Language: history & general works books

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This edited book showcases original research in the study of healthcare and health communication, while also providing...  Read More >>

This edited book offers culturally-situated, critical accounts of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)...  Read More >>

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"Our American Sayings By: Dolores Jean Calhoun Dolores Jean Calhoun began collecting idioms some time ago,...  Read More >>

This ground-breaking volume on early modern inter-Asian translation examines how translation from plain Chinese...  Read More >>

This book takes a fresh look at Tolkien’s literary artistry from the points of view of both linguistics and literary...  Read More >>

"This edited collection addresses issues such as how English can be effectively taught and learned, and what English...  Read More >>

Drawing on examples from 20+ sites across Korea and Koreatowns around the world, this book asks readers to rethink...  Read More >>

Automating Linguistics offers an in-depth study of the history of the mathematisation and automation of the sciences...  Read More >>

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This handbook is a comprehensive practical resource on corpus linguistics. Parts I to III feature chapters that...  Read More >>

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This book focuses on the language of two unions (the United Kingdom and the European Union), tracing the emergence...  Read More >>

Mit diesem Open-Access-Buch liefert Elisabeth Geursen erstmals Erkenntnisse zum Nachhaltigkeitsbegriff im Personalmanagement,...  Read More >>

This book details a study of sign language brokering that is carried out by deaf and hearing people who grow up...  Read More >>