History of English

A Resource Book for Students

By Dan McIntyre

History of English provides students with the historical and contextual background to the study of English and answers the questions of why and how the English language...

Published July 21st 2008 by Routledge.

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Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors

By P.R. Wilkinson

This absorbing collection of metaphors includes a variety of expressions with figurative meanings, like similes, proverbs, slang and catchphrases. It is the result of a...

Published October 29th 2007 by Routledge.

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Redesigning English

Edited by Sharon Goodman, David Graddol, Theresa Lillis

This fully updated edition of Redesigning English explores the innovative uses of English from early manuscripts to post-colonial literature, creative writing and developments in new...

Published April 16th 2007 by Routledge.

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Learning English

Edited by Neil Mercer, Joan Swann, Barbara Mayor

Learning English focuses on young children's acquisition of spoken and written English in monolingual and bilingual contexts and explores the debates surrounding English in schools and...

Published March 21st 2007 by Routledge.

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Using English

Edited by Janet Maybin, Neil Mercer, Ann Hewings

Using English provides an invaluable introduction to the study of English for students of language and linguistics. It examines the way in which the English...

Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge.

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Changing English

Edited by David Graddol, Dick Leith, Joan Swann, Martin Rhys, Julia Gillen

Changing English examines the history of English from its origins in the fifth century to the present day. It focuses on the radical changes that...

Published November 28th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Routledge Book of World Proverbs

By Jon R. Stone

The Routledge Book of World Proverbs invites the reader to travel the globe in search of the origins of such words of wisdom, experiencing the...

Published September 8th 2006 by Routledge.

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Daniel Jones

Selected Works

Edited by Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mees

Daniel Jones (1881-1967) played a significant role in the emergence of phonetics as a fully developed academic discipline in the first half of the twentieth...

Published November 28th 2002 by Routledge.

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Daniel Jones, Selected Works: Volume I

Edited by Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mees

Published November 28th 2002 by Routledge.

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Daniel Jones, Selected Works: Volume II

Edited by Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mees

Published November 28th 2002 by Routledge.

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