English and Celtic in Contact

By Markku Filppula, Juhani Klemola, Heli Paulasto

This book provides the first comprehensive account of the history and extent of Celtic influences in English. Drawing on both original research and existing work,...

May 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26602-4 (Routledge)

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Language and Interaction

An Advanced Resource Book

By Richard F. Young

'This book provides an excellent, comprehensive resource for teaching degree programmes in the fields of language, social interaction and human communication. The discussion is always...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-38553-4 (Routledge)

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Today and Tomorrow Volume 20 Language and Literature

Lars Porsena or the Future of Swearing Breaking Priscian's Head or English as She Will be Spoke and Wrote Delphos: The Future of International Language Pomona or the Future of English

By Greig, Pankhurst, de Selincourt, Graves

Lars Porsena

Or the Future of Swearing

Robert Graves

Originally published in 1927

"Not for squeamish readers." Spectator

"A deliciously ironical affair." Bystander

"Humour and style are beyond criticism."...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46354-6 (Routledge)

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Scheherazade or the Future of the English Novel Thamyris or Is There a Future for Poetry? Saxo Grammaticus Deucalion or the Future of Literary Criticism

Today and Tomorrow Volume Twenty-One

By Trevelyan, Weekley, West, Carruthers

Scheherazade

Or the Future of the English Novel

John Carruthers

Originally published in 1928

"A brilliant essay…" Daily Herald

A survey of contemporary fiction in England and America lends to...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46395-9 (Routledge)

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Pons Asinorum, or the Future of Nonsense Democritus or the Future of Laughter Mrs Ffisher or the Future of Humour Babel, or the Past, Present and Future of Human Speech

Today and Tomorrow Volume Twenty-Two

By Gould, Graves, Paget, Edinger

Pons Asinorum

Or

The Future of Nonsense

George Edinger and E J C Neep

Originally published in 1929.

"A most entertaining essay, rich in quotation from...

April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46397-3 (Routledge)

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Practical Phonetics and Phonology

A Resource Book for Students

By Beverley S. Collins, Inger M. Mees

Practical Phonetics and Phonology:

• presents the essentials of the subject in a lively way whilst stressing the day-to-day applications of phonetics and phonology
• covers all the...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42514-8 (Routledge)

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Pronominal Gender in English

A Study of English Varieties from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective

By Peter Siemund

This book investigates the use of English third person pronouns (he, she, it) across different varieties of English, where we frequently find he and she...

January 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-30985-1 (Routledge)

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Working with Texts

A Core Introduction to Language Analysis

By Ronald Carter, Angela Goddard, Danuta Reah, Keith Sanger, Nikki SwiftAdrian Beard Edited by Adrian Beard

Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis is a well established textbook that introduces students to the main principles of language analysis, through contemporary...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41424-1 (Routledge)

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An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics

Language in Evidence

By Malcolm Coulthard, Alison Johnson

From the accusation of plagiarism in The Da Vinci Code, to the infamous hoaxer in the Yorkshire Ripper case, the use of linguistic evidence in...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32023-8 (Routledge)

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Pragmatics and Discourse

A Resource Book for Students

By Joan Cutting

Pragmatics and Discourse:

• has been revised and reorganized to place more emphasis on pragmatics
• covers the core areas of the subject: Context and Co-Text, Speech Act...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44667-9 (Routledge)

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