Language: history & general works books

Ausgangspunkt ist die These, dass jüdisches Denken und deutschsprachig-jüdische Literatur nicht primär assimilatorisch...  Read More >>

An A-Z of terrible English by the Telegraph's former master grammarian The English language has evolved throughout...  Read More >>

A warm, witty, passionate cry for living, vital, indigenous languages and the people who speak them. Despite the...  Read More >>

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Luke Thompson is a unique and compelling guide through conversations, real and imagined, with other beings. Thompson's...  Read More >>

"""A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word.""--Provided...  Read More >>

Join beloved author and presenter of BBC Radio 4's Word of Mouth, Michael Rosen, on a journey through the year via...  Read More >>

'This delightful book is a tribute to the genius of the human mind for conceptual precision and the beauty of the...  Read More >>

This book argues that Middle English - and hence Modern English - is a direct descendent of Anglo Norse, the language...  Read More >>

English is now a global phenomenon no longer defined by fixed territorial, cultural and social functions. This Companion...  Read More >>

The remarkable story of Australia's First Nations Languages, from precolonial times to the present Australia's...  Read More >>

This volume is comprehensively designed to help prospective English Language Teaching (EFL) teachers specializing...  Read More >>

This edited volume provides innovative insights into how critical language pedagogy and taboo topics can inform...  Read More >>

This collection advocates for languages-based, translational research to be part of the partnerships and collaborations...  Read More >>

This pioneering work explores epigraphic evidence for the development of English before the Anglo-Saxon period,...  Read More >>

This collection charts the evolution of grammatical variation in Englishes from the Late Middle English to the present,...  Read More >>

This book offers a systematic, bottom-up account of irony across both everyday contexts and literary and linguistic...  Read More >>

Language and Decolonisation is the first collection to bring together views from across scholarly communities that...  Read More >>

Only humorist El McMeen could hit a wacky home run by just playing with book titles! For laughs, he takes a famous...  Read More >>

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This book examines the rise of English in Rwanda, offering critical insights into the links between language, colonialism,...  Read More >>

This book offers a truly interdisciplinary exploration of the polymathic influences that shaped Through the Looking-Glass....  Read More >>

The remarkable story of Margaret Paston, whose letters form the most extensive collection of personal writings by...  Read More >>

This book contains new research essays of linguistic interface studies in or related to East Asian languages. The...  Read More >>