Linguistics

THis is an indispensible guide to the life and philosophy of Rene Descartes, one of the most controversial figures of his age, and the founder of modern rational thought.THis is an indispensible guide to the life and philosophy of Rene Descartes, one of the most controversial figures of his age, and... More

A handy classroom source-book crammed with examples of mistakes to avoid in written and spoken English. Comply with or comply to? inspired with or inspired by? oblivious of or oblivious to? its or it’s? past or passed? all ready or already? lay or laid? hanged or hung? prosecute or persecute? allu... More

A handy classroom source-book which presents rules and guidelines for punctuation: capital letters; full stops, commas, colons and semi-colons; exclamation, quotation and question marks; hyphens; brackets (parentheses) and dashes; apostrophes; and examples of punctuation in letter-writing. There are... More

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From the huge response to 'Lost for Words', it's clear that many of us share John's strong feelings about the use and misuse of the English language. Not because we want to split hairs (or infinitives) but because how we use words reveals so much about the way we see the world. Here John takes a sha... More

About This Book... This book looks at one of the most fundamental of our species' distinguishing characteristics: the use of language. The author argues that our language abilities are part of our genetic inheritance, not a cultural artefact, bringing together Darwinian natural selection and Cho... More

In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code... More

Chomsky's Classic Works Language and Responsibility and Responsibility on Language in One Volume. On Language restores to print two of Chomsky’s most famous and popular books in one omnibus edition—Language and Responsibility and Reflections on Language. In Language and Responsibility,... More

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In this fascinating and jargon-free guide, lexicographers Kipfer and Steinmetz reconstruct the births of thousands of words, including infantries, poz, mobs, Soho, dinks, choo choos, frankenfoods, LOL, narcs and perps. This word lover's guide to etymology is written in a fun, informal, and accessibl... More

The process of globalization that accelerated during the last decade of the twentieth century is generally associated with easier and increased cross-border capital flows, trade, and integration of world markets. There had been another globalizing influence quietly taking hold and spreading through... More

The Book: Language and Politics in Pakistan is a study of the links between language, politics and ethnicity in Pakistan. Rahman reviews the history of all the major ethnic and language movements that have occurred and still continue in Pakistan today, such as the Bengali, Sindhi, Pashto and Punjabi... More

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This book is divided into three major sections—The Art of Writing, Comprehension, and Language Exercises. The exercises provided give a firm grasp of modern English as it is written and used today.... More

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This new edition of Downing and Locke's award-winning coursebook has been thoroughly revised and rewritten by Angela Downing to offer an integrated account of structure, meaning and function in relation to context. Also used as a reference book, it provides the linguistic basis for courses and proje... More