Language: history and general works

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

Helps students and instructors read and appreciate this extraordinary piece of historical writing about Nero''s infamous reign as emperor.

Helps students and instructors read and appreciate this extraordinary piece of historical writing about Nero''s infamous reign as emperor.

Is British English becoming more like American English?

Is British English becoming more like American English?

Explores categories, constructions, and change in the syntax of English, both past and present, methodologically and theoretically.

This book studies the role of youth movements in the Arab uprisings of 2010 and 2011, and the regime''s responses to these movements.

This book studies the role of youth movements in the Arab uprisings of 2010 and 2011, and the regime''s responses to these movements.

An in-depth and far-reaching account of the study of ''African languages'' and ''language in Africa'' as an autonomous academic discipline.

An in-depth and far-reaching account of the study of ''African languages'' and ''language in Africa'' as an autonomous academic discipline.

This book examines a dramatic rise of nonviolent youth movements on the eve of national elections in Eastern Europe.

This book examines a dramatic rise of nonviolent youth movements on the eve of national elections in Eastern Europe.

An entirely new, comprehensive reference grammar of Classical Greek that reflects the state of the art of Greek linguistics.

An accessible, up-to-date account of the major changes in English syntax since its beginnings up to the present day.

An accessible, up-to-date account of the major changes in English syntax since its beginnings up to the present day.

An original study of the formation of compounds, and what syntactic, structural and semantic criteria determine their spelling and usage.

This lively textbook introduces readers to the formal theory of syntax, presenting contemporary insights without unnecessary technical detail.

This lively textbook introduces readers to the formal theory of syntax, presenting contemporary insights without unnecessary technical detail.

This book explores the words, forms, and styles Shakespeare used to interact with the verbal marketplace of early modern England.

This book explores the words, forms, and styles Shakespeare used to interact with the verbal marketplace of early modern England.

The first account of the bilingualism of English poetic culture from the mid-sixteenth to the early eighteenth century.

Leading researchers shed new light on the history of the standardisation of English.

This book argues that when the Greeks first began to use the alphabet, they viewed themselves as participants in a performance phenomenon.

This book argues that when the Greeks first began to use the alphabet, they viewed themselves as participants in a performance phenomenon.

This monograph explores the expansion of the Tablighi Jama''at, a transnational Islamic missionary movement that originated in India in the mid-nineteenth century.

This monograph explores the expansion of the Tablighi Jama''at, a transnational Islamic missionary movement that originated in India in the mid-nineteenth century.

David Crystal provides a lively and original introduction to Shakespeare''s language, making his plays easily accessible to modern-day audiences.

This book offers readers a new way of thinking about the unique syntactic, semantic and phonological structure of Singapore English.

A major history of many of the developments undergone by the Latin language as it changed into Romance languages.

The first comprehensive study of how the phonology and grammar of ancient Egyptian changed over four millennia of language history.

This book offers readers a new way of thinking about the unique syntactic, semantic and phonological structure of Singapore English.

A major history of many of the developments undergone by the Latin language as it changed into Romance languages.

Martin Hilpert combines construction grammar and advanced corpus-based methodology into a new way of studying language change.

David Crystal provides a lively and original introduction to Shakespeare''s language, making his plays easily accessible to modern-day audiences.

Martin Hilpert combines construction grammar and advanced corpus-based methodology into a new way of studying language change.

This book explores South Korean university students' perceptions of the English Medium Instruction (EMI) courses they have taken.

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Have you ever wondered if you can have just one minute of uninterrupted time with your daughter where you can pour into her life the love and gratitude that God has given you to share?

In this book, the words "e;God"e; and "e;Word"e; are repeated over and over again, declaring the glory and magnitude of God, illustrating God's deity, celestial being, and his stewardship through his divine power which flows from the throne room of God.

The ABC's to Knowing Your Bible is an activity workbook for all ages.

This Element explores grammatical restructuring in the AAE copula/auxiliary system that developed in the context of the Great Migration.

Edition of a unique, unpublished Latin text illuminating education in the time of Augustine and the formation of Latin glossaries.

Spelling It Out, Revised edition crushes the myth that good spelling comes naturally, good spelling comes from good teaching.

This book questions what culture is and what it is assumed to ''look like'' in the context of globalization.

Spelling It Out, Revised edition crushes the myth that good spelling comes naturally, good spelling comes from good teaching.

This multidisciplinary volume offers new insights into the development of genres of medical discourse in changing socio-cultural contexts.

This multidisciplinary volume offers new insights into the development of genres of medical discourse in changing socio-cultural contexts.

This book questions what culture is and what it is assumed to ''look like'' in the context of globalization.