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Diringer: The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind. Cloth

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9780618196043 American Heritage: The American Heritage College Dictionary, Fourth Edition Deluxe. Hardcover, Cloth over boards

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Ancient Languages of Asia Minor. Paperback Edited by Roger D. Woodard 176 pages, 1 map, 16 tables. 2008. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context.

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9789812469571 Dutch Berlitz Dutch-English / Engels-Nederlands Dictionary. Revised edition. Paperback

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Macleod: Can Seo. Gaelic for Beginners

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9780521681131 / Gardner-Chloros: Code-switching. Paperback

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9780415244602 De Lacy O'Leary: Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages. Hardback

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Miller: Concise Dictionary of Acronyms and Initialisms. Hardcover

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9780582219847 / Fairclough: Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language. Paperback

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Dictionary English-Romanian and Romanian-English. Hardback

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9780007141739 Dutch Phrase Book. New edition. Paperback

Dutch Phrase Book. New edition. Paperback 2003. 256 pages. This phrase book is designed for ease of use, covering over 70 topics, including bus, train, eating out, finding a room, Internet and asking directions. Phrases are kept short and simple, with a pronunciation guide. Travel tips and an up-to-date, practical dictionary are also included.

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Dutch Phrase Book. New edition. Paperback and CD 2003. 256 pages. This pack - containing a Gem phrase book and CD - provides the opportunity to hear and practise Dutch. The phrases are kept short and simple so that by listening two or three times, you can pick up the essentials. The CD also covers what the shopkeeper, waiter or passerby might say in reply.

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LeMay: Facts on File Dictionary of New Words. Hardcover

Facts on File Dictionary of New Words. Hardcover by Lemay, Harold / Lerner, Sid / Taylor, Marian 163 pages. 1985. First published as The New words dictionary by Ballantine (1985). Expanded to 500 entries in this edition. An informal collection of words not yet found in standard dictionaries. Intended to be ephemeral.

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Engel: Fallacies and Pitfalls of Language: The Language Trap

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Fustat Glass of the Early Islamic Period: Finds Excavated By the American Research Center in Egypt 1964-1980. Paperback Ralph Pinder-Wilson and George T. Scanlon 134 pages, illustrations throughout. 2001. A catalogue of the finds excavated by the American Research Centre at Fustat in south Cairo between 1964 and 1980. They are dated between the 8th and 12th centuries and are a principal source for the history of the glass industry in Egypt.

Roberts: Hope and its Hieroglyph, A Critical Decipherment of Ernst Bloch's "Principle of Hope". (Studies in Religion, No 57). Paperback

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Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World. Cloth David W. Anthony 566 pages. 3 halftones, 86 line illustrations, 16 tables, 25 maps. 2007. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries, the source of the Indo-European languages and English, and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past... Click here for more product information

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Icebreaker: A Manual for Public Speaking. Fourth edition. Paperback Tracey L. Smith and Mary Tague-Busler. viii, 168 pages, illustrated. 1998. It offers students a conversational, highly accessible presentation of ideas designed to help them master the fundamentals of public speaking. Students are guided through the steps of choosing and focusing the topic, and researching, preparing, and delivering their speech.

Neaman: In Other Words: A Thesaurus of Euphemisms. Paperback

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9780500276167 Mallory: In Search of the Indo-Europeans. Language, Archaeology and Myth. Paperback Choose Paperback

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9781405103169 Fortson: Indo-European Language and Culture. An Introduction. Paperback

Indo-European Language and Culture. An Introduction. Paperback By Benjamin W. Fortson IV (University of Michigan) 488 pages, 16 illustrations. 2004. Fills a long-present gap in the literature of Indo-European studies. Designed for use in courses, with exercises and suggestions for further reading included in each chapter. Discusses linguistic and cultural developments for each branch of the Indo-European language family. Provides an overview of Proto-Indo-European culture, society, and language.

9780199102068 Liddell, Scott: Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Hardcover

Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Hardcover By Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott 928 pages. 1963? It includes some discussion of word usage, citing examples and characteristic phrases. Generally speaking, only words used by late writers and scientific terms have been omitted from the full lexicon

Bator: International Airline Phrase Book in 6 Languages: English - French - German - Italian - Portuguese - Spanish. Paperback

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Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics. Paperback R. L. Trask xviii, 378 pages. 2005. An A-Z guide to the main terms and concepts used in the study of language and linguistics. Entries trace the origin of the concept, mention the key associated individuals, provide a guide to further reading and are extensively cross-referenced

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Keywords in Language and Literacy. Paperback Ronald Carter 192 pages, illustrated. 1995. Just what is Standard English? Is it correct English? Should grammar be taught? In this handy A to Z guide to language and literacy, Carter unpicks the meaning of key terms like `proper English', `real books', `text', and `discourse', and the ways in which concepts are used - and abused

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Lonely Planet Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook 288 pages. May 2008. This phrasebook incorporates a pronunciation guide and a two-way dictionary as well as useful key words and phrases in Egyptian Arabic. There is also a section on understanding hieroglyphics, and the cuisine and culture, including how to haggle and shop, are also dealt with

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Lonely Planet Hindi, Urdu & Bengali by Richard Delacy and Shahara Ahmed 256 pages. 2005, comprehensive food section, etiquette & cultural tips easy-to-use pronunciation guide sections include phrases for finding accommodation & for hitting the town useful suggestions for health needs & emergencies extensive two-way dictionary & user-friendly sentence builder Bangladesh is thought to have the worlds longest.

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Lonely Planet Vietnamese Phrasebook. Third edition Xuan Thu Nguyen 288 pages. 2000. Featuring extensive vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation sections, this text includes script throughout for both Hindi and Urdu, allows the user to point to words and phrases. Conversation topics together with essential language are included, as are cultural tips and information

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Holt: Phrase and Word Origins: A Study of Familiar Expressions. Paperback

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