Books by Janet Holmes

Johnson, a poet, simply removed the words he did not wish to use as if whiting them out - the remaining words stood in the same relationship to each other as they did in the original poem. This collection of poems uses that method.

Introduces Emily Dickinson as the iconic female writer who, unread in her time, is frequently misinterpreted and unheard. This work relates Dickinson's self-isolation to the writer's isolation from the reader and the intimacy of the act of reading. It exhibits myriad human reactions to how seeing each other influences how we behave.

This work celebrates composers and creators such as Harry Partch, Raymond Scott, Leon Theremin, and George Ives, who had to invent new instruments to capture the music heard in their ""mind's ear"". It's subject is the artist's dilemma - how to deliver a new idea through existing media.

This book provides a non-technical introduction to the study of language by focusing on questions such as: Where does language come from? Why don't we all talk the same? Who needs grammar? Suitable for students with no experience of linguistics, this lively introduction to language approaches will encourage students to think.

Using a range of evidence Janet Holmes examines the distribution and functions of a range of specific verbal politeness strategies in women's and men's speech and discusses the possible reasons for gender differences in this area.