This multidisciplinary volume offers new insights into the development of genres of medical discourse in changing socio-cultural contexts.

Written by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this book offers novel perspectives on the history of medical writing and scientific thought-styles by examini

Medical writing tells us a great deal about how the language of science has developed in constructing and communicating knowledge in English. This volume provid

Research on sound change often focuses on vowels, yet consonantal sound change also offers fascinating insights into language development and variation. This pi

The first full study of intensifiers in Late Modern English, combining a range of different theoretical perspectives on courtroom discourse.