This book provides a readable and clearly articulated introduction to an important area in the
broader field of Cognitive Linguistics. Taking as its starting point the categorization of colour …

Learning About Language is an exciting and ambitious series of introductions to
fundamental topics in language, linguistics and related areas. The books are designed for …

Almost all languages have some ways of categorizing nouns. Languages of South-East Asia
have classifiers used with numerals, while most Indo-European languages have two or three …

Language is one of our most articulated means of expressing ideas and thoughts. This
introduction to language and linguistics as the science of language will mainly look at …

Thinking Arabic Translation is an indispensable book for linguists who want to develop their
Arabic-to-English translation skills. Clear explanations, discussions, examples and …

Applying linguistic theory to the study of Homeric style, Egbert J. Bakker offers a highly
innovative approach to oral poetry, particularly the poetry of Homer. By situating formulas …

Copulas (in English, the verb to be) are conventionally defined functionally as a means of
relating elements of clause structure, especially subject and complement, and considered to …

Хорошо известные достижения отечественной лингвистики в области теоретической
семантики стали возможны во многом благодаря тому, что в 60–70-е годы наша …

В монографии исследуется проблема формирования категориального значения на
понятийном, системно-языковом и речевом уровнях. Рассматриваются общие вопросы …

Предлагаемая вниманию читателя монография посвящена современному
междисциплинарному направлению, возникшему на стыке языкознания и …