The book introduces the reader to the central areas of English linguistics. The main sections are: the English language and linguistics - sounds - meaning-carrying units - sentences: models of grammar - meaning - utterances - variation....

The volume advances our understanding of the role of scales and hierarchies across the linguistic sciences. Although scales and hierarchies are widely assumed to play a role in the modelling of linguistic phenomena, their status remains...

Wordplay can be seen as a genuine interface phenomenon. It can be found both in everyday communication and in literary texts, and it can fulfil a range of functions - it may be entertaining and comical, it may be used to conceal taboo,...

In spite of the day-to-day relevance of business communication, it remains underrepresented in standard handbooks and textbooks on applied linguistics. The present volume introduces readers to a wide variety of linguistic studies of...

Die vorliegende Studie zeigt datenbasiert, wie N+N-Komposita mit Fugenelementen im Frühneuhochdeutschen durch Reanalyse aus pränominalen Genitivkonstruktionen entstehen und in der Folge ein bestehendes Wortbildungsmuster verändern. Für...

This book explores the many disciplinary and theoretical links between language, linguistics, and mathematics. It examines trends in linguistics, such as structuralism, conceptual metaphor theory, and other relevant theories,to show that...

This volume takes up the challenge of surveying the present state of a variety of approaches to the identification, analysis and interpretation of metaphor across communication channels, situational contexts, genres and social spheres....

As you are reading this, you are finding yourself in the ubiquitous public sphere that is the Web. Ubiquitous, and yet not universally accessible. This volume addresses this dilemma of the public sphere, which is by definition open to...

This textbook helps undergraduate students of language and linguistics taking their first steps in one of the core areas of grammar, introducing them to the basic ideas, insights, and techniques of contemporary semantic theory. Requiring...

The volume is relevant to the current regional and international discussion on endangered languages, language contact, documentation and areal typology. It is the outcome of a theoretical and methodological exchange between Latin...

Das Sprecherzieherische Elementarbuch zählt seit über drei Jahrzehnten zu den national und international anerkannten Standardwerken der deutschen Sprecherziehung. Grundlage ist eine dialogorientierte Sprecherziehung. Jegliche...

Read this book to get a deeper understanding of a wide range of semantics research on complex sentences and meaning in discourse. These in-depth articles from leading names in their fields cover the core concepts of sentential semantics...