Language: history & general works books

The book contains a philosophical justification of the solutions proposed in the field of contemporary linguistics....  Read More >>

Die in diesem Band versammelten Aufsätze - erschienen zwischen 1978 und 2008 in der Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft...  Read More >>

An introduction to all the key areas of language and linguistics, this is the useful guide to this core subject....  Read More >>

An introduction to all the key areas of language and linguistics, this is the useful guide to this core subject....  Read More >>

War words have embedded themselves in our collective psyche; British politicians are fond of invoking the ‘Dunkirk...  Read More >>

This book breaks fresh ground in the interpretation of the Apocalypse with an interdisciplinary methodology called...  Read More >>

This book serves as an insightful ethnographic introduction to the language and oral traditions of the Inugguit,...  Read More >>

Offers comprehensive coverage of the essential aspects of the English language, providing an introduction to key...  Read More >>

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Transnational English Literature examines English literary history through its transnational engagements and argues...  Read More >>

This text explores the anti-foundationalist, anti-essentialist idea that our stories make us up, rather than we...  Read More >>

Offers comprehensive coverage of the essential aspects of the English language, providing an introduction to key...  Read More >>

Corpus-Based Studies of Translational Chinese in English-Chinese Translation  Read More >>

Transnational English Literature examines English literary history through its transnational engagements and argues...  Read More >>

In Pragmatics, the study of meaning derived from context, Jean Stilwell Peccei offers a practical introduction to...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics serves as an introduction and reference point to key areas in the field of...  Read More >>

Based on Bernard Comrie's The World's Major Languages, this is a key guide to one of the major language families....  Read More >>

Based on Bernard Comrie's much praised The World's Major Languages, this is a key guide to an important language...  Read More >>

Led by a team of experts, this book draws on a range of informal letter corpora and outlines the historical sociolinguistic...  Read More >>

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

This book investigates the theoretical, empirical and pedagogical issues to help us better understand what is happening...  Read More >>

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First published in 1990, this collection celebrates the life and work of Professor A. C. Gimson, four years after...  Read More >>