General Language Reference Books

New and Published Books

1. A Frequency Dictionary of Japanese

   By Yukio Tono, Makoto Yamazaki, Kikuo Maekawa

   Series: Routledge Frequency Dictionaries

   A Frequency Dictionary of Japanese is an invaluable tool for all learners of Japanese, providing a list of the 5,000 most commonly used words in the language. Based on a100 million word corpus, composed of spoken, fiction, non-fiction and news texts in current use, the dictionary provides the...

   Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. 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
3. Compendium of the World's Languages

   3rd Edition

   By George L. Campbell, Gareth King

   This third edition of Compendium of the World’s Languages has been thoroughly revised to provide up-to-date and accurate descriptions of a wide selection of natural language systems. All cultural and historical notes as well as statistical data have been checked, updated and in many cases expanded....

   Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge
4. Developing Writing Skills in Arabic

   By Taoufik Ben Amor

   Series: Developing Writing Skills

   Developing Writing Skills in Arabic is specifically designed for upper-intermediate to advanced students who need to write Arabic for personal, professional and academic purposes. Making use of reading comprehension, analysis of stylistic devices, a functional approach to grammar and well-graded...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
5. Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar

   2nd Edition

   By Stefan Kaiser, Yasuko Ichikawa, Noriko Kobayashi, Hilofumi Yamamoto

   Series: Comprehensive Grammars

   Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Japanese grammar. Accessible and systematic, it explores the complexities of the language thoroughly, filling many gaps left by other textbooks. Clear grammar points are put in context using examples from a range of...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Simplified Level 1 Bundle

   By Claudia Ross, Baozhang He, Pei-Chia Chen, Meng Yeh

   The Routledge Course in Mandarin Chinese is a two-year undergraduate course for students with no prior background in Chinese study. Designed to build a strong foundation in both the spoken and written language it develops all the basic skills such as pronunciation, character writing, word use...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
7. Colloquial Kazakh

   By Zaure Batayeva

   Series: Colloquial Series

   Colloquial Kazakh provides a step-by-step course in Kazakh as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Kazakh in a broad range of...

   Published October 24th 2012 by Routledge
8. Basic Persian

   A Grammar and Workbook

   By Saeed Yousef, Hayedeh Torabi

   Series: Grammar Workbooks

   Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. This book presents twenty grammar units, covering the core material which students would expect to encounter in their first year of learning Persian. Grammar points are followed...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
9. Finnish

   By Merja Karalainen, Helena Sulkala

   Series: Descriptive Grammars

   Explores many interesting details of Finnish syntax, morphology, phonology and lexicon, providing the linguist, for the first time in English, the opportunity for cross-language comparisons and detailed linguistic analysis....

   Published September 29th 2012 by Routledge
10. Maltese

    By Marie Azzopardi-Alexander, Albert Borg

    Series: Descriptive Grammars

    Focusing primarily on Standard Maltese, the authors clarify many areas which, until now, remain undefined, with emphasis on syntax and intonation. English loanwords continue to find their way into Standard Maltese, especially as the Maltese inhabitants become increasingly bilingual, and the...

    Published September 29th 2012 by Routledge