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The Oxford Handbook of the History of Linguistics
OUP Oxford 2013; US$ 146.99In this outstanding book leading scholars from around the world examine the history of linguistics from ancient origins to the present. They consider every aspect of the field from language origins to neurolinguistics, explore linguistic traditions in east and west, chronicle centuries of explanations for language structures, meanings, and usage, and... more...
Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics (online)
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 215.00Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics is a comprehensive new reference work aiming to systematically describe all aspects of the study of meaning in language. It synthesizes in one volume the latest scholarly positions on the construction, interpretation, clarification, obscurity, illustration, amplification, simplification, negotiation, contradiction,... more...
Forbidden Words
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 33.00Examines how we use language to swear, to insult, and also to be politically correct. more...
Salience and Defaults in Utterance Processing
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 140.00The book addresses controversies around the conscious vs automatic processing of contextual information and the distinction between literal and nonliteral meaning. It sheds new light on the relation of the literal/nonliteral distinction to the distinction between the automatic and conscious retrieval of information. The question of literal meaning... more...
The Cambridge Handbook of Pragmatics
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 128.00In the fast-developing field of pragmatics, this Handbook is a one-stop resource to today's research and the many theoretical debates. more...
Willis's Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor
Wiley 2013; US$ 65.95Historically employed to estimate and measure the likely material requirements for any building project, the role of the modern quantity surveyor is diverse, with a wide range of employers and geographical locations to match. Change continues to be a feature in quantity surveying practice, with the New Rules of Measurement, the RICS Black Book and... more...
Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 35.00Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti fills a large void in the literature on birdwatching and the environment in these tropical countries. The first comprehensive field guide devoted to Hispaniola's birds, it provides detailed accounts for more than 300 species, including thirty-one endemic species. Included in the species descriptions are... more...
Birds of the West Indies
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 24.95Fully illustrated, easy to use, and completely up-to-date, Birds of the West Indies is the only field guide that covers all of the bird species known to occur in the region--including migrants and infrequently occurring forms. Each species is represented by a full description that includes identification field marks, status and range, habitat, and... more...
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