Language: history & general works books

First published in 1961, this book explores the form of the comic alphabet. Whether through poems, prose or phonetics,...  Read More >>

First published in 1942, this dictionary was designed to help civilians and members of H.M. forces to make their...  Read More >>

First published in 1940, this book provides a literary dictionary to the New Testament. The treatment of selected...  Read More >>

A compact grammar for the student of English taking a descriptive approach. The introduction provides a general...  Read More >>

Deutsche Sprache - reiche SpracheVon Kopf bis Fuß, von der Wiege bis zur Bahre gibt es Redewendungen und Idiome,...  Read More >>

Erkenntnisleitendes Interesse des Bandes ist es, die in Narrationen enthaltenen politischen Auseinandersetzungen...  Read More >>

This set reissues important selected works by Eric Partridge, covering the period from 1933 to 1968. Together, the...  Read More >>

Making hand gestures in foreign countries is a tricky business. Some are interpreted as positive messages while...  Read More >>

Translated examples from Greek, Latin and other languages give an accessible account for students and general readers...  Read More >>

Translated examples from Greek, Latin and other languages give an accessible account for students and general readers...  Read More >>

This book provides a timely and comprehensive snapshot of the current digital communication practices of today's...  Read More >>

This textbook is the only one of its kind to introduce the study of Canadian English in the context of basic concepts...  Read More >>

This second edition of The History of the English Language- A Sourcebook provides a comprehensive and accessible...  Read More >>

The companion text to A Communicative Grammar of English (CGE), this workbook presents an opportunity for practising...  Read More >>

This book examines the theory of genre analysis and looks at genre analysis in action.  Read More >>

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First published in 1939, this book provides a brief but comprehensive view of language in general, and of English...  Read More >>

Henry John Roby's two-volume descriptive Grammar of the Latin Language, first published in the 1870s, offers thorough...  Read More >>

Speaking American shows what the English language looked like from various points on the American continent at crucial...  Read More >>

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Corpus Linguistics for ELT provides a practical guide to undertaking ELT-related corpus research. Aimed at researchers,...  Read More >>

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