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'...builds on and enhances the straight dictionary format with substantial options for research...' - Refer (CILIP)

Why is Partridge Slang better than ever?

An indispensable resource for your English Language and Literature collections.  Partridge is the authority on post-WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries from across the English-speaking world, Partridge includes published sources for each entry, dating information for each headword, and hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, making it the definitive resource for slang scholars and fans alike.

Why Partridge Slang Online?

No more waiting! Partridge Slang Online allows multiple users to search at once, bringing the Partridge tradition into the digital age. Key features include:

• highly discoverable content through Quick, Advanced, and Faceted search
• search refinement through adding and removing search filters and search within results
• explore content by Subject, Type, Place of Origin, Part of Speech and Date, or browse by A-Z
• contextual discovery of content through automated suggestions of related entries
• additional access to SEVEN!!! of Eric Partridge's major works in ebook form, including collections of slang dating back to the 1600s.

'This eminently browsable work would be essential for libraries with substantial language collections and would complement the OED online.' - Refer (CILIP)

To learn more or sign up for your free trial, visit www.partridgeslangonline.com today!

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Praise for the previous edition of The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English :

'Maintaining the integrity of the former editions and adding new words representative of the 20th and 21st centuries, this dictionary will be useful to a wide range of readers … Recommended.' – Choice

'A veritable Madame Tussaud’s of the vulgar language. It is a really epoch-making, monumental piece of work, carried out with astonishing industry and learning.' – New Statesman

Making use of reading comprehension, analysis of stylistic devices, a functional approach to grammar and well-graded exercises, the book exposes the student to a wide variety of styles and registers. Each chapter starts with a passive approach by letting the students analyze and discuss a sample text in the genre. It then moves on to a productive approach by expanding vocabulary, practicing using stylistic devices, studying grammar points pertinent to the main linguistic function of the chapter, and concludes with writing short and long compositions, both guided and free.

The following writing styles and genres are covered:

• Personal writing – greetings, congratulating, condolences, social and family contact
• Professional writing – advertising, applying to a school, writing a résumé
• Giving instructions – notes, directions, recipes, technical instructions
• Description and comparison – objects and places, people and characters
• Narration – events and stories, autobiographies, biographies and diaries
• Academic writing – stating an idea, explaining a hypothesis, providing examples, facts and data.

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.

The Routledge Intermediate Welsh Reader is a comprehensive reader designed to provide varied, stimulating and up-to-date reading material for learners of Welsh at the intermediate level.

The Welsh Reader provides a bridge between basic literacy skills and the ability to read full novels and newspapers in Welsh. It consists of thirty-five authentic readings, graded on the basis of complexity of vocabulary, grammar and syntax. These readings are drawn from a range of contemporary sources such as newspapers and magazines as well as novels and historical works.

It is ideal for learners who already possess a knowledge of essential grammar and vocabulary and who wish to expand their knowledge of the language through contextualized reading material.

Key features include:

• extracts of modern literature and newspaper/magazine articles
• vocabulary lists for quick reference
• short grammar explanations of any complicated structures
• initial consonant mutations marked typographically
• comprehension and discussion questions
• full answer key

Suitable for both class use and independent study, The Routledge Intermediate Welsh Reader is an essential tool for facilitating vocabulary learning and increasing reading proficiency.

In Training Mode, you can view a stroke-by-stroke animation of each character and then practice drawing it yourself using the character outline provided. As you continue to progress, you can drill yourself on the characters you've learned using the app's Drill Mode, which returns character cards back to the deck if you get them wrong. Over time you can measure your progress using Test Mode, which gives you just one chance to write each character correctly and displays your scores at the end.
 

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We would appreciate any feedback that you have on the app so please get in contact with us by emailing Samantha.ValeNoya@tandf.co.uk

The Routledge Language Family series is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates of linguistics and language, and those with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic anthropology and language development.

According to a widely accepted hypothesis, the Khoesan languages represent the smallest of the four language phyla in Africa, geographically distributed mainly in Botswana and Namibia. Today, only 30 or so Khoesan languages may still exist, with about 300,000 native speakers. In other words, most Khoesan languages were already extinct before a sound scholarly interest in them could begin to develop.

Drawing together a distinguished group of international experts, with much of the material taken from data collected by the authors’ own field work, this volumepresents descriptive, typological, historical-comparative and sociolinguistic material on Khoesan. The Khoesan Languages contains eight sections: an introduction, an overview of genetic relationships, a typological survey and profile of Khoesan, four chapters covering core linguistic areas of Khoesan phonetics and phonology, tonology, morphology and syntax, and a final chapter tackling major issues in Khoesan sociolinguistics, as well as discussions of language contact.

Presenting an even broader range of languages and language families, including new coverage of Australian aboriginal languages and expanded treatment of North American and African languages, this new edition offers a total of 342 entries over nearly 2000 pages.

All cultural and historical notes as well as statistical data have been checked, updated and in many cases expanded.

Key features include:

• Complete rewriting, systematization and regularisation of the phonology sections.
• Provision of IPA symbol grids arranged by articulatory feature and by alphabetic resemblance to facilitate use of the new phonology sections.
• Expansion of morphology descriptions for most major languages.
• Provision of new illustrative text samples.
• Addition of a glossary of technical terms and an expanded bibliography.
• Comparative tables of the numerals 1-10 in a representative range of languages, and also grouped by family.

Drawing upon a wealth of recent developments and research in language typology and broadened availability of descriptive data, this new incarnation of George Campbell’s astounding Compendium brings a much-loved survey emphatically into the twenty-first century for a new generation of readers.

Scholarly, comprehensive and highly accessible, Compendium of the World’s Languages remains the ideal reference for all interested linguists and professionals alike.

‘A veritable Madame Tussaud’s of the vulgar language. It is a really epoch-making monumental piece of work, carried out with astonishing industry and learning.’ – New Statesman

This expanded second edition contains a new preface noting slang trends of the last five years, over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia and new terms from the language of social networking, giving readers unprecedented access to the rich world of slang.

Containing over 60,000 entries, the world's most authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge’s own work.

Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include:

• unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean
• emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English
• published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print
• hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords
• dating and origin information for each headword
• in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning.

Partridge Slang Online is the first interactive slang dictionary available via the web, giving users new ways to discover the rich and rude world of slang. Combining Eric Partridge’s legacy of academic rigor and research with the latest technologies in search and discoverability, Partridge is ushered into the digital age.

• over 60,000 unique entries with full citations
• highly discoverable content through Quick, Advanced and Faceted search
• search refinement through adding and removing search filters and search within results
• explore content by Subject, Type, Place of Origin, Part of Speech and Date, or browse by A-Z
• contextual discovery of content through automated suggestions of related entries
• personalized login for individual user: bookmark entries, and save and manage searches
• fully searchable Bibliographic Library
• print, share and cite entry tools
• multiple authentication options including Athens and Shibboleth
• institutional account management functionality
• contact the editors directly via email
• additional content of Eric Partridge’s major works and collections of slang dating back to the 1600s.

For more information on how to purchase, or sign up for a free 30 day trial, visit www.partridgeslangonline.com today

Set your students on the path to communicating in Chinese

The Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese offers the student with no prior background in Chinese competency in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Using a staggered introduction of characters the program takes students from complete beginner to post-intermediate level in all four areas. 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, and structures, while placing strong emphasis on the development of communicative skills.

Enjoy a wealth of supplemental materials

Each level of the course is supported by workbooks with audio CDs and a companion website, rich with additional resources for both teachers and students.

Teacher Resources:

• Lesson plans and answer key
• Activities for each lesson
• All material prepared in English and Mandarin
• Audio track menus
• Instructions on how to use the features of the website
• Sample tests

Student Resources:

• Full color version of the traditional textbook character flow charts
• Downloadable character practice worksheets
• Pronunciation, Vocabulary and Character practice
• Sentence pyramids
• Structure drills
• Complete audio for the course linked onscreen to relevant text from the books

Save your students money with our great bundle prices

Both the textbook and workbook are included together in each set. Click on the bundles below for more details and ordering instructions.

Your students will save $25 or more with each of the following bundles:

Level 1 (Simplified Characters)
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A complete list of offerings in the Modern Mandarin Course can be found below.

It is November already! Crazy. The year has really flown by and before long we will be into 2012. We are sure everyone is looking forward to a nice end-of-year rest and a chance to let your hair down. Before it is quite time to break out the New Year's champagne, however, we would like to bring you the brand new 2012 Reference Catalog, hot off the press and available for download today. Look out for all our social media links, divided by subject area, dotted throughout the Catalog. If you use Facebook or Twitter, there could be something for you!

2011 has been a busy year for Routledge Reference. The Routledge Revivals series, which reissues a wide range of out-of-print titles, has grown to include over 350 titles, all of which are available in hardback and as eBooks. And you can now purchase Revivals as subject-specific bundles within Sociology, Philosophy, Literature, Economics and Politics. Is there a bundle that could benefit your library?

We are expecting the next few months to be equally busy. In December we publish our long-awaited Education set, which boasts contributions from some of the greatest educationalists, teaching professionals and policy makers of the twentieth century. You can get the full low down on the 244-volume Education collection by taking a peek at its new dedicated Online Catalog.

And December will also see the publication of the last of our 2012 Europa Regional Surveys of the World. Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2012 and The USA and Canada 2012 will be published on the 8th and 15th December respectively. Again, to make life easier, we have put together a snazzy Online Catalog for this collection. In fact, Online Catalogs have been one of our big projects this year, to avoid sending you too many printed pieces (and saving trees in the process!). In the relevant sections of the Reference Catalog you will find screenshots explaining how you can access all our new Online Catalog. Enjoy!

To download the 2012 Reference Catalog in full, just follow this link. Alternatively, if you would like to receive a print copy of the Catalog, please email us at reference@routledge.com with your name and address and we will happily send you one!

It is almost November already! Crazy. The year has really flown by and before long we will be into 2012. We are sure everyone is looking forward to a nice end-of-year rest and a chance to let your hair down. Before it is quite time to break out the New Year's champagne, however, we would like to bring you the brand new 2012 Reference Catalogue, hot off the press and available for download today. Look out for all our social media links, divided by subject area, dotted throughout the Catalogue. If you use Facebook or Twitter, there could be something for you!

2011 has been a busy year for Routledge Reference. The Routledge Revivals series, which reissues a wide range of out-of-print titles, has grown to include over 350 titles, all of which are available in hardback and as eBooks. And you can now purchase Revivals as subject-specific bundles within Sociology, Philosophy, Literature, Economics and Politics. Is there a bundle that could benefit your library?

We are expecting the next few months to be equally busy. In December we publish our long-awaited Education set, which boasts contributions from some of the greatest educationalists, teaching professionals and policy makers of the twentieth century. You can get the full low down on the 244-volume Education collection by taking a peek at its new dedicated Online Catalogue.

And December will also see the publication of the last of our 2012 Europa Regional Surveys of the World. Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2012 and The USA and Canada 2012 will be published on the 8th and 15th December respectively. Again, to make life easier, we have put together a snazzy Online Catalogue for this collection. In fact, Online Catalogues have been one of our big projects this year, to avoid sending you too many printed pieces (and saving trees in the process!). In the relevant sections of the Reference Catalogue you will find screenshots explaining how you can access all our new Online Catalogues. Enjoy! 

To download the 2012 Reference Catalogue in full, just follow this link. Alternatively, if you would like to receive a print copy of the Catalogue, please email us at reference@routledge.com with your name and address and we will happily send you one!