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1. Relevance Communication and Cognition
by Dan Sperber, et al

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Blackwell Pub
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2nd edition (December 1995)
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Relevance and the bigger picture ...sumed since Aristotle, a simple matter of coding and decoding it is an intelligent, intention-driven process, best characterised by an inferential... Read more

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Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things What Categories Reveal About the Mind
by George Lakoff

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Univ of Chicago Pr (Trd)
Paperback
Reprint edition (April 1990)
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Book Description ...ve repercussions in a variety of disciplines, ranging from anthropology and psychology to epistemology and the philosophy of science. . . . Lakoff... Read more

3. How Languages Are Learned
by Patsy M. Lightbown, Nina Spada

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Oxford Univ Press
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Revised edition (April 1999)
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Good introduction to language learning theory ...activities, its more theory than practical. Makes the reader aware of the current issues and proposes effective models. I like it, I'm buying a copy. Read more

4. Handbook of the International Phoenetic Association A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet
by International Phonetic Association

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Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt)
Paperback - 224 pages
(August 1999)
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Book Description ...The Handbook is in three parts Part I contains an introduction to phonetic description and exemplification of the use of phonetic symbols; Part II... Read more
 

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Politeness Some Universals in Language Usage
by Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson

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Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt)
Paperback - 345 pages
Reissue edition (June 1987)
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Statistical Language Learning (Language, Speech and Communication Series)
by Eugene Charniak

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MIT Press
Paperback - 192 pages
Reprint edition (October 1996)
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Charniak (computer science, Brown U.) presents statistical language processing from an artificial intelligence point of view in a text for researchers and scientists with a traditional computer science background. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. This text refers to the ... Read more

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Thought and Language
by Lev S. Vygotsky, Alex Kozulin (Editor)

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MIT Press
Paperback - 287 pages
Revised edition (September 1986)
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Book Description ...ed as a classic foundational work of cognitive science. Vygotsky analyzes the relationship between words and consciousness, arguing that speech is... Read more

9. A Man Without Words
by Susan Schaller, Oliver W. Sacks

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Univ California Press
Paperback - 204 pages
(August 1995)
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"Her passionate, powerful book is both eloquent and elegant." Read more
 

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Linguistic Anthropology (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
by Alessandro Duranti

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Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt)
Paperback - 398 pages
(September 1997)
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Book Description ...ral practice. The theories and methods of linguistic anthropology are introduced through a discussion of linguistic diversity, grammar in use, the... Read more

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Gender and Discourse
by Deborah Tannen

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Oxford Univ Pr (Trade)
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(January 1996)
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Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
by Robin Dunbar

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Harvard Univ Pr
Paperback - 240 pages
(October 1998)
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Why is it that among all the primates, only humans have language? According to Professor Robin Dunbar's new book, Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language, humans gossip because we don't groom each other. Dunbar builds his argument in a lively discussion that touches on such varied topics as... Read more

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Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing
by Christopher D. Manning(Preface), Hinrich Schutze (Preface)

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MIT Press
Hardcover - 620 pages
(June 18, 1999)
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Book Description ...ho wants to learn this field would be well advised to get this book. For that matter, the same goes for anyone who is already in the field. I know... Read more

15. Reading and Writing the Lakota Language Lakota Lyapi UN Wowapi
by Albert White Hat, et al

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Univ of Utah Pr (Trd)
Paperback - 272 pages
(March 1999)
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Book Description ...on, is the first written by a native Lakota speaker. It presents the Sicangu dialect using an orthography developed by Lakota in 1982 and which is... Read more

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Metaphors We Live by
by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson

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Univ of Chicago Pr (Trd)
Paperback - 242 pages
Pbk Ed edition (December 1983)
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"An engaging, accessible discussion, replete with examples, of the varieties of metaphor and how they work."Mary Sirridge, Teaching PhilosophyRead more

17. English With an Accent Standard Language Ideology and Language Attitudes Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United States
by Rosina Lippi-Green

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Routledge
Paperback - 288 pages
(June 1997)
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18. Optimality Theory (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
by Rene Kager

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Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt)
Paperback
(July 1999)
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Book Description ...constraints. The book does not limit its empirical scope to phonological phenomena, but also contains chapters on the learnability of OT grammars;... Read more

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Avatars of the Word From Papyrus to Cyberspace
by James Joseph O'Donnell

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Harvard Univ Pr
Hardcover - 240 pages
(June 1998)
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Avatars of the Wordcomments on the intersection of the history of written word and the explosion of cyberspace. Crafted with a meandering, laconic style, James O'Donnell wittily juxtaposes the modern and ancient.

Take, for example, the concept of the "virtual library." "The dream of... Read more
 

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Becoming a Translator An Accelerated Course
by Douglas Robinson, Doug Robinson

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Routledge
Paperback - 368 pages
(December 1997)
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Book Description ...job market works, and how to deal with stress. Organized in a user-friendly style, the book provides translators creative activities and exercises... Read more

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An Introduction To Language, 6e
by Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman

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Harcourt College Publishers
Textbook Binding - 592 pages
6th edition (1998)
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OVERVIEW ... linguistics phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics as well as pragmatics, historical change, social and regional dialects, child... Read more
 

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The Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development Handbook
by Lynne T. Diaz-Rico, Kathryn Z. Weed

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Allyn & Bacon
Paperback - 352 pages
(January 1995)
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Ways With Words
by Shirley Brice Heath

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Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt)
Paperback
(July 1983)
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A Teacher's View ...l that I am better prepared. This book is an excellent resource for those wanting to understand the student from a background different form their... Read more

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The Study of Language
by George Yule

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Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt)
Paperback
2nd edition (June 1996)
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Good overview ...tory passages for the seperate chapters were well chosen for their diversity and humor, though they weren't always very illustrative as far as the... Read more

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Focus on Form in Classroom Second Language Acquisition (Cambridge Applied Lingistics Series (Paper))
by Catherine Doughty(Editor), Jessica Williams (Editor)

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Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt)
Paperback - 320 pages
(July 1998)
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Linguistics An Introduction to Language and Communication
by Adrian Akmajian, et al

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MIT Press
Paperback - 577 pages
4th edition (September 1995)
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27. Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences
by Vicky McMillan, Victoria E. McMillan

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Bedford Books
Paperback - 197 pages
2nd edition (August 1996)
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An excellent guide to writing as a biologist ...and use biological literature, how to present data (including graphs and figures) in the context of scientific writing, and it has a great section... Read more

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