Language: history and general works

Enslavement, forced migration, war and colonization have led to the global dispersal of Black communities and to the fragmentation of common experiences.

Enslavement, forced migration, war and colonization have led to the global dispersal of Black communities and to the fragmentation of common experiences.

English as a Lingua Franca: Theorizing and Teaching English examines the English used among non-native speakers around the world today and its relation to English as a native language, as well as the implications for English language teaching.

English as a Lingua Franca: Theorizing and Teaching English examines the English used among non-native speakers around the world today and its relation to English as a native language, as well as the implications for English language teaching.

African-American Literacies is a personal, public and political exploration of the problems faced by student writers from the African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) culture.

African-American Literacies is a personal, public and political exploration of the problems faced by student writers from the African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) culture.

This book provides the first comprehensive account of the history and extent of Celtic influences in English.

This book provides the first comprehensive account of the history and extent of Celtic influences in English.

This fascinating collection of traditional metaphors and figures of speech, groups expressions according to theme.

This fascinating collection of traditional metaphors and figures of speech, groups expressions according to theme.

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the book provides a thorough grounding in metaphor and word meaning, theories on the processing and understanding of metaphorical language, and metaphor in other languages and translation.

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the book provides a thorough grounding in metaphor and word meaning, theories on the processing and understanding of metaphorical language, and metaphor in other languages and translation.

New Media Language brings leading media figures and scholars together to debate the shifting relations between today's media and contemporary language.

New Media Language brings leading media figures and scholars together to debate the shifting relations between today's media and contemporary language.

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies.

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies.

How Texts Work: explores the ways in which we categorize texts reveals the limitations of some of the polarisations we use to categorize texts analyzes a wide variety of texts from a range of genres and periods, from Ibsen's A Doll's House to an 18-30s brochure, Internet chatrooms and George Bush's September 11 speech offers a step-by-step guide to approaching texts and structuring a response can be used as both a course stimulus and a revision tool.

How Texts Work: explores the ways in which we categorize texts reveals the limitations of some of the polarisations we use to categorize texts analyzes a wide variety of texts from a range of genres and periods, from Ibsen's A Doll's House to an 18-30s brochure, Internet chatrooms and George Bush's September 11 speech offers a step-by-step guide to approaching texts and structuring a response can be used as both a course stimulus and a revision tool.

English-Only Europe?

English-Only Europe?

How do we find the right word for the job?

How do we find the right word for the job?

This comprehensive and accessible student workbook accompanies the fifth edition of Albert C.

This comprehensive and accessible student workbook accompanies the fifth edition of Albert C.

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies.

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies.

In this elegantly written and theoretically sophisticated work, Rukmini Bhaya Nair asks why human beings across the world are such compulsive and inventive storytellers.

In this elegantly written and theoretically sophisticated work, Rukmini Bhaya Nair asks why human beings across the world are such compulsive and inventive storytellers.

The GM debate is as much a war of words as of facts.

The GM debate is as much a war of words as of facts.

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies.

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies.

Introducing Electronic Text Analysis is a practical and much needed introduction to corpora - bodies of linguistic data.

Introducing Electronic Text Analysis is a practical and much needed introduction to corpora - bodies of linguistic data.

Routledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate, and enjoy English.

Routledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate, and enjoy English.

Routledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate and enjoy English.

Routledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate and enjoy English.

Filled with real examples of the way people use English in different contexts, The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies is an indispensable guide to the richness and variety of the English language for both students and the general reader.

Filled with real examples of the way people use English in different contexts, The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies is an indispensable guide to the richness and variety of the English language for both students and the general reader.

In this timely and important study Martin Montgomery unpicks the inside workings of what must still be considered the dominant news medium: broadcast news.

In this timely and important study Martin Montgomery unpicks the inside workings of what must still be considered the dominant news medium: broadcast news.

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of theoretical issues, historical developments and current trends in ICALL (Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning).

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of theoretical issues, historical developments and current trends in ICALL (Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning).

What is a grammatical unit?

What is a grammatical unit?

The English language is spreading across the world, and so too is hip-hop culture: both are being altered, developed, reinterpreted, reclaimed.

The English language is spreading across the world, and so too is hip-hop culture: both are being altered, developed, reinterpreted, reclaimed.

A comprehensive and critical A-Z guide to the main terms and concepts used in the study of language and linguistics, definitions featured include: terms used in grammatical analysis branches of linguistics from semantics to neurolinguistics approaches used in studying language from critical discourse analysis to systemic linguistics linguistic phenomena from code-switching to conversational implicature language varieties from pidgin to standard language.

A comprehensive and critical A-Z guide to the main terms and concepts used in the study of language and linguistics, definitions featured include: terms used in grammatical analysis branches of linguistics from semantics to neurolinguistics approaches used in studying language from critical discourse analysis to systemic linguistics linguistic phenomena from code-switching to conversational implicature language varieties from pidgin to standard language.