English Grammar

A University Course

By Angela Downing, Philip Locke

This edition of Angela Downing and Philip Locke's award-winning grammar course book has been thoroughly revised and rewritten by Angela Downing to offer an integrated account...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28787-6 (Routledge)

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Child Language

A Resource Book for Students

By Jean Stilwell Peccei

Child Language:

• provides a comprehensive overview of language acquisition in children
• introduces students to key theories and concerns such as innateness, the role of input and the...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28103-4 (Routledge)

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Introducing Metaphor

By Murray Knowles, Rosamund Moon

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the book provides a thorough grounding in metaphor and word meaning, theories on the processing and understanding of metaphorical language, and...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27801-0 (Routledge)

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Teacher Identity Discourses

Negotiating Personal and Professional Spaces

By Janet Alsup

In this book, Janet Alsup reports and theorizes a multi-layered study of teacher identity development. The study, which followed six pre-service English education students, was...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5853-2 (Routledge)

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Swearing in English

Bad Language, Purity and Power from 1586 to the Present

By Tony McEnery

Do men use bad language more than women? How do social class and the use of bad language interact? Do young speakers use bad language...

2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25837-1 (Routledge)

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Introducing Language in Use

A Course Book

By Aileen Bloomer, Patrick Griffiths, Andrew Merrison

Drawing on a vast range of data and examples of language in its many forms, this book provides students with the tools they need to...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-29179-8 (Routledge)

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Interpreting Texts

By Kim Ballard Edited by Adrian Beard

Routledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate and enjoy English. Books in the...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33437-2 (Routledge)

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Essentials of Early English

Old, Middle and Early Modern English

By Jeremy Smith

This is a completely revised and updated edition of a highly successful textbook.

It provides a practical and highly accessible introduction to the early stages of...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34259-9 (Routledge)

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Second Language Acquisition

An Advanced Resource Book

By Kees de Bot, Wander Lowie, Marjolijn Verspoor

Second Language Acquisition:

• introduces the key areas in the field, including: multilingualism, the role of teaching, the mental processing of multiple languages, and patterns of growth...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33870-7 (Routledge)

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Grammaticalization and English Complex Prepositions

A Corpus-based Study

By Sebastian Hoffmann

What is a grammatical unit? How does grammatical structure evolve? How can we best investigate the mental representation of grammar? What is...

2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36049-4 (Routledge)

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