Tabloid Britain

Constructing a Community through Language

By Martin Conboy

<From Tony Blair and his cabinet to celebrity chefs and footballers, the British tabloids provide sensational coverage of the private and public lives of political...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35553-7 (Routledge)

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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Edited by Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor

Booklist Top of the List Reference Source 2006

The successor to The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English – Eric Partridge’s magnum opus – this all-new work retains...

2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-21258-8 (Routledge)

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Exploring Language Change

By Mari Jones, Ishtla Singh

In this student-friendly text, Jones and Singh explore the phenomenon of language change, with a particular focus on the social contexts of its occurrence and...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31775-7 (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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Discourse Adjectives

By Gina Taranto

2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-97608-4 (Routledge)

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Conceptualizing Metaphors

By Ivan Mladenov

The enigmatic thought of Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914), considered by many to be one of the great philosophers of all time, involves inquiry not only...

2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36047-0 (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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Language and Linguistics in Context

Readings and Applications for Teachers

Edited by Harriet Luria, Deborah M. Seymour, Trudy Smoke

Taking a sociocultural and educational approach, Language and Linguistics in Context: Readings and Applications for Teachers:

*introduces basic linguistic concepts and current perspectives on language acquisition;

*considers...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5500-5 (Routledge)

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Introducing Performative Pragmatics

By Douglas Robinson

This user-friendly introduction to a new ‘performative’ methodology in linguistic pragmatics breaks away from the traditional approach which understands language as a machine. Drawing on...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37187-2 (Routledge)

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