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LL< 9
Formulaic Sequences: Acquisition, processing and use
February 2004.
x, 304 pp.
Formulaic sequences (FS) are now recognized as an essential element of language use. However, research on FS has generally been limited to a focus on description, or on the place of FS in L1 acquisition. This volume opens new... read more
LL< 47
Applied Linguistics Perspectives on CLIL
March 2017.
vi, 317 pp.
This book represents the first collection of studies on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) which brings together a range of perspectives through which CLIL has been investigated within Applied Linguistics.
LL< 6
Computer Learner Corpora, Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Teaching
December 2002.
x, 246 pp.
This work takes stock of current research into computer learner corpora conducted both by ELT and SLA specialists. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on practical, methodological aspects of computer learner corpus research,... read more
LL< 40
Motivation and Foreign Language Learning: From theory to practice
July 2014.
viii, 190 pp.
The aim of this book is to provide both theoretical insights and practical suggestions to improve motivation in the classroom.
LL< 39
Interlanguage: Forty years later
April 2014.
vii, 255 pp.
Sparked by a heightened interest in this founding text on its 40th anniversary, 10 leaders in their respective fields of SLA research collectively examine extrapolations of the seminal text for the past, the present, and the... read more
LL< 46
Second-language Discourse in the Digital World: Linguistic and social practices in and beyond the networked classroom
August 2016.
xiii, 270 pp.
Second-language Discourse in the Digital World illustrates a new, practice-driven approach to technology in second-language (L2) learning that begins with what L2 users do when they connect with others online.
LL< 37
Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study Abroad
July 2013.
ix, 344 pp.
Offers a sampling of contemporary efforts to update the portrayal of study abroad in the applied linguistics literature through attention to its social and cultural aspects. The book will be of interest to a broad audience of... read more
LL< 36
Technology in Interlanguage Pragmatics Research and Teaching
June 2013.
viii, 276 pp.
Highlights the relationship between digitally-mediated technologies and second language pragmatics by presenting exemplary applications of technology for both research and pedagogy.
LL< 7
English Language Learning and Technology: Lectures on applied linguistics in the age of information and communication technology
December 2003.
xvi, 213 pp.
How does technology intersect with language teaching practices in ways that benefit learning? How can the learning accomplished through technology be evaluated? How do technology-based practices influence and advance applied... read more
LL< 48
Complexity Theory and Language Development: In celebration of Diane Larsen-Freeman
November 2017.
xv, 234 pp.
This volume is both a state-of-the-art display of current thinking on second language development as a complex system and a tribute to Diane Larsen-Freeman for her decades of intellectual leadership in the academic disciplines of... read more
LL< 1
Discourse Intonation in L2: From theory and research to practice
April 2002.
xviii, 285 pp. (incl. CD-Rom)
This text on intonation has two main goals, to show the practical importance of intonation, particularly discourse intonation, and to integrate theory and practice in order to render intonation accessible to teachers and... read more
LL< 10
Vocabulary in a Second Language: Selection, acquisition, and testing
July 2004.
xiv, 234 pp.
The eleven chapters of Vocabulary in a Second Language are written by the world’s leading researchers in the field of vocabulary studies in second language acquisition. Each chapter presents experimental research leading to new... read more
LL< 11
Planning and Task Performance in a Second Language
March 2005.
viii, 313 pp.
The last decade has seen a growing body of research investigating various aspects of L2 learners’ performance of tasks. This book focuses on one task implementation variable: planning. It considers theories of how opportunities... read more
LL< 12
Inference and Generalizability in Applied Linguistics: Multiple perspectives
March 2006.
vi, 248 pp.
This volume provides a well-balanced and cross-disciplinary perspective on how researchers conceptualize inferences about learner acquisition and performances as well as dependability and generalizability of findings.
LL< 13
Synthesizing Research on Language Learning and Teaching
May 2006.
xiv, 350 pp.
This volume presents the first collection of work on research synthesis in applied linguistics. It introduces readers to a cutting-edge approach for reviewing and summarizing exactly what accumulated research has to say about... read more
LL< 14
Teacher Education in CALL
September 2006.
xii, 354 pp.
This volume addresses the need for a more considered and systematic approach to teacher education and training in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), in all its forms: Technology Enhanced Language Learning, Network-Based... read more
LL< 15
Goals for Academic Writing: ESL students and their instructors
August 2006.
xii, 204 pp.
This book documents the results of a multi-year project that investigated the goals for writing improvement among 45 students and their instructors in intensive courses of English as a Second Language (ESL) then, a year later, in... read more
LL< 43
Lexical Input Processing and Vocabulary Learning
December 2015.
xi, 194 pp.
This book focuses on theory, research, and practice related to lexical input processing (lex-IP), an exciting field exploring how learners allocate their limited processing resources when exposed to words and lexical phrases in... read more
LL< 45
Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning: Pedagogical potential and research agenda
March 2016.
vii, 399 pp.
Represents the first collection of empirical studies focusing on peer interaction for L2 learning. These studies aim to unveil the impact of mediating variables such as task type, mode of interaction, and social relationships on... read more
LL< 44
Interaction and Second Language Development: A Vygotskian perspective
December 2015.
xi, 215 pp.
his volume addresses the role of communicative interaction in driving various dimensions of second language development from the perspective of Vygotskian sociocultural psychology.
LL< 18
Learning and Teaching Languages Through Content: A counterbalanced approach
March 2007.
xii, 173 pp.
Based on a synthesis of classroom SLA research that has helped to shape evolving perspectives of content-based instruction since the introduction of immersion programs in Montreal more than 40 years ago, this book presents an... read more
LL< 19
Memory, Psychology and Second Language Learning
August 2007.
x, 220 pp.
This book explores the contributions that cognitive linguistics and psychology, including neuropsychology, have made to the understanding of the way that second languages are processed and learnt. It examines areas of phonology,... read more
LL< 2
Individual Differences and Instructed Language Learning
September 2002.
xii, 387 pp.
Second language learners differ in how successfully they adapt to, and profit from instruction. This title aims to show that adaptation to L2 instruction is a result of the interaction between learner characteristics and learning... read more
LL< 20
Discourse in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Classrooms
September 2007.
xii, 330 pp.
The label CLIL stands for classrooms where a foreign language (English) is used as a medium of instruction in content subjects. This book provides a first in-depth analysis of the kind of communicative abilities which are... read more
LL< 23
Second Language Acquisition and the Younger Learner: Child's play?
October 2008.
viii, 334 pp.
Second and foreign language learning by children ranging from pre-schoolers to young adolescents, in home and school contexts, with caregivers, peers, and teachers as interlocutors is described.
LL< 24
Connected Words: Word associations and second language vocabulary acquisition
August 2009.
xvii, 174 pp.
What words come into your head when you think of SUN? For native English speakers, the most common responses are MOON, SHINE and HOT, and about half of all native speaker responses to SUN are covered by these three words. L2... read more
LL< 25
Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching
August 2009.
x, 346 pp.
New technologies are constantly transforming traditional notions of language use and literacy in online communication environments. This volume is suitable for researchers, teachers, and students interested in exploring... read more
LL< 26
Speech Act Performance: Theoretical, empirical and methodological issues
February 2010.
xiv, 277 pp.
Speech acts are an important and integral part of day-to-day life in all languages. This title intends to deal with those theoretical approaches that inform the process of learning speech acts in particular contextual and... read more
LL< 27
Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research
October 2010.
vii, 292 pp.
Offers students and researchers interested in language acquisition with comprehensible information on the most frequently used methods in language acquisition research. This title includes contributions on first and child/adult... read more
LL< 28
Appraising Research in Second Language Learning: A practical approach to critical analysis of quantitative research. Second edition
October 2010.
xxv, 307 pp.
Designed for students of applied linguistics and second language acquisition on research training courses, practising language teachers, and those in training, this title provides specific advice and support to those wishing to... read more
LL< 29
A Dynamic Approach to Second Language Development: Methods and techniques
February 2011.
ix, 211 pp.
Dynamic systems theory, a general theory of change and development, offers a new way to study first and second language development and requires a new set of tools for analysis of empirical data. This book focuses on tools and... read more
LL< 3
Appraising Research in Second Language Learning: A practical approach to critical analysis of quantitative research
October 2002.
xx, 268 pp.
Aimed at students of applied linguistics and TEFL on research training courses and practising language teachers, this work provides specific advice and support to those wishing to learn how to approach the critical anaysis of a... read more
LL< 30
Applying priming methods to L2 learning, teaching and research: Insights from Psycholinguistics
March 2011.
ix, 254 pp.
A collection of empirical studies which use priming methods to explore the comprehension, production, and acquisition of second language (L2) phonology, syntax, and lexicon. It brings together the various strands of priming... read more
LL< 31
Learning-to-Write and Writing-to-Learn in an Additional Language
October 2011.
xii, 263 pp.
Bridges the gap between the fields of second language acquisition (SLA) and second and foreign language (L2) writing. This title intends to advance our understanding of written language learning by collecting theoretical... read more
LL< 32
Dimensions of L2 Performance and Proficiency: Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in SLA
October 2012.
xii, 305 pp.
Research into complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) as basic dimensions of second language performance, proficiency and development has received increased attention in SLA. This volume showcases the research on CAF by bringing... read more
LL< 33
Linguistics for Intercultural Education
April 2013.
vi, 201 pp.
Deals with the issue of intercultural learning that has been tackled, amongst others, in the fields of education, language education and applied linguistics. This book appeals to an international readership of students, scholars... read more
LL< 34
Second Language Interaction in Diverse Educational Contexts
February 2013.
xiv, 318 pp.
Includes work that takes a cognitive, brain-based approach to studying interaction, as well as studies that take a social, contextual perspective. This book describes the linguistic and discourse features of interaction between... read more
LL< 35
Sensitive periods, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment
May 2013.
xv, 295 pp.
Provides studies and reviews of research findings on age effects, bilingualism effects, maturational constraints and sensitive periods in SLA, the sub-components of language aptitude and the development of new aptitude measures,... read more
LL< 38
Innovative Research and Practices in Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism
August 2013.
xiii, 335 pp.
assembles twelve studies devoted to problems of verbal syntax and certain fundamental facts of lexicon and grammar. Beyond the diversity of approaches, the originality of the work is due to the fact that the contributions relate... read more
LL< 5
Pedagogical Norms for Second and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: Studies in honour of Albert Valdman
September 2002.
vi, 305 pp.
Pedagogical norms guide the selection and sequencing of target language features for language teaching and learning. This book both situates and expands on this concept, highlighting the interaction of research and pedagogy.
LL< 42
Pronunciation Fundamentals: Evidence-based perspectives for L2 teaching and research
July 2015.
xiii, 208 pp.
The emergence of empirical approaches to L2 pronunciation research and teaching is a powerful fourth wave in the history of the field. Authored by two leading proponents of evidence-based instruction, this volume surveys both... read more
LL< 41
Language Proficiency in Native and Non-native Speakers: Theory and research
February 2015.
xi, 195 pp.
This book, written for both seasoned and novice researchers, presents a theory of what is called Basic and Higher Language Cognition (BLC and HLC), a theory aimed at making some fundamental issues concerning first and second... read more
LL< 4
Language in Language Teacher Education
December 2002.
vi, 258 pp.
This title illustrates how teacher educators and trainees reflect on and research their practice and it throws light on the beliefs and concerns that guide decision making.
LL< 8
Theory Construction in Second Language Acquisition
February 2004.
xviii, 295 pp.
Recently, many SLA researchers have adopted a postmodernist approach which challenges the assumption that SLA research is a rationalist, scientific endeavour. The resulting epistemological arguments, plus problems of theory... read more
Impact 40
The Written Questionnaire in Social Dialectology: History, theory, practice
December 2015.
xxvii, 397 pp.
This book is the first monograph-length account on written questionnaires in more than 60 years. It reconnects – for the newcomer and the more seasoned empirical linguist alike – the older questionnaire tradition, last given... read more
Impact 27
Minority Languages and Group Identity: Cases and Categories
January 2010.
ix, 231 pp.
Much of the interest in minority languages revolves around issues of identity politics, language rights and the plight of 'endangered' languages. This book summarizes and analyzes these pivotal themes. It focuses on the... read more
Impact 3
Approaching Dialogue: Talk, interaction and contexts in dialogical perspectives
December 1998.
xviii, 330 pp.
Dealing with dialogue, this work addresses two issues. The primary focus is on the theoretical understanding and empirical analysis of talk-in-interaction; secondly, the work explores the possiblities and limitations in dialogism... read more
Impact 30
Multilingualism
February 2012.
ix, 230 pp.
Offers an account of multilingualism, a phenomenon affecting a vast number of communities, thousands of languages and millions of language users. This book focuses on the knowledge and use of multiple languages. It deals with... read more
Impact 6
Ideology, Politics and Language Policies: Focus on English
November 2000.
x, 197 pp.
This title deals with the ideological implications of the spread of English. It examines why and how English became a pre-eminent language, and what this means for thousands of languages and speech communities large and small,... read more
Impact 9-11
Gender Across Languages: The linguistic representation of women and men. 3 Volumes (set)
April 2003.
xiv, 329 pp. & xiv, 349 pp. & xiv, 391 pp.
This three-volume reference work provides systematic descriptions of various categories of gender (grammatical, lexical, referential, social) in 30 languages of diverse genetic, typological and socio-cultural backgrounds. Among... read more
Impact 9
Gender Across Languages: The linguistic representation of women and men. Volume 1
October 2001.
xiv, 328 pp.
This is the first of a three-volume comprehensive reference work on "Gender Across Languages", which provides systematic descriptions of various categories of gender (grammatical, lexical, referential, social) in 30 languages of... read more
Impact 10
Gender Across Languages: The linguistic representation of women and men. Volume 2
April 2002.
xiv, 349 pp.
This volume investigates the linguistic representation of women and men in 30 languages. Fundamental to the text is the hypothesis that the formal and functional manifestations of gender in the area of human reference follow... read more
Impact 36
Gender Across Languages: Volume 4
April 2015.
xv, 415 pp.
This is the fourth volume of a comprehensive reference work which provides systematic descriptions of the manifestations of gender in languages of diverse areal, typological and socio-cultural affiliations.
Impact 11
Gender Across Languages: The linguistic representation of women and men. Volume 3
April 2003.
xiv, 391 pp.
The third of a three-volume comprehensive reference work on "Gender Across Languages", which provides systematic descriptions of various categories of gender (grammatical, lexical, referential, social) in 30 languages of diverse... read more
Impact 15
Applying Sociolinguistics: Domains and face-to-face interaction
May 2002.
xii, 245 pp.
This title provides an overview of discourse studies in oral interaction. Its focus is on encounters in the various spheres of life: family, educational, social, religious, and work, with an additional chapter on cross-cultural... read more
Impact 21
The Discourse of Child Counselling
February 2007.
xii, 145 pp.
This book is an empirical study of naturally occurring interaction between child counselling professionals and young children experiencing parental separation or divorce. Based on tape recordings of the work of a London child... read more
LAL 9
Poetry as Research: Exploring second language poetry writing
April 2010.
xiii, 164 pp.
Develops an approach that allows poetry writing to be used as a research method for exploring questions relating to second language learners and more broadly for studies within the humanities and social sciences. This book... read more
LAL 13
Scientific Methods for the Humanities
May 2012.
xxii, 328 pp.
Focuses on the empirical research methods for the Humanities. Suitable for students and scholars of Literature, Applied Linguistics, and Film and Media, this title helps readers to reflect on the problems and possibilities of... read more
LAL 2
On the Discourse of Satire: Towards a stylistic model of satirical humour
November 2003.
xiv, 242 pp.
This work advances a model for the analysis of contemporary satirical humour. Combining a range of theoretical frameworks in stylistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis, the author examines both the methods of textual... read more
LAL 17
Cognitive Grammar in Literature
April 2014.
xiv, 255 pp.
This is the first book to present an account of literary meaning and effects drawing on our best understanding of mind and language in the form of a Cognitive Grammar.
LAL 6
Narrative Progression in the Short Story: A corpus stylistic approach
January 2009.
xi, 212 pp.
One of our most valuable capacities is our ability partly to predict what will come next in a text. This book proposes that a matrix of narrativity-furthering textual features is crucial to the reader’s forming of expectations... read more
LAL 1
Cognitive Stylistics: Language and cognition in text analysis
November 2002.
xvi, 333 pp.
This collection seeks to represent the state of the art in cognitive stylistics - a field at the interface between linguistics, literary studies and cognitive science.
BTL 8
Basic Concepts and Models for Interpreter and Translator Training: Revised edition
November 2009.
xv, 283 pp.
A systematically corrected, enhanced and updated avatar of a book (1995) which is widely used in T&I training programmes worldwide and widely quoted in the international Translation Studies community.
BTL 123
Memes of Translation: The spread of ideas in translation theory. Revised edition
February 2016.
xii, 225 pp.
This revised version includes updates that relate the book's themes to more recent research in Translation Studies. The book contributes to the debate about whether it is worth seeking a coherent theory of translation, by... read more
BTL 63
Topics in Signed Language Interpreting: Theory and practice
October 2005.
xii, 362 pp.
Interpreters who work with signed languages and those who work strictly with spoken languages share many of the same issues regarding their training, skill sets, and fundamentals of practice. This title is of interest to both... read more
BTL 9
Essays on Terminology
March 1995.
xiv, 223 pp.
This text presents essays on the history, nature and use of terminology in language.
BTL 106
Game Localization: Translating for the global digital entertainment industry
August 2013.
xii, 374 pp.
This book seeks to conceptualize game localization in an attempt to locate it in Translation Studies in the context of the technologization of contemporary translation practices.The readership is intended to be translation... read more
BTL 10
Training the Translator
March 1995.
ix, 178 pp.
This is a comprehensive text describing the methods of translation. The book includes chapters on: creativity in translation; pragmatic analysis; evaluation and errors; and text analysis and the use of dictionaries.
BTL 100
Descriptive Translation Studies – and beyond: Revised edition
November 2012.
xv, 350 pp.
Discusses the pivotal position of the descriptive branch within Translation Studies and outlines a detailed rationale for that positioning. This title analyses and contextualizes a number of exemplary issues. It situates texts... read more
BTL 101
Translators through History: Revised edition
July 2012.
xxv, 337 pp.
Focusing on translators of different nationalities playing various roles in history, Translators through History is a ground-breaking and valuable work – a must-read and major reference.
BTL 11
Comparative Stylistics of French and English: A methodology for translation
December 1995.
xx, 359 pp.
This translation-oriented contrastive grammatical and stylistic analysis of French and English is extensively exemplified by expressions, phrases and whole texts. Combining descriptions with methodological guidelines for... read more
BTL 13
Translators through History
December 1995.
xvi, 345 pp.
Published under the International Federation of Translators (FIT), this work covers the stories of many translators throughout history. It includes figures like Xuan Zang, the Chinese monk that translated the Sanskrit manuscripts.
BTL 120
Conference Interpreting – A Complete Course
June 2016.
xxviii, 470 pp.
This comprehensive coursebook sets out an updated step-by-step programme of training in the integrated skills, language proficiency, knowledge management and professionalism that conference interpreters will need to meet the... read more
BTL 4
Descriptive Translation Studies – and beyond
May 1995.
viii, 311 pp.
Makes a case for descriptive translation studies, as a scholarly activity as well as a branch of the discipline, having immediate consequences for issues of both theoretical and applied nature. Methodological discussions are... read more
BTL 52
The Discourse of Court Interpreting: Discourse practices of the law, the witness and the interpreter
June 2004.
xviii, 267 pp.
This book explores the intricacies of court interpreting through a thorough analysis of the authentic discourse of the English-speaking participants, the Spanish-speaking witnesses and the interpreters.
BTL 54
Multiple Voices in the Translation Classroom: Activities, tasks and projects
July 2004.
x, 259 pp.
The main aim of this book is to provide teaching ideas that can be adapted to different learning environments and that can be used with different language combinations. The pedagogical approach and the activities, tasks and... read more
BTL 6
The Practice of Court Interpreting
July 1995.
xiii, 192 pp.
This text details the work of a court interpreter, with chapters that describe: becoming a court interpreter; case preparation; courtroom procedures; and expert witnessing.
BTL 117
The Sign Language Interpreting Studies Reader
July 2015.
xviii, 419 pp.
This volume brings together the seminal texts in our field that document the philosophical, evidence-based and analytical progression of SLI work.
BTL 66
The Turns of Translation Studies: New paradigms or shifting viewpoints?
June 2006.
xi, 205 pp.
What’s new in Translation Studies? In offering a critical assessment of recent developments in the young discipline, this book sets out to provide an answer, as seen from a European perspective today. Many “new” ideas actually go... read more
BTL 1
Language Engineering and Translation: Consequences of automation
April 1994.
xx, 345 pp.
Considers translation in an industrial setting; the language industry and its raw materials; communication theory for translation; theoretical aspects of translation; a model of the translation process; the automated dimension of... read more
BTL 121
Conference Interpreting – A Trainer’s Guide
June 2016.
xxxiv, 650 pp.
This companion volume to Conference Interpreting: A Complete Course provides additional recommendations and theoretical and practical discussion for instructors, course designers and administrators.
BTL 132
Reflections on Translation Theory: Selected papers 1993 - 2014
April 2017.
x, 396 pp.
Originally published in different journals and collected volumes, these papers in conceptual analysis cover some central topics in translation theory and research: types of theory and hypothesis; causality and explanation; norms,... read more
BTL 22
Memes of Translation: The spread of ideas in translation theory
June 1997.
vii, 219 pp.
This text covers such areas as survival machines for memes, the evolution of translation memes, from memes to norms, translation strategies, translation as theory, the development of traditional competence, and translation ethics.
BTL 73
Translation as a Profession
June 2007.
xx, 409 pp.
Translation as a profession provides an in-depth analysis of the translating profession and the translation industry, including an overview of the translation-localization process, markets, client-based... read more
BTL 8 (1st)
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Basic Concepts and Models for Interpreter and Translator Training
February 1995.
xvi, 278 pp.
Describes the basic techniques in the training of language translation and interpretation. Chapters in this text describe: communication and quality; comprehension; knowledge acquisition; and coping tactics.
CHLEL XI
International Postmodernism: Theory and literary practice
February 1997.
xvi, 581 pp.
This collection of 50 essays is divided into four sections. Part one contains introductory essays; part two deals with postmodernism in arts other than literature; the third part discusses renovations of narrative genres; and... read more
LIS 22
A French-English Grammar: A contrastive grammar on translational principles
September 1999.
xvi, 342 pp.
In this contrastive grammar the comparisons between French and English structures are formulated as rules which associate a French schema with its translation into an equivalent English one. In doing so, the text presents the... read more
P&bns 125
Conversation Analysis: Studies from the first generation
August 2004.
x, 302 pp.
This collection assembles early, yet previously unpublished research into the practices that organize conversational interaction by many of the central figures in the development and advancement of Conversation Analysis as a... read more
P&bns 167
Impoliteness in Interaction
January 2008.
xiii, 281 pp.
Focuses on the role that impoliteness has to play by drawing extracts from a range of discourse types (car parking disputes, and kitchen discourse). This study considers the triggering of impoliteness; explores the dynamic... read more
P&bns 182
Humor in Interaction
July 2009.
xvii, 238 pp.
Suitable for scholars in the various subfields of humor studies, pragmatics and (socio-)linguistics, this title draws on different countries and cultures, comprising conversations among friends and family, talk in workplace... read more
P&bns 78
Literature as Communication: The foundations of mediating criticism
December 2000.
xiv, 348 pp.
This title offers foundations for a literary criticism which seeks to mediate between writers and readers belonging to different historical periods or social groups. It looks at postmodern "culture wars" and the author describes... read more
P&bns 19
Towards a Critical Sociology of Reading Pedagogy: Papers of the XII World Congress on Reading
June 1991.
xxi, 287 pp.
Through critical sociological appraisals of literary theory, research and pedagogy, this volume presents challenges to dominant psychological approaches in reading research and to mainstream discourses about reading and writing... read more
P&bns 55
Cognitive Semantics: Meaning and cognition
March 1999.
x, 201 pp.
These contributions represent Scandinavian work in cognitive semantics. They present extensions of, and critical commentaries on, existing approaches, as well as attempts to develop new approaches to integrating semantics and... read more
P&bns 72
Pragmatic Meaning and Cognition
June 2000.
xii, 322 pp.
Encompasses a variety of topics under the umbrella of pragmatic meaning and cognition. This includes theoretical perspectives on pragmatic meaning. Deixis, speech acts and implicature are also covered.
P&bns 75
Poetic Effects: A relevance theory perspective
May 2000.
xiv, 214 pp.
The main aim of this volume is to examine a problem relevant to both literary theory and pragmatic theory: how is literary (or poetic) communication successful and distinctive as literary communication?
P&bns 77
Essays in Speech Act Theory
December 2001.
vi, 345 pp.
This comprehensive work provides numerous essays by specialists in the field on speech act theory. Topics include: verbal mood and sentence mood in the tradition of universal grammar; utterance acts and speech acts; illocutionary... read more
P&bns 96
The Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics of Spanish Mood
September 2002.
vi, 241 pp.
A revised, extended and updated version of a study originally written in Dutch by the author. Its fundamental purpose is to provide a consistent description and explanation of the syntax, the semantics and the pragmatics of the... read more
P&bns 39
Computer-Mediated Communication: Linguistic, social, and cross-cultural perspectives
June 1996.
viii, 326 pp.
This collection of 14 articles on text-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) brings empirical evidence from a variety of disciplinary perspectives to bear on questions raised by the new medium.
P&bns 4
Doctor–Patient Interaction
January 1989.
xxxviii, 294 pp.
This volume covers many of the ways of speaking that create problems between doctor and patient. The questions under consideration in the present book are the following: How is the doctor-patient interaction structured in a... read more
P&bns 1
The Jury Summation as Speech Genre: An ethnographic study of what it means to those who use it
January 1988.
xvii, 264 pp.
The American courtroom trial is a speech situation. Everything occurs through the spoken word. The 'summation', as speech event embedded within the trial, which is the chronological and psychological culmination of it, is one of... read more
P&bns 52
The Acquisition of Dutch
May 1998.
xvi, 444 pp.
This volume offers an overview of descriptive and theoretical accounts of the acquisition of Dutch by normally developing children under the age of six. It looks at the structure of Dutch, early speech development in the first... read more
P&bcs 3
Whose Language?: A study in Linguistic Pragmatics
January 1985.
ix, 412 pp.
This volume deals with power in language and asks: who is really in command when we use "our" language, and why does it make sense to talk about a language of power (or lack or it)? The powerful are the colonizers, the colonized... read more
TiLAR 10
Pragmatic Development in First Language Acquisition
June 2014.
vi, 394 pp.
In the 35 years since the first edited volume on pragmatic development in first language acquisition, a flourishing literature has reported on the broad set of skills that can be called pragmatic. This volume aims to bring that... read more
TiLAR 13
Input and Experience in Bilingual Development
October 2014.
ix, 204 pp.
Understanding the nature and consequences of this variability has been the focus of much recent research on childhood bilingualism. This volume constitutes the first collection of research solely dedicated to the topic of input... read more
PALART 1
Studying Processability Theory: An Introductory Textbook
August 2011.
xi, 179 pp.
Processability Theory (PT) as developed by Manfred Pienemann is a prominent theory of second language acquisition. PT serves as a framework for a wide range of research covering issues, including L2 processing, interlanguage... read more
UPAL 28
Dutch Literature in the Age of Rembrandt: Themes and ideas
January 1991.
x, 216 pp., 60 ills.
An exploration of Dutch literature of the 17th century. Illustrated, it groups its subjects thematically: politics, religion, nature, daily life. Because Golden Age painting, in particular, is so famous, the book devotes a... read more
UPAL 32
The Muzzled Muse: Literature and censorship in South Africa
April 1997.
xii, 181 pp.
This study of the extent of literary censorship in South Africa covers such topics as: the Publications Act; white English-speaking literature in South Africa; the novels of J.M. Coetzee; black literature in English; and... read more
UPAL 16
Text to Reader: A Communicative Approach to Fowles, Barth, Cortazar, and Boon
January 1983.
x, 162 pp.
Text to Reader seeks to find a critical approach that links a novel’s form to its socio-cultural context. Combining elements from Iser’s reception aesthetics, speech act theory, and Goffman’s frame analysis, this... read more
CAL 2
Construction Grammar in a Cross-Language Perspective
December 2004.
vi, 209 pp.
Offers an easily accessible, yet comprehensive, sophisticated, and example-rich introduction to Construction Grammar as it has been developed from the early 1980's by Charles J Fillmore and his associates. This book also provides... read more
CAL 3
Construction Grammars: Cognitive grounding and theoretical extensions
February 2005.
viii, 325 pp.
The notion 'construction' has become indispensable in present-day linguistics and in language studies in general. Addressing a number of issues (such as coercion, discourse patterning, language change), this book shows how CxG... read more
SFSL 55
Language and Meaning: The structural creation of reality
November 2005.
xiv, 225 pp.
This book will be of interest to all linguists who have ever confronted the controversial question of the interaction between lexical exceptions and grammatical rules. The scope of this volume is rather broad and it compares and... read more
HCP 12
The Structure of Time: Language, meaning and temporal cognition
March 2004.
x, 286 pp.
One of the most enigmatic aspects of experience concerns time. Since pre-Socratic times scholars have speculated about the nature of time, asking questions such as; What is time? Where does it come from? Where does it go?
HCP 18
Methods in Cognitive Linguistics
June 2007.
xxviii, 452 pp.
Methods in Cognitive Linguistics is an introduction to empirical methodology for language researchers. Intended as a handbook to exploring the empirical dimension of the theoretical questions raised by Cognitive... read more
LOALL 17
Japanese: Revised edition
January 2013.
xxi, 383 pp.
Japanese ranks as the ninth spoken language of the world with more than 127 million speakers in the island state of Japan. This book provides researchers with a useful typological reference and students of Japanese with a... read more
CILT 250
Principles of Generative Phonology: An introduction
July 2004.
xii, 324 pp.
Principles of Generative Phonology is a basic, thorough introduction to phonological theory and practice. It aims to provide a firm foundation in the theory of distinctive features, phonological rules and rule... read more
CILT 35
The Laws of Indo-European
January 1985.
xviii, 273 pp.
This book collects all the named laws of Indo-European, presents each in its original form and rationale and then provides an evaluation of all major attacks, revisions and exploitations, along with a full bibliography and index.... read more
CILT 170
Pathways of the Brain: The neurocognitive basis of language
February 1999.
xii, 418 pp.
Of interest to anthropologists, linguists, neurologists, neuroscientists, philosophers, psychologists, and any thoughtful person interested in language or the brain.
CILT 6
Historical and Comparative Linguistics
January 1989.
xv, 462 pp.
This revised edition has a new introduction dealing mainly with a semiotic basis of change. A final chapter on aspects of explanation, particularly in historical and human disciplines, has been added and minor changes have been... read more
CILT 70
Morphology: Word structure in generative grammar
January 1990.
x, 210 pp.
This text provides an up-to-date introduction to the field of morphology within the framework of the lexicalist hypothesis of Chomsky (1970), but also taking in the more recent development of lexicalist phonology and morphology... read more
CILT 75
Linguistic Theory and Grammatical Description: Nine Current Approaches
December 1991.
vii, 355 pp.
Presents nine of today's grammatical theories with a view to comparing their starting points and their methods. This systematic introduction to the recent history of the discipline provides a state-of-the-art report on current... read more
CILT 82
Advances in Role and Reference Grammar
January 1992.
xiii, 569 pp.
Presents research on major issues in syntactic theory within the theory of role and reference grammar. The theory was first presented in "Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar" and these papers represent both expansions and... read more
CILT 86
Psycholinguistics: Psychology, linguistics, and the study of natural language
January 1992.
xiv, 383 pp.
An introduction to psycholinguistics directed at filling the reading needs of courses in departments of linguistics and of psychology, presenting an overview of the ways in which both disciplines have investigated the learning,... read more
CILT 94
The Language Builder: An essay on the human signature in linguistic morphogenesis
June 1993.
xii, 283 pp.
Based on a wide range of languages, Hagege's work sheds light on the human language building activity. He argues that the conscious and unconscious "signatures" of human nature are written everywhere in language.
CILT 99
English Phonology
December 1993.
x, 251 pp.
Considers English phonology, covering segmental phonology; the syllable and the mora; English stress; prosodic phonology; lexical phonology - the cyclic rules; lexical phonology - the postcyclic rules; and postlexical phonology.
CILT 118
On Subject and Theme: A discourse functional perspective
November 1995.
xlvi, 414 pp.
The papers in this volume focus on subject and theme. "Theme" began its life as a semantic notion in the work of Vilem Mathesius, while "subject" has traditionally been seen as just a syntactic entity.
CILT 175
Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics: Selected papers from the 5th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Amsterdam, 1997
June 1999.
viii, 226 pp.
This text provides a selection of papers taken from the 5th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference. The papers cover historical precedents for cognitive linguistic theory of metaphor, lexical analysis of linguistic... read more
CILT 191
Language History: An introduction
February 2000.
xvi, 298 pp.
This volume is a brief but technically accurate exposition of linguistic description and history. It should help students understand the assumptions and reasoning that underlie historical linguistics and etymology.
CLiP 1 (1999)
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Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics
January 1999.
xiv, 300 pp.
This introduction to language and linguistics as the science of language looks mainly at language from the perspective of "expressing thoughts and ideas" - the cognitive perspective. Chapters cover areas including lexicology,... read more
CLiP 3
Phonology: A cognitive grammar introduction
September 2008.
x, 171 pp.
This textbook introduces the reader to the field of phonology, from allophones to faithfulness and exemplars. It assumes no prior knowledge of the field, and includes a brief review chapter on phonetics. It is written within the... read more
CLiP 1
Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics: Second revised edition
June 2004.
xii, 277 pp.
Preface; XI; Chapter 1; The cognitive basis of language: Language and thought 1; 1.0 Overview 1; 1.1 Introduction: Sign systems 1; 1.2 Structuring principles in language 5; 1.3 Linguistic and conceptual categories 13; 1.4 Summary... read more
CLiP 2
Cognitive English Grammar
July 2007.
xiv, 374 pp.
Cognitive English Grammar is designed to be used as a textbook in courses of English and general linguistics. It introduces the reader to cognitive linguistic theory and shows that Cognitive Grammar... read more
ATA XVII
From the Classroom to the Courtroom: A guide to interpreting in the U.S. justice system
March 2012.
xxii, 215 pp.
A guide that assists aspiring court interpreters in providing linguistic minorities with access to fair and expeditious judicial proceedings. It familiarizes prospective court interpreters and students interested in court... read more
ATA XI
Translating Into Success: Cutting-edge strategies for going multilingual in a global age
May 2000.
xxii, 240 pp.
A presentation of case studies that illustrate the state-of-the-art of language management. It covers a cross-section of "sectors", each of which has particular subtleties in language management, including software localization,... read more
TBLT 8
Domains and Directions in the Development of TBLT: A decade of plenaries from the international conference
November 2015.
xxiv, 325 pp.
This volume brings together contemporary position statements and research reviews which were originally presented as Plenary Addresses to the Biennial International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching, between 2005 and... read more
TBLT 5
Processing Perspectives on Task Performance
April 2014.
xii, 266 pp.
Understanding how second language task-based performance can be raised is vital for progress with task-based approaches to instruction. The chapters in this volume all attempt to advance this understanding.
TBLT 7
Task-Based Language Learning – Insights from and for L2 Writing
November 2014.
xi, 312 pp.
The book seeks to enlarge the theoretical scope, research agenda, and practices associated with TBLT in a two-way dynamic, by exploring how insights from writing might reconfigure our understanding of tasks and, in turn, how work... read more
TBLT 1
Task-Based Language Teaching: A reader
March 2009.
ix, 512 pp.
Over the past two decades, task-based language teaching (TBLT) has gained considerable momentum in the field of language education. This volume presents a collection of 20 reprinted articles and chapters representative of work... read more
TBLT 2
Second Language Task Complexity: Researching the Cognition Hypothesis of language learning and performance
September 2011.
xii, 345 pp.
Examines evidence for claims of the Cognition Hypothesis that complex tasks should promote greater accuracy and complexity of speech and writing, as well as more interaction, and learning of information provided in the input to... read more
TBLT 3
Task-Based Language Teaching from the Teachers' Perspective: Insights from New Zealand
January 2012.
xix, 259 pp.
Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is being encouraged as part of a major overhaul of the entire school languages curriculum in New Zealand. However, teachers often struggle with understanding what TBLT is, and how to make TBLT... read more
TBLT 4
Task-Based Language Teaching in Foreign Language Contexts: Research and implementation
October 2012.
xix, 364 pp.
Includes contributions from settings as varied as Japan, China, Korea, Venezuela, Turkey, Spain, and France, this title provides indications that the research and implementation of TBLT in EFL settings is both on the rise and... read more
TBLT 6
Technology-mediated TBLT: Researching Technology and Tasks
July 2014.
vi, 336 pp.
Opens up a new framework that the authors call “technology-mediated TBLT,” in which tasks and technology are genuinely and productively integrated in the curriculum according to learning-by-doing philosophies of language... read more
TBLT 9
Input-based Tasks in Foreign Language Instruction for Young Learners
March 2016.
xi, 199 pp.
The book examines how task-based language teaching (TBLT) can be carried out with young beginner learners in a foreign language context.
Z 63
Studies out in Left Field: Defamatory essays presented to James D. McCawley on his 33rd or 34th birthday. Reprint of the original edition
January 1992.
xxiv, 200 pp.
Transformational Grammar’s Underground Classic!
Back in Print in the Nick of Time!(Just as the photocopies were getting too fuzzy to read!)Here is the complete and unexpurgated version of the... read more
Z 68
American Dialect Research: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the American Dialect Society, 1889–1989
June 1993.
xiv, 464 pp.
Shows how questions are formulated and how data is collected, stored and interpreted in the various traditions of research of the American Dialect Society (ADS). Designed as a "how-to" text for scholars, it looks at current... read more
Z 69
Discourse Studies: An introductory textbook
August 1993.
x, 224 pp.
Aims to familiarize the student with the key concepts and the major issues in the field of discourse studies. It looks at the basic concepts and phenomena as well as specific types of discourse. Also covered are the production... read more
Z 208
Making and Using Word Lists for Language Learning and Testing
September 2016.
xiv, 210 pp.
This book has been written for vocabulary researchers and curriculum designers to describe the factors they need to consider when they create frequency-based word lists.
Z 72
Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An introduction
September 1995.
xxii, 376 pp.
Part One of this book covers the Indo-European family of languages, exploring such topics as: culture and origin; language, sound and vocabulary changes; and analogy. Part Two covers comparative Indo-European linguistics - the... read more
Z 73
The Current State of Interlanguage: Studies in honor of William E. Rutherford
November 1995.
vii, 293 pp.
This collection of studies in honour of Professor William R. Rutherford considers a number of issues associated with interlanguage. It begins with papers related to Rutherford's work, and moves on to others he has considered,... read more
Z 74
Functionalism and Grammar
June 1995.
xvii, 486 pp.
A critical examination of the fundamental theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the functionalist approach to grammar. The author challenges functionalists to take their own medicine and establish non-circular empirical... read more
Z 197
A Grammar of Mandarin
October 2015.
xxv, 477 pp.
A fascinating description of a global language, A Grammar of Mandarin combines broad perspectives with illuminating depth. Crammed with examples from everyday conversations, it aims to let the language speak for itself.
Z 60
Advances in Non-Verbal Communication: Sociocultural, clinical, esthetic and literary perspectives
December 1992.
xxiv, 412 pp.
A multi- and interdisciplinary contribution to the field of non-verbal communication studies which offers numerous suggestions for further research in many hitherto unexplored areas. It includes theoretical and empirical... read more
Z 86
American Sociolinguistics: Theorists and theory groups
October 1998.
x, 339 pp.
This study is part of a test of a formalization of the theory proposed by Griffith and Mullins (1972) to explain the formation of scientific groups and to account for differences between what Kuhn termed "scientific revolutions"... read more
Z 88
English Prepositions Explained
March 1998.
xii, 309 pp.
This volume examines English prepositions - both of movement and place - providing variations and explanations. There is also a discussion of less frequent prepositions, such as "along-side", and of compound prepositions, such as... read more
Z 89
Source Book for Linguistics: Third revised edition
January 1999.
xii, 250 pp.
This revised second edition contains two new sections, on semantics and grammatical and lexical change, and 472 exercises, to the previous 333. The data has been drawn from 93 different languages, both Indo-European and... read more
Z 199
The Linguistics of Sign Languages: An introduction
June 2016.
xv, 378 pp.
This book provides an introduction to sign linguistics. Each chapter concludes with a summary, questions and assignments, and a list of recommended texts for further reading. The book is accompanied by a website containing... read more
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Using the BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English: A workbook with exercises
March 1991.
x, 58 pp. incl. key
Introducing students, teachers, translators and other to the "BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English", this workbook explains how the BBI is constructed, demonstrates how collocations differ from free combinations and idioms, and... read more
Z BBI S
The BBI Dictionary of English Word Combinations: Dictionary and workbook (set)
March 1991.
x, 58 pp.; xl, 386 pp. + key
Z 83
Language Policy: Dominant English, Pluralist Challenges
February 1997.
xxviii, 170 pp.
This work on language policy covers such topics as: language policy agendas; language policy-making in Britain in the 1990s; language policy in the USA; the case of Australia; developments in Canada; and social justice in the... read more
Z ENGRAM 2
English Grammar: A function-based introduction. Volume II
July 1993.
xv, 363 pp.
The approach to language and grammar that motivates this book is functional: grammar is seen as an instrument for constructing concise coherent communication. This second volume includes coverage of embedded clauses verb... read more
Z ENGRAM S
English Grammar: A function-based introduction. 2 Volumes (set)
January 1993.
xxii, 318 pp. & xvi, 363 pp.
The approach to language and grammar that motivates this book is functional: grammar is not just a system of empty rules, it is an instrument for constructing concise coherent communication. Aimed at both students and teachers,... read more
Z 184
The Discourse Studies Reader: Main currents in theory and analysis
June 2014.
ix, 417 pp.
The Discourse Studies Reader is an indispensable textbook for students and scholars alike who are interested in discourse theoretical questions and working with discourse analytical methods.
Z 102 (1st)
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Introducing Sociolinguistics
January 2000.
528 pp.
FOR SALE IN U.S. AND CANADA ONLY. FOR SALES IN ALL OTHER COUNTRIES, PLEASE CONTACT EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS.Sociolinguistics is one of the central branches of modern linguistics and deals with the place of language... read more
Z 181
Introduction to Healthcare for Interpreters and Translators
September 2013.
xxvi, 338 pp.
Allows interpreters and translators to quickly read up on healthcare settings, familiarizing themselves with anatomy, physiology, medical terminology and frequently encountered conditions, investigations and treatment options.
Z 193
Introduction to Healthcare for Spanish-speaking Interpreters and Translators
April 2015.
xxviii, 388 pp.
This practical resource will allow interpreters and translators, working between Spanish and English, to quickly read up on healthcare settings, familiarizing themselves with anatomy, physiology, medical terminology and... read more
Z 94
The Structure of Modern English: A linguistic introduction
July 2000.
xxii, 335 pp. (incl. workbook on CD-rom)
This text is designed for undergraduate and graduate students interested in contemporary English, especially those whose primary area of interest is English as a second language. Focus is placed exclusively on English data,... read more
Z 183
A History of the English Language: Revised edition
April 2014.
xx, 338 pp.
The English language in its complex shapes and forms changes fast. This thoroughly revised edition on the history of English has been refreshed with current examples of change and has been updated regarding archeological research.
Z 100
English Sentence Analysis: An introductory course
August 2000.
237 pp.
This title presents an introductory 10-week course for students of English language and linguistics. It aims to give students proficiency in English analysis at sentence, clause and phrase level and have an understanding of the... read more
Z SYN 1
Syntax: An Introduction. Volume I
July 2001.
xviii, 500 pp.
This work offers a functional, typological introduction to syntax. Topics covered include the lexicon - words and morphemes, simple verbal clauses and argument structure, grammatical relations and case-marking systems, word... read more
Z 102
Introducing Sociolinguistics: Second Edition
July 2009.
xxvi, 502 pp.
FOR SALE IN U.S. AND CANADA ONLY. FOR SALES IN ALL OTHER COUNTRIES, PLEASE CONTACT EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS.Sociolinguistics is one of the central branches of modern linguistics and deals with the... read more
Z SYN 2
Syntax: An Introduction. Volume II
July 2001.
x, 406 pp.
This work offers a functional, typological introduction to syntax. Topics covered include linear order and constituency in the noun phrase, syntactically complex noun phrases, noun phrase conjunction, verbal compliments and... read more
Z SYN S
Syntax: An introduction. 2 Volumes (set)
July 2001.
xviii, 500 pp. & x, 406 pp.
This new edition of Syntax: A functional-typological introduction is at many points radically revised. In the previous edition (1984) the author deliberately chose to de-emphasize the more formal aspects of syntactic structure,... read more
Z ENGRAM 1
English Grammar: A function-based introduction. Volume I
July 1993.
xxii, 318 pp.
The approach to language and grammar that motivates this book is functional: grammar is seen as an instrument for constructing concise coherent communication. This first volume includes coverage of words and their meanings,... read more
Z 108
Mediating Criticism: Literary Education Humanized
December 2001.
x, 431 pp.
This title explores the criticism of modernist writers, and literary education. Topics include: retrospect and prospect; literary scholasticism; human nature; communicative interaction and writer-reader parity; changes to readers... read more
Z 111
An Introduction to the Grammar of English: Syntactic arguments and socio-historical background
September 2002.
xxiv, 200 pp.
This textbook introduces basic concepts of grammar in a format which should encourage readers to use linguistic arguments. It focuses on syntactic analysis and evidence. It also looks at sociolinguisic and historical reasons... read more
Z 112
Law Enforcement, Communication, and Community
July 2002.
x, 265 pp.
This text should assist those in law enforcement in examining further the need to establish collaboration that will improve communication, and so help them to succeed in the establishing of clear understandings between various... read more
Z 113
Bio-Linguistics: The Santa Barbara lectures
December 2002.
xviii, 383 pp.
This work addresses issues such as: is mind a biological phenomenon? Has mind evolved, or is it but a mysterious projection of the biological brain? And where exactly do language and culture fit in the firmament of human... read more
Z 121
An Introduction to African Languages
December 2003.
xx, 265 pp. (incl. CD-Rom)
Providing an introduction to the linguistic study of African languages, the orientation adopted throughout this book is a descriptive-structural-typological one, as opposed to a formal-theoretical approach.
Z 123
A Basis for Scientific and Engineering Translation: German-English-German
May 2004.
xxxviii, 250 pp. (incl. CD-rom)
This CD-rom and the accompanying handbook attack many of the most crucial difficulties encountered by both native and non-native English speakers when translating scientific and engineering material from German.The... read more
Z 124
Introduction to Discourse Studies
August 2004.
x, 363 pp.
Introduction to Discourse Studies follows on Jan Renkema’s successful Discourse Studies: An Introductory Textbook (1993), published in four languages. This new book deals with even more key concepts in discourse... read more
Z 130
Context as Other Minds: The Pragmatics of Sociality, Cognition and Communication
July 2005.
xvi, 283 pp.
Givon's new book re-casts pragmatics, and most conspicuously the pragmatics of sociality and communication, in neuro-cognitive, bio-adaptive, evolutionary terms. The fact that context, the core notion of pragmatics, is a framing... read more
Z 134
Introduction to Neurolinguistics
July 2006.
xii, 212 pp.
This introduction to neurolinguistics is intended for anybody who wants to acquire a grounding in the field. It was written for students of linguistics and communication disorders, but students of psychology, neuroscience and... read more
Z 135
A History of the English Language
August 2006.
xviii, 334 pp.
THIS INFORMATION REFERS TO AN OLD EDITION. This exceptionally clear text focuses on internal changes in the English language. It outlines the history of English from pre-Old English times to the present. Not only... read more
Z 138
Phraseology in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
February 2008.
xi, 259 pp.
Addresses the key role of phraseology in second language acquisition and instruction. This title deals with the learning aspect, an oft-neglected yet essential dimension of phraseology in second/foreign language pedagogy. It... read more
Z 139
Phraseology: An interdisciplinary perspective
June 2008.
xxviii, 422 pp.
Offers research in phraseology from a variety of perspectives: theoretical, descriptive, contrastive, cultural, lexicographic and computational. This title contains a series of case studies focusing on a range of multiword units:... read more
Z 143
An Introduction to the Theory of Formal Languages and Automata
September 2008.
xi, 139 pp.
The present text is a re-edition of Volume I of Formal Grammars in Linguistics and Psycholinguistics, a three-volume work published in 1974. This volume is an entirely self-contained introduction to the theory of formal grammars... read more
Z 146
The Genesis of Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, ontogeny, neuro-cognition, evolution
February 2009.
xviii, 366 pp.
Complex hierarchic syntax is a hallmark of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been singled out by some for a special status as the evolutionary apex of the uniquely - human... read more
Z 147
An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary
January 2009.
xii, 237 pp.
This is the first text book to offer a comprehensive approach to Old Frisian. Part One begins with a succinct survey of the history of the Frisians during the Middle Ages, their society and literary culture. Next follow chapters... read more
Z 148
Discourse, of Course: An overview of research in discourse studies
May 2009.
vii, 393 pp.
This publication fulfills both the teacher's need for a state-of-the-art overview of the main topics in discourse, and the student's need to acquire standards for developing research plans in theses and dissertations.
Z 149
From Body to Meaning in Culture: Papers on cognitive semantic studies of Chinese
May 2009.
xvi, 310 pp.
From the perspective of Cognitive Semantics and Conceptual Metaphor Theory, this collection of papers looks at the relationship between language, body, culture, and cognition. In particular, it looks into the embodied nature of... read more
Z 153
An Introduction to the Grammar of English: Revised edition
January 2010.
xxi, 232 pp.
Introduces basic concepts of grammar in a format which inspires the reader to use linguistic arguments. This book provides exercises, keys to those exercises, and sample exams. It also includes a comprehensive glossary. It is... read more
Z 156
The Linguistic Structure of Modern English
July 2010.
xx, 426 pp.
Emphasises on empirical facts of English. This title is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in contemporary English, especially those whose primary area of interest is English as a second... read more
Z 157
English Prepositions Explained: Revised edition
August 2010.
xiii, 273 pp.
Covers approximately 100 simple, compound, and phrasal English prepositions of space and time - with the focus being on short prepositions such as at, by, in, and on. This title is suitable for teachers of ESOL, pre-service... read more
Z 158
Language Documentation: Practice and values
November 2010.
xviii, 340 pp.
Language documentation, also often called documentary linguistics, is a relatively new subfield in linguistics. This book details the developments in this developing field with papers written by linguists primarily based in... read more
Z 161
Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African Languages
June 2011.
xviii, 421 pp.
A historical linguistics course book that deals with the historical and comparative study of African languages. It functions as an elementary introduction to the comparative method, involving the establishment of lexical and... read more
Z 165
Transcribing Talk and Interaction: Issues in the representation of communication data
August 2011.
xi, 120 pp.
Provides an introduction to the theories and practices related to transcribing communication data. The book is intended for students with little to no knowledge of transcription work and/or instructors responsible for teaching... read more
Z 195
How to do Linguistics with R: Data exploration and statistical analysis
November 2015.
xi, 443 pp.
This book provides a linguist with a statistical toolkit for exploration and analysis of linguistic data. It employs R, a free software environment for statistical computing, which is increasingly popular among linguists.
Z 170
Pragmaticizing Understanding: Studies for Jef Verschueren
May 2012.
vi, 230 pp.
The ideas that mark modern-day pragmatics are old, but did not start to get more systematically developed until the 1960s and 1970s. This volume pays homage to Jef Verschueren on the occasion of his 60th birthday. It celebrates... read more
Z 172
Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An introduction. Second edition
October 2011.
xxiv, 415 pp.
Offers comprehensive introduction to comparative Indo-European linguistics. This book discusses the culture and origin of the Indo-Europeans, the speakers of the Indo-European proto-language. It describes the sound changes, which... read more
Z 80
From Grammar to Science: New Foundations for General Linguistics
December 1996.
xii, 350 pp.
This text covers linguistic topics such as: the problem with theories of language; linguistic theories of people; linguistic theories of groups; types of interaction between groups; and how individuals cope in communities.
Z 205
Introduction to Healthcare for Japanese-speaking Interpreters and Translators
December 2016.
xxviii, 412 pp.
This book is based on the very popular international publication (Crezee, 2013) and has been supplemented with Japanese glossaries. Just like the 2013 textbook, this practical resource will allow interpreters and translators to... read more
Z 201
Concise Lexicon for Sign Linguistics
June 2016.
xi, 230 pp.
This well-researched lexicon of linguistic terms provides examples from spoken and sign languages, and includes many terms that are used especially for sign languages. It is a welcome addition to the bookshelves of sign language... read more
Z 209
Introduction to Healthcare for Arabic-speaking Interpreters and Translators
December 2016.
xxx, 395 pp.
Introduction to Healthcare for Arabic-speaking Interpreters and Translators follows the seminal publication Introduction to Healthcare for Interpreters and Translators (Crezee, 2013) and has been supplemented with... read more
Z 175
Dutch for Reading Knowledge
August 2012.
xv, 247 pp.
Suitable for students, researchers and scholars who need to learn how to read and translate modern Dutch texts for their academic research, this book focuses on those areas where the Netherlands plays or has played a leading and... read more
Z 176
An Introduction to Linguistic Typology
August 2012.
xxii, 517 pp.
Offers an introduction to linguistic typology that covers various linguistic domains from phonology and morphology over parts-of-speech, the NP and the VP, to simple and complex clauses, pragmatics and language change. This title... read more
Z 27
The Language of Love and Guilt
January 1986.
x, 253 pp.
Although mother and daughter are two central female roles, they have rarely been investigated. The relationship is specific, certainly different than the mother–son or father–daughter relationships. And this difference manifests... read more
Z 36
Literary Anthropology: A new interdisciplinary approach to people, signs and literature
January 1988.
xxiii, 342 pp.
The traditional gulf between the theory and practice of literature and the various areas subjoined under anthropology has hindered the development of some very fruitful perspectives in the realm of poetics and the general theory... read more
Z 38
Translation Studies: An integrated approach
January 1988.
viii, 172 pp.
Aiming to bridge the gap between literary, general and special language translation, this work presents recently developed concepts and methods, both from translation theory and linguistics, in such a way that they could be... read more
Z 44
A Practical Course in Terminology Processing
January 1990.
xi, 258 pp.
Written for translators and terminologists confronted with a specialized form of information management involving compilation and standardization of vocabulary, storage, retrieval and updating, this course provides the key to... read more
Z 202
Introduction to Healthcare for Chinese-speaking Interpreters and Translators
August 2016.
xxvii, 412 pp.
This practical resource will allow interpreters and translators to quickly read up on healthcare settings, familiarizing themselves with anatomy, physiology, medical terminology and frequently encountered conditions, diagnostic... read more
Z 203
Becoming and Being an Applied Linguist: The life histories of some applied linguists
October 2016.
vi, 373 pp.
Becoming and Being an Applied Linguist contains narrative accounts of the lives of thirteen well-established applied linguists.
Z 54
The Languages of Joyce: Selected Papers from the 11th International James Joyce Symposium Venice 1988
November 1992.
xx, 277 pp.
A collection of papers presented at an international symposium on James Joyce. It looks at various aspects of the use of language by James Joyce in his works.
Z 55
The Joy of Grammar: A festschrift in honor of James D. McCawley
January 1992.
xii, 400 pp.
A collection of essays on issues of grammar in different languages. Coverage ranges from the history of Japanese antonyms, through gender in modern Greek pet names, to the French "faire par" construction.
Z 57
Cursing in America: A psycholinguistic study of dirty language in the courts, in the movies, in the schoolyards and on the streets
January 1992.
viii, 272 pp.
This volume examines American cursing from a psycholinguistic-contextual point of view. Several field studies and numerous laboratory-based experiments focus on the relationship between cursing and language acquisitions, anger... read more
Z 59
English Text: System and structure
November 1992.
xiv, 620 pp.
A comprehensive introduction to text-forming resources in English, offering practical procedures for analyzing English texts and relating them to their contexts of use. It has been designed to complement functional grammars of... read more
Z 190
Pedagogical Grammar
December 2014.
ix, 245 pp.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of pedagogical grammar research and explores its implications for the teaching of grammar in second language classrooms.
AALS 9
Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
February 2013.
xiii, 265 pp.
Second language acquisition (SLA) is a field of inquiry that has increased in importance since the 1960s. This title is suitable for SLA researchers as well as for graduate (MA, Ph D) students in SLA research, applied linguistics... read more
AALS 12
Learning Chinese in Diasporic Communities: Many pathways to being Chinese
July 2014.
xv, 243 pp.
This book is intended for researchers, teacher-educators, students and practitioners in the fields of Chinese language education and bilingual education and more broadly those concerned with language policy studies and... read more
CELCR 14
A Method for Linguistic Metaphor Identification: From MIP to MIPVU
June 2010.
xi, 238 pp.
This book presents a complete method for the identification of metaphor in language at the level of word use. It is based on extensive methodological and empirical corpus-linguistic research in two languages, English and Dutch.
CELCR 3
Thematics: Interdisciplinary Studies
May 2002.
x, 448 pp.
A collection of essays from various disciplines: linguistics, psychology, (art) history, literary studies. The purpose of the volume as a whole is to bring together distinct recent developments in various disciplines probing the... read more
CELCR 5
Origins of Language: Constraints on hypotheses
February 2005.
xii, 346 pp.
Sverker Johansson has written an unusual book on language origins, with its emphasis on empirical evidence rather than theory-building. This is a book for the student or researcher who prefers solid data and well-supported... read more
CELCR 6
Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics
June 2005.
x, 236 pp.
Suitable for readers from diverse academic backgrounds who are interested in ways of researching metaphor from different perspectives, and especially through corpus linguistics, this title demonstrates the need for... read more
CELCR 10
Finding Metaphor in Grammar and Usage: A methodological analysis of theory and research
November 2007.
xvi, 430 pp.
Cognitive linguists have proposed that metaphor is not just a matter of language but of thought, and that metaphorical thought displays a high degree of conventionalization. This title aims to map the field of this development in... read more
CELCR 12
The Shared Mind: Perspectives on intersubjectivity
June 2008.
xiii, 391 pp.
The cognitive and language sciences are increasingly oriented towards social dimension of human cognition and communication. This book challenges the conventional "theory of mind" approach, proposing that the human mind is... read more
DAPSAC 9
(Mis)Representing Islam: The racism and rhetoric of British broadsheet newspapers
January 2004.
xxiii, 262 pp.
Suitable for researchers and students of racism, Islam, Journalism and Communication studies, Rhetoric, and (Critical) Discourse Analysis, this title explores and illustrates how elite broadsheet newspapers are implicated in the... read more
DAPSAC 13
A New Agenda in (Critical) Discourse Analysis: Theory, methodology and interdisciplinarity
July 2005.
xviii, 320 pp.
Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) has established itself over the past two decades as an area of academic activity in which scholars and students from many different disciplines are involved. It is a field that draws on social... read more
DAPSAC 15
Discourse and Power in a Multilingual World
September 2005.
x, 252 pp.
The focus of this volume is on discourse linking ‘race riots’ in England in 2001 with the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, which extended legislation to test the English language proficiency of British... read more
DAPSAC 23
Washing the Brain – Metaphor and Hidden Ideology
January 2007.
xvii, 431 pp.
Addresses the relation between metaphor, culture and ideology. In this title, the author investigates how conceptual metaphor themes construct our thinking and social behaviour in fields as diverse as architecture, engineering,... read more
DAPSAC 24
Discourse, War and Terrorism
April 2007.
ix, 248 pp.
This book explores the discursive production of identities, the shaping of ideologies, and the formation of collective understandings in response to 9/11 in the United States and around the world.
SLCS 63-64
Structure and Function – A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories: 2 Volumes (set)
June 2003.
xx, 573 pp. & xiv, 579 pp.
A two volume set outlining and comparing three approaches to the study of language labelled "structural-functionalist": Functional Grammar (FG); Role and Reference Grammar (RRG); and Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG).
SLCS 18
The Semantics of Grammar
January 1988.
x, 617 pp.
Presents a radically semantic approach to syntax and morphology. It offers a methodology which demonstrates, on an empirical basis, that syntax is neither "autonomous" nor "arbitrary", but that it "follows from semantics". The... read more
SLCS 63
Structure and Function – A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories: Part 1: Approaches to the simplex clause
June 2003.
xx, 573 pp.
Volume one of a two volume set outlining and comparing three approaches to the study of language labelled "structural-functionalist": Functional Grammar (FG); Role and Reference Grammar (RRG); and Systemic Functional Grammar... read more
SLCS 64
Structure and Function – A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories: Part 2: From clause to discourse and beyond
June 2003.
xiv, 579 pp.
Volume two of a two volume set outlining and comparing three approaches to the study of language labelled "structural-functionalist": Functional Grammar (FG); Role and Reference Grammar (RRG); and Systemic Functional Grammar... read more
VEAW G27
Sociocultural and Historical Contexts of African American English
October 2001.
xviii, 373 pp.
This work explores the sociocultural and historical contexts of African American English. Many issues that were raised but went unexplored in the 1970s are analyzed in this work, such as the relationship between enslavement... read more
VEAW G29
Exploring Natural Language: Working with the British Component of the International Corpus of English
June 2002.
xviii, 344 pp.
ICE-GB is a 1 million-word corpus of contemporary British English. It is fully parsed, and contains over 83,000 syntactic trees. This title is a comprehensive guide to both corpus and software.
AIS 4
Communication in Humans and Other Animals
June 2013.
xi, 242 pp.
Serves as a guide to different types of communication, and suggests that each is unique in its own way: human verbal and nonverbal communication, communication in nonhuman primates, in dogs and in birds. The cross-disciplinary... read more
TLRP 6
A Practical Guide to Lexicography
July 2003.
xii, 460 pp.
This volume looks at such subjects as the form, contents and uses of dictionaries, descriptive lexicography, special types of dictionaries, linguistic corpora and the compilation of dictionaries, corpora for dictionaries, design... read more
TLRP 1
Terminology: Theory, methods and applications
May 1999.
xii, 248 pp.
Beginning with an overview of terminology, this work goes on to discuss the interdisciplinary nature of the field, the foundations of terminology, terminography, computerized terminology, terminology and standardization, and the... read more
CLU 15
Ute Dictionary
March 2016.
xiv, 373 pp.
This third volume of our Ute language collection contains the Ute dictionary. It opens with several introductory chapters that link the dictionary to our Ute Reference Grammar (2011) and explain the structure and use of the... read more
CLU 3
Ute Reference Grammar
May 2011.
xxiii, 441 pp.
Ute is a Uto-Aztecan language of the northernmost (Numic) branch, spoken on three reservations in western Colorado and eastern Utah. This book presents a comprehensive synchronic description of grammatical structures and their... read more
DDCS 2
Web Site Design is Communication Design
November 2001.
viii, 165 pp.
This title is based on a series of case studies of the website design processes in smaller and larger organizations. It offers a thorough analysis of the activities undertaken, in conbination with practical experiences of website... read more
DDCS 3
Information Design: An introduction
December 2002.
x, 296 pp.
Based on theories for verbo-visual communication, this book presents several several practical guidelines for the use of text, symbols, visuals, typography and layout in information and learning materials.
NLP 11
Biomedical Natural Language Processing
February 2014.
xi, 160 pp.
Biomedical Natural Language Processing is a comprehensive tour through the classic and current work in the field, and is suitable as a reference, as well as a text for advanced courses in biomedical natural language... read more
NLP 3
Automatic Summarization
June 2001.
xii, 286 pp.
With the explosion in the quantity of online text and multimedia information in recent years, there has been a renewed interest in automatic summarization. This book provides a systematic introduction to the field, explaining... read more
NLP 5 (1st)
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Natural Language Processing for Online Applications: Text retrieval, extraction and categorization
June 2002.
x, 226 pp.
Technology practitioners in the Internet space are constantly faced with difficult decision-making as to what research has been done and what the best practices are. This lucid text covers the emerging technologies of document... read more
NLP 5
Natural Language Processing for Online Applications: Text retrieval, extraction and categorization. Second revised edition
June 2007.
x, 232 pp.
This text covers the technologies of document retrieval, information extraction, and text categorization in a way which highlights commonalities in terms of both general principles and practical concerns.
FIT 1
Terminologie de la Traduction: Translation Terminology. Terminología de la Traducción. Terminologie der Übersetzung
July 1999.
vi, 433 pp.
Presents some 200 concepts that can be considered the basic vocabulary for the practical teaching of translation. Four languages are included; French, English, Spanish and German, and tree structures are used to examine concept... read more
SiHoLS 81
The Whorf Theory Complex: A critical reconstruction
June 1996.
x, 324 pp.
This text on the Whorf theory complex begins with an overview and then covers topics such as linguistic thinking, the Yale Report and configurative linguistics, Whorfian psycholinguistics, and metalinguistics.
SiHoLS 86
And Along Came Boas: Continuity and revolution in Americanist anthropology
November 1998.
xviii, 333 pp.
An examination of Americanist anthropology, based on Boasian and Powellist principles and centering on the core of the continuity across paradigm transition.
SiHoLS 103
From Whitney to Chomsky: Essays in the history of American linguistics
December 2002.
viii, 240 pp.
Topics covered by the essays in this volume include: the multiple ambiguities of American linguistic identity; the sources of the "Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis"; the origins of American sociolinguistics; and the popular interpretations... read more
SiHoLS 105
A History of Language Philosophies
October 2004.
x, 252 pp.
Theory and history combine in this book to form a coherent narrative of the debates on language and languages in the Western world, from ancient classic philosophy to the present, with a final glance at on-going discussions on... read more
SiHoLS 35
A Reader in the Language of Shakespearean Drama
January 1987.
xx, 523 pp.
In recent years the language of Shakespearean drama has been described in a number of publications intended mainly for the undergraduate student or general reader, but the studies in academic journals to which they refer are not... read more
GS 2
Gesturecraft: The manu-facture of meaning
April 2009.
xii, 235 pp.
The craft of gesture is part of the practical equipment with which we inhabit and understand the world together. This book explores the communicative ecologies in which hand-gestures appear: illuminating the world around us,... read more
GS 3
Metaphor and Gesture
June 2008.
ix, 306 pp.
This volume is the first to offer an overview on metaphor and gesture — a new multi-disciplinary area of research. This book presents a snapshot of the state of the art in these converging fields, offering research papers as well... read more
WLP 1
Language in the Twenty-First Century: Selected papers of the millennial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, held at the University of Hartford and Yale University
August 2003.
vi, 209 pp.
This work presents selected papers of the millenial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems. Topics covered include interlingualism; English as a global language; the "business" of... read more
SSLS 7
An Introduction to the Comparative Phonetics of English and French in North America
January 1987.
xi, 90 pp.
This textbook is designed to fill two basic needs. One is for a clear and straightforward presentation of the rudiments of articulatory phonetics which is geared specifically to the requirements of the (future) language teacher,... read more
SSPCL 5
Non-fluent Aphasia in a Multilingual World
November 1995.
xvii, 212 pp.
An introduction to the language of patients with non-fluent aphasia. The text shows that therapists must determine the type and severity of aphasia in both first and second languages, even when the first language is unfamiliar.
SP 1
De betekenis als verhaal: Semiotische opstellen
June 1991.
x, 245 pp.
De Franse semioticus Algirdas Julien Greimas is ongetwijfeld een van de belangrijkste denkers in het Europese structuralisme. Zijn werk vormt dan ook de inspiratiebron voor onderzoekers uit diverse disciplines. Het Greimassiaanse... read more
SP 2
Het semiotisch pragmatisme van Charles S. Peirce
June 1991.
139 pp.
Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914) is een invloedrijke Amerikaanse wetenschapsfilosoof. Hij is de grondlegger het van semiotisch pragmatisme, een tegenhanger van het structuralisme van Ferdinand de Saussure.De filosofie van Peirce... read more
SWLL 5
Writing and Identity: The discoursal construction of identity in academic writing
March 1998.
xiii, 373 pp.
This study on writing and identity within academic writing includes case studies of eight mature students.
SWLL 14
Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese: Revised edition
December 2014.
xix, 487 pp.
[T]his book: (1) examines the three East Asian scripts (and English) together in relation to each other, and (2) discusses how these scripts are, and historically have been, used in literacy and how they are learned, written,... read more
SWLL 4
The Social Uses of Literacy: Theory and Practice in Contemporary South Africa
October 1996.
viii, 279 pp.
This volume is part of a series which aims to advance insight into the multi-faceted character of written language, with special emphasis on its uses in different social and cultural settings. The book examines the acquisition... read more
SWLL 1
Functional Literacy: Theoretical issues and educational implications
April 1994.
viii, 493 pp.
This is the first volume of the "Studies in Written Language and Literacy" series. The text includes coverage of the construct of functional literacy, attaining literacy in developing societies, and promoting functional standards... read more
SWLL 10
Multilingual Literacies: Reading and writing different worlds
January 2001.
xxvi, 396 pp.
The research in this collection lies at the interface between the fields of bilingualism and literacy. It is intended to deepen understanding of the significance of reading and writing as social practices and opens lines of... read more
SWLL 9
Letter Writing as a Social Practice
April 2000.
vi, 262 pp.
These essays emanate from a central position: that letter writing is one of the most pervasive activities in literate human societies, and that the cultural and historical importance of the letter across a wide range of social... read more
SCL 48
Perspectives on Corpus Linguistics
December 2011.
xvi, 256 pp.
A collection of interviews with fourteen well-known researchers in the field of linguistics. It explores topics such as the concept of representativeness, the role of intuition and the status of Corpus Linguistics.
SCL 51
Quantitative Methods in Corpus-Based Translation Studies: A practical guide to descriptive translation research
March 2012.
x, 361 pp.
This is a comprehensive guidebook to the quantitative methods needed for Corpus-Based Translation Studies (CBTS), providing a systematic description of the various statistical tests used in Corpus Linguistics which... read more
SCL 55
Patterns and Meanings in Discourse: Theory and practice in corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS)
April 2013.
xiii, 371 pp.
Suitable for researchers and students in the field of corpus linguistics and, secondly, this title offers an introduction to corpus techniques for practitioners of discourse studies. It delves into a variety of language topics... read more
SCL 12
How to Use Corpora in Language Teaching
April 2004.
viii, 308 pp.
After decades of being overlooked, corpus evidence is becoming an important component of the teaching and learning of languages. Above all, the profession needs guidance in the practicalities of using corpora, interpreting the... read more
SCL 2
Patterns and Meanings: Using corpora for English language research and teaching
November 1998.
x, 158 pp.
The main part of this work comprises case studies using corpora and corpus analysis technology. Each sets out with a discussion of a problem area, taking into account the descriptive and applied literature on the argument, and... read more
SCL 22
Textual Patterns: Key words and corpus analysis in language education
March 2006.
x, 203 pp.
Textual Patterns introduces corpus resources, tools and analytic frameworks of central relevance to language teachers and teacher educators. Specifically it shows how key word analysis, combined with the systematic... read more
SCL 23
University Language: A corpus-based study of spoken and written registers
June 2006.
viii, 261 pp.
University students must cope with a bewildering array of registers, not only to learn academic content, but also to understand course expectations and requirements. While many previous studies have investigated academic writing,... read more
SCL 25
Linear Unit Grammar: Integrating speech and writing
November 2006.
xxii, 185 pp.
This book explores the role of chunking in the description of discourse, especially spoken discourse. It appears that chunking offers a sound but flexible platform on which can be built a descriptive model which is more open and... read more
SCL 33
Corpora and Language Teaching
January 2009.
viii, 232 pp.
Discusses the role and effectiveness of corpora and corpus-linguistic techniques for language teaching. This title also deals with broader issues such as the relationship between corpora and second language teaching and how the... read more
SCL 36
Television Dialogue: The sitcom Friends vs. natural conversation
February 2009.
xiii, 165 pp
Explores a fresh research area: television dialogue. This title reports on a study comparing the language of the American situation comedy "Friends" to natural conversation. It is illustrated with numerous dialogue extracts from... read more
SCL 4
Pattern Grammar: A corpus-driven approach to the lexical grammar of English
February 2000.
xiv, 288 pp.
This text's definition of lexis and grammar is based on the concept of phraseology and of language patterning arising from work on large corpora. It describes the research that led to the publication of the Collins Cobuild... read more
DoWI 4
Searching: The theory and practice of making cultural change
December 1999.
xxiv, 258 pp.
This text discusses three intertwined themes: cultural change, diffusion and the methodology through which they they can be brought into being. These themes run through part one, which explores the theory, and part two, which... read more
BLL 1
Bilingual Performance in Reading and Writing
January 1994.
vi, 378 pp.
Part of a series on language learning, this volume presents studies on bilingual reading and writing and the assessment of innovative approaches to biliteracy instruction.
BLL 2
Lexical Issues in Language Learning
January 1995.
iv, 318 pp.
The empirical studies in this text address key issues in the development and use of vocabulary by child bilinguals and older second-language learners. The thematic focus in this collection of articles is on the assessment of... read more
BPA 2
Cognitive Control and Consequences of Multilingualism
August 2016.
xvii, 453 pp.
The studies in this book investigate prominent themes in multilingual language control for both comprehension and production and probe the notion of a cognitive advantage that may be a result of multilingualism.
LALD 2
Cross Currents in Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory
July 1991.
viii, 435 pp.
Represents crosscurrents in second language acquisition and linguistic theory in several respects. The revised and updated papers covered in this volume formed the basis for a conference held at Stanford University at the... read more
LALD 3
Point Counterpoint: Universal Grammar in the second language
August 1991.
x, 439 pp.
Offers a series of papers and replies originally presented at a special session of the Second Language Research Forum, held UCLA in March 1989. The focus of the papers is primarily the role of universal grammar in second-language... read more
LALD 57
The Acquisition of Italian: Morphosyntax and its interfaces in different modes of acquisition
July 2015.
xiv, 326 pp.
This book offers an updated overview of the rich results from theory-conscious experimental and corpus-based research on the acquisition of Italian in different modes (monolingual, early and late L2, SLI, etc.).
LALD 37
The Acquisition of Spanish: Morphosyntactic development in monolingual and bilingual L1 acquisition and adult L2 acquisition
December 2004.
xvi, 413 pp.
This is the first book on the acquisition of Spanish that provides a state-of-the-art comprehensive overview of Spanish morphosyntactic development in monolingual and bilingual situations. Its content is organized around key... read more
LALD 7
Bilingual First Language Acquisition: French and German grammatical development
September 1994.
vi, 282 pp.
Based on data from bilingual children acquiring French and German simultaneously, this study assumes the basic hypothesis that early child grammars consist only of lexical categories and that functional categories are implemented... read more
LALD 44
Developmental Psycholinguistics: On-line methods in children’s language processing
January 2008.
xviii, 190 pp.
How do infants and young children coordinate information in real time to arrive at sentence meaning from the words and structure of the sentence and from the nonlinguistic context? This volume introduces readers to... read more
LALD 5
Language Transfer in Language Learning: Revised edition
October 1992.
x, 236 pp.
Presents a view of the phenomenon of native language influence in second language acquisition. It traces the conceptual history of language transfer from its early role within a contrastive analysis framework to its current... read more
LALD 51
The Acquisition of French: The development of inflectional morphology and syntax in L1 acquisition, bilingualism, and L2 acquisition
December 2009.
xx, 458 pp.
This book presents a thorough description of morphosyntactic knowledge developed by learners of French in four different learning situations — first language (L1) acquisition, second (L2) language acquisition, bilingualism, and... read more
LALD 8
Language Acquisition Studies in Generative Grammar
January 1994.
xii, 401 pp.
This text considers language acquisition with reference to generative grammar, both for L1 and L2 acquistion. Chapters include cross-linguistic evidence for functional projections in early-child grammar; early null subjects and... read more
LALD 1
Universal Grammar and Second Language Acquisition
January 1989.
xii, 198 pp.
Explores the relationship between linguistic universals and second language acquisition. Although no knowledge of generative grammar is presupposed, the theoretical framework is the principles and parameters approach to universal... read more
LALD 10
Universal Grammar in Child Second Language Acquisition: Null subjects and morphological uniformity
August 1994.
x, 162 pp.
This text examines child second-language acquisition within the "Principles and Parameters" framework of linguistic theory. Its focus is the null subject phenomenon, a property that has received considerable attention within... read more
LALD 14
Generative Perspectives on Language Acquisition: Empirical findings, theoretical considerations and crosslinguistic comparisons
July 1996.
xxviii, 499 pp.
Part of the "Language Acquisition and Language Disorders" series, this text covers such topics as: the underspecification of functional categories in early grammar; and the role of merger theory and formal features in acquisition.
SiBil 15
Language Processing and Second Language Development: Processability theory
July 1998.
xviii, 366 pp.
An exploration of the ways in which language processing mechanisms shape the course of language development. The core of the book is Pienemann's "Processability Theory" which spells out which second language forms are processable... read more
SiBil 17
Learning a Second Language through Interaction
December 1999.
x, 285 pp.
This text examines different perspectives on the role that interaction plays in second language acquisition. In addition, the effects of language aptitude on input processing are considered and the contribution that interaction... read more
SiBil 18
A Neurolinguistic Theory of Bilingualism
June 2004.
viii, 299 pp.
This volume is the outcome of 25 years of research into the neurolinguistic aspects of bilingualism. In addition to reviewing the world literature and providing a state-of-the-art account, including a critical assessment of the... read more
SiBil 2
Foreign Language Research in Cross-Cultural Perspective
April 1991.
xi, 275 pp.
Focuses on priorities for research in language pedagogy and gives an overview of current thinking about research issues such as the viability of comparisons, the quantitative/qualitative research controversy, new trends in... read more
SiBil 3
One Parent – One Language: An interactional approach
November 1992.
xviii, 231 pp.
An analysis of the divergence in attitudes to the degree of bilingualism that can be achieved through the "one parent-one language" approach, this study focuses on six German-English families who employ this principle. Coverage... read more
SiBil 36
Phonology and Second Language Acquisition
March 2008.
vi, 380 pp.
A collection of 13 chapters, each devoted to a particular issue that is crucial to our understanding of the way learners acquire, learn, and use an L2 sound system. It spans both theory and application in L2 phonology.
SiBil 37
Bilingualism and Identity: Spanish at the crossroads with other languages
April 2008.
vii, 365 pp.
Sociolinguists have been pursuing connections between language and identity for several years. But how are language and identity related in bilingualism and multilingualism? This collection presents research on language identity... read more
SiBil 39
Incomplete Acquisition in Bilingualism: Re-examining the Age Factor
September 2008.
x, 312 pp.
Age effects have played a particularly prominent role in some theoretical perspectives on second language acquisition. This book covers adult L2 acquisition, attrition in adults and in children, and includes a comparison of adult... read more
SiBil 9
Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context
October 1995.
xiv, 345 pp.
This volume brings together a series of studies which explore the relationship between language learning, and the study abroad experience. These 12 papers complement each other in that each focuses on a different aspect of second... read more
SiBil 53
Growing Old with Two Languages: Effects of Bilingualism on Cognitive Aging
August 2017.
vi, 304 pp.
This collection brings together two areas of research that are currently experiencing great attention in both scientific and public spheres: cognitive aging and bilingualism.
SiBil 4
Linguistic Minorities in Multilingual Settings: Implications for language policies
March 1994.
xi, 136 pp.
This work begins with an introduction to the general problems linguistic minorities face in multilingual settings and goes on to look more specifically at some case studies in Tanzania, Sweden and Peru, and at the revitalization... read more
SiBil 40
Declarative and Procedural Determinants of Second Languages
January 2009.
xii, 219 pp.
This volume is the outcome of the author’s observations and puzzlement over seventeen years of teaching English and French as second languages, followed by 30 years of research into the neurolinguistic aspects of bilingualism. It... read more
SiBil 44
Bilingualism in the USA: The case of the Chicano-Latino community
August 2011.
xviii, 320 pp.
Provides an overview of bi- and multilingualism as a worldwide phenomenon. This title features comprehensive discussions of many of the linguistic, social, political, and educational issues found in an increasingly multilingual... read more
SiBil 48
Implicit and Explicit Learning of Languages
September 2015.
xxii, 489 pp.
The present volume brings together eminent researchers from a variety of fields, in order to assess the progress made in the study of implicit and explicit learning, to critically evaluate key concepts and methodologies, and to... read more
SiBil 6
The Bilingual Lexicon
August 1993.
viii, 307 pp.
Presents an overview of the bilingual lexicon. Topics discussed include: visual word recognition; translating versus picture naming; attrition of vocabulary knowledge; word production; and the teaching of vocabulary.
SiBil 1
Maintenance and Loss of Minority Languages
June 1992.
xii, 403 pp.
Describes a variety of language contact settings in which one or more languages are in a process of shift. Theoretical perspectives are presented, followed by linguistic, sociological and descriptive studies of languages and... read more
SiBil 10
Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation
October 1996.
xix, 317 pp.
Part of the series "Studies in Bilingualism", this text covers such topics as: variationist perspectives on second-language acquisition; factors affecting the production of word-initial consonants; and markedness in... read more
SiBil 14
Talking and Testing: Discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency
July 1998.
x, 395 pp.
A collection of papers that document various dimensions of the ways in which the language learner and the language proficiency interviewer use language to accomplish oral language assessment tasks.
AiCR 82
The Primacy of Movement: Expanded second edition
July 2011.
xxxii, 574 pp.
Carries forward the initial insights into the biological and existential significances of animation by taking contemporary research findings in cognitive science and philosophy and in neuroscience into critical and constructive... read more
AiCR 13
Investigating Phenomenal Consciousness: New methodologies and maps
November 2000.
xii, 381 pp.
How can one investigate phenomenal consciousness? As in other areas of science, the investigation of consciousness aims for a more precise knowledge of its phenomena, and the discovery of general truths about their nature. This... read more
AiCR 3
Quantum Brain Dynamics and Consciousness: An introduction
October 1995.
xvi, 244 pp.
This volume is part of a series that provides a forum for scholars from different scientific disciplines and fields of knowledge. It is divided into three parts: a tutorial in quantum physics; theories of brain functioning; and a... read more
AiCR 36
Neurochemistry of Consciousness: Neurotransmitters in mind
January 2002.
xii, 344 pp.
Starting with a general introduction to brain chemistry, this volume takes the reader on a journey through normal brain processes, into the world of drug-induced changes in consciousness, and finally into the chilling world of... read more
CLL 36
Creoles in Education: An appraisal of current programs and projects
May 2010.
vii, 356 pp.
Compares different kinds of educational activities focusing on Creoles and discusses a list of procedures that are necessary for successfully developing, evaluating and reforming educational activities that aim to integrate... read more
CLL 48
Pidgins, Creoles and Mixed Languages: An Introduction
April 2015.
xxvii, 599 pp.
This lucid and theory-neutral introduction to the study of pidgins, creoles and mixed languages covers both theoretical and empirical issues pertinent to the field of contact linguistics.
CLL 8
The Emergence of Black English: Text and commentary
April 1991.
x, 352 pp.
Contains 11 transcripts of mechanical recordings of interviews with former slaves born over a century ago. The book attempts to make this source of data as widely known as possible and to explore its importance for the study of... read more
CLL 15
Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction
December 1994.
xv, 412 pp.
This volume of the "Creole Language Library" series examines the social and historical aspects of pidgin and creole languages, such as Eskimo pidgin, Saramaccan and Papiamento. It looks at the theories of origin of these dialects... read more
AiOS 11
Narratives We Organize By
June 2003.
x, 276 pp.
Topics covered by this title include: structuralist approaches to narrative analysis; poststructural approaches to narrative; genre analysis; and narrating ourselves.
CLSCC 8
Cultural Linguistics: Cultural conceptualisations and language
November 2017.
xvii, 171 pp.
This ground-breaking book marks a milestone in the history of the newly developed field of Cultural Linguistics, a multidisciplinary area of research that explores the relationship between language and cultural conceptualisations.
LIWD 4
A Practical Guide to Localization
September 2000.
ix + 488 pp.
Written for translators, localization engineers, testing engineers, desktop publishers, and anyone else who may be involved in the release of multilingual products. In this edition, translators can learn more about localizing... read more
TSL 8
Studies in Turkish Linguistics
January 1986.
vi, 294 pp.
Constitutes the proceedings of a conference held in Berkeley, California in May 1982. The book examines various aspects of the syntactic and semantic structure of Turkish in depth, and discusses their relevance to general... read more
TSL 9
Morphology: A Study of the Relation between Meaning and Form
January 1985.
xii, 235 pp.
This textbook proposes principles to predict properties previously considered arbitrary and brings together the psychological and the diachronic to explain the recurrent properties of morphological systems in terms of the... read more
TSL 1
Tense-Aspect: Between semantics & pragmatics
January 1982.
ix, 350 pp.
The verbal categories of tense and aspect have been studied traditionally from the point of view of their reference to the timing and time-perspective of the speaker’s reported experience. They are universal categories both in... read more
TSL 10
Complementation: Its Meaning and Forms
January 1986.
xii, 226 pp.
This book presents a stage in the evolution of a theory of modality meanings and forms. It covers exclusively complements. There are two questions that this book addresses. Can one find a small, finite set of meanings which... read more
TSL 12
Typology of Resultative Constructions: Translated from the original Russian edition (1983)
January 1988.
xx, 573 pp.
Combines data from a wide range of languages, analyzed with a theoretical apparatus capable of isolating the most important syntactic and semantic parameters and of drawing those generalizations that are most significant from a... read more
TSL 14
Perspectives on Topicalization: The case of Japanese wa
January 1987.
xi, 307 pp.
This volume brings together 16 scholars from Japan and America, all of whom have a single task: the elaboration of the description of wa. Historical, formal and discourse perspectives are presented, making this volume a... read more
TSL 15
Complex Sentence Constructions in Australian Languages
January 1988.
vii, 289 pp.
This volume presents descriptions of complex sentence phenomena in ten Australian languages and provides important new material in this area of current concern in linguistics. Complex sentences are described either from a... read more
TSL 18
Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse
January 1988.
xiii, 428 pp.
This work is presented within a discourse analysis framework, a form of analysis that has hardly been done. Traditionally, the study of syntax is restricted to what goes on within the boundaries of the prosodic sentence (in GG, e.read more
TSL 19:1
Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume I. Theoretical and methodological issues
October 1991.
xii, 360 pp.
Gives insights into the genesis, development and organization of grammatical categories in a number of languages world-wide. The papers in this volume are divided into two sections, the first concerned with general method and the... read more
TSL 19:2
Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume II. Types of grammatical markers
October 1991.
xii, 558 pp.
Presents a number of diverse theoretical viewpoints on grammaticalization. This volume is divided into five sections: verbal structure, argument structure, subordination, modality, and multiple paths of grammaticalization.
TSL 2
Switch Reference and Universal Grammar: Proceedings of a symposium on switch reference and universal grammar, Winnipeg, May 1981
January 1983.
xv, 337 pp.
Canonical switch-reference is an inflectional category of the verb, which indicates whether or not its subject is identical with the subject of some other verb. Switch-reference may be analyzed from a structural or a functional... read more
TSL 20
Studies in Typology and Diachrony: Papers presented to Joseph H. Greenberg on his 75th birthday
January 1990.
xxxiv, 243 pp.
Opens with an introduction discussing Greenberg's work at length and a full bibliography of his publications. It contains ten papers in typology, diachronic theory and diachronic typology by some of the leading linguists working... read more
TSL 21
The Linguistics of Literacy
July 1992.
xx, 334 pp.
A collection of essays on literacy, with sections on orthographic systems and the psychology of orthography. Also included are contributions comparing written and spoken language.
TSL 22
Pragmatics of Word Order Flexibility
July 1992.
viii, 320 pp.
Asserts that explanatory factors behind word order variation go beyond the syntactic and are to be found in studies of how the mind grammaticizes forms, processes information and speech act theory considerations of speakers'... read more
TSL 23
The Middle Voice
October 1993.
xii, 300 pp.
Approaches the middle voice from the perspective of typology and language universals research. The principal aim is to provide a typologically valid characterization of the category of middle voice in terms of which it can be... read more
TSL 25
The Grammar of Space
April 1994.
xiv, 290 pp.
A cross-linguistic study of grammatical morphemes expressing spatial relationships, based on data from 26 genetically unrelated and randomly selected languages. It discusses the relationship between the way human beings... read more
TSL 26
Historical Change in Serial Verb Constructions
August 1993.
x, 273 pp.
Part of a functionally and typologically oriented series which collects data from a wide variety of languages and language typologies, this text covers such topics as serial verbs, locative verbs and prepositions, comitative... read more
TSL 27
Voice: Form and Function
April 1994.
xiii, 377 pp.
A study of grammatical voice and its classical manifestations as active, middle and passive. Various perspectives are represented, including the typological-universal view, voice and language acquisition, the relationship between... read more
TSL 29
Typological Studies in Negation
January 1994.
x, 385 pp.
A collection of articles offering descriptions of the negation system in 16 languages. This volume includes pragmatic and semantic issues as well as the more commonly considered syntactic ones.
TSL 3
Topic Continuity in Discourse: A quantitative cross-language study
January 1983.
vi, 492 pp.
The functional notion of “topic” or “topicality” has suffered, traditionally, from two distinct drawbacks. First, it has remained largely ill defined or intuitively defined. And second, quite often its definition boiled down to... read more
TSL 30
Word Order in Discourse
June 1995.
x, 595 pp.
A collection of 18 papers, this volume demonstrates that word-order discourse is not random, but rather is governed by principles which can be subjected to scientific investigation and are common to all languages. The papers... read more
TSL 31
Coherence in Spontaneous Text
March 1995.
x, 267 pp.
This text includes many papers that were presented at the Symposium on Coherence in Spontaneous Text, held at the University of Oregon in 1992. The main theme running through the book is that coherence is a mental phenomena... read more
TSL 32
Modality in Grammar and Discourse
August 1995.
viii, 575 pp.
This volume brings together a collection of 18 papers that look into the expression of modality in the grammars of natural languages, with an emphasis on its manifestations in naturally occurring discourse.
TSL 33
Studies in Anaphora
August 1996.
xii, 518 pp.
The contributions to this volume represent the "next generation" of studies in anaphora - defined broadly here as those morpho-syntactic forms available to speakers for formulating reference - taking as their starting point the... read more
TSL 35
Grammatical Relations: A functionalist perspective
November 1997.
viii, 350 pp.
Covering grammatical relations and linguistic structure, this volume looks at a number of languages including: Indonesian, Mandarin and Cariban.
TSL 36
The Linguistics of Giving
February 1998.
xv, 373 pp.
The papers in this volume explore aspects of "GIVE" and "GIVE-type" verbs across languages. They document a range of constructional possibilities with "GIVE" verbs, as well as addressing issues relating to the morphology, syntax... read more
TSL 37
The Limits of Grammaticalization
July 1998.
vi, 307 pp.
This collection of papers on the limits of grammaticalization are largely taken from the 18th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, in Leiden, in August 1995.
TSL 39
External Possession
August 1999.
ix, 573 pp.
This text examines the concept of external possession. It covers topics including pyscholinguistic perspectives and comparative studies.
TSL 4
Interrogativity: A colloquium on the grammar, typology and pragmatics of questions in seven diverse languages, Cleveland, Ohio, October 5th 1981-May 3rd 1982
January 1984.
v, 302 pp.
This is a comparative study on the subject of interrogativity, presenting broad and narrow attributes on this subject in diverse languages: Russian, Mandarin, Georgian, Bengali, Bantu, Japanese, West Greenlandic and Ute. Each... read more
TSL 24
Deixis, Grammar, and Culture
December 1992.
x, 245 pp.
Many linguists have believed that there is no connection between culture and language structures. This study reviews some of the literature supporting vocabulary connections, hypotheses for other connections, and critical views... read more
TSL 42
Demonstratives: Form, function and grammaticalization
December 1999.
xii, 205 pp.
This text is a revision of the author's dissertation, "Demonstratives in Cross-linguistics and Diachronic Perspective". It considers the morphological, semantic, syntactic, pragmatic and grammatical aspects of demonstratives in a... read more
TSL 43
Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Linguistics and Grammaticalization
July 2000.
xiv, 269 pp.
In this volume some of the leading voices in grammaticalization theory apply their methods to comparative data, showing that not only can grammar be reconstructed, but that this process of reconstruction can yield interesting... read more
TSL 85
Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, acquisition, neuro-cognition, evolution
April 2009.
vi, 553 pp.
Complex hierarchic syntax is considered one of the hallmarks of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been singled out by some for a special status as the apex of the... read more
TSL 11
Coherence and Grounding in Discourse: Outcome of a Symposium, Eugene, Oregon, June 1984
January 1987.
viii, 512 pp.
Addresses the topics of cognitive constraints on information flow and syntax, the identification and linguistic coding of events and actions, and the pragmatic functions of subordination and word order. The contributions are... read more
TSL 19:S
Approaches to Grammaticalization: 2 Volumes (set)
January 1990.
xii, 360 pp. + xii, 560 pp.
Presents a number of diverse theoretical viewpoints on grammaticalization and gives insights into the genesis, development and organization of grammatical categories in a number of languages world-wide, with particular attention... read more
TSL 45
Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure
October 2001.
vii, 492 pp.
This title addresses the question of what types of elements are frequently used in discourse, and how frequency of use affects cognitive representations.
TSL 46
Non-canonical Marking of Subjects and Objects
July 2001.
xii, 364 pp.
In some languages every subject is marked in the same way, and also every object. But there are languages in which a small set of verbs mark their subjects in an unusual way. This book sets out the theoretical parameters and... read more
TSL 48
The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation
May 2002.
xviii, 551 pp.
The grammar of causation has long been an intensely scrutinized area of language studies. Despite this, a great deal about the grammar of causation remains a mystery. This volume aims to unravel some of the mysteries.
TSL 49
New Reflections on Grammaticalization
April 2002.
xiv, 437 pp.
Grammaticalization refers to the degree of grammatical function a linguistic item has on a scale between purely lexical and purely grammatical meaning. This volume contains papers from the International Symposium "New Reflections... read more
TSL 5
Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition
January 1984.
ix, 264 pp.
Consists of papers presented at the conference in California. Published with the papers are the remarks of the originally assigned discussants. The collection represents an important cross-fertilization between research in... read more
TSL 53
The Evolution of Language out of Pre-language
December 2002.
x, 394 pp.
Topics covered in this volume include: embodied meaning; the internal structure of the syllable; the gradual emergence of language; the rise of intentional understanding in human development; and the emergence of grammar in early... read more
TSL 59
Up and down the Cline – The Nature of Grammaticalization
May 2004.
viii, 406 pp.
The basic idea behind this volume is to probe the nature of grammaticalization. Its contributions focus on the following questions: (i) In how far can grammaticalization be considered a universal diachronic process or mechanism... read more
TSL 66
Space in Languages: Linguistic Systems and Cognitive Categories
May 2006.
x, 362 pp.
Space is presently the focus of much research and debate across disciplines, including linguistics, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy. One strong feature of this collection is to bring together theoretical and empirical... read more
TSL 34
Conversation: Cognitive, communicative and social perspectives
May 1997.
viii, 302 pp.
This volume aims to challenge some of the prevailing dichotomies in discourse studies, such as the cleavage between the study of information flow and the study of social interaction; and the theoretical division between... read more
C&EB 3
The Importance of Not Being Earnest: The feeling behind laughter and humor
February 2007.
xiii, 167 pp.
Examines the ways in which the feeling behind the laughter is elicited by both humorous and nonhumorous situations. This title illustrates the creation of humor in several folklore genres and across several cultures. It discusses... read more
LA 12
Minimal Ideas: Syntactic studies in the minimalist framework
August 1996.
xii, 364 pp.
The articles in this volume are inspired by the Minimalist programme first outlined in Chomsky's MIT Fall term class lectures of 1991 and his seminal paper, "A Minimalist Program for Linguistic Theory". The articles seek to... read more
Z 214
Syntax: An Introduction to Minimalism
November 2017.
xvi, 159 pp.
Using a concise and clear style, this book highlights insights from current syntactic theory and minimalism.
SiBil 54
Bilingual Cognition and Language: The state of the science across its subfields
March 2018.
vi, 403 pp.
This collection brings together leading names in the field of bilingualism research to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Studies in Bilingualism series.
LL< 49
Usage-inspired L2 Instruction: Researched pedagogy
February 2018.
xvii, 324 pp.
This volume will be invaluable for SLA researchers, graduate students, and classroom teachers interested in exploring usage-inspired L2 pedagogy.
Z 216
A Linguistic Handbook of French for Translators and Language Students
April 2018.
xiv, 297 pp.
A Linguistic Handbook of French for Translators and Language Students offers the reader an in-depth contrastive study of French and English based on recent theories of linguistics and discourse analysis.
TBLT 10
Task-Based Approaches to Teaching and Assessing Pragmatics
Expected August 2018.
x, 320 pp. + index
This volume is the first book-length attempt to bring together the fields of task-based language teaching (TBLT) and second language pragmatics by exploring how the teaching and assessment of pragmatics can be integrated into... read more
TBLT 11
Learning Language through Task Repetition
Expected October 2018.
vi, 346 pp. + index
The volume assembles chapters that complement each other in interesting ways: significant background reviews, studies of patterns of change across task repetition iterations, and reports on the use and nature of task repetition... read more
TBLT 12
TBLT as a Researched Pedagogy
Expected October 2018.
vi, 294 pp. + index
Bringing together experienced classroom researchers and teacher educators from different countries where tasks are playing an influential role in language education, this collected volume critically explores how TBLT research can... read more
LL< 50
Assessing L2 Listening: Moving towards authenticity
Expected September 2018.
xvii, 273 pp. + index
This book is relevant for language testers, listening researchers, and oral proficiency teachers, in that it explores four broad themes related to the assessment of L2 listening ability.