For millennia, we have been intrigued by space and time. This book brings together eight essays exploring their expression in language and literature, using diverse linguistic and literary perspectives to reveal how culture shapes our conception of reality.
This anthology explores the concept of space in literature, film, art, and culture. The contributions invite readers to consider the function of space as symbolic representation, analytical tool, and haunting effect, demonstrating its ethical and political impact.
Spatial Minds
To what extent is spatial language connected to conceptualization? This book investigates the similarities and differences in Hungarian, Croatian, and English, analyzing expressions like *in, on,* and *at* to shed light on the relationship between language and the mind.
Specialised Languages in the Global Village
This book examines the impact of globalisation on intercultural communication within specialised communities. It provides discussion on professional communication and identity, and offers useful pedagogical proposals for researchers, specialists, and language teachers.
This volume brings together theoretical and empirical research on L2 speech perception and production. It deals with segments, syllables, and the suprasegmental level, featuring studies conducted in countries across North America, Europe, and the Middle East.
This volume offers a description of current research on Spoken communication. It gives updated insights on cognitive and pragmatic perspectives, language pathologies, multimodal dialog, voice expressiveness, and sign languages.
Spoken English and Spoken Italian
This book investigates the grammar of spoken English and Italian and how to translate them. Using corpus-based evidence from real dialogues, it proposes Italian equivalents of English discourse markers and English versions of Italian clitics. It is the first work of its kind.
Uncover Sri Lanka’s complex, two-century relationship with English. This book examines attitudes across Tamil and Sinhala communities, analyzing colonial and postcolonial writings from both elite and everyday perspectives.
St. Lucian Kwéyòl on St. Croix
This work reviews theories of creolization and provides a new case study of St. Lucian Creole (Kwéyòl) speakers on St. Croix. It examines questions of language choice, language attitudes, and ethnolinguistic identity in a multilingual minority community.
Statements of Truth
This book proposes to make explicit the information that enables us to assert a declarative sentence. Those interested in the philosophy of language will find a fresh and unorthodox perspective on meaning and a non-metaphysical approach to various semantic issues and puzzles.
Statistics for Linguists
An accessible introduction to statistics for linguists. Concepts are explained in non-technical terms, with step-by-step SPSS instructions for the most widely used statistics, including t-tests, ANOVA, non-parametric, and mixed-effects procedures.
Statistics can be unappealing. This book brings statistical issues closer to the reader using a science-fiction world, heroes, and everyday language to present an easy-to-follow account of formulas, numbers, and symbols.
This book offers insights into the latest research in applied linguistics and language acquisition. For scholars and practitioners, it presents empirical findings from researchers in over 10 countries, reporting on various languages and communities in multilingual contexts.
Strategies for E-Learning in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
This book explores strategies for integrating digital technologies in EFL teaching. It provides practical applications to enhance language acquisition, engagement, and interactivity, reshaping pedagogy by bridging traditional methods with contemporary digital resources.
A sequel to the well-received *Schools of Linguistics*, this book shows how the subject has changed. Old “schools” have made way for a more diverse field, and Sampson offers a sampler describing two dozen of the most interesting innovations to emerge in the present century.
Experienced L2 writing researchers from around the world explore key issues in the field. This volume is essential for postgraduate students and researchers in TESOL and Applied Linguistics seeking to enhance their understanding of second language writing.
This book brings together new studies in critical applied linguistics, language policy, and language learning. It offers critical views on language in society, from identity and justice to language policy in education and key teaching strategies.
Studies in Canadian English
This publication focuses on vocabulary that reflects unique Canadian traits and a fluid national identity. Focusing on multicultural Toronto, the study uses questionnaires and texts from the Toronto Sun to observe Canadianisms within everyday discourse.
This volume adopts diverse approaches to pragmatics, comparing a wide selection of languages like English, German, and Japanese. Contributions analyze grammatical expressions, speech acts, and prosody across different social interactions and multicultural environments.
How do mind and culture shape language? This multidisciplinary volume offers novel insights into intercultural, cognitive, and social pragmatics, revealing the interplay of cognitive processes and socio-cultural beliefs in communication.
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