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1	Teach Yourself Linguistics more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist "Teach Yourself Linguistics" is a straightforward introduction to linguistics, the systematic study that seeks to answer two fundamental questions: "What is language?" and "How does language work?" This book outlines the scope of linguistics, explaining the basic concepts and essential terminology. It discusses sound patterning, syntax, and ... see all copies from $4.94! new only from $5.10! \| SVS
2	Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist This volume about words, and the extraordinary human capacity to store and retrieve them. We hold effortlessly at least 50,000 of them in our minds, the majority of which can be summoned in a split second. No computer has yet come anywhere near simulating the complexities of the internal word-store. This book provides an up-to-date introduction to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $48.01! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Language Web: The Power and Problem of Words, the 1996 BBC Reith Lectures more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist Language is like a vast spider's web. In this volume Jean Aitchison explores the different facets of this web. She begins with the cobweb of false worries which surrounds language. She then discusses how language evolved in the human species, how children acquire it, and how educated English speakers remember 50,000 or more words. Finally, she ... see all copies from $14.43! new only from $19.95! \| SVS
4	The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist An established bestseller, "The Articulate Mammal" is a concise and highly readable introduction to the main topics in psycholinguistics. This fifth edition brings the book up-to-date with recent theories, including new material on: the possibility of a 'language gene'; Post-Chomskyan ideas Language within an evolutionary framework; spatial ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.54! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Thesaurus Construction and Use: A Practical Manual more books like this by Jean Aitchison, Alan Gilchrist, David Bawden add to wishlist IT applications for thesauri have been emerging - for example, in front-end systems, cross-database searching, hypertext systems, expert systems, and in natural-language processing. In-house thesauri are still needed for internal special collections. Aiming to meet these needs, this fourth edition has been revised to take account of advances in ... see all copies from $22.84! new only from $85.57!
6	Language Change: Progress or Decay? more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist Why do people sometimes leave off the ends of words when they speak? Is it sloppiness, progress, or inevitable erosion? This book attempts to answer such questions by giving a lucid and up-to-date overview of language change. It discusses where our evidence about language change comes from, how and why changes happen, and how and why languages ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| SVS
7	The Word Weavers: Newshounds and Wordsmiths more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist Modern journalism is often the subject of criticism and opposition. Written by one of the foremost authorities on language and the media writing today, this engaging book suggests that view is unfair, and that journalists are in fact skilled 'word weavers' whose output is cleverly worked into planned patterns. Drawing on a range of authentic news ... see all copies from $5.45! new only from $5.45!
8	The Seeds of Speech: Language Origin and Evolution more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist Human language is a weird communication system: it has more in common with birdsong than with the calls of other primates. In this wide-ranging and accessible overview, Jean Aitchison explores the origins of human language and how it has evolved. She likens the search to a vast pre-historic jigsaw puzzle, in which numerous fragments of evidence ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.49! \| first editions \| SVS
9	New Media Language more books like this by Jean Aitchison (Editor), Diana Lewis (Editor) add to wishlist New Media Language brings leading media figures and scholars together to debate the shifting relations between today's media and contemporary language. From newspapers and television to email, the internet and text messaging, there are ever increasing media conduits for the news. This book investigates how developments in world media have affected ... see all copies from $15.01! new only from $27.71!
10	Words in the Mind more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist This book deals with words, and how humans learn them, remember them, understand them and find the ones they want. It discusses the structure and content of the human word-store or 'mental lexicon' with particular reference to the spoken language of those with English as their native language. Since the first two editions of Words in the Mind were ... see all copies from $5.76! new only from $99.00!
11	General linguistics. more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
12 view cover	A Glossary of Language and Mind more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist This alphabetical guide to language and mind gives an up-to-date introduction to the key topics of speech comprehension, speech production and child language. Written by a well-known author in the field, the entries are concise and lucid, and provide an easy-to-read overview of an area of linguistics which lies at the core of the human ability to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Thesaurus construction: a practical manual more books like this by Jean Aitchison, Alan Gilchrist add to wishlist see all copies from $24.96!
14	Language Change more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
15 view cover	Linguistics more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist An introduction to linguistics. This fifth edition contains a new chapter on language and style, discussing literature, advertising and newspapers. There are also new sections on language origin, the role of verbs, language and power, and sign language. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.48!
16 view cover	Linguistics : an introduction more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist Introduces linguistics taking account of recent developments in the academic field, and their practical applications. The book includes sections on speech disorders, politeness, the language of advertising and phonetics. This text is for language undergraduates and students of related areas. see all copies from $15.73!
17	International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology more books like this by Jean Aitchison (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $305.40!
18	Introducing language and mind more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist This brief, accessible introduction to psycholinguistics includes points presented in an alphabetical format. see all copies from $15.69!
19	Language joyriding : an inaugural lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on 16 November 1993 more books like this by Jean Aitchison add to wishlist Jean Aitchison explains that the role of the Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and Communication is twofold: researching into key aspects of language, especially of the media, and educating future gatekeepers or "lock-keepers", those who will filter and transform incoming floods of information. Lock-keeper education involves promoting clear ... see all copies from $15.00!
20 view cover	Unhcr International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology more books like this by Jean Aitchison, United Nations High Commissioner for Ref add to wishlist see all copies from $80.05! SVS
21	DH/DSS-Data thesaurus : the thesaurus of the Departments of Health and Social Security Library Services, London more books like this by Jean Aitchison, P. M. R. Brewin, J. E. Cotton, E. D. Dua, Great Britain. Departments of Health and Social Security Library Services add to wishlist see all copies from $44.34!
22	Thesaurus on youth : an integrated classification and thesaurus for youth affairs and related topics more books like this by Jean Aitchison, Inese A. Smith, Susan Thompson add to wishlist see all copies from $37.23!

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