Language: reference and general

All living languages are subject to change, and in this highly accessible handbook, Simon Horobin shows the importance of thinking about why, as well as how, language changes over time.

This study provides the first book-length critical history of storyboarding, from the birth of cinema to the present day and beyond.

With 70 per cent of its people under the age of 30, Africa is the world's youngest continent.

Sian Lincoln considers the use, role and significance of private spaces in the lives of young people.

This book considers the role of cross-dialectal data in our understanding of linguistic variability, focusing on the widely discussed dichotomy between past tense forms and relying primarily on spoken language data from different varieties of Spanish.

This book offers new insights and perspectives on internationalization and trans-national higher education (TNHE) with contributions from three continents.

In this lively and engaging textbook, Rob Penhallurick introduces readers to the diversity and history of the English language, and to relevant contemporary and classic work in linguistics.

This book illuminates how technique serves 'story logic,' the particular way fiction makes meaning.

This book brings together different perspectives on ELT materials from a range of international contexts and a variety of educational settings.

This volume comprises 11 research-led accounts from Teaching English to Young Learner (TEYL) educators working in a range of diverse settings worldwide.

This book is the first to offer an interdisciplinary and comprehensive reference work on the often-marginalised languages of southern Africa.

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McGee studies historical representation in commodified, popular cinema as expressions of historical truths that more authentic histories usually miss and argues for the political and social significance of mass culture through the interpretation of four recent big-budget movies: Titanic, Gangs of New York, Australia, and Inglourious Basterds .

Comparative study of the writings and strategies of European women in two colonies, French Algeria and British Kenya, during the twentieth century.

In this innovative fusion of practice and criticism, Jeremy Scott shows how insights from stylistics can enrich the craft of creative writing.

This book synthesizes previous work on thanking, politeness and Japanese pragmatics and crystallises the theoretical underpinnings of thanking, how it is realized linguistically and the social meaning and significance of this aspect of Japanese communication.

This book explores how using small groups in second language classrooms supports language learning.

This book explores the impact of globalisation and new technologies on youth cultures around the world, from the Birmingham School to the youthscapes of South Korea.

Bringing together motivation-related practical concerns and debates from diverse international contexts and educational settings where English is learned, this book shows how locally produced insights and issues can have wider global significance, resonating with the experiences and concerns of English teachers and learners across the world.

This reference guide surveys the field, covering rhetoric's principles, concepts, applications, practical tools, and major thinkers.

This reference guide surveys the field, covering rhetoric's principles, concepts, applications, practical tools, and major thinkers.

This volume explores the construction of an ethics for news media that is global in reach and impact.

This volume explores the construction of an ethics for news media that is global in reach and impact.

This book explores this inherent contradiction present in most facets of Singaporean media, cultural and political discourses, and identifies the key regulatory strategies and technologies that the ruling People Action Party (PAP) employs to regulate Singapore media and culture, and thus govern the thoughts and conduct of Singaporeans.

This book explores this inherent contradiction present in most facets of Singaporean media, cultural and political discourses, and identifies the key regulatory strategies and technologies that the ruling People Action Party (PAP) employs to regulate Singapore media and culture, and thus govern the thoughts and conduct of Singaporeans.

This book examines different models from around the world of how journalism can support deliberation - the processes in which societies recognize and discuss the issues that affect them, appraise the potential responses, and make decisions about whether and how to take action.

The purpose of the book is to provide insurance practitioners, consumers, and students with definitions of common insurance terms in both the property/casualty and life/health insurance industries.

The purpose of the book is to provide insurance practitioners, consumers, and students with definitions of common insurance terms in both the property/casualty and life/health insurance industries.

Net Works offers an inside look into the process of successfully developing thoughtful, innovative digital media.

Net Works offers an inside look into the process of successfully developing thoughtful, innovative digital media.

This book is concerned with cross-linguistic contrast of major grammatical categories in English and Chinese, two most important yet genetically different world languages.

This book is concerned with cross-linguistic contrast of major grammatical categories in English and Chinese, two most important yet genetically different world languages.

The Chinese Lexicon is a detailed study of the words and word combinations used in modern Chinese.

The Chinese Lexicon is a detailed study of the words and word combinations used in modern Chinese.

Manual of Business Italian is the most comprehensive, single-volume reference handbook for students and professionals using Italian.

Manual of Business Italian is the most comprehensive, single-volume reference handbook for students and professionals using Italian.

This is the first book to explore the phenomenon of glamour and celebrity in contemporary Russian culture, ranging across media forms, disciplinary boundaries and modes of inquiry, with particular emphasis on the media personality.

This is the first book to explore the phenomenon of glamour and celebrity in contemporary Russian culture, ranging across media forms, disciplinary boundaries and modes of inquiry, with particular emphasis on the media personality.

Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa examines the role that popular media could play to encourage political debate, provide information for development, or critique the very definitions of 'democracy' and 'development'.

Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa examines the role that popular media could play to encourage political debate, provide information for development, or critique the very definitions of 'democracy' and 'development'.

If you've ever wanted a quick and easy guide to verbs and adverbs, commas and apostrophes, clauses and prepositions, then this is a must-have book for you.

If you've ever wanted a quick and easy guide to verbs and adverbs, commas and apostrophes, clauses and prepositions, then this is a must-have book for you.

First Published in 1993.

First Published in 1993.

First Published in 2004.

First Published in 2004.

Based on Bernard Comrie's much praised The World's Major Languages, this is a key guide to an important language family.

Based on Bernard Comrie's much praised The World's Major Languages, this is a key guide to an important language family.

Based on Bernard Comrie's The World's Major Languages, this is a key guide to one of the major language families.

Based on Bernard Comrie's The World's Major Languages, this is a key guide to one of the major language families.