Ronald Carter & Paul Simpson 
Language, Discourse and Literature [PDF ebook] 
An Introductory Reader in Discourse Stylistics

Building on the notion of fiction as communicative act, this collection brings together an interdisciplinary range of scholars to examine the evolving relationship between authors and readers in fict …

Americanized Spanish Culture explores the intricate transcultural dialogue between Spain and the United States since the late 19th century. The term ’Americanized’ reflects the influence of Ameri …

New Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication represents the most important collection of writings about technical communications ever compiled. Focusing on a wide range of theoretical and pra …

This innovative, timely text introduces the theory, research, and classroom application of critical approaches to the teaching of minoritized heritage learners, foregrounding sociopolitical concerns …

First published in 1999. This book examines the interplay between the semantics of noun phrases and verbal predicates, with an emphasis on data drawn from Czech and English, and comparisons to German …

M.A.K Halliday’s work has been hugely influential in linguistics and beyond since the 1960s. This is a collection of interviews with key figures in the generation of social semioticians who have take …

Irish English, also termed ”Anglo-Irish” or ”Hiberno-English”, as in this book, is not usually perceived as having a grammatical system of its own. Markku Filppula here challenges this misconcept …

This book is a grammar of Mangghuer, a Mongolic language spoken by approximately 25, 000 people in China”s northwestern Qinghai Province. Mangghuer is virtually unknown outside China, and no grammar …

Literacy is a perennial ‘hot topic’ in Britain and other English-speaking countries. Concerns about falling standards and a ‘literacy crisis’ are frequently raised. In response, governments initiate …