Language: History & General Works

From the 494 B.C. plebeians' march out of Rome to gain improved status, to Gandhi's nonviolent campaigns in India, to the liberation of Poland and ...

It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant's first word ma or the ever-present beverage ...

During the 1740s, literate Russians mostly kept to traditional forms of written language. Although the linguistic reforms undertaken by Peter the G...

This practical guide introduces students to the language and other skills needed to deliver a presentation in English. Concise and accessible, the ...

Keywords for Today takes us deep into the history of the language in order to better understand our contemporary world. From nature to cultural app...

Language and Social Justice provides readers with the knowledge and analytical skills required to explore why and how social inequalities and injus...

Language and Social Justice provides readers with the knowledge and analytical skills required to explore why and how social inequalities and injus...

Early Greek Relative Clauses contributes to an old debate currently enjoying a revival: should we expect languages spoken a few thousand years ago,...

The rich variety of the English vocabulary reflects the vast number of words it has taken from other languages. These range from Latin, Greek, Scan...

This book provides an accessible account of the origins and conceptual foundations of language policy. Florian Coulmas discusses the influence of t...

Emotions are as old as humankind. But what do we know about them and what importance do we assign to them? Emotional Lexicons is the first cultural...

Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about...

An in-depth biography of the Latin language from its very beginnings to the present day from the widely acclaimed author of ‘Empires of the Word’. ...

An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at dif...

This collection brings together established and exciting new voices to shed light on the language of and about sex work, offering an empirically nu...

In an increasingly interconnected world, supporting students as they learn to communicate in linguistically diverse intercultural settings is a sig...

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Science provides a state-of-the-art volume on the language of scientific processes and communications. This ...

In an increasingly interconnected world, supporting students as they learn to communicate in linguistically diverse intercultural settings is a sig...

Este livro, que contribui para a preservação duma tradição oral em vias de desaparecimento, inclui 116 contos de carácter indo-europeu gravados a 2...

Adventure is always escapist and often utopian, yet we find solidarity with others and Kafkaesque existential rabbit holes within the words we use ...

'Marvellous . . . I read it with astonished delight . . . It is equally scholarly and entertaining.' - Jan Morris 'Quirky and compelling.' - The Ti...

The International Bestseller - Featured on BBC Radio 4 Love it or hate it, the exclamation mark has been with us from Beowulf to the spam email - ...