Languages in Australian Education
Despite 20 years of language policy development, languages have not secured a place in Australian education. As Australia enters a new phase of policy activity, this book examines what has been achieved and considers a viable path for renewal.
Formal Studies in Slavic Linguistics presents current research by young scholars on challenging phenomena in various Slavic languages. The volume expands its scope to include all areas of theoretical linguistics and will interest Slavic scholars and linguists alike.
This book explores the English lexicon as a mirror of cultural identity. Studies show how word contextualization leads to differing interpretations, revealing that language needs the cornerstone of Culture to thrive.
Beyond Postmodernism
This collection provides an alternative to Postmodernism, arguing it has ruled too long. Contributors utilize critical tools like posthumanism and postcontemporary theory, yielding conclusions beyond its scope. For those seeking something new, join the dialogue.
Lexicography and Terminology
This book explores current trends in lexicography and terminology. It analyzes the presentation of complex items like idioms and non-equivalent lexics in various dictionaries and examines terminology for Languages for Special Purposes from a cognitive angle.
A Journey through Knowledge
A Journey through Knowledge is a collection of articles honouring renowned Romanian linguist Hortensia Pârlog. United by the common theme of the “journey,” these articles explore traveling across identities, time, space, languages, and cultures.
This pioneering study applies generative grammar to Lithuanian in a contrastive analysis of small clauses in English and Lithuanian. The work addresses whether these constructions express a subject-predicate relationship and function as a clause.
This book reveals how apocryphal stories shape collective memory. It traces an Irish myth through generations to a convict’s play in Australia and a modern novel, drawing on unpublished sources to solve the historical mystery of the playwright’s disappearance.
Language as a Complex System
To investigate language, we must cross academic boundaries. This book connects and integrates linguistics, biology, and computation to boost the interchange of knowledge between specialists, providing innovative tools and models to approach the study of language.
“How we’re going about it”
This book connects research and practice by outlining innovative language teaching approaches from real teachers in real classrooms. It synthesizes theory and practice in an accessible way, providing authentic, grass-roots experiences from across the globe.
A Theory of Literary Explication
This book forges a middle way between the postmodern view of infinite interpretations and the intentionalist view of one. Drawing on multidisciplinary research, it provides a foundation for judging some explications of a literary work to be better than others.
Automatic Processing of Various Levels of Linguistic Phenomena
This volume contains papers from the NooJ 2011 Conference. Researchers use the NooJ linguistic environment to analyze diverse corpora, from ancient texts to astronaut conversations, covering topics like machine translation and information extraction.
Current methods of teaching language are failing because we lack a holistic understanding of how language shapes human interaction. Orthodox science sees language as a tool, but there is no humanness without languaging. This volume forges a new path.
This book presents a selection of papers from an international conference on Multilingualism and Applied Comparative Linguistics, fostering an exchange of knowledge on cross-linguistic and cross-cultural communication. It covers diverse topics and research perspectives.
Constructing Professional Discourse
This book explores the role language plays in professional communities by providing an integrative, multi-perspective approach to domain-specific discourse. It links textual analysis to the social context of its production, offering fresh insights.
This book presents the latest approaches to Lexicology and Lexicography. It offers insights into specialized languages across diverse fields like cinema, fashion, law, and medicine, examining translation, word-formation, and teaching.
For students of translation, linguistics, and languages, this book explores the relationship between translation and globalization. International scholars cover cultural communication, ethics, and media, blending theory with practice for a truly global perspective.
This volume is a meeting point for scholars in English Phonetics worldwide. It explores language varieties, research methods, and the challenges of teaching English to non-native speakers, offering intriguing results from original research.
Armenia has long been a cultural bridge in the Southern Caucasus. While preserving its unique identity, it has been shaped by its neighbors. This volume offers an interdisciplinary view of the linguistic and cultural properties Armenians share with them.
This book addresses the emergence of linguistic abilities during the critical first three years of life. Experts examine the continuity between language components, broadening the discussion with perspectives from phylogeny, pathology, and animal communication.
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