Dialect, Slang & Jargon
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Converging Grammars: Constructions in Singapore English
Debra ZiegelerCurrent price €99.74Original price €104.99This volume provides a much-needed, critical overview of the field of constructions and construction grammar in the context of Singapore English, a...
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A Theory of the Aphorism: From Confucius to Twitter
Andrew HuiCurrent price €40.49Original price €44.99An engaging look at the aphorism, the shortest literary form, across time, languages, and culturesAphorismsor philosophical short sayingsappear eve...
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North East Vernacular English Online
Michael PearceCurrent price €94.04Original price €98.99Drawing on thousands of naturalistic online interactions from Ready to Go, a popular football message board centred on North East England, North Ea...
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Unequal Englishes: The Politics of Englishes Today
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €88.34Original price €92.99This book proposes, examines and unpacks the notion of unequal Englishes as a way to understand English today. Unlike many studies on the pluraliza...
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Creole Noise: Early Caribbean Dialect Literature and Performance
Belinda EdmondsonCurrent price €28.79Original price €31.99Creole Noise is a history of Creole, or 'dialect', literature and performance in the English-speaking Caribbean, from the late eighteenth century t...
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Pitmatic: Stories and the Talk of The North East Coalfield
Bill GriffithsCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99The last major mine in the North East region closed in 2005 and with it went a way of life. Through dialect words, humour, stories and songs Pitmat...
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Whare de yea belang?: A Dictionary of North East Dialect
Bill GriffithsCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99Until the 20th century, dialect was a marker of economic, social and cultural change. We know that the North East maritime connections with the Dut...
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The Victorians and English Dialect: Philology, Fiction, and Folklore
Matthew TownendCurrent price €54.14Original price €56.99The Victorians and English Dialect tells the story of the Victorians' discovery of English dialect, and of the revaluation of local language that w...
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Sociolinguistics and Dialectological Studies in Indonesia
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €206.14Original price €216.99This book contains chapters which are classified into three major themes, namely Dialectology Studies in Indonesia, Sociolinguistics Issues in Java...
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A Theory of the Aphorism: From Confucius to Twitter
Andrew HuiCurrent price €23.85Original price €26.50An engaging look at the aphorism, the shortest literary form, across time, languages, and culturesAphorismsor short philosophical sayingsappear eve...
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The Atlas of Unusual Languages: An exploration of language, people and geography
Collins BooksCurrent price €17.99Original price €19.99The ideal gift for anyone interested in language, geography and people. We communicate through the spoken and written word and language h...
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Jackspeak: A guide to British Naval slang & usage
Rick JollyCurrent price €16.99Original price €19.99From A1 to Zulu, the fully revised and updated third edition of Jackspeak is a comprehensive guide to the slang of the Royal Navy. Discover the hu...
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Spanish in Chicago
Kim PotowskiCurrent price €74.09Original price €77.99Spanish in Chicago is the first book-length study of Spanish in Chicago, where populations originating in both Mexico and Puerto Rico have lived in...
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Spanish in Chicago
Kim PotowskiCurrent price €30.88Original price €32.50Spanish in Chicago is the first book-length study of Spanish in Chicago, where populations originating in both Mexico and Puerto Rico have lived in...
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White Kids: Language, Race, and Styles of Youth Identity
Mary BucholtzCurrent price €27.89Original price €30.99In White Kids, Mary Bucholtz investigates how white teenagers use language to display identities based on race and youth culture. Focusing on three...
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World Lexicon of Grammaticalization
Bernd HeineCurrent price €53.19Original price €55.99Extensively revised and updated, this second edition provides, in an A-Z format, an analysis of the most important generalizations that have been m...
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The Handbook of Persian Dialects and Dialectology
Springer Verlag SingaporeCurrent price €155.69Original price €172.99This innovative, investigative, and expansive handbook covers a multitude of angles through which the intricacies of Persian and its many dialects ...
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Taylor & Francis LtdCurrent price €134.09Original price €148.99The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English presents all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang an...
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Dirty Sign Language: Everyday Slang from ''What''s Up?'' to ''F*%# Off''
Allison OCurrent price €16.14Original price €16.99Current price €16.14Original price €16.99Save 5% -
Chinese Dialectology: A Historical and Social Overview
Rujie YouCurrent price €116.84Original price €122.99This book explores one of the richest dialect families in the world: Chinese dialects. It covers all aspects of Chinese dialectology, from descript...
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Identity and Dialect Performance: A Study of Communities and Dialects
Hugh ThomsonCurrent price €44.64Original price €46.99Identity and Dialect Performance discusses the relationship between identity and dialects. It starts from the assumption that the use of dialect is...
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