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Language Online - Investigating Digital Texts and Practices

2013-05-22T12:44:08Q

In Language Online, authors David Barton and Carmen Lee explore the impact of the online world on the study of language.

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Second Language Acquisition - An Introductory Course, 4th Edition

2013-05-22T11:29:23Q

"The coverage is broad and current, the style accessible, the discussions of theory and research findings balanced and insightful. Highly recommended." - Mike Long*

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May Author of the Month: James Paul Gee

2013-05-01T14:02:57Q

James Paul Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University. His many titles include Language and Learning in the Digital Age (2011) An Introduction to Discourse Analysis (third edition 2010), Sociolinguistics and Literacies (third edition 2007) and Situated Language and Learning (2004), all published by Routledge.

May Book of the Month: Discourse in English Language Education

2013-05-01T08:02:59Q

May Series of the Month: Routledge Leading Linguists

2013-04-30T09:01:21Q

The books in this series, Routledge Leading Linguists, draw together some of the seminal essays from the most important linguists of the last decades. Each book covers one scholar, making the best of his or her work readily accessible and available in one place for the first time. Series edited by Carlos Otero, Professor Emeritus, UCLA, USA

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English Language and Applied Linguistics eCollection

2013-04-22T14:13:01Q

The eCollection features a range of products, from encyclopedias and Handbooks to research monographs, cutting-edge supplementary texts and accessible introductory textbooks, all written by experts in the field, including:

David Crystal, Mona Baker, Susan M. Gass, Jennifer Jenkins, James Paul Gee, Ronald Carter, Norman Fairclough, M.A.K. Halliday, Miriam Meyerhoff, Lawrence Venuti, Jeremy Munday and Andy Kirkpatrick.

What could this collection of 300+ of our finest eBooks in English Language and Applied Linguistcs do for your students and library users?

LINGUIST Full of Praise for The History of English: An Introduction

2013-04-11T15:27:31Q

New - Language and Identity in Englishes

2013-04-04T11:24:16Q

New Edition - The Functional Analysis of English

2013-04-04T11:14:54Q

April Author of the Month: Clive Upton

2013-04-01T11:26:30Q

Academic consultant to the BBC Voices project, Clive Upton was until 2012 Professor of Modern English Language at the University of Leeds, having previously held university posts in Sheffield, Birmingham, Africa, and Papua New Guinea. He is now Editor-in-Chief of the journal English Today.

Edited alongside Bethan Davies, Clive Upton's latest project, Analysing 21st Century British English: Conceptual and Methodological Aspects of the 'Voices' Project, publishes on 13th May 2013.

April Series of the Month: Routledge Studies in Multimodality

2013-04-01T11:00:01Q

Edited by Kay O'Halloran, Routledge Studies in Multimodality aims to advance knowledge of multimodal resources such as language, visual images, gesture, action, music, sound, 3-D artefacts, architecture and space, as well as the ways these resources integrate to create meaning in multimodal objects and events.

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American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2013

2013-03-16T16:26:55Q

March 16-19, 2013: Visit Routledge at AAAL in Dallas, Texas.

Glowing Review for David Crystal’s Introduction to Language

2013-03-08T16:25:00Q

'If you still believe grammar is dull, infinitives unsplittable and usage can be commanded by individual language bailiffs - you have never read or heard Crystal... as always, Routledge lives up to our linguistic expectations. My own use of the DVD with my senior undergraduates has seen the anticipated results.’

The Huffington Post's Annie Martirosyan gives a rave review of David Crystal's Introduction to Language. To read the full article click here.

Practical Phonetics and Phonology Now Available

2013-02-22T10:34:14Q

'Practical Phonetics and Phonology keeps getting better' Leendert Plug, University of Leeds, UK.

The third edition of this best-selling textbook is now available. Written by authors who are experienced teachers and researchers, it appeals to all students of English language and linguistics and those training for a certificate in TEFL.

New Edition of Ways of Reading Now Available

2013-02-20T10:39:32Q

Ways of Reading is a best-selling textbook for undergraduate students of English Language and English Literature, providing readers with the tools to analyse and interpret the meanings of literary and non-literary texts.