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Natural causes of language (Hardcover): N.J. Enfield Natural causes of language (Hardcover)
N.J. Enfield
R709 Discovery Miles 7 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sharp's Dictionary of Power and Struggle - Language of Civil Resistance in Conflicts (Hardcover, New): Gene Sharp Sharp's Dictionary of Power and Struggle - Language of Civil Resistance in Conflicts (Hardcover, New)
Gene Sharp; Foreword by Adam Roberts
R2,589 Discovery Miles 25 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From the 494 B.C. plebeians' march out of Rome to gain improved status, to Gandhi's nonviolent campaigns in India, to the liberation of Poland and the Baltic nations, and the revolutions in North Africa, nonviolent struggles have played pivotal roles in world events for centuries. Sharp'sDictionary of Power and Struggle is a groundbreaking reference work on this topic by the "godfather of nonviolent resistance." In nearly 1,000 entries, the Dictionary defines those ideologies, political systems, strategies, methods, and concepts that form the core of nonviolent action as it has occurred throughout history and across the globe, providing much-needed clarification of language that is often mired in confusion. Entries discuss everything from militarization to censorship, guerrilla theater, pacifism, secret agents, and protest songs. In addition, the dictionary features a foreword by Sir Adam Roberts, President of the British Academy; an introduction by Gene Sharp; an essay on power and realism; case studies of conflicts in Serbia and Tunisia; and a guide for further reading. Sharp's Dictionary of Power and Struggle is an invaluable resource for activists, educators and anyone else curious about nonviolent alternatives to both passivity and violent conflict.
"Gene Sharp is perhaps the most influential proponent of nonviolent action alive."--The Progressive
"Sharp has had broad influence on international events over the past two decades, helping to advance a global democratic awakening."--The Wall Street Journal
" Sharp's] work has served as the template for taking on authoritarian regimes from Burma to Belgrade."--The Christian Science Monitor

The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork (Hardcover): Nicholas Thieberger The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork (Hardcover)
Nicholas Thieberger
R4,801 Discovery Miles 48 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book offers a state-of-the-art guide to linguistic fieldwork, reflecting its collaborative nature across the subfields of linguistics and disciplines such as astronomy, anthropology, biology, musicology, and ethnography. Experienced scholars and fieldworkers explain the methods and approaches needed to understand a language in its full cultural context and to document it accessibly and enduringly. They consider the application of new technological approaches to recording and documentation, but never lose sight of the crucial relationship between subject and researcher. The book is timely: an increased awareness of dying languages and vanishing dialects has stimulated the impetus for recording them as well as the funds required to do so. The Handbook is an indispensable source, guide, and reference for everyone involved in linguistic and cultural fieldwork.

Bilingualism Across the Lifespan - Factors Moderating Language Proficiency (Hardcover, Digital original): Elena Nicoladis,... Bilingualism Across the Lifespan - Factors Moderating Language Proficiency (Hardcover, Digital original)
Elena Nicoladis, Simona Montanari
R3,879 Discovery Miles 38 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book pioneers the study of bilingualism across the lifespan and in all its diverse forms. In framing the newest research within a lifespan perspective, the editors highlight the importance of considering an individual's age in researching how bilingualism affects language acquisition and cognitive development. A key theme is the variability among bilinguals, which may be due to a host of individual and sociocultural factors, including the degree to which bilingualism is valued within a particular context.Thus, this book is a call for language researchers, psychologists, and educators to pursue a better understanding of bilingualism in our increasingly global society.

The Selected Works of Eric Partridge (Hardcover): Eric Partridge The Selected Works of Eric Partridge (Hardcover)
Eric Partridge
R26,694 Discovery Miles 266 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This set reissues important selected works by Eric Partridge, covering the period from 1933 to 1968. Together, the books look at many and diverse aspects of language, focusing in particular on English. Included in the collection are a variety of insightful dictionaries and reference works that showcase some of Partridge's best work. The books are creative, as well as practical, and will provide enjoyable reading for both scholars and the more general reader, who has an interest in language and linguistics.

Idiomantics: The Weird World of Popular Phrases (Hardcover): Philip Gooden, Peter Lewis Idiomantics: The Weird World of Popular Phrases (Hardcover)
Philip Gooden, Peter Lewis
R550 Discovery Miles 5 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Idiomantics is a unique exploration of the world of idiomatic phrases. The very etymology of the word 'idiom' reveals what's so endlessly fascinating about the wide range of colourful phrases we use in everyday speech: their peculiarity. They're peculiar both in the sense of being particular or unique to the culture from which they originate, and in the sense of being downright odd. To cite three random examples - from American English, Dutch and Italian - what on Earth are a snow job, a monkey sandwich story, and Mr Punch's secret? Fascinating and illuminating, Idiomantics explains all... The ideal gift for word buffs and in fact, anyone who enjoys a good yarn, this playful book looks at 12 groups of idioms around the world, looking at subjects such as fun and games, gastronomic delights and the daily grind.

The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics (Hardcover): William S-.Y. Wang, Chaofen Sun The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics (Hardcover)
William S-.Y. Wang, Chaofen Sun
R5,794 Discovery Miles 57 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics offers a broad and comprehensive coverage of the entire field from a multi-disciplinary perspective. All chapters are contributed by leading scholars in their respective areas. This Handbook contains eight sections: history, languages and dialects, language contact, morphology, syntax, phonetics and phonology, socio-cultural aspects and neuro-psychological aspects. It provides not only a diachronic view of how languages evolve, but also a synchronic view of how languages in contact enrich each other by borrowing new words, calquing loan translation and even developing new syntactic structures. It also accompanies traditional linguistic studies of grammar and phonology with empirical evidence from psychology and neurocognitive sciences. In addition to research on the Chinese language and its major dialect groups, this handbook covers studies on sign languages and non-Chinese languages, such as the Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan.

The Dynamics of Language (Hardcover): Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten The Dynamics of Language (Hardcover)
Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For the whole of the last half-century, most theoretical syntacticians have assumed that knowledge of language is different from the tasks of speaking and understanding. There have been some dissenters, but, by and large, this view still holds sway.

This book takes a different view: it continues the task set in hand by Kempson et al (2001) of arguing that the common-sense intuition is correct that knowledge of language consists in being able to use it in speaking and understanding. The Dynamics of Language argues that interpretation is built up across as sequence of words relative to some context and that this is all that is needed to explain the structural properties of language. The dynamics of how interpretation is built up is the syntax of a language system. The authors' first task is to convey to a general linguistic audience with a minimum of formal apparatus, the substance of that formal system. Secondly, as linguists, they set themselves the task of applying the formal system to as broad an array of linguistic puzzles as possible, the languages analysed ranging from English to Japanese and Swahili.

"This book makes an uncommon achievement in successfully using detailed analyses of typologically diverse languages to address foundational questions about what it means to know a language and about the relation between speaking and understanding. This book will be of interest to anybody who is serious about the cognitive science of syntax and semantics."
Colin Phillips, University of Maryland, USA

"For anyone interested in the basic nature of natural language syntax, this book is a necessary, and enjoyable, read. The authors provide a new take on howinterpretations are constructed by language users, and back up their general theoretical proposals with original analyses of an eclectic range of linguistic phenomena. The exposition
is clear and engaging-and challenging. You will have some of your assumptions shaken up; whether they fall back in place, or are radically rearranged, the experience is stimulating."
Caroline Heycock, University of Edinburgh, UK

The Oxford Handbook of Neo-Latin (Hardcover): Sarah Knight, Stefan Tilg The Oxford Handbook of Neo-Latin (Hardcover)
Sarah Knight, Stefan Tilg
R5,000 Discovery Miles 50 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From the dawn of the early modern period around 1400 until the eighteenth century, Latin was still the European language and its influence extended as far as Asia and the Americas. At the same time, the production of Latin writing exploded thanks to book printing and new literary and cultural dynamics. Latin also entered into a complex interplay with the rising vernacular languages. This Handbook gives an accessible survey of the main genres, contexts, and regions of Neo-Latin, as we have come to call Latin writing composed in the wake of Petrarch (1304-74). Its emphasis is on the period of Neo-Latin's greatest cultural relevance, from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Its chapters, written by specialists in the field, present individual methodologies and focuses while retaining an introductory character. The Handbook will be valuable to all readers wanting to orientate themselves in the immense ocean of Neo-Latin literature and culture. It will be particularly helpful for those working on early modern languages and literatures as well as to classicists working on the culture of ancient Rome, its early modern reception and the shifting characteristics of post-classical Latin language and literature. Political, social, cultural and intellectual historians will find much relevant material in the Handbook, and it will provide a rich range of material to scholars researching the history of their respective geographical areas of interest.

Vocalised Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian (Hardcover, 2nd Enhanced edition): Christian De Vartavan Vocalised Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian (Hardcover, 2nd Enhanced edition)
Christian De Vartavan
R2,939 Discovery Miles 29 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Zulu Plant Names (Paperback): Adrian Koopman Zulu Plant Names (Paperback)
Adrian Koopman
R395 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Save R30 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In this book Adrian Koopman details the complex relationship between plants, the Zulu language and Zulu culture. Zulu plant names do not just identify plants, they tell us a lot more about the plant, or how it is perceived or used in Zulu culture. For example, the plant name umhlulambazo (what defeats the axe’ tells us that this is a tree with hard, dense wood, and that usondelangange (come closer so I can embrace you) is a tree with large thorns that snag the passer-by. In a similar vein, both umakuphole (let it cool down) and icishamlilo (put out the fire) refer to plants that are used medicinally to treat fevers and inflammations. Plants used as the base of love-charms have names that are particularly colourful, such as unginakile (she has noticed me), uvelabahleke (appear and they smile) and the wonderfully named ungcingci-wafika-umntakwethu (how happy I am that you have arrived, my sweetheart!). And then there are those plant names that are just plain intriguing, if not mystifying: umakhandakansele (the heads of Mr Ratel), isandlasonwabu (hand of a chameleon), intombikayibhinci (the girl does not wear clothes) and ukhuningomile (piece of firewood, I am thirsty).

Wit and Wisdom of Africa - Proverbs from Africa and the Caribbean (Paperback): Patrick Ibekwe Wit and Wisdom of Africa - Proverbs from Africa and the Caribbean (Paperback)
Patrick Ibekwe
R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Republican Procession, or the Tumultuous Cavalcade - an Hudibrastick Poem. to Which Is Added, an Answer, by the Same... The Republican Procession, or the Tumultuous Cavalcade - an Hudibrastick Poem. to Which Is Added, an Answer, by the Same Author; Being a Satyr Against Himself (Paperback)
Edward Ward
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Athenae Britannicae - Or, a Critical History of the Oxford and Cambrige ! Writers and Writings, With Those of the Dissenters... Athenae Britannicae - Or, a Critical History of the Oxford and Cambrige ! Writers and Writings, With Those of the Dissenters and Romanists, as Well as Other Authors and Worthies, Both Domestick and Foreign, Both Ancient and Modern (Paperback)
Myles Davies
R641 Discovery Miles 6 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Nineteen Tragedies and Fragments of Euripides (Paperback): Euripides The Nineteen Tragedies and Fragments of Euripides (Paperback)
Euripides
R601 Discovery Miles 6 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Series of Genuine Letters Between Henry and Frances (Paperback): Richard Griffith A Series of Genuine Letters Between Henry and Frances (Paperback)
Richard Griffith
R599 Discovery Miles 5 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D. - Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons (Paperback): Samuel Johnson The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D. - Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons (Paperback)
Samuel Johnson
R713 Discovery Miles 7 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Introduction to the Law of Tenures (Paperback): Martin Wright Introduction to the Law of Tenures (Paperback)
Martin Wright
R524 Discovery Miles 5 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Maximian; a Tragedy - Taken from Corneille, and Dedicated to William Lock, Esq (Paperback): Thomas Corneille Maximian; a Tragedy - Taken from Corneille, and Dedicated to William Lock, Esq (Paperback)
Thomas Corneille
R401 Discovery Miles 4 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Search After Happiness - a Pastoral Drama (Paperback): Hannah More The Search After Happiness - a Pastoral Drama (Paperback)
Hannah More
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The First of April - Or, the Triumphs of Folly: a Poem: Dedicated to a Celebrated Dutchess. by the Author of the Diaboliad... The First of April - Or, the Triumphs of Folly: a Poem: Dedicated to a Celebrated Dutchess. by the Author of the Diaboliad (Paperback)
William Combe
R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Pleasures of Retirement, Preferable to the Joys of Dissipation - Exemplified in the Life and Adventures of the Count De... The Pleasures of Retirement, Preferable to the Joys of Dissipation - Exemplified in the Life and Adventures of the Count De B---- Pseud. (Paperback)
Charles Pinot-Duclos
R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing - in a Letter to the Reverend Dr. Nathanael Marshall (Paperback): Anthony... A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing - in a Letter to the Reverend Dr. Nathanael Marshall (Paperback)
Anthony Collins
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
An Essay on Mr. Pope's Odyssey - in Five Dialogues (Paperback): Joseph Spence An Essay on Mr. Pope's Odyssey - in Five Dialogues (Paperback)
Joseph Spence
R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Love of Fame, the Universal Passion - in Seven Characteristical Satires (Paperback): Edward Young Love of Fame, the Universal Passion - in Seven Characteristical Satires (Paperback)
Edward Young
R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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