Redesigning English

Edited by Sharon Goodman, David Graddol, Theresa Lillis

This fully updated edition of Redesigning English explores the innovative uses of English from early manuscripts to post-colonial literature, creative writing and developments in new...

Published April 16th 2007 by Routledge.

Learning English

Edited by Neil Mercer, Joan Swann, Barbara Mayor

Learning English focuses on young children's acquisition of spoken and written English in monolingual and bilingual contexts and explores the debates surrounding English in schools and...

Published March 21st 2007 by Routledge.

Using English

Edited by Janet Maybin, Neil Mercer, Ann Hewings

Using English provides an invaluable introduction to the study of English for students of language and linguistics. It examines the way in which the English...

Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge.

Changing English

Edited by David Graddol, Dick Leith, Joan Swann, Martin Rhys, Julia Gillen

Changing English examines the history of English from its origins in the fifth century to the present day. It focuses on the radical changes that...

Published November 28th 2006 by Routledge.

Edited by Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru

In recent decades, the cultural and linguistic legacies of the colonial era have been superseded by the globalization of English through the international mass media,...

Published November 16th 2006 by Routledge.

Introducing Electronic Text Analysis

A Practical Guide for Language and Literary Studies

By Svenja Adolphs

Introducing Electronic Text Analysis is a practical and much needed introduction to corpora – bodies of linguistic data. Written specifically for students studying this topic for the...

Published June 5th 2006 by Routledge.

English Grammar

A University Course

By Angela Downing, Philip Locke

This edition of Angela Downing and Philip Locke's award-winning grammar course book has been thoroughly revised and rewritten by Angela Downing to offer an integrated account...

Published December 19th 2005 by Routledge.

Introducing Metaphor

By Murray Knowles, Rosamund Moon

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the book provides a thorough grounding in metaphor and word meaning, theories on the processing and understanding of metaphorical language, and...

Published November 7th 2005 by Routledge.

Bad Language, Purity and Power from 1586 to the Present

By Tony McEnery

Do men use bad language more than women? How do social class and the use of bad language interact? Do young speakers use bad language...

Published October 14th 2005 by Routledge.

Introducing Language in Use

A Course Book

By Aileen Bloomer, Patrick Griffiths, Andrew Merrison

Drawing on a vast range of data and examples of language in its many forms, this book provides students with the tools they need to...

Published August 8th 2005 by Routledge.