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Toward a History of American Linguistics by E. F. K. Koerner 9780415511094
RRP: $92.38$80.72Beginning with the anthropological linguistic tradition associated primarily with the names of Franz Boas, Edward Sapir and their students and concluding with the work of Noam Chomsky and William Labov at the end of the century. This book offers a... -
The Ups and Downs of Child Language: Experimental Studies on Children's Knowledge of Entailment Relationships and Polarity Phenomena by Andrea Gualmini 9780415512947
RRP: $48.28$42.34First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415512947Author Andrea GualminiFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 340g -
Connectionism and Second Language Acquisition by Yasuhiro Shirai 9780415528924
RRP: $92.38$80.72The latest title in the Cognitive Science and Second Language Acquisition Series presents a comprehensive review of connectionist research in second language acquisition (SLA). Second language researchers and the cognitive science community will find... -
Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics by Margaret Thomas 9780415373029
RRP: $231.00$199.73What was the first language, and where did it come from? Do all languages have properties in common? What is the relationship of language to thought? Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics explores how fifty of the most influential figures in the... -
The Language of Science by Carol Reeves 9780415346351
RRP: $283.50$246.29The communication of scientific principles is becoming increasingly important in a world that relies on technology. Exploring the use of scientific language in the news and examining how important scientific ideas are reported and communicated, this... -
Academic Writing in a Global Context: The Politics and Practices of Publishing in English Theresa Lillis (The Open University, UK) 9780415468831
RRP: $92.38$80.72Academic Writing in a Global Context addresses the issue of the pressure on academics worldwide to produce their work in English in scholarly publishing, and why the growth of the use of academic English matters. Drawing on an eight year... -
The Communication of Leadership: The Design of Leadership Style Jonathan Charteris-Black (University of Surrey, UK.) 9780415486507
RRP: $92.38$80.72With the crisis of leadership in the western democracies, there has been a growth of interest in how leaders outside of the west emerge and consolidate their positions. This book analyses the communication strategies of six charismatic non-western... -
Derivations: Exploring the Dynamics of Syntax by Juan Uriagereka 9780415513852
RRP: $92.38$81.56Derivations draws together some of the most influential work of one of the world's leading syntactitians, Juan Uriagekera. These essays provide several empirical analyses and technical solutions within the Minimalist Program. The book persues a... -
Just A Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language by David Crystal 9780415485753
RRP: $178.48$155.93Kidnapping, attempted assassination, espionage ... not the answers you'd expect to the question `what happens when you become a linguist?' But now, reflecting on a long and hugely successful career at the forefront of the field of English Language... -
The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics by Carmen Llamas 9780415338493
RRP: $231.00$199.73Have you ever noticed an accent or puzzled over a dialect phrase? Language can be a powerful tool with which one can create a persona; it can be a common ground between people or can be used as a divide between social groups. This Companion is for anyone... -
Speech Sounds by Patricia Ashby 9780415341776
RRP: $231.00$199.73Speech Sounds: * helps develop the fundamental skills of the phonetician * investigates the various aspects involved in the production of speech sounds * uses data-based material to reinforce each new concept * includes examples from a wide... -
Interpreting Texts by Kim Ballard 9780415334365
RRP: $119.68$103.76Routledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate and enjoy English. Books in the series are built around the various skills specified in the assessment objectives (AOs) for all AS and A2 Level... -
Hiphop Literacies by Elaine Richardson 9780415329279
RRP: $100.78$87.80Hiphop Literacies is an exploration of the rhetorical, language and literacy practices of African Americans, with a focus on the Hiphop generation. Richardson analyses the lyrics and discourse of Hiphop, explodes myths and stereotypes about Black culture... -
Dialogue by Peter Womack 9780415329217
RRP: $203.68$176.51Dialogue is a many-sided critical concept; at once an ancient philosophical genre, a formal component of fiction and drama, a model for the relationship of writer and reader, and a theoretical key to the nature of language. In all its forms, it questions... -
Language in Use: A Reader by Patrick Griffiths 9780415442046
RRP: $283.50$247.13Designed for introductory students, this collection of key readings in language and linguistics will take readers beyond their introductory textbook and introduce them to the thoughts and writings of many esteemed authorities. The reader includes seminal... -
Turkish by Jaklin Kornfilt 9780415587167
RRP: $144.88$125.83Turkish is spoken by about fifty million people in Turkey and is the co-official language of Cyprus. Whilst Turkish has a number of properties that are similar to those of other Turkic languages, it has distinct and interesting characteristics which are... -
Translation in Global News by Esperanca Bielsa 9780415409735
RRP: $283.50$246.29The mass media are of paramount importance in the formulation and transmission of messages about key developments of global significance, such as terrorism and the war in Iraq, yet the key mediating role of translation in the reception of speeches and... -
The Routledge Linguistics Encyclopedia Kirsten Malmkjaer 9780415424325
RRP: $123.88$109.37The Linguistics Encyclopedia is a single-volume Encyclopedia covering all major and subsidiary areas of linguistics and applied linguistics. The seventy nine articles provide in-depth coverage of the topics and sub-topics of the field, extensively... -
Finnish by Merja Karalainen 9780415657136
RRP: $136.48$118.73First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415657136Author Merja KaralainenFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 454g -
Translation and Conflict: A Narrative Account by Mona Baker 9780415383950
RRP: $262.50$226.51Translation and Conflict demonstrates that translators and interpreters participate in circulating as well as resisting the narratives that create the intellectual and moral environment for violent conflict. Drawing on narrative theory and using numerous... -
Redesigning English by Sharon Goodman 9780415376884
RRP: $283.50$248.39This 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 media. Focusing on how English has, and continues to evolve through its... -
Introducing Performative Pragmatics by Douglas Robinson 9780415371889
RRP: $283.50$246.29This 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 a wide spectrum of research and theory from the past thirty years... -
On Language and Sexual Politics by Deborah Cameron 9780415373432
RRP: $283.50$246.29This collection of articles presents a selection of Deborah Cameron's work on language, gender and sex in one single volume. Arranged thematically, this book covers major developments in Anglo-American feminist linguistics, and Cameron's responses to... -
Language and Region by Joan Beal 9780415366007
RRP: $283.50$246.29Language and Region: provides an accessible guide to regional variation in English covers topical issues including loss of regional diversity and attitudes to regional accents and dialects examines the use of dialect in media, advertising and the... -
Investigating Media Discourse by Anne O'Keeffe 9780415364669
RRP: $283.50$246.29Investigating Media Discourse explores spoken interactions in the media, drawing on contemporary sources from the English speaking world including chat shows, radio phone-ins and political interviews with leaders such as Tony Blair and George W.Bush. ... -
Global Media Discourse: A Critical Introduction David Machin 9780415359467
RRP: $79.78$70.10Featuring a wide range of exercises, examples, and images, this textbook provides a practical way of analyzing the discourses of the global media industries. Building on a comprehensive introduction to the history and theory of global media... -
The Discourse of Broadcast News: A Linguistic Approach Martin Montgomery 9780415358729
RRP: $92.38$80.72In this timely and important study Martin Montgomery unpicks the inside workings of what must still be considered the dominant news medium: broadcast news. Drawing principally on linguistics, but multidisciplinary in its scope, The Discourse of Broadcast... -
Discourse in Action: Introducing Mediated Discourse Analysis by Rodney H Jones 9780415354295
RRP: $283.50$247.13From emails relating to adoption over the Internet to discussions in the airline cockpit, the spoken or written texts we produce can have significant social consequences. The area of Mediated Discourse Analysis considers texts in their social and... -
Sociolinguistics: A Resource Book for Students by Peter Stockwell 9780415401265
RRP: $283.50$247.13Sociolinguistics: provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics draws on a range of real texts, from an interview with Madonna to the Japanese Asahi Evening News uses real studies designed and conducted by students provides key... -
Language in Theory: A Resource Book for Students by Mark Robson 9780415320498
RRP: $283.50$246.29The Routledge English Language Introductions series provides a one-stop resource for students of all areas of language and linguistic study. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, books in the series offer activities, study questions, sample... -
The Irish Language in Ireland: From Goidel to Globalisation by Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost 9780415320467
RRP: $283.50$246.29This book comprises the first complete treatment of the Irish language in social context throughout the whole of Ireland, with a particular focus on contemporary society. The possibilities and limitations of the craft of language planning for the revival... -
Introducing Corpora in Translation Studies by Maeve Olohan 9780415268844
RRP: $283.50$247.13The use of corpora in translation studies, both as a tool for translators and as a way of analyzing the process of translation, is growing. This book provides a much-needed assessment of how the analysis of corpus data can make a contribution to the... -
Signs in Use: An Introduction to Semiotics Jorgen Dines Johansen 9780415262040
RRP: $79.78$70.10Signs in Use is an accessible introduction to the study of semiotics.All organisms, from bees to computer networks, create signs, communicate, and exchange information. The field of semiotics explores the ways in which we use these signs to make... -
Antonymy: A Corpus-Based Perspective by Steven Jones 9780415263740
RRP: $273.00$235.43Antonymy is the technical name used to describe 'opposites', pairs of words such as rich/poor, love/hate and male/female. Antonyms are a ubiquitous part of everyday language, and this book provides a detailed, comprehensive account of the phenomenon... -
Maori by Winifred Bauer 9780415599993
RRP: $144.88$125.83This descriptive grammar provides a uniquely comprehensive description of Maori, the East Polynesian language of the indigenous people of New Zealand. Today, the language is under threat and it seems likely that the Maori of the future will differ quite... -
Kashmiri: A Cognitive-Descriptive Grammar Omkar N. Koul 9780415600118
RRP: $130.18$113.42Kashmir boasts a language which challenges every field of linguistics. Kashmiri is spoken by approximately 3,000,000 people. Its syntax, similar to Germanic and other verb second languages, has raised many significant issues within current generative... -
Rapanui: A Descriptive Grammar by Veronica Du Feu 9780415596381
RRP: $130.18$112.58Rapanui, the language of Easter Island, is in danger of extinction. A Polynesian language, closely related to Maori, it is spoken by less than 2000 people. This description, based on recordings made in the 1980s and on information provided by the... -
Mediated Discourse: The nexus of practice by Ron Scollon 9780415248822
RRP: $283.50$246.29Mediated Discourse: The Nexus of Practice sets out a discursive theory of human action. Language and action are intimately related. The difficult question to answer is how they are related. Mediated Discourse Theory looks into social relationships to see... -
The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies by Michael Pearce 9780415351874
RRP: $220.50$190.81Filled with real examples of the way people use English in different contexts, The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies is an indispensable guide to the richness and variety of the English language for both students and the general reader. ... -
Dialects by Peter Trudgill 9780415342629
RRP: $231.00$199.73Routledge Language Workbooks provide absolute beginners with practical introductions to core areas of language study. Books in the series provide comprehensive coverage of the area as well as a basis for further investigation. Each Language Workbook...