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In recent decades, corpus linguistics has experienced tremendous development in the Hispanic world, along two opposite b......more
Language is a stratified system, and phonology belongs in the stratum of expression, where language physically manifests......more
Language is a stratified system, and phonology belongs in the stratum of expression, where language physically manifests......more
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This book tackles the fascinating subject of human inner life (feelings, emotions, sentiments and self-reflection) perme......more
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An in-depth digital investigation of several 18th-century British corpora, this book identifies shared communities of me......more
This book explores the interaction between prosody and other research topics, in Brazilian Portuguese and beyond. Writte......more
This innovative, investigative, and expansive handbook covers a multitude of angles through which the intricacies of Per......more
This user-friendly student guide is the essential resource for all those engaged in studying systemic functional linguis......more
This textbook provides an in-depth introduction to morphology, while also engaging with the latest research and developm......more
This textbook provides an in-depth introduction to morphology, while also engaging with the latest research and developm......more
Know your from Arbroath smokies from your wynds, your trews from your sporran, and . . . lang may yer lum reek! Some say......more
The dialects of English still spoken in Yorkshire, known collectively as Broad Yorkshire, Tyke or Yorkie, are both colou......more
Examining recent changes in the once stable genre of doctoral thesis and dissertation writing, this book explores how th......more
Lying is a familiar and morally important phenomenon. No matter if it is in election battles, in personal relationships ......more
The book develops a theory of manner modification with both manner adjectives and manner adverbs in its scope. It propos......more
Research Methods in Linguistics guides the reader through the key issues, principles, and contributions of core methods ......more
Research Methods in Linguistics guides the reader through the key issues, principles, and contributions of core methods ......more
Originally published in 1927, The World of Imagery is a study of the use of metaphor, simile, and other forms of literar......more
Providing an in-depth discussion of emoji use in a global context, this volume presents the use of emoji as a hugely imp......more
Face has become a key-concept in current socio-pragmatics. By virtue of its metaphorical force, it enables researchers t......more
This textbook provides a practical introduction to the fields of forensic phonetics and forensic linguistics. Addressing......more
This textbook provides a practical introduction to the fields of forensic phonetics and forensic linguistics. Addressing......more
Focusing on the discursive dimension of the COVID-19 pandemic from a semiotic perspective, this book uses semiotic theor......more
Know your ’boreen’ from your ’buroo’, and your ’clochán’ from your ’clock’. While it would be impossible to capture all ......more
From ’trabs’ for trainers to ’Z-Cars’ for the police, understand both the roots and key words of one of England’s most w......more
Verbal and non-verbal communicative acts mark the links within our discourse, help us to exchange turns and give backcha......more
Verbal and non-verbal communicative acts mark the links within our discourse, help us to exchange turns and give backcha......more
This handbook provides a detailed account of the phenomenon of vowel harmony, a pattern according to which all vowels wi......more
Many physical theories suggest that time does not pass, yet temporality deeply permeates our experience. We perceive cha......more
In Piros and Prehistory, David Leedom Shaul turns his attention to the Piro language, once spoken by the people of the P......more
Conventionally, a cockney is anyone born ’within the sound of Bow Bells’ - St Mary-le-Bow church, in London - but rather......more
From ’Howay man!’ to ’Haddaway!’ become fluent in Geordie, including the variant found in historically coal-mining villa......more
A masterfully updated edition of The F-Word which renders a comprehensive portrait of English’s most notorious and color......more
Morrobolam is a Lamalamic (Paman...more
First Published in 1944, Colloquial Hindustani is intended to supply the beginner in the language not only with the comm......more
How do texts of Scripture make sense or hold together as a unity? This question is especially germane to texts like Hose......more
This book is the first major study of the Biblical Hebrew verbal system of a prophetic book. It is also the first book-l......more
Exploring the relationship between theory and practice in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), this volume offers a st......more
Around twenty years ago, with the digitisation of almost every facet of life, most businesses started including their ow......more
Understanding Phonology, Fifth Edition, provides a clear, accessible and broad introduction to phonology. Introducing ba......more
Understanding Phonology, Fifth Edition, provides a clear, accessible and broad introduction to phonology. Introducing ba......more
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This book advances the prototype theory of categorisation within a legal context. The work adopts a multidisciplinary ap......more
As the second volume of a two-volume set that studies the Chinese rhyme tables, this book seeks to reconstruct the ancie......more
As the first volume of a two- volume set that studies Chinese rhyme tables, this book focuses on their emergence, develo......more
Now in a revised and updated third edition incorporating a decade of additional research and classroom experience, this ......more
This book presents the creation of a bilingual thesaurus (Italian and English), and its conversion into an ontology syst......more
Signaling without Saying develops game-theoretic approaches to social meaning to model the phenomenon of dogwhistles, pe......more
This Element gives an introduction to the emerging discipline of natural language ontology. This is an area at the inter......more
This Element gives an introduction to the emerging discipline of natural language ontology. This is an area at the inter......more
As the first volume of a two-volume set on the history of Chinese phonology, this book introduces the basics of the disc......more
As the second volume of a two-volume set on the history of Chinese phonology, this book studies the history of phonology......more
This Element outlines current issues in the study of speech acts. It starts with a brief outline of four waves of speech......more
This Element outlines current issues in the study of speech acts. It starts with a brief outline of four waves of speech......more
Faroese Phonetics and Phonology will fill the demand for an accurate and thorough analysis of the Faroese language. It o......more
The relationship between diachronic change and synchronic variation at the articulatory, auditory, acoustic and social l......more
This book traces the development of Greek from Proto-Indo-European to around the 5th century BC, drawing on all the tool......more
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This book offers a comprehensive account of the phonological structure of modern Turkish within the framework of recent ......more
In The Autonomy of Reference: On the Relational Structure of Nominals, Zoltán Vecsey defends a moderate autonomy thesis ......more
In the age of ecological crisis, language and discourse are emerging as a new battleground in the environmental debate.W......more
What did Old Chinese prose sound like? Supported by digital texts, modern technologies and historical linguistics, Chine......more
Now in a revised and updated third edition incorporating a decade of additional research and classroom experience, this ......more
"Drawing on twenty years of research, this book provides a functionally and cognitively motivated analysis of the field ......more
Since the translation of the Septuagint in the 3rd century BCE, scholars have attempted to identify the stones that popu......more
This collection advocates for a more holistic picture of metaphor, extending the field’s focus beyond the cognitive para......more
Chan’s exploration of the acquisition of English grammar and phonology by Cantonese learners of English as a Second Lang......more
Thirteen essays in the book explore and investigate diverse contemporary philosophically current themes and issues. The ......more
In a first treatise on vowel acoustics, entitled Preliminaries, intellectual, methodological and empirical reasoning was......more
This book offers a comprehensive resource on the state-of-the-art in L2 pronunciation, surveying the most up-to-date the......more
This book offers a comprehensive resource on the state-of-the-art in L2 pronunciation, surveying the most up-to-date the......more
The book presents Transparent Intensional Logic in several of its latest realisations in such a way that it makes a case......more
This book presents the results of a field research on the verbal system of Soqotri, a little-studied language spoken on ......more
International migration and the social diversity it creates constitute one of the key global challenges of the early 21s......more
International migration and the social diversity it creates constitute one of the key global challenges of the early 21s......more
This volume presents the most wide-ranging treatment available today of the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Southeast Asi......more
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The presented work gives a detailed account of the phonological and morpho-phonological processes in Maaloula Aramaic, a......more
English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides a unique introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students......more
English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides a unique introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students......more
The book offers a new angle on long-standing questions about the categorial status of English participles and gerunds. T......more