Pragmatics

By Jean Stilwell Peccei

In Pragmatics, the study of meaning derived from context, Jean Stilwell Peccei offers a practical introduction to this core area of linguistics. Pragmatics:
* encourages the...

Published July 15th 1999 by Routledge.

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The Grammar of Irish English

Language in Hibernian Style

By Markku Filppula

Irish English, also termed 'Anglo-Irish' or 'Hiberno-English', as in this book, is not usually perceived as having a grammatical system of its own. Markku Filppula...

Published June 24th 1999 by Routledge.

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Essentials of Early English

Old, Middle and Early Modern English

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Published May 27th 1999 by Routledge.

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The Enlargement of the European Union

Issues and Strategies

Edited by Victoria Curzon Price, Alice Landau, Richard Whitman

This volume looks at the process of enlargment which the European Union is currently undertaking, focusing on both the economic and political dimensions of the...

Published March 25th 1999 by Routledge.

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Language: The Basics

By R. L. Trask

Language: The Basics provides a concise introduction to the study of language. Written in an engaging and entertaining style, it encourages the reader to think...

Published March 18th 1999 by Routledge.

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Language: The Basics

By R. L. Trask

What makes human language unique?
Do women speak differently from men?
Just what is the meaning of "meaning"?

Language: The Basics provides a concise introduction to the study...

Published March 18th 1999 by Routledge.

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Standard English

The Widening Debate

By Tony Bex, Richard J. Watts

Standard English draws together the leading international scholars in the field, who confront the debates surrounding 'Standard English', grammar and correctness head-on.
These debates are as...

Published February 18th 1999 by Routledge.

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Worlds in Common?

Television Discourses in a Changing Europe

By Ulrike H. Meinhof, Kay Richardson

Worlds in Common? examines the newly emerging forms of language used in satellite television programmes, exploring a wide range of genres including twenty-four hour news...

Published January 21st 1999 by Routledge.

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Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts

By R.L. Trask

Published October 15th 1998 by Routledge.

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English and the Discourses of Colonialism

By Alastair Pennycook

English and the Discourses of Colonialism opens with the British departure from Hong Kong marking the end of British colonialism. Yet Alastair Pennycook argues that...

Published September 17th 1998 by Routledge.

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