Reading and Writing through Auden
This book proposes a creative writing discipline founded on self-mentorship. Through close readings of W.H. Auden, imaginary correspondence with the poet, and new poems, it presents a reading and writing practice attuned to the world-making possibilities of poetry.
Language, Context and Contextuality
This collection of papers by international scholars reflects the multidisciplinary concerns of Professor Herbert Igboanusi. Contributions cover sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and literature, with a major focus on the linguistic issues and realities in Nigeria.
Language processing is considered as an important part of cognition, with an ever-increasing amount of studies conducted on this field. This book gathers together research on language processing and disorders presented at the Experimental Psycholinguistics Conference in Madrid.
Journey through 6,000 years of Northwest Syria’s linguistic evolution. This book analyzes key languages from Eblaite and Amorite to Aramaic and Arabic, diving deep into their various dialects. A valuable resource for linguists, historians, and Semitic studies enthusiasts.
Language and Speech in Synchrony and Diachrony
This collection examines language and speech in synchrony and diachrony. It covers cross-cultural communication, pragmatics, translation, text, and discourse, analyzing languages from various groups, including the non-literate Yenisei languages.
Language in Focus
Presenting papers from an applied linguistics conference, this book addresses the issues that emerge from the need to apply new approaches, theoretical concepts and methods to educational issues.
This volume explores the ‘living’ usage of language in building and performing the law across academic and professional contexts. These contributions offer multiperspectival approaches to legal discourse, providing an invaluable resource for academics and students.
This simplified grammar book uses a cognitive approach, focusing on sentence patterns instead of complex rules. This method makes learning easier and more engaging. It includes dedicated sections on summarizing, paraphrasing, and essay writing to develop writing skills.
This unique study shows that the history of TEFLers is different from the history of TEFL. Instead of theories, it explores the experience of being a TEFLer through the ages, using novels, plays, and memoirs to meet Victorian governesses, Berlitz teachers, and iconic figures.
Western Neo-Aramaic
Western Neo-Aramaic is the last surviving branch of Western Aramaic, kept alive for thousands of years in three remote Syrian villages. Now at great risk of extinction, this book explores the language with a detailed grammar, texts by native speakers, and a thorough dictionary.
This collection brings together the practical and theoretical aspects of Lexicography, a newly accepted academic discipline.
This collection brings together the pick of our recent publishing in Applied Linguistics. This area of study has a global appeal, reflected here with authors, editors and contributors from dozens of countries.