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series Translation Practices Explained Focusing on the problems of translating English legal language, Alcaraz and Hughes offer a wide-ranging view of one of the most demanding and vital areas of contemporary translation practice. Individual chapters deal with legal English as a linguistic system, special concepts in the translation of legal English, the genres of legal translation, and offer a series of practical problems together$43.19 USD
The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!
Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
Ten years after writing the definitive, international bestselling book on political debate and messaging, George Lakoff returns with new strategies about how to frame today’s essential issues.Called the “father of framing” by The New York Times, Lakoff explains how framing is about ideas—ideas that come before policy, ideas that make sense of facts, ideas that are proactive not reactive, positive$11.99 USD
Guía básica (y unisex) para alburear
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¿Quieres aprender albures?Con este libro podrás dar el ancho."Cuando alguien te alburea no está retándote a un duelo de espadazos, sino invitándote a un campo de juego. A reír, a divertirte, a jugar con las palabras y sus significados. Para alburear tan sólo necesitas poner en acción tu inteligencia, tu creatividad y tu conocimiento del lenguaje.<...$5.99 USD
From Celebrity Vilification to Everyday Talk
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Ensayo sobre la lengua y la cultura de los nahuas, Sierra Norte de Puebla
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Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
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The Ring of Words describes the powerful and unique relationship between Tolkien's creative use of the English language in his fictional works and his professional work on the Oxford English Dictionary. Tolkien's earliest employment was as an assistant on the staff of the OED, and he later said that he had 'learned more in those two years than in any other equal period of [his] life'. Here three$11.39 USD
What the Romans Really Gave the English Language
by Peter Jones
Peter Jones takes the reader on a fascinating journey along the highways and byways of Roman life and culture, telling the amazing stories behind the original Latin meanings and uses of hundreds of our everyday words. Taking in every aspect of the ancient world, including science, religion, military matters, politics and literature, Jones shows just how much the English language owes to the$10.69 USD
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Magia: Símbolos y Textos de la Magia
En el presente estudio sobre la magia, interesan sobre todo los aspectos lingüístico y semiótico. En el análisis, se parte de la siguiente definición de magia:La magia es lenguaje y símbolos objetivados para obrar con poder sobre el mundo, por parte de un mago ante el interés particular de un consultante en una comunidad, cuya interacción constituye un sistema.Esta definición puede descomponerse$7.99 USD
And What It Isn't and What It Could Be
New York Times bestselling author and renowned linguist, John McWhorter, explores the complicated and fascinating world of languages. From Standard English to Black English; obscure tongues only spoken by a few thousand people in the world to the big ones like Mandarin - What Language Is celebrates the history and curiosities of languages around the world and smashes our assumptions about "correct$9.99 USD
