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The Cambridge History of Linguistics

Edited by Linda R. Waugh Monique Monville-Burston John E. Joseph

Covers significant aspects of important traditions and perspectives in the history of linguistics, including recent history.

April 2023 244 x 170 mm 900pp 9780521849906 Hardback £125.00 / US$160.00 R

Second Language Acquisition Second Language Acquisition

Introducing Intervention Research

Tania Ionin and Silvina Montrul

Second Language Acquisition

Introducing Intervention Research Tania Ionin Silvina Montrul

Using current intervention research on grammatical properties, this textbook explores key concepts in second language acquisition.

March 2023 244 x 170 mm c.240pp 52 b/w illus. 26 tables 9781009013567 Paperback £27.99 / US$35.99 X

The Syntax of Portuguese

Mary A. Kato Ana Maria Martins Jairo Nunes

A comprehensive look at the major syntactic properties of Portuguese, focusing on differences between European and Brazilian Portuguese.

Cambridge Syntax Guides

March 2023 229 x 152 mm 300pp 9780521860611 Hardback £110.00 / US$140.00 C

A Deeper Learning Companion for CLIL

Putting Pluriliteracies into Practice Edited by Do Coyle Oliver Meyer Susanne Staschen-Dielmann

Offers ready-made, theory-driven deeper-learning materials across subjects to show how to put a pluriliteracies approach into practice.

February 2023 246 x 189 mm c.240pp 9781009044523 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P

Beginning Syntax

Ian Roberts

A coherent and engaging introduction to generative syntax by a leading figure in the field, with no prior knowledge required.

Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics

February 2023 244 x 170 mm c.254pp 9781009010580 Paperback c. £24.99 / c. US$32.99 X

On-Screen Language in Video Games

A Translation Perspective Mikolaj Deckert Krzysztof Hejduk

The Element uncovers the sources of interlingual and cross-cultural asymmetries motivated by onscreen language in video games.

Elements in Translation and Interpreting

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009045513 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Language Change and Cognitive Linguistics

Case Studies from the History of Russian Tore Nesset

This Element shows how Cognitive Grammar sharpens our understanding of language change through seven case studies from Russian.

Elements in Cognitive Linguistics

December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009013536 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Advice in Conversation

Corpus Pragmatics Meets Mixed Methods Nele Põldvere Rachele De Felice Carita Paradis

This Element offers a new contribution to corpus pragmatics research by examining the multifaceted nature of speech acts in conversation.

Elements in Pragmatics

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009054515 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Fiction and Pragmatics

Miriam A. Locher Andreas H. Jucker Daniela Landert Thomas C. Messerli

This Element outlines current issues in the study of the pragmatics of fiction.

Elements in Pragmatics

March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009095433 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Translingual Discrimination

Sender Dovchin

Translingual discrimination is inequality based on transnational migrants’ specific linguistic and communicative repertoires that are (il)legitimized by the national order of things.

Elements in Intercultural Communication

December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009209731 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Mediating Innovation through Language Teacher Education

Martin East

This Element examines how pedagogical innovation in language classrooms can be mediated through language teacher education.

Elements in Language Teaching

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009124263 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Encounters at the Counter

The Organization of Shop Interactions Edited by Barbara Fox Lorenza Mondada Marja-Leena Sorjonen

Brings together a set of studies that explore the dynamics of conversation between sellers and customers in shop interactions.

Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009215992 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C

Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies

Mathew Gillings Gerlinde Mautner Paul Baker

This Element focuses on how corpus-assisted methods can be used to explore discourse.

March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009168151 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

A Student Grammar of Chinese

Yongping Zhu Chu-Ren Huang

An accessible introduction to Chinese grammar that focuses on patterns and rules, and their similarities and differences with English.

April 2023 244 x 170 mm c.329pp 9781009233491 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.99 P

Positive Social Acts

A Metapragmatic Exploration of the Brighter and Darker Sides of Sociability Roni Danziger

This Element analyzes positive social actions receiving positive and negative meta-pragmatic labels in the Hebrew speaking community in Israel.

Elements in Pragmatics

January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009184427 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Verbal Irony Processing

Stephen Skalicky

This Element reviews the foundational definitions, theories, and psycholinguistic models of ironic language.

Elements in Psycholinguistics

January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 4 tables 9781009234542 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Multilingualism and History

Edited by Aneta Pavlenko

Shattering the cliché ‘our world is more multilingual than ever before’, this book offers the first comprehensive history of our multilingual past.

January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.375pp 9781009236256 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C

Talking in Clichés

The Use of Stock Phrases in Discourse and Communication Stella Bullo Derek Bousfield

A spirited and engaging linguistic and social reimagination of the role and nature of clichés in communication and interaction.

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.275pp 9781108458139 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

Pragmatics in Translation

Mediality, Participation and Relational Work Daria Dayter Miriam A. Locher Thomas C. Messerli

This Element addresses translation issues within an interpersonal pragmatics frame.

Elements in Pragmatics

March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009261203 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

The Linguistics of Crime

Edited by John Douthwaite Ulrike Tabbert

Brings together a team of scholars from a range of disciplines, to explore the analysis of crimerelated language.

January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781108471008 Hardback £95.00 / US$125.00 C

Kongish

Translanguaging and the Commodification of an Urban Dialect Tong King Lee

This Element introduces Kongish as a translingual and multimodal urban dialect emerging in Hong Kong in recent years.

Elements in Applied Linguistics

December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009281133 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Camino al español

A Comprehensive Course in Spanish

Second edition

Consuelo de Andrés Martínez Nadezhda Bonelli Christine Cook Anthony Trippett

Now in its second edition, this textbook is designed to lead adult beginners to a comprehensive knowledge of Spanish.

November 2022 244 x 170 mm c.500pp 9781108719360 Paperback £39.99 / US$49.99 X

Keys to Academic English

Second edition

Adrian Hale Helen Basides

Keys to Academic English presents Academic English and its building blocks in an accessible, easy-to-use format.

June 2023 244 x 170 mm c.424pp 9781009289030 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.99 X

Semantics, Pragmatics, Philosophy

A Journey through Meaning Kasia M. Jaszczolt

Combining semantics, pragmatics, and philosophy, this is a guide on how to think about meaning like a linguist and philosopher.

March 2023 244 x 170 mm c.438pp 9781108731041 Paperback £27.99 / US$35.99 X

Place

NAMES

Approaches and Perspectives in Toponymy and Toponomastics

FRANCESCO PERONO CACCIAFOCO FRANCESCO CAVALLARO

Place Names

Approaches and Perspectives in Toponymy and Toponomastics Francesco Perono Cacciafoco Francesco Cavallaro

Illustrated with numerous case studies, this book is the first comprehensive overview of the related fields of toponymy and toponomastics.

March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 9781108748247 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

How to Talk Language Science with Everybody

Laura Wagner Cecile McKee

This is an indispensable guide to engaging the general public in language sciences, Illustrated with a wide-range of real-life examples.

April 2023 244 x 170 mm c.273pp 9781108794923 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

PURRIETIES of LANGUAGE

How We Talk about Cats Online

EDITH PODHOVNIK

Purrieties of Language

How We Talk about Cats Online Edith Podhovnik

A fun entrance point to linguistics, this accessible book uses online cat discourse to introduce a wide range of concepts.

February 2023 c.200pp 9781108825634 Paperback £16.99 / US$19.99 P

Constituent Order in Language and Thought

A Case Study in Field-Based Psycholinguistics Masatoshi Koizumi

Based on a field-based comparative psycholinguistics case study, this is the first book to explore neurocognition in endangered languages.

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 9781108844031 Hardback £95.00 / US$125.00 C

The Evolution of Chinese Grammar

Yuzhi Shi

A study of the motivations, mechanisms and regularities in the evolutionary history of Chinese grammar over the past three millennia.

April 2023 229 x 152 mm c.500pp 9781108844055 Hardback £125.00 / US$165.00 R

Teaching Young Multilingual Learners

Key Issues and New Insights Luciana C. de Oliveira Loren Jones

This Element provides an overview of research focusing on language teaching practices for young multilingual learners in Englishspeaking primary classrooms.

Elements in Language Teaching

December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108928809 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Conversation in World Englishes

Turn-Taking and Cultural Variation in Southeast Asian and Caribbean English Theresa Neumaier

An exploration of conversation in World Englishes, focusing on turn-taking and cultural variation in Southeast Asian and Caribbean English.

Studies in English Language

April 2023 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 9781108838023 Hardback £95.00 / US$125.00 C

Spontaneous Speech

Benjamin V. Tucker Yoichi Mukai

What is known about the speech we use every day? This Element introduces the reader to research investigating spontaneous speech.

Elements in Phonetics

July 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108932004 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

The Many Faces of Creativity

Exploring Synaesthesia through a Metaphorical Lens Sarah Turner Jeannette Littlemore

This Element deepens our understanding of the relationship between embodied sensory experience, emotion, creativity and metaphor.

Elements in Cognitive Linguistics

February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108971362 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Korean Grammar

A Systemic Functional Approach Mira Kim J. R. Martin Gi-Hyun Shin Gyung Hee Choi

Drawing on Systemic Functional Linguistics, this pioneering book provides the first comprehensive functional account of Korean grammar.

January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 9781316515341 Hardback £95.00 / US$125.00 C

Navigating the Realities of Metaphor and Psychotherapy Research

Dennis Tay

Reflections and practical advice on how to conduct collaborative metaphor research in applied contexts like psychotherapy.

Elements in Cognitive Linguistics

December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108971485 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Optimal Linking Grammar

A Theory of Morphosyntax

Volume 170

Daniel Galbraith

This book presents a pioneering new theory of grammar, which explains a wide variety of sentence types across languages.

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 170

March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781316516591 Hardback £95.00 / US$125.00 C

Phonetics in Language Teaching

Di Liu Tamara Jones Marnie Reed

This Element connects phonetics knowledge and language teaching practice, informing effective teaching techniques and strategies.

Elements in Phonetics

January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108994354 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P

Language Policy and the New Speaker Challenge

Hiding in Plain Sight Colin H. Williams

Analyses the current state of minority language policy in Western Europe and provides comprehensive, evidence-based policy recommendations.

April 2023 229 x 152 mm c.402pp 9781316517758 Hardback £105.00 / US$135.00 C

Language Aptitude Theory and Practice

Edited by Zhisheng (Edward) Wen Peter Skehan Richard L. Sparks

Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date account of language aptitude theories, test development, research paradigms and practical implications.

Cambridge Applied Linguistics

March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.546pp 9781316513996 Hardback £120.00 / US$155.00 C

Silence in English Language Pedagogy

From Research to Practice Dat Bao

Including illustrative real-life case studies, this book draws on empirical data to explore how silence can be embraced in teaching.

April 2023 229 x 152 mm c.266pp 9781316519868 Hardback £95.00 / US$125.00 C

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