Language & Linguistics books

Examines how Sino-Muslim religious, cultural and historical knowledge is produced and maintained through everyday...  Read More >>

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This monograph provides a rare sociological analysis of China’s efforts to globalise its academic knowledge through...  Read More >>

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The history, tragedies, and bitter controversies that characterized a language once spoken by 11 million people...  Read More >>

This volume presents a wide-ranging survey of the Papuan languages, spoken on the island of New Guinea and making...  Read More >>

This book examines the relationship between philosophy and literature. It encompasses political philosophy, the...  Read More >>

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Discover brilliant writing tips, tricks and story prompts in this hilarious and accessible guide, from the winners...  Read More >>

This book redefines behavioural economics by showing how language shapes decision-making, and how large language...  Read More >>

Reconstructs relative clause structure in Proto-Indo-European, examining evidence from a wide range of archaic Indo-European...  Read More >>

This book is the first monograph devoted entirely to English dialect literature published between the sixteenth...  Read More >>

A parallel New Testament of the New King James Version (NKJV) and the New English Translation (NET) alongside the...  Read More >>

Speakers gesturally indicate and depict with their arms and hands as they speak, but it appears that signers cannot...  Read More >>

This book redefines behavioural economics by showing how language shapes decision-making, and how large language...  Read More >>

Reconstructs relative clause structure in Proto-Indo-European, examining evidence from a wide range of archaic Indo-European...  Read More >>

This open access book offers a groundbreaking exploration of how iconicity: language's resemblance to its referents—is...  Read More >>

The first multi-volume reference work dedicated entirely to the field of diachronic linguistics The Wiley Blackwell...  Read More >>

Learning to think well means learning to argue well. But it's not easy: Teachers often say they spend more time...  Read More >>

‘Dazzling … one fine day, you open a book by an unknown writer, and a charge of pure talent blows you away’ La...  Read More >>

A fascinating study into the world of translation and Shakespeare from the award-winning translator Daniel Hahn...  Read More >>

The first and only book to gather the voices and perspectives of Vietnamese diasporic authors from across the globe....  Read More >>

Exploring breakthroughs in language and cognition research, Caleb Everett finds that fundamentals of human perception...  Read More >>