Studies in Language and Social Interaction

In Honor of Robert Hopper

Edited by Phillip J. Glenn, Curtis D. LeBaron, Jennifer Mandelbaum

This collection offers empirical studies and theoretical essays about human communication in everyday life. The writings come from many of the world's leading researchers...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-8058-3732-2 (Routledge)

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Rethinking Linguistics

Edited by Hayley G. Davis, Talbot J. Taylor

This book deals with the need to rethink the aims and methods of contemporary linguistics. Orthodox linguists' discussions of linguistic form fail to exemplify how...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1680-7 (Routledge)

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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

By Eric Partridge Edited by Paul Beale

The definitive work on slang and unconventional English, this edition is fully revised and updated by Paul Beale and includes some 500 new entries. The...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-29189-7 (Routledge)

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Working with Specialized Language

A Practical Guide to Using Corpora

By Lynne Bowker, Jennifer Pearson

Working with Specialized Language: a practical guide to using corpora introduces the principles of using corpora when studying specialized language.
The resources and techniques used to...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23699-7 (Routledge)

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A Companion to Baugh and Cable's A History of the English Language

By Thomas Cable

This comprehensive and accessible student workbook accompanies the fifth edition of Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable's History of the English Language.
Each chapter in the...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-29894-0 (Informa Healthcare)

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Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors

By P.R. Wilkinson

This fascinating collection of traditional metaphors and figures of speech, groups expressions according to theme. The second edition includes over 1,500 new entries, more information...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-27685-6 (Routledge)

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Expert Talk and Risk in Health Care

A Special Issue of research on Language and Social interaction

Edited by Christopher N. Candlin, Sally Candlin

This special issue identifies three interrelated constructs--discourse, expertise, and the definition and management of risk--located in various healthcare sites: genetic counseling, nursing, and medical practice....

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-9672-5 (Routledge)

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Critical Discourse Analysis

Critical Concepts in Linguistics

Edited by Michael J. Toolan, Michael Toolan

Over the last decade, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) has accrued an exceptional amount of attention across a wide number of academic disciplines within the humanities...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-18992-7 (Routledge)

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The Language of Newspapers

By Danuta Reah

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. The core book, Working with Texts, is the foundation...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27805-8 (Routledge)

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Lexicography

An Introduction

By Howard Jackson

This book is an accessible introduction to lexicography – the study of dictionaries.
Dictionaries are used at home and at school, cited in law courts, sermons and...

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23173-2 (Routledge)

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