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Melodies, Rhythm and Cognition in Foreign Language Learning

Edited By: M. Carmen Fonseca-Mora, Mark Gant

£61.99

A reflection is made here on the relationship between language and music, two unique, innate human capacities. The text provides a clear explanation of the centrality of melodies and rhythm to foreign language learning acquisition.

Memory, Mind and Language

Edited By: Hans Götzsche

£44.99

Exploring the deep connections between language, brain, and mind, this book surveys key trends in 21st-century linguistics. It unites diverse scholarly traditions on topics from broad theory to specific analysis.

Metalinguistic Discourses

Edited By: Viviane Arigne, Christiane Rocq-Migette

£52.99

This book assesses the descriptive and explanatory power of various linguistic theories. It brings together contributions addressing formal theoretical issues and studies that put these theories to the test. For linguists, advanced students, and scholars.

Metaphor and Translation

Edited By: Dorota Śliwa

From £30.99

This volume gathers international, bilingual contributions on Metaphor and Translation. It explores themes from theory to literature and culture, offering useful conclusions on how metaphor is translated. An essential read for scholars, students, and professional translators.

Metaphor in Focus

Philosophical Perspectives on Metaphor Use

Edited By: Francesca Ervas, Elisabetta Gola

£39.99

This philosophical guide on metaphor use bridges the gap between theoretical and empirical research. It analyses the role of metaphor across diverse domains, presenting interdisciplinary connections with linguistics, cognitive science, economics, and more.

Metapragmatics and the Chinese Language

Edited By: Xinren Chen

From £40.99

This volume demonstrates how Chinese speakers use meta-level expressions to manage meaning, relationships, and discourse. It sheds light on how they monitor their speech, providing an important reference for researchers conducting cross-linguistic metapragmatic research.

Methodological Developments in Teaching Spanish as a Second and Foreign Language

Edited By: Guadalupe Ruiz-Farjardo

£44.99

This book presents new trends in teaching Spanish, focusing on Interaction and Grammar. It uses Cognitive Linguistics to clarify complex structures like the subjunctive and offers methodologies for dynamic, cooperative classroom interaction.

Metonymy and Word-Formation

Their Interactions and Complementation

By: Mario Brdar

£61.99

This book explores the interplay between word-formation and metonymy, arguing they are distinct linguistic components that complement and mutually constrain each other. Using data from a variety of languages, it is essential reading for scholars and advanced students of grammar.

Migration and Language Education in Southern Europe

Practices and Challenges

Edited By: Eleni Griva, Maria Moumtzi, Marina Mattheoudakis

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As migrant populations change Greek schools, teachers face challenges with limited training and resources. Authored by Greek researchers, this volume maps this new educational reality and meets the need for further research on immigrant education in Southern Europe.

Migration, Multilingualism and Schooling in Southern Europe

Edited By: Sandro Caruana, Liliana Coposescu, Stefania Scaglione

£54.99

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?

Mind and Second Language Acquisition

Experimental Approaches

Edited By: Georgios P. Georgiou

From £33.99

This volume explores second language (L2) acquisition using experimental designs that open the way for future research. Its insights will be useful for disciplines including linguistics, psychology, and education.

Mind, Body, and Consciousness in Society

Thinking Vygotsky via Chomsky

By: Paul C. Mocombe

£61.99

Mocombe explores the nature of learning and development in the philosophy of phenomenological structuralism, which represents an effort to resolve the structure/agency problematic of the social sciences within structurationist sociological theory.

Minority Languages, Microvariation, Minimalism and Meaning

Proceedings of the Irish Network in Formal Linguistics

Edited By: Alison Henry, Catrin Rhys

£49.99

This volume presents papers on microvariation and the linguistics of the Celtic languages. The essays examine dialect variation, challenge traditional descriptions of Celtic languages, and explore current topics in the formal analysis of syntax and semantics.

Mirrors and Windows in Language Teacher Education

Intercultural Competence and Reform Pedagogy

By: Ildikó Lázár

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This book on language learning and interculturality invites educators to look in the mirror at their own practice and out the window at others’ research. It's for all who want to support every learner in classes where inclusion and cooperation are the norm, not competition.

This book on language learning and interculturality invites educators to look in the mirror at their own practice and out the window at others’ research. It’s for all who want to support every learner in classes where inclusion and cooperation are the norm, not competition.

Modal Verbs and Modality in Literary and Non-Literary Texts

Edited By: Monika Skorasińska

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This collection presents research on modality in the English language. It includes comprehensive analyses of modal verbs in diverse genres, including non-literary texts, contributing to the current knowledge on the system of modal verbs in English.

Modal Verbs in Marlowe and Shakespeare

A Semantic-Pragmatic Approach

By: Monika Skorasińska

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The findings offered here shed light on the history of modal verbs and constitute a valuable contribution to contemporary Early Modern English studies. The study investigates the usage and meaning of modal verbs in the tragedies and history plays of both Marlowe and Shakespeare.

Modalities of the Translation-Ideology Nexus

An Analysis of V. G. Kiernan’s Translation of Iqbal

By: Jamil Asghar Jami

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This study of V. G. Kiernan’s translation of Muhammad Iqbal shows how mistranslations abound in his work. Contrary to the common view, translation is not neutral but deeply enmeshed in cross-cultural power struggles, perpetuating the marginalization of non-European works.

Modality in Modern Greek

By: Eleni Staraki

£61.99

Staraki analyses both main and embedded modality in the modern Greek language. By reviewing the classical semantic and syntactic literature related to modality, she offers a new account of its interpretation in modern Greek regarding non-veridicality and non-monotonic principles.

Model United Nations Simulations and English as a Lingua Franca

New Perspectives on Best Practices

Edited By: Donna Tatsuki, Lori Zenuk-Nishide

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Model United Nations (MUN) simulations develop negotiation skills for a globally connected world, especially in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) contexts. This volume provides researchers, practitioners, and language teachers with best practices to enrich the MUN experience.

Modernizing Educational Practice

Perspectives in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

Edited By: Katarzyna Papaja, Artur Swiateka

£52.99

This book represents presentations given at the Ustroń CLIL 2013 conference, which brought together academicians, researchers, teachers and educational authorities to exchange research on Content and Language Integrated Learning methodologies.