linguistics books

African languages cover more than one fourth of the world's languages, but still have been underrepresented in linguistic...  Read More >>

What happens when we learn to discuss what's on other people's minds? Does learning language have an impact on the...  Read More >>

This book presents new perspectives on convergence and divergence phenomena in the Ibero-Romance languages. It brings...  Read More >>

The book series Linguistische Arbeiten (LA) publishes high-quality work in linguistics that addresses current issues...  Read More >>

Management communication encompasses a wide range of practices that define modern organizations. They are constituted,...  Read More >>

Through an ethnographic account of Isthmus Zapotec language advocates in Oaxaca, Mexico, this study illuminates...  Read More >>

The notion of the native speaker has been challenged over the past several decades by new theoretical and methodological...  Read More >>

This volume examines the role of gesture over the lifespan in its complex interaction with speech and sign. It explores...  Read More >>

The book investigates the language of Taste in English. It takes a double perspective on the problem: on the one...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the structure and sociolinguistics of Nigerian Pidgin (NP). It offers a broad survey of the...  Read More >>

This book is a description of the lexical and structural features in the speech of speakers who have a common heritage...  Read More >>

This volume aims to provide an overview and extension of the Element Theory program by exploring new lines of research,...  Read More >>

The book analyzes the complex relationship between languages in the bilingual mind. Specifically, the focus is placed...  Read More >>

This book brings together empirical up-to-date analyses on clausal complementation in South Slavic languages, covering...  Read More >>

This collection is about how law makes meaning and how meaning makes law. Through clear methodology and substantial...  Read More >>

Egyptians are known among the Arabs as awlād al-nukta, Sons of the Jokes, to highlight the centrality of humour...  Read More >>

Gurindji is a Ngumpin-Yapa language of northern Australia. Ngumpin-Yapa languages have contributed a number of debates...  Read More >>

Exploring the link between macro-level economic developments and language shift at the micro-level, this ethnographic...  Read More >>

A complete reference grammar of Kunbarlang, a highly endangered polysynthetic Gunwinyguan language of northern Australia....  Read More >>

The book develops a Theory of the Figurative Lexicon. New insights into this field relate, on the one hand, to the...  Read More >>

The papers collected in this book are devoted to verbal valency, and share a diachronic perspective, by either discussing...  Read More >>

Trends in South Asian Linguistics brings together cutting-edge research by leading scholars in almost all major...  Read More >>

Cognitive Sociolinguistics draws on the rich theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics and focuses on the social...  Read More >>

The authors highlight the importance of conceptual studies of languages and cultures, as well as language choice,...  Read More >>

This volume brings together contributions coming from scholars in linguistics and philosophy who are interested...  Read More >>