Language: history & general works books

The highly anticipated sequel to 2023's The Filthy Easy Guide To Vocab is here! Samuel Clemenstein is back, and...  Read More >>

"The Western literary tradition begins with ancient Greek and Roman epics, winds its way through Milton, Shakespeare,...  Read More >>

A Frequency Dictionary of British English provides information about the frequency and distribution of words in...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the nature of women’s contemporary songs in the rural community of Zwelibomvu, near Pinetown...  Read More >>

This book explores the construction of agreement in the argumentative process, aiming to investigate how the activation...  Read More >>

This collection engages with the new communicative parameters, power dynamics, and technological affordances of...  Read More >>

A Frequency Dictionary of British English provides information about the frequency and distribution of words in...  Read More >>

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of research into discourses of disinformation, misinformation, post-truth,...  Read More >>

This book examines the historical linguistic panorama of Western South America, focusing on the minor languages...  Read More >>

A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar of English Creoles provides a detailed, comprehensive description of the...  Read More >>

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This book explores the context around why English prepositions are used in figurative language. This volume will...  Read More >>

Bringing together history, headlines, and research with accessible visuals and examples, this book explains 8 myths...  Read More >>

OKAY wird in der Schriftlichkeit, neben den Funktionsweisen, die es auch im Mündlichen aufweist, in teilweise aufwendige...  Read More >>

Bringing together history, headlines, and research with accessible visuals and examples, this book explains 8 myths...  Read More >>

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the range of varieties of English spoken on the island of Ireland....  Read More >>

This book examines argumentative situations as they develop in different cultures and language groups. It considers...  Read More >>

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People in the Nordic states – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland – rank as among the most proficient...  Read More >>

"Have you ever found yourself baffled by the peculiar phrases we all say? Why, for instance, do we ""butter someone...  Read More >>

This edited book examines the multilingual culture of medieval England, exploring its impact on the development...  Read More >>

People in the Nordic states – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland – rank as among the most proficient...  Read More >>

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This book collects virtually all research perspectives on metaphor in the field of cognitive linguistics. For example,...  Read More >>

"A discussion of the reception of Herman Hugo's emblematic book ""Pia desideria"" (1624) in the Polish-Lithuanian...  Read More >>