Ladislav Zgusta 
Manual of lexicography [PDF ebook] 

The use of language corpora as a resource in linguistics and language-related disciplines is now well-established. One of the many fields where the impact of corpora has been growing in recent years …

The Diagnosis of Reading in a Second or Foreign Language explores the implications of language assessment research on classroom-based assessment practices by providing an in-depth look at the little- …

Which strategies do multilingual learners use when confronted with languages they don”t yet know? Which factors are involved in activating prior linguistic knowledge in multilingual learning? This v …

First published in 1959, this book aims to provide a practical introduction to semantics, relating the critical study of language to real-life situation, with a wealth of anecdotes and numerous illus …

Monika Fludernik presents a detailed analysis of free indirect discourse as it relates to narrative theory, and the crucial problematic of how speech and thought are represented in fiction. Building …

This book explores the idea that functional categories are the flesh and blood of grammar”. From within the context of the Principles and Parameters framework put forward by Chomsky and others, Jama …

‘Taking as its theme the interaction between Italian and other languages, and marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of Weinreich”s seminal Languages in Contact, this volume provides an up- …

While the sociology of literary translation is well-established, and even flourishing, the same cannot be said for the sociology of poetry translation. Sociologies of Poetry Translation features scho …

What would happen if structures, forms, and other stand-alone entities thought to comprise our intellectual toolkit-words, meanings, signs-were jettisoned? How would a work written in a purportedly d …

Examining four dichotomies in Spanish, this book shows how to reduce the six to ten rules common in textbooks for each contrast to a single binary distinction. That distinction is a form of totality …