Language: history & general works books

Hegemony and Language Policies in Southern Africa argues that language policy – whether formal or informal, micro...  Read More >>

Der Band setzt sich mit der von Johann Wolfgang Goethe von 1798 bis 1800 herausgegebenen Kunstzeitschrift Propyläen...  Read More >>

With over 20,000 titles arranged according to a state-of-the-art subject and language classification, refined through...  Read More >>

«Empirical Methods in Language Studies» presents 22 papers employing a broad range of empirical methods in the analysis...  Read More >>

Originally published by Epicenter Press 1993; edited by Mike Doogan --Title page verso.  Read More >>

The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally...  Read More >>

Contrary to popular belief, the author of the first English dictionary is not Samuel Johnson, but Robert Cawdrey,...  Read More >>

Featuring pets, farmyard animals, big cats and wild beasts, this beautifully presented book is the perfect gift...  Read More >>

Ever thought, 'There should be a German word for that'? Well, now there is.  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Creativity provides an introduction and survey of the wide range of perspectives...  Read More >>

Language: The Basics provides a concise introduction to the study of language. Written in an engaging and entertaining...  Read More >>

The neatest little book of proverbs ever written.  Read More >>

The Historia de Jacob Xalabin, a Catalan novel c.1400 about the Ottoman prince Yakub Celebi killed in the aftermath...  Read More >>

How to Analyse Texts is the essential introductory textbook and toolkit for language analysis. This book shows the...  Read More >>

English linguistics students will find this popular course book invaluable as it gives a systematic account of the...  Read More >>

A masterful history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem.  Read More >>

How to Analyse Texts is the essential introductory textbook and toolkit for language analysis. This book shows the...  Read More >>

This volume addresses the historical structures and current dynamics of Oman’s regionalization processes and their...  Read More >>

This book asserts that language is a signaling system rather than a code, based in part on such research as the...  Read More >>

Exploring the many Latin inscriptions to be found in Reading, and what they tell us about the people and history...  Read More >>

Words and why they matter.  Read More >>

A profound, eloquent meditation on the history of writing, from Mesopotamia to multimedia.  Read More >>

This second edition of the Handbook of Philosophical Logic reflects great changes in the landscape of philosophical...  Read More >>

"""Go Home, English. You're Drunk"" is filled with amazingly hilarious ambiguous phrases from the imagination of...  Read More >>

The papers in Tibetan Literary Genres, Texts, and Text Types investigate specific Tibetan genres and texts as well...  Read More >>