new theory advanced by authors Thomason and Kaufman, who rescue the study of contact-induced language change from the neglect it has suffered in recent decades. The authors establish an important new framework for the historical analysis of all degrees of contact-induced language change.
Ten years of research back up the bold new theory advanced by authors Thomason and Kaufman, who rescue the study of contact-induced language change fr...
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160,97 zł |
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Linguistic Evolution: With Special Reference to English
ISBN: 9780521099134 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professor Samuels presents a comprehensive explanation of the reasons for linguistic change, applying his theory in particular to the history of English. He assesses and mediates between the conflicting dogmas of different schools of linguistics, and offers an alternative theory of linguistic change which is basically simple but has the scope to cover any type of change.
Professor Samuels presents a comprehensive explanation of the reasons for linguistic change, applying his theory in particular to the history of Engli...
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260,67 zł |
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Introduction to Early Modern English
ISBN: 9780521310468 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The period between 1500 and 1700 was the most decisive one in the formation of standard modern English, yet no really comprehensive account of Early Modern English has been available. Manfred Gorlach's Introduction to Early Modern English fills a very real need. It provides a thorough and linguistically informed synchronic description of Early Modern English, dealing with its varieties, with writing and orthography, phonetics and phonology, syntax and the lexicon, including sections on problems of language contact and the lexicographical tradition. In addition, it provides a valuable...
The period between 1500 and 1700 was the most decisive one in the formation of standard modern English, yet no really comprehensive account of Early M...
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329,77 zł |
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An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles
ISBN: 9780521584609 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being. Starting with an overview of the field's basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the European expansion to the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Long misunderstood as "bad" versions of European languages, today such varieties as Jamaican Creole English, Haitian Creole French and New Guinea Pidgin are recognized as distinct languages in their own right.
This textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being. Starting with an overview of the field's basic co...
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486,89 zł |
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Style and Sociolinguistic Variation
ISBN: 9780521591911 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The volume brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines to create a broad perspective on the study of style and variation in spoken language. The book discusses key approaches to stylistic variation, including such issues as attention paid to speech, audience design, identity construction, the corpus study of register, genre, distinctiveness and the anthropological study of style. Rigorous and engaging, this book will become the standard work on stylistic variation. It will be welcomed by students and academics in sociolinguistics, English language, dialectology, anthropology...
The volume brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines to create a broad perspective on the study of style and variation in spoken lan...
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334,39 zł |
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Style and Sociolinguistic Variation
ISBN: 9780521597890 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The volume brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines to create a broad perspective on the study of style and variation in spoken language. The book discusses key approaches to stylistic variation, including such issues as attention paid to speech, audience design, identity construction, the corpus study of register, genre, distinctiveness and the anthropological study of style. Rigorous and engaging, this book will become the standard work on stylistic variation. It will be welcomed by students and academics in sociolinguistics, English language, dialectology, anthropology...
The volume brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines to create a broad perspective on the study of style and variation in spoken lan...
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200,38 zł |
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The Evolutionary Emergence of Language: Social Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form
ISBN: 9780521781572 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Evolutionary Emergence of Language covers the origins and early evolution of language. Its main purpose is to synthesize current thinking on this topic, particularly from a standpoint in theoretical linguistics. It is suitable for students of human evolution, evolutionary psychology, linguistic anthropology and general linguistics. It is the outcome of a major international conference on the evolution of language and includes contributions from many of the best known figures in this field. Very few truly interdisciplinary volumes on this topic have previously been published.
The Evolutionary Emergence of Language covers the origins and early evolution of language. Its main purpose is to synthesize current thinking on this ...
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491,52 zł |
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The Evolutionary Emergence of Language: Social Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form
ISBN: 9780521786966 / Angielski / Miękka / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Evolutionary Emergence of Language covers the origins and early evolution of language. Its main purpose is to synthesize current thinking on this topic, particularly from a standpoint in theoretical linguistics. It is suitable for students of human evolution, evolutionary psychology, linguistic anthropology and general linguistics. It is the outcome of a major international conference on the evolution of language and includes contributions from many of the best known figures in this field. Very few truly interdisciplinary volumes on this topic have previously been published.
The Evolutionary Emergence of Language covers the origins and early evolution of language. Its main purpose is to synthesize current thinking on this ...
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241,97 zł |
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Motives for Language Change
ISBN: 9780521793032 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume considers the processes involved in language change and the issues of how they can be modelled and studied. The way languages change offers an insight into the nature of language itself, its internal organization, and how it is acquired and used. Accordingly, the phenomenon of language change has been approached from a variety of perspectives by linguists of many different orientations. This book brings together leading figures from different areas of linguistics to re-examine some of the central issues in this field.
This volume considers the processes involved in language change and the issues of how they can be modelled and studied. The way languages change offer...
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486,89 zł |
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The Ecology of Language Evolution
ISBN: 9780521794756 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This major new work explores the development of creoles and other new languages, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues they raise for genetic linguistics. Written by an internationally renowned linguist, the book surveys a wide range of examples of changes in the structure, function and vitality of languages, and suggests that similar ecologies have played the same kinds of roles in all cases of language evolution. The Ecology of Language Evolution will be welcomed by students and researchers in sociolinguistics, creolistics, theoretical linguistics and theories of evolution.
This major new work explores the development of creoles and other new languages, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues they raise for g...
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191,14 zł |
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The History of the English Language: A Sourcebook
ISBN: 9780582312630 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive guide to the English language was first published in 1992. It features carefully chosen extracts that illustrate the development of English, examining particularly the stylistic variety of the language.
This comprehensive guide to the English language was first published in 1992. It features carefully chosen extracts that illustrate the development of...
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243,84 zł |
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Presidential Voices: Speaking Styles from George Washington to George W. Bush
ISBN: 9780618443741 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perhaps more than anyone else, politicians are what they say and how they say it. In Presidential Voices, Metcalf examines both how the presidents have spoken to the American public and how the American public has wanted its presidents to speak.
Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Metcalf shows what contemporaries have said about the chief speakers in the White House. He explores the distinctive words that our presidents favored (and in many cases coined), along with the regional accents that livened the Oval Office. In addition, he uncovers the hidden influence of speechwriters and the... Perhaps more than anyone else, politicians are what they say and how they say it. In Presidential Voices, Metcalf examines both how the presidents hav...
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84,50 zł |
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The Handbook of Historical Linguistics
ISBN: 9780631195719 / Angielski / Twarda / 904 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a detailed account of the numerous issues, methods, and results that characterize current work in historical linguistics, the area of linguistics most directly concerned with language change as well as past language states.
The Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a detailed account of the numerous issues, methods, and results that characterize current work ...
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970,17 zł |
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Historical Linguistics: Theory and Method
ISBN: 9780631196617 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book goes beyond the boundaries of a standard text, using controversial and compelling ideas to explore the relationship between fundamental concepts in historical linguistics.
This book goes beyond the boundaries of a standard text, using controversial and compelling ideas to explore the relationship between fundamental conc...
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564,54 zł |
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