The Unlinking of Language and Puerto Rican Identity
This title explores changes in traditional attitudes towards both American English and Puerto Rican Spanish on an island where the population has been subjected to both Spanish and US colonization, showing how identity is affected when a second language is imposed on a populace.
Teaching, Learning and Investigating Pragmatics
This collection of research investigates how to teach and assess pragmatic competence in second/foreign language education. Topics include speech acts, syllabus design, and instructional methods. For linguists, language teachers, and communication experts.
Looking Beyond Words
This book challenges the view of gesture as marginal in language learning. It shows that communication is multimodal and demonstrates, through research in Italian language classes in Canada, how gesture enables a richer experience for both teachers and learners.
Categories of Word Formation and Borrowing
Using an onomasiological approach, this book analyzes neoclassical formations in English and Russian medical terms. It argues that what is a system of word formation in English represents only individual borrowings in Russian, solving a key problem in morphological theory.
Given increasing interest in lexical issues in second language acquisition studies in recent years, and the importance of words to every instance of communication, this volume concentrates on vocabulary in written language, with a particular focus on academic settings.
ELT
This collection of research papers presents new findings in linguistics, methodology, and literature. It explores diverse topics from English as a lingua franca and MOOCs to indigenous storytelling, providing inspiration for a wide spectrum of practitioners.
Caribbean Without Borders
In a Caribbean fragmented by colonization, this book calls for a “submarine” unity that defies borders. Featuring essays on linguistics, literature, art, and more, it re-envisions a Caribbean aesthetics to convey the limitless nature of the region.
Telling Time
Leading philosophers, logicians, and linguists explore the relationship between time and language, from tensed beliefs to monstrous eternalism. An essential volume for scholars and students in the field.
The Impact of French on the African Vernacular Languages
For seventeen African nations, was adopting French a blessing or a curse? Is Francophonie a symbol of unity and shared values, or a form of cultural imperialism? This book offers insights into the impact of French in Gabon, exploring what it brought and what it is taking away.
Culture’s Software
Geert Hofstede defined culture as collective programming of the mind. This volume, Culture’s Software, develops this idea. Born from a debate on cultural communication styles, this book offers a fresh perspective and will inspire further research into this fascinating subject.
Teaching Grammatical Metaphor
This book explores the evolution of grammatical metaphor (GM) in SFL theory and its role in language education. It presents ways of providing written feedback to EAL students, drawing on genre pedagogy and Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development.
The Undecidable
This book offers an engagement between philosopher Jacques Derrida and author Paul Howard. It uses deconstructive theory to critique Howard’s depiction of Ireland during the Celtic Tiger era, providing an accessible overview of critical theory.
This linguistic study analyzes trade names in contemporary Romanian public space. It explores how the names of firms, shops, and restaurants—through their structure, meaning, and language—reflect cultural shifts, globalization, and the influence of the English language.
Within Language, Beyond Theories (Volume III)
This book offers new insights into linguistics by surpassing contemporary theories. It presents new voices in discourse analysis, pragmatics, and corpus-based studies, testing theoretical models against data from English, Estonian, and Polish.
This volume explores cultural differences in academic discourse, contrasting Balkan conventions with Anglo-Saxon norms. By shedding light on the standards of international academic writing, it offers readers a chance to become better equipped for publishing abroad.
The Ethics and Poetics of Alterity
This volume shows that genre literature is not escapist, but a field for ethical reflection. It explores how science fiction and fantasy dramatize encounters with otherness, raising a crucial question: how can human language describe what escapes humanity?
This global collection of essays offers new ideas on imagination and creativity in education. Authors explore theories and provide practical strategies for infusing classrooms with imaginative activities, from teaching literacy and science to fostering responsible citizenship.
A Sociocultural Study of Intercultural Discourse
This book unites the theories of Bernstein, Vygotsky, and Halliday with empirical analysis of classroom interaction. It explores the relationship between group processes and individual learning through the language used by Italian and immigrant adolescents.
Why do some English learners succeed and others fail? This book uncovers the crucial role of culture in shaping attributions and motivation. Essential for researchers and language teachers.
CLIL in Action
This volume explores CLIL implementation, research, and teacher training. It presents practical and research-based proposals from researchers, trainers, and practitioners, offering insights into how CLIL works in action to push the agenda forward.
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