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Language and linguistics (Textbooks)

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How Languages Work

An Introduction to Language and Linguistics
  • Carol Genetti
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521174688)
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  • Publication date: c.October 2013
  • Subject: English language and linguistics: general interest
  • Not yet published - available from October 2013
  • £34.99

Introducing Phonology

  • 2nd Edition
  • David Odden
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107627970)
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  • Publication date: c.October 2013
  • Subject: Phonetics and phonology
  • Not yet published - available from October 2013
  • £25.99

Analyzing Sound Patterns

An Introduction to Phonology
  • Long Peng
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521147408)
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  • Publication date: c.August 2013
  • Subject: Phonetics and phonology
  • Not yet published - available from July 2013
  • £27.99

Sociolinguistics

The Study of Speakers' Choices
  • 2nd Edition
  • Florian Coulmas
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107675568)
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  • Publication date: c.August 2013
  • Subject: Sociolinguistics
  • Not yet published - available from July 2013
  • £24.99

Relevance Theory

  • Billy Clark
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521702416)
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  • Publication date: c.July 2013
  • Subject: Semantics and pragmatics
  • Not yet published - available from June 2013
  • £23.99

The Ancient Egyptian Language

An Historical Study
  • James P. Allen
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107664678)
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  • Publication date: c.July 2013
  • Subject: Arabic and Middle Eastern language and linguistics
  • Not yet published - available from June 2013
  • £19.99

Sociolinguistic Fieldwork

  • Natalie Schilling
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521127974)
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  • Publication date: April 2013
  • Subject: Sociolinguistics
  • In stock
  • £19.99

Language and Gender

  • 2nd Edition
  • Penelope Eckert, Sally McConnell-Ginet
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107659360)
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  • Publication date: February 2013
  • Subject: Sociolinguistics
  • In stock
  • £24.99

English Words and Sentences

An Introduction
  • Eva Duran Eppler, Gabriel Ozón
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521171878)
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  • Publication date: December 2012
  • Subject: Grammar and syntax
  • In stock
  • £17.99

Introducing Language Typology

  • Edith A. Moravcsik
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521152624)
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  • Publication date: December 2012
  • Subject: Grammar and syntax
  • In stock
  • £19.99

Language Change

Progress or Decay?
  • 4th Edition
  • Jean Aitchison
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107678927)
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  • Publication date: December 2012
  • Subject: Historical linguistics
  • In stock
  • £21.99

Analysing English Grammar

A Systemic Functional Introduction
  • Lise Fontaine
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521151931)
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  • Publication date: October 2012
  • Subject: Grammar and syntax
  • In stock
  • £18.99

Introducing Psycholinguistics

  • Paul Warren
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521130561)
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  • Publication date: October 2012
  • Subject: Psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics
  • In stock
  • £19.99

Evolutionary Linguistics

  • April McMahon, Robert McMahon
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521891394)
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  • Publication date: October 2012
  • Subject: Evolution of language
  • In stock
  • £23.99

Features

  • Greville G. Corbett
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107661080)
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  • Publication date: October 2012
  • Subject: Grammar and syntax
  • In stock
  • £22.95

Syntax

Basic Concepts and Applications
  • Robert Freidin
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521605786)
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  • Publication date: August 2012
  • Subject: Grammar and syntax
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  • £23.95

Clitics

An Introduction
  • Andrew Spencer, Ana R. Luis
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521682923)
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  • Publication date: July 2012
  • Subject: Morphology
  • In stock
  • £24.99

Introducing Second Language Acquisition

  • 2nd Edition
  • Muriel Saville-Troike
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9781107648234)
  • Publication date: April 2012
  • Subject: Applied linguistics and second language acquisition
  • In stock
  • £23.99

Australian English Pronunciation and Transcription

  • Felicity Cox
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521145893)
  • Publication date: February 2012
  • Subject: Phonetics and phonology
  • Temporarily unavailable - available from June 2013
  • £45.00

Languages of the World

An Introduction
  • In stock
  • £19.99

Linguistic Fieldwork

A Student Guide
  • In stock
  • £19.99

Phonetics

A Coursebook
  • Rachael-Anne Knight
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521732444)
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  • Publication date: January 2012
  • Subject: Phonetics and phonology
  • Temporarily unavailable - available from May 2013
  • £19.99

Words at Work and Play

Three Decades in Family and Community Life
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  • £17.99

Corpus Linguistics

Method, Theory and Practice
  • Tony McEnery, Andrew Hardie
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521547369)
  • Publication date: October 2011
  • Subject: Applied linguistics and second language acquisition
  • In stock
  • £24.99

Transcribing the Sound of English

A Phonetics Workbook for Words and Discourse
  • Paul Tench
  • Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521166058)
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  • Publication date: August 2011
  • Subject: Phonetics and phonology
  • In stock
  • £16.99

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