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This volume provides the most up-to-date and holistic but compact account of the peopling of the world from the perspect......more
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This book offers a transdisciplinary perspective on the question of how political legitimacy is constructed in the incre......more
Combining coverage of the key concepts and tools within phonetics and phonology with a systematic introduction to Praat,......more
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This volume seeks to add to our understanding of how language is constructed in late capitalist societies. Exploring the......more
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This book examines the linguistic and discursive mechanisms that realize the mythological American Alpha Male. Providing......more
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Conditionals, Paradox, and Probability brings together fifteen original essays by experts in philosophy and linguistics.......more
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This edited book brings together fifteen original empirical studies from a variety of international contexts to provide ......more
Opportunity and Curiosity find similar rocks on Mars. One can generally understand this statement if one knows that Oppo......more
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