Language: history & general works books

This highly accessible guidebook outlines the practical steps and ethical guidelines entailed when gathering linguistic...  Read More >>

In this classic introductory work, Holmes and Wilson examine the role of language in a variety of social contexts.It...  Read More >>

This book studies the dialectic relationship between the image of the child and the toy in literary depictions of...  Read More >>

In this classic introductory work, Holmes and Wilson examine the role of language in a variety of social contexts.It...  Read More >>

This highly accessible guidebook outlines the practical steps and ethical guidelines entailed when gathering linguistic...  Read More >>

In this work, originally published in 1974, Roger Fowler explains the character and absorbing interest of language....  Read More >>

In Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000: Exploring Unfinished, Unpublished, Unsuccessful Encyclopedic Projects, fourteen...  Read More >>

Provides classicists and linguists in general with a complete account of the 'historical present' in Classical Greek....  Read More >>

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This volume reflects the breadth of scholarship of one of today's leading experts in the field of Frisian Studies....  Read More >>

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An accessible and entertaining textbook that introduces students to sociolinguistics in a real-world context, addressing...  Read More >>

This book considers the important twentieth century Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and his conception...  Read More >>

"""A New York Times bestselling writer explores what our unique sonic signature reveals about our species, our culture,...  Read More >>

Are the general and the particular separated in legal rhetorics? What is the function of singular events, facts,...  Read More >>

Robert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing...  Read More >>

Swear Like A British Schoolboy Word Search 100 puzzles large print 8.5x11 solutions at the back mix and match...  Read More >>

This book critically reflects on the challenges faced by refugee aspirant professionals in securing employment and...  Read More >>

Contesting the idea that the study of Anglophone literature and literary studies is simply a foreign import in Asia,...  Read More >>

This handbook addresses the methodological problems and theoretical challenges that arise in attempting to understand...  Read More >>

Together with the volume “Inquiries in philosophical pragmatics: Linguistic and theoretical issues,” this book provides...  Read More >>

This book is the first comparative study of English, German, French, Russian and Hungarian anti-proverbs based on...  Read More >>

This book is a comprehensive study on the phonetic characteristics of citation tones in Chaoshan Chinese. This book...  Read More >>

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Digital Teaching for Linguistics re-imagines the teaching of linguistics in a digital environment. It provides both...  Read More >>