Language: Reference & General

The empirical and descriptive strengths of sociolinguistics, developed over more than 40 years of research, have not been matched by an active enga...

A Framework for Cognitive Sociolinguistics attempts to lay out the epistemological system for a cognitive sociolinguistics—the first book to do so ...

Analyzing Shakespeare's views on theatre and magic and John Dee's concerns with philosophy and magic in the light of the Italian version of philoso...

A Framework for Cognitive Sociolinguistics attempts to lay out the epistemological system for a cognitive sociolinguistics—the first book to do so ...

This book analyzes the role of the theatrical simpleton in the pasos of the sixteenth-century playwright Lupe de Rueda, in Mario Moreno’s character...

Audiovisual translation is the fastest growing strand within translation studies.This book addresses the need for more robust theoretical framework...

Now in its second edition, this internationally best-selling book has been revised and updated. It focuses on helping people overcome some of the m...

What does it mean to think of Western Art music - and the Austro-German contribution to that repertory - as a tradition? How are men and masculinit...

In this highly readable and thought-provoking book, Delia Chiaro explores the pragmatics of word play, using frameworks normally adopted in descrip...

Although the grammatical expression of reciprocal (or ‘mutual’) situations in the languages of the world has received a surprising amount of attent...

Translation and Migration examines the ways in which the presence or absence of translation in situations of migratory movement has currently and h...

The Sociolinguistics of Digital Englishes introduces core areas of sociolinguistics and explores how each one has been transformed by the current e...

It was Carl Dahlhaus who coined the phrase ’dead time’ to describe the state of the symphony between Schumann and Brahms. Christopher Fifield argue...

German Grammar in Context presents an accessible and engaging approach to learning grammar. Each chapter opens with a real-life extract from a Germ...

Muslims believe that the Koran is God’s message in Arabic, revealed through the medium of the Prophet Muhammad for the guidance of the Arabs and su...

Success with Languages is designed to help all students develop the skills they need to become an effective language learner and to make the most o...

Engaged Language Policy and Practices re-envisions language policy and planning as an engaged approach, drawing on and portraying theoretical and e...

The Sociolinguistics of Digital Englishes introduces core areas of sociolinguistics and explores how each one has been transformed by the current e...

A Frequency Dictionary of Czech is an invaluable tool for all learners of Czech, providing a list of the 5,000 most frequently used words in the la...

Success with Languages is designed to help all students develop the skills they need to become an effective language learner and to make the most o...

A Fundamental Greek Course is designed primarily for those who aim at laying a sound foundation for the study of Classical Greek, and for use by ev...

A Frequency Dictionary of Czech is an invaluable tool for all learners of Czech, providing a list of the 5,000 most frequently used words in the la...

The History of Late Modern Englishes provides an accessible and student-friendly introduction to the history of the English language from the begin...

More than 22 million people speak Dutch-primarily in Holland, Belgium, Suriname, and the Antilles. This book offers a well-researched and highly re...

Engaged Language Policy and Practices re-envisions language policy and planning as an engaged approach, drawing on and portraying theoretical and e...

This second edition of The Routledge Concise Compendium of the World’s Languages has been completely revised to provide up-to-date and accurate des...

Drawing on the advice of experts in the field, The Web Writer's Guide serves as the ideal sourcebook for tips and ideas for freelance and staff wri...

The art of persuasion, as practised today in political debate as well as in the courts of law, has been developed in the rhetorical tradition, but ...

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of theoretical issues, historical developments and current trends in ICALL (Intelligent Compute...

A WORKBOOK to Help You Learn the Essentials of Biblical Greek So You Can Study the New Testament More DeeplyThe Greek for the Rest of Us Workbook i...

How to Write a Horror Movie is a close look at an always-popular (but often disrespected) genre. It focuses on the screenplay and acts as a guide t...

This edited thematic collection features latest developments of discourse analysis in translation and interpreting studies. It investigates the pro...

In this wide-ranging study of French intellectuals who represented the Spanish Civil War as it was happening and in its immediate aftermath, Martin...

Nantong Chinese is an in-depth account of an interesting and endangered Sinitic language spoken in Nantong, China, in an area in the Northern Yangt...

Translation and Migration examines the ways in which the presence or absence of translation in situations of migratory movement has currently and h...

Amdo Tibetan: A Comprehensive Grammar Textbook is a rigorous one-year college-level textbook for English speakers who wish to learn the Amdo dialec...

Expanding on their presentations at the 10th conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW), the contributors ...

What is a grammatical unit? How does grammatical structure evolve? How can we best investigate the mental representation of grammar? What is the...

Through a close re-examination of Eugene O’Neill’s oeuvre, from minor plays to his Pulitzer-winning works, this study proposes that O’Neill’s visio...

All writers need to know how to adapt to new technology and thrive in the new opportunities that it provides. This book provides readers with the n...

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics, published in 2011, has long been a standard introduction and essential reference point to the broad ...

Writing Your First Play provides the beginning playwright with the tools and motivation to tell a story through dramatic form. Based in a series of...

For Durkheim is a timely and original contribution to the debate about Durkheim at a time when his concerns on ethics, morality and civil religion ...

Steep socioeconomic hierarchy in post-industrial Western society threatens public health because of the physiological consequences of material and ...