Linguistics 17

Forget the language instinctーthis is the story of how we make up language as we go Language is perhaps humanity’s most astonishing capacityーand one that remains poorly understood. In The Language ……続きを見る

The new second edition of the Collins COBUILD English Usage has been specially designed for upper-intermediate and advanced students and teachers of English. Its comprehensive coverage of different ……続きを見る

How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing?The diversity of languages today is vari……続きを見る

Spanish is spoken as a first language by almost 400 million people in approximately 60 countries, and has been the subject of numerous political processes and debates since it began to spread global……続きを見る

We share the experience of others through the stories they tell of the crucial events in their lives. This book provides a rich range of narratives that grip the reader's attention together with an ……続きを見る

Change is an inherent feature of all aspects of language, and syntax is no exception. While the synchronic study of syntax allows us to make discoveries about the nature of syntactic structure, the ……続きを見る

Prosody is one of the core components of language and speech, indicating information about syntax, turn-taking in conversation, types of utterances, such as questions or statements, as well as speak……続きを見る

The Iranian languages form the major eastern branch of the Indo-European group of languages, itself part of the larger Indo-Iranian family. Estimated to have between 150 and 200 million native speak……続きを見る

This is the definitive survey of the English language - in all its forms. Crystal writes accessibly about the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the world and finally he gives……続きを見る

Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens.……続きを見る

The Semitic Languages presents a comprehensive survey of the individual languages and language clusters within this language family, from their origins in antiquity to their present-day forms. This ……続きを見る

Andrew Radford has acquired an unrivalled reputation over the past thirty years for writing syntax textbooks in which difficult concepts are clearly explained without the excessive use of technical ……続きを見る

What is Linguistics? How do languages work? Why is this important? Answering these questions and more, Linguistics: An Introduction covers all the key topics that you will need in your study of lang……続きを見る

Presenting new approaches and results previously inaccessible in English, the Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics provides an insight into the language and society of contemporary Japan ……続きを見る

This book endeavors to provide a thorough critique of Deconstruction and Structuralism from the standpoint of rationalist epistemology in the Misesian tradition of Austrian Economics. Deconstruction……続きを見る

This guide to Scots is a perfect buy for anyone who is intrigued by the expressive Scots language. Besides explaining the meaning of Scottish words and phrases, it also contains features about aspec……続きを見る

所謂俗字，是區別於正字而言的一種通俗字體，與正字相輔相成。傳統文字學作為經學的附庸，重正字，輕俗字，導致俗字研究資料匱乏，給俗字研究工作的開展帶來了不利的影響。然而隨著大批敦煌寫卷文書的漸次公佈，這……続きを見る

Provides a critical introduction to the central ideas and perennial problems of morphology, fully revised and updated in a new edition What is Morphology? is a concise, student-friendly introduction……続きを見る

First published in 1982, this title grew from a series of essays on various aspects of narrative style; the result is a finished product that melds literary theory with linguistic methodology. It is……続きを見る

The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics offers a comprehensive introduction and reference point to the discipline of linguistics. This wide-ranging survey of the field brings together a range of persp……続きを見る

Neuropsychology has presented a particularly formidable array of devel opments during recent years. The number of methods, theoretical ap proaches, and publications has been steadily increasing, per……続きを見る

The phonological history of Chinese can be traced back to two main traditions: one starting with the Qieyun of 601, and the other starting with the Zhongyuan Yinyun of 1324. The former marks the beg……続きを見る

Every language has its peculiar problems of meaning for the foreign learner. In the English language, some of the biggest yet most fascinating problems are concentrated in the area of the finite ver……続きを見る

**王品服務生：「現在讓我為您做一個上菜的動作」！ 阿基師說：「有做一個擁抱的動作，也做到了嘴對嘴的動作」！ 你聽過這種說法嗎？ 你上台報告時，說了多少次「其實」、「然後」？ 這樣的中文到底正不正確？ 這……続きを見る

Winner of the British Association of Applied Linguistics Book Prize 2015 This book addresses how the new linguistic concept of 'Translanguaging' has contributed to our understandings of language, bi……続きを見る

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the field of Persian linguistics, discusses its development, and captures critical accounts of cutting edge research within its major subfields, as w……続きを見る

The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of various ways in which experiments are used across all domains of linguistics and surveys the rang……続きを見る

A handy 3-in-1 Italian study book: grammar, verbs and vocabulary in one volume, ideal for beginners who need a clear and easy-to-understand Italian reference and revision guide. This book gives you ……続きを見る

The Routledge Handbook of Phonetics provides a comprehensive and up-to-date compilation of research, history and techniques in phonetics. With contributions from 41 prominent authors from North Amer……続きを見る

誰說「台語沒有字」？還在「本土語言在家學」？ 讓本書解除你大腦中的「華語」預設值 一起翻轉本土語言的刻板印象和語言學習的迷思 　　 ●「本土語言在家學」，但為什麼大家都會的華語，要去學校學？ ●「羅馬字不……続きを見る