Any comprehensive account of natural language must involve an answer to the question: What is meaning? And prima facie, ......more

Communicative interaction forms the core of human experience. In this fascinating book Levinson, one of the world’s lead......more

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English Phonetics and Phonology provides a detailed yet accessible foundational account of the science of speech sounds.......more

English Phonetics and Phonology provides a detailed yet accessible foundational account of the science of speech sounds.......more

Through an evocative blend of theoretical rigor and literary sensibility, Tingting Hui spotlights the "melodrama" of acc......more

Offering a cognitive approach to semantics, this highly accessible textbook place cognitive linguistics at the centre of......more

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Beginning with ancient conceptualizations of metaphor and extending to contemporary cognitive semantics, Fiva Savkovic f......more

This book explores the interaction between prosody and other research topics, in Brazilian Portuguese and beyond. Writte......more

Unlock the beauty of the Spanish language with "A First Spanish Reader," a captivating collection of easy Spanish storie......more

The notion of predication is usually associated with the lexical class of verbs. However, the predicate function may als......more

A mathematical model of meaning that captures the dynamics and diversity of meaning-oriented agents. In Mathematical Mod......more

Applicative constructions are a distinctive grammatical feature of the Austronesian languages of western Indonesia, Mala......more

Phonetics is the branch of linguistics that investigates the sounds inherent in human speech. It primarily focuses on th......more

Formulaic language refers to sequences of words or expressions that are often used together in communication. These incl......more

Cross-linguistics, also known as comparative linguistics, is the study of similarities and differences across languages.......more

Phonology is the study of how sounds function within languages. It explores the patterns and rules that govern the sound......more

Phonology is the study of how sounds function within languages. It explores the patterns and rules that govern the sound......more

This groundbreaking book unveils the crucial role of network science in understanding the lexical organization of second......more

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Nothing raises purist hackles so fiercely as des haricots ’beans’ pronounced with a /z/ liaison or un haricot ’one bean’......more

Intended for the absolute beginner, Introducing Phonetics and Phonology requires no previous background in linguistics, ......more

The goal of this book about the Timeless Texture of Revelation is to explore the mysteries contained in this enigmatic, ......more

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The Sound the Page Makes explores dyslexia through the dual languages of sound and sight. Each poem appears twice - once......more

A long-lost key to a vanished tongue rediscover the Gothic world through grammar, readings, and a rich glossary. A Gothi......more

A rare doorway to ancient speech swings open again learn Greek the living way with a classic reborn. Greek Primer, Collo......more

Studying Meaning provides a comprehensive introduction to semantics and pragmatics, covering all key concepts and new de......more

The Emergence of Pragmatic Markers from Chinese Compounds in Chinese, Japanese and Korean offers a new perspective on th......more

Abstract nouns - power, privilege, race, gender, and identity - can embody varied positions that polarize the discourse ......more

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Introducing readers to all key areas of Japanese linguistics, this book brings the theory to life through a range of rea......more

This work provides the first detailed linguistic description of the grammar of Etulo, a language spoken in Nigeria by a ......more

This work provides the first detailed linguistic description of the grammar of Etulo, a language spoken in Nigeria by a ......more

This is the first volume of the Ancient Greek Thematic Dictionary, that organizes Attic and Koine words and phrases, att......more

Applying discourse analysis within the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), this study offers a fresh ree......more

Children’s literature shapes what children learn about the world. It reflects social values, norms, and stereotypes. Thi......more

Language is a stratified system, and phonology belongs in the stratum of expression, where language physically manifests......more

A rediscovered classic that reawakens the wonder of words Introduction to the Study of the History of Language invites r......more

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This volume explores the new interdisciplinary field of evolutionary pragmatics, which encompasses research on both the ......more

This volume explores how metadiscourse shapes communication across cultures and time. Drawing on contemporary and histor......more

This book is the first to explore the properties of words across languages that correspond to English other. When can It......more

The choice between BE and GET as auxiliary verbs, as in "She was promoted" vs "She got promoted", is a central, grammati......more

This book explores how language and communication shape the increasingly entangled lives of people and sea turtles at th......more