Dialogue is at the heart of Shakespeare's plays, and when his characters exchange words, they cre...

This edited collection investigates historical linguistic politeness and impoliteness. Although s...

Textual Explorations General EditorsMick Short, Lancaster UniversityElena Semino, Lancaster Unive...

This innovative volume testifies to the current revived interest in Shakespeare's language and st...

Exploring the Language of Drama introduces students to the stylistic analysis of drama. Written i...

When is language considered 'impolite'? Is impolite language only used for anti-social purposes? ...

Language is largely comprised of face-to-face spoken interaction; however, the method, descriptio...

How do we interpret language and expose its meanings? How does pragmatics describe the English la...

Digital Literary Studies presents a broad and varied picture of the promise and potential of meth...

Second Language Pragmatics: From Theory to Research aims to reinvigorate this field, pointing the...

Introducing Linguistics brings together the work of scholars working at the cutting-edge of the f...

When is language considered 'impolite'? Is impolite language only used for anti-social purposes? ...