Seeks to demonstrate that the study of English poetry is enriched by the insights of modern
linguistic analysis, and that linguistic and critical disciplines are not separate but …

Prosodic Phonology by Marina Nespor and Irene Vogel is finally available again." Nespor &
Vogel 1986" is a citation classic, and even after twenty years, it is still recognized as the …

The study of ideology has traditionally been concerned not only with political ideas and
doctrines, but also with the ways in which social relations are sustained through the …

First published in 2002. It is easy to see that we are living in a time of rapid and radical social
change. New Accents is intended as a positive response to the initiative offered by such a …

The meter of Middle English alliterative poetry, Thomas Cable contends, holds the key to a
reinterpretation of both Old English meter and iambic pentameter, which in turn provides a …

Examines the way in which poetry in English makes use of rhythm. The author argues that
there are three major influences which determine the verse-forms used in any language: the …

This edition presents all of the surviving manuscripts, together with textual apparatus and
commentary. The poem is also presented in parallel with its principal source, Boccaccio's" …

Title description There is little hope of reconstructing by means of comparative or typological
studies a lingua adamica essentially different from present-day languages. The distant …

Realms of Meaning presents an accessible introduction to semantics. It provides an
understanding of the way meaning works in natural languages, against a background of …

The way stress is patterned in English verse depends on word and phrase structure,
according to strict rules which are not accounted for by either traditional or more recent …