General Language Reference Books

New and Published Books

1. A Handbook of Persuasive Tactics

   A Practical Language Guide

   By Joan Mulholland

   Most people have to communicate with colleagues every day and persuade them to understand their opinions or to accept their views. This handbook is intended for anyone who is interested in such goal-oriented language. It extracts 300 persuasive tactics from research findings in communication,...

   Published April 29th 2015 by Routledge
2. The Language of Negotiation

   A Handbook of Practical Strategies for Improving Communication

   By Joan Mulholland

   First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....

   Published April 29th 2015 by Routledge
3. The A - Z of Nuclear Jargon (Routledge Revivals)

   By Jonathon Green

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1986, the purpose of this dictionary is to clarify the technology behind nuclear jargon. The entries deal with all areas of nuclear warfare: its strategies and tactics, personnel and weapons systems, arms control and disarmament talks. The terminology of the nuclear age expands...

   Published April 10th 2015 by Routledge
4. Dictionary of Jargon (Routledge Revivals)

   By Jonathon Green

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1987, the Dictionary of Jargon expands on its predecessor Newspeak (Routledge Revivals, 2014) as an authoritative reference guide to specialist occupational slang, or jargon. Containing around 21, 000 entries, the dictionary encompasses a truly eclectic range of fields and...

   Published April 10th 2015 by Routledge
5. Comic Alphabets

   Their Origin, Development, Nature

   By Eric Partridge

   Series: Routledge Revivals: The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

   First published in 1961, this book explores the form of the comic alphabet. Whether through poems, prose or phonetics, the alphabet has become a way in which mankind has taken pleasure in playing with words and phrases. Indeed, approaches can vary significantly from the almost moronically humorous...

   Published March 9th 2015 by Routledge
6. The World of Words

   An Introduction to Language in General and to English and American in Particular

   By Eric Partridge

   Series: Routledge Revivals: The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

   First published in 1939, this book provides a brief but comprehensive view of language in general, and of English and American language in particular. It is suitable for beginners and those who wish to learn about the basics of linguistics....

   Published March 9th 2015 by Routledge
7. A Dictionary of the Underworld

   British and American

   By Eric Partridge

   Series: Routledge Revivals: The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

   First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique...

   Published March 9th 2015 by Routledge
8. Slang

   To-Day and Yesterday

   By Eric Partridge

   Series: Routledge Revivals: The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

   First published in 1933, this book explores both contemporary and historical slang, focusing on the characteristics and quirks of the English and American languages. As well as looking at commonly used slang, there are sections that give the reader insight into more unusual areas such as Cockney...

   Published March 9th 2015 by Routledge
9. A Dictionary of Abbreviations

   With Especial Attention to War-Time Abbreviations

   By Eric Partridge

   Series: Routledge Revivals: The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

   First published in 1942, this dictionary was designed to help civilians and members of H.M. forces to make their way amid the jungle of wartime abbreviations. The preface notes that newspaper readers, sailors, soldiers and airmen had to thrust themselves, like explorers, into these abbreviations in...

   Published March 9th 2015 by Routledge
10. A New Testament Word Book

    A Glossary

    By Eric Partridge

    Series: Routledge Revivals: The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

    First published in 1940, this book provides a literary dictionary to the New Testament. The treatment of selected words and phrases is not theological, but lexicographical and etymological. Each entry is introduced by illustrative quotations from the New Testament, and the book provides an...

    Published March 9th 2015 by Routledge