The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies provides a comprehensive overview of English Language Studies. The book takes a three-pronged approach to examine what constitutes the phenomenon of the English language; why and in what contexts it is an important subject to study; and what the chi..
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Creativity provides an introduction and survey of the wide range of perspectives on the relationship between language and creativity. Divided into four sections, this handbook covers the dimensions of language and creativity, literary creativity, multimodal and..
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Metaphor provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language, and maps out future directions of research and practice in a variety of contexts in this field...
The essays here cover a wide range of topics: the interpretation and distribution of pronouns; ECP effects; specifiers and phrase structure; heads; the role and functioning of head movement; and the architecture of grammar...
This book presents Keith Gilyard's most seminal work in one volume, with new and previously published essays on linguistic diversity, cultural identity, critical literacy, writing instruction, literary texts, and popular culture. Essential reading for students and scholars in rhetorical studies, com..
Originally published in 1940. An excellent insight into the history of education, this book studies the actual reading habits of children aged 12 to 15 years, either in school or at home. The author identifies that the teacher's main function should be to supply and open up an ample range of literat..