Helps you discover words you never knew existed, and rediscover many that you had forgotten or had given up all hope of ever seeing again.

Takes a look at how our language changes and explores the influence of other cultures on our own. This work includes such entries as: 'dekko' - take a quick look; 'brilliantine' - men's hair dressing product; and 'Nippy' - the name given to waitresses in Lyons Corner Houses. It is aimed at those interested in history and the English language.

A dictionary of modern cliches.

Presents a biography of the English language.

Containing thousands of examples of hipster slang drawn from pulp novels, classic noir and exploitation films, blues, country and rock'n'roll lyrics and other related sources from the 1920s to the 1960s, this Dictionary of Hipster Slang lays down the righteous jive, perfect for all you hipsters, B-girls, weedheads, moochers, shroud-tailors, bandrats, top studs, gassers, snowbirds, trigger-men, ...

A special issue that reports on the studies on cognitive/neural processes of the Chinese language, using either the behavioural and/or neuroscientific methods. It investigates topics ranging from lexical processing of Chinese characters and compound words, to the perception of consonants and the production of spoken words.

This lively introduction to the study of language explores American English and its place within contemporary society.

This lively introduction to the study of language explores American English and its place within contemporary society.

Provides information on the use and understanding of expository discourse in school-age children, adolescents and young adults. This work is suitable for a range of professionals, including speech-language pathologists, teachers, linguists, and psychologists who are concerned with language development and disorders.

Addressing the people of Israel through a vernacular literature, Hebrew texts gained the ability to address their audience as a public. By comparing Biblical documents with related ancient texts in Hebrew, Ugaritic, and Babylonian, this book details ways in which Hebrew was a powerfully self-conscious political language.

Covers the major aspects of linguistics. This guide begins at the 'arts' end of the subject and finishes at the 'science' end, with the discoveries regarding language in the brain. It looks at the prehistory of languages and their common origins, language and evolution, language in time and space, grammar and dictionaries and phonetics.

Presenting terminology thematically, this book provides a compilation of naval slang throughout the world, from terms relating to ship-handling and seamanship through to food and drink, discipline and insults. It covers the Royal Navy, and the US and Commonwealth navies.

Takes the readers through various aspects of modern life to find the most prevalent, ubiquitous and downright irritating cliches of our age. This dictionary of cliches highlights the phrases we are being subjected to 24/7.

A close commentary on the establishment of the Khotanese text, The Book of Zambasta.

The prominence of the rural world in New Zealand's social, cultural and economic history is long established and undisputed. For decades, the county was termed Britain's 'overseas farm' or 'the Empire's dairy farm'. This book explores the rich heritage of language the rural sector has generated.

This set of handbooks presents a state-of-the-art discussion of the psycholinguistic study of Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

A collection of documents written in Ancient Khotan, but in a dialect of the akas, or Indo-Scythians from the first century BC onwards.

This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today.

Explores the ways in which language informs the structure and function of the human mind, offering a point of entry into the fascinating territory of cognitive science. This book guides undergraduate students through the core questions of linguistics and cognitive science.