Berlin - New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996. — 602 p. — (Trends in Linguistics).Why does language change? Why can we spea
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Why does language change? Why can we speak to and understand our parents but have trouble reading Shakespeare? Why is Ch
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For nearly half a century, Professor M. A. K. Halliday has been enriching the discipline of linguistics with his keen in
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How Languages Work is designed to be the primary text for a university-level introductory course in linguistics. The aud
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Language is a sophisticated tool which we use to communicate in a multitude of ways. Updated and expanded in its second
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In the aftermath of debate about the death of literary theory, Austin E. Quigley asks whether theory has failed us or we
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