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This book compiles unique contributions on the extent and kinds of language endangerment world-wide. Besides presenting the specific situations of language endangerment at the subcontinental level, the volume discusses major issues that bear universally on language endangerment.
The multilingual situation in Cameroon and the status of English as a co-official language constitute a unique and fascinating case for sociolinguistic investigation.
This volume aims to enrich the current interdisciplinary theoretical discussion of human emo-tions by presenting studies based on extensive linguistic data from a wide range of languages of the world.
This book presents a theory of long humorous texts based on a revision and an upgrade of the General Theory of Verbal Humour (GTVH), a decade after its first proposal. It is predicated on the fact that there are humorous mechanisms in long texts that have no counterpart in jokes.
Hdi is a largely undescribed language spoken in northern Cameroon. The aim of the book is to provide a description of the grammar of this language. Consquently, the grammar describes... Læs mere
Field work studies provide fresh insights into the structure of phonological features, and the phonology-phonetics interface is investigated in phonetic research involving both... Læs mere
Drawing on a dual expertise of rare intensity, Mirco Ghini's book is a major contribution to both Romance dialectology and phonological theory.
The book presents unique literature in a minority ethnolect – the Germanic dialect of Wilamowice in Southern Poland.
Includes the whole area of language phenomena called set phrases, proverbs and fixed expressions and formulaicity in everyday parlance. This handbook offers a critical view of research on... Læs mere
Negation is at the core of human language; without negation there can be no denial, contradiction, irony, or lies. This book examines the form and function of negative... Læs mere