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271. English Studies in Transition

     Papers from the Inaugural Conference of the European Society for the Study of English

     Edited by Piero Boitani, Robert Clark

     Bringing together twenty-five contributors from all over Europe, this volume represents the vitality and diversity of the current transcultural European dialogue on English studies. Topics addressed include: * the nature of the canon * the poetics of language * the representation of women and the...

     Published September 1st 1993 by Routledge
272. Beyond Superstructuralism

     By Richard Harland

     Published July 7th 1993 by Routledge
273. Historical Linguistics

     An Introduction, 3rd Edition

     By Winfred P. Lehmann

     Historical Linguistics provides a comprehensive and clearly written introduction to historical linguistic theory and methods. Since its first publication in 1962 the book has established itself as core reading for students of linguistics. This edition has been thoroughly revised. Drawing on recent...

     Published November 25th 1992 by Routledge
274. Naming and Reference

     The Link of Word to Object

     By R.J. Nelson

     Series: Problems of Philosophy

     Nelson looks at how language relates to the world and more particularly at the referring power of names. The first half of the book details the history of the subject from Locke onwards and is followed by Nelson's own reference theory....

     Published September 23rd 1992 by Routledge
275. The Language of Jokes

     Analyzing Verbal Play

     By Delia Chiaro

     Series: Interface

     In this highly readable and thought-provoking book, Delia Chiaro explores the pragmatics of word play, using frameworks normally adopted in descriptive linguistics. Using examples from personally recorded conversations, she examines the structure of jokes, quips, riddles and asides. Chiaro explores...

     Published May 27th 1992 by Routledge
276. Current Morphology

     By Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy

     Series: Linguistic Theory Guides

     This book aims to provide a thorough and wide-ranging introduction to approaches to morphology in linguistic theory over the last twenty years. This comprehensive survey concentrates not only on the generative linguistic mainstream, but on approaches that are less fashionable or relatively unknown...

     Published January 29th 1992 by Routledge
277. The Meaning of Focus Particles

     A Comparative Perspective

     By Ekkehard König

     Focus particles (words such as even, only, also) play an important role in English, in various syntactic and semantic domains, but their characteristics pose numerous problems for current syntactic frameworks and semantic theories. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the syntax, meaning...

     Published November 27th 1991 by Routledge
278. Functional Categories and Parametric Variation

     By Jamal Ouhalla

     Published October 30th 1991 by Routledge
279. Grammatical Relations

     The Evidence Against Their Necessity and Universality

     By D. N. S. Bhat

     This book argues that the assumption that grammatical relations are both necessary and universal is an unwarranted generalization. The grammatical relations of subject and object are required in the case of the Indian language of Kannada. Furthermore, the notion of transitivity or transference...

     Published September 25th 1991 by Routledge
280. Language and Philosophical Problems

     By Sören Stenlund

     Language and Philosophical Problems investigates problems about mind, meaning and mathematics rooted in preconceptions of language. It deals in particular with problems which are connected with our tendency to be misled by certain prevailing views and preconceptions about language. Philosophical...

     Published December 19th 1990 by Routledge