Linguistics Books

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121. Language and History

     Integrationist Perspectives

     Edited by Nigel Love

     Series: Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory

     When linguistics was first established as an academic discipline in the nineteenth century, it was envisaged as an essentially historical study. Languages were to be treated as historical objects, evolving through gradual but constant processes of change over long periods of time. In recent years,...

     Published March 8th 2006 by Routledge
122. Cognitive Linguistics

     An Introduction

     By Vyvyan Evans, Melanie Green

     A general introduction to the area of theoretical linguistics known as cognitive linguistics, this textbook provides up-to-date coverage of all areas of the field, including recent developments within cognitive semantics (such as Primary Metaphor Theory, Conceptual Blending Theory, and Principled...

     Published March 2nd 2006 by Routledge
123. Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition

     By Judit Kormos

     Series: Cognitive Science and Second Language Acquisition Series

     This extremely up-to-date book, Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition, is the first volume in the exciting new series, Cognitive Science and Second Language Acquisition. This new volume provides a thorough overview of the field and proposes a new integrative model of how L2 speech is...

     Published February 28th 2006 by Routledge
124. Language and Region

     By Joan Beal

     Series: Intertext

     Language and Region: provides an accessible guide to regional variation in English covers topical issues including loss of regional diversity and attitudes to regional accents and dialects examines the use of dialect in media, advertising and the tourist industry outlines the main linguistic...

     Published January 22nd 2006 by Routledge
125. Theoretical Comparative Syntax

     Studies in Macroparameters

     By Naoki Fukui

     Series: Routledge Leading Linguists

     Collected for the first time in a single volume, these essays and articles by Naoki Fukui form an outline of some of the most significant and formative contributions to syntactic theory. Focusing particularly on the typological differences between English/type language and Japanese/type languages,...

     Published January 16th 2006 by Routledge
126. Child Language

     A Resource Book for Students

     By Jean Stilwell Peccei

     Series: Routledge English Language Introductions

     Child Language: provides a comprehensive overview of language acquisition in children introduces students to key theories and concerns such as innateness, the role of input and the relation of language to other cognitive functions teaches students the skills needed to analyze children’s language...

     Published December 12th 2005 by Routledge
127. The Psychology of the Language Learner

     Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition

     By Zoltán Dörnyei

     Series: Second Language Acquisition Research Series

     Research results over the past decades have consistently demonstrated that a key reason why many second language learners fail--while some learners do better with less effort--lies in various learner attributes such as personality traits, motivation, or language aptitude. In psychology, these...

     Published November 29th 2005 by Routledge
128. Exploring Language Change

     By Mari Jones, Ishtla Singh

     In this student-friendly text, Jones and Singh explore the phenomenon of language change, with a particular focus on the social contexts of its occurrence and possible motivations, including speakers’ intentions and attitudes. Presenting new or little-known data, the authors draw a distinction...

     Published November 16th 2005 by Routledge
129. Conceptualizing Metaphors

     On Charles Peirce’s Marginalia

     By Ivan Mladenov

     Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics

     The enigmatic thought of Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914), considered by many to be one of the great philosophers of all time, involves inquiry not only into virtually all branches and sources of modern semiotics, physics, cognitive sciences, and mathematics, but also logic, which he understood to be...

     Published October 19th 2005 by Routledge
130. The Tamil Auxiliary Verb System

     By Sanford B. Steever

     Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics

     This book introduces the syntactic process of auxiliary formation and applies it to the grammatical analysis of the indicative, or non-modal, auxiliary verbs of Modern Tamil. Using data from spoken and written registers gathered over several years, the book demonstrates for the first time the...

     Published August 7th 2005 by Routledge