Part of a sociolinguistics series about language use in the real world, and about the relationships between language, society and social change. The author argues for an approach that takes linguistic practice to be the primary medium through which social processes operate.
Realms of Meaning presents an accessible introduction to semantics. It provides an understanding of the way meaning works in natural languages, again..
The broad aim of this lively and engaging book is to examine relationships between the linguistic patterns, the stylistic functions, and the social an..
The Routledge Handbook of Semantics provides a broad and state-of-the-art survey of this field, covering semantic research at both word and sentence l..
Understanding Semantics, Second Edition is a modern and comprehensive introduction to the linguistic discipline of semantics, covering the most import..
This book approaches the topic of false friends from a theoretical perspective, arguing that false friends carry out a positive role as a cognitive de..
Grammar and Meaning is an introduction to the study of grammar of contemporary English. It provides an impressive survey of all the main areas of Engl..
Realms of Meaning presents an accessible introduction to semantics. It provides an understanding of the way meaning works in natural languages, again..
This book attempts to meet the increasing demand for descriptions of how conversation works for analysing spoken interaction. It provides a systematic..
The material in this book reviews work dating to the vocabulary control movement of the 1930s, and also refers to more recent work on the role of lexi..
Complex Words in English presents a comprehensive account of present-day word formation in English. Starting with a discussion of some basic issues, i..