linguistics books

The study of English word stress: New perspectives on its history, current state and issues.  Read More >>

""... an introspective, searing account of the life experiences that have pushed this former ""good Democrat"" even...  Read More >>

A most comprehensive and linguistic look at Ocracoke to date.  Read More >>

This reader is part of a five-volume-edition and comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation....  Read More >>

This book investigates linguistic diversity in a range of urban contexts, with a particular focus on locations and...  Read More >>

In this edited volume, the term ""language weaponization"" is used to describe how language use can directly affect...  Read More >>

The book introduces a new perspective on discursive categorisations in societies. We suggest a shift from minority/majority...  Read More >>

This book explores the life stories of Latin American immigrants living in London. Through a critical analysis of...  Read More >>

The volume explores the history of language contact between Italy and Anglophone countries and illustrates the phenomenon...  Read More >>

This collection on legal interpretation presents state-of-the-art linguistic approaches that are applied for studying...  Read More >>

This volume explores the processes through which linguistic practices simultaneously shape and are being shaped...  Read More >>

This book is a global demonstration of the nexus between culture and personal names. It demonstrates how personal...  Read More >>

This book presents multimodal approaches to interactional humor in both face-to-face and mediated interactions....  Read More >>

This volume deals with the light verb constructions as instances of complex verbs. This calls into question the...  Read More >>

Linguistic variation, defined as the processes whereby patterns of language structures exhibit divergent distributions...  Read More >>

This volume discovers the variable ""number"" from various angles. We discuss how number is expressed on nouns of...  Read More >>

These specially-commissioned corpus-based studies explore the role of syntax in building modality, providing new...  Read More >>

This volume offers an in-depth overview of the structure of it-clefts, taking into account different and complementary...  Read More >>

This volume offers an in-depth analysis of the social phenomenon of migration from various legal-linguistic perspectives....  Read More >>

This book investigates the language of the Syrian revolution and its translation into English through three levels...  Read More >>

Inclusion and exclusion are important issues for sports teams and organisations. This book explores how language...  Read More >>

The volume brings together research in the field of cognitive linguistics that focuses on critical topics and current...  Read More >>

This book explores the interplay between language, culture and identity in adolescents' interactions in English...  Read More >>

The study of informal involvement with languages has emerged as a dynamic field in SLA. With the rapid spread of...  Read More >>

What does it mean for queer linguistics - in its position as a linguistic science of and for queer folk - to be...  Read More >>