Evelyn S. Firchow 
Studies for Einar Haugen [PDF ebook] 
Presented by Friends and Colleagues

First published in 1987, the Dictionary of Jargon expands on its predecessor Newspeak (Routledge Revivals, 2014) as an authoritative reference guide to specialist occupational slang, or jargon. Conta …

A multimodal ethnography of language as living process, this book demonstrates methods for the integrated analysis of talk, gesture, and material culture, developing a fresh way to understand human l …

This book adopts a corpus-based discourse analysis approach to the study of the communicative practices of pick-up artists, offering a systematic exploration of distinct language use in an online com …

Translating Institutions outlines a framework for research on translation in institutional settings, using the Finnish translation unit at the European Commission as a case study. Because of their fo …

In this new study, author David Paxman demonstrates that ordinary spatial concepts, together with the changing sense of the earth”s space brought about by exploration, navigation, and mapping exerte …

Since its discovery by German romantics and nationalists, Rothenburg has been an established icon of the German nation and its medieval past. By tracing Rothenburg”s historical development as a plac …

By the end of the First World War, women”s labor was viewed by contemporary observers as fundamental to the survival of family farms in Germany and consequently to the nation”s economic and social …

Maurice O”Connor Drury was among Wittgenstein”s first students after his return to Cambridge in 1929. The subsequent course of Drury”s life and thought was to be enormously influenced by his teach …

”The most compelling, original, charismatic and poetic guide to poetry that I can remember. A handbook written from the heart by one of the true modern masters of the craft.” Simon Armitage A colle …