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This publication is the first and long-awaited critical edition of the Dictionarium sinico-latinum (Chinese-Latin dictionary) by the Franciscan missionary Basilio Brollo (1648–1704; Chinese name Ye Zunxiao 葉尊孝). This publication thoroughly researches for the first time a lexicographical milestone copied and plagiarised for centuries as a fundamental linguistic instrument. It is aimed not only at scholars of missionary linguistics lexicography and lexicology but also represents an essential reference for researchers of cultural interaction between Europe and China and of conceptual history.Based on the edition stored in Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence known as “Rinuccini 22” (1694) this volume opens with a variety of research articles on different linguistic historical and cultural aspects of the Dictionarium followed by the transcription of the whole dictionary including Chinese characters and their variants romanisations Latin definitions examples and Chinese glosses. This is one of the results of the PRIN 2022 PNRR project “CHIN-DICTIONARY” led by Gabriele Tola.

This volume brings together contributions from leading scholars of children’s literature and culture who apply various theoretical perspectives to capture transcultural and interdisciplinary links between global and local canons. The chapters are divided into three thematic clusters: School Canons Children’s Literature and Young People’s Reading Practices and The Canon and Popular Culture. The twelve chapters by international researchers illuminate the distinctiveness of the canon(s) in Poland Ukraine Russia and Croatia while positioning them within a global discourse. This volume addresses the key question of what determines canon formation and legitimization namely whether the canon is established by experts affiliated with institutions such as universities scholarly journals and literary awards or whether it is perhaps formed by readers – the wider reading public and their literary preferences. The study also raises further questions that merit in-depth examination including the relationship between global and local canons the presence of both international classics and contemporary authors in school curricula crossover literature and the blurring of the line between popular culture and the canon(s).

This edited volume offers a critical examination of research synthesis in Applied Linguistics at a time when such work is increasingly influential and increasingly misunderstood. The volume brings together reflective accounts of conducting and editing different types of research syntheses. Instead of a procedural manual the book foregrounds the ethical and methodological decisions that shape research syntheses in practice. Across the book contributors discuss opportunities constraints and tensions between standardisation and innovation. The book is written for researchers postgraduate students journal editors and methodologists who are interested in research synthesis as a reflexive situated and collaborative form of scholarship.

In the daily life of multilingual and multinational organizations knowledge ideas and practices are constantly crossing borders and boundaries. To make this movement happen employees of many fields beyond professional translation participate in translating across languages organizational and national cultures as well as epistemes and communities of practice. This paraprofessional translation is a longstanding phenomenon but it has not yet received much scholarly attention. This volume brings translation studies international business and organization studies scholars together to theorize conceptualize and empirically study the practices and beliefs of these actors at varying levels of organizational hierarchies who create meaning and extend knowledge and understanding across boundaries at work.

Human language in its performances is not to be considered without taking into account the environment in which it takes place i.e. its physical social or cultural setting. A description of the regularity or pattern driven character of this relationship is however still a desideratum for modern pragmatics. The contributions of the book in hand set out to show how such a conception may be achieved. In so doing they enhance the pragmatic agenda by regarding the context-based nature of utterances from a variety of perspectives in which the identification of pairs of utterance type and utterance situation as well as the interactive build-up of shared scenarios for interpretation are viewed as part of the linguistic and cultural competence of the speaker / hearer.The approaches united in this volume have in common that they all model the complex dynamic relationship between the utterance the context and common ground using patterns templates or schemas as core notions. It is assumed that such dynamic scalable models are fundamental units of human interaction and they are described in terms of forming relatively stable entities. The emergence usage and scope of these complex entities is elaborated in a variety of theoretical and analytical approaches including corpus studies on modern day communication and online communication.

This monograph presents the first book-length study to focus on formulaic humor and humorous formulae situated at the crossroads of Pragmatics Phraseology and Conversational Humor Studies. Based upon a self-compiled corpus of 34 television series (4214 episodes; 19.4 million words) it adopts a corpus-assisted exploratory mixed-method approach to analyze 13 types of humorous formulae across 146 samples. A conversation-analytical lens reveals how these formulaic patterns are systematically embedded in fictional dialogue and how they pragmatically shape scripted interaction.The study’s key contributions include a typology of humorous formulae an account of their discursive functions and new insights into their role in the stylistics of telecinematic discourse. Of special interest is its demonstration of how scripted talk employs formulaicity to generate humor efficiently and effectively. This book will appeal to scholars and advanced students in Linguistics Pragmatics Humor Studies and media discourse while extending existing knowledge on formulaicity in language use.

Understanding how emotions are clustered and labelled across languages offers fascinating insights into cultural differences and universals. This book delves into this very topic analysing similarities and contrasts between Polish and English grouping and categorising emotions.The book combines a corpus-based linguistic analysis of emotion terms with empirical studies using both questionnaire-based data and online sorting tasks. It identifies several distinct clusters in both languages such as "sadness/ grief" and "joy/ happiness/love" but also highlights divergences. For instance the Polish concept of żal (often translated as regret or sorrow but with unique connotations of grievance and longing) forms a cluster without a direct English equivalent suggesting a distinct emotional nuance in Polish culture.The book builds upon existing psychological theories of emotion particularly those emphasising the role of language in shaping emotional experience (constructionist theories). It also engages with cross-cultural psychology research on emotion recognition and expression providing a linguistic lens to complement existing behavioural studies. By meticulously comparing the semantic fields of emotion words the book enriches our understanding of how language both reflects and influences our emotional worlds offering valuable contributions to psycholinguistics cultural psychology cognitive and corpus linguistics as well as to translation studies.

Exploring Dialogue is a collection of essays on argumentation authored or coauthored by Erik C.W. Krabbe which take a philosopher's or even a logician's point of view. For this collection Krabbe selected twenty of what in his opinion were his best philosophical essays about argumentation. Four of them were written with Jan Albert van Laar. All of these essays are in one way or another concerned with argumentative dialogue. Their focus is sometimes on particular kinds of fallacious reasoning such as non-argumentation non sequitur quasi logical argument or the fallacies described by Aristotle sometimes on theoretical problems encountered when one tries to construct a model for reasonable dialogue such as the problem of retraction the retreat to dialogues about dialogues the tension between cooperation and competition in dialogue or the responsibilities of the party that is taking a critical stance. Though these essays were written from a logical point of view only a few of them contain logical technicalities. They were also to a great extent influenced by the work of the pragma-dialecticians (the Amsterdam School) and one will find many references to their rules for Critical Discussion. Standing in between the formal and the informal there is the semiformal method of profiles of dialogue which method is often used to illustrate possible courses of dialogues. Some essays use a more rigorous formalization in order to make their point: for instance to compare ancient and contemporary dialectic or to explore the possibility of formalizing the pragma-dialectic model of Critical Discussion. Finally there are some essays about argumentation in special contexts: mathematical proof and public controversy.

Interpreting in Armed Conflict: Lessons from the field offers a comprehensive analysis of interpreting across diverse conflict settings including humanitarian missions military operations war journalism human rights missions and international fact-finding missions. Adopting a cross-contextual perspective the book examines key dimensions such as communicative constraints interpreters’ positionality and agency trust and distrust intercultural communication training ethical challenges and the emotional and psychological impact of working in these settings. The volume brings together empirical research practitioner experience and insights from a wide range of sources including testimonies memoirs institutional guidelines and fictional representations. Combining academic rigour with narrative depth it offers a holistic account of interpreting in armed conflict and serves as a key reference for scholars practitioners and organisations engaged in multilingual communication in conflict settings.

The documentarist turn i.e. the growing impact of documentary concepts and practices within general linguistics has increased awareness of the empirical foundations of our discipline accompanied by an appreciation of the value of observable linguistic behaviour. Today there exist well-annotated audiovisual data collections for many—if still far from enough—endangered or un(der)described languages across the world each striving to present a “lasting multipurpose record of a language” (Himmelmann 2006). Documentary data is increasingly supporting theory-building on a larger scale which is where the present volume steps in: What does the shift towards more diverse ecologically valid data types mean for synchronic and diachronic linguistic analyses and typological generalizations? This question is addressed by this volume’s far-ranging contributions on academic and societal affordances (Part I) interrelations between corpus design and avenues of research (Part II) as well as synchronic (Part III) and diachronic (Part IV) research questions.

How can primary school children develop real communicative ability in an additional language? How can teachers move beyond isolated vocabulary and grammar practice toward meaningful language use that aligns with children’s cognitive social and developmental needs? This volume provides the first comprehensive research-based guide to Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) specifically designed for primary education. Timpe-Laughlin and Butler bring together insights from child first language development bilingualism cognitive and affective growth curriculum design literacy development classroom implementation and assessment to show how tasks can serve as the organizing principle for effective early language education. The book guides readers step-by-step: from understanding who young language learners are and how they learn; to designing task-based curricula and materials; to implementing tasks that develop listening speaking reading and writing; to integrating formative diagnostic and large-scale task-based assessment; and to redefining the teacher’s role as planner facilitator assessor and reflective practitioner.Rich with classroom examples teacher-focused preparation sections and practical appendices—including a needs analysis guide task types literacy strategies and scoring rubrics—this book equips educators and researchers with concrete tools for applying TBLT in real primary school contexts.

This volume contains a representative sample of studies presented at the 17th meeting of the Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition conference (GASLA-17). The chapters explore new frontiers and make connections between second language acquisition bilingualism psycholinguistic methods and computational methods. The chapters ask theoretically informed questions about the underlying grammars of language learners and bilinguals use experimental methods to arrive at answers to those questions and consider the value of using ‘big data’ to address questions in generative second language acquisition. This volume is intended for scholars and students of generative second language acquisition and related fields. It builds on prior literature by addressing the acquisition of a variety of phenomena (in syntax semantics pragmatics and phonology) by a variety of populations and using a variety of data collection methods.

Practising Stylistics marks the career of Professor Paul Simpson a leading figure in the discipline of stylistics and one who embodies the practical and rigorous linguistic analysis of literary works and social discourse. A prominent figure in the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA) since its earliest days and Baines Professor of English Language at the University of Liverpool Simpson has been a leading light and a steady hand on the stylistics tiller across his career. In this volume his friends colleagues co-authors and former students offer a series of essays that speak to the range and importance of Simpson’s influence.In its contribution and design this book reflects the artisanal ethos of stylistics itself. Each contribution includes a detailed illustrative example of stylistics practice with argument and method open to examination replication and constructive critical discussion. In this volume full-length stylistics essays are interspersed with shorter ‘vignettes’ that demonstrate practical applications of stylistics which are anchored by strong theoretical awareness. As such each chapter is representative of the rigorous stylistic analysis championed by Simpson.Demonstrating the value of stylistic approaches to literary criticism and discourse analysis by illustrating its workings is the most accessible way of reaffirming the discipline and so this book will likely be a key resource for scholars seeking the sort of exemplary stylistic practice inspired by Paul Simpson.

The growing fields of language acquisition and processing have made great strides in understanding how individuals learn and use more than one language across various stages of life in diverse contexts. This is partly due to the methodological innovations that have been developed and refined in recent years. This volume discusses methodologies used in first second and bi/multilingual language acquisition and processing with practical guidance on how to employ the different methodologies and accompanying possible statistical analyses. The chapters in this volume deal with the ever-changing field of language acquisition and processing as examined by an array of offline behavioural measures online reaction methods and physiological measures. This volume focuses on connecting the practical elements of key methodologies to the theoretical questions they are used to answer guiding the reader through best practices in examining different linguistic questions.

Adverbs and Particles at the Form-Meaning Interface offers a comprehensive investigation of two word classes that play a crucial role at the interfaces and have posed challenges for linguistic theory. Drawing on a broad typological range including Germanic Romance Basque and Heritage Greek this volume sheds new light on the role of adverbs and particles at the interfaces between morphology syntax semantics and pragmatics from both a synchronic and diachronic perspective. Contributions from both established and emerging scholars offer original theoretical methodological and empirical research addressing diverse topics such as the internal structure of adverbs external syntax grammaticalization from adverbs to particles and their specific role in discourse. This volume will be highly relevant to theoretical and historical linguists particularly those interested in the interaction of form and meaning.

Root syntax with roots as primitive lexical units is an influential theme in building the lexicon in linguistic theory typically in Distributed Morphology and the generative model of minimal computation. Implementing important fragments of the Arabic lexicon the book presents a comprehensive view of word formation and argument structure providing robust evidence that favors root-based rather than stem-based derivations of words. Tested on Arabic a language wearing DM ‘on its sleeve’ the DM model gains substantial support and refinement. Significant templatic affixes turn out to be roots. Valency changing causatives anti-causatives reflexives or nominalizations implicate root complexity not category change. Psych perception and cognition eventuality classes are born as root subtypes not ‘verb’ classes. Category changing deverbalizations deadjectivations or denominalizations are supplemented by complex root derivations. Melodic templates operate ‘templatization’ (e.g. with adjectives) or act as functional templates for Voice and Aspect (e.g. with passives) or gradation (with synthetic comparatives) after category typing. The book is of interest to generative and comparative linguists cognitivists typologists lexicographers and students teachers and researchers of Arabic or Semitic

For sixty years applied linguistics has stood at the crossroads of language and society by meeting real-world needs. 60 Years of Applied Linguistics: Toward more engaged research offers a compelling reflection on the field’s evolution while calling for a renewed commitment to socially responsive ethically grounded scholarship. Inspired by the momentum of the 2023 AILA World Congress in France this collective volume brings together leading international applied linguists to examine how applied linguistics has transformed in response to shifting political landscapes technological change and global challenges. From different perspectives the contributors explore how research has both shaped—and been shaped by—the world we live in. Looking ahead the book advocates for research that reaches beyond academic borders engaging with communities policymakers and practitioners to confront contemporary issues. This book is an essential reference for scholars students and practitioners. It celebrates a rich intellectual legacy while charting bold new directions.

Intralingual Translation: Beyond language and text offers an innovative wide-ranging exploration of translation within the same language bringing together leading international scholars from diverse linguistic and disciplinary backgrounds. Spanning theoretical reflections empirical studies and historical analyses the volume addresses the rich spectrum of intralingual practices from plain language and accessibility adaptations to diachronic rewritings of historical texts. The first section investigates various aspects of the “Intralingual Sphere” and its connections to other modes of translation. The second part explores the rapidly developing field of accessibility and simplification including Easy Language plain language and graded readers. The book concludes with in-depth studies of diachronic translation across different historical layers of the French Italian and Latin languages. Originating in an international workshop these contributions highlight intralingual translation as a multi-faceted and socially situated activity offering new insights into its theoretical boundaries practical challenges and cultural significance.

Multilingual corpora have been used in cross-linguistic research for 30 years. New technologies have dramatically changed the processes of compilation and exploitation of tailor-made corpora for linguistic research. The studies included in this volume showcase current cross-linguistic research utilising parallel comparable and novel types of corpora beyond this traditional two-fold distinction. The first part of the volume draws on specialised comparable corpora of newspaper opinion articles social media texts and economic discourse. Parallel corpora are the focus of the second part and are used to shed light on diverse areas such as translation history bilingual phraseology extraction and lexico-grammatical contrastive analysis. Recently the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has implied a dramatic shift in corpus-based cross-linguistic research. This book offers valuable insights for scholars in contrastive linguistics and translation studies delineating potential uses of parallel and comparable corpora in Machine Translation automated translation quality assessment post-editing and other AI-enhanced applications.

This volume presents recent research in colour studies with a particular focus on language offering both continuity and innovation within the field. All chapters are developed from papers first presented at the Progress in Colour Studies 2022 (PICS2022) conference held at Tallinn University Estonia. Building on the results of earlier PICS meetings and publications this book continues the series’ tradition of offering fresh perspectives on colour across languages and cultures.The contributions examine colour in linguistic contexts ranging from semantics and pragmatics to translation lexicography and discourse employing approaches such as corpus-based analysis and experimental methods. Some chapters formulate broad discussions on colour and its role in language and culture while others present in-depth studies of single colour terms such those denoting red green grey orange or beige. The volume’s international scope is reflected in the diversity of languages represented.The book opens with an editorial preface situating the contributions within the broader field. It also includes a comprehensive subject index and numerous illustrations. Taken together these studies make the volume an essential resource for scholars interested in the linguistic dimensions of colour and their broader cognitive and cultural implications.

This book explores the development of the Chinese cleft construction through the lens of Diachronic Construction Grammar. Focusing on shi as an invariant copula it examines the VP de cleft the V de O cleft and the bare shi cleft showing how each signals contrastive and specificational meaning. Tracing their origins from the copular construction in Middle Chinese the study reveals distinct developmental paths and semantic-pragmatic uses for each cleft type. Offering the first diachronic constructional analysis of Chinese cleft sentences it sheds light on the evolution of focus structures the expansion of constructional networks and the typology of focus devices across languages making a key contribution to historical linguistics and Chinese grammar research.

The last two decades have seen a series of publications focused on time. So why another book? It now appears that a kairos moment has arrived to reconsider from a more holistic point of view the manifold ways in which we think about time and talk about it. The book is divided into four major parts: Fundamental issues; Conceptualization of temporality across languages and cultures; Metaphor metonymy and time conceptualization; and Time and grammar. Following the two chapters that prefigure the main topics of the volume we move from chapters dealing with the cultural embeddedness of our conceptualizations of time to those discussing the instrumental role of figurativity in the conceptualization of time finishing with a series of chapters focusing on a range of phenomena revolving around the grammatical reflexes of temporality.

This book brings together some of the most prominent linguists working in the field of East and Southeast Asian syntax to create a special collection of papers which highlight new developments in the analysis of the syntax of Chinese Japanese Korean Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian languages. Generative syntactic theory has regularly been influenced by discoveries made in Asian languages and the present volume connects a broad range of striking patterns found in Asian languages with Minimalist syntactic theory and provides arguments for fresh approaches to a variety of fundamental problems and puzzles within formal syntax. The volume has also been created as a tribute to Professor C.-T. James Huang one of the most influential of generative linguists active in the study of Chinese and other Asian languages.

The book examines similarities and differences between Chinese and English from structural functional and typological perspectives. The linguistic comparison undertaken covers various aspects of the two languages including for example typological features the phonological system the writing system morphological structure syntactic structure and information structure. The book often relates the comparison of the two languages to linguistic typology and language universals. Moreover the conceptions of some of the linguistic notions (e.g. “word” “subject” and “(im)perfective”) touched upon in this work have theoretical implications. This book is intended for researchers instructors and students who are interested in language comparison and linguistic typology in general and/or in the comparison of Chinese and English in particular. It can be used both as a reference and as a textbook.

This edited volume examines topics related to digital and internet-based research methods in the interdisciplinary field of applied linguistics. The book brings together internationally recognized experts with diverse interests from across the field. Covered are key approaches methods tools and sites that are commonly leveraged when performing research that involves digital tools or online spaces. This text is intended to be introductory and to be accessible to graduate students and faculty who may be new to a given area. As such each chapter introduces readers to the focal topic explains frequently asked research questions outlines common procedures showcases example studies and discusses key ethical considerations. The goal is for readers to walk away with an advanced understanding of how to conduct different types of research as well as develop their own ideas for future directions.