Language: Reference & General

As digital reading has become more productive and active, the lines between reading and writing become more blurred. This book offers both an explo...

This acclaimed volume is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of Jerzy Grotowski's long and multi-faceted career. It is essential reading ...

A much-cited and highly influential text by Alastair Pennycook, one of the world authorities in sociolinguistics, The Cultural Politics of English ...

Cameroon is a land of much promise, but a land of unfulfilled promises. It has the potential to be an economically developed and democratic society...

A much-cited and highly influential text by Alastair Pennycook, one of the world authorities in sociolinguistics, The Cultural Politics of English ...

A Textbook in Classical Tibetan is the first comprehensive course book in the Classical Tibetan language written in English. The textbook describes...

Based on American rather than British English, this is among the first Russian dictionaries revised for the post-Soviet era. Includes new political...

Choreographing Discourses brings together essays originally published by Mark Franko between 1996 and the contemporary moment. Assembling these ess...

"I walked in and she's sat in the coffin. In the middle of the living-room floor and she's - she's watching telly and laughing"Nobody can ignore th...

Genre theory has focused primarily on the analysis of generic constructs, with increasing attention to and emphasis on the contexts in which such g...

This easy-to-use dictionary is designed for students of all levels. Organized in pinyin alphabetical order with simplified Chinese characters, the ...

The Routledge Introduction to Qur’ānic Arabic is an innovative, text-based, language course designed for students interested in acquiring a foundat...

Corpus Linguistics for World Englishes offers a detailed account of how to analyse the many fascinating varieties of English around the world using...

Doing Research in Applied Linguistics: Realities, dilemmas, and solutions provides insight and guidance for those undertaking research, and shows t...

Customizable pre-written business communications Business communication is often tricky; the line between professional and impersonal is difficult ...

This acclaimed volume is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of Jerzy Grotowski's long and multi-faceted career. It is essential reading ...

Bertolt Brecht’s methods of collective experimentation, and his unique framing of the theatrical event as a forum for change, placed him among the ...

This book explores the history of pharmacy in France and its relationship to the discipline of chemistry as it emerged at the beginning of the nine...

All writers are familiar with terms like plot, suspense, conflict and character. They may be less familiar with intertextuality, anachrony, and fab...

With his positive approach to translation studies featured in this highly original volume, Chunshen Zhu brings into perspective from the vantage po...

First published in 1986, this book examines the changing patterns in English usage and style. It encourages a constructive attitude to language, de...

Análisis de la Conversación: fundamentos, metodología y alcances ofrece la primera introducción comprehensiva al Análisis de la Conversación (AC) e...

Here is a book about the craft of writing fiction that is thoroughly useful from the first to the last page—whether the reader is a beginner, a sea...

Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the process of researching, writing, and publishing their work. Thomas A. Mason and J. ...

Translation of Contemporary Taiwan Literature in a Cross-Cultural Context explores the social, cultural, and linguistic implications of translation...

The Routledge Hispanic Studies Companion to Nineteenth-Century Spain brings together an international team of expert contributors in this critical ...

The Routledge Companion to Adaptation offers a broad range of scholarship from this growing, interdisciplinary field. With a basis in source-orient...

This fully revised edition provides a practical introduction to research methods for anyone conducting and critically reading technical communicati...

Punctuation Revisited is an advanced, comprehensive guide to the importance of punctuation in conveying meaning and augmenting the power of a messa...

Much more than a style guide that teaches students the correct way to set up a footnote, Where Credit is Due provides complete nuts-and-bolts infor...

Greek Scripture Journal: 1-3 John contains the text of The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge with added space for notes in ...

“Reliably insightful.” – Publishers WeeklyThe first step to becoming a successful writer is to become a successful reader. Helping you develop your...

This book takes the following question as its starting point: What are some of the crucial things the reader must do in order to make sense of a li...

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Originating from a small group of Bible students who met under Charles Taze Russell’s leadership and grew into an international Society, to which t...

English Vocabulary: The Basics offers a clear, non-jargonistic introduction to English vocabulary, the way linguists classify and explain it, and t...