Berthold Delbrück 
Vergleichende Syntax der indogermanischen Sprachen [PDF ebook] 

The aptitude to write well is increasingly becoming a vital element that students need to succeed in college and their future careers. Students must be equipped with competent writing skills as colle …

Through insiders‘ perspectives and narratives, this edited collection provides insight into the lived experiences of recent graduates of various English Applied Linguistics and/or TESOL doctoral prog …

This book explores the context around why English prepositions are used in figurative language more frequently than nouns and verbs, using corpus-based evidence to examine the most often used preposi …

First published in 1967. The problems of theoretical phonology are among the most controversial in linguistics. This monograph is a step towards an adequate logical reconstruction of phonological the …

This volume outlines a theory of translation, set within the framework of Peircean semiotics, which challenges the linguistic bias in translation studies by proposing a semiotic theory that accounts …

Universal Grammar (UG) is a theory of both the fundamental principles for all possible languages and the language faculty in the ‚initial state‘ of the human organism. These two volumes approach the …

The digital technologies of the 21st century are reshaping how we experience storytelling. More than ever before, storylines from the world“s most popular narratives cross from the pages of books to …

Translation, Second Edition introduces the theory and practice of translation from a variety of linguistic and cultural angles, and has been revised and updated to feature:

• a study of transl …

The Chinese Writing System in Asia: An Interdisciplinary Perspective integrates a diverse range of disciplinary approaches in examining how the Chinese script represents and actively shapes personal …

This book defends the Direct Reference (DR) thesis in philosophy of language regarding proper names and indexical pronouns. It uniquely draws out the significant consequences of DR when it is conjoin …