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500 Common Korean Idioms is a useful learner’s tool that presents the 500 most commonly used Korean idioms in a clear and easy-to-follow manner. Structured with practicality in …

This collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by the editors, tackling a broad range of issues and representing some of the most …

While it is accepted that the pronunciation of English shows wide regional differences, there is a marked tendency to under-estimate the extent of the variation in grammar that …

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Are there common specific patterns in the Tense-Mood-Aspect systems of Creoles? Do Creoles constitute a structural type of language? This in-depth synchronic description of the …

This book offers a systematic acoustic phonetic analysis of both language and dialect death in the region of Bearn, southwestern France. Focusing on Bearnais, a localised dialect …

Much of the insight in the field of Arabic linguistics has for a long time remained unknown to linguists outside the field. Regrettably, Arabic data rarely feature in the …

As in the first volume of Strange Bedfellows, etymologically related words, most surprisingly so (strange bedfellows), are used to construct amusing and/or amazing pairs, phrases, …

The Scottish weather is rich in variety, full of lights and shades, drama, romance and beauty. We have snow in winter, sunshine in summer, strong winds in spring and autumn and all …

The Survey of English Dialects (SED) is the only detailed nation wide dialect survey which has ever been conducted in England. The SED is a unique repository of data on the …

Francesca ha una cotta per Giovanni (trans.): Francesca has a crush on Giovanni (lit.): Francesca has a baking for Giovanni Ho mangeato in un ristorante caro, dove mi hanno …

Leesa Harkers fabulous Liverpool-based parody of 50 Shades tells of the adventures of White Lightning-swigging Maggie Muff, who meets Mr Big at the Dole Tall, dark and shaggable he …