linguistics books

Through an exploration of the concept of relativization, this book considers how biologically-programmed language...  Read More >>

How chronic Lyme sheds new light on the rhetorical problem of patient empowerment Modern medicine expects patients...  Read More >>

A scholarly consideration of Akínwùmí Ìsòlá and his anthology, Àfàìmò Àti Àwon Àròfò Mìíràn, via the analysis of...  Read More >>

How can we know the minds of others? How can we make our own mind known? This book explores the philosophical problem...  Read More >>

First Published in 1944, Colloquial Hindustani is intended to supply the beginner in the language not only with...  Read More >>

First published in 1972, Goethe presents a biography looking at one of the few great Europeans to be universally...  Read More >>

First published in 1970, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language (Vol. 2) is the first systematic and...  Read More >>

First published in 1972, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language (Vol. 3) is the updated supplement to...  Read More >>

First published in 1970, Dictionary of World Literary Terms brings together in one volume authoritative definitions...  Read More >>

First Published in 1975, Dilemmas of Discourse brings together strands of arguments from disciplines like sociology,...  Read More >>

First published in 1985, The Word and the World is a significant, empirically-based contribution to the sociological...  Read More >>

First published in 1990, Philosophers’ Poets is a collection of case studies of philosophers’ readings of poets...  Read More >>

How do we define plagiarism in literature? In this wide-ranging study, Muhsin J. al-Musawi examines debates surrounding...  Read More >>

With practical examples taken from real-world data spanning a wide range of languages and issues, this book introduces...  Read More >>

Through conceptual and empirical means, this book looks at how critical realism helps uncover and refine assumptions...  Read More >>

A state-of-the art reference to the field of systemic functional linguistics, providing a guide for advanced students...  Read More >>

Presents the key features of Biblical Thomism and explores its influence on contemporary biblical exegesis from...  Read More >>

Accounts for the co-emergence of early body ornaments and our semiotic mind, by employing a cognitive semiotic theory...  Read More >>

First published in 1970, Leyla and Mejnun provides a thorough introduction to the Leyla and Mejnun love story and...  Read More >>

First published in 1970, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language (Vol. 1) is the first systematic and...  Read More >>

First published in 1939, Language Hunting in the Karakoram describes the journey taken by the author to the regions...  Read More >>

Reflections of multicultural and multilingual Gdańsk in literature, education and language  Read More >>

Part I deals with the standardization of spelling in contemporary editions of older works, with the activities of...  Read More >>

How does language affect political polarization? Do media experts and linguists see it similarly?  Read More >>

This Element introduces the study of forensic linguistics in southern Africa. The topic is defined along with the...  Read More >>