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Gcse revision guides used but in good condition £3 for each book or the lot for £25 collection preferred but will post if you pay for posting slightly marked and some contain a little writing but only odd few pages combined science mathematics revision guide mathematics revision workbook btec business level 3 spanish revision workbook spanish revision guide revise english language english language revision workbook english language revision guide 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 generationssee oxfam website for delivery information read more'das ist gut', as they say! cartridge, case & booklet in excellent condition
4 €
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Revision guides for the new 9-1 gcse english language examexcellent condition
8 €
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Rough guide travel guides: bulgaria by jonathan bousfield (paperback / softback)title: bulgaria series: rough guide travel guides format: paperback / softback type: book edition: 4th edition publisher: rough guides uk release date: language: english
99 €
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Tutorial guides in electronic engineering: digital logic techniques: principlestitle: digital logic techniques: principles and practice series: tutorial guides in electronic engineering format: paperback / softback type: book edition: 2nd edition publisher: van nostrand reinhold uk release date: language: english
99 €
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Palgrave study guides: the mature student's guide to writing by jean rosetitle: the mature student's guide to writing series: palgrave study guides format: paperback type: book edition: 2nd edition publisher: palgrave macmillan uk release date: language: english
99 €
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Revision guides, all books cover a majority of the subject, mathematics revision workbook has a small amount of writing in it from questions that’s all, and the language but mainly untouched, £16 for all (bargain) or £2
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Various gcse revision guides either as new or with a little hi-lightingcollection only from chandlers fordfeel free to ask if you would like further info
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4 x gcse york notes and 4 x snap revision guides for macbeth frankenstein an inspector calls unseen poetry gcse aqa english poetry anthology revision guide gcse spelling, punctuations and grammar complete study and practice gcse english language and literature complete revision and practice collection onlywill split if required - £2 per book very good condition, unused
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All unused, with the exception of the language courseitalian language course with 4 audio cd’s, course book and grammar notesmichelin fold out map of milanberlitz pocket guide and berlitz phrase bookmarco polo tuscany fold out map
18 €
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Gsce english literature: an inspector calls text book (as new) and reading book (with a few highlighted points as shown on photo) a christmas carol text book and reading book (both as new) english language revision book (very good condition) smoke and pet free home read more
12 €
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Usbourne french for beginners passport's language guides by angela wilkes book & tapeaudio cassette - audiobook £5 exeter, devon read more
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Constructing a language offers a compellingly argued, psychologically sound new vision for the study of language acquisitionall theories of language acquisition assume these fundamental skills of intention-reading and pattern-findingoxfam bookshop preston in this groundbreaking book, michael tomasello presents a comprehensive usage-based theory of language acquisitiontomasello argues that the essence of language is its symbolic dimension, which rests on the uniquely human ability to comprehend intentiongrammar emerges as the speakers of a language create linguistic constructions out of recurring sequences of symbols; children pick up these patterns in the buzz of words they hear around themdrawing together a vast body of empirical research in cognitive science, linguistics, and developmental psychology, tomasello demonstrates that we don't need a self-contained "language instinct" to explain how children learn languagetheir linguistic ability is interwoven with other cognitive abilitiesbut these extra processes, tomasello argues, are completely unnecessary-important to save a theory but not to explain the phenomenonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome formal linguistic theories posit a second set of acquisition processes to connect somehow with an innate universal grammarfor all its empirical weaknesses, chomskian generative grammar has ruled the linguistic world for forty years
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The structures of language are shown to be purely cultural creationssince chomsky revolutionized the study of language in the s, it has increasingly come to be accepted that language and other knowledge structures are hard-wired in our genesoxfam bookshop preston when it was first published in , geoffrey sampson's educating eve was described as the definitive response to steven pinker's the language instinct and noam chomsky's nativismwith a new chapter entitled 'how people really speak' which uses corpus data to analyse how language is used in spontaneous english conversation, responses to critics, extensive revisions throughout, and a new preface by paul postal of new york university, this new edition will be an essential purchase for students, academics, and general readers interested in the debate about the 'language instinct'see oxfam website for delivery information read morein this revised and expanded new edition, sampson revisits his original arguments in the light of fresh evidence that has emerged since the original publicationaccording to this view, human beings are born with a rich structure of cognition already in placethe 'language instinct' debate examines the various arguments for instinctive knowledge, and finds that each one rests on false premisses or embodies logical fallaciesbut people do not realize how thin the evidence for that idea is
29 €
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Research on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decadesits five parts are devoted to insights from comparative animal behaviour; the biology of language evolution; the prehistory of language; the development of a linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and changeinterdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in the evolution of human andanimal communication more generallyoxfam bookshop preston in the oxford handbook of language evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the fieldthe oxford handbook of language evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive scienceit highlights the links between different lines of research, shows what has been achieved, and considers promising directions for the futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involved
34 €
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Revision guides for exam board aqa revision guides of whole topic cgp gcse chemistry revision guidesposted by rebecca in books, comics & magazines, books in weybridge
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Joblot antique and collectors price guidesjoblot antique and collectors price guides
5 €
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Plus oval girl guides material badgegirl guides promise pin badge – a vintage small silver tone metal girl guides promise pin badge with a rollover catchexcellent condition
4 €
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Early-mid c20th girl guides pocket tool (reg ) vintage folding pocket tool made for the girl guidesrust is present on both tools reasonable condition for its age steel body engraved 'girl guides reg ' size: length closed: approx 80 mm (") free collection or buyer pays £350p p&p any questions please ask read more
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language presents the bold and controversial idea that language is not an innate component of the brain, as has been famously argued by chomsky and pinkerfusing adventure, anthropology, linguistics and psychology, and drawing on everett's pioneering research with the amazonian pirahãs, language argues that language is embedded within - and is inseparable from - its specific cultureoxfam shop colne road like other tools, language was invented, can be reinvented or lost, and shows significant variation across culturesthis book is like a fire that will generate much lightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's as essential to survival as fire - and, like fire, is found in all human societiesrather, it's a cultural tool which varies much more across different societies than the innateness view suggests
7 €
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Millions have learned with living languagedevelop practical language skills to speak in any situationretain what you've learned special recall exercises move your new language from short-term to long-term memorythe living language method build a foundation start speaking german immediately using essential words and phrasesat the core of complete german is the living language method, based on linguistic science, proven techniques, and over 65 years of experiencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprogress with confidence build on each lesson as you advance to full sentences, then actual conversationsoxfam shop wimbledon broadway complete german is a unique multimedia program that takes you beginner to advanced level in one convenient package* 3 books: 46 lessons, additional review exercises, culture notes, an extensive glossary, and a grammar summary-plus a bonus notebook * 9 audio cds*: vocabulary, dialogues, audio exercises, and more-listen while using the books or use for review on the go * free online learning: flashcards, games, and interactive quizzes for each lesson at wwwto learn more visit livinglanguageachieve your goals don't just mimic or memoriseour method teaches you the whole language, so you can express yourself, not just recite memorised words or scriptsnow it's your turncom/languagelab  *access to downloadable audio also available with purchase
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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 mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read morephilosophy 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 sophistication
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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 navigates the back streets of euphemism and the broad, boring boulevards of clichethe literary editor of the times of london, howard takes a robust, commonsensical view of the changes that are happening in englishsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerather than have us wring our hands, philip howard entreats us, with his customary with and erudition, to use our tongues in concert with our brainshoward argues that as far as we can, we should strive to direct and control the changes in english in ways that increase its powerhe 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 use
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Oxfam bookshop shaftesbury what were the beginnings of the english language? why has american culture spread so successfully and will it continue to do so even as the countries power apparently wanes? why are the west indies no longer any good at cricket? what difference did slavery make to the way we speak english today?packed with nuggets of information about language, culture, history and power, robert mccrum traces the way that the english language as twisted and turned in response to the way the world has changed, and how, even as the british empire is long dead, the language extends its influence further and further in a globalised worldbook condition: dust jacket in good condition with some signs of being read to the edges see oxfam website for delivery information read moreauthors signature to the title pagecloth cover in good condition with some signs of wear to the spine edgespages all in clean crisp condition
35 €
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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 termssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten in a clear, user-friendly style, it combines practical activities with texts, accompanied by commentaries and suggestions for further studythese 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 speakerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morean overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationsome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographersothers 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 in
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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 pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut 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 raceanthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback ridingoxfam 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 exchangehe 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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