Language: history and general works

Integrating findings from bilingualism research with the study of endangered languages, this book gives new perspectives for both fields.

Analysing data from 1978-1988 / 2003-2013, this book explores recent change in the practices of quoting at parliamentary question time.

Ground-breaking analysis of the Linear B undeciphered signs shedding light on the writing system and the activities of its writers.

Provides the fundamental features of the Tiberian Hebrew accents, focusing on their divisions and exegetical roles.

This Element examines recent documentaries depicting marginalized youth who are ostensibly redeemed by their encounters with Shakespeare.

Provides the fundamental features of the Tiberian Hebrew accents, focusing on their divisions and exegetical roles.

This Element examines recent documentaries depicting marginalized youth who are ostensibly redeemed by their encounters with Shakespeare.

This Element considers the role of culture in the complex interactions of teenagers with technology.

This Element considers the role of culture in the complex interactions of teenagers with technology.

Traces the making of Canadian English, both as concept and global variety, throughout the twentieth century to the present.

Explores language, culture, and education among immigrants in the United States.

Presents a beginner''s introduction to the history of the English language, incorporating complex systems, the scientific model behind human speech.

Explores how global youth push the boundaries of standard language and exploit the potential of their multilingual repertoires online.

Presents a beginner''s introduction to the history of the English language, incorporating complex systems, the scientific model behind human speech.

A fine-grained qualitative and quantitative analysis of phrasal verbs covering almost 400 years, based on large amounts of empirical evidence.

With contributions from renowned scholars, this book explores what we can learn about linguistics from the study of Romance languages.

An important study of how signs and sign relations create social and linguistic differences - and unities.

North and South Vietnamese youths had very different experiences growing up during the Vietnamese War.

Traces the making of Canadian English, both as concept and global variety, throughout the twentieth century to the present.

Offers the first systematic study of Roman vehicles in Latin literary texts.

A comprehensive and engaging overview of English language dictionary-making from the first monolingual English dictionary to the current day.

An important study of how signs and sign relations create social and linguistic differences - and unities.

Provides students with an engaging and thorough overview of the history of Spanish and its development from Latin.

Offers the first systematic study of Roman vehicles in Latin literary texts.

Explores the crucial role played by rhetorical education in turning Cicero into a literary and political symbol after his death.

This book provides a fresh perspective on language change in Late Modern English, and is illustrated with corpus-linguistic case studies.

A sophisticated analysis of non-standard relative clauses in everyday English, using novel data from live, unscripted radio/TV broadcasts and the internet.

Leading scholars in language policy examine the politics and policies of language in Canada and the United States.

This book provides a fresh perspective on language change in Late Modern English, and is illustrated with corpus-linguistic case studies.

From the Middle Ages up to the present day, this book traces politeness in the history of the English language.

Divides Aristotle''s concept of lexis into three interconnected levels, exposing numerous valuable statements on language and style.

From the Middle Ages up to the present day, this book traces politeness in the history of the English language.

Divides Aristotle''s concept of lexis into three interconnected levels, exposing numerous valuable statements on language and style.

With contributions from renowned scholars, this book explores what we can learn about linguistics from the study of Romance languages.

An accessible and entertaining textbook that introduces students to sociolinguistics in a real-world context, with issues they care about.

A lively and accessible introduction to world Englishes, setting a range of global varieties in their historical and social contexts.

A sophisticated analysis of non-standard relative clauses in everyday English, using novel data from live, unscripted radio/TV broadcasts and the internet.

Based on analysis of more than 1,000 languages, this volume reconstructs more than 500 processes of grammatical change in the languages of the world.

An accessible and entertaining textbook that introduces students to sociolinguistics in a real-world context, with issues they care about.

Explores the evolution of emoji, how people use them, and what they tell us about the technology-enhanced state of modern society.

Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the different themes, areas of practice and developing trends in translation studies.

Explores the evolution of emoji, how people use them, and what they tell us about the technology-enhanced state of modern society.

Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the different themes, areas of practice and developing trends in translation studies.

Provides students with an engaging and thorough overview of the history of Spanish and its development from Latin.

Presents a new critical edition of a fascinating Christian poetic work of late antiquity in a recognisably classical Latin tradition.

A comprehensive and engaging overview of English language dictionary-making from the first monolingual English dictionary to the current day.

A guide for treating trauma and bereavement that can be flexibly implemented in group and individual settings to empower adolescents.

A guide for treating trauma and bereavement that can be flexibly implemented in group and individual settings to empower adolescents.

A fully updated third edition that provides comprehensive coverage of the history, structure and worldwide use of the English language.

This book argues that a dictionary should show when to use one word rather than another, instead of treating each word separately.