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CILT 351
Advances in Iranian Linguistics
Edited by Richard K. Larson, Sedigheh Moradi and Vida Samiian
July 2020. vi, 309 pp. + index
This volume brings together selected papers from the first North American Conference in Iranian Linguistics, which was organized by the linguistics department at Stony Brook University. Papers were selected to illustrate the... read more
LA 261
Syntactic and Semantic Variation in Copular Sentences
Insights from Classical Hebrew
Daniel J. Wilson
July 2020. xvi, 159 pp.
This book presents a novel account of syntactic and semantic variation in copular and existential sentences in Classical Hebrew. Like many languages, the system of Classical Hebrew copular sentences is quite complex, containing... read more
Z 229
Professional Development in Applied Linguistics
A guide to success for graduate students and early career faculty
Edited by Luke Plonsky
July 2020. vi, 204 pp.
Success in academia requires more than an understanding of discipline-specific literature and an ability to teach and do research. It is also necessary to develop an understanding of a range of professionally-oriented skills such... read more
Z 228
Visual Linguistics with R
A practical introduction to quantitative Interactional Linguistics
Christoph Rühlemann
July 2020. ix, 258 pp.
This book is a textbook on R, a programming language and environment for statistical analysis and visualization. Its primary aim is to introduce R as a research instrument in quantitative Interactional Linguistics. Focusing on... read more
TSL 128
The ‘Noun Phrase’ across Languages
An emergent unit in interaction
Edited by Tsuyoshi Ono and Sandra A. Thompson
July 2020. vi, 366 pp.
The ‘NP’ is one of the least controversial grammatical units that linguists work with. The NP is often assumed to be universal, and appears to be robust cross-linguistically (compared to ‘VP’ or even ‘clause’) in that it can be... read more
DAPSAC 87
The Language of Crisis
Metaphors, frames and discourses
Edited by Mimi Huang and Lise-Lotte Holmgreen
July 2020. viii, 309 pp.
In times of crisis, how do people conceptualise and communicate their experiences through different forms and channels? How can original research in cognitive linguistics, discourse analysis and crisis studies advance our... read more
CILT 350
Historical Linguistics 2017
Selected papers from the 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, San Antonio, Texas, 31 July – 4 August 2017
Edited by Bridget Drinka
July 2020. xi, 495 pp.
The collected articles in this volume address an array of cutting-edge issues in the field of historical linguistics, including new theoretical approaches and innovative methodologies for studying language through a diachronic... read more
BCT 108
Tense and Aspect in Second Language Acquisition and Learner Corpus Research
Edited by Robert Fuchs and Valentin Werner
July 2020. v, 161 pp.
The expression of temporal relations, notably through tense and aspect, is central in all processes of communication, but commonly perceived and described as a major hurdle for non-native speakers. While this topic has already... read more
IHLL 23
Amazonian Spanish
Language Contact and Evolution
Edited by Stephen Fafulas
July 2020. viii, 303 pp.
Amazonian Spanish: Language Contact and Evolution explores the unique origins, linguistic features, and geo-political situation of the Spanish that has emerged in the Amazon. While this region boasts much... read more
SLCS 215
Morphological Complexity within and across Boundaries
In honour of Aslı Göksel
Edited by Aslı Gürer, Dilek Uygun-Gökmen and Balkız Öztürk
July 2020. vi, 421 pp.
This volume brings together a collection of original articles investigating state-of-the-art themes in morphology. The papers in the volume provide an in-depth analysis for spoken and sign languages within morphological word... read more
LA 262
Thetics and Categoricals
Edited by Werner Abraham, Elisabeth Leiss and Yasuhiro Fujinawa
July 2020. vii, 390 pp.
Thetics and Categoricals do not belong to the categories of German grammar. Thetics were introduced in logic as impersonal and broad focus constructions. They left profound and extensive traces in the logic of... read more