Semantics Books

New and Published Books

1. Typological Studies

   Word Order and Relative Clauses

   By Guglielmo Cinque

   Series: Routledge Leading Linguists

   In this book, Cinque takes a generative perspective on typological questions relating to word order and to the syntax of relative clauses. In particular, Cinque looks at: the position of the Head vis à vis the relative clause in relation to the position of the verb vis à vis his object; a general...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
2. Philosophy of Language and Webs of Information

   By Heimir Geirsson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   The nature of propositions and the cognitive value of names have been the focal point of philosophy of language for the last few decades. The advocates of the causal reference theory have favored the view that the semantic contents of proper names are their referents. However, Frege’s puzzle about...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Elliptical Noun Phrase in English

   Structure and Use

   By Christine Günther

   Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics

   This book presents a detailed analysis of structural as well as pragmatic aspects underlying the phenomenon of noun ellipsis in English. Here Günther examines the structure of elliptical noun phrases to account for the conditions on noun ellipsis and those on one-insertion, with special emphasis on...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
4. Language in Public Spaces in Japan

   Edited by Nanette Gottlieb

   This book throws light on ideologies, practices and sociocultural developments currently shaping language use in Japan by departing from the more common investigation of language in private contexts and examining aspects of the language found in a range of significant public spaces, from the...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Truth and Speech Acts

   Studies in the Philosophy of Language

   Edited by Dirk Greimann, Geo Siegwart

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Whereas the relationship between truth and propositional content has already been intensively investigated, there are only very few studies devoted to the task of illuminating the relationship between truth and illocutionary acts. This book fills that gap. This innovative collection addresses such...

   Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
6. Frank Ankersmit's Lost Historical Cause

   A Journey from Language to Experience

   By Peter Icke

   Series: Routledge Approaches to History

   The contemporary Dutch historical theorist/philosopher Frank Ankersmit, an erstwhile advocate and promulgator of what has become known as "the linguistic turn" in historical theory, is very well known within the discipline. His early position with regard to the historical text is frequently...

   Published November 14th 2011 by Routledge
7. Aspects of the Syntax of Agreement

   By Cedric Boeckx

   Series: Routledge Leading Linguists

   This volume brings together various strands of research focusing on aspects of the syntax of agreement, and the role that agreement plays in linguistic theory. The essays collected here show how and why agreement has emerged in recent years as the central theoretical construct in minimalism....

   Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge
8. Semantics and Pragmatics of False Friends

   By Pedro J. Chamizo-Domínguez

   Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics

   This book approaches the topic of false friends from a theoretical perspective, arguing that false friends carry out a positive role as a cognitive device, mainly in literature and jokes, and suggesting some pragmatic strategies in order to restore the original sense of a text/utterance when a...

   Published November 8th 2010 by Routledge
9. Language (Routledge Revivals)

   By Leonard Bloomfield

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in Great Britain in 1935, this Routledge Revival reissues one of the most influential works ever published in the field of linguistics. Leonard Bloomfield's Language is both a masterpiece of textbook writing and a classic of academic scholarship, which ...

   Published February 7th 2010 by Routledge
10. Semantic Prosody

    A Critical Evaluation

    By Dominic Stewart

    Series: Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics

    Semantic Prosody is the first full-length treatment of semantic prosody, a concept akin to connotation but which connects crucially with typical lexical environment. For example, it has been claimed that the adverb 'utterly' is characterised by an unfavourable semantic prosody on account of its...

    Published October 6th 2009 by Routledge