linguistics books

Based on copious data from the Linguistic Atlas Project, this book tells the story of American English from a linguistic...  Read More >>

Language is a uniquely human trait, but we rarely stop to examine its workings in everyday life. This lively and...  Read More >>

An innovative overview of languaging, this book reframes language as a dynamic, relational, and embodied practice....  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary textbook is ideally suited for undergraduate specialist and general courses, whilst also...  Read More >>

Synthesizes research on language teacher psychology to provide state-of-the-art insights into the topic and identify...  Read More >>

As custodians of global public discourse, transnational tech platforms govern who may speak, to whom, and how. Their...  Read More >>

This Element aims to expand the theoretical and methodological boundaries of Cognitive Linguistics. Research on...  Read More >>

The first of its kind, this novel book uses Conversation Analysis (CA) to show how relationships in psychotherapy...  Read More >>

Examines strategic language use in professional engineering written reports, illustrating how writers create a persuasive...  Read More >>

Based on copious data from the Linguistic Atlas Project, this book tells the story of American English from a linguistic...  Read More >>

At the crossroads between philosophy of language and philosophy of mathematics, with numerous applications to philosophy...  Read More >>

The simplicity of the classic sentence diagram to unpack iconic quotes from books, films, speeches, and beyond,...  Read More >>

Language is a uniquely human trait, but we rarely stop to examine its workings in everyday life. This lively and...  Read More >>

This book explores the complex nature of offence, examining how language, from words to patterns, constructs offensive...  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary textbook is ideally suited for undergraduate specialist and general courses, whilst also...  Read More >>

Synthesizes research on language teacher psychology to provide state-of-the-art insights into the topic and identify...  Read More >>

As custodians of global public discourse, transnational tech platforms govern who may speak, to whom, and how. Their...  Read More >>

This Element aims to expand the theoretical and methodological boundaries of Cognitive Linguistics. Research on...  Read More >>

This book challenges the long-held theory that the English pronouns they, their, them are loanwords from Old Norse,...  Read More >>

Candidate Fetterman: John Fetterman’s U.S. Senate Campaign Rhetoric examines the historic 2022 race between John...  Read More >>

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This book offers a comprehensive and global perspective on language education for learners of a refugee background....  Read More >>

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Named a Best Book of 2025 by the Guardian, Scientific American, and the Washington Independent Review of Books...  Read More >>