Cook, Guy
The Discourse of Advertising
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 1992
242pp 234 x 156
Series: Interface
Examines the language of advertising in interaction with the texts around it, with music, pictures and people. Relevant linguistic theories are explained, examples from literature and recent adverts are included, as are practical exercises.
Hardback ISBN:0 415 04170 8 £35.00
Paperback ISBN:0 415 04171 6 £12.99

Crystal, David
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
Cambridge UP: 1997
2nd edition
Hardback ISBN:0 521 55050 5 £45.00
Paperback ISBN:0 521 55967 7 £19.95

Fairclough, Norman (University of Lancaster)
Language and Power
undergraduate, postgraduate, professional level
Addison Wesley Longman Higher Education: 1989
Series: Language in Social Life Series
An examination of how language functions in maintaining and changing power relations in modern society. Discusses ways of analyzing language which can reveal these processes, how people become more conscious of them, and more able to resist and change them. An Open University set book.
Hardback ISBN:0 582 00976 6 £23.99

Hughes, Geoffrey
Swearing: a Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English
undergraduate, professional level
Blackwell Publishers: 1992
304pp 229 x 152
Series: the Language Library
A history of the lexical underworld of the English language. It details the story of impropriety in language and of the lower registers of the foul and obscene. From the earliest times swearing has existed in many variegated forms from the deadly curse to trivial expletives occasioned by annoyance.
Paperback ISBN:0 631 18735 9 £14.99

LEITH, DICK
Social History of English
undergraduate, professional level
Routledge: 1983
234pp 216 x 138
Written from the perspective of sociolinguistics, this introductory history of the English language provides a non technical account of linguistic change, without assuming any familiarity on the part of the reader with linguistic method and terminology.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 09072 5 £9.99

McCrum, Robert & Cran, William et al
The Story of English
general, professional level
Faber Paperbacks: 1992
544pp Revised edition
This text examines the origins and development of the English language. Today, in one form or another, English is spoken by a billion people, of whom 350 million use it as their mother tongue. This book is based on the BBC TV series of the same name.
Paperback ISBN:0 571 16443 9 £7.99

Mills, Sarah
Feminist Stylistics
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 1995
248pp 216 x 138
Uses language study and linguistic theory to set the rationale for feminist text analysis. The book examines sexism, political correctness, reader positioning, narrative, agency, discourse, character and role analysis.
Hardback ISBN:0 415 05027 8 £40.00
Paperback ISBN:0 415 05028 6 £12.99

Milroy, James & Milroy, Lesley
Authority in Language: Investigating Language Standardisation and Prescription
research, professional level
Routledge: 1987
208pp, 203 x 140
Series: Language, Education and Society
This new edition has been revised to include recent developments, emphasizing the increasing interest in English language teaching leading to the recommendations of the Kingman and Cox reports and the National Curriculum.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 06575 5 £12.99

Montgomery, Martin
An Introduction to Language and Society
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 09 1995
304pp 2nd edition
This study explores how our ways of seeing and engaging with the world may be shaped by the categories, systems and patterns of language. It also assesses the ways in which we communicate with each other, including satellite and cable communication systems, and virtual reality.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 07238 7 £10.99

Montgomery, Martin & Reid-Thomas, Helen
Language and Social Life

The British Council: 1995
77 pages 280 x 221 mm
British Studies course materials with sections on language in relation to gender, register, social class, dialect and national identity.
ISBN & Price: ISBN 0 86355 170 X £9.95

O'Sullivan, Tim & Hartley, John et al
Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies
undergraduate, professional level
Routledge: 03 1994
272pp 198 x 129
This text is a multi disciplinary glossary of concepts from the study of communication and culture. Recent developments in these areas have resulted not only in new words, concepts and theories, but also in the re-working of concepts and terms drawn from established disciplines.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 06173 3 £9.99