Lexicography

An transdisciplinary exploration of narrative not just as a target for interpretation but also as a means for making sense of experience itself.

This book examines personal names, including given and acquired (or nick-) names, and how they were used in Anglo-Saxon England.

In Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700-2000: Exploring Unfinished, Unpublished, Unsuccessful Encyclopedic Projects, fourteen scholars turn to the archives to challenge the way the history of modern encyclopedism has long been told.

An introduction to the key questions that drive the field of L2 acquisition research, including its historical foundations.

An accessible introduction to lexical structure and design, and the relation of the lexicon to grammar as a whole.

The book investigates the interface structure of the lexicon from various perspectives, including typology and processing.

A book that uses domain-general learning theory to explain recurrent trajectories of language change.

This book collects and introduces some of the best and most useful work in practical lexicography.

How adult learners can draw upon skills and knowledge honed over a lifetime to master a foreign language.

Easy to follow, simple to understand, broad yet concise – this fundamental introduction now has more study questions and new tasks.

A concise, nontechnical overview of the development of machine translation, including the different approaches, evaluation issues, and major players in the industry.

Bringing together a comprehensive collection of newly-commissioned articles, this Handbook covers the most recent developments across a range of sub-fields relevant to the study of second language Spanish.

Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans'' remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it.

In recent years, research on valency has led to important insights into the nature of language.

Based on data from a wide range of languages, the book discusses the ways in which case interacts with meaning.

Die Beiträge des Bandes befassen sich aus synchroner und diachroner Perspektive mit Reanalyse-Prozessen, die unter dem Schlagwort sprachliche Remotivierung zusammengefasst werden können.