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Vietnamese Tone: A New Analysis by Andrea Hoa Pham
RRP: £53.99£46.87This new book offers research that will affect further study of tone in Vietnamese and other tonal languages.Book InformationISBN 9780415861366Author Andrea Hoa PhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis... -
Rationality and the Literate Mind by Roy Harris
RRP: £53.99£46.87This book re-examines the old debate about the relationship between rationality and literacy. Does writing "restructure consciousness?" Do preliterate societies have a different "mind-set" from literate societies? Is reason... -
Regimes of Derivation in Syntax and Morphology by Edwin Williams
RRP: £51.99£45.19Regimes of Derivation in Syntax and Morphology presents a theory of the architecture of the human linguistic system that differs from all current theories on four key points. First, the theory rests on a modular separation of word syntax from phrasal... -
Design Literacies: Learning and Innovation in the Digital Age by Mary P. Sheridan
RRP: £37.99£33.38Design Literacies: Learning and Innovation in the Digital Age explores new ways of meaning making by examining the practices, stories, and products of new and digital media producers with the goal of understanding the logic of marketplace production. ... -
Investigating Workplace Discourse by Almut Koester
RRP: £53.99£46.87Exploring the characteristics of different types of workplace conversations, including decision-making, training, briefing or making arrangements, this enthralling account pays particular attention to interactions with a more social focus, such as small... -
Hiphop Literacies by Elaine Richardson
RRP: £135.00£117.28Hiphop 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... -
Texts Through History by Adele Wills
RRP: £22.99£20.16Texts Through History: * provides students with the skills they need to analyze the historical context of a text, without relying on extra research * introduces some of the key schools of criticism, such as Feminism, Marxism and Post-Colonialism *... -
The Linguistics of Political Argument: The Spin-Doctor and the Wolf-Pack at the White House by Alan Partington
RRP: £130.00£112.11This book examines the relationship between the White House, in the person of its press secretary, and the press corps through a linguistic analysis of the language used by both sides. A corpus was compiled of around fifty press briefings from the late... -
Silicon Literacies: Communication, Innovation and Education in the Electronic Age by Ilana Snyder
RRP: £43.99£38.44Electronic communication is radically altering literacy practices. Silicon Literacies unravels the key features of the new communication order to explore the social, cultural and educational impact of silicon literacy practices. Written by leading... -
Marathi by Rajeshwari Pandharipande
RRP: £68.99£60.52This is a complete grammatical description of Marathi, which belongs to the Indo-European family and is spoken in Maharashtra State in India. It has around 45 million speakers, who comprise about eight per cent of the total population of India. Marathi... -
Beyond the Letter: A Philosophical Inquiry into Ambiguity, Vagueness and Methaphor in Language by Israel Scheffler
RRP: £43.99£38.44Ambiguity, vagueness and metaphor are pervasive features of language, deserving of systematic study in their own right. Yet they have frequently been considered mere deviations from ideal language or obstacles to be avoided in the construction of... -
Aspectual Grammar and Past Time Reference by Laura A. Michaelis
RRP: £49.99£43.50This study presents a semantic framework for analysing all aspectual constructions in terms of the event state distinction, and describes the grammatical expression of aspectual meaning in terms of a theory of grammatical constructions. In this theory,... -
The Language of Drama by Keith Sanger
RRP: £22.99£20.16The Language of Drama* applies contemporary linguistic research to a wide range of plays, soap operas and screenplays, ranging from Shakespeare to Stoppard, Coronation Street to The Archers * is written in a clear, user-friendly style by a practising... -
Global Literacies and the World Wide Web by Gail E. Hawisher
RRP: £43.99£38.44The World Wide Web is transforming the way that information is distributed, received and acted upon. Global Literacies and the World Wide Web provides a critical examination of the new on line literacy practices and values, and how these are determined... -
Code-Switching in Conversation: Language, Interaction and Identity by Peter Auer
RRP: £135.00£117.68Code Switching, the alternating use of two or more languages ation, has become an increasingly topical and important field of research.Now available in paperback, Code-Switching in Conversation brings together contributions from a wide variety of... -
Describing Spoken English: An Introduction by Charles W. Kreidler
RRP: £43.99£38.44Describing Spoken English provides a practical and descriptive introduction to the pronunciation of contemporary English. It presumes no prior knowledge of phonetics and phonology.Charles Kreidler describes the principal varieties of English in the world... -
Creolization of Language and Culture by Robert Chaudenson
RRP: £135.00£117.68Creolization of Language and Culture is the first English edition of Robert Chaudenson's landmark text Des iles, des hommes, des langues, which has also been fully revised. . With reference to the main varieties of creole French, Chaudenson argues... -
Language and Control in Children's Literature by Murray Knowles
RRP: £135.00£117.68This study examines the work of children's writers from the 19th and 20th centuries in order to expose the persuasive power of language. Looking at the work of 19th century English writers of juvenile fiction, Knowles and Malmkjaer expose the colonial... -
Literature About Language by Valerie Shepard
RRP: £43.99£38.44In Literature About Language Valerie Shepherd brings together linguistic theory and literary criticism and examines languages as a theme in a range of literary texts. By looking at the work of writers such as Swift, Joyce and Sontag she discusses the... -
Generative Phonology by Iggy M. Roca
RRP: £49.99£43.50"Generative Phonology" offers an overview of the post-SPE theory of generative phonology and is suitable for linguists not specializing in phonology, who want to keep abreast of the latest developments in the subject. It deals with all the... -
Proper English by Tony Crowley
RRP: £135.00£117.28First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415046787Author Tony CrowleyFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 567g -
Sport History in the Digital Era by Gary Osmond
RRP: £50.00£43.81From statistical databases to story archives, from fan sites to the real-time reactions of Twitter-empowered athletes, the digital communication revolution has changed the way fans relate to LeBron's latest triple double or Tom Brady's last second... -
Genre Analysis of Online Encyclopedias - The Case of Wikipedia by Anna Tereszkiewicz
RRP: £35.00£27.74The book is the first complete discussion of the genre of online encyclopedias. The first part of the book, preceded by a theoretical introduction into the concept of webgenres, gives a detailed overview of the types of encyclopedic websites, presenting... -
Science in Translation by Maeve Olohan
RRP: £41.99£36.75Despite the crucial role played by translation in the history of scientific ideas and the transmission of knowledge, historians of science have seldom been interested in the translation activity which enabled the spread of those ideas and exerted... -
Thinking Through Translation with Metaphors by James St. Andre
RRP: £54.99£47.72Thinking through Translation with Metaphors explores a wide range of metaphorical figures used to describe the translation process, from Aristotle to the present.Most practitioners and theorists of translation are familiar with a number of metaphors for... -
For Better or for Worse: Translation as a Tool for Change in the South Pacific by Sabine Fenton
RRP: £19.99£17.69The essays in this book explore the vital role translation has played in defining, changing and redefining linguistic, cultural, ethnic and political identities in several nations of the South Pacific. While in other parts of the world postcolonial... -
Panjabi Made Easy Book 2 by Jagat Nagra
£6.03This is the third, revised, enlarged and coloured edition of Panjabi Made Easy Book 1. It is the first book in the Panjabi Made Easy series. This book is primarily meant for the beginners whose first or home language is not Panjabi. Slightly modified... -
Putting Library Assessment Data to Work by Selena Killick
RRP: £67.50£54.60Effective library assessment is crucial for a successful academic library. But what do we mean by library assessment and how can it be used to improve the library service? This new book provides a practical guide for library administrators, managers and... -
BC JD Plays Gold/2B The Noises Next Door by Julia Donaldson
£7.66Perfect for enjoying in school or at home, Bug Club is proud to present a series of plays to get kids reading, sharing and interacting at KS1. Presented by celebrated children's author Julia Donaldson, each play features engaging stories, beautiful... -
Level 2: Clothes at Work CLIL by Linnette Erocak
RRP: £5.39£5.15Pearson English Kids Readers bring the joy of reading to young learners of English. Children will love discovering the range stories and topics in this series - adventures, fairy tales, popular characters, the world around us. With more than 70... -
A (Bio)Semiotic Theory of Translation: The Emergence of Social-Cultural Reality by Kobus Marais
RRP: £39.99£35.06This volume outlines a theory of translation, set within the framework of Peircean semiotics, which challenges the linguistic bias in translation studies by proposing a semiotic theory that accounts for all instances of translation, not only... -
Translating Promotional and Advertising Texts by Ira Torresi
RRP: £36.99£32.53The translation of promotional and advertising texts requires the application of techniques which, although they vary depending on the specific text type, are all aimed at preserving their persuasive purpose. This often requires in-depth cultural... -
The Hermeneutic Spiral and Interpretation in Literature and the Visual Arts by Michael O'Toole
RRP: £39.99£35.06This collection brings together eighteen of the author’s original papers, previously published in a variety of academic journals and edited collections over the last three decades, on the process of interpretation in literature and the visual arts in one... -
The Pragmatics of Text Messaging: Making Meaning in Messages by Michelle A. McSweeney
RRP: £41.99£36.75This book provides a comprehensive linguistic exploration of textism use by bilingual young adults, illustrating the function of alternative and creative linguistic features and their role in conveying tone through text. Drawing on a corpus of nearly... -
Understanding Hallyu: The Korean Wave Through Literature, Webtoon, and Mukbang by Hyesu Park
RRP: £49.99£43.50This book sheds light on aspects of the Korean Wave and Korean media products that are less discussed—Korean literature, webtoon, and mukbang. It explores the making of these Korean popular cultural products and how they work and engage media recipients... -
The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Syntax by Adam Ledgeway
£44.02Change is an inherent feature of all aspects of language, and syntax is no exception. While the synchronic study of syntax allows us to make discoveries about the nature of syntactic structure, the study of historical syntax offers even greater... -
Lexical Passives in Modern Greek by Jane Smirniotopoulos
RRP: £86.99£75.54First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780815307051Author Jane SmirniotopoulosFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint CRC Press IncPublisher Taylor & Francis IncWeight(grams)... -
Sustaining Action Research: A Practical Guide for Institutional Engagement by Anne Burns
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book is a practical guide for English language teachers and teacher educators seeking to carry out and promote teacher action research within their institutional context. Based on contemporary theory and a reflexive and social approach to teacher... -
The Compositional Nature of Tense, Mood and Aspect: Volume 167 by Henk J. Verkuyl
RRP: £100.00£85.36Bringing together fifty years' worth of cross-linguistic research, this pioneering monograph explores the complex interaction between tense, mood and aspect. It looks at the long way of combining elementary semantic units at the bottom of phrase... -
Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration, and Processing by Zoltan Doernyei
RRP: £33.99£30.00Questionnaires in Second Language Research is the first state-of-the-art methodological guide for producing and using questionnaires as reliable and valid research instruments in second language studies. Zoltan Doernyei and Jean-Marc Dewaele provide a...