Language: history & general works books

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Metadiscursive Nouns: Interaction and Persuasion in Disciplinary Writing

Metadiscursive Nouns: Interaction and Persuasion in...

Author: Feng (Kevin) Jiang (School of Foreign Language Education, Jilin University)
ISBN: 9781032270005
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Based on a 1.7-million-word corpus of 160 research articles from both soft and hard knowledge fields, this book...  Read More >>

The Multilingual Origins of Standard English

The Multilingual Origins of Standard English

Author: Laura Wright
ISBN: 9783110995107
Format: Paperback
$77.63

In Part One (the Orthodox Version) the contributors to this volume show how monolingual explanations of the origins...  Read More >>

One Hundred Years of Irish Language Policy, 1922-2022

One Hundred Years of Irish Language Policy, 1922-2022...

Author: Eamon Maher ,  John Walsh
ISBN: 9781789978926
Format: Paperback
$64.69

Published in the centenary year of the foundation of the Irish state, this book reviews one hundred years of government...  Read More >>

Dychmygu Iaith

Dychmygu Iaith

Author: Mererid Hopwood
ISBN: 9781786839190
Format: Hardback
$31.02

Mae astudiaethau niferus wedi archwilio delweddaeth beirdd drwy ac mewn iaith, hynny yw, y modd y defnyddiant iaith...  Read More >>

English in China: Creativity and Commodification

English in China: Creativity and Commodification

Author: Songqing Li (Associate Professor, Department of English, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China)
ISBN: 9781032268279
Format: Hardback
$315.00

English-related linguistic creativity and language commodification are a constant topic of interest and analysis...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies

The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies

Author: Philip Seargeant ,  Ann Hewings
ISBN: 9781032339061
Format: Paperback
$92.99

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Multimodal Theory and Methodology: For the Analysis of (Inter)action and Identity

Multimodal Theory and Methodology: For the Analysis...

Author: Sigrid Norris
ISBN: 9781032336947
Format: Paperback
$41.99

This concise guide outlines core theoretical and methodological developments of the growing field of Multimodal...  Read More >>

Corpus Perspectives on the Spoken Models used by EFL Teachers

Corpus Perspectives on the Spoken Models used by EFL...

Author: Angela Farrell
ISBN: 9781032337746
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Corpus Perspectives on the Spoken Models used by EFL Teachers illustrates the key principles and practical guidelines...  Read More >>

Categories, Constructions, and Change in English Syntax

Categories, Constructions, and Change in English Syntax...

Author: Nuria Yanez-Bouza (Universidade de Vigo, Spain) ,  Emma Moore (University of Sheffield)
ISBN: 9781108411424
Format: Paperback
$72.42

A collection of new case studies by world-renowned and emerging scholars in the field, which explores English syntactic...  Read More >>

Über Widersprüche sprechen: Linguistische Beiträge zu Contradiction Studies

Über Widersprüche sprechen: Linguistische Beiträge zu...

Author: Julia Nintemann ,  Cornelia Stroh
ISBN: 9783658348038
Format: Paperback
$211.17

Der Fokus des Bandes liegt auf Widerspruch als Gegenstandsbereich, unter den sprachliche Ausdrucksformen von Entgegensetzung,...  Read More >>

The Comic Latin Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction To The Latin Tongue

The Comic Latin Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction...

Author: Percival Leigh
ISBN: 9789356141407
Format: Paperback
$15.53

A humorous introduction to the Latin grammar and language - what could be more fun! This grammar is illustrated...  Read More >>

The Comic English Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction To The English Tongue.

The Comic English Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction...

Author: Percival Leigh
ISBN: 9789356141247
Format: Paperback
$18.11

NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS The Comic English Grammar:...  Read More >>

The Language of Living Matter: How Molecules Acquire Meaning

The Language of Living Matter: How Molecules Acquire...

Author: Bernd-Olaf Küppers
ISBN: 9783030803186
Format: Hardback
$103.47

This book, by an eminent scientist and philosopher, provides strong evidence for the claim that language is a general...  Read More >>

A Historical Phonology of Central Chadic: Prosodies and Lexical Reconstruction

A Historical Phonology of Central Chadic: Prosodies...

Author: H. Ekkehard Wolff (Universitat Leipzig)
ISBN: 9781316519547
Format: Hardback
$219.94

A pioneering study into the deep linguistic history of Central Chadic languages, this book applies refined comparative...  Read More >>

The Leeter Spiaking Singlish: Book 1: End-Particles

The Leeter Spiaking Singlish: Book 1: End-Particles...

Author: Gwee Li Sui
ISBN: 9789814974745
Format: Paperback
$23.26

From the master of Singlish himself! Singlish dissected and demonstrated by its greatest advocate, Dr Gwee Li Sui...  Read More >>

Multilingual Global Cities: Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai

Multilingual Global Cities: Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai...

Author: Peter Siemund ,  Jakob R.E. Leimgruber
ISBN: 9780367554422
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This volume sets out to investigate the linguistic ecologies of Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai, with chapters that...  Read More >>

English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN: Transformation of Language Habitats

English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN: Transformation...

Author: Azirah Hashim ,  Gerhard Leitner
ISBN: 9780367618445
Format: Paperback
$83.99

English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN embeds English in its various regional Southeast Asian and political ASEAN language...  Read More >>

Pop Culture in Language Education: Theory, Research, Practice

Pop Culture in Language Education: Theory, Research,...

Author: Valentin Werner (University of Bamberg, Germany) ,  Friederike Tegge (Massey University, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9780367644895
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Pop Culture in Language Education provides comprehensive insight on how studies of pop culture can inform language...  Read More >>

Reconceptualizing the Role of Critical Dialogue in American Classrooms: Promoting Equity through Dialogic Education

Reconceptualizing the Role of Critical Dialogue in American...

Author: Amanda Kibler (Oregon State University, USA.) ,  Guadalupe Valdés (Stanford University, USA.)
ISBN: 9780367611262
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Acknowledging teacher and student dialogue as key to student development, this volume takes a critical perspective...  Read More >>

The Shetland Dialect

The Shetland Dialect

Author: Peter Sundkvist
ISBN: 9780367527976
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Sundkvist’s comprehensive description of the Shetland dialect serve as an accessible reference source on one of...  Read More >>

An Anatomy of Chinese Offensive Words: A Lexical and Semantic Analysis

An Anatomy of Chinese Offensive Words: A Lexical and...

Author: Adrian Tien ,  Lorna Carson
ISBN: 9783030634773
Format: Paperback
$258.72

This book offers a precise and rigorous analysis of the meanings of offensive words in Chinese. The book will be...  Read More >>

Unraveling the complexity of SE

Unraveling the complexity of SE

Author: Grant Armstrong ,  Jonathan E. MacDonald
ISBN: 9783030570064
Format: Paperback
$232.85

This book makes a novel contribution to our understanding of Romance SE constructions by combining both diachronic...  Read More >>

Analysing Health Communication: Discourse Approaches

Analysing Health Communication: Discourse Approaches...

Author: Gavin Brookes ,  Daniel Hunt
ISBN: 9783030681869
Format: Paperback
$362.22

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