A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English In The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary of the English Language.
In these pages you will discover words you never knew existed, and rediscover many that you had forgotten or had given up all hope of ever seeing again.
The Routledge Handbook of Lexicography provides a comprehensive overview of the major approaches to lexicography and their applications within the field.
The Routledge Handbook of Lexicography provides a comprehensive overview of the major approaches to lexicography and their applications within the field.
This book introduces a unique methodology to the study of metaphor, integrating a corpus linguistic approach to explore the lexical, grammatical, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics of metaphoric instances of language.
This book introduces a unique methodology to the study of metaphor, integrating a corpus linguistic approach to explore the lexical, grammatical, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics of metaphoric instances of language.
Este volumen reúne nueve trabajos en los que se discuten, desde diferentes perspectivas y ejemplificados por material lingüístico (español y portugués) de distintas épocas, tanto léxico como (meta-)lexicográfico o textual/discursivo, una serie de problemas, para plantear la efimeridad léxica en su diversidad diastrática, diafásica y diatópica.
Global English Slang brings together nineteen key international experts and provides a timely and essential overview of English slang around the world today.
Global English Slang brings together nineteen key international experts and provides a timely and essential overview of English slang around the world today.
George Orwell coined the term 'Newspeak' for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies and eliminate subtlety and nuance.
George Orwell coined the term 'Newspeak' for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies and eliminate subtlety and nuance.
First published in 1987, the Dictionary of Jargon expands on its predecessor Newspeak (Routledge Revivals, 2014) as an authoritative reference guide to specialist occupational slang, or jargon.
First published in 1987, the Dictionary of Jargon expands on its predecessor Newspeak (Routledge Revivals, 2014) as an authoritative reference guide to specialist occupational slang, or jargon.
The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English presents all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume.
The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English presents all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume.
Metonymy and Language presents a new theory of language and communication in which the central focus is on the concept of metonymy, the recognition of partial matches and overlaps.
Metonymy and Language presents a new theory of language and communication in which the central focus is on the concept of metonymy, the recognition of partial matches and overlaps.
This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of intonation and prosody from a phonological perspective, for advanced students and researchers in phonology.
This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of intonation and prosody from a phonological perspective, for advanced students and researchers in phonology.
A state-of-the-art view of present-day linguistic typology, focussing on universal tendencies across the world''s languages and variation within individual categories.
A state-of-the-art view of present-day linguistic typology, focussing on universal tendencies across the world''s languages and variation within individual categories.
Shows that current elitist theories are based on an inadequate understanding of the early writings of democratic theory and that much sociological evidence has been ignored.
This book examines the simultaneous contribution of learner vocabulary size and speed to second language performance differences across learner levels and settings.
