How Language Works : How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die - David Crystal

How Language Works : How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die - David Crystal

In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how

Opening Minds: Using Language to Change Lives (Johnston Peter H.)(Paperback)

'Introducing a spelling test to a student by saying, 'Let's see how many words you know, ' is different from saying, 'Let's see how many words you know already.' It is only one word, but the already suggests that any words the child knows are ahead of expectation and, most important, that there is

The Gift of the Gab: How Eloquence Works (Crystal David)(Paperback)

In this entertaining and original book, David Crystal explores spoken eloquence and how it works in everyday situations as well as in great political oratory. He offers an array of useful insights for all those who wish to tap the power of eloquent speech

Don't Believe A Word - From Myths to Misunderstandings - How Language Really Works (Shariatmadari David)(Paperback / softback)

A mind-boggling journey through the phenomenon of language, busting nine common myths about humanity's greatest achievement - 'Wonderful' STEPHEN

Get People to Do What You Want: How to Use Body Language and Words for Maximum Effect (Hartley Gregory)(Paperback)

Grammar for Literacy: CfE (Cooper Jane)(Paperback / softback)

Grammar matters. Understand how to use and structure language correctly to make your meaning

Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion (Crystal David)(Paperback)

A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by or are unknown to a modern audience. Displayed panels look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address. Plot

Secret Life of Words (Hitchings Henry)(Paperback / softback)

Journey into the history of English and discover how words have been absorbed into our language to make it what it is

Clean Approaches for Coaches - How to Create the Conditions for Change Using Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling (Way Marian)(Paperback / softback)

I Saw the Dog - How Language Works (Aikhenvald Alexandra)(Pevná vazba)

A leading expert draws on a lifetime of fieldwork to reveal the mysteries and magic of

Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning (Johnston Peter H.)(Paperback)

In productive classrooms, teachers don't just teach children skills: they build emotionally and relationally healthy learning communities. Teachers create intellectual environments that produce not only technically competent students, but also caring, secure, actively literate human beings.Choice

The Structure of Magic a Book about Language and Therapy (Bandler Richard)(Paperback)

These seminal works in neurolinguistic programming (NLP) help therapists understand how people create inner models of the world to represent their experience and guide their behavior. Volume I describes the Meta Model, a framework for comprehending the structure of language; Volume II applies NLP

Cryptography: The Key to Digital Security, How It Works, and Why It Matters (Martin Keith)(Paperback)

Despite its reputation as a language only of spies and hackers, cryptography plays a critical role in our everyday lives. Though often invisible, it underpins the security of our mobile phone calls, credit card payments, web searches, internet messaging, and cryptocurrencies--in short, everything

With the End in Mind - How to Live and Die Well (Mannix Kathryn)(Paperback / softback)

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset' Sunday Times How should we think of death and how can we prepare for

Orchid and the Dandelion - Why Sensitive People Struggle and How All Can Thrive (Boyce W. Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

Foreword by Philippa Perry'Based on groundbreaking research that has the power to change the lives of countless children - and the adults who love them.' - Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet'A necessary and important book.' - Philippa Perry, Sunday Times bestselling author of

Cynical Theories - How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity - And Why this Harms Everybody (Pluckrose Helen)(Paperback / softback)

Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only white people can be racist? Are you confused by these ideas, and do you wonder how they have managed so quickly to challenge the