Language: history & general works books

This volume offers a comprehensive account of the study of language change in verb meaning in the history of the...  Read More >>

This volume applies multimodal approaches to the study of poetry and poetics. The book examines poetry’s visual...  Read More >>

This is an etymological study of the origins of the word kibosh, which has long been one of the great mysteries...  Read More >>

This book reflects on the future of the English language as used by native speakers, speakers of ""nativized"" New...  Read More >>

""The Monty Python comic master shares lighthearted advice on how anyone can learn the skill of creativity, drawing...  Read More >>

Erstmals in der Religionsgeschichte hat mit JHWH der Kosmos ein groaes Gegenuber. Wer diese wesentlich durch Vorenthaltung...  Read More >>

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A lively introduction to world Englishes, describing varieties used in a wide range of countries worldwide, and...  Read More >>

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The Eighth Edition of the Macquarie Dictionary is a comprehensive and up-to-date account of Australian English....  Read More >>

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"What's in a name? Identity. My name on my birth certificate is John William but as a young boy they called me Billy,...  Read More >>

This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the city image in the Hebrew Bible, with specific attention to stylistics....  Read More >>

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The German language holds an ambivalent and controversial place in the modern history of European Jews, representing...  Read More >>

This book combines methods including Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), Corpus Linguistics and comparative analysis...  Read More >>

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This book discusses how the poor and desperate in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries mobilised their...  Read More >>

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A fun way to improve your English vocabulary, regardless whether you are a native English speaker, the speaker of...  Read More >>

Die Arbeit eröffnet eine neue Perspektive auf das eigentümliche Phänomen, dass bestimmte komplexe Verben nicht in...  Read More >>