Motivated by the dearth of textbooks on speech prosody methodology and data, this volume offers a selection of courses from the School of Prosody. This book will contribute to prosody education in Brazil and have a significant impact in other countries.
Linguists of Tomorrow
This collection of papers by established and up-and-coming researchers covers topics from theoretical linguistics to psycholinguistics and applied linguistics. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in current issues in linguistics.
AUSIT 2012
This volume collects papers from an Australian Institute for Interpreters and Translators conference. The presentations explore training, community interpreting, and translation, combining the practical with the theoretical to address key professional questions.
Persistence and Resistance in English Studies
This book gathers together a selection of articles by members of the Association of Young Researchers in Anglophone Studies, covering a wide range of topics dealing with English literature and culture, language and linguistics.
Open Book
This book of essays is a meeting of minds passionate about tempting language from imagination onto the page. For writers at all levels, it will inspire your imagination and tune your craft as you make that leap from “What if?” to the page.
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This book offers a mosaic of perspectives on medieval Britain. Its chapters present focused analyses of language, literature, and society from the Anglo-Saxon period to the late Middle Ages, offering new readings of texts and exploring language change.
This volume’s ten studies on Greek Conversation Analysis (CA) fill a key gap in Greek linguistics. Topics range from grammar and storytelling to code-switching and mobile talk, offering a vital reference for scholars and students of talk-in-interaction.
This conference proceedings emphasizes the international aspect of the field of Celtic Studies, and highlights the relatively strong position of Celtic Studies in Poland, through its inclusion of Polish scholars working on Irish and Breton.
This collection of essays from an international conference presents important research in linguistics. It explores language theory, cross-cultural communication, pragmatics, translation, and teaching methods. An essential volume for scholars and students.
Williams explores the potential for task-based language learning and teaching (TBLT) within a Hungarian context, by investigating beliefs among university students about English (and other foreign) language teaching.
Young Scholars’ Developments in Linguistics
This edited volume brings together young researchers in language processes from Russia, Poland, Spain, Iran, India, Pakistan, Thailand and Ukraine, and showcases current research into linguistic tradition and change in a variety of contexts across the globe.
The Morphology of Loanwords in Urdu
The focus of this monograph is loanword morphology in Urdu, particularly loanwords borrowed from Persian, Arabic and English. Primarily descriptive, the study investigates the interactions between syntax, semantics and linguistic function relative to loanword adaptation.
This linguistic study analyzes trade names in contemporary Romanian public space. It explores how the names of firms, shops, and restaurants—through their structure, meaning, and language—reflect cultural shifts, globalization, and the influence of the English language.
Fictional Names
What are we naming when we use terms like Sherlock Holmes? If we are speaking about nothing, how do we understand it? This book critiques theories denying existence to fictional characters, analyzing their contribution to the meaning of sentences and our thoughts.
With increasing demand for Asian languages, this book addresses key issues in teaching Chinese, Russian, Farsi, Japanese, and Malaysian. Contributors from several countries explore future directions in language teaching for the 21st century.
Grammar and Text
The contributions here are based on presentations given at the 10th and 11th Fora for Linguistic Sharing. They present the results of original research in two broad areas, namely text and discourse linguistics and grammar.
10th Conference on British and American Studies – Crossing Boundaries
This collection of papers explores language, literature, and culture through the overarching notion of Englishness. It provides a snapshot of the multiple vantage points from which these phenomena can be studied, focusing on English-speaking communities.
Intonational Meaning in Cameroon English Discourse
This phonetic description of intonation in Cameroon English reveals how speakers make new information prominent and extensively use the falling tone. These findings challenge sociolinguistic theories from native English, which do not always apply in postcolonial settings.
NP-Anaphora in Modern Greek
This study offers a new perspective on NP-anaphora in modern Greek, proposing a pragmatic analysis based on neo-Gricean principles. It argues that preference, regulated by principles of communication, governs how anaphoric expressions are chosen and interpreted.
This book explores staff and student perceptions of English as the medium of instruction (EMI) in Pakistani universities. It examines attitudes towards Pakistani English and exposes the gap between EMI policy and practice, revealing multi-layered issues.