Language: history & general works books

Language and Politics in Post-Soviet Russia critically examines the uses of language in post-Soviet media and political...  Read More >>

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The entertaining, shocking and surprising story of slang, as told by Britain's foremost slang lexicographer.  Read More >>

In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for, and rapid development in, the learning and teaching of...  Read More >>

Runes employ many techniques from informal scratchings to sophisticated inlaid designs on weapons, or the exquisite...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates that the earliest Greek users of the alphabet conceived of themselves as participants in...  Read More >>

Rules and Dispositions in Language Use explains how correct language use is governed by both rules and general human...  Read More >>

This book offers a broad historical survey of Welsh-language culture from sixth-century heroic poetry to television...  Read More >>

Le terme marivaudage, qui évoque encore aujourd’hui un excès de langage et une virtuosité superficielle, limite...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1947, this book presents a selection of British rural sayings together with commentary on...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to English Studies will re-define the discipline of English studies and provide an authoritative...  Read More >>

Wie Mehrsprachigkeit in der Schulklasse kreativ genutzt werden kann, dazu liefert das Buch Anregungen und Hintergrundwissen:...  Read More >>

The essential reference book for anyone studying or teaching the phonetics of English.  Read More >>

Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World traces the enduring history and wide-ranging cultural influence of...  Read More >>

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

The first cultural history of terms of emotion found in German, French, and English language encyclopaedias since...  Read More >>

The essential reference book for anyone studying or teaching the phonetics of English.  Read More >>

"Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages--all self-taught--runs the largest language-learning blog in the world,...  Read More >>

This book presents a corpus-based syntactic, semantic and pragmatic analysis of free adjuncts and absolutes in present-day...  Read More >>

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

"Arabic Prison Literature: Resistance, Torture, Alienation, and Freedom introduces prison literature through the...  Read More >>

Stylistics, Second Edition is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to literary stylistics.  Read More >>

Stylistics, Second Edition is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to literary stylistics.  Read More >>

This book shows how, when, and why English took words from other languages and explains how to find their origins...  Read More >>

Since the 1960s, the literary critic Harold Bloom has been producing some of the most powerful criticism in the...  Read More >>