The Last Language on Earth is an ethnographic history of the disputed Eskayan language, spoken today by an isolated upla......more
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This rich collection of articles pays homage to many of the remarkably broad and interdisciplinary interests embodied in......more
Jon Barwise (1942-2000) was a noted scholar of mathematical logic and philosophy who served on the faculties of Yale Uni......more
Jon Barwise (1942-2000) was a noted scholar of mathematical logic and philosophy who served on the faculties of Yale Uni......more
The main purpose of this Pocket Guide is to ensure that a clear and accurate definition of key terms and aspects of lang......more
The main purpose of this Pocket Guide is to ensure that a clear and accurate definition of key terms and aspects of lang......more
Although there are many aspects of language education that have been covered extensively in the literature, from methodo......more
Although there are many aspects of language education that have been covered extensively in the literature, from methodo......more
An entertaining and informative look at the words and phrases we use most often - and the stories of where they came fro......more
The manuscript reflects on the ideological context of the Basque language from a social psychology and rhetorical approa......more
Back to Basics is for readers to build a firm foundation in the English language. It is an interactive learning resource......more
From the perspective of philosophical contrastive pragmatics, this study investigates our multiple selves as manifested ......more
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This is a collection of narrative poems with the main one being the title poem. Lamentation of the Woman on the Run is u......more
As the name suggests, Success in Courtship and Marriage is a book that gives workable suggestions on how one can make ma......more
Labelling data is one of the most fundamental activities in science, and has underpinned practice, particularly in medic......more
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An exploration of the way different linguistic communities have defined kin, ethnicity, citizenship and the nation Trace......more
Misunderstandings and conflicts are inevitable in marriage because the Creator made us specially and unique. Having misu......more
A guide to principles and methods for the management, archiving, sharing, and citing of linguistic research data, especi......more
A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 What does it take to reinvent a language? After a meteoric rise, China today is on......more
The Bible says;"A man was going to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, be......more
To date little work has been done on pragmatics within cognitive linguistics, especially from a historical perspective. ......more
This volume presents the up-to-date results of investigations into the Asian origins of the only two language families o......more
English summary: "Back to the Root" constitutes the proceedings of the 15th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellscha......more
In this volume, Ray Jackendoff and Jenny Audring embark on a major reconceptualization of linguistic theory as seen thro......more
In The Black Side of the River, sociolinguist Jessi Grieser draws on ten years of interviews with dozens of residents of......more
Much focus in research on alphabetic writing systems has been on correspondences between graphemes and phonemes. The pre......more
This book provides an integrated account of the main prepositions of English, outlining their various forms and illustra......more
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Illustrates the development of translingual, transcultural competencies through student engagement with situated multimo......more
An introduction to the the range of current theoretical approaches to the prosody of spoken utterances, with practical a......more
Part 1 of this dictionary presented Uralic etymologies for 3030 Sumerian words and morphemes corresponding to about two-......more
This volume celebrates the work of the American linguist Mark R. Hale with contributions from general and historical lin......more
This book examines the nature of the early church from a Petrine perspective, employing an analysis of register to imple......more
This volume, entitled Signs Sounds Semantics and offered as part of the Wiener Offene Orientalistik series, presents eig......more
"A short philosophy of language book on quotation that maps out the history of the topic and offers a new approach to it......more
This flexible text can serve as the basis of a course in information literacy or as a supplemental text or basic researc......more
This volume investigates the nature of language, culture, knowledge, and context, and their interrelationships. Each of ......more
This volume investigates the nature of language, culture, knowledge, and context, and their interrelationships. Each of ......more
Cultural and linguistic diversity and plurality are seen as markers of our time, linked to discourses about citizenship ......more
"With child’s imagination and sensitivity discovering the world of nature and things" (Anna Banasiak) "Anna Banasiak’s p......more
What was the language of the Quran like, and how do we know? Today, the Quran is recited in ten different reading tradit......more
Comprehensive and evidence-based, Structured Literacy (SL) approaches place a high value on explicit, systematic, and se......more
"[In this book, the authors] show us where generations of scientists seeking the rules of language got it wrong. Languag......more
This book examines the increasing usage of a mixture of British and American English in the EFL context, Mid-Atlantic En......more
This volume studies three West Iranian language groups that are either undefined or have been scantly analyzed. The firs......more
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The future needs Dyslexic Thinking! British social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of charity Made By Dyslexia, Kate Grigg......more
Gareth Carrol presents a collection of "modern idioms", which have become a part of our vocabulary in the past 50 years ......more
In this exhilarating celebration of human ingenuity and perseverance--published all around the world--a trailblazing Ita......more
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In this book, the author presents the first inventory of research done in Persian on Iranian languages and dialects (exc......more
In this monograph, the semantics of the word (bad) is examined across the corpus of Ancient Hebrew and the Mishnah. The ......more
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This book presents an international range of conversation analytic (CA) studies of classroom interaction which all discu......more
An innovative account that brings together cognitive science, ethnography, and literary history to examine patterns of "......more
This volume is the first published collection of papers on the impact of diglossia and dialectal variations on language ......more
In order to shed light on the complex relationships between language(s) and conflict(s) and, in so doing, to contribute ......more
This ethnographic drama script is adapted from observations conducted in a large city centre library in the UK. The acti......more
This book opens readers’ eyes to something they see all the time but take for granted: street signs. It is a portrait of......more
This book provides a new explanation for what has long been a challenge for scholars of Biblical Hebrew: how to understa......more
"How can educators determine the most effective approaches for measuring students’ social-emotional and self-regulation ......more
"How can educators determine the most effective approaches for measuring students’ social-emotional and self-regulation ......more
This essay presents Gould’s distinctive system for analyzing kin terminologies showing the system’s power, importance, a......more
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With the rapid growth of corpus-based translations studies (CBTS) over recent years, this book offers a timely overview ......more
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Oscar E. Jiménez opens up the multi-dimensional implications of Ephesians 2:11-22 for narrative and theological analysis......more
Students in grades 3-6 need to use increasingly sophisticated comprehension skills and strategies as they read and build......more
Students in grades 3-6 need to use increasingly sophisticated comprehension skills and strategies as they read and build......more
"Argues that the primary function of language is not to describe the physical world but to manage the social one. Aimed ......more
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This book investigates different ways in which neoliberal language and teaching policies have influenced the English lan......more
This is the first international and interdisciplinary handbook to offer a comprehensive and an in-depth overview of find......more
With 50% new material reflecting current research and pedagogical perspectives, this indispensable course text and teach......more
"Learn how to enact curricular, pedagogical, and policy shifts that nourish students’ linguistic repertoires. Drawing on......more
"Learn how to enact curricular, pedagogical, and policy shifts that nourish students’ linguistic repertoires. Drawing on......more
By applying a stylistic analysis within a systemic-functional linguistic framework, this study argues that Luke’s constr......more