Language at Work
This title outlines recent linguistic research in a cross-section of institutions, including museums, schools, and universities, to investigate the language of the workplace and public institutions.
Twentieth Century Borrowings from French to English
French’s vast influence on English is well-known, but recent borrowings are little studied. This work analyzes 1677 20th-century loanwords from the OED to reveal their modern impact and semantic evolution.
This book brings together new studies in critical applied linguistics, language policy, and language learning. It offers critical views on language in society, from identity and justice to language policy in education and key teaching strategies.
Showcasing a major breakthrough in interpreting studies from work on community interpreting and participant interaction, this book argues that those engaged in interpreting research should be viewed as particularly influential, reframing interpreting approaches in the process.
With distinguished features in its sound system, syntax, and discourse, Chinese is a unique language. This volume presents new advances in Chinese linguistics, drawing on diverse theoretical models valuable to linguists, educators, and students.
English in Southeast Asia
This is the first single volume to publish such diverse work on English in Southeast Asia. Sections cover Varieties, Literacies, and Literatures, from code-switching to new writings. An excellent resource for university students and academics.
This volume explores multimodality in communication, showing how non-verbal elements like gaze and gestures reinforce speech. It covers educational and specialized domains, offering new perspectives on how to exploit multimodal resources to enhance English language learning.
This volume brings together language research from theorists and practitioners. Drawing on authentic data, the articles analyze language structure and the construction of text and identity in teaching, writing, and translation. A valuable resource for students and specialists.
This volume examines how migration is affecting schools in Southern Europe. It explores changing language use and attitudes, asking: How do children react to diversity? Are schools equipped for these changes? Is there an adequate framework for integration?
Relevance-Theoretic Lexical Pragmatics
One of the first books to present a comprehensive view of lexical pragmatics, its origins and methodology, Wałaszewska’s study focuses on the approach offered by relevance theory, showing how relevance-theoretic tools can highlight changes to lexically encoded meanings.
CLIL in Action
This volume explores CLIL implementation, research, and teacher training. It presents practical and research-based proposals from researchers, trainers, and practitioners, offering insights into how CLIL works in action to push the agenda forward.
This book raises issues at the centre of language acquisition research, including first and second language acquisition, language impairment, and cross-linguistic comparisons. It constitutes a valuable reference guide for current work in the field.
Input a Word, Analyze the World
Comprising contributions by scholars from across the globe, this collection represents current perspectives on Corpus Linguistics from a variety of linguistic subdisciplines. It will be of particular interest to language specialists.
The first dictionary on education and assessment for translator and interpreter training. It offers in-depth knowledge, defining key terms on how to train and assess performance. A valuable resource for researchers, educators, practitioners, and students.
This book explores the complexities of academic writing in English for graduate students and researchers. It clarifies how to communicate discipline-related content and is ideal for non-native speakers studying for master’s and PhD qualifications or academic publishing.
To be or not to be a Word
What is a word? Though seemingly simple, the answer is an elusive and controversial reality for linguists. This book gathers views from diverse theoretical frameworks to offer an up-to-date overview of the latest discussions on this fundamental question.
This book presents the latest approaches to Lexicology and Lexicography. It offers insights into specialized languages across diverse fields like cinema, fashion, law, and medicine, examining translation, word-formation, and teaching.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought challenges and innovation to English for Academic Purposes (EAP). This volume shares the experiences and reflections of EAP practitioners, teacher trainers, and leaders on how their response to the crisis has shaped our future ‘new normal’.
The Noun Phrase and the Generative Lexicon
This study delves into how the semantics of words influence the syntax of the noun phrase, using the generative lexicon. The result is a bold proposal for a comprehensive grammar—a useful tool for linguists, applicable to any language.
In the 19th century, comparative philology was not just a science but a tool for nation-building and identity politics. This book explores how Scandinavian cultures were used to create imaginative geographies of belonging, revealing how scientific models depended on local needs.