Language Arts & Disciplines

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary...

In recent years, linguists have increasingly turned to the cognitive sciences to broaden their investigation into the roots and development of language. With the advent of cognitive-linguistic, usage-based and complex-adaptive models of language, linguists today are utilizing approaches and insights from cognitive psychology, neuropsychology,...

Discover vital research on the lexical and cognitive meanings of words. In this exciting book from a team of world-class researchers, in-depth articles explain a wide range of topics, including thematic roles, sense relation, ambiguity and comparison. The authors focus on the cognitive and...

Library design in the 21st century has one common theme: collaboration is at the heart of innovation. Designing modern libraries is a complex process involving many stakeholders and participants. Libraries of all types work with an almost limitless range of constituent groups for input,...

This volume explores various aspects of "Applied Construction Grammar" through a collection of studies that apply Construction Grammar (CxG) and CxG-inspired approaches to issues in L2 acquisition and teaching. Relying on empirical data and covering a range of constructions and languages, the chapters show...

Der Band versammelt Beiträge renommierter Vertreter unterschiedlicher Disziplinen zu der Frage, ob wir tatsächlich einen Zugang zur Wirklichkeit haben oder lediglich von unseren eigenen Konstruktionen der Wirklichkeit umgeben sind. In der Debatte kommt der Sprache eine zentrale Rolle zu. Konstruktivistische Positionen gehen davon aus,...

This textbook provides the first foundational introduction to the practice of analysing multimodality, covering the full breadth of media and situations in which multimodality needs to be a concern. Readers learn via use cases how to approach any multimodal situation and to derive their...

Welche Fremdwörter gibt es im heutigen Deutsch, wo kommen sie her und wie verhalten sie sich innerhalb des Gesamtwortschatzes unserer Sprache? Mit diesem Buch wird zum ersten Mal der Versuch unternommen, einen wichtigen, vielseitigen und seit Jahrhunderten wachsenden Teil des deutschen Wortschatzes systematisch und...

Culture and Explosion, now appearing in English for the very first time, is the final book written by the legendary semiotician Juri Lotman. Originally published in Russian in 1992, a year before Lotman's death, the volume puts forth a fundamental theory: the semiotics of...

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary...

This volume focuses on specialist translation - one of the areas of translation in greatest demand in our age of globalization. The 16 chapters deal not only with the classical domains of science and technology, law, socio-politics and medicine but also with lesser researched...

Cet ouvrage est une introduction la th orie syntaxique bas e sur le programme minimaliste, une version r cente de la grammaire g n rative. Il se veut accessible tant aux linguistes d butants qu' ceux, d j familiaris s avec la grammaire g...

This book offers a long overdue, extensive study of one of the most beloved television shows: Friends. Why has this sitcom become the seminal success that it is? And how does it continue to engage viewers around the world a quarter century after its...

Part I: Introduction.- Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives; Håkon Hermanstrand, Asbj rn Kolberg, Trond Risto Nilssen, Leiv Sem.- Part II: Sociolinguistic Perspectives.- Southern Saami Language and Culture - Between Stigma and Pride, Tradition and Modernity; Brit M hlum.- "But they call us the Language Police!"...

Are you a graduate, postgraduate or PhD student? Building a CV or profile can be difficult for anyone, but especially for those whose first language is not English. This book is essential for those looking to promote themselves in the academic community, and can...

Your hero's journey can take many forms. Perhaps you met your soulmate at a cooking class in Tuscany and now make fresh pasta every evening -- you're 40 kilos overweight but happy. You took your eight-year-old daughter to the lake where your parents took...

Ouvrage essentiel pour ceux qui veulent soigner et enrichir leur fran ais crit, Le VocabulAIDE permet de trouver et de rep rer les anglicismes et les emplois influenc s par l'anglais dans le lexique quotidien.Author: Pierre CardinalPublisher: University of Ottawa PressPublished: 01/13/2010Pages: 736Binding Type:...

Love Book: Things I Love About You Create your own romance story with these romantic writing prompts. With Things I Love About You Book, you can create the perfect present for your loved one with this new, easy to complete a romantic writing journal....

Ready to fit writing into your life? Discover some of the best time management and productivity writers out there and kickstart your writing habit today.Think of Find Time to Write as a habit formation system. You don't need to start with an idea. You...

Sacha Black's book, 10 Steps To Hero - How To Craft A Kickass Protagonist, showed writers how to create their ultimate hero in an easy and humorous, step-by-step guide. This workbook puts those lessons to use by building on each chapter in 10 Steps...