Language: History & General Works

The bizarre meanings behind everyday names!Did you know that Jacobs tend to cheat in school, Marys have nasty attitudes, and Catherines like to cau...

Most of us are aware that words such as geometry, mathematics, phobia and hypochondria derive from ancient Greek, but did you know that marmalade, ...

Some part of me believed I would become a more complete person if I spoke Irish, more in tune with my roots, my identity, my very being.  I was o...

'Beautifully researched account, full of humour and personal insight'David Crystal, author of Making Sense: The Glamorous Story of English Grammar ...

Let me be clear. This book does not contain a raft of measures to address issues around the abuse of the English language. It is not a forward offe...

Fish mines cultural touchstones from Milton to 'Married with Children' to explain how various types of arguments are structured and how that unders...

Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers, Second Edition reveals the trajectory of the Greek language from the Mycenaean period of the sec...

In the beginning there was one language-one tongue that Adam used to compose the first poem, an elegy for Abel. These days, no one bothers to ask ...

Master the harsh, guttural language of Klingon with this indispensable audio phrasebook. This amusing and enlightening primer on ill-tempered and p...

This reference work delivers an interdisciplinary, applied spatial and geographical approach to the study of languages and linguistics. This work i...

La straordinaria polifonia di lingue che caratterizza le letterature nazionali di eta moderna e ormai un dato acquisito nelle piu aggiornate ricost...

'Susie Dent is a national treasure' Richard Osman'WORD PERFECT is a golden vaulted cave of fascinating and funny hidden gems' JO BRANDWelcome to a ...

This refereed volume is a collection of selected scholarly articles resulting from research conducted for the first international Australian Worksh...

This first and only work of non-fiction by the author of two novels, two collections of short stories and a collection of poetry, has an accessible...