"Basic Cantonese" introduces the essentials of Cantonese grammar in a straightforward and systematic way. each of the 28 units deals with a grammatical point and provides associated exercise ...more on ebook "Basic Cantonese..."

When the recent controversy over "ebonics," also known as African American Vernacular english (AAVe), erupted in the American media, the education and culture of African slave descendants in ...more on ebook "Talkin that Talk..."

This book introduces the student to the main issues and theories in 20th century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena. ...more on ebook "Philosophy of Language: A Contempor..."

Savickey offers us new insight into the historical context and influences of Wittgenstein, which will help students understand the intricacies and depth of his work. ...more on ebook "Wittgenstein's Art of Investigation..."

This book offers a descriptive and contact-linguistic account of the grammar of Irish english, also known as "Hiberno-english." It examines Hiberno-english dialects past and present and thei ...more on ebook "Grammar of Irish English..."

"Word Structure," provides a complete introduction to morphology, the study of the structure of words. The book contains numerous exercises, an answer key, and clear and succinct summmaries. ...more on ebook "Word Structure..."

The past decade has seen an unprecedented growth in the study of language contact, associated partly with the linguistic effects of globalization and increased migration all over the world. ...more on ebook "Dynamics of Language Contact..."

This specially commissioned volume considers the processes involved in language change and the issues of how they can be modelled and studied. The way languages change offers an insight into ...more on ebook "Motives for Language Change..."

Since the 1980s, bilingualism has become one of the main themes of sociolinguistics - but there are as yet few large-scale treatments of the subject specific to the ancient world. This book ...more on ebook "Bilingualism and the Latin Language..."

"Literature," the latest volume in the highly successful "New Critical Idiom" series, is at once a compact mine of information about the development and more recent discrediting of the conce ...more on ebook "Literature..."