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Linguistics 3
3 Theoretical Linguistics
14 Language & Cognition
16 Pragmatics, Discourse & Dialogue
24 Applied Linguistics
32 Corpus & Computational
34 Historical Linguistics
35 History of Linguistics
Philosophy 35
Translation & Terminology 36
Literary Studies 39
Journals 41
Index 47
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Theoretical Linguistics
Modality and Diachronic Construction Experimental Arabic Linguistics
Grammar Edited by Dimitrios Ntelitheos
Edited by Martin Hilpert, Bert Cappelle and Tommi Tsz-Cheung Leung
United Arab Emirates University
and Ilse Depraetere
Université de Neuchâtel / Université de Lille This volume is the first systematic attempt to survey current
This volume explores how Diachronic Construction Grammar progress in the relatively new field of Experimental Arabic Lin-
can shed new light on changes in a central and well-researched guistics. While experimental work on Arabic linguistics has ap-
domain of grammar, namely modality. Its main goal is to show peared sporadically in several venues in the past, the chapters in
how constructional analyses can help us address some of the this book provide a more coherent picture of the exciting direc-
long-standing questions that have informed discussions of tions which the field is pursuing. They provide insights into the
modal expressions and their development, and to illustrate complex nature of the Arabic language and how native speakers
the processes that are involved in these developments on the process it, using cutting-edge experimental methodologies in
basis of data from languages such as English, Finnish, French, the fields of phonetics, psycholinguistics, and typical and atypi-
Galician, German, and Japanese. The studies in this volume cal language development. This volume is of particular interest
are organized around three interrelated topics. The first of to scholars, researchers, and students at both the undergraduate
these concerns the organization of modal constructions in and graduate level, in the fields of linguistics and language stud-
a network. A second focus area of the studies in this volume ies and can be a point of reference for scholars and researchers in
concerns the developmental pathways that modal construc- the fields of theoretical and experimental Arabic linguistics.
tions follow diachronically. The third topic that ties the Contributions by: M.A. Al-Hassan & T. Marinis; M.A. AlJassmi, E.W.
contributions of this volume together is the contrast between Hermena & K.B. Paterson; Z. Hermes, M. Barlaz, R. Shosted, Z. Liang &
B.P. Sutton; M. Khater; A. Marquis; A. Marquis, M. Al Kaabi, T.T. Leung &
constructionalization and constructional change. F. Boush; D. Ntelitheos & T.T. Leung; S. Shaalan, K. Egan, D. Gould & P.
Contributions by: R. Daugs; V. Dekalo; G. Diewald, V. Dekalo & C. Olsen; M. Szreder, D. Derrick & C. Ben-Ammar.
Dániel; M. Hilpert, B. Cappelle & I. Depraetere; R. Peltola; V.M.
[Studies in Arabic Linguistics, 10] 2021. vii, 249 pp.
Rego; E. Smirnova; E. Yuasa.
Hb 978 90 272 0884 2 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00
[Constructional Approaches to Language, 32] E-book 978 90 272 5960 8 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00
2021. v, 248 pp. + index
Hb 978 90 272 0949 8 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00 || Afro-Asiatic languages || Theoretical linguistics
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E-book 978 90 272 5900 4 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00
|| Historical linguistics || Semantics || Syntax Sociolinguistic Variation and Language
|| Theoretical linguistics
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Acquisition across the Lifespan
Edited by Anna Ghimenton, Aurélie Nardy
Variation Rolls the Dice and Jean-Pierre Chevrot
Laboratoire Dynamique Du Langage (UMR5596, CNRS &
A worldwide collage in honour of
Université Lyon 2) / Université Grenoble Alpes
Salikoko S. Mufwene
This volume provides a broad coverage of the intersection of
Edited by Enoch O. Aboh and Cécile B. Vigouroux sociolinguistic variation and language acquisition. Favoured
University of Amsterdam / Simon Fraser University
by the current scientific context where interdisciplinarity
Variation Rolls the Dice: A worldwide collage in honour of Salikoko S. is particularly encouraged, the chapters bring to light the
Mufwene aims to celebrate Mufwene’s ground-breaking con- complementarity between the social and cognitive approaches
tribution to linguistics in the past four decades. The title also to language acquisition. The book integrates sociolinguistic and
encapsulates his approach to language as both systemic and psycholinguistic issues by bringing together scholars who have
socio-cultural practices, and the role of variation in determin- been developing conceptions of language acquisition across the
ing particular evolutionary trajectories in specific linguistic lifespan that take into account language-internal and cross-
ecologies. The book therefore focuses on variation within and linguistic variation in contexts of both first and second language
across languages, within and across speakers, and how this acquisition as well as of first and second dialect acquisition. The
fundamental aspect of human behavior can affect language volume brings together theoretical and empirical research and
structure in time and space. Mufwene has been instrumental provides an excellent basis for scholars and students wanting
in putting creole languages on the map of General Linguistics to delve into the social and cognitive dimensions of both the
and connecting their analysis to issues of language acquisi- production and perception of sociolinguistic variation. The
tion, multilingualism, language contact, language evolution, book enables the reader to understand, on the one hand, how
and language typology. Thanks to the diversity of topics and variation is acquired in childhood or at a later stage and, on the
the wide-ranging theoretical persuasions of the contributors, other, how perception and production feed into one another,
this volume aims at a large readership including both scholars thus building up our understanding of the social meanings
and advanced students interested in cutting-edge research in underpinning language variation.
the aforementioned domains. Contributions by: A. Ender; R. Gautier & J. Chevrot; A. Ghimenton,
Contributions by: E.O. Aboh & C.B. Vigouroux; M. Baptista; W.A. A. Nardy & J. Chevrot; C.L. Hudson Kam; I. Kaiser & G. Kasberger; B.
Croft; M. DeGraff; V. Dunn, F. Meakins & C. Algy; N. Efrat-Kowalsky; Kushartanti, H. Van de Velde & M.B.H. Everaert; V. Lacoste; L. Liégeois;
L. Lim & U. Ansaldo; B. Migge; P. Muysken; C. O’Shannessy; G. V. Regan; N. Shin; J. Siegel; J. Smith; R.L. Starr & T. Wang; E. Zenner &
Sankoff; G.D. Véronique; L. Zhang, R. Fabri & J. Nerbonne. D. Van De Mieroop.
[Contact Language Library, 59] 2021. xii, 325 pp. + index [Studies in Language Variation, 26] 2021. vi, 315 pp. + index
Hb 978 90 272 0939 9 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 Hb 978 90 272 0907 8 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00
E-book 978 90 272 5904 2 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 E-book 978 90 272 5975 2 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00
|| Contact Linguistics || Historical linguistics || Historical linguistics || Language acquisition
|| Sociolinguistics and Dialectology || Theoretical linguistics
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Linguistics
All Things Morphology Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory
Its independence and its interfaces 2017
Edited by Sedigheh Moradi, Marcia Haag, Selected papers from ‘Going Romance’ 31, Bucharest
Janie Rees-Miller and Andrija Petrovic Edited by Alexandru Nicolae and Adina Dragomirescu
Stony Brook University / The University of Oklahoma / Marietta College ‘Iorgu Iordan – Alexandru Rosetti’ Institute of Linguistics &
This book provides a view of where the field of morphology University of Bucharest
has been and where it is today within a particular theoreti- This volume contains a selection of 18 peer-reviewed papers
cal framework, gathering up new and representative work presented at the 31st edition of Going Romance. Phenomena found
in morphology by both eminent and emerging scholars, and in Romance languages (European Portuguese, French, Italian,
touching on a very wide range of topics, approaches, and theo- Spanish, Romanian), in Romance dialects (Cosentino, Salentino,
retical points of view. These seemingly disparate articles have a southern Calabrese, Neapolitan, and Trevigiano), and even in
common touchstone in their focus on a word-based, paradig- creoles with a Romance lexifier (Makista and Kristang) either ben-
matic approach to morphology. efit from in-depth analyses confined to one single variety, or are
subjected to comparative analysis (dialect vs standard language,
The chapters in this book elaborate on these basic themes,
dialect vs different major language(s), cross-dialectal comparison,
from the further exploration of paradigms, to studies involv-
cross-Romance comparison, and even comparison of language
ing words, stems, and affixes, to examinations of competition,
families). Theoretical and experimental approaches complement
inheritance, and defaults, to investigations of morphomes,
one another, as do diachrony and synchrony. Individually and as
to ways that morphology interacts with other parts of the
a whole, these contributions show how the Romance languages
language from phonology to sociolinguistics and applied
contribute to a better understanding of issues which are relevant
linguistics.
in the current linguistic landscape: acquisition, n-words, ellipsis
The editors and contributors dedicate this volume to Prof. phenomena, focus and polarity, ditransitive constructions, gram-
Mark Aronoff for his profound influence on the field. maticalization theory, differential object marking, language ecol-
Contributions by: F. Ackerman; S.R. Anderson; E. Battistella; K. Berg; ogy, event structure, cyclicity, passives and many more.
O. Bonami & S. Beniamine; G.G. Corbett; M. Haag; M. Haag, S. Moradi,
Contributions by: C. Agostinho & A. Gavarró Algueró; P. Amsili & C.
A. Petrovic & J. Rees-Miller; A.C. Harris & A.G. Samuel; C. Hettwer &
Beyssade; C. Bonan; G. Bîlbîie & I. De La Fuente; A. Cornilescu & A. Tigău;
N. Fuhrhop; R.D. Hoberman; D. Kaufman; M. Loporcaro & T. Paciaroni;
A. Dragomirescu & A. Nicolae; M. Frascarelli; I. Giurgea; K.A. Groothuis;
S. Manova & G. Knell; S. Moradi; J. Rees-Miller; W. Sandler; C.
M.A. Irimia; R.W. Laub; A. Ledgeway; M.E. Mangialavori Rasia; G. Martínez
Semenza; A. Spencer; G.T. Stump; A.M. Thornton; Z. Xu.
Vera; G. Mensching & F. Werner; E. Soare; D. Steriade; A. Tigău & K. von
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 353] Heusinger; A. Vasilescu.
2021. vii, 430 pp.+ index [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 355] 2021. vi, 372 pp. + index
Hb 978 90 272 5963 9 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 Hb 978 90 272 1005 0 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00
E-book 978 90 272 5974 5 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 E-book 978 90 272 5842 7 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00
|| Morphology || Theoretical linguistics
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|| Romance linguistics || Theoretical linguistics
ExpectedDecember2021
Language and Text
Lexicalising Clausal Syntax Data, models, information and applications
The interaction of syntax, the lexicon and Edited by Adam Pawłowski, Jan Mačutek,
information structure in Hungarian Sheila Embleton and George Mikros
Tibor Laczkó University of Wroclaw / Mathematical Institute of Slovak Academy
of Sciences & Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra /
University of Debrecen
York University / Hamad Bin Khalifa University
The book presents a new perspective on clausal syntax and its Specialists in quantitative linguistics the world over have recourse
interactions with lexical and discourse function information to a solid and universal methodology. These days, their methods
by analysing Hungarian sentences. It also demonstrates ways and mathematical models must also respond to new communica-
in which grammar engineering implementations can provide tion phenomena and the flood of data produced daily. While vari-
insights into how complex linguistic processes interact. It ous disciplines (computer science, media science) have different
analyses the most important phenomena in the preverbal ways of processing this onslaught of information, the linguistic
domain of Hungarian finite declarative and wh-clauses: approach is arguably the most relevant and effective. This book
sentence structure, operators, verbal modifiers, negation and includes recent results from many renowned contemporary
copula constructions. Based on the results of earlier generative practitioners in the field. Our target audiences are academics,
linguistic research, it presents the fundamental empirical gen- researchers, graduate students, and others involved in linguistics,
eralisations and offers a comparative critical assessment of the digital humanities, and applied mathematics.
most salient analyses in a variety of generative linguistic mod- Contributions by: S. Embleton, D. Uritescu & E.S. Wheeler; L.G. Johnsen;
els from its own perspective. It argues for a lexical approach to M. Konca, A. Mehler, D. Baumartz & W. Hemati; V. Matlach, D.G. Krivochen
the relevant phenomena and develops the first comprehensive & J. Milička; G. Mikros & R. Voskaki; J. Milička & A.H. Růžičková; H.
analysis in the theoretical framework of Lexical-Functional Moisl; M. Místecký; A. Pawłowski, S. Embleton, J. Mačutek & G. Mikros;
Grammar. It also reports the successful implementation of A. Pawłowski, E. Herden & T. Walkowiak; A. Pawłowski, K. Topolski & E.
Herden; B. Rujević, M. Kaplar, S. Kaplar, R. Stanković, I. Obradović & J.
crucial aspects of this analysis in the computational linguistic
Mačutek; H. Sanada; P. Steiner; R. Vulanovic; Y. Wang; M. Yamazaki; R.
platform of the theory, Xerox Linguistic Environment. Čech, P. Kosek, O. Dontcheva-Navrátilová & J. Mačutek.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 354] [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 356]
2021. xiii, 346 pp. + index 2021. vi, 275 pp. + index
Hb 978 90 272 1047 0 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 Hb 978 90 272 1010 4 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00
E-book 978 90 272 5898 4 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 E-book 978 90 272 5838 0 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00
|| Syntax || Theoretical linguistics || Uralic languages
ExpectedOctober2021
|| Computational & corpus linguistics || Theoretical linguistics
ExpectedDecember2021
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Theoretical Linguistics
Current Issues in Syntactic A Theory of Distributed Number
Cartography Myriam Dali and Eric Mathieu
A crosslinguistic perspective University of Ottawa
Edited by Fuzhen Si and Luigi Rizzi The objective of this book is to develop a deeper understand-
Beijing Language and Culture University / Collège de France ing of the form and interpretation of number. Using insights
from Generative syntax and Distributed Morphology, we
This book illustrates recent developments in cartographic
develop a theory of distributed number, arguing that number
studies, seen from a comparative perspective. The differ-
can be associated with several functional heads and that these
ent chapters explore various aspects of theoretical and
projections exist depending on the features they specify. In
descriptive syntax, bearing on such topics as selection,
doing so, we make a strong claim for a close mapping between
causativity, binding, light verb constructions, the struc-
the syntactic structure and the semantics in the noun phrase,
ture of the high and low peripheral zones. Syntactic issues
since each node corresponds to a different interpretation of
in the study of dialects and ancient languages are also
number. Despite some technical implementations, the book is
addressed. The languages investigated include French,
accessible to linguists working outside any particular syntax-
Hebrew, Standard Dutch and the Ghent dialect, Etruscan,
semantic framework, since we propose generalizations that are
Japanese, English, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese and the Teo-
applicable in many, if not all, models of grammar. The book
chew dialect. The intended readers of this book include
focuses on Arabic, but also discusses a number of languages in-
researchers and students working on natural language
cluding English, French, Ojibwe, Blackfoot, Hebrew, Japanese,
syntax, the interface between syntax and semantics/prag-
Korean, Chinese, Turkish, Persian, and Western Armenian.
matics, and comparative and typological linguistics, as
well as scholars interested in particular languages such as [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 269]
East Asian and Romance languages. 2021. xi, 150 pp. + index
Hb 978 90 272 0923 8 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00
Contributions by: K. De Clercq & L. Haegeman; Y. Endo; M.
Honda; C.J. Huang & J. Lin; S. Lau & W.D. Tsai; F. Li; Z. Luo;
E-book 978 90 272 5964 6 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00
M. Naji; K. Nakamura; L. Rizzi & F. Si; G. Samo & M. Canuti; U. || Generative linguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics
Shlonsky; F. Si.
ExpectedAugustus2021
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 267]
2021. vi, 324 pp. + index Non-canonical Control in a Cross-
Hb 978 90 272 0890 3 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00 linguistic Perspective
E-book 978 90 272 5977 6 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00
Edited by Anne Mucha, Jutta M. Hartmann
|| Generative linguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics
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and Beata Trawiński
Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache / Universität Bielefeld
Control, typically defined as a specific referential dependency
between the null-subject of a non-finite embedded clause and
The Syntax of Information-Structural a co-dependent of the matrix predicate, has been subject to
Agreement extensive research in the last 50 years. While there is a broad
Johannes Mursell consensus that a distinction between Obligatory Control
Goethe University Frankfurt (OC), Non-Obligatory Control (NOC) and No Control (NC) is
useful and necessary to cover the range of relevant empiri-
In this research monograph, Johannes Mursell discusses
cal phenomena, there is still less agreement regarding their
the syntactic impact of information-structural features on
proper analyses. In light of this ongoing discussion, the
agreement. So far, the syntactic contribution of this type
articles collected in this volume provide a cross-linguistic
of feature has mostly been reduced to movement of topics
perspective on central questions in the study of control, with
or foci clause-initial position. Here, the author looks at a
a focus on non-canonical control phenomena. This includes
different phenomenon, syntactic agreement, and how this
cases which show NOC or NC in complement clauses or OC in
process can be dependent on information-structural prop-
adjunct clauses, cases in which the controlled subject is not in
erties. Based partly on original fieldwork from a typologi-
an infinitival clause, or in which there is no unique control-
cally diverse set of languages, including Tagalog, Swahili,
ler in OC (i.e. partial control, split control, or other types of
and Lavukaleve, it is argued that for most areas for which
controllers). Based on empirical generalizations from a wide
information-structural features have been discussed, it
range of languages, this volume provides insights into cross-
is possible to find cases where these features influence
linguistic variation in the interplay of different components
phi-feature agreement. The analysis is then extended to
of control such as the properties of the constituent hosting
cases of Association with Focus, which does not involve
the controlled subject, the syntactic and lexical properties of
phi-features but can still be accounted for with agreement
the matrix predicate as well as restrictions on the controller,
of information-structural features. The book achieves two
thereby furthering our empirical and theoretical understand-
main goals: first it provides a uniform analysis for differ-
ing of control in grammar.
ent constructions in unrelated languages. Second, it also
Contributions by: A. Alexiadou & E. Anagnostopoulou; P.P. Barbosa; S.
gives a new argument that information-structural features
Fischer & I. Flaate Høyem; J. Gerard; I. Giurgea & M.A. Cotfas; J.M.
should be treated as genuine syntactic features. Hartmann, A. Mucha & B. Trawiński; P. Herbeck; H. Lee & M. Berger; A.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 268] Matsuda; K. Szécsényi.
2021. xii, 278 pp. + index [Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 270]
Hb 978 90 272 0913 9 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00 2021. v, 285 pp. + index
E-book 978 90 272 5973 8 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00 Hb 978 90 272 0927 6 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00
|| Generative linguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics
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E-book 978 90 272 5958 5 open access
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Linguistics
Building Categories in Interaction Corpus Approaches to Language, M
Linguistic resources at work Thought and Communication i
Edited by Caterina Mauri, Ilaria Fiorentini Edited by Wei-lun Lu, Naděžda Kudrnáčová and A
and Eugenio Goria Laura A. Janda U
University of Bologna / University of Turin Masaryk University / University of Tromsø
T
This book addresses the topic of linguistic catego- The studies in the present volume illustrate the current d
rization from a novel perspective. While most of state-of-the-art in the corpus-based approach in cognitive d
the early research has focused on how linguistic linguistics, which seeks to motivate linguistic phenomena n
systems reflect some pre-existing ways of categoriz- through the combination of quantitative and qualitative d
ing experience, the contributions included in this analysis. By focusing on language use in different contexts p
volume seek to understand how linguistic resources from a variety of perspectives, each of the contributions in is
of various nature (prosodic cues, affixes, construc- this volume presents its own unique take on the intertwined s
tions, discourse markers, …) can be ‘put to work’ in relationship between language, thought, and commu- h
order to actively build categories in discourse and in FORTHCOMING nication. Thus, each article shows how a combination of c
interaction, to achieve social goals. This question is quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques helps shed In
addressed in different ways by researchers from dif- English Noun Phrases new light on old issues, reflecting the usage-based nature ti
ferent subfields of linguistics, including psycholin- from a Functional- of cognitive linguistics and illustrating the explanatory a
guistics, conversation analysis, linguistic typology Cognitive Perspective adequacy of corpus-based methods. Originally published as b
and discourse pragmatics, and a major point of Current issues special issue of Review of Cognitive Linguistics 17:1 (2019). b
innovation is represented in fact by the interdisci- Contributions by: A. Dosedlová & W. Lu; C.C. Hsieh & L. I-Wen Su; c
plinary nature of the volume and in the systematic Edited by Lotte Sommerer and L.A. Janda; L.A. Janda, N. Kudrnáčová & W. Lu; P. Kanasugi; N. in
search for converging evidence. Evelien Keizer Kudrnáčová; V. Pavlovic. th
University of Freiburg / University of Vienne
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Arcodia; M. Ariel; A. Barotto & M.C. Lo Baido; L.W. Despite a significant increase in interest Hb 978 90 272 0983 2 EUR 85.00 / USD 128.00 2
Barsalou; L. Corona & P. Pietrandrea; I. Fiorentini, E. Goria over the last two decades in the English E-book 978 90 272 5887 8 EUR 85.00 / USD 128.00 H
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Theoretical Linguistics
Morphologically Derived Adjectives Advancedness in Second Language “ This impressive volume
takes a huge step forward in
in Spanish Spanish
promoting our understanding
Antonio Fábregas Definitions, challenges, and possibilities of advanced second language
UiT-The Arctic University of Norway
☞
Edited by Mandy R. Menke and Paul A. Malovrh proficiency. Compared to early
This is the first book that presents a complete empirical University of Minnesota / University of South Carolina and intermediate stages of
description and theoretical analysis of all major classes of language learning, advanced-
This book analyzes the construct of advanced proficiency in
ness is a largely unexplored
derived adjectives in Spanish, both deverbal and denomi- second language learning by bringing together empirical topic that currently, nonethe-
nal. The reader will find here both a detailed empirical research from numerous linguistic domains and methodologi- less, attracts progressively
description of the syntactic, morphological and semantic cal traditions. Focusing on the dynamic nature of language use, more research interest. With
properties of derived adjectives in contemporary Span- the volume explores diverse manifestations of high-level second its 21 chapters, all presenting
ish and a cohesive Neo-Constructionist analysis of the language Spanish, including performance on standardized original research, the book
d syntactic and semantic tools that contemporary Spanish proficiency assessments, acquisition of late-acquired linguistic takes a broad approach to the
has available to build adjectives from other grammatical structures, sophisticated language use in context, and indi- issue, covering the areas late-
categories within a Nanosyntactic-oriented framework. vidual differences. Chapters relate empirical findings to current acquired structures, fluency,
d In doing so, this book sheds light on the nature of adjec- definitions of advancedness, challenging scholars and practi- various aspects of pragmatics,
tives as a grammatical category and argues that adjectives tioners to re-consider existing conceptualizations, and propose and individual learner charac-
are syntactically built by recycling functional heads possible directions for future research and teaching with second teristics. The fact that all the
belonging to other categories. The book will be useful language speakers of Spanish. By addressing larger issues in the studies investigate advanced
both to researchers in Spanish linguistics or theoreti- proficiency in Spanish is a great
field of second language learning, the volume is a valuable refer-
cal morphology and to advanced students of Spanish ‘regalo’ (gift) to Hispanic lin-
ence for language teachers, scholars, professionals and students
interested in the main ways of building new adjectives guistics and applied linguistics,
with an interest in second language acquisition generally, and
through suffixation in this language. but also, of course, to second
second language Spanish, more specifically.
language acquisition theory
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 30] Contributions by: A.V. Brown, G.L. Thompson & T.L. Cox; L. Czerwionka; generally, which can improve
2020. xi, 377 pp. Á. Donate; T.L. Face; J.C. Félix-Brasdefer & M. DiBartolomeo; K.L. considerably from knowledge
Hb 978 90 272 0809 5 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 Geeslin; G. Granena; A. Gudmestad; M. Kanwit; A. Long; P.A. Malovrh
gained from cutting edge
E-book 978 90 272 6033 8 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 & J.F. Lee; P.A. Malovrh & M.R. Menke; M.R. Menke; M.R. Menke & P.A.
Malovrh; E.J. Serafini; C. Shea; D. Soneson; O. Velázquez-Mendoza; P.
research into a wide range of
|| Morphology || Romance linguistics || Syntax Winke, E. Heidrich Uebel & S.M. Gass. target languages. This book
|| Theoretical linguistics [Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 31]
should be read by all: research-
ers, teachers and students
2021. x, 512 pp.
Aspects of Latin American Spanish Hb 978 90 272 0810 1 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 ”
alike.
E-book 978 90 272 6032 1 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 Kenneth Hyltenstam,
Dialectology Stockholm University
|| Applied linguistics || Language acquisition || Language teaching
In honor of Terrell A. Morgan || Multilingualism || Romance linguistics
Edited by Manuel Díaz-Campos
and Sandro Sessarego East and West of The Pentacrest
Indiana University - Bloomington / University of Texas at Austin
Linguistic studies in honor of Paula Kempchinsky
This book focuses on contemporary sociolinguistic ap-
Edited by Timothy Gupton and Elizabeth Gielau
proaches to Spanish dialectology. Each of the authors University of Georgia / Miami University
draws on key issues of contemporary sociolinguistics,
combining theoretical approaches with empirical data This book is a collection of contemporary essays and squibs
collection. Overall, these chapters address topics concern- exploring the mental representation of Spanish and other
ing language variation and change, sound production languages in the Romance family. Although largely formal in
and perception, contact linguistics, language teaching, orientation, they incorporate experimental and corpus data to
language policy, and ideologies. The authors urge us, inform questions of synchronic and diachronic importance.
as linguists, to take a stand on important issues and to As a whole, these contributions explore two areas of particular
continue applying theory to praxis so as to advance the interest to linguistic theorizing. The first is linguistic interfaces
frontiers of research in the field. This edited volume in with chapters on syntax-information structure, syntax-prosody,
honor of Professor Terrell A. Morgan is a means of cel- syntax-semantics, and lexicon-phonology. The second consists
ebrating an amazing friend, advisor, and human being, of explorations of noun phrases of all sizes—from clitics to
who has dedicated his career to teaching graduate and nominalized clauses. The results and conclusions of these stud-
undergraduate students, performed key research in the ies encourage researchers to continue to explore individual lan-
field, and helped to further pedagogy in the classroom guages in particular in order to gain insight on human language
through his textbooks, seminars and websites. in general. This edited volume in honor of Dr. Paula Kempchin-
sky is reflective of the diversity of approaches that inspired her
Contributions by: A. Boomershine & S. Forgash; W. Chappell; A.
Cipria; G. Delgado-Díaz, I. Galarza & M. Díaz-Campos; M. Díaz- teaching, research, and mentoring for over thirty years at the
Campos & S. Sessarego; C. García; S.N. Gynan; D. Korfhagen, R. University of Iowa and beyond.
Rao & S. Sessarego; P.V. Lunn; K. López Alonzo; D. Salcedo Arnaiz; Contributions by: J. Garrett; E. Gielau; G. Goodall; T. Gupton; T. Gupton
S.A. Schwenter & M.R. Hoff; D.R. Uber. & E. Gielau; T. Leal & J. Renaud; J.E. MacDonald & A. Vázquez-Lozares; S.
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 32] O’Neill & C. Shea; T. Satterfield; K. Walker-Cecil & E. Destruel Johnson.
2021. vi, 292 pp. [Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 33]
Hb 978 90 272 0811 8 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 2021. viii, 217 pp.
E-book 978 90 272 6031 4 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 Hb 978 90 272 0867 5 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00
|| Romance linguistics || Sociolinguistics and Dialectology E-book 978 90 272 5992 9 open access
|| Theoretical linguistics || Romance linguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics
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Linguistics
Syntactic Geolectal Variation Usage-based and Typological Approaches G
Traditional approaches, current challenges and to Linguistic Units E
new tools Edited by Tsuyoshi Ono, Ritva Laury and Ryoko Suzuki U
Edited by Alba Cerrudo, Ángel J. Gallego University of Alberta / University of Helsinki / Keio University T
and Francesc Roca Urgell The chapters in this volume focus on how we might understand D
Ramar2 / CLT - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / the concept of ‘unit’ in human languages. It is an analytical notion K
LGD - Universitat de Girona fr
that has been widely adopted by linguists of various theoretical
This volume brings together studies that combine both and applied orientations but has recently been critically examined le
traditional and contemporary tools in the study of syntactic by both typologically oriented and interactional linguistics. This th
geolectal variation, with a special focus on a subset of Iberian volume contributes to and extends this discussion by examining le
varieties. There is an increasing body of research on syntactic the nature of units in actual usage in a range of genetically and ti
micro-variation, but the interaction between dialectology typologically unrelated languages, English, Finnish, Indonesian, p
(which makes use of atlases, corpora, databases, question- Japanese, and Mandarin, engaging with fundamental theoretical p
naires, interviews, etc.) and formal syntactic studies has tra- issues. The chapters show that categories originally created for the le
ditionally been weak (or even nonexistent), which is precisely description of Indo-European languages have limited useful- h
the gap the contributions in this book aim at filling in. From ness if our goal is to understand the nature of human language s
a broader perspective, this collection is meant as a contribu- in general. The authors thus question the status of traditionally a
tion to the subfield of linguistic variation and to the more accepted linguistic units, especially their static understanding th
general field of Romance linguistics, with special interest in as a priori entities, and suggest instead that an emergent and e
Spanish and in other Iberian languages. The volume is meant interactional view of both structure and function offers a better fit C
for both researchers and students interested in linguistic with the data from the languages examined. Originally published p
variation or dialectology and, specifically, in syntactic varia- as special issue 43:2 (2019) of Studies in Language. g
tion in Iberian languages. Contributions by: M.C. Ewing; M. Helasvuo; R. Krekoski; R. Laury, T. Ono &
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Contributions by: M. Batllori, M.L. Hernanz & C. Rubio-Alcalá; C. R. Suzuki; P. Mayes & H. Tao; T. Ono, R. Laury & R. Suzuki; S.A. Thompson. C
Buenafuentes de la Mata & C. Sanchez Lancis; B. Camus Bergareche T
[Benjamins Current Topics, 114] 2021. v, 204 pp.
& E. Gutiérrez; A. Cerrudo, Á.J. Gallego & F. Roca Urgell; A. Cerrudo [C
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& A. Pineda; M.P. Colomina; M. Duguine & A. Irurtzun; P. García
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Mouton; I. Gil & E. Gutiérrez; M. Massanell i Messalles; A.L. Naya;
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M.P. Perea; A.R. Tinoco. || Functional linguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 34] || Typology ||
2021. vi, 380 pp. + index
Hb 978 90 272 1051 7 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00
E-book 978 90 272 5987 5 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00 Urban Matters C
|| Romance linguistics || Sociolinguistics and Dialectology || Syntax Current approaches in variationist sociolinguistics L
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and Georg Oberdorfer U
expanded size / open access University of Graz / Philipps University of Marburg
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The city as a complex socio-cultural structure plays a central
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Language and Linguistics role within a country, economically, administratively as well as
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culturally. Factors such as greater mobility, increased contact, and
語言暨語言學 a higher degree of heterogeneity compared to rural areas have a
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Academia Sinica it
LLeditor@sinica.edu.tw Focusing on the latter, this volume discusses the characteristics it
and dynamics of urban language use, considering aspects such as o
issn 1606-822X 1 e-issn 2309-5067 contact, variation and change, as well as identity, indexicality, and A
Language and Linguistics is an academic attitudes, but also spatial factors including mobility, urbanisa- N
publication of the Institute of Linguis- tion/counter-urbanisation, or diffusion processes. th
tics at Academia Sinica. Established in 2000, it publishes The collected articles provide an update of first wave approaches, it
research in general and theoretical linguistics on the but also establish a connection to third wave research for readers in
languages of East Asia and the Pacific region, including from a broad range of fields, especially sociolinguistics, varia- li
Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, and the Austroasiatic and tionist linguistics, and dialectology. The book presents modern m
Altaic language families. methodological and conceptual ideas as well as new findings but ti
also serves as a reference work, combining theoretical discussions w
As of volume 23 (2022) this journal will be Open Access.
with results from recent empirical studies. a
Contributions by: K.V. Beaman; T. Blaxter, D. Gopal, A. Leemann & D. C
Volume 23 (2022) 4 issues, ca. 800 pp. Willis; D. Britain & S. Grossenbacher; D. Duncan; B.L. Jankowski & S.A. o
Libraries and Institutions open access Tagliamonte; B. Johnstone; P. Kerswill; S. Marzo, S. Natale & S. De Pascale; C
M. Nesbitt; J. Nilsson, L. Wenner, T. Leinonen & E. Thorselius; S. Pröll, L
eur 324.00 (print)
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Give Constructions across Languages Language Variation – European
Edited by Myriam Bouveret Perspectives VIII
University of Rouen-Lattice ENS/CNRS/Paris3 Selected papers from the Tenth International
This cognitive contrastive study of ten languages (Chinese, Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE
Dalabon, English, French, Spanish, Romanian, Kurdish, 10), Leeuwarden, June 2019
n Khmer, Polish, Tibetan) focuses on the concept of giving Edited by Hans Van de Velde, Nanna Haug Hilton and
from six main points of view, namely argument structure, Remco Knooihuizen
d lexical semantics and event structure, role marking in the Fryske Akademy & Utrecht University / University of Groningen
three argument construction and in other constructions,
This volume contains a selection of papers from the 10th Inter-
lexicalization, grammaticalization and constructionaliza-
national Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE
tion of the verb from a cognitive construction grammar
10), which was organized by the Fryske Akademy and held in
point of view, and central and extended meanings. It is
Leeuwarden/Ljouwert (the Netherlands) in June 2019. The editors
proposed that a continuum approach to grammar and
have selected thirteen papers on a wide range of language variet-
e lexicon is needed in order to describe the typological and
ies, geographically ranging from Dutch-Frisian contact varieties
historical facts. The volume argues for a concrete and ab-
in Leeuwarden to English in Sydney, Australia. The selection
stract transfer ‘cluster model’ involving coverage of lexical
includes traditional quantitative and qualitative approaches to
and grammatical extension or bleaching phenomena and
different types of linguistic variables, as well as state-of-the-art
that the semantic extensions (metaphorical and otherwise)
techniques for the analysis of speech sounds, new dialectometrical
exploit various portions of this schema. The volume is deeply anchored in the Cognitive
methods, covariation analysis, and a range of statistical methods.
t Construction Grammar theoretical movement, and proposes analyses of constructional
The papers are based on data from traditional sources such as
d phenomena to illustrate a grammar to lexicon continuum, in synchrony and diachrony: lan-
sociolinguistic interviews, speech corpora and newspapers, but
guage change, grammaticalization chains, constructionalization analysis, and an invariant
also on hip hop lyrics, historical private letters and administrative
&
hypothesis of giving as a basic activity in human cognition.
documents, as well as re-analyses of dialect atlas data and older
Contributions by: S. Akin & M. Bouveret; L. Badan; M. Bouveret; E. Corre; O. David; M. Eric & N.
Tournadre; K. Krawczak; D. Legallois; A. Morgenstern & N. Chang; M. Ponsonnet.
dialect recordings. The reader will enjoy the vibrant diversity of
language variation studies presented in this volume.
[Constructional Approaches to Language, 29] 2021. viii, 246 pp.
Contributions by: K.V. Beaman; K. Butcher; R. Byrne; C. Chagnaud, G.
Hb 978 90 272 0842 2 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00
Brun-Trigaud & P. Garat; R. van den Doel & A. Walpot; J.M. Fuller; J.
E-book 978 90 272 6015 4 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00 Grama, C.E. Travis & S. Gonzalez; R. Knooihuizen, N.H. Hilton & H. Van de
|| Semantics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics Velde; D. Krajewska & E. Zuloaga; R. Puggaard; M. Tamminga; N. Vassalou,
D. Papazachariou & M. Janse; A.P. Versloot; N.J. Young.
[Studies in Language Variation, 25] 2021. vi, 316 pp.
Hb 978 90 272 0885 9 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00
Constructions in Contact 2
E-book 978 90 272 5982 0 open access
Language change, multilingual practices, and additional language acquisition
|| Historical linguistics || Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Edited by Hans C. Boas and Steffen Höder || Theoretical linguistics
University of Texas at Austin / Kiel University
The last few years have seen a steadily increasing interest
in constructional approaches to language contact. This
Romance Interrogative Syntax
volume builds on previous constructionist work, in Formal and typological dimensions of variation
particular Diasystematic Construction Grammar (DCxG) Caterina Bonan
and the volume Constructions in Contact (2018) and extends University of Cambridge
its methodology and insights in three major ways. First, This monograph offers an innovative understanding of the
it presents new constructional research on a wide range mechanisms involved in Romance ‘optional’ wh-in situ. New
of language contact scenarios including Afrikaans, supporting evidence in favour of Cable’s (2010) Grammar of Q is
d American Sign Language, English, French, Malayalam, presented, as well as novel implementations of his original theory.
Norwegian, Spanish, Welsh, as well as contact scenarios In particular, it is claimed that wh-in situ idioms are characterised
that involve typologically different languages. Second, not only by language-specific choices between Q-projection and
it also addresses other types of scenarios that do not fall Q-adjunction, and between overt and covert movement of Q , but
into the classic language contact category, such as multi- also in terms of the locus where they check the features relevant
lingual practices and language acquisition as emerging to wh-questions: while some languages check both [q] and [focus]
multilingualism. Third, it aims to integrate construc- in C, others make use of the clause-internal vP-periphery to
tionist views on language contact and multilingualism check [focus]. Thanks to the vast amount of data presented and
with other approaches that focus on structural, social, discussed, along with the predictions and theoretical contribu-
and cognitive aspects. The volume demonstrates that tions made, this monograph will be of interest to a wide range
Construction Grammar is a framework particularly well suited for analyzing a wide variety of specialists in human language, from typologists to Romance
of language contact phenomena from a usage-based perspective. specialists and formal syntacticians, but also to the many experts
; Contributions by: H.C. Boas & S. Höder; S. Bourgeois; S. Höder, J. Prentice & S. Tingsell; D. Jach; R. in languages with overt Q-particles who wonder why Romance
Lepic; S. Namboodiripad; A. Onysko; B. van Rooy; K.J. Rottet; A. Urban; K. Van Goethem & I. Hendrikx;
specialists have long been so resistant to the implementation of
E. Wiesinger.
silent Q-particles in their theoretical models.
[Constructional Approaches to Language, 30] 2021. vii, 437 pp.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 266] 2021. xiv, 252 pp.
Hb 978 90 272 0862 0 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00
Hb 978 90 272 0845 3 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00
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E-book 978 90 272 6012 3 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00
|| Contact Linguistics || Multilingualism || Theoretical linguistics
|| Generative linguistics || Romance linguistics || Syntax
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