Language: reference and general

This volume meditates on the various meanings of legitimation and expands on the notion that language can be used to gain or preserve it by demonstrating the added impact of other modes in specific examples of political and institutional discourse.

The coming together of linguistics and sociology in the 1960's, most notably via the work of William Labov, marked a revolution in the study of language and provided a paradigm for the understanding of variation and change.

This book examines the life and work of Mazisi Kunene, the only recognized poet laureate of Africa, a Nobel Prize nominee, and a key symbol of African cultural independence.

The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the study of World Englishes.

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

First published in 1990, this collection investigates grammatical categories associated with the verb as they are used by speakers and writers in real discourses and texts.

Mit diesem Buch lernen Sie, wie Sie Social Listening und Sentiment-Analyse professionell einsetzen können.

Spanning the period from the British Civil War to the French Revolution, the fourth edition of this successful anthology increases its coverage of canonical writings, plays, and of the development of British Literature in the American colonies.

Intelligibility is the term most generally used to address the complex of criteria that describe, broadly, how useful someone's English is when talking or writing to someone else.

Explores the relationship between the present tense and the conceptualisation of ''presence'' in Greek from a cognitive perspective.

With more than 7,000 up-to-date phrases, this dictionary covers situations from talking to a doctor to ordering a meal, and helps learners communicate personal feelings, and make small talk.

Experimental and study protocols allow scientists to conduct their research efficiently.

Matt Carlson confronts the promise and perils of unnamed sources in this exhaustive analysis of controversial episodes in American journalism during the George W.

New media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20thcentury.

The use of experimental methodology in the field of linguistics has boomed in recent decades.

Writing can support our wellbeing even under the most difficult life circumstances, helping us to adapt to significant change, make sense of loss, improve our physical and emotional resilience, and foster personal growth.

Decode the mystery of English grammar to add polish to your papers, emails, business letters, and moreEnglish Grammar Demystified teaches the fundamentals of the subject in an easy, step-by-step approach that allows you to learn at your own pace.

This book analyzes the Artists' House, a cultural center in Tehran, to place Iran's social and cultural transformation in a local-global context.

Speaking in tongues, also known as glossolalia, has long been a subject of curiosity as well as vigorous theological debate.

A timely interdisciplinary study that applies psychoanalysis and the rhetorical tradition of the sublime to examine the cultural aftermath of the Atomic Age Every culture throughout history has obsessed over various "e;end of the world"e; scenarios.

Covering a wide range of situations, this is suitable for the business user or for students learning the language.

This book explores the relationship of the life and work of the remarkable Parisian-Jewish writer Georges Perec (1936-1983) to dance.

This volume engages with the contested concept of 'active citizenship'.

An annotated selection of the letters of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and playwright Edna St.

This edited collection is positioned at the nexus of sports, society and creative writing.

This book presents comprehensive solutions for readers wanting to develop their own Natural Language Processing projects for the Thai language.

Introducing English Syntax provides a basic introduction to syntax for students studying English as a foreign language at university.

This book offers a new way of doing African philosophy by building on an analysis of the way people talk.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 20th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop, CLSW 2019, held in Chiayi, Taiwan, in June 2019.

Initial Language Teacher Education provides language teacher researchers, as well as teachers of teachers, with an introduction to research on how language teachers learn to teach before they begin practicing.

This very easy guide opens up the wonderful world of twisted stitches to knitters of any ability, even complete beginners.

Idioms have always aroused the curiosity of linguists and there is a long tradition in the study of idioms, especially within the fields of lexicology and lexicography.

Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook comprises accessible grammar exercises in a single volume.

Analysing Power in Language introduces students to a range of analytical techniques for the critical study of texts.

This significant and innovative collection explores the changing piety of townspeople and villagers before, during and after the Reformation.

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Sanskrit Computational Linguistics, held in Hyderabad, India, in January 2009.

Reading Shakespeare through Philosophy advocates that the beauty of Shakespearean drama is inseparable from its philosophical power.

The youth of the world are our most important assets.

Combining personal narrative, interviews, and literary analysis, Fool elaborates the potential for fool figures from throughout literary history to reconfigure subject-object relations and point towards new possibilities in creative and critical thought.

In a country the size of Colorado one can explore snow-capped mountain peaks, tropical rainforests and coastal beaches.

This book investigates the political, social, cultural and economic implications of self-translation in multilingual spaces in Europe.