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Global Interactions in English as a Lingua Franca [PDF ebook] 
How written communication is changing under the influence of electronic media and new contexts of use

First published in 1991. In this study, the author investigates the proper treatment of harmony processes in phonological theory. The data examined lead to a formulation of morphologically governed h …

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of t …

This issue explores some of the ways in which gender, as a social construction, might be rooted in and contingent on conversational processes in childhood. The interconnections between language and g …

First published in 2004. This dictionary is a valuable resource for Persian to English translation and includes Arabic Words and Phrases to be found in Persian literature. The initial aim originally …

Due to the competitive edge it confers on students, educational institutions, and non-English speaking nations in a globalized economy, English as a medium of instruction (EMI) has been gaining popul …

If among the many truths of Giambattista Vico”s New Science there is one that is deepest, it is the truth that language, mind, and society are but three modes of a common reality. In Vico”s term, t …

In the beginning, before there are words, or syntax, or discourse, there is speech. Speech is an infant”s gateway to language. Without exposure to speech, no language–or at most only a feeble facsi …

This collection of essays is a representative sample of the current research and researchers in the fields of language and social interactions and social context. The opening chapter, entitled ‘Conte …

What might be the outcome for philosophy if its texts were subjected to the powerful techniques of rhetorical close-reading developed by current deconstructionist literary critics? When first publish …

Metaphor has long provided a rich way to speak about the unspeakable, to refer to delicate issues. Sex is one such area. This book follows a cognitive-linguistic and relevance-theoretic approach to t …