Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Think On My Words Think On My Words David Crystal 'You speak a language that I understand not.' Hermione's words to Leontes in The Winter's Tale are likely to ring true with many people reading or watching Shakespeare's plays today. For decades, peo… OL114322W
Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde describing disordered relationship between science and the … Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde describing disordered relationship between science and the … Robert Louis Stevenson,Dr. Andrej Poleev A conceptual book of metascience OL15374185W
The spell of the sensuous The spell of the sensuous David Abram [In this book, the author] draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician … OL15845262W
Language and action in cognitive neuroscience Language and action in cognitive neuroscience Yann Coello,Angela Bartolo "This book collates the most up to date evidence from behavioural, brain imagery and stroke-patient studies, to discuss the ways in which cognitive and neural processes are responsible for language p… OL16617681W
What's up with Catalonia? What's up with Catalonia? Liz Castro Description: On September 11, 2012, on Catalonia’s National Day, 1.5 million people from all over Catalonia marched peacefully and joyfully through the streets of Barcelona, behind a single placard: … OL16804505W
Dickens's style Dickens's style Tyler, Daniel. Charles Dickens, generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian age, was known as 'The Inimitable', not least for his distinctive style of writing. This collection of twelve essays addr… OL16813941W
Foundations of musical grammar Foundations of musical grammar Lawrence Michael Zbikowski "How is it that humans are able to organize seemingly random sounds into the captivating sonic structures we call music? In this volume, Lawrence M. Zbikowski aruges that humans' unique ability to co… OL19746676W
The making of literate societies The making of literate societies Nancy Torrance,David R. Olson This volume, a result of a policy forum of educational psychologists, sociologists, policy makers and field workers, aims to highlight the role of literacy in social development and the directions th… OL20616339W
Powerful Talk Powerful Talk Joanna Thornborrow Joanna Thornborrow examines discourse, power and ideology by introducing new perspectives on the relationship between social structures of power and interaction. OL2685329W
The sixth language The sixth language Robert K. Logan x, 318 p. ; 24 cm OL3190421W
The languages of the world The languages of the world Kenneth Katzner An excellent overview of how all the world's main languages interconnect where they do. It also gives samples of the language with translation for a large number of languages. OL3480396W
Emily Dickinson, a poet's grammar Emily Dickinson, a poet's grammar Cristanne Miller Traces the roots of Dickinson's unusual, compressed, ungrammatical, and richly ambiguous style of poetry. OL3747700W
The Language Instinct ("Daily Telegraph" Talking Science) The Language Instinct ("Daily Telegraph" Talking Science) Steven Pinker From the Preface... I have never met a person who is not interested in language. I wrote this book to try to satisfy that curiosity. Language is beginning to submit to that uniquely satisfying kin… OL477832W
Language and gender Language and gender Penelope Eckert Language and Gender is a new introduction to the study of the relation between gender and language use, written by two of the leading experts in the field. It covers the main topics, beginning with a… OL4796607W
The language of magazines The language of magazines Linda McLoughlin Aimed at A-Level and beginning undergraduate students, The Language of Magazines:*shows how linguistic techniques such as puns and presuppositions are used by magazines to capture our attention*exami… OL494031W
Sozialgeschichte des Lesens Sozialgeschichte des Lesens Jost Schneider Das Buch liefert eine neuartige Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Im Sinne einer Gesamtgeschichte der gelesenen Literatur beschreibt es nicht nur die Höhenkammlit… OL5902274W
The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth Ruth S. Noel Presents a comprehensive pocket guide to the fourteen languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth and contains a dictionary and English/Elvish glossary, rules of grammar and pronunciation, and how to write t… OL6324302W
The Shtetl book The Shtetl book Diane K. Roskies Examines the history and way of life of Jews in Eastern Europe. OL6826312W
Two cheers for democracy Two cheers for democracy E. M. Forster A collection of poetical essays revealing the social conscience of the modern English novelist. OL88874W