This 2006 book provides a fascinating insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life.

The work assumes that the primary task of a theory of linguistic meaning is to describe the meaning of speech acts.

Euphemism and Dysphemism In this fascinating study, Keith Allan and Kate Burrige examine the linguistic, social, and psychological aspects of this intriguing universal practice.

After reading this book, listening to the music and lyrics of the 20 songs on the two CDs and reading the 20 Poems you may just be about to find out, as Ragnhild Anita and John from Norway did, that you can be in control of your inner life.

The Western Classical Tradition in Linguistics examines ancient, medieval, post-renaissance, and modern conceptions of linguistics (i.e. the study of language and languages).

Packed full of information and guidance, this is an essential resource for prospective linguistics students and anyone with an interest in the study of language.

"Changing Doctoral Degrees" should be of interet to academics supervising doctoral canditates and for scholars researching higher education.

Ray did not expect his life to take the turns it did.

This book combines theoretical explanations of several methods of inquiry with detailed semantic analysis and emphasises the philosophy that semantics is about meaning in human languages and that linguistic meaning is cognitively and ...