A History of the English Language

By Albert C. Baugh, Thomas Cable

Praise for the fifth edition:

'The fifth edition of A History of the English Language will continue to be the standard reference work on the history...

Published March 21st 2002 by Routledge.

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Negation in Non-Standard British English

Gaps, Regularizations and Asymmetrics

By Lieselotte Anderwald

Despite the advances of radio and television and increasing mobility and urbanization, spoken English is by no means becoming more like the written standard. English...

Published February 28th 2002 by Routledge.

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The Language of Television

By Jill Marshall, Angela Werndly

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis...

Published February 21st 2002 by Routledge.

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Alternative Histories of English

Edited by Peter Trudgill, Richard J. Watts

This groundbreaking collection explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English that do not make it into standard textbooks.
Orthodox histories have presented a...

Published December 20th 2001 by Routledge.

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Stretched Verb Constructions in English

By D. J. Allerton

Constructions such as 'make an accusation against', or 'give one's approval for' can be seen as 'stretched' versions of simple verbs, such as 'accuse' or...

Published December 13th 2001 by Routledge.

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The Interpreting Studies Reader

Edited by Franz Pochhacker, Miriam Shlesinger

The Interpreting Studies Reader is the definitive guide to the growing area of interpreting studies. Spanning the multiple and diverse approaches to interpreting, it draws...

Published December 13th 2001 by Routledge.

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On Stories

By RICHARD KEARNEY

Stories offer us some of the richest and most enduring insights into the human condition and have preoccupied philosophy since Aristotle. On Stories presents in...

Published October 18th 2001 by Routledge.

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The Discourse of Advertising

By Guy Cook

The Discourse of Advertising explores the language of contemporary advertising. Cook argues that advertisements are always in complex interaction with the texts around them,...

Published July 19th 2001 by Routledge.

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The Language of Speech and Writing

By Ronald Carter, Ms Sandra Cornbleet, Sandra Cornbleet

This accessible satellite textbook in the Routledge Intertext series is unique in offering students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on speech and writing....

Published June 7th 2001 by Routledge.

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Shakespeare's Bawdy

By Eric Partridge

Shakespeare's Bawdy must rank as one of the great Eric Partridge's most outstanding accomplishments. In it, Partridge was able to combine his detailed knowledge of...

Published May 18th 2001 by Routledge.

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