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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.

After an original foreword from Andreas Musolff setting the stage of the book Crises We Live By offers a series of case studies that highlight different ways of conceptualizing and speaking about crisis above all metaphorically. Its title echoes Lakoff and Johnson’s famous Metaphors We Live By (1980) and speaks to the unprecedented awareness of the theme of crisis and its conceptualization that has emerged in contemporary media and discourse. The book makes an innovative contribution to crisis studies and to Cognitive Metaphor Theory (CMT) by extending its historical reach back to antiquity and by adopting a transdisciplinary approach that takes into account the specific cultural context and framing of each metaphor for crisis.

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.

Emancipatory Pragmatics represents a unique contribution to the field of pragmatics. Most research in the field has focused on English and other Western languages but the study of Japanese and other non-Western languages as is done in this volume has led to a broader understanding of language use. Here thirteen articles each break new ground by discussing the application of ba theory to pragmatics research. Ba and basho which are Japanese terms often translated as “field” or “context” are central to expanding the theory of pragmatics to explain features not only of non-Western languages but of all languages. By presenting an introduction to the perspective of Emancipatory Pragmatics and discussing ba theory in detail it becomes obvious that this is an innovative approach to questions relevant for the study of all languages. Thus it is useful both for students new to the field as well as for seasoned researchers.

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This volume pays homage to the legacy of William D. Keel and the significant impact of his research on German in contact settings from myriad perspectives and traditions. It includes structural and sociolinguistic studies focusing on varieties of German spoken throughout the world including Midwestern varieties of Low German Pennsylvania Dutch Texas German Zarzer German in Slove-nia and the use of different varieties of Standard German in the second language classroom. The contributions span multiple domains of linguistic inquiry such as phonology morphosyntax syntax and second language acquisition. Collectively they contribute to ongoing research on contact varie-ties of Germanic language and how they impact sociolinguistic and generative/theoretical theory as well as pedagogical choices involving varieties of German in instructed second language acquisition. The contributions thus are a fitting tribute to William D. Keel’s far-reaching legacy in research on bilingualism and in particular German-Sprachinseln throughout the world.

Applying Corpora in Teaching and Learning Romance Languages is the first major volume dedicated to the use of corpora in teaching and learning Romance languages. Covering four Mediterranean Romance languages – French Italian Spanish and Catalan – the volume provides a thematically structured exploration of applying corpora with sections on spoken language writing and translation data-driven learning acquisition and classroom practice. The chapters making up the volume engage critically with both historical issues and contemporary methodologies serving to illustrate how corpora can enhance language teaching and student engagement. With its broad scope and range of insightful research findings this volume lays the foundations for further research in applying corpus linguistics to Romance languages. A must-read for researchers and teachers wishing to engage with corpus use in the teaching and learning of Romance languages.

Word classes of a language are usually not homogeneous groups of lexemes that share the same morphological and syntactic properties completely. Rather lexemes are usually grouped together that have some basic commonalities but may differ in detail e.g. regarding their inflectional behaviour. In many cases one can identify within a word class a large number of lexemes that conform to a certain morphological or syntactic pattern (often referred to as “core members”) whilst there is only a comparatively small number of deviants (“peripheral members”). Examples abound: borrowings (in several word classes) may differ grammatically from native words some complex verbs evade certain syntactic slots (such as verb-second position in German) mass and proper nouns differ grammatically from (other) nouns and so on. In this volume we focus on the diachrony of such phenomena. We consider that the study of change and stability can be particularly helpful in furthering our understanding of the diversity within word classes concerning for example the motivation for divergent grammatical properties.

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