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1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongueby GroseISBN 1419100076 (1-4191-0007-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: '1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue'Book summary:The knees. To bring any one down on his marrow bones; to make him beg pardon on his knees: some derive this from Mary's bones, i.e. the bones bent in honor of the Virgin Mary; but this seems rather far- fetched. Marrow bones and cleavers; principal instruments in the band of rough music: these are generally performed on by butchers, on marriages, elections, riding skimmington, and other public or joyous occasions. [via]
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Alphabetby Tony TallaricoISBN 0898283175 (0-89828-317-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Alphabet: Grade Kby Not AvailableISBN 1859978959 (1-85997-895-9)
Softcover, Byeway Books
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Babel-17by Samuel R. DelanyISBN 0839823282 (0-8398-2328-2)
Hardcover, Gregg Pr
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Carson: The Man Who Divided Irelandby Geoffrey LewisISBN 1852854545 (1-85285-454-5)
Hardcover, Continuum International Publishing Group, Limited
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Chinese Dictionary of Modern Chinese Slangby Shujuan LiISBN 0893468797 (0-89346-879-7)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongueby Francis Grose, Eric PartridgeISBN 1587982471 (1-58798-247-1)
Softcover, Beard Books Inc
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A Clockwork Orangeby Anthony BurgessISBN 1568495110 (1-56849-511-0)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Coming to Termsby William SafireISBN 0805020055 (0-8050-2005-5)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Compact Dictionary: Germanby Roy, Klatte, Langenscheidt StaffISBN 088729071X (0-88729-071-X)
Hardcover, Langenscheidt Publishers Incorporated
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Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk among Friendsby Deborah Tannen, Cynthia Wallat, Judith GreenISBN 089391200X (0-89391-200-X)
Softcover, Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
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The Devil's Dictionaryby Ambrose BierceISBN 1595479406 (1-59547-940-6)
Softcover, Nuvision Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil's Dictionary'Book summary:The Devil's Dictionary is often considered Ambrose Bierce's most famous work. Portions of it were published in the San Francisco Wasp as a weekly column and in The Cynic's Word Book of 1906. Finally published in its entirety in 1911, the definitions found therein are as apt today as they were nearly a century ago. An example: "HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for advantage of the lawyers." [via]
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- The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 1598189921 (1-59818-992-1)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books - The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 1599869764 (1-59986-976-4)
Softcover, Filiquarian Pub Llc - The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 1846377382 (1-84637-738-2)
Softcover, Echo Library - The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 1853263648 (1-85326-364-8)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited - The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 1582343802 (1-58234-380-2)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA - The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 0891901868 (0-89190-186-8)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd - The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 0916144356 (0-916144-35-6)
Softcover, Stemmer House Publishers, Incorporated - The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 0916144348 (0-916144-34-8)
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Dictionary of Linguisticsby Mario Pei, Frank GaynorISBN 082260177X (0-8226-0177-X)
Softcover, Littlefield Adams
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Experiment Perilous: Physicians and Patients Facing the Unknownby Renee C. FoxISBN 0812210409 (0-8122-1040-9)
Softcover, University of Pennsylvania Press
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Extinct Languagesby Johannes FriedrichISBN 0802205461 (0-8022-0546-1)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defenseby Suzette H. ElginISBN 0880290307 (0-88029-030-7)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defenseby Suzette Haden ElginISBN 0880292571 (0-88029-257-1)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense'Book summary:Don't turn the other cheek and fume quietly; know what to say when someone throws out the snide backhanded "compliment," subtle insult, cruel criticism, or outright verbal blow. Inside these pages is an arsenal of tools for fending off that attack and neutralizing the harm spiteful words inflict. Learn to identify modes of verbal assault, such as laying blame, and to recognize when someone is about to launch a linguistic strike and the motivation behind it. Sample scripts prevent you from getting tongue-tied, and a progress journal helps you use voice and body language for maximum effect. Find out how to handle the eight most common types of verbal violence, and redirect and defuse potential verbal confrontations so skillfully that they rarely happen. Special suggestions are included for college students, men, and women, and for handling emergency situations such as an angry crowd. [via]
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German: Englishby Langenscheidt StaffISBN 1585730505 (1-58573-050-5)
Softcover, Langenscheidt Publishers Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'German: English'Book summary:Pocket German-English, English-German Dictionary (2 Color) is a convenient reference for everyday use containing a comprehensive vocabulary with examples of usage and many idiomatic expressions, grammatical information on German nouns and verbs, and useful appendices with irregular verbs, abbreviations, numerals, weights and measures. Over 55,000 references. [via]
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The Greek Languageby Leonard R. PalmerISBN 0806128445 (0-8061-2844-5)
Softcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Greek Language'Book summary:[via]In this companion volume to his earlier work, The Latin Language, Leonard R. Palmer now provides a history of The Greek Language, including an overview of the coming of the Greeks, the Linear B. Tablets, the Greek dialects, genres (in poetry and prose), and a comparative-historical grammar. Palmer discusses the transformation of the Greek language from its Indo-European roots, through the Bronze and Dark Ages, to the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods and beyond. Major authors and genres are discussed throughout the history, including essays on Homer, Melic poetry, tragedy, Herodotus and Thucydides.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societiesby Jared M. Diamond, SparkNotes StaffISBN 1586638637 (1-58663-863-7)
Softcover, Spark Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies'Book summary:Scholar and professor Jared Diamond made a huge splash with this fascinating but controversial book, which argues that geography and environment have almost singlehandedly determined the course of human history. Dig deeper into his contentions with the information inside this invaluable reader's handbook:- Why did Europe colonize Africa and Asia rather than the other way around?
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History of the German Language: With Special Reference to the Cultural and Social Forces That Shaped the Standard Literary Languageby John T. WatermanISBN 0881335908 (0-88133-590-8)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Hobson Jobson: Anglo-Indian Dictionaryby Henry Yule, A. C. BurnellISBN 185326363X (1-85326-363-X)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hobson Jobson: Anglo-Indian Dictionary'Book summary:Bungalow, pyjamas, tiffin, rickshaw, veranda, curry, cheroot, chintz, calico, gingham, mango, junk and catamaran are all words which have crept into the English language from the days of Britain's colonial rule of the Indian sub-continent and the Malaysian Peninsular. Hobson-Jobson (derived from the Islamic cry at the celebration of Muhurram 'Ya Hasan, ya Hosain' is shorthand for the assimilation of foreign words to the sound pattern of the adopting language. This dictionary, compiled in the late-19th century, is an invaluable source which has never been superseded. It is an essential book for all who are interested in English etymology and the development of the language. [via]
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Image, Music, Textby Stephen Heath, Roland BarthesISBN 0809057409 (0-8090-5740-9)
Hardcover, Hill and Wang
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Implementing Typed Feature Structure Grammarsby Ann CopestakeISBN 1575862603 (1-57586-260-3)
Softcover, C S L I Publications/Center for the Study of Language & Information
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Implementing Typed Feature Structure Grammars'Book summary:Much of the work in modern formal linguistics is concerned with creating mathematically precise accounts of human languagesaccounts that are particularly useful in research involving language processing with computers. Implementing Typed Feature Structure Grammars provides a student-level introduction to the most popular approach to this issue, and includes software that allows users to experiment with modeling different aspects of language.[via]More editions of Implementing Typed Feature Structure Grammars:
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Informal Lectures on Formal Semanticsby Emmon BachISBN 0887067727 (0-88706-772-7)
Softcover, State University of New York Press
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Introducing Semioticsby Paul Cobley, Litza JanszISBN 1840460733 (1-84046-073-3)
Softcover, Icon Books, Limited
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Introducing Sociolinguisticsby Rajend Mesthrie, Joan Swann, Andrea Deumert, William L. LeapISBN 1556192061 (1-55619-206-1)
Softcover, Benjamins Publishing Company, John
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Introducing Sociolinguisticsby William L. Leap, Joan Swann, Rajend Mesthrie, Andrea DeumertISBN 1556192053 (1-55619-205-3)
Hardcover, John Benjamins Pub Co
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Introduction a l'Etude Comparative des Langues Indo-Europeennesby Antoine MeilletISBN 0817303014 (0-8173-0301-4)
Softcover, University of Wales Swansea
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Introduction to Historical Linguisticsby Anthony ArlottoISBN 081911460X (0-8191-1460-X)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Introduction to Historical Linguistics'Book summary:Originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1972, this introductory text deals with human language and its relationship to other areas of human culture and behavior. Discussions include such diverse topics as the classification of languages, sound and grammar changes, reconstruction, and social and psychological factors involved in the history and development of language. [via]
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- Introduction to Systemic Function Linguistics: ISBN 082645786X (0-8264-5786-X)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group - Introduction to Historical Linguistics: ISBN 0819114596 (0-8191-1459-6)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated - Introduction to Historical Linguistics: ISBN 081911460X (0-8191-1460-X)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated
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An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguisticsby Suzanne EgginsISBN 185567209X (1-85567-209-X)
Softcover, Continuum International Publishing Group, Limited
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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Societyby Raymond WilliamsISBN 0856642894 (0-85664-289-4)
Hardcover, Fontana
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Langenscheidt German Pocket Dictionaryby Langenscheidt StaffISBN 0887291058 (0-88729-105-8)
Hardcover, Langenscheidt Publishers Incorporated
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Langenscheidt Standard Dictionary German English-English German: Thumb-Indexedby Edmund Klatt, Heinz Messinger, Langenscheidt Publishers, Inc. StaffISBN 0887290442 (0-88729-044-2)
Hardcover, Langenscheidt Publishers Incorporated
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Language and Politicsby Noam Chomsky, Carlos P. OteroISBN 0921689349 (0-921689-34-9)
Softcover, Black Rose Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Language and Politics'Book summary:[via]An enormous chronological collection of over fifty interviews conducted with Chomsky from 1968 to present day. Many of the pieces have never appeared in any other collection, some have never appeared in English, and more than one has been suppressed. This expanded edition contains fifty pages of brand new interviews.
The interviews add a personal dimension to the full breadth of Chomskys impressive written canonequally covering his analysis in linguistics, philosophy, and politics. This updated, annotated, fully indexed new edition contains an extensive bibliography, as well as an intro-duction by editor Carlos Otero on the relationship between Chomskys language and politics.
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"For those who know [Chomsky] only as media analyst and critic of foreign policy, this wide-ranging book offers glimpses of his studies on language, anarchist theory, and critiques of radical politics."NACLA
Noam Chomsky is a renowned scholar, the founder of the modern science of linguistics, a philosopher, a poli-tical and social analyst, a media critic, and author of more than one hundred books. Recipient of numerous prizes and awards, Chomsky ranks with Marx, Shakespeare and the Bible as one of the ten most quoted sources in the -humanities. His previous works include the best selling 9-11, and the critically acclaimed AK Audio Collection.
Carlos Otero, who also edited Radical Priorities by Noam Chomsky, teaches linguistics at the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Languages and Their Speakersby Timothy ShopenISBN 0812212509 (0-8122-1250-9)
Softcover, University of Pennsylvania Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Languages and Their Speakers'Book summary:Languages and Their Speakers provides an introduction both to languages themselves and to their social functions. Written especially for nonlinguistic majors, the book gives insight into the meaning, value, and function of language within a culture and into the ways language behavior varies and changes. Each chapter of the book discusses what it means to be a speaker of a particular language, and puts the language in context among the languages of the world.
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The book explores how people know their languagesknow them as grammatical systems and know them as part of a cultural fabric. The authors discuss the ways speakers, as opposed to linguists, view a language. They consider what one must know in order to be a good speaker of a particular language; the constraints placed on communication by the culture in which it takes place; how social relationships influence language; and how the use of language can, in turn, influence social relationships.
Languages and Their Speakers will be of interest to students of linguistics, anthropology, and those concerned about the use of language in its cultural context.
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Languages and Their Statusby Timothy ShopenISBN 0812212495 (0-8122-1249-5)
Softcover, University of Pennsylvania Press
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Each chapter discusses what it means to be a speaker of a particular language and puts that language in context among the languages of the world.
This volume is complemented by a second volume entitled Languages and Their Speakers, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. 
The Languages of Paradise: Aryans and Semites, a Match Made in Heavenby Maurice Olender, Arthur GoldhammerISBN 1590510259 (1-59051-025-9)
Softcover, Other Press, LLC
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Lectures on Contemporary Syntactic Theories: An Introduction to Government-Binding Theoryby Peter SellsISBN 0937073148 (0-937073-14-8)
Softcover, University of Chicago Press
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Linguistic Semanticsby William FrawleyISBN 0805810757 (0-8058-1075-7)
Softcover, Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Linguistic Semantics'Book summary:This volume is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and readable introduction to linguistic meaning. While partial to conceptual and typological approaches, the book also presents results from formal approaches. Throughout, the focus is on grammatical meaning -- the way languages delineate universal semantic space and encode it in grammatical form.
Subjects covered by the author include: the domain of linguistic semantics and the basic tools, assumptions, and issues of semantic analysis; semantic properties of entities, events, and thematic roles; language and space; tense, aspect, and the internal structure and temporal ordering of events; modality, negation, and the epistemology of the speaker; and modification and attribution. In contrast to most current treatments of semantics, this book is accessible to the beginning student of semantics and linguistics and also useful to the advanced practitioner. A textbook and reference work in a single volume, it can be used in a number of disciplines: psychology, computer science, and anthropology as well as linguistics.
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Man Made Languageby Dale SpenderISBN 0863584012 (0-86358-401-2)
Softcover, Pandora Pr
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The Matrix of Language: Contemporary Linguistic Anthropologyby Donald Brenneis, Ronald K. MacaulayISBN 0813323207 (0-8133-2320-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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New Selected Poems of Jerome Rothenberg, 1970-1985by Jerome RothenbergISBN 0811209970 (0-8112-0997-0)
Softcover, Norton & Company Limited, W. W.
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An Old English Grammarby Randolph Quirk, C. L. Wren, Susan E. DeskisISBN 0875805604 (0-87580-560-4)
Softcover, Northern Illinois University Press
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Old English: Grammar and Readerby Robert E. DiamondISBN 0814315100 (0-8143-1510-0)
Softcover, Wayne State University Press
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Problems in General Linguisticsby Emile BenvenisteISBN 087024132X (0-87024-132-X)
Softcover, Univ of Miami Pr
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Pygmalionby George Bernard Shaw, James HynesISBN 1416500405 (1-4165-0040-5)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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Reading Saussureby Roy HarrisISBN 0812690508 (0-8126-9050-8)
Softcover, Open Court Publishing Company
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Relevant Linguistics: An Introduction to the Structure and Use of English for Teachersby Paul W. JusticeISBN 1575862182 (1-57586-218-2)
Softcover, University of Chicago Press
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionaryby Jack LynchISBN 0802714218 (0-8027-1421-8)
Hardcover, Walker & Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Samuel Johnson's Dictionary'Book summary:[via]Two volumes thick and 2,300 pages long, Samuel Johnsons Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by quoting from Shakespeare and other great writers.
Johnsons Dictionary would define the language for the next 150 years, until the arrival of the Oxford English Dictionary. Johnsons was the dictionary used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, Wordsworth and Coleridge, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. Modern dictionaries owe much to Johnsons work.
This new edition, created by Levenger Press, contains more than 3,100 selections from the original, including etymology, definitions, and illustrative passages in their original spelling. Bristling with quotations, the Dictionary offers memorable passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics. It also features three new indexes created out of entries in this edition: words found in Shakespeares works, words from other great literary works, and piquant terms used in eighteenth-century discussions of such topics as law, medicine, and the sexes.
Finally, Johnsons Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language, seldom seen in print, which he wrote eight years before the Dictionary, is reproduced in its entirety. For those who appreciate literature, interpret the law, and love language, this a browsers delightan encyclopedia of the age and a dictionary for the ages.More editions of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary:
Saussure for Beginnersby W. Terrence Gordon, Abbe LubellISBN 0863161952 (0-86316-195-2)
Softcover, Writers & Readers Publishing, Incorporated
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Signs, Symbols and Ciphersby Georges JeanISBN 0810928426 (0-8109-2842-6)
Softcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Signs, Symbols and Ciphers'Book summary:To communicate, people have always used signs and symbols: marks, gestures, and words that represent abstract ideas and concrete objects. Over time, these have multiplied into an immense and complex network of images, figures, emblems. We use signs to measure such difficult concepts as number, danger, value, distances in time and space, and even love. How does a sign represent the thing for which it substitutes? How do we come to understand the meaning of a written symbol? What happens when a sign crosses international borders of language and culture? Chapter by chapter, Georges Jean conducts us through the fascinating realm of maps, pictograms, logographs, letterforms, patterns, signals, codes, and facial expressions. [via]
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Silmarillionby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 1417716908 (1-4177-1690-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silmarillion'Book summary:Although The Silmarillion takes place in the same imaginary world as J.J.R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and was originally published four years after the author's death and over two decades after the former book, it is set much earlier, in the First Age of the World. The tales and the book which reads as a fusion between a story collection and historical chronicle, are a matter of legend even to the characters of The Lord of the Rings:
In the beginning Eru, the One, who in the Elvish tongue is named Ilúvatar, made the Ainur of his thought; and they made a great Music before him
Tolkien wrote the heart of this material very early in his career, and continued to work on it throughout his life. It fell to his son, Christopher Tolkien, to edit it into book form, and such proved the unquenchable public appetite that he subsequently oversaw 12 volumes of The History of Middle-Earth. This edition features 20 highly evocative colour plates by Ted Nasmith, themselves worth the price of admission, while reinforcing the sense of a historical work are genealogical tables, an extensive index, appendix and colour map. Far removed from the genial style of The Hobbit, this is Tolkien at his most formal, his prose austere, poetically beautiful, his storytelling capturing the epic scale, high drama and melancholy wonder of myth. These stories of elves and heroes and old gods are quite literally the foundation of the entire modern fantasy-publishing revival, and are therefore essential reading. --Gary S. Dalkin [via] -
Sociolinguistic Patternsby William LabovISBN 0812210522 (0-8122-1052-2)
Softcover, University of Pennsylvania Press
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Spellboundby James EssingerISBN 186105906X (1-86105-906-X)
Hardcover, Anova Books
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Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introductionby Ivan A. Sag, Thomas Wasow, Emily M. BenderISBN 1575864002 (1-57586-400-2)
Softcover, C S L I Publications/Center for the Study of Language & Information
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Syntax: A Functional Typological Introductionby Talmy GivonISBN 0915027089 (0-915027-08-9)
Softcover, John Benjamins Pub Co
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Turkishby Geoffrey LewisISBN 0844238406 (0-8442-3840-6)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Unabridged Devil's Dictionaryby Ambrose Bierce, S. T. Joshi, David E. SchultzISBN 0820324019 (0-8203-2401-9)
Softcover, Univ of Georgia Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary'Book summary:If we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devils Dictionary. There, a bore is a person who talks when you wish him to listen, and happiness is an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. This is the most comprehensive, authoritative edition ever of Ambrose Bierces satiric masterpiece. It renders obsolete all other versions that have appeared in the books ninety-year history.[via]A virtual onslaught of acerbic, confrontational wordplay, The Unabridged Devils Dictionary offers some 1,600 wickedly clever definitions to the vocabulary of everyday life. Little is sacred and few are safe, for Bierce targets just about any pursuit, from matrimony to immortality, that allows our willful failings and excesses to shine forth.
This new edition is based on David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshis exhaustive investigation into the books writing and publishing history. All of Bierces known satiric definitions are here, including previously uncollected, unpublished, and alternative entries. Definitions dropped from previous editions have been restored while nearly two hundred wrongly attributed to Bierce have been excised. For dedicated Bierce readers, an introduction and notes are also included.
Ambrose Bierces Devils Dictionary is a classic that stands alongside the best work of satirists such as Twain, Mencken, and Thurber. This unabridged edition will be celebrated by humor fans and word lovers everywhere.
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The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionaryby Carols CastilloISBN 1417664827 (1-4176-6482-7)
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Hardcover, Langenscheidt Publishers Incorporated - The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary/Diccionario De LA Universidad De Chicago Ingles-Espanol Y Espanol-Ingles: ISBN 0881032506 (0-88103-250-6)
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New College German Dictionary: Plainby Langenscheidt StaffISBN 0887290205 (0-88729-020-5)
Hardcover, Langenscheidt Publishers Incorporated
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New College German Dictionary: Thumb-Indexedby Langenscheidt StaffISBN 0887290213 (0-88729-021-3)
Hardcover, Langenscheidt Publishers Incorporated
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Universal German Dictionary: German-Englishby Langenscheidt StaffISBN 0887291228 (0-88729-122-8)
Hardcover, Langenscheidt Publishers Incorporated
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University of Chicago Spanish Dictionaryby McGraw-Hill StaffISBN 0844278521 (0-8442-7852-1)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Trade
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Greek Languageby Leonard R. PalmerISBN 1853994669 (1-85399-466-9)
Softcover, Bristol Classical Press
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