From the New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Translation and Eating the Sun, a charming illustrated collection of more than fifty expressions from around the globe that explores the nuances……続きを見る
Der Ägyptologe Michael Höveler-Müller, der seit Jahren erfolgreich Hieroglyphen-Kurse leitet, erklärt anschaulich und für jedermann verständlich, wie die ägyptische Schrift funktioniert und wie man ……続きを見る
A study on anaphoric dependencies that derives the conditions on anaphora in natural language from the design properties of the language system.
Pronouns and anaphors (including reflexives such as h……続きを見る
In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usu……続きを見る
Par le choix des textes qu'il présente et leur commentaire, Henri Tonnet donne à saisir les étapes de l'évolution par laquelle on est passé du grec ancien au grec moderne.
A PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR
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Syntactic theory has been dominated in the last decades by theories that disregard semantics in their approach to syntax. Presenting a truly semantic approach to syntax, this book takes as its prima……続きを見る
著者:Alan Barnard
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年10月23日
For ninety per cent of our history, humans have lived as 'hunters and gatherers', and for most of this time, as talking individuals. No direct evidence for the origin and evolution of language exist……続きを見る
An outstanding and enjoyable companion reader to the Wheelock's curriculum, or any introductory Latin textbook.
From one of the country's leading Latinists, this reader is the perfect complement to ……続きを見る
"An assured guide" (New Scientist) to the relationship between the language we speak and our perception of such fundamentals of experience as time, space, color, and smells.
We tend to assume that a……続きを見る
著者:John McWhorter
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2008年10月30日
A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar
Why do we say “I am reading a catalog” instead of “I read a catalog”? Why do we say “do” ……続きを見る
Conversation is one of the most widespread uses of human language, but what is actually happening when we interact this way? How is conversation structured? How does it function?
Answering these que……続きを見る
Your comprehensive guide to speaking, reading, and writing in French
French is a beautiful language but can be quite difficult to learn. Whether you need to learn the language for a French class, or……続きを見る
著者:Uluğ Kuzuoğlu
出版社: Columbia University Press
発売日: 2023年10月16日
Honorable Mention, 2026 Joseph Levenson Prize (China, post-1900), Association for Asian Studies
In the late nineteenth century, Chinese reformers and revolutionaries believed that there was somethin……続きを見る
The Turkic languages are spoken today in a vast geographical area stretching from southern Iran to the Arctic Ocean and from the Balkans to the great wall of China. There are currently 20 literary l……続きを見る
A BRIEF HISTORY OF Ancient Greek
Attested since the fourteenth century BC, and still spoken today by over 10 million people, Greek has been one of the most influential languages in human history. En……続きを見る
The new edition of the popular introduction to the field of psycholinguistics, providing a solid foundation for understanding how people produce and comprehend language
Introduction to Psycholinguis……続きを見る
This two-volume set provides a comprehensive overview of the multidisciplinary field of Embodied Cognition. With contributions from internationally acknowledged researchers from a variety of fields,……続きを見る
Grounded in a systemic functional linguistic (SFL) approach, this book applies a contrastive interlanguage corpus-based approach to investigate the nature and role of L2 intonation and its pragmatic……続きを見る
著者:Florian Coulmas
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
How does writing relate to speech? What impact does it have on social organisation and development? How do unwritten languages differ from those that have a written form and tradition? This book is ……続きを見る
出版社: Springer International Publishing
発売日: 2023年03月03日
The aim of this edited volume is to demystify corpus linguistics for use in English language teaching (ELT). It advocates the inclusion of corpus linguistics in the classroom as part of an approach ……続きを見る
著者:W. Tecumseh Fitch
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
Language, more than anything else, is what makes us human. It appears that no communication system of equivalent power exists elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Any normal human child will learn a lan……続きを見る
This edited volume brings the important topic of teacher well-being to the fore, presenting a range of high quality and cutting-edge contributions that illuminate, advance and educate readers on the……続きを見る
Research Methods in Applied Linguistics is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for students. The book includes:
* qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods
* research techniques and a……続きを見る
著者:Anna Wierzbicka
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2021年11月25日
It is widely accepted that English is the first truly global language and lingua franca. Anna Wierzbicka, the distinguished linguist known for her theories of semantics, has written the first book t……続きを見る
C. Alphonso Smith's *Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book* serves as a foundational text for those seeking to understand the complexities of the Old English language. This rigorous work features a ……続きを見る
"The first edition of this Handbook is built on surveys by well-known figures from around the world and around the intellectual world, reflecting several different theoretical predilections, balanci……続きを見る
Ganz oben in der Liste der Themen, die zur Allgemeinbildung zählen, steht die deutsche Literatur, die Literatur aus dem Land der Dichter und Denker. Dieses Buch gibt Ihnen einen Überblick über die G……続きを見る
The fully updated new edition of the essential single-volume reference, covering the full fields of linguistics and phonetics
Now in its seventh edition, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics re……続きを見る
著者:James P. Allen
出版社: Cambridge University Press
発売日: 2015年11月10日
Middle Egyptian introduces the reader to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts. It contains twenty-six lessons, exercises (with answers), a list of hieroglyphic ……続きを見る