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"Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics... he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think and, just ……続きを見る

《千字文》原名为《次韵王羲之书千字》，南朝梁（502年─549年）周兴嗣所作的一首长韵文。它是一篇由一千个不重复的汉字组成的文章。据说是梁武帝取了王羲之写的一千个字体，令其亲人练习书法，而后觉得杂乱无章，……続きを見る

Russell begins by introducing the basic concepts of mathematical logic, including propositional logic, predicate logic, and set theory. He then argues that these concepts can be used to analyze and ……続きを見る

How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing?The diversity of languages today is vari……続きを見る

Change is an inherent feature of all aspects of language, and syntax is no exception. While the synchronic study of syntax allows us to make discoveries about the nature of syntactic structure, the ……続きを見る

This is the definitive survey of the English language - in all its forms. Crystal writes accessibly about the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the world and finally he gives……続きを見る

Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens.……続きを見る

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The Semitic Languages presents a comprehensive survey of the individual languages and language clusters within this language family, from their origins in antiquity to their present-day forms. This ……続きを見る

"Since the revelation of Iris Murdoch's (1919-1999) affair with Elias Canetti (1905-1994), scholarship on their relationship has been largely biographical, focusing in particular on Canetti's allege……続きを見る

Andrew Radford has acquired an unrivalled reputation over the past thirty years for writing syntax textbooks in which difficult concepts are clearly explained without the excessive use of technical ……続きを見る

What is Linguistics? How do languages work? Why is this important? Answering these questions and more, Linguistics: An Introduction covers all the key topics that you will need in your study of lang……続きを見る

This guide to Scots is a perfect buy for anyone who is intrigued by the expressive Scots language. Besides explaining the meaning of Scottish words and phrases, it also contains features about aspec……続きを見る

Are you having a hard time getting started with your novel? Stuck on how to get started? Do you wonder how to write a novel while you're also busy with other commitments? Do you wonder how to find t……続きを見る

Provides a critical introduction to the central ideas and perennial problems of morphology, fully revised and updated in a new edition What is Morphology? is a concise, student-friendly introduction……続きを見る

The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics offers a comprehensive introduction and reference point to the discipline of linguistics. This wide-ranging survey of the field brings together a range of persp……続きを見る

Delve into the rich tapestry of Mongolia's linguistic heritage with "Ancient Mongolian Languages and Scripts: Origins and Development." This comprehensive study offers an in-depth exploration of the……続きを見る

Every language has its peculiar problems of meaning for the foreign learner. In the English language, some of the biggest yet most fascinating problems are concentrated in the area of the finite ver……続きを見る

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The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of various ways in which experiments are used across all domains of linguistics and surveys the rang……続きを見る

One wonders if there is any academic field that doesn’t suffer from the way it is portrayed by the media, by politicians, by pundits and other publics. How well scholars in a discipline articulate t……続きを見る

In The Center Will Hold, Pemberton and Kinkead have compiled a major volume of essays on the signal issues of scholarship that have established the writing center field and that the field must succe……続きを見る

“Charming and erudite," from the author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now, "The wit and insight and clarity he brings . . . is what makes this book such a gem.” ーTime.com Why is so much writing ……続きを見る

One of the first collections to focus on independent writing programs, A Field of Dreams offers a complex picture of the experience of the stand-alone. Included here are narratives of individual pro……続きを見る

This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writersーand will continue to do so for many years to come. John Gar……続きを見る

In the diversity of their clients as well as their professional and student staff, writing centers present a complicated set of relationships that inevitably affect the instruction they offer. In Fa……続きを見る

Ce cursus est une introduction à la littérature arabe par l’un des plus grands spécialistes de l’islam et arabisant de la 2e partie du XXe siècle en France. Les grandes lignes du mécanisme et de l’é……続きを見る

The principle idea of this book is to reduce a typical three hundred page language textbook to approximately one hundred pages. This size book will give the sudent greater comfidence tha he can lear……続きを見る

Hur ska det låta, egentligen? Mikael Reuter ger oss en god inblick i finlandssvenskans alla små egenheter i denna omfattande språkvårdshandbok, nu med nyskrivet förord. Boken som utgavs första gånge……続きを見る

What We Really Value traces the origins of traditional rubrics within the theoretical and historical circumstances out of which they emerged, then holds rubrics up for critical scrutiny in the conte……続きを見る