Dialect, slang & jargon books

The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as...  Read More >>

This volume contains a detailed grammatical description of Mehri, an unwritten Semitic language spoken in Oman and...  Read More >>

From International to Local English - And Back Again  Read More >>

Dialekträume werden wahrnehmungsdialektologisch als kognitive Räume gesehen, die sich durch linguistische, geographische...  Read More >>

A collection of twelve short readings in simplified Chinese on traditional ghost stories, myths, and fables.  Read More >>

The ever popular and thoroughly entertaining Aussie Slang Dictionary is back to help you decipher and speak the...  Read More >>

Online and mobile technologies are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in the...  Read More >>

A visual guide to learn Mandarin. It features the illustrated prompts and allows you to read the English words out...  Read More >>

A visual guide to learn Spanish. It features illustrated prompts and helps you read the English words out loud to...  Read More >>

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A study of Newfoundland English, spoken in Canada's newest province, Newfoundland and Labrador.  Read More >>

Drawing on the unique resources of the Oxford English Dictionary and offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words...  Read More >>

Examines variation in vowel configurations in African American English  Read More >>

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This work is a unique documentation of the now extinct Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Challa (modern-day Çukurca,...  Read More >>

Das Badische Wörterbuch dokumentiert den mundartlichen Wortschatz im Gebiet des ehemaligen Großherzogtums Baden,...  Read More >>

Speak Chinese with Millions: The Language of Everyday Conversation is aimed at readers interested in learning practical...  Read More >>

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Includes two 60-minute CDs, recorded by native speakers of German, that are suitable for the Colloquial German 2...  Read More >>

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Lucian of Samosata, the prolific Greek-speaking satirist of the 2nd century AD, left us a wide range of works ranging...  Read More >>

L'interdizione linguistica, imponendo di evitare le parole evocative di emozioni paurose, è causa della polverizzazione...  Read More >>

Describes more than one hundred primary sources in order to provide a picture of the infancy of the study of medieval...  Read More >>

A dictionary of slang and a slang thesaurus that includes words which are visually coded to help readers distinguish...  Read More >>