ilość książek w kategorii: 1827
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The Handbook of Good English
ISBN: 9780671707972 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now substantially revised and updated, this essential guide is arranged in an easy-to-follow, topical style that takes readers from the rules governing basic sentence structure to methods of achieving effective expression.
Now substantially revised and updated, this essential guide is arranged in an easy-to-follow, topical style that takes readers from the rules governin...
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106,24 |
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English Words Instructor's Manual
ISBN: 9780816509805 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the Instructor's Manual for the second edition of Donald M. Ayers's English Words from Latin and Greek Elements, as revised and expanded by Thomas D. Worthen. It is intended as a guide to accompany Ayers's classroom text. It can be purchased here or requested gratis upon adoption of the text.
This is the Instructor's Manual for the second edition of Donald M. Ayers's English Words from Latin and Greek Elements, as revised and expande...
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87,21 |
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Household Words: Bloomers, Sucker, Bombshell, Scab, Nigger, Cyber
ISBN: 9780816645534 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Looking in detail at words that "treat people as things, and things as people, and do so at that strange space where joking, ridiculing, demeaning, oppressing, resisting, and regretting converge," Household Words is a study of how certain words act as indices of political and social change, perpetuating anxieties and prejudices even as those ways of thinking have been seemingly resolved or overcome by history. Specifically, Stephanie A. Smith examines six words--bloomer, sucker, bombshell, scab, nigger, and cyber--and explores how these words with their contemporary...
Looking in detail at words that "treat people as things, and things as people, and do so at that strange space where joking, ridiculing, demeaning, op...
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101,76 |
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Ancient Celtic Placenames in Europe and Asia Minor, Number 39
ISBN: 9781405145701 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An original study revealing the history of place-names from Ireland to Anatolia, from Scotland to the Apennines, and from to Andalusia the Black Seas.
An original study revealing the history of place-names from Ireland to Anatolia, from Scotland to the Apennines, and from to Andalusia the Black Seas....
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117,32 |
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English for All Levels: An Essential Reference for All Students & Learners of English
ISBN: 9781412099073 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anxious to get an alphabetical as well as bilingual reference of English Grammar & Conversation? Want to keep abreast of everything on English Grammar & Conversation? Get the best-seller reference in Saudi Arabia!
Anxious to get an alphabetical as well as bilingual reference of English Grammar & Conversation? Want to keep abreast of everything on English Grammar...
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108,82 |
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Linguistic Archaeology: An Introduction
ISBN: 9781552126684 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about the invention of ancient names and words. Virtually everyone's name hides an agglutinated shorthand sentence which can in most cases be recovered, as is explained with hundreds of examples. The technique of decoding and translating many Ogam inscriptions found in Ireland and Scotland is explained. Invented languages are discussed in detail and their relationship with the universal language of the Neolithics is shown.
This book is about the invention of ancient names and words. Virtually everyone's name hides an agglutinated shorthand sentence which can in most case...
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180,93 |
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Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary
ISBN: 9789004145313 / Angielski / Twarda / 628 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary is an indispensable research tool for the study of Old Frisian, Germanic languages, and Proto-Indo- European. With this first etymological dictionary of Old Frisian based on the lexicon of Riustring 1 manuscript, Old Frisian becomes accessible to a wide circle of scholars of Germanic and Indo-European. The latest insights of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics have been systematically incorporated. The entries are provided with a meticulous analysis of Old Frisian dialectal forms, with Proto-Frisian reconstructions, and with a wealth of...
The Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary is an indispensable research tool for the study of Old Frisian, Germanic languages, and Proto-Indo-...
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1119,20 |
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Abraham Ibn Ezra the Book of Reasons: A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Two Versions of the Text
ISBN: 9789004157644 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the Middle Ages until the present, the development of astrology among Jews was associated mainly with the name of Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1167). His scientific corpus deals with mathematics, astronomy, scientific instruments and tools, and the Jewish calendar; but especially with astrology. This volume is the first product of a larger enterprise--a scientific edition of all twelve Ibn Ezra's astrological treatises--and offers a critical Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's Sefer ha-Te'amim, the Book of Reasons, accompanied by an annotated translation and commentary. The...
From the Middle Ages until the present, the development of astrology among Jews was associated mainly with the name of Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1167). H...
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703,74 |
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Divine Epithets in the Ugaritic Alphabetic Texts
ISBN: 9789004157699 / Angielski / Twarda / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study of the divine epithets in the Ugaritic alphabetic cuneiform texts from Ras Shamra and Ras Ibn Hani provides a new and comprehensive analysis of the epithets of the individual Ugaritic deities.
This study of the divine epithets in the Ugaritic alphabetic cuneiform texts from Ras Shamra and Ras Ibn Hani provides a new and comprehensive analysi...
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902,99 |
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The Modal System of Earlier Egyptian Complement Clauses: A Study in Pragmatics in a Dead Language
ISBN: 9789004158313 / Angielski / Twarda / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents a novel analysis of complement clauses in Earlier Egyptian language. The grammar of these constructions is shown to be organised around a system for expressing Irrealis and Realis modality.
This volume presents a novel analysis of complement clauses in Earlier Egyptian language. The grammar of these constructions is shown to be organised ...
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894,51 |
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
ISBN: 9780415474337 / Angielski / Miękka / 972 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This dictionary gives the origins of some 20,000 items from the modern English vocabulary, discussing them in groups that make clear the connections between words derived by a variety of routes from originally common stock. As well as giving the answers to questions about the derivation of individual words, it is a fascinating book to browse through, since every page points out links with other entries. It is easy to pursue such trails as the longer articles are written as continuous prose clearly divided up by means of numbered paragraphs and subheadings, and there is a careful system of... This dictionary gives the origins of some 20,000 items from the modern English vocabulary, discussing them in groups that make clear the connection... |
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402,32 |
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International English in Its Sociolinguistic Contexts: Towards a Socially Sensitive EIL Pedagogy
ISBN: 9780805863376 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Present-day globalization, migration, and the spread of English have resulted in a great diversity of social and educational contexts in which English learning is taking place. A basic assumption of this book is that because English is an international language, effective pedagogical decisions cannot be made without giving special attention to the many varied contexts in which English is taught and learned. Its unique value is the combination of three strands - globalization, sociolinguistics, and English as an international language - in one focused volume specifically designed for... Present-day globalization, migration, and the spread of English have resulted in a great diversity of social and educational contexts in which Engl... |
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775,66 |
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Colin Gets a Chance
ISBN: 9781434399861 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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71,64 |
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TEXT ANAYLIS IN TRANSLATION
ISBN: 9789042018082 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Text Analysis in Translation has become a classic in Translation Studies. Based on a functional approach to translation and endebted to pragmatic text linguistics, it suggests a model for translation-oriented source-text analysis applicable to all text types and genres independent of the language and culture pairs involved. Part 1 of the study presents the theoretical framework on which the model is based, and surveys the various concepts of translation theory and text linguistics. Part 2 describes the role and scope of source-text analysis in the translation process and explains why the...
Text Analysis in Translation has become a classic in Translation Studies. Based on a functional approach to translation and endebted to pragmatic text...
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226,16 |
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Translating Religion: Linguistic Analysis of Judeo-Arabic Sacred Texts from Egypt
ISBN: 9789004173828 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translations of Hebrew and Aramaic sacred texts into Jewish languages, religiolects, and varieties have been widespread throughout the Jewish world. This volume is a study of the genre of these translations, known as the sarḥ, into Judeo-Arabic in Egypt in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The study places Judeo-Arabic along the Jewish linguistic spectrum, traces its history and offers insights to the spoken variety of Egyptian Judeo-Arabic, which set it apart from other Arabic dialects. The book also provides a linguistic model of the translation of the sacred texts. Rather than...
Translations of Hebrew and Aramaic sacred texts into Jewish languages, religiolects, and varieties have been widespread throughout the Jewish world. T...
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151,66 |
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Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies: From Spare Ribs to Humble Pie--A Lighthearted Look at How Foods Got Their Names
ISBN: 9780375702983 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Everything in this book] is delightful to learn. Barnette takes us through languages and across millennia in a charming style . . . that offers endless food for thought." --The New Yorker
What makes the pretzel a symbol of religious devotion, and what pasta is blasphemous in every bite? How did a drunken brawl lead to the name lobster Newburg? What naughty joke is contained in a loaf of pumpernickel? Why ischerry a misnomer, and why aren't refried beans fried twice? You'll find the answers in this delectable exploration of the words we put into our mouths. Here are foods named for... "Everything in this book] is delightful to learn. Barnette takes us through languages and across millennia in a charming style . . . that offers endl...
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49,41 |
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Abraham Ibn Ezra the Book of the World: A Parallel Hebrew English Critical Edition of the Two Versions of the Text. Abraham Ibn Era's Astrological Wri
ISBN: 9789004179141 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The present volume offers the first critical edition of the Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's Book of the World, accompanied by an English translation and a commentary. These twin treatises represent the first Hebrew work, unique in medieval Jewish science, to discuss the theories and techniques of historical and meteorological astrology that had accumulated from Antiquity to Ibn Ezra's time, on the basis of Greek, Hindu, Persian, and Arabic sources. This volume also incorporates the first critical edition, translated and annotated, of Māshāallāh's Book on Eclipses,...
The present volume offers the first critical edition of the Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's Book of the World, accompanied by an English...
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572,31 |
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Medical Synonym Lists from Medieval Provence: Shem Tov Ben Isaac of Tortosa: Sefer Ha - Shimmush. Book 29: Part 1: Edition and Commentary of List 1 (H
ISBN: 9789004167643 / Angielski / Twarda / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Medieval synonym literature is a comprehensive field, which, as a text genre, has not received due attention in philological scholarship until now. This volume contains the first critical edition of Book 29 of Shem Tov ben Isaac's Sefer ha-Shimmush and a lexicological analysis of the medico-botanical terms in the first of the two synonym lists of this book. The Sefer ha-Shimmush was compiled in Southern France in the middle of the thirteenth century. The list edited in this volume consists of Hebrew or Aramaic lemmas, which are glossed by Arabic, Latin and Romance (Old Occitan...
Medieval synonym literature is a comprehensive field, which, as a text genre, has not received due attention in philological scholarship until now. Th...
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970,82 |
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Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic Languages
ISBN: 9780415355483 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title introduces the ideas behind Indo-European language and gives a survey of its subfamilies.
This title introduces the ideas behind Indo-European language and gives a survey of its subfamilies.
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727,18 |
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Our Italian Surnames
ISBN: 9780806311876 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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164,97 |