Literary Studies

Language is humanity’s most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways tha...

Mary Norris has spent more than three decades guarding The New Yorker's grand traditions of grammar and usage. Now she brings her vast experience a...

Apostrophes are a pain. The rules about how to use them are complicated, and have evolved haphazardly. Originally written as advice by a copywriter...

Don't know if it's, like, okay to say 'like'? Are your apostrophe's in the wrong place? Want to make fewer not less grammatical mistakes? Then do n...

Nothing inflames the language purists like an illogical irregardless or a hideous otherization. But is it enough simply to dismiss these words as v...

An Indonesian-to-English dictionary.  Paperback: 270 pagesProduct Dimensions: 132 x 185 mmCondition: 7/10Published by Penerbit Tiara

An English-to-Indonesian dictionary. Paperback: 199 pagesProduct Dimensions: 120 x 186 mmCondition: 7/10Published by Penerbit Tiara

Hobbes's extreme political views have commanded so much attention that they have eclipsed his work on language and mind, and on reasoning, personho...

In Making Sense, David Crystal confronts the foe of many: grammar. Once taught relentlessly to all students in the English-speaking world, grammar ...

This dictionary has been prepared for students of English in schools, to which they can refer each time they come across a difficult or unfamiliar ...

English is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages. It is democratic, ever-changing and ingenious in its assimilation of othe...

From master language creator David J. Peterson comes a creative guide to language construction for sci-fi and fantasy fans, writers, game creators,...

Translated by John W. Schwieter Over half of the world's population is bilingual and yet few of us understand how this extraordinary, complex abili...

Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. The Kingdom of Speech is ...

The Language Lover's Puzzle Book is a book of more than 100 surprising and entertaining puzzles that celebrate the amazing diversity of the world o...

What is the secret of good prose? Does writing well even matter in an age of instant communication? Should we care? In this funny, thoughtful book ...

Almost as soon as it appeared, the crossword puzzle became indispensable to our lives. Invented practically by accident in 1913, when a newspaper e...

Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, un...

With wit and irreverence, lexicographer Kory Stamper cracks open the obsessive world of dictionary writing, from the agonizing decisions about what...

The English Language Book Society, in addition to its low-priced editions of specialist works, publishes a variety of new series for the non-specia...

An antique publication, this booklet charts the traditional and simplified forms of 502 Chinese words. Paperback: 101 pagesProduct Dimensions: 110 ...