Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of English Language Studies written by Michael Pearce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defining and discussing important areas of language including discourse analysis, pedagogy, sociolinguistics and literacy, this user-friendly guide contains 600 widely used terms in the study of the English language. It covers the development of the language, its range of regional variation, and contemporary English usage.