Language: history & general works books

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The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics

The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics...
Author: Merja Kytö (Uppsala Universitet, Sweden) , Päivi Pahta (University of Tampere, Finland) ISBN: 9781107039353 Format: Hardback	$336.38
English historical linguistics is a subfield of linguistics which has developed theories and methods for exploring... Read More >>

Ojibwe Discourse Markers

Ojibwe Discourse Markers
Author: Brendan Fairbanks ISBN: 9780803299337 Format: Hardback	$184.80
Examines the challenging subject of discoursemarkers in Ojibwe, one of the many indigenous languages in the Algonquian... Read More >>

Fixing English: Prescriptivism and Language History

Fixing English: Prescriptivism and Language History...
Author: Anne Curzan (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) ISBN: 9781316604885 Format: Paperback	$80.19
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Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language

Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language
Author: Bill Bryson ISBN: 9780241976043 Format: Paperback	$25.85
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Doublespeak

Doublespeak
Author: William Lutz ISBN: 9781632460172 Format: Paperback	$34.99
Describes the four different types of doublespeak (euphemism, jargon, gobbledygook, and inflated language). Read More >>

English in Modern Times

English in Modern Times
Author: Joan C Beal ISBN: 9781138144064 Format: Hardback	$284.00
English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that... Read More >>

Philosophical and Linguistic Analyses of Reference

Philosophical and Linguistic Analyses of Reference
Author: Piotr Stalmaszczyk ISBN: 9783631662649 Format: Hardback	$140.37
Papers in this collection discuss philosophical and linguistic approaches to reference, within the tradition of... Read More >>

Sociolinguistic Research: Application and Impact

Sociolinguistic Research: Application and Impact
Author: Robert Lawson (Birmingham City University, UK) , Dave Sayers (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) ISBN: 9780415748506 Format: Hardback	$326.00
Shortlisted for the LSA Leonard Bloomfield Book Award 2017 Sociolinguistic Research: Application and Impact provides... Read More >>

Language, Discourse and Literature: An Introductory Reader in Discourse Stylistics

Language, Discourse and Literature: An Introductory...
Author: Ronald Carter , Paul Simpson ISBN: 9781138140950 Format: Hardback	$284.00
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Die Sprechstimme in der Musik: Komposition, Notation, Transkription

Die Sprechstimme in der Musik: Komposition, Notation,...
Author: Julia Merrill ISBN: 9783658124939 Format: Paperback	$158.37
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Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime

Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of...
Author: Jonathon Green ISBN: 9780099549994 Format: Paperback	$43.96
The language of crime has a long and venerable history - in fact, the first collection of words specifically used... Read More >>

An Introduction to Middle English

An Introduction to Middle English
Author: E.E. Wardale ISBN: 9781138658813 Format: Hardback	$231.00
First published in 1937, this book supplies a history of the living growth of the English language from Old English... Read More >>

Etymological Dictionary of the Sumerian Language

Etymological Dictionary of the Sumerian Language
Author: Simo Parpola ISBN: 9789521094927 Format: Hardback	$244.15
After many unsuccessful attempts to establish its linguistic affinity, Sumerian is nowadays widely considered a... Read More >>

Language and Characterisation: People in Plays and Other Texts

Language and Characterisation: People in Plays and Other...
Author: Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster University, UK) ISBN: 9781138142848 Format: Hardback	$284.00
This book-length study focuses on the role of language and characterisation in the dialogue of play texts. Containing... Read More >>

Language Change

Language Change
Author: Larry Trask ISBN: 9781138142626 Format: Hardback	$231.00
First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Read More >>

Categorization in Discourse and Grammar

Categorization in Discourse and Grammar
Author: Małgorzata Fabiszak , Karolina Krawczak ISBN: 9783631664247 Format: Hardback	$177.24
This collection of papers focuses on the role of context in the production and comprehension of metaphors in political... Read More >>

Guardians of Language: Twenty Voices Through History

Guardians of Language: Twenty Voices Through History...
Author: Florian Coulmas (Senior Professor in the Institute of East Asian Studies, Senior Professor in the Institute of East Asian Studies, Duisberg-Essen University) ISBN: 9780198736523 Format: Hardback	$141.95
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The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation

The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation...
Author: David Crystal (Honorary Professor of Linguistics, Honorary Professor of Linguistics, University of Wales, Bangor) ISBN: 9780199668427 Format: Hardback	$66.95
This dictionary is the first comprehensive description of Shakespearean original pronunication (OP), enabling practitioners... Read More >>

Oralität und Literalität: Die Technologisierung des Wortes

Oralität und Literalität: Die Technologisierung des...
Author: Walter J. Ong , Andreas Hepp ISBN: 9783658109714 Format: Paperback	$171.57
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Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk

Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way...
Author: Jane Sutcliffe , John Shelley ISBN: 9781580896382 Format: Hardback	$35.00
As readers will discover, ""the long and the short of it"" is this: Will changed the English language forever. Backmatter... Read More >>

Language and Law: A resource book for students

Language and Law: A resource book for students
Author: Alan Durant (Middlesex University, UK) , Janny Leung, HC (University of Hong Kong) ISBN: 9781138025585 Format: Hardback	$284.00
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Language and Law: A resource book for students

Language and Law: A resource book for students
Author: Alan Durant (Middlesex University, UK) , Janny Leung, HC (University of Hong Kong) ISBN: 9781138025578 Format: Paperback	$83.99
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Texts, Editors, and Readers: Methods and Problems in Latin Textual Criticism

Texts, Editors, and Readers: Methods and Problems in...
Author: Richard Tarrant (Harvard University, Massachusetts) ISBN: 9780521158992 Format: Paperback	$59.49
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What is English?: And Why Should We Care?

What is English?: And Why Should We Care?
Author: Tim William Machan (Professor of English, University of Notre Dame) ISBN: 9780198736677 Format: Paperback	$56.95
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Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat: The Meaning and Origins of Popular Expressions

Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat: The Meaning...
Author: Caroline Taggart ISBN: 9781782435822 Format: Paperback	$20.67
From advertising to the Ancient Greeks, from the military to meteorology, Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat... Read More >>

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