Language

This book provides an in-depth and comprehensive state-of-the-art study of 'African languages' and 'language in Africa' since its beginnings as a '...

Politeness plays a vital role in maintaining class differences. In this highly original account, Sara Mills analyses the interrelationship between ...

Millions of Americans routinely spend half their working day or more with their hands on keyboards and their minds on audiences - writing so much, ...

Up to ninety percent of humanity's traditional languages and cultures are at risk and may disappear this century. While language endangerment has n...

Harmony is an integral part of our auditory environment. Resonances characterised by harmonic frequency relationships are found throughout the natu...

What are the most widely spoken non-English languages in the USA? How did they reach the USA? Who speaks them, to whom, and for what purposes? What...

Legal practitioners, linguists, anthropologists, philosophers and others have all explored fundamental challenges presented by language in formulat...

This work offers students the most current discussion of the major issues in Greek and linguistics by leading authorities in the field. Featuring a...

The first description of voice quality production in forty years, this book provides a new framework for its study: The Laryngeal Articulator Model...

The Germanic language family ranges from national languages with standardized varieties, including German, Dutch and Danish, to minority languages ...

Corrective feedback is a vital pedagogical tool in language learning. This is the first volume to provide an in-depth analysis and discussion of th...

Sociopragmatics is a rapidly growing field and this is the first ever handbook dedicated to this exciting area of study. Bringing together an inter...

A recognized expert in Greek grammar examines two features of the Greek verb: voice and mood. Drawing on his years of teaching experience at a lead...

Fifty easy-to-deploy active learning exercises for teaching academic writing in any fieldThe Pocket Instructor: Writing offers fifty practical exer...

Fifty easy-to-deploy active learning exercises for teaching academic writing in any fieldThe Pocket Instructor: Writing offers fifty practical exer...

A highly interdisciplinary overview of the wide spectrum of current international research and professional practice in intercultural communication...

For anyone who wants to become a more effective writer, a more perceptive reader, and a more precise thinker, an understanding of English sentence ...

Cognitive linguists are bound by the cognitive commitment, which is the commitment to providing a characterization of the general principles govern...

Innovative and evidence-based, this introduction to the main concepts and issues in language teaching uses a 'key questions' structure, enabling th...

NOVELISTA is a friendly, straight-talking writing guide for people who want to write a novel but don't know how to begin. It asks all the important...

Sprechen sie Deutsch? Learn this fun language with Dummies German Workbook For Dummies is for German beginners who want to get started learning the...

From the invention of the alphabet to the explosion of the internet, Dominic Wyse takes us on a unique journey into the process of writing. Startin...