Linguistics
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Mastering Logical Fallacies: The Definitive Guide to Flawless Rhetoric and Bulletproof Logic
$16.99 Add to cart“If I have learned anything in ten years of formal debating, it is that arguments are no different: without a good understanding of the rules and tactics, you are likely to do poorly and be beaten.”—… [more below]
- Author: Withey, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: June 21 2016
- ISBN10: 1623157102
- Language: English
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Rhetoric: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartRhetoric was once an essential part of western education. Aristotle wrote an important treatise on it and Demosthenes remains famous to this day for his skills as a rhetorician. But skill with rhetori… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Toye, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: May 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0199651361
- Language: English
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Irony and Sarcasm
$15.95 Add to cartA biography of two troublesome words.
Isn’t it ironic? Or is it? Never mind, I’m just being sarcastic (or am I?). Irony and sarcasm are two of the most misused, misapplied, and misunderstood words in o
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Kreuz, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0262538261
- Language: English
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Naming and Necessity
$59.92 Add to cart- Author: Kripke, Saul A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0631128018
- Language: English
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Speaking American: How Y’All, Youse, and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide
$17.99 Add to cartFrom the creator of the New York Times dialect quiz that ignited conversations about how and why we say the words we say, a stunning and delightful exploration of American language.
Did you know that … [more below]
- Author: Katz, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0358359937
- Language: English
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The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Expressions: Discover the True Stories Behind the English Language’s 64 Most Popular Idioms (Etymology Book, His
$17.95 Add to cartThe Illustrated Histories of Everyday Expressions uncovers the fascinating, humorous, and often unbelievable origin stories behind the English language’s most common sayings!
Nobody thinks twice about
- Series: Illustrated Histories
- Author: McGuire, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 28 2019
- ISBN10: 1732512604
- Language: English
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Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English
$17.95 Add to cartIn Praise of Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English
“Spoken Soul brilliantly fills a huge gap. . . . a delightfully readable introduction to the elegant interweave between the language and its culture
- Author: Rickford, John Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0471399574
- Language: English
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Practice Makes Perfect Advanced English Reading and Comprehension
$27.00 Add to cartThe challenging exercises and critical vocabulary you need to advance your English skills
Created by ESL instructor Diane Engelhardt, Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced English Reading and Comprehension
- Series: Practice Makes Perfect
- Author: Engelhardt, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 30 2013
- ISBN10: 0071798862
- Language: English
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Word Wise: Say What You Mean, Deepen Your Connections, and Get to the Point
$16.99 Add to cartSupercharge your speech to get what you want out of every conversation with this fun and practical guide to verbal vividness.
An eye-opening guide on how we talk and write to one another, Word Wise exp… [more below]- Author: Jelbert, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0762499680
- Language: English
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The Associated Press Guide to Punctuation
$18.99 Add to cartIn the no-nonsense, authoritative tradition of the best-selling AP Stylebook, the top editors at the AP have written the definitive guide to punctuation.
More people write for the Associated Press t- Author: Cappon, Rene J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 07 2003
- ISBN10: 0738207853
- Language: English
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The Inclusive Language Handbook: A Guide to Better Communication and Transformational Leadership, Easterseals UCP Nonprofit Edition
$13.99 Add to cartIn a world where words can either build bridges or create barriers, The Inclusive Language Handbook: A Guide to Better Communication and Transformational Leadership by Jackie Ferguson, is a timely and
- Author: Ferguson, Jackie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: July 12 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218242596
- Language: English
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The Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense at Work
$16.95 Add to cartFor some employees, verbal abuse can be the everyday language of doing business. Defending yourself from these verbal abusers–calmly, professionally, and successfully–can be crucial to your on-the-j… [more below]
- Author: Elgin, Suzette Haden
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0735200890
- Language: English
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The Major Works
$18.95 Add to cartPreviously published in the Oxford Authors series, this unique one-volume selection of Milton’s poetry and prose includes all the English and Italian verse and a generous selection of his major prose … [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Milton, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1008
- Publish Date: December 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0199539189
- Language: English
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Studies in Words
$24.00 Add to cartLanguage – in its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meanings – is a perennially fascinating topic. C. S. Lewis’s Studies in Words explores this fascination … [more below]
- Series: Canto Classics
- Author: Lewis, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 07 2013
- ISBN10: 1107688655
- Language: English
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Blimey, I’m Knackered!: An American’s Survival Guide to British English
$17.00 Add to cartBrit Speak for Yanks!
Back in 1887, Oscar Wilde wrote, “We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.” One would think, in a world homogenized by technology- Author: Hall, Marshall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: August 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1945501510
- Language: English
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
$26.99 Add to cart“As funny as it is informative, this book will have you laughing out loud while you contemplate the revolutionary power of words.” —Camille Perri, author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy
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- Author: Montell, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 28 2019
- ISBN10: 006286887X
- Language: English
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Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires
$18.00 Add to cartA SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR
“Masterly and brilliant”–Simon Sebag Montefiore “A book of vast scope and stunning insight.”–Anthony Sattin, Spectator “Commanding erudition and a swashbu- Author: Mackintosh-Smith, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0300251637
- Language: English
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What’s Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She
$16.95 Read moreHeralded as “required reading” (Geoff Nunberg) and “the book” (Anne Fadiman) for anyone interested in the conversation swirling around gender-neutral and nonbinary pronouns, What’s Your Pronoun? is a … [more below]
- Author: Baron, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1631498711
- Language: English
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Explorer’s Bible, Vol 2: From Sinai to the Nation of Israel
$15.95 Add to cartEngage your students in authentic, dynamic Bible study!
Your students can now explore the Bible as Jews have done for centuries – by pondering, personalizing, and wrestling with the text. Combining fai
- Author: House, Behrman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 16 2007
- ISBN10: 0874417937
- Language: English
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How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish
$24.00 Add to cartIs it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how ha
- Author: Stavans, Ilan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1632062267
- Language: English
