Routledge Revivals: Chaucer, Langland, and the Creative Imagination (1980)
First published in 1980, this study of two later fourteenth century English poets, Chaucer and...
EAN: 9781138552876
Meaning of Everything
The creation of the first Oxford English Dictionary was an extraordinary endeavour, lasting over...
EAN: 9780198814399
Routledge Handbook of Contemporary English Pronunciation
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary English Pronunciation provides a comprehensive survey of...
EAN: 9781138856882
Inheritance and Innovation in a Colonial Language
This book takes a fresh approach to analysing how new languages are created, combining in-depth...
EAN: 9783319619514
Singularity of Western Innovation
This book highlights the contribution of language standardization to the economic rise of the...
EAN: 9781137403179
Space, Time and Evaluation in Ideological Discourse
This book addresses the role of perspective in socio-political discourse, and explores, from a...
EAN: 9781138309203
Reading and Writing for Civic Literacy
This edition is updated for a new era of populism, racial tensions, and the most rhetorical...
EAN: 9780415793650
Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek
This entirely new, comprehensive reference grammar of Classical Greek is aimed at students,...
EAN: 9780521198608
Literature of the Gaelic Landscape
Literature of the Gaelic Landscape compares Gaelic literature with other world traditions and...
EAN: 9781849953634
Dent's Modern Tribes
Learn how to decode the private languages that are swapped around us every day - amongst cabbies...
EAN: 9781473623897
Origin of Kibosh
This is an etymological study of the origins of the word kibosh, which has long been one of the...
EAN: 9781138628953
Introducing Multilingualism
Introducing Multilingualism is a comprehensive and user-friendly introduction to the dynamic...
EAN: 9781138244498
Introducing Multilingualism
Introducing Multilingualism is a comprehensive and user-friendly introduction to the dynamic...
EAN: 9781138244481
Sacred Languages of the World
A fascinating comparative account of sacred languages and their role in and beyond religion...
EAN: 9781118970782
Sacred Languages of the World
A fascinating comparative account of sacred languages and their role in and beyond religion...
EAN: 9781118970775
Late Modern English Syntax
Looking specifically at morphological and syntactic change, this book draws on a diverse range of...
EAN: 9781108403870
Word Detective
The story of words, cultures, the OED and John Simpson, a word detective with thirty-seven years...
EAN: 9780349141008
Where There's a Will There's a Way
This latest title in the hugely popular series of proverbs from around the world focuses on the...
EAN: 9781909339996
Quid Pro Quo
A surprising, witty and entertaining journey through the Latin roots of the English language, by...
EAN: 9781782399339
Japanese Language
This is a book about the structure, history and evolution of the Japanese language
EAN: 9780804848831
May We Borrow Your Language?
A richly entertaining exploration of the origins of the words that English has borrowed from...
EAN: 9781786694553
