Filled 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.

From abbreviation to zero-article, via fricative and slang, the Dictionary contains over 600 wide ranging and informative entries covering:

• the core areas of language description and analysis: phonetics and phonology, grammar, lexis, semantics, pragmatics and discourse
• sociolinguistics, including entries on social and regional variation, stylistic variation, and language and gender
• the history of the English language from Old English to the present-day
• the main varieties of English spoken around the world, covering the British isles, the Caribbean, North America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia
• stylistics, literary language and English usage.

About the Author

Dr Michael Pearce is a Senior Lecturer in English Language at the University of Sunderland.

Reviews

'This Dictionary will be an inestimable adjunct and aid in study in any language, and will certainly be invaluable in helping to restore the traditional grammatical disciplines so carelessly and faddishly jettisoned in favour of rote learning and "parrot-speak".' - HGA Hughes

Book Information
ISBN 9780415351720
Author Michael Pearce
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 249g