DESCRIPTION: Saussure's Cours de linguistique générale has been one of the seminal books of the twentieth century, having shaped modern linguistics and semiology, and having importantly affected anthropology, philosophy and literary studies. Yet the book was written by Saussure's colle... view more info and the price of this book.

Saussure's Second Course of Lectures on General Linguistics (1908-09) - book by Komatsu, E.;Wolf, G.

Concise Encyclopedia of Syntactic Theories - book by Brown, K.;Miller, J.

DESCRIPTION: Syntactic description and theoretical syntax are central concerns in linguistics. For thirty years, the search for a single formal model of syntax has been the central task in the field; many theories have been proposed, some discarded, none universally adopted, and the problem continue... view more info and the price of this book.

Conference Terminology - book by Herbert, J.

DESCRIPTION: Analysis of the great demand for this work over a number of years has revealed that conference participants and interpreters, for whom the manual was primarily intended, are by no means alone in appreciating the usefulness and reliability of this unique publication. Whilst the editor ha... view more info and the price of this book.

A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language - book by Klein, E.

DESCRIPTION: Although during the last sixty years philology has attained a high degree of development, looking at the literature available, Etymology appears only to have reached the level of philology at the turn of the century. This dictionary is the first major work of its kind in the 20th centur... view more info and the price of this book.

Compressed Russian - book by Zalucky, H.K.

DESCRIPTION: Contained in this dictionary are approximately 40,000 entries followed by their pronunciation, including stress, Russian expansions and English equivalents. Also presented are shortcuts related to virtually every aspect of urban and country life in the USSR with special emphasis on indu... view more info and the price of this book.

Discourse and Pragmatic Constraints on Grammatical Choices - book by Manoliu-Manea, M.

DESCRIPTION: This book constitutes a quest for discourse and pragmatic features responsible for so-called optional grammatical choices. In an attempt to adduce new evidence for the assumption that, in order to capture adequately the reasons for the choice of various grammatical devices, a multi-vari... view more info and the price of this book.

Pragmatics and the Flexibility of Word Meaning, 8 - book by Nemeth T., Eniko;Bibok, Karoly

DESCRIPTION: Recently, the investigation of word meaning in utterances has connected two different fields: lexical semantics and pragmatics. A new linguistic discipline, namely lexical pragmatics is emerging. The eleven papers of the present book constitute a unit in the sense that they have a commo... view more info and the price of this book.

Variation and Universals in Biolinguistics - book by Jenkins, Lyle

DESCRIPTION: Jenkins has succeeded in putting together a terrific volume. Some of the most creative minds in the fields tackle questions of utmost importance in biolinguistics. The clarity with which these essays are written and the insights expressed in them are sure to provide solid foundations fo... view more info and the price of this book.

Theorizing Language: Analysis, Normativity, Rhetoric, History - book by Taylor, T.J.

DESCRIPTION: Although what language users in different cultures say about their own language has long been recognized as of potential interest, its theoretical importance to the study of language has typically been thought to be no more than peripheral. Theorizing Language is the first book to place... view more info and the price of this book.

Discourse, Beliefs and Intentions: Semantic Defaults and Propositional Attitude Ascription - book by Jaszczolt, K.

DESCRIPTION: This book is about beliefs, language, communication and cognition. It deals with the fundamental issue of the interpretation of the speaker's utterance expressing a belief and reporting on beliefs of other people in the form of oratio obliqua. The main aim of the book is to present a ne... view more info and the price of this book.

The Semantics/Pragmatics Interface from Different Points of View - book by Turner, K.

DESCRIPTION: This volume examines explicitly the question of how the semantics and pragmatics of a number of expressions might be responsibly discussed. In the past, the temptation has been for the expressions in question to be discussed either in terms of the semantics, or in terms of the pragmatic... view more info and the price of this book.

Integrational Linguistics - book by Harris, R.;Wolf, G.

DESCRIPTION: This collection of readings is complementary to Introduction to Integrational Linguistics (Language & Communication Library, Vol.17), but can be used independently. It brings together for the first time 24 key papers in integrational linguistics, and is intended to serve as a basic ... view more info and the price of this book.

Integrational Linguistics - book by Harris, R.;Wolf, G.

Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Linguists - book by Caron, B.

DESCRIPTION: The International Congress of Linguists is the largest and most prestigious international conference of academic linguists, and is held every five years. ICL XVI took place in Paris, 20-27 July 1997, attracting 1,400 participants. Sessions covered the whole range of linguistic subdiscip... view more info and the price of this book.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Language Pathology - book by Fabbro, F.

DESCRIPTION: This work will provide readers with uniquely systematic coverage of the field of speech and language pathology. Taking as its starting point the highly successful Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, the book comprises selected updates from the original work combined with a high pr... view more info and the price of this book.

Concise Encyclopedia of Educational Linguistics - book by Spolsky, B.

DESCRIPTION: The volume comprises 232 thematically organised articles based on the highly successful Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics and the International Encyclopedia of Education (2nd edition) revised and, where necessary, updated and supplemented throughout. Dealing with all topics at ... view more info and the price of this book.

Concise Encyclopedia of Grammatical Categories - book by Brown, K.;Miller, J.

DESCRIPTION: Complementing Brown & Miller's recent Concise Encyclopedia of Syntactic Theories (1996), to which this is a companion volume, this encyclopedia is a collection of articles drawn from the highly successful Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. It presents a collection of 79 artic... view more info and the price of this book.

Language Acquisition: Knowledge Representation and Processing - book by Sorace, A.;Heycock, C.;Shillcock, R.

DESCRIPTION: Language Acquisition has been a much-disputed territory over which the conflicting claims of cognitive scientists, psychologists and linguists have long been fought. While for years each discipline has kept within its own theoretical frameworks, a fruitful recent development has been th... view more info and the price of this book.

Elsevier's Russian-English Dictionary - book by Macura, P.

DESCRIPTION: Since the publication of the first edition in 1990, over 40,000 entries, or 375 pages of lexical material, were added to this Second Revised Edition. It now contains approximately 280,000 key entries, constituting the most extensive listing of vocabulary in the areas of the humanities,... view more info and the price of this book.

Langue and Parole in Synchronic and Diachronic Perspective - book by Beedham, C.

DESCRIPTION: This volume contains 37 papers selected from the proceedings of the XXXIst Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea held at the University of St Andrews, Scotland in 1998. The general theme of the conference was 'langue and parole in synchronic and diachronic perspective', a ... view more info and the price of this book.

The Pragmatics of Propositional Attitude Reports - book by Jaszczolt, K.M.

DESCRIPTION: This volume, the fourth in Elsevier's new CRiSPI series, is a collection of nine papers dealing with the topic of reporting on beliefs and other attitudes, and in particular with the issue of the semantics-pragmatics boundary dispute which is the core topic of the current research in th... view more info and the price of this book.

Presuppositions and Pronouns - book by Geurts, B.

DESCRIPTION: In this volume, Geurts takes discourse representation theory (DRT), and turns it into a unified account of anaphora and presupposition, which he applies not only to the standard problem cases but also to the interpretation of modal expressions, attitude reports, and proper names. The re... view more info and the price of this book.

Modality: Issues in the Semantics-Pragmatics Interface - book by Papafragou, A.

DESCRIPTION: This volume focuses on the interplay between grammatical and pragmatic factors in the comprehension of lexically communicated meaning. It uses a case-study, modality, in order to illustrate how the plasticity of lexically conveyed information can be accounted for without assuming semant... view more info and the price of this book.

Comparative Studies in Romanian Syntax - book by Motapanyane, V.

DESCRIPTION: Volume 58 of the North Holland Linguistic Series, edited by Virginia Motapanyane, provides an up-to-date overview of studies in Romanian syntax. Bringing together linguists working within the field of generative grammar, the volume's comparative approach demonstrates the relevance of Ro... view more info and the price of this book.

The Lexicon-Encyclopedia Interface - book by Peeters, B.

DESCRIPTION: Questions about the exact nature of linguistic as opposed to non-linguistic knowledge have been asked for as long as humans have studied language, be it as linguists, philosophers, psychologists, language teachers, semioticians or cognitive scientists. This distinction has been maintai... view more info and the price of this book.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Eponyms - book by Letuse La O, R.A.

DESCRIPTION: This dictionary containing more than 2,900 terms deriving from the names and pseudonyms of renowned, or seemingly unknown people, covers most fields of human development such as economy, science, technology, history, religion, culture, politics, sport and many others. The main aims of ... view more info and the price of this book.

Analysing the Language of Discourse Communities - book by Cutting, J.

DESCRIPTION: This book describes how the language used in social interaction evolves from the time the speakers first meet and becomes the in-group code of a given discourse community (in this case the academic community). Most studies reported in the literature of the language of groups and intimat... view more info and the price of this book.

Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Religion - book by Sawyer, J.F.A.;Simpson, J.M.Y.

DESCRIPTION: The Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Religion provides the specialist and the general reader with accurate, up-to-date information on every aspect of the crucial interface between language and religion. Easy access to material in over 320 articles by scholars in many fields is provi... view more info and the price of this book.

Current Studies in Italian Syntax - book by Cinque, G.;Salvi, G.

DESCRIPTION: The sixteen contributions which make up this volume are representative of the research currently carried out in Italy on Italian and, more generally, Romance syntax (in the generative tradition). The essays were specially collected to pay homage to Professor Lorenzo Renzi, a scholar who... view more info and the price of this book.

Contexts of Metaphor - book by Leezenberg, M.

DESCRIPTION: This study presents an approach to metaphor that systematically takes contextual factors into account. It analyses how metaphors both depend on, and change, the context in which they are uttered, and specifically, how metaphorical interpretation involves the articulation of asserted, im... view more info and the price of this book.

On the Nature of the Syntax-Phonology Interface - book by Boskovic, Z.

DESCRIPTION: The theoretical domain of investigation of this volume is the nature of the syntax-phonology interface. The empirical domain of investigation is cliticization in South Slavic. The volume also examines several phenomena that raise theoretical issues related to those involved in South Sla... view more info and the price of this book.

The Sciences of Aphasia - book by Papathanasiou, Ilias;De Bleser, Ria

DESCRIPTION: It is now widely expected that scientific evidence and theory should be used to describe aphasia and aphasia therapy. The Sciences of Aphasia: From Therapy to Theory provides state-of-the-art review chapters on controversial research and clinical issues in aphasia and aphasia therapy. ... view more info and the price of this book.

Manifestations of Aphasia Symptoms in Different Languages - book by Paradis, M.

DESCRIPTION: The likelihood of encountering aphasic patients who speak a language other than the one of the clinic in which they are assessed is rapidly increasing to the point of becoming commonplace. It is therefore more important than ever to become aware of the manifestations of aphasia in lang... view more info and the price of this book.

Semantic and Pragmatic Issues in Discourse and Dialogue - book by Bras, M.;Vieu, L.

DESCRIPTION: This volume addresses current issues in the semantics and the pragmatics of discourse and dialogue. Collected papers aim at providing insights on different theoretical approaches, all of them in the dynamic semantics tradition, such as Dynamic Predicate Logic (DPL), Discourse Representa... view more info and the price of this book.

From Words to Discourse, 10 - book by Gutierrez-Rexach, Javier

DESCRIPTION: An area of linguistic research can be considered mature when the validity of theoretical and empirical results is tested cross-linguistically and when predictions from different languages influence and modify the course of theoretical development. The semantics/pragmatics interface pose... view more info and the price of this book.

Reporting Discourse, Tense, and Cognition - book by Sakita, T.I.

DESCRIPTION: Reporting discourse has attracted rigorous analyses in linguistics, literary theory, cognitive psychology, sociology, and ethnomethodology. This book provides innovative analyses of controversial topics in reporting discourse like tense alternation, reporting styles, patterns, and funct... view more info and the price of this book.

Context-Dependence in the Analysis of Linguistic Meaning, 11 - book by Kamp, Hans;Partee, Barbara H

DESCRIPTION: Does context and context-dependence belong to the research agenda of semantics - and, specifically, of formal semantics? Not so long ago many linguists and philosophers would probably have given a negative answer to the question. However, recent developments in formal semantics have ind... view more info and the price of this book.

Adjectives, Number and Interfaces - book by Bouchard, D.

DESCRIPTION: This study explains why languages vary the way they do in the domain of adjectival modification in French as contrasted with other Indo-European languages (English, Celtic, Walloon, Romanian, Italian). Rejecting previous well known analyses in terms of syntactic movement to various func... view more info and the price of this book.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Acronyms, Initialisms, Abbreviations and Symbols - book by Benedetto Mattia, Fioretta.

DESCRIPTION: The dictionary contains an alphabetical listing of approximately 30,000 (thirty thousand) acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations and symbols covering approximately 2,000 fields and subfields ranging from Pelagic Ecology to Anthrax Disease, Artificial Organs to Alternative Cancer Therapies... view more info and the price of this book.

Meaning, 12 - book by Peregrin, Jaroslav

DESCRIPTION: In recent decades, many theories of formal semantics of natural language have undergone what can be called a dynamic turn: they have moved from treating language as a static system to considering it 'in action' and to taking meanings as crucially involving 'context-change potentials'. T... view more info and the price of this book.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Symbols and Imagery - book by de Vries, Ad;de Vries, Arthur

DESCRIPTION: This dictionary supplies associations which have been evoked by plants, animals, gems, objects and concepts throughout the history of Western civilization, from the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt to the poetry of Dylan Thomas. It supplies background information from fields which may not b... view more info and the price of this book.

Negotiating Moves - book by Yotsukura, Lindsay Amthor

DESCRIPTION: Negotiating Moves breaks new ground in linguistic pragmatics by approaching Japanese in terms of "genres" - typical forms of language that we associate with situations, themes and circumstances. How do Japanese people present problems and seek their resolution? What notions about the wo... view more info and the price of this book.

Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics, 14-volume Set - book by Brown, Keith

DESCRIPTION: The first edition of ELL (1993, Ron Asher, Editor) was hailed as "the field's standard reference work for a generation". Now the all-new second edition matches ELL's comprehensiveness and high quality, expanded for a new generation, while being the first encyclopedia to really exploit t... view more info and the price of this book.

Reporting Discourse, Tense, and Cognition - book by Sakita, Tomoko I.

DESCRIPTION:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

AUTHORS: Sakita, Tomoko I.

PAGES: 304 pages

PUBLISH DATE: 01/08/2002

ISBN Number: 0-08-044041-x... view more info and the price of this book.

Adjectives, Number and Interfaces, 61 - book by Bouchard, Denis

DESCRIPTION:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

AUTHORS: Bouchard, Denis

PAGES: 468 pages

PUBLISH DATE: 01/09/2002

ISBN Number: 0-08-044055-x... view more info and the price of this book.

Neurogenic Language Disorders in Children - book by Fabbro, Franco

DESCRIPTION: Language disorders in children are one of the most frequent causes of difficulties in communication, social interaction, learning and academic achievement. It has been estimated that over 5% of children present with some kind of language disorder. This volume illustrates the state of th... view more info and the price of this book.

Methods and Models in Neurophysics, Session LXXX - book by Chow, Carson;Gutkin, Boris;Hansel, David;Meunier, Claude;Dalibard, Jean

DESCRIPTION: Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field that strives to understand the functioning of neural systems at levels ranging from biomolecules and cells to behaviour and higher brain functions (perception, memory, cognition). Neurophysics has flourished over the past three decades, becomin... view more info and the price of this book.

Shifting the Focus, 14 - book by Wedgwood, Daniel

DESCRIPTION: How direct is the mapping between linguistic constructions and their interpretations? Much less direct than we commonly assume, according to Daniel Wedgwood. Extending current ideas from frameworks like Relevance Theory and Dynamic Syntax, Wedgwood upholds a radical position on modellin... view more info and the price of this book.

Competition and Variation in Natural Languages - book by Amberber, Mengistu;de Hoop, Helen

DESCRIPTION: This volume combines different perspectives on case-marking: (1) typological and descriptive approaches of various types and instances of case-marking in the languages of the world as well as comparison with languages that express similar types of relations without morphological case-ma... view more info and the price of this book.

Numerous Meanings, 15 - book by Bultinck, Bert

DESCRIPTION: Outlandish as it may seem to the uninitiated, the meaning of English cardinal numbers has been the object of many heated and fascinating debates. Notwithstanding the numerous important objections that have been formulated in the last three decades, the (neo-)Gricean, scalar account is s... view more info and the price of this book.

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