Language

The term `code-switching' is used to describe the mixing of different language varieties which often...

This book provides a novel interpretation of the ideas about language in Wittgenstein's 'Philosophical Investigations'....

In this book, a set of problems which overlap philosophy, linguistics, cognitive psychology, and artificial...

An original view of the problems of reference and singular terms, including a novel account...

The study of Native American languages has traditionally paid little attention to linguistic convergence, just...

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg sits at the heart of the European Union, yet it...

The Old City of Jerusalem, small and densely populated, is a complex microcosm of Israeli...

Linear Syntax makes a case for a critical reassessment of the widespread view that syntax...

It is commonly stated that the loss of case marking distinctions between Old and Middle...

What do all languages have in common, and what gives each language its individuality? Language...

This is the first full account of the transformation of Ottoman Turkish into modern Turkish....

This book proposes a new theory of the origins of human language ability and presents...

What does it mean to drive a Cadillac? What does `cuckoo' suggest about the bird?...

New in paperback and in an updated edition, Swahili for Starters: A Practical Introductory Course...

This book investigates noun phrases in a representative sample of the world's 6,000 or so...

This collection of specially commissioned essays focuses on the forms, functions, and uses of contemporary...

The Taming of the True poses a broad challenge to the realist views of meaning...

The goal of this book is to describe and explain intrasentential codeswitching - the production...

Rongorongo, Easter Island's enigmatic script and Oceania's only known pre-twentieth-century writing system, is here comprehensively...

Lexical ambiguity is one of the most intractable problems facing language processing studies and, not...

Armenian is geographically one of the most widespread languages of the world, with distinct dialects...

"This was a different man," said Mr Welbecker. "Listen! This man was called Hamlet and...

Although the large Hispanic community of Los Angeles is basically a geographically stable urban community,...

So far the development of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has been fragmented. The points of...

This book is the first in-depth investigation of the expression of agency in verbal noun...

Understanding any communication depends on the listener or reader recognizing that some words refer to...

This is a study of the books of Salisbury Cathedral and their scribes in the...

This book is an English version of two series of highly acclaimed introductory lectures given...

How did an Athenian citizen address his wife? His children, his slaves, and his dog?...

A new English translation, with commentary, of the treatise On Issues by Hermogenes of Tarsus...

Aeschylus' Oresteia is a tragedy of inescapable killing within one family, such that each generation...

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between literature and stylistic theory...

In the early 1900s, the language of America was becoming colloquial English-the language of the...

The late 20th century saw great movement in the philosophy of language, often critical of...

Two thirds of global Internet users are non-English speakers. Despite this, most scholarly literature on...

The broad arc of islands north of Australia that extends from Indonesia east towards the...