Meyer Matthias L.G. Meyer & Hoinkes Ulrich Hoinkes 
Der Einfluss der Migration auf Sprach- und Kulturraeume / The Impact of Migration on Linguistic and Cultural Areas [PDF ebook] 

What can developments in contemporary linguistics and language theory reveal about Shakespeare»s language in the plays? Shakespeare»s Common Language demonstrates how methods borrowed from language …

This is a book about the teaching and particularly the acquisition of translation-related skills and knowledge. Well grounded in theory, the book also provides numerous examples drawn from the author …

This addition to the Cognitive Science and Second Language Acquisition series presents a comprehensive review of the latest research findings on sentence processing in second language acquisition. Th …

The Language of Humour: * examines the importance of the social context for humour * explores the issue of gender and humour in areas such as the New Lad culture in comedy and stand-up comedy * inclu …

This innovative study on the phenomenon of »grammaticalization» and its manifestation in Chinese provides new insights into language change in Chinese and a large number of grammatical topics. Gram …

The Routledge Handbook of Semantics provides a broad and state-of-the-art survey of this field, covering semantic research at both word and sentence level. It presents a synoptic view of the most imp …

This 2-way Dictionary is ideal for both linguists and the serious learner and user of Norwegian. Translations are supported by examples and entries are supported by an invaluable section covering asp …

This new volume explores the limits and possibilities of economic change in transforming the lives of women in rural Greece at a time of great economic and political change. It is based on ethnograph …

Germany»s imperial era (1871-1918) continues to attract both scholars and the general public alike. The American historian Roger Chickering has referred to the historiography on the Kaiserreich as a …

First published in 1937, this book supplies a history of the living growth of the English language from Old English to the medieval period. It offers an in-depth study of the growth of vocabulary thr …