Linguistics Books

New and Published Books

1. Language and History

   Integrationist Perspectives

   Edited by Nigel Love

   Series: Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory

   When linguistics was first established as an academic discipline in the nineteenth century, it was envisaged as an essentially historical study. Languages were to be treated as historical objects, evolving through gradual but constant processes of change over long periods of time. In recent years,...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Second Language Acquisition

   An Introductory Course, 4th Edition

   By Susan M. Gass

   Now in a fourth edition, this bestselling introductory textbook remains the cornerstone volume for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). Its chapters have been fully updated, and reorganized where appropriate, to provide a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the field and its related...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Essentials of English Grammar

   By Otto Jespersen

   Series: Otto Jespersen

   This book was first published in 1933....

   Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. What is this thing called Philosophy of Language?

   By Gary Kemp

   Series: What is this thing called?

   Philosophy of language explores some of the fundamental yet most technical problems in philosophy, such as meaning and reference, semantics, and propositional attitudes. Some of its greatest exponents, including Gottlob Frege, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell are amongst the major...

   Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
5. Language

   Its Nature and Development

   By Otto Jespersen

   Series: Otto Jespersen

   This book was first published in 1922....

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. International Language

   Series: Otto Jespersen

   This book was first published in 1929....

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
7. Allomorphy in Inflexion (Routledge Revivals)

   By Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1987, this book broke new ground in research on inflectional morphology. Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of languages, it shows that this is not just a phenomenon left over from obsolete phonological processes but a subject deserving of respect in its own right. The book...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
8. Practical Phonetics and Phonology

   A Resource Book for Students, 3rd Edition

   By Beverley S. Collins, Inger M. Mees

   Series: Routledge English Language Introductions

   Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings—all in...

   Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
9. The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor

   Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over...

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Equilibrium of Human Syntax

    Symmetries in the Brain

    By Andrea Moro

    Series: Routledge Leading Linguists

    This book assembles a collection of papers in two different domains: formal syntax and neurolinguistics. Here Moro provides evidence that the two fields are becoming more and more interconnected and that the new fascinating empirical questions and results in the latter field cannot be obtained...

    Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge