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The two disciplines agree that the mysteries of the "creativity of language" can only be resolved by constructing a theory of languagescientific investigations now under way will allegedly make clear that a language is a highly complex system of rules which speakers tacitly knowoxfam bookshop preston theoretical linguistics, pioneered by saussure and much influenced by chomsky's ideas, lays claim to revolutionary insights into the nature of language and the mindphilosophy of language, inspired by frege, wittgenstein, carnap and tarski, and developed by davidson and dummett, purports to reveal the hidden forms of thought and inferencelanguage, sense and nonsense argues that these influential disciplines are the pseudosciences of the age, grounded in conceptual confusions and protected from ridicule only by a facade of scientific procedure and mathematical sophisticationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Harley-davidson cast iron sign - foden cast iron sign - castrol sign - bsa sign ÂŁ20 each heavy cast iron signs harley-davidson cast iron sign - inch wide x 105 inch high ÂŁ20 foden cast iron sign - 25 cm wide ÂŁ20 castrol cast iron sign 25 cm wide ÂŁ20 bsa cast iron sign 25 cm wide ÂŁ20 collection only postcode le4 1bj
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Oxfam shop mold generalisations about language and culture are at best amusing and meaningless, but is thereanythingsensible left to be said about the relation between language, culture and thought? *does language reflect the culture of a society? *is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? *can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? inthrough the language glass, acclaimed author guy deutscher will convince you that, contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yeson an odyssey that takes us from homer to darwin, from scientists to savages, from the corridors of yale to the rivers of the amazon, from how to name the rainbow to why russian water - a 'she' - become a 'he' once you have dipped a tea bag into her,this book explores some of the most fascinating and controversial questions about language, culture and the human mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He asks whether the language is actually changing as fast as we suppose, and, if so, whyoxfam bookshop cheltenham is the english language in decline? many people seem to think so--but philip howard isn't one of themhoward here examines the language in its various branches and categories, such as grammar and pronunciation, spelling and punctuation, dialect and slangand where we can't help it, he says, we should lie back and enjoy its immense richness, which is unrivaled by any other languagehis is not the panglossian attitude that all is neccessarily for the best in the best of all possible languages, but he does feel that change is necessary--and healthy--in any living languagehe discusses the effect the new technologies, from cable tv to photocomposition, are having on the mother tongue, and he examines the new dialects that are coming into usehoward argues that as far as we can, we should strive to direct and control the changes in english in ways that increase its powerrather than have us wring our hands, philip howard entreats us, with his customary with and erudition, to use our tongues in concert with our brainsthe literary editor of the times of london, howard takes a robust, commonsensical view of the changes that are happening in englishhe navigates the back streets of euphemism and the broad, boring boulevards of clichesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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2 play, the mind your language series of educational software thankfully takes the drudgery and chore-like elements away from learning a new lingooxfam bookshop chipping norton a collaboration between the berlitz language academy, publishers of hundreds of book and guides, and spanish video game publisher vbudding students are invited to progress through four different levels of difficulty, each of which will become more challenging as their language skills improvea variety of mini-games and a library where players can look up words and search for popular phrases in each language come as additional featuresv2 play promises to make the study of a new language fun, and delivers a 'game' targeted at a young audience, without completely excluding other generations'das ist gut', as they say! cartridge, case & booklet in excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate the intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary english language studiesthis accessible textbook in the routledge intertext series offers students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on language and technologyworking with texts: a core introduction to language analysis (third edition, ) is the foundation text which is complemented by a range of 'satellite' titlesaimed at a-level and beginning undergraduate students, language and technology: explores the history of new communication tools such as texting; facebook and online forums examines the public discourses about these new tools incorporates real texts such as adverts, newspaper articles and chat room data includes a comprehensive glossary of termswritten in a clear, user-friendly style, it combines practical activities with texts, accompanied by commentaries and suggestions for further studysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics, and can be used individually or in conjunction with working with texts
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The essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social contextoxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakersothers are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null insome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographersan overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This second edition includes new material on gender, register, the speech community, language and subcultures, and language and representationoxfam bookshop cheltenham an introduction to language and society explores how our ways of seeing and engaging with the world may be shaped by the categories, systems and patterns of languagesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The horse, the wheel, and language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original indo-european speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilizationthe 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 pastbut who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even nazis seeking the roots of the aryan raceoxfam books & music lichfield roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as proto-indo-europeanlinking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, david anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of proto-indo-european, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchangeanthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback ridingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social change
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells at home in the language of the soul exploring jungian discourse and psyche's grammar of transformation language has a primary importance in jungian psychology and its practicevividly exploring the grammar of the psyche, we are urged to constantly kindle and rekindle our engagement with languageeven the "worker" words in language, like prepositions or conjunctions, carry particular archetypal energies, working dynamically and daimonically in the conduct of transformational narrative and realizing both personal and collective purposesthis book aims to deepen our consciousness of psyche's speech as it occurs in our professional discourses, in the psychoanalytic encounter, in dreams, fairy tales, myths, and poetrysee oxfam website for delivery information read morejung saw every act of speech as a psychic event
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5 x wjec gcse tailored or focused resources for better grades english & english language higher english & english language foundation english & english language foundation revision workbook english & english language higher revision workbook english literature read more
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Spanish: beginner's cd language course (hugo in 3 months cd language course) three 70 minute cd's, course book and instructionsthis course explains essential grammar, builds vocabulary and develops conversation through exercises based on real-life scenarios
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Bundle of 2x intermediate level spanish language text books, 2x spanish language poetry books & 1x spanish language novelcollection from dibden purlieu so45
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Telephone sign lights up at night ! overall in good conditionfully working and connected to landline in the gardenoriginal red telephone boxyou would need to arrange for it to be moved and transportneeds to be painted againwonderful garden feature
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Written by the inventor of the language, this book is the defining text on the languagethe focus of the book is on showing how the language is used as a tool for design and programming, teaching the basic concepts used to master cauthor(s) bjarne stroustrupbefore moving to academia, he worked for decades in at&t bell labs
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Oxfam bookshop beverley the volume includes original papers addressing different aspects of the interface between second language acquisition and language testing researchthis collection thus constitutes a starting point for a continuing and expanding dialogue between sla and lt researchersthis paperback edition provides a fresh look at areas of common interest to both sla and lt research, and ways in which research in these two areas of applied linguistics can be fruitfully integratedthe volume includes original papers dealing with different aspects of the interface between sla and lt researchbook condition: the covers show very little wear, though the spine is slightly faded, and there is a name written in ink on the forepage, otherwise the book is in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Challenging many familiar beliefs, he comes to a new and persuasive conclusion: that primitive forms of the indo-european language were spoken across europe some thousands of years earlier than has previously been assumedprofessor renfrew initiates an original synthesis between modern historical linguistics and the new archaeology of cultural process, boldly proclaiming that it is time to reconsider questions of language origins and what they imply about ethnic affiliation--issues seriously discredited by the racial theorists of the s and s and, as a result, largely neglected sincesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham in this book colin renfrew directs remarkable new light on the links between archaeology and language, looking specifically at the puzzling similarities that are apparent across the indo-european family of ancient languages, from anatolia and ancient persia, across europe and the indian subcontinent, to regions as remote as sinkiang in china
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Oxfam bookshop preston this is the third edition of chomsky's outstanding collection of essays on language and mind, first published inchapters 1-6 present chomsky's early work on the nature and acquisition of language as a genetically endowed, biological system (universal grammar), through the rules and principles of which we acquire an internalized knowledge (i-language)the final chapter revisits the key issues, reviewing the 'biolinguistic' approach that has guided chomsky's work from its origins to the present day, and raising some novel and exciting challenges for the study of language and mindover the past fifty years, this framework has sparked an explosion of inquiry into a wide range of languages, and has yielded some major theoretical questionsthis edition complements them with an additional chapter and a new preface, bringing chomsky's influential approach into the twenty-first centurythe first six chapters, originally published in the s, made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theorysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Red krayola, the / art & language - fairest of all 2:51red krayola, the / art & language - jumpimg through the mirror 4:37red krayola, the / art & language - laughing at the foot of the cross 4:17
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It is concerned both with the history of language and the language of historythe essays in this book explore the difficulties and the possibilities in understanding language as historical evidence softcover in excellent conditionthe chapters include studies of societies in germany, china, usa and india, pre-revolutionary france and 19th-century britain and americawords such as "liberty" and "equality" have to be understood in a limited sense in the french and american revolutions, but it would be impossible to understand these events without recourse to these resonant conceptsthe author examines how political declarations and manifestos relate to the societies from which they emanated and for which they aimed to legislateoxfam bookshop carlisle this book is an investigation of how societies have understood and described themselvespages clean and unmarked see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Old trafford street signold trafford manchester united street signnew sealed manchester united street signmanchester united fc 'sir matt busby way' street signbrand new sealed manchester united fc 'sir matt busby way' metal street signofficial merchandisesir matt busby way m16brand new sealed 100% official merchandisesir matt busby way m16manufactured and distributed under licensed by storm international uk
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Great fun sign for any roomtin metal sign with wine diva motif in a retro stylethe sign has holes in top corners for fixing to wall, which is currently threaded with some wire used for hanging the signthe sign is in excellent condition and showing no signs of wearheight 24cm x width 19cm £ ono cash on collection/post possible read moreprinted with girl in a red outfit and headed “wine diva” with strap line at the bottom “life’s too short to drink cheap wine”
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Bsa motorcycle sign cast iron vintage retro advertising plaque 30cm wide retro bsa motorcycle sign in vintage distressed finish features winged bsa logo the sign is painted white with red and bluecast iron with raised lettering and border with two fixing holes width 30cm height 22cm the retro sign makes a perfect gift for any garage, workshop, office or homeprice includes uk p&pnext day dispatch guaranteedpaypal accepted
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French road / pedestrian sign now only ÂŁ75 width, close to 50cm i purchased a good number of items whilst i was over in france including this great signcollection would be best, and i could also wrap and mail this sign if that helps too, but do contact with me firstly ref postal chargesthis sign is in very good condition and it would look fantastic on the wall of a french cafe, french themed room, architecturally, colour wise and or in an apartmentdo please get in touch if you have any questionskind regards jed read more
75 €
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The sign is new, unused and in immaculate conditionthe sign has holes in each corner for fixing to wall, or for threading wire/string for hanging (not supplied), the sign could equally be lent against a walltin metal sign with the cat’s rules in a shabby chic style, new and unused5cm £ ono cash on collection/post possible read moreperfect for anyone with cats, the 10 rules that any owner should follow at all times when dealing with cats
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Nice sign please see my other signs for sale thanks chris read morelarge l e d backlight pub sign rusty metal / industrial sign with metal back light led letters large sign over 4 metres long comes in 2 halves the letters can be re arranged to make your own words comes with transformer
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This is not a print, it’s all hand made on a used traffic signunique work of art by street and graffiti artist: area 51 title: marvel iron man on original road sign night glow spray paint !!! iron man lights up in the dark for about 20 minutes then it disappears in the dark legally obtained traffic sign! hand made with spray paint and acrylic paint on an original used traffic signare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith a certificate of authenticitydimensions: cmwhen you see this it is part of the artworkyou should expect some rarely small flawswill be carefully packedimperfections, splatters, drips, paint cracks, dents/bents, scratchesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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This sign has been used but is in immaculate conditionthe sign is battery operated with an on/off switch at the backgreat decorative statement piece sign which can be wall hung or used free standinggreat for personalising a room with an attitudeh 23cm x w 37cm £27 ono cash on collection/post possibleretro fairground type metal light up “joy” sign, to light up your lifeit requires 2 x aa batteries (not supplied)
27 €
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The sign is in good conditionlovely looking wall sign with aging built in, fixings for wall hanging, the sign could equally be lent against a wall5cm x width 35cm ÂŁ ono cash on collection/post possible read morefrench style victor vaissier savon metal sign, perfect for shabby chic decor
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The sign is in good conditionvintage look metal victoria custom blend tea signreproduction of a vintage tea sign in metal for wall hanginglovely looking wall sign with aging built in and integrated fixings for wall hanging5cm ÂŁ ono cash on collection/post possible read moregreat touch for a retro look
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