Underpinning many common types of discourse, such as humour, sarcasm, politeness and satire, iron...

Presenting a new way of understanding verbal humour, this book draws on contemporary theories of ...

Applying Linguistics: Language and the Impact Agenda explores the challenges of demonstrating the...

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop reso...

An engaging and accessible A-Z of linguistics from the expert team behind Babel: The Language Mag...

Applying Linguistics: Language and the Impact Agenda explores the challenges of demonstrating the...

Providing a comprehensive introduction to all areas of linguistics, this lexicon is an accessible...

Increasingly, academics are called upon to demonstrate the value of linguistics and explain their...

Increasingly, academics are called upon to demonstrate the value of linguistics and explain their...

The city of Lanteius is divided between three rival nations.A grim mercenary and a cynical bard a...

History of English provides students with the historical and contextual background to the study o...

Stylistics is the linguistic study of style in language. Now in its second edition, this book is ...

Stylistics is the linguistic study of style in language. Now in its second edition, this book is ...

The use of corpora in stylistics has increased substantially in recent years but until now there ...

The use of corpora in stylistics has increased substantially in recent years but until now there ...

How do we experience poetry as readers? What is it in the text that provokes particular reactions...