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Eugene Casad’s posthumous monograph is an in-depth study of the TIME IS SPACE metaphor in Cora – an Uto-Aztecan language spoken in the state of Nayarit Mexico – within the framework of Ronald Langacker’s Cognitive Grammar. The author provides an introduction to Cora speakers and their history and traces the evolution of Cora locative expressions comparing them with cognate or corresponding expressions in other Uto-Aztecan languages e.g. Huichol to reconstruct the development of Cora temporal meanings. Based on a meticulous analysis of synchronic and diachronic data Casad postulates distinct Cora models of time grammatical aspect and event structure among which the topographically based model of time is especially prominent. This important book can be regarded as the opus magnum of the author. It should be of interest to scholars working in conceptual metaphor theory grammaticalization and the history and typology of Uto-Aztecan languages.

In recent years researchers have acknowledged that the study of third language acquisition cannot simply be viewed as an extension of the study of bilingualism and the present volume’s authors agree that a point of departure that embraces the unique properties that differentiate L2 acquisition from L3/Ln acquisition is essential. From linguistic sociological psychological educational and cognitive viewpoints it has become increasingly apparent that the study of L3/Ln acquisition can provide new evidence to help resolve ongoing debates in these areas of study. This volume uniquely provides a wide-ranging overview of current trends in the study of adult additive multilingualism from formal psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives adding new insights into adult multilingual epistemology. This collection includes critical reviews of L3/Ln morphosyntax phonology and the lexicon as well as individual studies with unique language pairings including Romance Germanic Slavic and Asian languages.

There is a perceived tension between empirical and theoretical approaches to the study of language. Many recent works in the discipline emphasise that linguistics is an ‘empirical science’. This volume argues for a nuanced view highlighting that theory and practice necessarily and as a matter of fact complement each other in linguistic research. Its contributions – ranging from experimental studies in psychology via linguistic fieldwork and cross-linguistic comparisons to the application of formal and logical approaches to language – exemplify the mutual relationship between empirical and theoretical work. The volume illustrates how selected topics are addressed by different contributions and methodological stances. Topics include the cognitive grounding of language social cognition and the construction of meaning in interaction and closely related pragmatics from a typological perspective and beyond. Anyone interested in these topics and more generally in meta-theoretical considerations will find great value in this volume.

Curial e Güelfa és una novel·la anònima del segle XV escrita en llengua catalana desconeguda fins al segle XIX i publicada por primera vegada el 1901. Es tracta d’una obra singular a cavall entre l’Edat Mitjana i el Renaixement en què es conjuminen magistralment els components cavalleresc i sentimental i la influència de l’Humanisme. Encara que el protagonista realitza les seues gestes per Itàlia Alemanya Hongria França Anglaterra Grècia Terra Santa Egipte i Tunis el seu ambient és bàsicament italià. El seu anonimat i la seva llengua han desorientat els lingüistes i els historiadors de la literatura que s’hi han acostat. La novel·la ara accessible en anglès espanyol francès portugués i italià — en traduccions promogudes per IVITRA basades en l’edició filològica del prof. Antoni Ferrando (2007) — atrau cada vegada més l’atenció dels estudiosos no sols per la seva redacció exquisida i la seva ben traçada estructura sinó pel seu ric rerefons cultural europeu. El present volum d’estudis intenta respondre a gran part d’aquests interrogants amb quaranta aportacions molt rellevants tant en l’aspecte lingüístic com en el cultural.

Curial e Güelfa is a 15th century anonymous romance written in Catalan unknown until the 19th century and first published in 1901. It is a singular work halfway between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in which the features of chivalry and sentimentalism and a touch of Humanism are brilliantly combined. Although the main character performs his heroic deeds in Italy Germany Hungary France England Greece the Holy Land Egypt and Tunisia the atmosphere is essentially Italian. Its anonymity and its language have always disconcerted the linguists and literary historians who have approached it. The novel now available in English Spanish French Portuguese and Italian — in translations sponsored by IVITRA based upon Prof. Antoni Ferrando’s philological edition (2007) — and in German is increasingly attracting the attention of scholars not only because of its delighting style and its wonderfully traced structure but also because of its rich cultural European background. This volume of studies tries to solve most of these questions with forty outstanding contributions all of them very important both from a linguistic and a cultural point of view.

As a meaningful manifestation of how institutionalized the discipline has become the new Handbook of Translation Studies is most welcome. It joins the other signs of maturation such as Summer Schools the development of academic curricula historical surveys journals book series textbooks terminologies bibliographies and encyclopedias.

The HTS aims at disseminating knowledge about translation and interpreting and providing easy access to a large range of topics traditions and methods to a relatively broad audience: not only students who often adamantly prefer such user-friendliness researchers and lecturers in Translation Studies Translation & Interpreting professionals; but also scholars and experts from other disciplines (among which linguistics sociology history psychology). In addition the HTS addresses any of those with a professional or personal interest in the problems of translation interpreting localization editing etc. such as communication specialists journalists literary critics editors public servants business managers (intercultural) organization specialists media specialists marketing professionals.

The usability accessibility and flexibility of the HTS depend on the commitment of people who agree that Translation Studies does matter. All users are therefore invited to share their feedback. Any questions remarks and suggestions for improvement can be sent to the editorial team at [email protected].

Next to the book edition (in printed and electronic PDF format) HTS is also available as an online resource connected with the Translation Studies Bibliography. For access to the Handbook of Translation Studies Online please visit http://www.benjamins.com/online/hts/

The study of how words are represented and processed in the mind has served as a meeting ground for research in psychology linguistics and neuroscience. Right now this domain of study is in the midst of astonishing developments. At the core of these developments are the methodological and analytic advancements that have enabled researchers to address new phenomena and to ask new questions. These new methodologies have also raised fundamental questions concerning the nature of words in the mind the nature of language processing and the ways in which data can be understood.

This book provides a timely resource written by international leaders in methodological innovation. It offers fundamental insights into how innovative methodological approaches advance lexical research. It also offers the technical knowledge that is essential to that advancement but which is rarely found in journal reports. This is a methodologically oriented volume designed to be informative thought provoking innovative and perhaps also revolutionary. The contributions in this volume that originally appeared in The Mental Lexicon 5:3 (2010) and 6:1 (2011) are supplemented with several new chapters as well as with a new and timely introductory chapter titled "Embracing Complexity".

This volume presents a selection of French varieties representing the great diversity of this language along geographical social and stylistic dimensions. Twelve illustrations from regions as far removed as Western Canada and Central Africa represent widely divergent social contexts of language use. Each chapter is based on original surveys conducted within the framework of the Phonology of Contemporary French project described in the Introduction. These surveys constitute an invaluable source of new data for researchers as many of the varieties included are otherwise undocumented in any systematic way. The chapters follow a similar format: presentation of the survey(s) and the sociolinguistic dimensions of the variety studied; description of the phonological inventory of the system(s) principal allophonic realizations phonotactic constraints behavior of schwa behavior of liaison consonants and other notable characteristics. The book opens with an informative introduction and closes with a chapter providing a synthesis of the major findings by continent.

This edited volume proposes key contributions addressing the connections between two important themes: dialogue and representation. These connections were approached or interpreted in three possible ways: 1. Dialogue as representation 2. Normative perspectives on dialogue/representation issues and 3. Representations of dialogue. The first interpretation -- Dialogue as representation -- consists of exploring dialogue as an activity where many things beings or voices can be made present whether we think in terms of ideologies cultures situations collectives roles etc. The second interpretation – Normative perspectives on dialogue/representation issues – leads scholars to explore questions of normativity which are often associated with the notion of dialogue when conceived as a morally stronger form of conversation. Finally the third interpretation – Representations of dialogue – invites us to address methodological questions related to the representation of this type of conversation. Echoing Bakhtin contributors were invited to explore the polyphonic heteroglot or dialogic character of any text discourse or interaction.

Evaluation is a part of everyday life. Competences knowledge and skills are assessed in ordinary as well as in institutional settings like hospitals clinics and schools. This volume investigates how evaluations are being carried out interactionally. More specifically it explores how people evaluate each others’ cognitive competences as they deal with each others’ understandings knowings feelings doings hearings and learnings face-to-face. <br xmlns="http://pub2web.metastore.ingenta.com/ns/"/>The contributions focus on different evaluation activities in a variety of institutional settings in Denmark Finland Sweden Holland and the United States of America. <br/>All the contributions approach the theme by use of Ethnomethodology (EM) and/or Conversation Analysis (CA). Thus the analytic interests concern how participants organize activities of evaluating cognitive competences by means of recognizable interactional methods. This approach differs from other approaches and research interests within cognitive science as it concentrates on how people in interaction orient towards cognitive competence irrespective of scientific theories.

Professional Communication across Languages and Cultures aims at developing an integrative linguistic perspective on talk at work. Professional communication allows multi- and interdisciplinary explorations on how workplace relationships and mechanisms are influenced by the use of certain linguistic patterns. The book approaches the topic of professional communication from multiple levels providing critical valuable insights into the dynamics of creating and maintaining professional relationships at work.

After outlining the theoretical and analytical frameworks the eleven chapters uncover and develop integrative themes that emerge within the three parts of the book: Dialogue and identity in professional settings Functions and strategies in professional communication and Specific issues in professional communication.

Scholars and students who are interested in research based on authentic data and case studies of efficient communication at work as well as those teaching courses on interpersonal communication discourse analysis pragmatics and sociolinguistics will find useful insights in this volume.