English Language Products

By David Aers

First published in 1988, David Aers explores the treatment of community, gender, and individual identity in English writing between 1360 and 1430, focusing on Margery Kempe, Langland, Chaucer, and the poet of Sir Gawain. He shows how these texts deal with questions about gender, the making of…

Hardback – 2017-11-26 
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By David Aers

First published in 1980, this study of two renowned later fourteenth century English poets, Chaucer and Langland, concentrates on some major and representative aspects of their work. Aers shows that, in contrast to the mass conventional writing of the period, which was happy to accept and propagate…

Hardback – 2017-11-26 
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Edited by Roger Fowler

First published in 1966, this book is contributed to by authors who share an interest in the literary uses of language. The book gives a close analysis of the language of literature contributed to by critics and linguists, examining linguistic theory and poetry, and as part of this the rhythm and…

Hardback – 2017-11-26 
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By Peter Fenn, Gotz Schwab

Introducing English Syntax provides a basic introduction to Syntax for students studying English as a foreign language at university. Examining English phrase and sentence structure from a descriptive point of view, this book develops the reader’s understanding of the characteristic features…

Paperback – 2017-11-14 
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Edited by Okim Kang, Ron Thomson, John M Murphy

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary English Pronunciation provides a comprehensive survey of this field covering both theoretical and practical perspectives on pronunciation. In 35 chapters contributed by leading scholars from around the world, this Handbook examines: linguistic and historical…

Hardback – 2017-11-13 
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Routledge Handbooks in English Language Studies

Edited by Laura Filardo-Llamas, Christopher Hart, Bertie Kaal

Bringing together a body of related research which has recently developed in Critical Discourse Analysis, this book is the first to address the role of perspective in socio-political discourse. Specifically, the contributions to this volume seek to explore, from a cognitive standpoint, the way in…

Paperback – 2017-11-12 
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Edited by Paola Spinozzi, Massimiliano Mazzanti

 Cultures of Sustainability and Wellbeing: Theories, Histories and Policies examines and assesses the interdependence between sustainability and wellbeing by drawing attention to humans as producers and consumers in a post-human age. Why wellbeing ought to be regarded as essential to…

Hardback – 2017-11-09 
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Routledge Studies in Culture and Sustainable Development

Edited by Ee Ling Low, Anne Pakir

In this book, leading scholars in the field of World Englishes (WE) offer fresh perspectives in re-thinking issues on the use of English as a global language in an interconnected world. Established as a legitimate field of study, WE offers a conceptual framework which has influenced scholarship in…

Hardback – 2017-10-20 
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Routledge Studies in World Englishes

By Adriana Bolívar

We are witnessing the collapse of democracies in many parts of the world and a general tendency to the resurgence of right-wing and left-wing populisms led by authoritarian leaders. This book centres on the political dialogue in one of these democracies. The focus is on Venezuela, the rich Latin…

Hardback – 2017-10-10 
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Cultural Discourse Studies Series

By Myles Chilton

This book addresses the shape of English studies beyond the ‘center’ by analyzing how the discipline has developed, and by considering how lessons from this analysis relate to the discipline as a whole. The book aims to open a cross-disciplinary conversation about the nature of the English major in…

Paperback – 2017-10-10 
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Routledge Research in Higher Education

Edited by Kumiko Murata

This book investigates the theoretical, empirical and pedagogical issues to help us better understand what is happening with English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) communication and to activate this knowledge in respective communicative contexts. It focuses specifically on Japanese contexts and also…

Paperback – 2017-10-01 
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By E.E. Wardale

First published in 1937, this book supplies a history of the living growth of the English language from Old English to the medieval period. It offers an in-depth study of the growth of vocabulary through literature and social interaction, bringing out the fact that it is chiefly words…

Paperback – 2017-09-30 
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