Book Series in English Language and Linguistics
Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics
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Reciprocity in English
Historical Development and Synchronic Structure
Although the grammatical expression of reciprocal (or ‘mutual’) situations in the languages of the world has received a surprising amount of attention in recent years,…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-80435-6 (Routledge)
Vernacular Universals and Language Contacts
Evidence from Varieties of English and Beyond
In this book, contributors have been brought together to discuss the role of two major factors shaping the grammars of different varieties of English (and…
read more2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99239-8 (Routledge)
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Dislocated Elements in Discourse
Syntactic, Semantic, and Pragmatic Perspectives
This volume is about 'dislocation' – the removal of phrases from their canonical positions in a sentence to its left or right edge. Dislocation encompasses…
read more2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39598-4 (Routledge)
English and Celtic in Contact
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,… read more2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26602-4 (Routledge)
Pronominal Gender in English
A Study of English Varieties from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective
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…
read more2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-30985-1 (Routledge)
The Grammar of Identity
Intensifiers and Reflexives in Germanic Languages
English self-forms and related words from other Germanic languages (e.g. Dutch zelf, Swedish själv, etc.) are used in two different functions: as ‘intensifiers’ (e.g. The…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39411-6 (Routledge)
Language Processing in Discourse
A Key to Felicitous Translation
This book argues that language systems determine language use to a greater extent than is generally assumed. The author demonstrates how the typological characteristics of… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-28189-8 (Routledge)
Negation in Non-Standard British English
Gaps, Regularizations and Asymmetries
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… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25874-6 (Routledge)
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Stretched Verb Constructions in English
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… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25733-6 (Routledge)
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Intensifiers in English and German
A Comparison
This book deals with expressions like English myself, yourself, himself and so on, and German selbst from a perspective of language comparison. It is the… read more1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-21713-2 (Routledge)