Language: reference and general

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

Provides non-native students and heritage speakers with the necessary tools to write effectively in Spanish.

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.

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to statistics in corpus linguistics, covering multiple techniques of quantitative language analysis and data visualisation.

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

Provides a concise, practical guide to preparing and delivering scientific presentations for busy scientists, with online media examples.

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

The only book offering an overview of third-wave variation research and theory, which is an approach centered on social meaning.

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.

A fully revised introduction to language in use, containing in-depth language profiles, case studies, and online multimedia resources.

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.

A brilliant analysis of colloquial English, both its syntax and its variations, using novel data from live, unscripted radio and 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.

Provides a concise, practical guide to preparing and delivering scientific presentations for busy scientists, with online media examples.

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.

A comprehensive guide to the key events, personalities and themes in modern world history.

Bibliography and Footnotes: A Style Manual for Students and Writers serves as a guide for scholarly writers, providing techniques and conventions essential for the accurate citation of sources.

A comprehensive guide to the key events, personalities and themes in modern world history.

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

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

A comprehensive survey and analysis of the structure of modern Germanic languages and dialects.

A comprehensive survey and analysis of the structure of modern Germanic languages and dialects.

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?

This book is an indispensable guide to how to write articles, choose journals, and deal with revisions or rejection.

This book is an indispensable guide to how to write articles, choose journals, and deal with revisions or rejection.

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.