linguistics books

This book is an in-depth study of information structure within semantic, syntactic and prosodic domains. The semantic...  Read More >>

Although usage-based linguistics emphasizes the centrality of the discourse context for language usage and cognition,...  Read More >>

Research into formulaic patterns has been mainly focused on a few standard languages. The volume shifts this focus...  Read More >>

This pioneering research brings a new insight into derivational processes in terms of theory, method and typology....  Read More >>

This book aims at a systematic analysis of linguistic phenomena in the poetry of Emily Dickinson by combining the...  Read More >>

In this book, leading experts in different disciplines are asked to look at common central topics in the domain...  Read More >>

The volume explores and provides evidence of both commonalities and deviances in what constitutes 'irony' across...  Read More >>

Despite its importance for language and cognition, the theoretical concept of pattern has received little attention...  Read More >>

This book presents a comprehensive reconstruction of Proto-Sogeram, the ancestor to ten languages spoken in Papua...  Read More >>

Based on comparative analyses of diachronic data, the articles in this volume address both theoretical and methodological...  Read More >>

Seenku is a Western Mande spoken in southwestern Burkina Faso by roughly 17,000 people. A member of the underdescribed...  Read More >>

The importance of figurative language in L2 instruction has fascinated applied cognitive linguists for the past...  Read More >>

Visualizing Digital Discourse brings together sociolinguists and discourse analysts examining the role of visual...  Read More >>

Resulting from a syntactic process, adjectivity refers to the adjectival use of a word. It partly comprises adjectivation,...  Read More >>

Veneziano de là da mar, 'Venetian from beyond the sea', this is how Gianfranco Folena referred to vernaculars of...  Read More >>

The book examines the use of the definite article in combination with personal names in German (""der Peter,"" ""die...  Read More >>

This extensive research report on language acquisition focuses specifically on case acquisition. It presents the...  Read More >>

This book offers a general model of reported speech that relies on clear, well-argued theoretical choices in order...  Read More >>

Advances in digital communication technologies, it has been argued, encourage new and often highly innovative language...  Read More >>

The notion of ó, of ""persuasion"" or ""credulousness,"" is only applicable to humans, as the sole life form capable...  Read More >>

Most forms of construction grammar offer a usage-based model of grammar. To date, construction grammar researchers...  Read More >>

Dante Alighieri's letters are an outstanding example of political communication that was realized by a layman and...  Read More >>

The twelve contributions gathered in this volume explore the history of the French language expansion, putting emphasis...  Read More >>

The book examines systematic attempts to explain scientific language. It seeks to reconcile the explanatory power...  Read More >>

""Evidence"" is a traditional rhetorical category that has gained in importance in recent years because of new efforts...  Read More >>