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The Interpersonal Level in Functional Discourse Grammar

Edited by Monielly Serafim, Matthias Mittendorfer and Kees Hengeveld

The Interpersonal Level in Functional Discourse Grammar presents recent advancements in Functional Discourse Grammar since the framework’s introduction by Hengeveld and Mackenzie (2008). This volume refines the theory’s pragmatic level of analysis through theoretical innovation and application to… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 241] 2027. vi, 433 pp. + index

Other subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Morphology | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics

Diachronic and Typological Perspectives on Anticausativization

Edited by Guglielmo Inglese, Giulia Mazzola and Eugenio Goria

The study of the causal-noncausal alternation offers a unique window onto how languages represent causal relations and event structure. Among the strategies used to encode this alternation, anticausative markers, which overtly signal noncausal situations, have received considerably less attention… read more

[Typological Studies in Language, 138] 2026. vi, 522 pp.

Other subjects Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics | Typology

Grammar through the Lens of Corpus Linguistics

Edited by Javier Pérez-Guerra, Yolanda Fernández-Pena and Ana Elina Martínez-Insua

This book brings together cutting-edge research on grammatical variation and change in English, showcasing the state of the art in contemporary corpus linguistics. The studies apply corpus-based and variationist methods to a wide range of grammatical categories (nominal, adjectival, verbal,… read more

[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 128] 2026. vi, 283 pp.

Other subjects Corpus linguistics | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

Person Reference and Interaction in Umpila and Kuuku Ya’u Narrative

Clair Hill

This book presents an account of the lively multiparty storytelling practices of the Umpila and Kuuku Ya'u of Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Umpila and Kuuku Ya'u storytellers describe their narrative style as "we all talk one time", with multiple narrators taking turns or co-producing turns,… read more

[Culture and Language Use, 26] 2026. xxi, 338 pp. + index | open access

Other subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Australian languages | Narrative Studies | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics

Personification in Language and Thought: Conceptual models, lexicogrammatical structures, and distributional patterns in Hungarian

Gábor Simon

This monograph offers the first comprehensive account of personification in Hungarian, a subtle yet pervasive feature of everyday cognition and language. Combining cognitive linguistics with corpus-based and corpus-driven analyses, it reveals how personifying meaning is conceptually structured,… read more

[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 27] 2026. xv, 275 pp.

Other subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Theoretical linguistics | Uralic languages

Theoretical Issues in the Languages of the Caucasus

Edited by Ümit Atlamaz, Ömer Demirok and Balkız Öztürk

This volume presents a collection of original articles on various morphosyntactic issues in the languages of the Caucasus with a focus on their theoretical implications. The articles not only present detailed descriptions of various structural aspects of the languages of the Caucasus but also… read more

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 294] 2026. vi, 396 pp.

Other subjects Generative linguistics | Morphology | Theoretical linguistics

Thinking and Speaking About Time: A cognitive linguistic approach

Edited by Rita Brdar Szabó and Mario Brdar

The last two decades have seen a series of publications focused on time. So, why another book? It now appears that a kairos moment has arrived to reconsider from a more holistic point of view the manifold ways in which we think about time and talk about it. The book is divided into four major… read more

[Human Cognitive Processing, 81] 2026. viii, 477 pp.

Other subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Semantics | Theoretical linguistics