Language: history and general works

First published in 1942, this dictionary was designed to help civilians and members of H.

First published in 1942, this dictionary was designed to help civilians and members of H.

This book, first published in 1950, is a collection of what the author felt to be the minimum of English grammar relevant to efficient communication in language.

This book, first published in 1950, is a collection of what the author felt to be the minimum of English grammar relevant to efficient communication in language.

This book, first published in 1970, is the reissue of the sixth edition of C.

This book, first published in 1970, is the reissue of the sixth edition of C.

First published in 2003, this is a study of the syntactic behaviour of personal pronoun subjects and the indefinite pronoun man, in Old English.

First published in 2003, this is a study of the syntactic behaviour of personal pronoun subjects and the indefinite pronoun man, in Old English.

The genius of Shakespeare is not always accessible or easily understandable to readers and audiences.

The genius of Shakespeare is not always accessible or easily understandable to readers and audiences.

In this book, leading scholars in the field of World Englishes (WE) offer fresh perspectives in re-thinking issues on the use of English as a global language in an interconnected world.

In this book, leading scholars in the field of World Englishes (WE) offer fresh perspectives in re-thinking issues on the use of English as a global language in an interconnected world.

Despite increasing tolerance, legal protections against homophobia, and anti-discrimination policies throughout much of the western world, suicide attempts by queer youth remain relatively high.

Despite increasing tolerance, legal protections against homophobia, and anti-discrimination policies throughout much of the western world, suicide attempts by queer youth remain relatively high.

In this book the author explores the various meanings assigned to goods sold retail from 1550 to 1820 and how their labels were understood.

In this book the author explores the various meanings assigned to goods sold retail from 1550 to 1820 and how their labels were understood.

The book enables students with little prior knowledge of linguistics to engage in their own analyses of complex words.

The book enables students with little prior knowledge of linguistics to engage in their own analyses of complex words.

Addresses the question: how can we unravel the evolution of language, given that there is no direct evidence about it?

Addresses the question: how can we unravel the evolution of language, given that there is no direct evidence about it?

This Handbook captures the essentials of English historical linguistics: theories, methodologies, materials, processes of language change, and the research process.

This Handbook captures the essentials of English historical linguistics: theories, methodologies, materials, processes of language change, and the research process.

A reader for intermediate students of ancient Greek, introducing three of ancient Greece''s most important authors, Homer, Herodotus and Sophocles.

A reader for intermediate students of ancient Greek, introducing three of ancient Greece''s most important authors, Homer, Herodotus and Sophocles.

The Shifting Global World of Youth and Education explores how increasing migration and population changes are having an unprecedented impact on global education.

The Shifting Global World of Youth and Education explores how increasing migration and population changes are having an unprecedented impact on global education.

Historical Research on Spoken Language: Corpus Perspectives uses historical sources to discuss continuity and change in spoken language.

Historical Research on Spoken Language: Corpus Perspectives uses historical sources to discuss continuity and change in spoken language.

How do teachers inspire students to learn to appreciate different Englishes?

How do teachers inspire students to learn to appreciate different Englishes?

This is a compilation of the most annoying English cliches around today; those expressions that you hear time and time again and that make you cringe with irritation when you do hear them, but which - even more annoyingly!

Karin Oehlmann beschreibt, ausgehend von der heutigen kirchenpolitischen Landschaft in Württemberg, die in Gesprächskreise und Landesvereinigungen gegliedert und vom Gegensatz zwischen Pietismus und moderner Theologie geprägt ist, die großen Konflikte in der Landeskirche sowie die Geschichte der beteiligten Gruppen.

Anne Curzan presents a pioneering new definition of prescriptivism as a linguistic phenomenon.

Anne Curzan presents a pioneering new definition of prescriptivism as a linguistic phenomenon.

This new study explores how British youth was made, and how it made itself, over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Focusing on narratives with supernatural components, Karen J.

This book is an academic work which reviews and critiques the research literature concerning violent games and their alleged effects on players.

This book examines the fan-created combination of Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Supernatural as a uniquely digital fan experience, and as a metaphor for ongoing scholarship into contemporary fandom.

This book is a sociological study of Muslim youth culture in two global cities in the Asia Pacific: Singapore and Sydney.

This book considers the largely under-recognised contribution that young writers have made to life writing genres such as memoir, letter writing and diaries, as well as their innovative use of independent and social media.

This book analyzes the role of manga in contemporary Japanese political expression and debate, and explores its role in propagating new perceptions regarding Japanese history.

This book looks at the humor that artists and editors believed would have appeal in four different countries.

Through an investigation on how Palestinian youth appropriate low-end information and communication technologies (ICTs) and digital media forms, Sanjay Asthana and Nishan Havandjian analyze how certain developments in globalization and media convergence enable young people to create new civic spaces.

This book argues that Britain is gripped by an endemic and ongoing panic about the position of children in society - which frames them as, alternately, victims and threats.

This book explores the use of English within otherwise local-language conversations by two continental European social media communities.

This book analyses parental anxieties about their children's healthcare issues in urban China, engaging with wider theoretical debates about modernity, risk and anxiety.

The authors examine youths' practices in digital culture affecting social change, pedagogy, and creative learning practices.

In this book, Faye Woods explores the raucous, cheeky, intimate voice of British youth television.