Search Results: Language Arts from Bytown Bookery

Grove Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1978. Paperback. 0394170660 . Trade Paperback. A very good++ copy with a tight binding, a bright, unmarked interior with light scuffing and edgewear. Small crease to the top corner of the front free end paper. ; 0.6 x 9.1 x 6 Inches; 186 pages .

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin (Non-Classics). Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1983. Trade Paperback. 0140064877 . Trade Paperback with very minor edgewear and scuffing. Nice & clean with a solid binding. "A delightful exploration of animal words, pharses, and their origins - from Aaron's serpent to zyzzyva." ; 1 x 7 x 5 Inches; 239 pages .

Blackwell Pub. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1992. Paperback. 0631153020 . Trade Paperback. A very good+ copy with a tight binding and about 10 pages with underlining and pencil notes on them. Light cover & edge wear. "This text provides an integrated account of Chomsky's ideas about language, based chiefly on the current version of his theory - the government/binding theory of linguistics. It starts from the fundamental concept of universal grammar as a property of the human mind, consisting of universal principles of language and parameters that vary within limits from one language to another. "; Applied Language Studies; 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.9 Inches; 201 pages .

New York: Crown Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1970. 1st Edition; 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Red hardcovers with bold gilt titles to the spine. Very Good+, tightly bound with a bright, unmaked text. Spine end and corner bumping. First Edition, Second Printing. The DJ is clipped with cover scuffing and edgewear, spine end chipping. ""The Key" deals with the hypothesis that a single or group of people spread across the entire globe thousands of years before the modern expansion. Proof is established in the names of rivers, mountains, lakes and particularly "Gods". The apparent origin is the Semitic civilization. "Anyone who feels Creation and Evolution just don't quite give the entire picture should read this book. It is a marvelous collection of historical facts and speculation. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 288 pages .

Routledge. Very Good+. 1980. Trade paperback. 071008627X . Trade Paperback in Very Good condition. Tightly bound, a few pages with some light pencil underlining, otherwise unmarked. ; 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 Inches; 165 pages .

New York: Pantheon. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1979. Trade Paperback. 0394736192 . In very good condition with some scuffing and edgewar. Browning around the pages edges and the front free end paper has a small piece of the corner cut out. Well-bound with an unmarked interior. "Turning aside from ideological beliefs of American intellectuals, Chomsky povides an invaluable introdution to the history of generative grammar. He unveils the controversies that have shaped and structured the understanding of language for the last thiry-gfive years." ; 0.6 x 8 x 5.5 Inches; 212 pages .

London, England: Edward Arnold Publsihers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Trade Paperback. Light scuffing and some spotting to the front cover and a small scar on the front spine hinge. Previous owner's name on the front free end paper, clean & unmarked interior and tightly bound. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 86 pages .

Prentice Hall College Div. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1997. Trade Paperback. 0134629612 . A very nice Trade Paperback, with the only mark being the previous owner's name printed on the inside front cover. Clean, bright & tight copy. "This comprehensive book presents the basics of conducting sociological research and writing papers in the discipline. Through samples of completed sociological work that demonstrate how to write about social research, this book presents work of original writers and researchers in the field." ; 0.75 x 9.5 x 7 Inches; 250 pages .

Random House Canada. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0679311017 . Tan hardcovers with blue spine covering, gilt titles to the spine. In Fine condition, tightly bound with a bright, umarked text. First Edition with a number line indicating a First Printing. The DJ is unclipped and in fine condition. "Whether on the other side of the world or in our own backyard, languages everywhere are fading into oblivion. Mark Abley explores what the human family stands to lose -- and explains why some endangered languages continue to thrive. Within the next couple of generations, most of the world's 6000 languages will vanish, due mainly to the unstoppable tide of English." ; 9.10 X 6.20 X 1.40 inches; 256 pages .

Anchor. Very Good+. 2008. Paperback. 1400095433 . Trade paperback in Very Good+ condition. The pages are tightly bound, clean & unmarked. Moderate cover rubbing and edgewear. "Erard explains the nature of verbal errors and the curious attempts to explain them in this delightfully original and informative look at the propensity to stumble through the spoken language." ; 7.90 X 5.20 X 0.80 inches; 303 pages .