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In The Ideology of Conduct, first published in 1987, scholars from various fields, from the medieval period to the present day, discuss literature in which the sole purpose is to instruct women in ho …

Idioms have always aroused the curiosity of linguists and there is a long tradition in the study of idioms, especially within the fields of lexicology and lexicography. Without denying the importance …

Business Welsh is a reference volume for native speakers and second language learners who wish to use Welsh in a business or professional environment. This book comprises a wide range of sample situa …

A multi-purpose reference work which should become an indispensable companion for anybody who comes into touch with Hinduism. Includes a dictionary of Sanskrit and vernacular terms; a glossary of ter …

This book compares the civil and common law approach to analyze the question – ”What sorts of conduct may the state legitimately make criminal?”. Through a comparative focus on an Australian and Ge …

This book provides an analysis of two theories of language acquisition: the theory that acquisition is primarily mediated by innate properties of language provided by universal grammar, and the oppos …

The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies provides a state-of-the-art overview of the important and rapidly developing field of Critical Discourse Studies (CDS). Forty-one chapters from le …

Pidgins and creoles have always attracted a great deal of interest – academic and otherwise – but in recent decades they have become increasingly important as a field of linguistic inquiry. Placing p …

This pioneering work examines changes in the life and values of the English working class in response to mass media. First published in 1957, it mapped out a new methodology in cultural studies based …

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 …