Linguistics category: 5616 books
Linguistics
Why It Matters
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
Language is the medium in which we humans compose our thoughts, explain our thinking, construct our arguments, and create works of literature. Without language, societies as complex as ours could not exist.
Geoffrey Pullum offers a stimulating introduction to the many ways in which linguistics,...
by Gerard Clauson
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2005
This book, now back in print having been unavailable for many years, is one of the most important contributions to Turkic and Mongolic linguistics, and to the contentious 'Altaic theory'. Proponents of the theory hold that Turkish is part of the Altaic family, and that Turkish accordingly exists in...
Motivating the Symbolic
Towards a Cognitive Theory of the Linguistic Sign
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
The book outlines a new approach to the study of motivation in language, which is firmly rooted in the paradigm of cognitive linguistics, but it is developed in critical (and constructive) dialogue with classical theories in semiotics: Ferdinand de Saussure’s structural linguistics and Charles S....
Eye-Tracking
A Guide for Applied Linguistics Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Eye-tracking is quickly becoming a valuable tool in applied linguistics research as it provides a 'real-time', direct measure of cognitive processing effort. This book provides a straightforward introduction to the technology and how it might be used in language research. With a strong focus on the...
Japanese
A Linguistic Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
This comprehensive introduction to the Japanese language consists of six parts. Following the introductory section, it explores the Japanese lexicon, grammatical foundations, major clause types, clause linkage, and language usage. The discussion of formal and structural properties of Japanese such...
Diversity and Super-Diversity
Sociocultural Linguistic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Sociocultural linguistics has long conceived of languages as well-bounded, separate codes. But the increasing diversity of languages encountered by most people in their daily lives challenges this conception. Because globalization has accelerated population flows, cities are now sites of encounter for...
Exploring Classroom Discourse
Language in Action
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics consists of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, designed for those entering postgraduate studies and language professionals returning to academic study. The books take an innovative "practice to theory"...
by J. Charles Alderson, Eeva-Leena Haapakangas, Ari Huhta
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
The Diagnosis of Reading in a Second or Foreign Language explores the implications of language assessment research on classroom-based assessment practices by providing an in-depth look at the little-examined field of diagnosis in second and foreign language reading. This volume examines the development...
Language Policy
A Systemic Functional Linguistic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
In recent years, research has prospered in the study of language policy. However, there are still many problems behind this prosperity. For example, much of the research lacks theoretical intervention and neglects perspectives of linguistic theories. This book, a trailblazer for academic researchers...
Practical Corpus Linguistics
An Introduction to Corpus-Based Language Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
This is the first book of its kind to provide a practical and student-friendly guide to corpus linguistics that explains the nature of electronic data and how it can be collected and analyzed.
Designed to equip readers with the technical skills necessary to analyze and interpret language data,...
Foundations of Computational Linguistics
Human-Computer Communication in Natural Language
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
The content of this textbook is organized as a theory of language for the construction of talking robots. The main topic is the mechanism of natural language communication in both the speaker and the hearer.
In the third edition the author has modernized the text, leaving the overview of traditional,...
Thought-based Linguistics
How Languages Turn Thoughts into Sounds
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
The extent to which language is inseparable from thought has long been a major subject of debate across linguistics, psychology, philosophy and other disciplines. In this study, Wallace Chafe presents a thought-based theory of language that goes beyond traditional views that semantics, syntax, and...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
In this volume, the author reviews the results of research on language performance and proposes a model of production and comprehension. Although recent developments in linguistics are taken into account, consideration of other requirements of a performance model leads to the conclusion that the grammar...
by Matthew J. Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
William Labov (b. 1927) has been a driving force in linguistics for over four decades. Throughout North America, and in much of the rest of the world, his name is synonymous with sociolinguistics.
This new Guide for the Perplexed summarizes Labov's work in a number of subfields, including historical...