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The Ring of Words describes the unique relationship between Tolkien's creative use of the English language in his fiction and his work on the... Læs mere
In this practical and comprehensive field guide, author Panos Alexopoulos takes you on an eye-opening journey through semantic data modeling as applied in the real world. You’ll learn how to master this craft to increase the usability and value of your data and applications.
Covering thinkers from Aristotle to Saussure and Chomsky, this title reveals the rules and beauty that underlie language, our most human skill.
First ever critical study of Tolkien’s little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation of Middle-earth and beyond, to George R R Martin’s Game of Thrones.
Illustrated with the best examples of inscriptions from the British Museum's Roman collection, this book explores the meaning of putting up public inscriptions and the standardised system of abbreviation that was used to ensure Romans from all areas of the Empire could read them.
Runes employ many techniques from informal scratchings to sophisticated inlaid designs on weapons, or the exquisite relief carvings of the Franks Casket. This book tells the story of runes from... Læs mere
A quirky language-lovers tour of the twenty most-spoken languages in the world - what puts them a cut above the other six thousand?
The full story of the race to decipher the world's greatest puzzle.
This classic collection of essays, first published in 1979, represents Joseph Raz's landmark contribution to the philosophy of law. The new edition... Læs mere
The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions.
An essay with the reach and momentum of a novel, Kate Briggs's This Little Art is a genre-bending song for the practice of literary translation, offering fresh, fierce and timely thinking on reading, writing and living with the works of others.