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100 Jahre Niederdeutsche Philologie: Ausgangspunkte, Entwicklungslinien, Herausforderungen
Der zweite Band des Sammelwerks zum 100-jahrigen Jubilaum der Niederdeutschen Philologie in Rostock nimmt aktuelle Forschungsfelder dieser Disziplin in den Blick. Neben Beitragen …
If I Could Turn My Tongue Like That
If I Could Turn My Tongue Like That, by Thomas Klingler, is an in-depth study of the Creole language spoken in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, a community situated on the west …
Speaking American
When did English become American? What distinctive qualities made it American? What role have America's democratizing impulses, and its vibrantly heterogeneous speakers, played in …
Dictionary of the Underworld
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from …
Language Change
The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (second …
How to Give Zero F*cks
Life is much too short to give any real amount of f*cks. Who is this book for?People who give too many f*cks to things they shouldn t give a f*ck about. You have a finite amount of …
Immigrant Englishes Around the World
Immigrant Englishes Around the World is a collection that explores the varieties of English that emerge when speakers whose native languages are not English immigrate to an …
Researching Northern English
Northern English has become the focus of intensive research in the past decade or so, following on a series of dedicated conferences. The present book brings together leading-edge …
Out of the Mouths of Slaves
Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic BookWhen the Oakland, California, school board called African American English "Ebonics" and claimed that it "is not a black dialect or any …
From Dialect to Standard
From Dialect to Standard: English in England 1154-1776 is the second volume of a set of three offering a comprehensive survey of what by the author is seen as the most interesting …
Of Mermaids and Others
This volume is a critical introduction to the poetry of Irish writer Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. Writing poetry exclusively in Irish but allowing and overseeing translations of her work …
A Creole Lexicon
Throughout Louisiana's colonial and postcolonial periods, there evolved a highly specialized vocabulary for describing the region's buildings, people, and cultural landscapes. This …