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Register and Discourse through the Lens of Corpus Linguistics offers a rigorous and engaging exploration of two of the field鈥檚 most dynamic areas. Drawing on key frameworks 鈥� including Construction Grammar, Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies, Speech Act Theory, and Local Grammar 鈥� the volume showcases how qualitative and quantitative corpus-driven methods illuminate the interplay between linguistic form, communicative function, and contextual embedding. Across eleven chapters, contributors examin

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 a

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

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 thos

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 鈥榦n its sleeve鈥�, the

The modern world, to the extent that it disassociates us from the secular traditional world, from the 鈥減rimordial鈥� jobs and words that support the cultural particularity forged over the centuries, weakens the borders between languages. Neologisms bring languages closer together irreversibly, and the loss of primordial words (the local ways of designating a plant or a bird, the words that designated instruments that are no longer used), often accelerated by standardization processes which impose

Lexical Variation and Knowledge Construction across Historical, Methodological, and Cultural Ecologies provides a comprehensive examination of the intricate interplay between language and knowledge, viewing words not as mere vessels but as dynamic agents that sculpt our understanding of the world. Contributions of leading scholars from linguistics, lexicography, and related disciplines are presented in a tripartite structure 鈥攈istorical, methodological, and sociocultural鈥�, illustrating how this

SUMMARY Julien House and D谩niel Z. K谩d谩r鈥檚 鈥楲anguage and Politics: A Cross-cultural Pragmatic Perspective鈥� is a valuable and fascinating contribution in the field of language and politics with pragmatics approaches. It is a book with 231 pages, including references sections. The book breaks new ground by approaching language and politics from a pragmatic perspective instead of relying on the more established traditions of discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. It introduces a strictly lang

Standard grammatical concepts such as agreement, case, subject, direct object, phrases, clauses, and sentences are predominantly derived from the study of dominant Indo-European languages, including Latin, Greek, German, and English. It raises a crucial question: how can we ensure that these concepts are suitable for analyzing languages from different language families? A brief examination of representative non-Indo-European languages reveals significant differences compared to languages like En

Call for Papers: There is a heightened and growing interest in integrating (formal) linguistics into the language classroom (Trotzke & Kupisch, 2020), as evidenced by the recent launch of the journal Pedagogical Linguistics in 2020 (Hudson, 2020; Trotzke, 2023; Widdowson, 2020) and large-scale pedagogical projects like Sheehan and colleagues鈥� Modern Foreign Languages in the UK (Sheehan et al., 2021, 2024). The claim is that appropriate adaptation of theoretical linguistic concepts and knowled

The Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de la Escritura (RLEE) invites submissions in English, Spanish, or Portuguese for Volume 4, Issue 7, scheduled for publication during the first half of 2027. RLEE is an international, multilingual, open-access, peer-reviewed journal currently pursuing inclusion in academic indexes. Its multilingual approach seeks to consolidate a space for scholarly exchange in which researchers from different regions can disseminate their work, with particular attentio

Call for Papers: Journal of Language Science Studies Special English Issue The Journal of Language Science Studies, published by Allameh Tabataba'i University, invites original, unpublished research papers for its upcoming Special English Issue. We welcome high-quality contributions across all areas of language sciences, including theoretical and applied linguistics, and diachronic studies. Submission Deadline: August 31, 2026 Guidelines: Manuscripts must be in English and format

Linguistic Association of Great Britain 鈥� Special Interest Panel LAGB 2026 Annual Meeting, Edinburgh Futures Institute, the University of Edinburgh, UK Movement I: rhythmic structure and textsetting Movement II: pitch organisation and tonal structure Movement III: cognitive and perceptual mechanisms Finale: round table Register here: https://tickts.co.uk/events/lagb-2026-annual-meeting 10 September 2026 08:30鈥�16:00 Panel organiser: Davide Di Prete (UCL) (d.diprete@ucl.ac.uk)

Other Specialties: Singapore Sign Language Description: The School of Humanities invites suitable candidates to apply for a faculty position in Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) in the Centre of Modern Languages at the rank of Lecturer. The Centre for Modern Languages (CML) is a diverse department offering 15 Asian and European languages (Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Singapore Sign Language, Spanish, Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese)

Abstract submission by 15 September 2026 to: artificialothers@proton.me Panel organisers: Emma Lupano, Bettina Mottura, Natalia Riva Bridges are not built only between people. They are also imagined through the figures, technologies, and social actors that societies create to negotiate difference. Among these figures, humanoid robots and biomimetic agents occupy a revealing position: they are simultaneously technological artefacts, cultural objects, and discursive constructions. In a pe

Over the last three decades, usage-based (UB) approaches have developed into a leading paradigm in research on language, language use, and (first and second) language acquisition. This volume shows how current UB approaches鈥攅mbracing diverse perspectives, disciplines, and methodologies鈥攑lace authentic language use in interaction at center stage. The contributions explore a broad range of related questions: How can linguistic representations be described? How does constructional knowledge, includ

This volume places topicality at the very heart of grammatical explanation, drawing on richly annotated discourse corpora from lesser-studied languages across the Americas and beyond. Through nine original studies, it demonstrates how aspects of discourse relevance (rather than just abstract syntactic relations) shape word order, argument encoding, case marking, and voice systems in natural speech. Several chapters revisit and critically reassess Giv贸n's seminal work on topic continuity and disc

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鈥檚 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 develo

Fran莽ais-Tirailleur (FT) was a French-lexicon pidgin spoken in the French African army between 1860 and 1960, and by civilians in contact with it. Despite their importance, pidgins remain understudied, often dismissed as mere precursors to creoles. Yet FT, like other pidgins, was a rule-governed, functional language鈥攕treamlined for communication, stripped of unnecessary complexity, and optimised for ease of learning. Born in the crucible of colonial encounters, FT鈥檚 history reflects both unlikel

This book provides a detailed grammatical and lexical description of Mak煤 (M谩ku), a language isolate formerly spoken in a remote region of northern Brazilian Amazonia. Based on materials collected by researchers since 1912, it documents a language that became extinct around 2000 with the passing of Kuluta (Sinfr么nio Magalh茫es). Mak煤 represents a remnant of a historically diverse and complex ethnolinguistic landscape, largely erased through the expansion of neighboring groups and colonization. Th