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Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodSimpson's Contemporary Quotations is the definitive treasury of modern wit and wisdom, gathering the most memorable, provocative, and illuminating words spoken and...
Words from Hell: Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of English Etymology
The English language is where words go to be tortured and mutilated into unrecognizable shadows of their former selves. It's where Latin, Greek, and Germanic roots are shredded apart and...
English Syntax
An authoritative, self-contained introduction to the subject for students who have had no prior coursework in syntactic theory.English Syntax is an authoritative, self-contained introduction to the subject for students who...
The Adventure Of English
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The King's English
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The King's English by H.W. Fowler and F.G. Fowler is a landmark...
The King's English: And How to Use It
Constantly confused by the difference between adjectives and adverbs? Still can't figure out how to use a semi-colon? Or simply want to refresh the English language knowledge you learnt from...
The Cambridge Companion to English Dictionaries
How did a single genre of text have the power to standardise the English language across time and region, rival the Bible in notions of authority, and challenge our understanding...
Natural Language Semantics: Formation and Valuation
An introduction to natural language semantics that offers an overview of the empirical domain and an explanation of the mathematical concepts that underpin the discipline.This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction...
The New Fowler's Modern English Usage
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Author: H. W. FowlerBinding: PaperbackPublished: CLARENDON PRESS OXFORD, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work, The New Fowler's Modern English Usage,...
English Grammar: Understanding the Basics
Looking for an easy-to-use guide to English grammar? This handy introduction covers all the basics of the subject, using a simple and straightforward style. Students will find the book's step-by-step...
Studying English Literature: A Practical Guide
Studying English Literature is a unique guide for undergraduates beginning to study the discipline of literature and those who are thinking of doing so. Unlike books that provide a survey...
The Feminist Companion To Literature In English
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerAn indispensable reference work in feminist literary scholarship, The Feminist Companion to Literature in English presents a comprehensive and authoritative guide to...
The Word Detective: A Life in Words: From Serendipity to Selfie
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McCarthy's Field Guide to Grammar: Natural English Usage and Style
You ain't gonna like it: bad grammar's not so bad. - The Times Remember all those grammar rules from school? No? Most of us don't. Mike McCarthy, renowned corpus linguist...
Analyzing English: An Introduction To Descriptive Linguistics
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA foundational academic text in descriptive linguistics, Analyzing English: An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics...
Cyclopaedia Of English Literature; A Historical, Critical And Biographical, Of British Authors, From The Earliest To The Present Times. (Two-Volume Set)
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Author: Robert ChambersBinding: HardbackPublished: WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS, 1844Condition:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Rare first edition in...
Genitives in Early English: Typology and Evidence
This book examines the evidence for the development of adnominal genitives (the knight's sword, the nun's priest's tale, etc.) in English. During the Middle English period the genitive inflection -es...
Shakespeare Survey 74: Shakespeare and Education
Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948, Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of...
Aitchison's Linguistics: A practical introduction to contemporary
This classic book is a straightforward introduction to linguistics which attempts to answer two fundamental questions: 'What is language?' and 'How does language work?' It outlines the scope of linguistics,...
Language, History and Style: Leo Spitzer and the Critical Tradition
Author: James V. Catano Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 In 1925, Spitzer called for a science of style that described literary texts in terms of philology and comparative linguistics....
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)
Author: C. S. Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 752 C. S. Lewis offers a magisterial take on the literature and poetry of one of the most consequential periods in...
Modern English Structure
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A cornerstone of English linguistic study, Modern English Structure by...
Selected Prose
The essential works of a master of English prose, reissued in Penguin Classics This selection brings together the best prose writings of the great early nineteenth-century essayist Charles Lamb, whose...
The Life of Samuel Johnson
A landmark in Boswell and Johnson studies In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a...
The American Language + Supplement One (Two-Volume Set)
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Author: H. L. MenckenBinding: HardbackPublished: Knopf, 1945Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThe American Language and Supplement One present a commanding philological study...
The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage
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English Grammar: Principles And Facts
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Author: Jeffrey P. KaplanBinding: HardbackPublished: Prentice Hall, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive academic work systematically presents the foundational rules and intricate structures governing the English language....
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889): A Study Of Poetic Idiosyncrasy In Relation To Poetic Tradition; Volume Ii
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Author: W. H. GardnerBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis academic study presents a meticulous examination of Gerard Manley Hopkins' distinctive poetic voice. It...
Women Writers And Poetic Identity: Dorothy Wordsworth, Emily Brontë, And Emily Dickinson
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Author: Margaret HomansBinding: PaperbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minor creasing on cover, internally sound. Clean and bright...
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Based on the fifth edition of "The Oxford Companion to English Literature", this is a reference book for the student or general reader. It focuses on the English literature of...
Linguistic Semantics: An Introduction
Linguistic Semantics: An Introduction is the successor to Sir John Lyons's important textbook Language, Meaning and Context (1981).While preserving the general structure of the earlier book, the author has substantially...
The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Literature in English
Derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Guide to Literature in English, the present volume is an A-Z reference work containing over 4,200 entries covering the full range of literature in English...
Weeds In The Garden Of Words: Further Observations of the Tangled
People who love English - the way words are used and put together to create meaning; the arcane rules and infuriating exceptions; the vital, living history of the way the...
The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings
A comprehensive new selection of the great satirist's prose and poetic works, edited by Leo Damrosch Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was the greatest English poet of his age, whose acerbic insights...
Macquarie Concise Thesaurus
Author: Macquarie Dictionary Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 890 The Macquarie Concise Thesaurus contains a rich range of over 200,000 synonyms, which have been specifically compiled for users of Australian...
The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook For Writers Of English Prose
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Reader Over Your Shoulder is the...
A Study Of The Prose Works Of John Donne
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Author: Evelyn M. SimpsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1948Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsE. M. Simpson's...
A Mirror for Magistrates in Context: Literature, History and Politics
This is the first essay collection on A Mirror for Magistrates, the most popular work of English literature in the age of Shakespeare. The Mirror is here analysed by major...
The Later Style Of Henry James
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Jacket: in good condition; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. No stickers or labels visible. A landmark work...
The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Two-Volume Set)
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Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark reference work in the English language, The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary presents a comprehensive and authoritative record...
Author, Author
In David Lodge's last novel, THINKS... the novelist Henry James was invisibly present in quotation and allusion. In AUTHOR, AUTHOR he is centre stage, sometimes literally. The story begins in...