Language: history & general works books

3395 books were found.

English Begins at Jamestown: Narrating the History of a Language

English Begins at Jamestown: Narrating the History of...

Author: Tim William Machan (Mary Lee Duda Professor of Literature, Mary Lee Duda Professor of Literature, University of Notre Dame)
ISBN: 9780198846369
Format: Hardback
$71.13

English Begins at Jamestown explores how people tell and have told the story of English, from its Indo-European...  Read More >>

Narrative Persuasion. A Cognitive Perspective on Language Evolution

Narrative Persuasion. A Cognitive Perspective on Language...

Author: Francesco Ferretti
ISBN: 9783031092053
Format: Hardback
$232.85

The study of the transition from animal communication to language addresses both the selective pressures that led...  Read More >>

The Impact of Plain Language on Legal English in the United Kingdom

The Impact of Plain Language on Legal English in the...

Author: Christopher Williams
ISBN: 9780367457297
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This volume offers insights into the ways in which plain language has influenced the language of the law in the...  Read More >>

GAELIC NEIGHBOURS: Scotland and Northern Ireland 1918-2021; Comparative Politics of Language and Culture: Worlds Apart!

GAELIC NEIGHBOURS: Scotland and Northern Ireland 1918-2021;...

Author: Vincent McKee
ISBN: 9781908837257
Format: Paperback
$51.62

This book presents an insightful comparative perspective on Gaelic language and cultural politics in Scotland and...  Read More >>

Place-Name Politics in Multilingual Areas: A Comparative Study of Southern Carinthia (Austria) and the Těšín/Cieszyn Region (Czechia)

Place-Name Politics in Multilingual Areas: A Comparative...

Author: Peter Jordan ,  Přemysl Mácha
ISBN: 9783030694906
Format: Paperback
$362.22

This book explores the role of place names in the formation and maintenance of individual and group identities in...  Read More >>

Delicious Words: East Asian Food Words in English

Delicious Words: East Asian Food Words in English

Author: Jieun Kiaer
ISBN: 9780367505912
Format: Paperback
$41.99

As societies across the globe are becoming increasingly interwoven, so too is the world of food. This book examines...  Read More >>

Critical Reflections on the Language of Neoliberalism in Education: Dangerous Words and Discourses of Possibility

Critical Reflections on the Language of Neoliberalism...

Author: Spyros Themelis (University of East Anglia, UK)
ISBN: 9780367629571
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Recognizing the dominance of neoliberal forces in education, this volume offers a range of critical essays which...  Read More >>

Second Language Pragmatics and English Language Education in East Asia

Second Language Pragmatics and English Language Education...

Author: Cynthia Lee
ISBN: 9780367627553
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This volume discusses the significance of learning and teaching of second language (L2) pragmatics in language education...  Read More >>

Approaches to Specialized Genres

Approaches to Specialized Genres

Author: Kathy Ling LIN ,  Isaac N. Mwinlaaru
ISBN: 9780367644062
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Approaches to Specialized Genres provides a timely update of the field of genre studies, with contributions focusing...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Education in Bangladesh

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Education...

Author: Shaila Sultana ,  M. Moninoor Roshid
ISBN: 9780367610654
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This Handbook is a comprehensive overview of English language education in Bangladesh. It provides a comprehensive...  Read More >>

Communicating Strategically in English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus Driven Investigation

Communicating Strategically in English as a Lingua Franca:...

Author: Janin Jafari (Monash University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780367655105
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book provides a comprehensive account of recent empirical findings in the field of ELF and explores the usage...  Read More >>

Pragmatics Pedagogy in English as an International Language

Pragmatics Pedagogy in English as an International Language...

Author: Zia Tajeddin (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran) ,  Minoo Alemi (Islamic Azad University, Iran)
ISBN: 9780367563295
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Pragmatics Pedagogy in English as an International Language aims to bring to light L2 pragmatics instruction and...  Read More >>

Integration of Engineering Education and the Humanities: Global Intercultural Perspectives: Proceedings of the Conference Integrating Engineering Education and Humanities for Global Intercultural Perspectives, 20-22 April 2022, St. Petersburg, Russia

Integration of Engineering Education and the Humanities:...

Author: Zhanna Anikina
ISBN: 9783031114342
Format: Paperback
$646.85

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The Chinese Aspectual System: Theory and Computation

The Chinese Aspectual System: Theory and Computation...

Author: Hongzhi Xu
ISBN: 9789811634109
Format: Paperback
$336.35

This book presents a theoretical study on aspect in Chinese, including both situation and viewpoint aspects.  Read More >>

The Golden Thread: The Story of Writing

The Golden Thread: The Story of Writing

Author: Ewan Clayton (Author)
ISBN: 9781786494689
Format: Paperback
$64.69

An authoritative and accessible history of the cultural miracle that is the written word.  Read More >>

The Academic Enculturation of Chinese Archaeologists: A Study of Disciplinary Texts, Practices and Identities

The Academic Enculturation of Chinese Archaeologists:...

Author: Meng Ge
ISBN: 9781433186097
Format: Hardback
$270.73

The textographic study examines the academic enculturation experiences of Chinese archaeologists through the lens...  Read More >>

A is for Aileron

A is for Aileron

Author: Steve Hyde
ISBN: 9798839965782
Format: Paperback
$15.81

An A to Z of Countdown words, for grownups, kids and Countdown nerds Written in the style of a classic children's...  Read More >>

The Art of Verbal Warfare

The Art of Verbal Warfare

Author: Rik Smits
ISBN: 9781789145946
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A dive into salty and artful language, invective and off-colour jokes the world over.  Read More >>

The Cambridge Handbook of Romance Linguistics

The Cambridge Handbook of Romance Linguistics

Author: Adam Ledgeway (University of Cambridge) ,  Martin Maiden (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781108485791
Format: Hardback
$323.44

With contributions from world-renowned scholars, this Handbook explores what we can learn about linguistics from...  Read More >>

The Evolution of EMI Research in European Higher Education

The Evolution of EMI Research in European Higher Education...

Author: Alessandra Molino (University of Torino, Italy) ,  Slobodanka Dimova (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
ISBN: 9780367714444
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book presents a state-of-the-art of EMI research in European higher education over the last twenty years, offering...  Read More >>

Dominant Language Constellations Approach in Education and Language Acquisition

Dominant Language Constellations Approach in Education...

Author: Larissa Aronin ,  Eva Vetter
ISBN: 9783030707712
Format: Paperback
$310.47

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A Literary History of Latin & English Poetry: Bilingual Verse Culture in Early Modern England

A Literary History of Latin & English Poetry: Bilingual...

Author: Victoria Moul (University College London)
ISBN: 9781107192713
Format: Hardback
$284.63

Painting the fullest picture to date of early modern England's bilingual poetic culture, this study contextualises...  Read More >>

Mother Tongue: 2021

Mother Tongue: 2021

Author: Pierre Bancel ,  John Bengtson
ISBN: 9781463244415
Format: Paperback
$184.80

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