Rude Britannia

Edited by Mina Gorji

Media commentators have noted a rising public tolerance to the use of rude or offensive words in modern English. John Lydon’s obscene outburst on 'I’m...

Published July 25th 2007 by Routledge.

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Bilingualism

An Advanced Resource Book

By Ng Bee Chin, Gillian Wigglesworth

Bilingualism:

• introduces students to key issues and themes that include bilingual development and education; and the integration of social and cognitive perspectives
• uses tasks and examples to...

Published July 4th 2007 by Routledge.

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Artificial Hearing, Natural Speech

Cochlear Implants, Speech Production, and the Expectations of a High-Tech Society

By Joanna Hart Lowenstein

This book explores the interface between speech perception and production through a longitudinal acoustic analysis of the speech of postlingually deaf adults with cochlear implants...

Published June 27th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Basics of Essay Writing

By Nigel Warburton

Nigel Warburton, bestselling author and experienced lecturer, provides all the guidance and advice you need to dramatically improve your essay-writing skills. The book opens with a...

Published June 27th 2007 by Routledge.

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Corpus Linguistics

Critical Concepts in Linguistics

Edited by Wolfgang Teubert, Ramesh Krishnamurthy

Corpora—large collections of written and/or spoken text stored and accessed electronically—provide the means of investigating language that is of growing importance academically and professionally. Corpora...

Published June 14th 2007 by Routledge.

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Language and Linguistics: The Key Concepts

By R.L. Trask Edited by Peter Stockwell

This fully updated second edition includes a new introduction, a wide range of new entries (reflecting developments in linguistics since the book's original release) and...

Published May 30th 2007 by Routledge.

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Global Media Discourse

A Critical Introduction

By David Machin, Theo Van Leeuwen

Featuring a wide range of exercises, examples, and images, this textbook provides a practical way of analyzing the discourses of the global media industries. Building on a...

Published May 16th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Language of the News

By Martin Conboy

The Language of the News investigates and critiques the conventions of language used in newspapers and provides students with a clear introduction to critical linguistics...

Published May 8th 2007 by Routledge.

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Generative Grammar

Theory and its History

By Robert Freidin

Generative Grammar presents a substantial contribution to the field of linguistics in drawing together for the first time the author's most significant work on the...

Published April 30th 2007 by Routledge.

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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.

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