Language & Linguistics Books

This collection of essays examines sociolinguistic phenomena in a variety of marginal environments, providing both an overview of globalizaiton on the margins and a foundation for an expanded understanding of the processes of linguistic and cultural...

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the ways in which digital communication facilitate and inform discourses of legitimization and delegitimization in contemporary participatory cultures. The book draws on multiple theoretical traditions...

The focus of this book is on the impact of politics on language and identity in Hong Kong. The book is the first study to track real time language attitude changes against a divisive political landscape. It is also the most comprehensive study of...

This book explores the reflexivity of language both from the perspective of the lay speaker and the linguistic analyst. Linguistic inquiry is conditional upon linguistic reflexivity, but so is language. Without linguistic reflexivity, we would not be...

The Handbook of African Linguistics provides a holistic coverage of the key themes, subfields, approaches and practical application to the vast areas subsumable under African linguistics that will serve researchers working across the wide continuum in...

** Winner of AAAL Book Award 2020 ****Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2018** The Routledge Handbook of Migration and Language is the first comprehensive survey of this area, exploring language and human mobility in today's globalised world. This...

This classic dictionary answers questions such as these and explains the origins of over 16,000 names in current English use. It will be a source of fascination to everyone with an interest in names and their history.

The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Linguistics introduces readers to the major facets of research on Arabic and of the linguistic situation in the Arabic-speaking world.The edited collection includes chapters from prominent experts on various fields of...

Cataloguing the World's Endangered Languages brings together the results of the extensive and influential Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat) project.Based on the findings from the most extensive endangered languages research project, this is the...

The Routledge Handbook of the English Writing System provides a comprehensive account of the English writing system, both in its current iteration and highlighting the developing trends that will influence its future. Twenty-nine chapters written by...

The Routledge Language Family series is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates of linguistics and language, and those with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic anthropology and language development. According to a widely accepted...

Jack Pun's book offers the latest research in a variety of health communication settings to highlight the cultural differences between the East and the West.It focuses on the various clinical strands in health communication such as doctor-patient...

Exploring the nature of possible relationships between Integrational Linguistics and Southern Epistemologies, this volume examines various ways in which Integrational Linguistics can be used to support the decolonizing interests of Southern...

The third volume of Modern Cantonese aims to broaden learners' Cantonese language skills by teaching students how to deal with, discuss, persuade, and summarize topics related to sophisticated work-related situations.This book provides scenarios talking...

The first volume of Modern Cantonese aims to provide solid linguistic training to beginner Cantonese learners, highlighting cultural points with lively language scenarios.This book provides daily conversational scenarios, such as introducing yourself and...

The second volume of Modern Cantonese aims to facilitate learners in understanding the main ideas expressed in conversations and discussions, as well as exchanging information.This book is structured around situational scenarios, which cover informal and...

"Give me the salt" and "Please pass the salt" make the same request, but in a polite situation the first utterance may give offense, while the second may not. How and why such differences in wording and intonation, in a particular context, produce...

A collection of essays providing an interdisciplinary account of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's judicial rhetoric.

Superficially, Wittgenstein and Heidegger seem worlds apart: they worked in different philosophical traditions, seemed mostly ignorant of one another's work, and Wittgenstein's terse aphorisms in plain language could not be farther stylistically...

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Calligraphy and hand lettering workbook and practice papers will help you master these essential art forms in 14 days or less.

In its classical sense "epigenesis" refers to all geological processes originating at or near the surface of the earth. It thus embraces all those phenomena which we associate with the land­ scape; Perel'man has already written...

Die deutsche Sprache ist reich an bedeutungsähnlichen Wörtern und Wendungen. und es ist oft nicht leicht. das inhaltlich treffende. das sachlich richtige und das stilistisch angemessene Wort zu finden. Dieses Wörterbuch will...

What does it me an to be literate? What does it mean to be a cognizing individual? What is the nature of cognizing? These are not new questions. They have been treated as "philosophical puzzles" to be pondered systema­ tically...

Catherine Tihanyi Georges Mounin, an important figure in contemporary French intellec­ tual life, has made significant and original contributions in semiotics, I semantics, poetics, the linguistic theory and practice of...

CHRISTINA BRAIT PAULSTON There is an important difference between merely experimental and genuine experiment. The one may be a feeling for novelty, the other is rationally based on experience seeking a better way. - Frank Lloyd...

There are very few psychologists living today who have contributed more to the advancement of psychology, in general, and to the psychology of language and thought, in particular, than O. Hobart Mowrer. It would indeed be...

The essays in this volume have been gathered together to honor Eric H. Lenneberg. Together they represent the broad range of topics in which he took some interest. For one of the distinguishing features of Eric Lenneberg's...

For some time now, the study of cognitive development has been far and away the most active discipline within developmental psychology. Although there would be much disagreement as to the exact proportion of papers published in...

Teach yourself the basic pronunciation and vocabulary of the Welsh language. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works...

This comprehensive guide will help you master the Palmer Method of writing so you can achieve perfect cursive handwriting.In a series of rapid, plain, unshaded, coarse-pen writing lessons, this guide will enable you to adopt a neat cursive writing style...

For a long time I have been giving scientific lectures in different countries and on diverse topics, generally related to astronomy and to my work at the Arecibo Observatory. No matter which parti- lar topic I am talking about, the same question always...

An Inductive Latin Method is a book written by William Rainey Harper and first published in 1883. It is a comprehensive guide to learning Latin through an inductive approach. The book is designed to help students learn Latin by providing them with a...

An Indian Winter: Or With The Indians In The Rockies is a non-fiction book written by James Willard Schultz and published in 1912. The book is a personal account of Schultz's experiences living with Native American tribes in the Rocky Mountains during...

An Indexed Synopsis of The Grammar of Assent is a book written by John Joseph Toohey in 1906. The book is essentially a summary of the famous work, The Grammar of Assent, written by John Henry Newman. The Grammar of Assent is a philosophical and...

""An Inquiry Into The Origin And Different Meanings Of The English Particle But"" is a book written by Hermann Varnhagen in 1876. The book explores the etymology and various meanings of the English particle ""but"". The author delves into the historical...

An Inductive Latin Prime is a book written by William Rainey Harper in 1891. The book is a comprehensive guide to learning Latin through an inductive approach. The author introduces the language in a way that allows the reader to learn through...

An Inductive Greek Method is a book written by William Rainey Harper and originally published in 1888. The book is a guide to learning the Greek language through an inductive method, which involves learning the language through practice and observation...

An Icelandic Primer: With Grammar, Notes And Glossary (1886) is a comprehensive guide to the Icelandic language written by Henry Sweet. The book is designed to help readers learn the basics of Icelandic grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. The primer...

""A Historical Catalogue Of The St. Andrew�������s Society Of Philadelphia, 1749-1896"" is a book published in 1896 by the St. Andrews Society of Philadelphia. The book serves as a comprehensive catalog of the society's history from its inception in 1749...

An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction is a book written by William Adolphus Wheeler and published in 1872. The book is a reference guide to the names of characters in works of fiction, including novels, plays, and poems...

""An Etymology Of Latin And Greek"" is a book written by Charles Storrs Halsey and originally published in 1882. It is a comprehensive study of the origins and development of the Latin and Greek languages. The book explores the fundamental principles of...