This book focuses on the sociolinguistics of English in relation to globalisation. The pattern of migration and linguistic flows that have become m...

Is Greed good? The future of Earth and all of mankind may hang on that one question. And George Marquis Lorrilard -- a space age ace-pilot, adventu...

The purpose of this introduction is to give an outline of the results of acoustic analyses of Danish intonation, as reported in twelve papers, publ...

American Ann Halliday is as sexy as Rita Hayworth and as fiery as the Sahara sun. And now she's feeling some real heat, as the prize captive of the...

Running off to join the French Foreign Legion used to be every boy's dream of action and adventure. But for Lieutenant Bill Reilly-half Irish, half...

In The Great Escape and Papillon, Steve McQueen embodied the tough guy on the run from captivity and injustice. But when it comes to toughness, McQ...

Cast Spencer Tracy as Speed Kyle, master-builder of the hottest, fastest planes around. Then give the role of Cal Bradley, daredevil test pilot who...

Ideas in History is the result of collaborative efforts among nearly a dozen universities and colleges throughout the Nordic countries. The purpose...

Does size matter? Is bigger better? That's no small question to Tom Little-the circus midget with giant dreams. Tom may be king of the midgets, but...

While reading is a deeply personal activity, paradoxically, it is also fundamentally social and outward-looking. Daniel Coleman, a lifelong reader ...

Ablaut, the grammatically conditioned vowel alternations found in e.g. English sing vs. sang vs. sung, is one of the most characteristic features o...

Ablaut, the grammatically conditioned vowel alternations found in e.g. English sing vs. sang vs. sung, is one of the most characteristic features o...

This book contains twenty articles on the subject of derivational morphology in Indo-European languages, and is the result of the conference "Indo-...

Text in English & German. The present volume contains selected papers from a symposium on Internal Reconstruction in Indo- European: Methods, R...

How we communicate with others is basic to our personal satisfaction, fulfilment and success in life. Interpersonal communication is really the stu...

In this insightful study of Iranian cultural history and national identity, the late Shahrokh Meskoob, one of Iran's leading intellectuals, reviewe...

This book examines the analysis of language (possibly in conjunction with other semiotic systems) in the course of our lives as citizens of establi...

This is a third, revised edition of Stuart Robson's highly successful guide to the grammar of the Javanese language, spoken by around eighty millio...

This unique Verb Conjugation System allows complete split-second conjugation of verbs in English, Spanish, and Italian -- in any order. Twenty two ...

This book analyses the latest trends in Indo-European studies, combining linguistic study with insights from archaeology, anthropology and archaeog...

Text in Spanish. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of the cultural content of narrative texts with different perspectives on ...

A language is a dynamic set of visual, auditory, or tactile symbols of communication and the elements used to manipulate them. Language can also re...

This book was published in response to the need to provide a comprehensive book dealing with the multidimensional complexity of language and litera...

Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive, produce and use words to understand and communicate. This new...

In African societies, much as plain or direct language is cherished and highly appreciated because of the pragmatic clarity it offers, implicitness...

In an increasingly global and mobile society, language learning has become critical. The authors of this book present new research in the study of ...