Language: Reference & General

For the first time in history, those looking to break into comics have an enormous number of realistic, proven options for doing so all by themselv...

This is a book about the structure, history and evolution of the Japanese language.The Japanese Language is a classic study of one of the world's m...

Nik Morton has been writing for over forty years, honing his craft. He writes genre fiction, whether that s science fiction, horror, crime, thrille...

Had you said "What a guy!" in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder ...

Pronunciation governs our regional and social identity more powerfully than any other aspect of spoken language. No wonder, then, that it has attra...

Do ewe no what homophones are? They're words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have completely different meanings—it's knot always e...

Polari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. At a time when being gay could result in criminal...

From the author of the bestselling Motherfoclóir, Non-fiction Irish Book of the Year. A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR. What do we talk about when we talk...

The English language is rich with eponyms – words that are named after an individual – some better known than others. This book features 150 of the...