Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Books-FYI, Inc., Cadiz, KY, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.31.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.31.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.31.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.31.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.31.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Seattle Goodwill, Seattle, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. May have some shelf-wear due to normal use. Your purchase funds free job training and education in the greater Seattle area. Thank you for supporting Goodwills nonprofit mission!.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: eCampus, Lexington, KY, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Publicado por Columbia University Press April 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Why is there such a striking difference between English spelling and English pronunciation? How did our seemingly relatively simple grammar rules develop? What are the origins of regional dialect, literary language, and everyday speech, and what do they have to do with you?Seth Lerer's Inventing English is a masterful, engaging history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. Many have written about the evolution of our grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Lerer situates these developments in the larger history of English, America, and literature.Lerer begins in the seventh century with the poet Caedmon learning to sing what would become the earliest poem in English. He then looks at the medieval scribes and poets who gave shape to Middle English. He finds the traces of the Great Vowel Shift in the spelling choices of letter writers of the fifteenth century and explores the achievements of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of 1755 and The Oxford English Dictionary of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He describes the differences between English and American usage and, through the example of Mark Twain, the link between regional dialect and race, class, and gender. Finally, he muses on the ways in which contact with foreign languages, popular culture, advertising, the Internet, and e-mail continue to shape English for future generations.Each concise chapter illuminates a moment of invention-a time when people discovered a new form of expression or changed the way they spoke or wrote. In conclusion, Lerer wonders whether globalization and technology have turned English into a world language and reflects on what has been preserved and what has been lost. A unique blend of historical and personal narrative, Inventing English is the surprising tale of a language that is as dynamic as the people to whom it belongs.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Burkman, Blackfoot, ID, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. new conditioned book.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Textbooks_Source, Columbia, MO, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).
Publicado por Columbia University Press, New York, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Priceless Books, Urbana, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Hb. Condición: G. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG-. 305pp. Index. Wear boards, writing interior, DJ: wear extremities, light soiling.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Textbooks_Source, Columbia, MO, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
hardcover. Condición: New. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Ejemplar firmado
Condición: As New. Signed Copy . Like New dust jacket. Signed by author on title page.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Hardback. Condición: Fine.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, Estados Unidos de America
hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket.
Publicado por Columbia University Press April 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: 2nd Act Books, Charlottesville, VA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Used - very good.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Used - Like New. 2007. 0th Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Dust Jacket is Like New.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Used - Very Good. 2007. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf wear. Very Good.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Ejemplar firmado
hardcover. Condición: As New. Inscribed by author. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author.*. Signed.
Publicado por U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Unique Books, Lexington, KY, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 023113794X ISBN 13: 9780231137942
Librería: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. 2007. 0th Edition. Hardcover. New. Dust Jacket is Like New.