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LA 284
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Competition in Word-Formation

Edited by Alexandra Bagasheva, Akiko Nagano and Vincent Renner

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

Biosemiotics, semiotics and translation studies

Edited by Kobus Marais, Reine Meylaerts and Maud Gonne

Based on previous work that linked biosemiotics, semiotics and translation studies, this book further explores a variety of factors that play a role in social-cultural emergence. The volume, which presents a selection of papers read at a conference in 2022 with the same title as the book, engages the systems of... full description
May 2024. v, 195 pp.
SiGL 8
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Investigating West Germanic Languages

Studies in honor of Robert B. Howell

Edited by Jennifer Hendriks and B. Richard Page

This volume celebrates Robert B. Howell's wide-ranging contribution as a scholar, mentor, collaborator, and colleague in the field of Germanic linguistics. In addition to investigating present-day or past varieties of Afrikaans, Dutch, English, Flemish, German, and Pennsylvania Dutch, each of the thirteen... full description
May 2024. vi, 327 pp.
SiBil 67
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Multilingual Acquisition and Learning

An ecosystemic view to diversity

Edited by Elena Babatsouli

The volume espouses an ecosystemic standpoint on multilingual acquisition and learning, viewing language development and use as both ontogenesis and phylogenesis. Multilingualism is inclusively used to refer to sociolinguistic diversity and pluralism. Whether speech, writing, gesture, or body movement, language is a... full description
May 2024. ix, 645 pp.
CLSCC 16
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Proverbs within Cognitive Linguistics

State of the art

Edited by Sadia Belkhir

The volume presents an innovative set of researches featuring theoretical and practical discussions of the proverb in cognition and culture. To date, there seems to be a need for state-of-the-art research into this subject matter. This volume aims at responding to this need. The chapters contribute, from a Cognitive... full description
May 2024. xvi, 351 pp.