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| Title: | Author: | Description: |
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| The atlas of languages: the origin and developoment of languages throughout the world | Comrie,B., Matthews, S., & M. Polinsky | A global survey of language families, their distribution, spread and - in some cases - decline is illustrated by a rich variety of maps, photographs and tables. |
| Reference Price: £29.95 | ||
| Atlas of the world's languages: 2nd edition | Asher, R.E., & C.J. Moseley (eds.) | The new edition of this vastly impressive work shows the location of every known language, including those on the point of extinction. It covers more than 6,000 languages and includes over 150 full-colour maps. |
| Reference Price: £395.00 | ||
| The Cambridge encyclopedia of language | Crystal, David | Totally revised and updated edition (which includes new research) of one of the most successful introductions to language ever written. |
| Reference Price: £23.99 | ||
| Eats, shoots and leaves: The zero tolerance approach to punctuation | Truss, L. | In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss dares to say that, with our system of punctuation patently endangered, it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them for the wonderful and necessary things they are. |
| Reference Price: £7.99 | ||
| Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages | Moseley, C. | This book catalogues and describes the vast majority of the world's six thousand or more distinct languages which are in danger of disappearing within the next few decades. |
| Reference Price: £180.00 | ||
| Success with Languages | Murphy, L. & S. Hurd | Beginning to learn a completely new language can be a daunting prospect. "Success with Languages" is designed to help all students develop the skills they need to become an effective language learner and to make the most of language study. |
| Reference Price: £14.99 | ||
| The unfolding of the language | Deutscher, G. | Drawing on recent, groundbreaking discoveries in modern linguistics, Deutscher exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication. |
| Reference Price: £8.99 | ||