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LL&LT 60
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The COLT Observation Scheme

Digital versions and updated research applications

Nina Spada

This volume presents the 2nd edition of the Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching (COLT) Observation Scheme. Since the book’s original publication, COLT has become well established as a research instrument in L2 teaching and learning. This new edition brings COLT into the 21st century by introducing digital... full description
Expected August 2024. v, 207 pp. + index
LA 284
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Competition in Word-Formation

Edited by Alexandra Bagasheva, Akiko Nagano and Vincent Renner

This volume focuses on a number of interrelated issues in the theorizing and interpretation of morphological rivalry, including the differences between a semasiological and an onomasiological approach to competition phenomena in word-formation, the scope of such phenomena (micro-level rivalry between individual... full description
Expected May 2024. vi, 352 pp.
BTL 164
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The Complexity of Social-Cultural Emergence

Biosemiotics, semiotics and translation studies

Edited by Kobus Marais, Reine Meylaerts and Maud Gonne

Based on previous work that linked biosemiotics, semiotics and translation studies, this book further explores a variety of factors that play a role in social-cultural emergence. The volume, which presents a selection of papers read at a conference in 2022 with the same title as the book, engages the systems of... full description
Expected May 2024. v, 195 pp.
CoLL 60
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Constraints on Language Variation and Change in Complex Multilingual Contact Settings

Edited by Bertus van Rooy and Haidee Kotze

Constraints on Language Variation and Change in Complex Multilingual Contact Settings explores an innovative proposal: that linguistic similarities identified in different forms of contact-influenced varieties of language use (including translation, native and non-native varieties of English, and language... full description
Expected July 2024. v, 288 pp. + index
NLP 15
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Corpus-based Translation of Private Legal Documents

Patrizia Giampieri

Legal translation is hallmarked by peculiarities revolving around language intricacies, particular formulae, and system-specificity issues. At present, there is a spectrum of legal corpora dedicated to court-related topics and legislation, but there is no corpus composed of private legal documents such as contracts... full description
Expected September 2024. xi, 336 pp. + index
SiGL 9
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The Development of Aspirated Fricatives in Gothic

A contact-linguistic perspective

Seiichi Suzuki

This book presents three major hypotheses concerning the development of fricatives in Gothic. First, Gothic introduced aspiration or a phonological feature [spread glottis] to the fricative system. Second, this acquisition of aspirated fricatives should be explained as a contact-induced change. Specifically, a... full description
Expected July 2024. xix, 149 pp. + index
TBLT 16
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Individual Differences and Task-Based Language Teaching

Edited by Shaofeng Li

This volume consists of a collection of empirical studies and research syntheses investigating the role of individual difference (ID) variables in task-based language teaching (TBLT)—a pedagogical approach that emphasizes the importance of the performance of meaning-oriented tasks in facilitating second language... full description
Expected August 2024. viii, 380 pp + index
SiGL 8
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Investigating West Germanic Languages

Studies in honor of Robert B. Howell

Edited by Jennifer Hendriks and B. Richard Page

This volume celebrates Robert B. Howell's wide-ranging contribution as a scholar, mentor, collaborator, and colleague in the field of Germanic linguistics. In addition to investigating present-day or past varieties of Afrikaans, Dutch, English, Flemish, German, and Pennsylvania Dutch, each of the thirteen... full description
Expected May 2024. vi, 327 pp. + index
BPA 18
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Language Acquisition in Romance Languages

Edited by Vicenç Torrens

The research presented in this volume covers first language acquisition, second language acquisition, language heritage and language impairment. Papers in this collection use a variety of experimental methods, such as eye-tracking, elicitation tasks, production tasks administered off-line and untimed, transcriptions... full description
Expected August 2024. viii, 305 pp. + index
CHLEL XXXIV
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Latin Literatures of Medieval and Early Modern Times in Europe and Beyond

A millennium heritage

Edited by Francesco Stella

The textual heritage of Medieval Latin is one of the greatest reservoirs of human culture. Repertories list more than 13,600 authors from about 20 modern countries. Until now, there has been no introduction to this world in its full geographical extension. Forty contributors fill this gap by adopting a new... full description
Expected May 2024. xviii, 633 pp. + index
SiBil 67
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Multilingual Acquisition and Learning

An ecosystemic view to diversity

Edited by Elena Babatsouli

The volume espouses an ecosystemic standpoint on multilingual acquisition and learning, viewing language development and use as both ontogenesis and phylogenesis. Multilingualism is inclusively used to refer to sociolinguistic diversity and pluralism. Whether speech, writing, gesture, or body movement, language is a... full description
Expected June 2024. ix, 635 pp. + index
SLSI 36
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New Perspectives in Interactional Linguistic Research

Edited by Margret Selting and Dagmar Barth-Weingarten

This collection of original papers illustrates recent trends and new perspectives for future research in Interactional Linguistics (IL). Since the research program was started around the turn of the century, it has prospered internationally. Recently, however, new developments have opened up new perspectives for... full description
Expected August 2024. vii, 421 pp.
P&bns 344
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(Non)referentiality in Conversation

Edited by Michael C. Ewing and Ritva Laury

Although there is a large literature on referentiality, going back to at least the nineteenth and early twentieth century, much of this early work is based on constructed data and most of it is on English. The chapters in this volume contribute to a growing body of work that examines referentiality through... full description
Expected June 2024. v, 201 pp. + index
LALD 69
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Perspectives on Input, Evidence, and Exposure in Language Acquisition

Studies in honour of Susanne E. Carroll

Edited by Lindsay Hracs

Emphasizing the necessity for theory-driven language acquisition research, the studies in this collection aim to formalize the kinds of information available to first and second language learners, as well as to shed light on how that information is used to solve a variety of learning problems. The volume pays homage... full description
Expected October 2024. viii, 266 pp. + index
SLCS 235
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Predication in African Languages

Edited by James Essegbey and Enoch O. Aboh

This book discusses patterns of predication and their grammatical and semantic implications in a variety of African languages. It covers several prominent topics about predication in the languages, including locative predication, expressions of tense, aspect, and mood in relation to verbal complexes and verb... full description
Expected June 2024. xi, 340 pp. + index
CLSCC 16
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Proverbs within Cognitive Linguistics

State of the art

Edited by Sadia Belkhir

The volume presents an innovative set of researches featuring theoretical and practical discussions of the proverb in cognition and culture. To date, there seems to be a need for state-of-the-art research into this subject matter. This volume aims at responding to this need. The chapters contribute, from a Cognitive... full description
Expected July 2024. xvi, 348 pp. + index
P&bns 345
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Structures in Discourse

Interaction, adaptability, and pragmatic functions

Edited by Martin Gill, Aino Malmivirta and Brita Wårvik

This volume aims to stretch the boundaries of text and discourse linguistics, exploring organization and structuring in discourse across a variety of communication forms, from written to spoken to visual, in old and new media. Taking its cue from the diversity of interests reflected in Tuija Virtanen’s extensive... full description
Expected October 2024. ix, 202 pp. + index
LAL 42
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Transformative Reading

Olivia Fialho

Transformative Reading belongs to a growing tradition of studies investigating the functions of aesthetic experiences in our lives. Philosophers, literary theorists, and psychologists have suggested that aesthetic experiences implicate and develop our sense of ourselves. Literary texts, as one such experience,... full description
Expected July 2024. xii, 259 pp. + index
BPA 19
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Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Language Learning

The need for attention

Ulf Schütze

It is intriguing and challenging to learn a language by diving into the worlds of Virtual Reality (3-D environments, avatars, games) and Artificial Intelligence (chatbots, agents). What are the issues and benefits of these technological innovations? Taking readers on a journey through the brain, this book explains how... full description
Expected October 2024. xv, 145 pp. + index