Localism Versus Globalism in Morphology and PhonologyDavid EmbickThis book is the first detailed examination of morphology and phonology from a phase-cyclic point of view (that is, one that takes into account recent developments in Distributed Morphology and t |
Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology and Sound ChangeWilliam LabovThe Atlas of North American English provides the first overall view of the pronunciation and vowel systems of the dialects of the U.S. and Canada. |
Far from the Madding Gerund and Other Dispatches from Language LogMark LibermanMark Liberman and Geoffrey Pullum collect some of their most insightful and amusing material from Language Log, their popular website. |
From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-GermanicDon RingeThis book is the first since 1897 to describe the earliest reconstructable stages of the prehistory of English. |
The Infinite Gift: How Children Learn and Unlearn the Languages of the WorldCharles YangDrawing on cutting-edge developments in biology, neurology, psychology, and linguistics, Charles Yang's The Infinite Gift takes us inside the astonishingly complex but largely subconscio |
Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume III, Cognitive and Cultural FactorsWilliam LabovThis volume, which completes Labov’s seminal Principles of Linguistic Change trilogy, examines the cognitive and cultural factors responsible for linguistic change, tracing the life hist |
Meaningful Games: Exploring Language with Game TheoryRobin ClarkIn this book Robin Clark explains in an accessible manner the usefulness of game theory in thinking about a wide range of issues in linguistics. Clark argues that we use grammar strategically to |
Dialect Diversity in America: The Politics of Language ChangeWilliam LabovThis book examines the diversity among American dialects and presents the counterintuitive finding that geographically localized dialects of North American English are increasingly diverging from |
Historical Linguistics: Toward a Twenty-First Century ReintegrationDon RingeBringing the advances of theoretical linguistics to the study of language change in a systematic way, this innovative textbook shows that theoretical linguistics can be used to solve problems whe |
Experimental Perspectives on PresuppositionsFlorian SchwarzThis volume brings together some of the most recent developments in the field of experimental pragmatics, specifically empirical approaches to theoretical issues in presupposition theory. |
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