On Speaking Terms
Why are kin, in societies all over the world, divided into "joking" and "avoidance" relations? Foundational figures in the human sciences, from E.B. Tylor and Alfred Radcliffe-Brown to Sigmund Freud and Claude L矇vi-Strauss, have sought to explain why some classes of kin are normatively expected to prank and tease one another while others must studiously avoid each other's presence. In this extensively researched comparative study, linguistic anthropologist Luke Owles Fleming offers a bold new answer to this problem.With a particular focus on avoidance relationships, On Speaking Terms argues that in order to understand cross-cultural convergences in the patterning of kinship-keyed comportments, we must attend to the sociolinguistic codes through which kinship relationships are enacted. Drawing on ethnographic data from more than one hundred different societies, the book documents and analyses parallels in the linguistic and non-verbal signs through which avoidance relationships are experientially realized. With dedicated discussions of Aboriginal Australian "mother-in-law languages," name and word tabooing practices, pronominal honorification, and non-verbal strategies of interactional and sensorial avoidance, it reveals recurrent sociolinguistic patterns attested in kinship avoidance. In demonstrating the vital role of sociolinguistic codes for transforming kinship categories into phenomenologically rich relationships, On Speaking Terms makes an important contribution to the anthropology of kinship.
Language and Social Justice
Language and Social Justice provides readers with the knowledge and analytical skills required to explore why and how social inequalities and injustices are enacted through language, and how they may be challenged.
Masculinities and Language
Accessibly written by two leading linguists, this book provides a comprehensive treatment of the debates around language and masculinity.
Language in Society
Language in Society is key reading for students studying this topic for the first time with little or no background in linguistics.
Multi-word Verbs in English Language Teaching
Multi-word verbs are an essential topic in the English language syllabus. As a prominent feature of the language, with numerous semantic and syntactic peculiarities, they pose challenges even for advanced learners. Recent evidence-based pedagogical approaches to multi-word verbs have emerged from various fields of applied linguistics. However, it remains unclear whether these research insights are being implemented in classroom practice. This book addresses both issues. It begins with a review of research in corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and instructed second language acquisition, highlighting their relevance to the teaching of multi-word verbs. It then presents a new study on current approaches to the topic in mainstream language education, analysing language teachers' beliefs as well as content from popular textbooks. Based on these findings, the author offers a comprehensive view of the topic and practical applications for enhancing multi-word verb instruction.
Linguistic Fragmentation and Cultural Inclusion in the Middle Ages
Linguistic fragmentation contains the risk of cultural separation, while the concept of inclusion implies the recognition of the difference of the Other, who must be recognised in its specificity to develop a process of inclusion. One of the main means of overcoming the dangers hidden in linguistic fragmentation is unquestionably plurilingualism and, relatedly, translation. Translation enables the transmission of content from one linguistic-cultural system to another. Multilingualism is not just a peculiarity of the contemporary age; it is a fundamental phenomenon of the Middle Ages. The conceptual relationship between linguistic fragmentation and cultural inclusion, and the inter-relationships of these two apparently opposing poles with the communicative tool of translation, requires some reflection within the broader framework of translation studies in the Middle Ages. This collection of essays examines the seemingly paradoxical concept of linguistic fragmentation as an instrument of cultural inclusion thanks to the practice of translation. The essays explain the relationship through translations between many medieval languages and texts, from Icelandic to Italian, from English to French, and more. They examine vernacular circulation of religious texts (translation of the Bible, of hagiographic or homiletic texts, etc.); circulation, thanks to translation, of literary texts (e.g., the translation of epic-chivalric cycles); translation from a koine language to another language and vice versa; and the relationship between the choice of the target language and the socio-cultural context.
Rudely Torn From Arms of Sleep
A new volume of thoughtful, finely-crafted, intense and diverse poems from the author of Songs from the Back Row (UnCollected Press), Cold War Piano (Ober-Limbo Verlag), Last Poems (Ober-Limbo Verlag) and October (Ober- Limbo Verlag)."The whole experience of a Doug May poem is remarkable. We are so inclined in this Western Culture of ours to over-express. To identify sometimes the most mundane things as "remarkable", "amazing", as "awesome". And perhaps I would argue that in most cases, depending on hyperbole in this manner is facile - even lazy. But when it comes to Doug's poetry, using effusive language is not a lack of discipline; it is concerted truth-telling. A Doug May poem for me can be like watching the power and elegance of a Cheetah running down its prey at sixty miles an hour. Or, like walking out on the back patio and seeing a hummingbird, with its profoundly articulate bill, claiming nectar from fresh blossoms. I can call upon a whole series of prototypical images to encourage you to read Doug's book. Doug May's poetry is the complete experience - derived from incisive intellectual insight and emotional intelligence. They are some of the most moving and impactful poems that I have ever read." Henry Stanton, publisher and editor of UNCOLLECTED PRESS.Doug May is a member of the neurodivergent community. He has worked a lot of different jobs, everything from production typing to answering phones, delivering flow-ers, emptying bedpans, mopping floors, stocking display shelves and performing covers of Charlie Daniels and The Rolling Stones. His poetry has appeared in Breath and Shadow, Wordgathering, Raw Art Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Cathexis Northwest, and other poetry publications.
The Future of Language
Will language as we know it cease to exist? What could this mean for the way we live our lives? Shining a light on the technology currently being developed to revolutionise communication, The Future of Language distinguishes myth from reality and superstition from scientifically-based prediction as it plots out the importance of language and raises questions about its future. From the rise of artificial intelligence and speaking robots, to brain implants andcomputer-facilitated telepathy, language and communications expert Philip Seargeant surveys the development of new digital 'languages', such as emojis, animated gifs and memes, and investigates how conventions of spoken and written language are being modified by new trends in communication. From George Orwell's fictional predictions in Nineteen Eighty-Four to the very real warnings of climate activist Greta Thunberg, Seargeant explores language through time, traversing politics, religion, philosophy, literature, and of course technology, in the process. Tracing how previous eras have imagined the future of language, from the Bible to the works H. G. Wells, and from Star Wars to Star Trek, the book reveals how perfecting language and communication has always been a vital component of utopian dreams of the future. Questioning the potential ramifications of recent and future developments in communication on society and its ideals, The Future of Language is a no holds barred investigation into the state of civilisation and the impact that changes in language could have on our lives.
Language Smugglers
Translation is commonly understood as the rendering of a text from one language to another - a border-crossing activity, where the border is a linguistic one. But what if the text one is translating is not written in "one language;" indeed, what if no text is ever written in a single language? In recent years, many books of fiction and poetry published in so-called Canada, especially by queer, racialized and Indigenous writers, have challenged the structural notions of linguistic autonomy and singularity that underlie not only the formation of the nation-state, but the bulk of Western translation theory and the field of comparative literature. Language Smugglersargues that the postnational cartographies of language found in minoritized Canadian literary works force a radical redefinition of the activity of translation altogether. Canada is revealed as an especially rich site for this study, with its official bilingualism and multiculturalism policies, its robust translation industry and practitioners, and the strong challenges to its national narratives and accompanying language politics presented by Indigenous people, the province of Qu矇bec, and high levels of immigration.
Semantic Change and Collective Knowledge in 18th Century Britain
An in-depth digital investigation of several 18th-century British corpora, this book identifies shared communities of meaning in the printed British 18th century by highlighting and analysing patterns in the distribution of lexis. There are forces of attraction between words: some are more likely to keep company than others, and how words attract and repel one another is worthy of note. Charting these forces, this book demonstrates how distant reading 18th-century corpora can tell us something new, methodologically defensible and, crucially, interesting, about the most common constructions of word meanings and epistemes in the printed British 18th century. In the case studies in this book, computation brings to light some remarkable facts about collectively-produced forms of meaning, without which the most common meanings of words, and the ways of knowing that they constituted, would remain matters of conjecture rather than evidence. Providing the first investigation of collective meaning and knowledge in the British 18th century, this interdisciplinary study builds on the existing stores of close reading, praxis, and history of ideas, presenting a view constructed at scale, rather than at the level of individual texts.
Reading of Cinematic Adaptations in Chetan Bhagat and Ruskin Bond
Cahiers de Lexicologie
Contributeurs: Vanessa Bonato, Chih-Ying Chiang, Rute Costa, Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio, Pilar Leon Arauz, Henrik Nilsson, Kosuke Nishio, Silvia Piccini, Marie-Alice Rebours, Ana Salgado, Davide Saponaro, Alexander Shvets, Federica Vezzani, Giuliana Elizabeth Vilela Ruiz et Leo Wanner.
Legal Formulae
This book analyses and investigates the neutral legal formulae of the English common law and the Italian and French civil law traditions, together with those used in international settings such as the European Union. It explores the usage of English formulae (and of their Italian and French counterparts) that are mentioned in terms of service, national and EU legislation, and in national and European parliamentary debates. The author takes a comparative approach to analysing the various corpora, carrying out cross-analyses to allow understanding of the usage(s) in contexts of neutral legal formulae. This reveals insights into word frequencies in the three languages and legal systems, as well as in different genres, and the book goes on to compare the relative frequencies of the neutral formulae across the three languages to investigate their variety. This book will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners in fields including linguistics, law, and corpus-based legal translation.
Social Learning in Study Abroad
This book explores how international students construct target language- (TL-) mediated social spaces for socializing. The author asks what factors either prevent or promote the construction of TL-mediated socializing opportunities by international students, how such students can grow both as TL learners/speakers/users and as people throughout their TL-mediated socializing, and how international students' socializing, and their affective states during socializing, change across time during their stay in the host country. He analyses international students' TL-mediated socializing and its co-construction primarily within the conceptual frameworks of situated learning (Lave & Wenger, 1991) and affinity space (Gee, 2004), with additional insights from peripheral/marginal participation (Wenger, 1998), scaffolding (Wood, Bruner, & Ross, 1976), identity (re-)construction (Norton, 2000), and Discourse (Gee, 2012). This book proposes concrete educational and pedagogical implications, based on the findings, which will be meaningful for both educational institutions and educators involved in study abroad programs or education. It will also be of interest to students and scholars in related academic fields including Applied Linguistics, Language Education, Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics.
Three Demonstrations and a Funeral and Other Essays
A collaboration between three distinguished professors of linguistics and philosophy. The result of the collaboration between three distinguished philosophers, this book comprises the best sample of one of the most original theories in contemporary philosophy of language and communication--Critical Pragmatics. They present the development of the theory from its initial sprout, with "Three Demonstrations and a Funeral" (2006) as its first visible result, to a critical clarification of its tenets in "Critical Pragmatics: Nine Misconceptions" (2023). After Korta and Perry's Critical Pragmatics (2011), this is the most important book on Critical Pragmatics, as it was conceived, developed and applied by its creators. Having de Ponte, Korta and Perry's most important papers together on one place will be of great value to both philosophers and linguists.
Digital Language Learning
This book delves into the integration of Augmented Reality, gamification, digital storytelling, and other technologies, illustrating their impact on language learning and translation. Each chapter provides unique insights into practical applications, research findings, and real-world case studies, highlighting the benefits of these innovations for learners of all ages. From primary school students to university-level learners, the various methodologies and technologies discussed offer valuable strategies for enhancing the educational experience. A valuable resource for educators, researchers, and technology enthusiasts, this book offers a roadmap for incorporating digital tools into the classroom to foster creativity, critical thinking, and global awareness among 21st-century learners. The book also addresses the challenges and opportunities presented by these tools, providing a comprehensive guide for those seeking to modernize and improve their teaching practices through cutting-edge educational technology. Additionally, it examines the effectiveness of these methods in diverse educational settings, offering a holistic view of the future of language education
Mini Moves for Every Writier
Discover strategies to strengthen students' writing. Authors Sam Futrell and Rebekah O'Dell provide educators with small moves and mentor texts to help students hone their voice, craft with intention, and write with confidence. With targeted approaches, videos, and ready-to-use workbooks, this book supports students as they master 10 different writing skills while enhancing literacy in any content area. Grades 6-12 teachers can use this book to: Equip students with effective strategies to hone their writing in any content area Teach students how to make claims, define, use evidence, contextualize, and more Receive mentor texts across each skill in the areas of pop culture, mathematics, science, and history Employ flexible templates to adapt mini moves for group and individual instruction Share five moves that achieve each of the 10 skills Contents: Part 1: An Introduction to Mini Moves Chapter 1: The Case for Mini Moves Chapter 2: Mini Moves in Your Classroom Part 2: Moves for Every Writer Chapter 3: Moves That Introduce Chapter 4: Moves That Make a Claim Chapter 5: Moves That Define Chapter 6: Moves That Describe Chapter 7: Moves That Provide Evidence Chapter 8: Moves That Summarize Chapter 9: Moves That Contextualize Chapter 10: Moves That Add Voice Chapter 11: Moves That Conclude Chapter 12: Moves That Organize Afterword Appendix A: Mini Move Lesson Plan Templates Appendix B: All Moves by Content Area Appendix C: Writing Application Practice Appendix D: Moves Remix Appendix E: Connecting Your Standards to Mini Moves References and Resources Index
Chinese tales
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Bodleian Library (Oxford)N027853With two final advertisement leaves.London: printed for J. Osborn, 1740. vii, [5],236, [4]p., plates; 12
The Routledge Handbook of Sign Language Translation and Interpreting
This handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of Sign Language Translation and Interpretation from around the globe and looks ahead to future directions of research. This is the essential guide for advanced students and researchers of Translation and Interpretation studies and Sign Language.
Introducing Multimodality
This accessible introduction to multimodality illuminates the potential of multimodal research for understanding the ways in which people communicate.
Cinematic Adaptations in Novels of Lahiri, Jane Austen & Vikas Swarup
Biolinguistics at the Cutting Edge
This book contains an updated discussion of the most relevant theoretical and methodological aspects, as well as the most important findings of biolinguistics. This field of linguistics is specifically concerned with the biological aspects of language. In doing so, the volume takes a timely look at the different angles of biolinguistics research, in particular considering its multidisciplinary, technical, theoretical, and applied approaches. The volume provides a comprehensive, in-depth, and state-of-the-art overview of the biolinguistics quest, bringing together the most outstanding contributions on exciting subfields such as language evolution, language acquisition, neuro- and psycholinguistics, or clinical linguistics.
Perspectives on Negation
Although negation has been studied extensively by philosophers, linguists, and psychologists, it remains an active area of inquiry across the language sciences. This dynamic and cross-disciplinary volume contains a unique collection of chapters by language scientists from a variety of disciplines. Readers will explore novel connections and gain insights into the nature of negation, one of the few uncontroversial universal elements of natural language.
The Morpho-phonology of Ennar (Peripheral West Gurage Dialect)
Adaptation as Communication
This book offers a consistent, theoretically grounded, accessible account of adaptation across a range of instances, employing Relevance Theory as its explanatory framework and arguing that every adaptation is an independent communicative act. The author establishes the principles of the study in the first part, introducing and contextualising the theory developed by Sperber and Wilson, before going on in the second part to demonstrate the strength of the approach, and its relevance and utility within adaptation studies and beyond through a wide array of examples. The volume will open up discussion in areas previously underserved by adaptation studies and consider broader implications, such as where we draw the line when we think about 'adaptation'. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in a range of fields including adaptation studies, relevance theory, linguistic pragmatics, stylistics, narratology, intertextuality, literature and film studies.
Sphere of Understanding
The book presents dialogues with fourteen highly influential semioticians: Juri Lotman, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Boris Uspenskij, Umberto Eco, Paolo Fabbri, Myrdene Anderson, Winfried N繹th, Gunther Kress, Roland Posner, Stuart Kauffman, Jesper Hoffmeyer, Terrence Deacon, Paul Cobley, and Jaan Valsiner. They have all made a remarkable impact on contemporary research in the Tartu centre of semiotics. As well as these remarkable dialogues, the first part of the volume features an illuminating sequence of chapters on topics including the importance of dialogues, the historical roots and context of semiotics in Tartu since the 19th century, plus the main principles formulated in Jakob von Uexk羹ll's and Juri Lotman's works.
German Syntax
Exploring the major syntactic phenomena of German, this book provides a state-of-the-art account of German syntax, as well as an outline of the key aspects of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. It is one of the first comprehensive studies of the entire syntactic component of a natural language within the Minimalist Program, covering core issues including clause structure, binding, case, agreement, control, and movement. It introduces a phase-based theory of syntax that establishes Remove, an operation that removes syntactic structure, as a mirror image of Merge, which builds syntactic structure. This unified approach resolves many cases of conflicting structure assignments in syntax, as they occur with passivization, restructuring, long-distance passivization, complex prefields, bridge verbs, applicatives, null objects, pseudo-noun incorporation, nominal concord, and ellipsis. It will pave the way for similar research into other languages and is essential reading for anyone interested in the syntax of German, syntactic theory, or the Minimalist Program.
