Linguistics category: 5616 books
International English
A guide to the varieties of Standard English
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
From Scotland to Singapore, Canada to the Channel Islands, Namibia to New Zealand and beyond, International English takes you on a fascinating journey through the varieties of Standard English spoken around the world.
Comparisons across the varieties provide a comprehensive guide to differences in...
Language and History
Integrationist Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
When linguistics was first established as an academic discipline in the nineteenth century, it was envisaged as an essentially historical study. Languages were to be treated as historical objects, evolving through gradual but constant processes of change over long periods of time. In recent years,...
Language, Mind and Body
A Conceptual History
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
Where is language? Answers to this have attempted to 'incorporate' language in an 'extended mind', through cognition that is 'embodied', 'distributed', 'situated' or 'ecological'. Behind these concepts is a long history that this book is the first to trace. Extending across linguistics, philosophy,...
The Boundaries of Babel
The Brain and the Enigma of Impossible Languages
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
The new edition of a pioneering book that examines research at the intersection of contemporary theoretical linguistics and the cognitive neurosciences.
In The Boundaries of Babel, Andrea Moro describes an encounter between two cultures: contemporary theoretical linguistics and the cognitive...
Linguistics, Anthropology and Philosophy in the French Enlightenment
A contribution to the history of the relationship between language theory and ideology
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Linguistics, Anthropology and Philosophy in the French Enlightenment treats the development of linguistic thought from Descartes to Degerando as both a part of and a determining factor in the emergence of modern consciousness. Through his careful analyses of works by the most influential thinkers...
by Miguel A. Jimenez-Crespo
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Web localization is a cognitive, textual, communicative and technological process by which interactive web texts are modified to be used by audiences in different sociolinguistic contexts.
Translation and Web Localization provides an in-depth and comprehensive overview into this emerging field...
by Winfred P. Lehmann
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
This book presents, for the first time in English, a complete critical survey of the theory and methodology of Indo-European linguistics, from its origins two centuries ago to the present day.
by Mario Pei, Frank Gaynor
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1954
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1954
Mario Pei and Frank Gaynor bring together essential terms and concepts in this extensive Dictionary of Linguistics. With a carefully crafted headword list and plenty of cross-references and accessible explanations, this dictionary will keep readers coming back again and again.
Schools of Thought
The Development of Linguistics from Bopp to Saussure
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book is based on the assumption that the development of science has to be understood both as a social and as an intellectual process. The division between internal and external history, between history of ideas and sociology of science, has been harmful not only to our understanding of scientific...
Discourse Markers
An Enunciative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2018
In our everyday speech we represent events and situations, but we also provide commentary on these representations, situating ourselves and others relative to what we have to say and situating what we say in larger contexts. The present volume examines this activity of discourse marking from an enunciative...
Social Semiotics for a Complex World
Analysing Language and Social Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Social semiotics reveals language's social meaning – its structures, processes, conditions and effects – in all social contexts, across all media and modes of discourse. This important new book uses social semiotics as a one-stop shop to analyse language and social meaning, enhancing linguistics...
Introducing English Language
A Resource Book for Students
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.
Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Media provides an accessible and comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research in media linguistics. This handbook analyzes both language theory and practice, demonstrating the vital role of this research in understanding language use in society. With...
The Future of English in Asia
Perspectives on language and literature
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
This collection is unique in bringing together key thinkers on language and literature to discuss the future of English in Asia. Many of the contributors are themselves responsible for important sub-genres in English linguistics and literary studies and this collection gives them the opportunity to...