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  • History of Englishby Jonathan Culpeper

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 25.95

    History of English: * covers the development of the English language from the 5th century to the present day * contains a `mini-corpus' of texts, used for exercises and to illustrate points raised in the commentary * introduces key linguistic concepts * provides `discussion points' to generate debate * involves readers in collecting and analysing... more...

  • History of Englishby Jonathan Culpeper

    Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 29.95

    Whilst maintaining the accessibility for the beginner, the level of this second edition has been raised by the addition of much more detail, a greater focus on theories and controversies, and a clearer route to key works in the field. History of English : examines the history of the English language in order to explain the English that is used today... more...

  • Impolitenessby Jonathan Culpeper

    Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 27.00

    A fascinating account of how impolite behaviour works. more...

  • Historical Sociopragmaticsby Jonathan Culpeper

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 2011; US$ 120.00

    Originally published as a special issue of Journal of Historical Pragmatics 10:2 (2009), this is the first book to map out historical sociopragmatics, a multidisciplinary field located within historical pragmatics, but overlapping with socially-oriented fields, such as sociolinguistics and critical discourse analysis. Historical sociopragmatics has... more...

  • Cognitive Stylisticsby Elena Semino; Jonathan Culpeper

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 2002; US$ 165.00

    This book represents the state of the art in cognitive stylistics a rapidly expanding field at the interface between linguistics, literary studies and cognitive science. The twelve chapters combine linguistic analysis with insights from cognitive psychology and cognitive linguistics in order to arrive at innovative accounts of a range of literary and... more...

  • Stylistics and Shakespeare's Languageby Mireille Ravassat; Jonathan Culpeper

    Continuum International Publishing 2011; US$ 27.95

    This innovative volume testifies to the current revived interest in Shakespeare’s language and style and opens up new and captivating vistas of investigation. Transcending old boundaries between literary and linguistic studies, this engaging collaborative book comes up with an original array of theoretical approaches and new findings. The chapters... more...

  • Exploring the Language of Dramaby Jonathan Culpeper; Mick Short; Peter Verdonk

    Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 50.95

    Exploring the Language of Drama introduces students to the stylistic analysis of drama. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the contributors use techniques of language analysis, particularly from discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics and pragmatics, to explore the language of plays. The contributors demonstrate the validity of analysing... more...

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