Language and Linguistics

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Prizing Literature

When Canadian authors win prestigious literary prizes, from the Governor General’s Literary Award to the Man Booker Prize, they are celebrated not only for their achievements, but also for contributing ...

D'un islam textuel vers un islam contextuel

La mise en tutelle de la musulmane est-elle cautionnée par le Coran? L’idée de l’infériorité de la femme est-elle réellement inscrite dans le Coran? Telles sont les questions auxquelles l’auteure ...

Le droit de traduire

Cet ouvrage étudie les conditions d’émergence historiques et discursives du « droit de (la) traduction » et du droit qui l’administre : le droit d’auteur. Privilégiant une approche essentiellement ...

Do the Web Write

The hardest part of having a successful website isn’t building or coding it. The hardest part is knowing what to say, where to say it, and how to write it. Written in easy-to-understand language, Do ...

Global Mother Tongue

By (author) Howard Richler
Categories: Linguistics

“The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use. ”

–Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe

For centuries, the English language has been raiding other languages ...

A Writer's Handbook - Second Edition

Written collaboratively by writing instructors at Queen’s University, A Writer’s Handbook, second edition, is a compact yet thorough guide to academic writing for a North American audience.

Written ...