The English Language: A Linguistic History
Leslie Arnovick and Laurel J. Brinton Oxford University Press 2016 The English Language is an essential survey of the development of the language from its Indo-European past to the present day. The early chapters introduce students to the fundamental concepts they will need in order to understand phonological, morphological, syntactic, orthographic, semantic, and lexical changes […]
Marshall McLuhan: On the Nature of Media
Richard Cavell Gingko Press 2016 Media studies has been catching up with McLuhan over the last 50 years. These essays are drawn from the most productive quarter-century of his career (1952-1978), and demonstrate his abiding interest in the materiality of mediation, from comic books to fashion, from technology to biology. Anchoring these essays are four […]