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Free Download Barbara Dancygier, "The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics "
English | ISBN: 1107118441 | 2017 | 840 pages | PDF | 23 MB
The best survey of cognitive linguistics available, this Handbook provides a thorough explanation of its rich methodology, key results, and interdisciplinary context. With in-depth coverage of the research questions, basic concepts, and various theoretical approaches, the Handbook addresses newly emerging subfields and shows their contribution to the discipline. The Handbook introduces fields of study that have become central to cognitive linguistics, such as conceptual mappings and construction grammar. It explains all the main areas of linguistic analysis traditionally expected in a full linguistics framework, and includes fields of study such as language acquisition, sociolinguistics, diachronic studies, and corpus linguistics. Setting linguistic facts within the context of many other disciplines, the Handbook will be welcomed by researchers and students in a broad range of disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, neuroscience, gesture studies, computational linguistics, and multimodal studies.

Free Download William B. McGregor, "Linguistics: An Introduction, 3rd Edition"
English | ISBN: 9781350164277, 1350164275 | 2024 | 336 pages | PDF, EPUB | 25 + 7 MB
What is Linguistics? How do languages work? Why is this important? Answering these questions and more, Linguistics: An Introduction covers all the key topics that you will need in your study of language and linguistics. Over 17 chapters, William McGregor outlines the core ideas and approaches in the field, tracing their development and discussing the most recent trends. Using examples from a wide range of languages and contexts from around the world, this book assumes no prior knowledge of linguistics and contains a host of pedagogic features, including key terms, discussion questions, and exercises, to fully support your learning. Fully revised and updated, this third edition now includes: – A new chapter on corpus linguistics – New topics, including theories of syntax, text typology and the evolution of languages – New ‘Research Methods’ sections at the end of each chapter – Updated examples drawn from a variety of global perspectives and contexts, ranging from North America to East Asia With a comprehensive companion website featuring additional questions, reading materials, and videos, alongside an online instructor guide, which includes lecture slides, suggested course outlines and structures, and an answer key, this is your essential introduction to the study of linguistics.

Free Download Simone Marchesi, "Dante and Augustine: Linguistics, Poetics, Hermeneutics"
English | 2011 | pages: 304 | ISBN: 1442642106, 1487526180 | PDF | 1,3 mb
At several junctures in his career, Dante paused to consider what it meant to be a writer. The questions he posed were both simple and wide-ranging: How does language, in particular ‘poetic language,’ work? Can poetry be translated? What is the relationship between a text and its commentary? Who controls the meaning of a literary work? In Dante and Augustine, Simone Marchesi re-examines these questions in light of the influence that Augustine’s reflections on similar issues exerted on Dante’s sense of his task as a poet.

Free Download Bibliography of Quantitative Linguistics: Bibliographie zur quantitativen Linguistik By Reinhard Köhler, Christiane Hoffmann
1995 | 832 Pages | ISBN: 9027237514 | PDF | 42 MB
The Bibliography of Quantitative Linguistics (BQL) comprises more than 6500 titles from all areas of quantitative linguistic research. Publications have been included without restrictions regarding form, place, language, and date of publication. This bibliography thus provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of, and easy bibliographical access to, publications in quantitative linguistics, a linguistic discipline characterized by its rapid and promising scientific development, and its increasing significance for most branches of theoretical and applied language studies. The bibliography consists of: an introduction and instructions for use; a main section containing more than 6500 titles, which is subdivided in 28 thematic classes, each forming a chapter; an index of authors; an index of keywords from titles; indices of subject headings and subheadings; an index of uncontrolled vocabulary; an index of languages investigated; an index of reviewed publications. All texts and indices are in English, German and Russian.

Free Download The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics By H. Ekkehard Wolff
2019 | 823 Pages | ISBN: 1108417981 | PDF | 7 MB
This book presents an in-depth and comprehensive state-of-the-art account of the study of ‘African languages’ and ‘language in Africa’ since its beginnings as a ‘colonial science’ at the turn of the 20th century in Europe. Compiled by 55 internationally renowned scholars, this groundbreaking account looks at past and current research on ‘African languages’ and ‘language in Africa’ under the impact of paradigmatic changes from ‘colonial’ to ‘postcolonial’ perspectives. It addresses current trends in the study of the role and functions of language, African and other, in pre- and postcolonial African societies. Highlighting the central role that the ‘language factor’ plays in postcolonial transformation processes of sociocultural modernization and economic development, it also addresses more recent, particularly urban, patterns of communication and outlines applied dimensions of digitalization and human language technology.

Free Download The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics By W. Leo Wetzels (Editor); Sergio Menuzzi (Editor); João Costa (Editor)
2016 | 595 Pages | ISBN: 1118791959 | PDF | 8 MB
The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics presents a comprehensive overview of research within the Brazilian and European variants of the Portuguese language. It includes chapters focusing on the key areas of linguistic study, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, linguistic change, language variation and contact, and acquisition.* Essential reference work for scholars of Portuguese linguistics and Romance languages* Chapters written by an international team of research specialists highlight both the consensus and the controversies within the various subfields of Portuguese linguistics* Examines Portuguese linguistics in relation to syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics/pragmatics, acquisition, and sociolinguistics* Written in an accessible overview style and designed for advanced students and current scholars in the field alike* Essential reference work for scholars of Portuguese linguistics and Romance languages

Free Download A History of African Linguistics By H Ekkehard Wolff
2019 | 370 Pages | ISBN: 1108417973 | PDF | 3 MB
Bringing together a team of leading scholars, this volume forms the first global history of African linguistics as an autonomous academic discipline, covering Africa, America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Defining African linguistics, the volume describes its emergence from a ‘colonial science’ at the turn of the twentieth century in Europe, where it was first established mainly in academic institutions of former colonial powers. Its riddance from the ‘colonial project’ is traced, following its ‘de-colonialisation’ and subsequent spread from imperialist Europe across all inhabited continents, with particular reference to its academic establishment in the various regions of Africa. Providing inside views of African linguistic research and its ramifications over time, active researchers in its various subfields present highly informative accounts of current and past research priorities and achievements. The twenty-six authors are themselves representatives of the various regions of both the world and Africa, in which African linguistics has become entrenched in academic institutions.

Free Download Linguistics and the Teacher by Ronald Carter
English | 2011 | ISBN: 0415694264 | 198 Pages | PDF | 17.2 MB
Linguistics and the Teacher is a collection of essays by linguists on different aspects of the relationship between linguistics and education.

Free Download Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction by James Clackson
English | 2007 | ISBN: 0521653673 | 284 Pages | PDF | 1.5 MB
The Indo-European language family consists of many of the modern and ancient languages of Europe, India and Central Asia, including Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Russian, German, French, Spanish and English.

Free Download Natural Language Processing for Corpus Linguistics
by Jonathan Dunn
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1009074431 | 96 Pages | True PDF | 5.18 MB