Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics

A study of noun phrases in English, looking at how we produce and understand them.

A summary, critique and comparison of the most important theories on how metaphors are used and understood.

A state-of-the art review of conversational repair, with contributions from internationally recognized leaders in the field of conversation analysis.

A summary, critique and comparison of the most important theories on how metaphors are used and understood.

A state-of-the art review of conversational repair, with contributions from internationally recognized leaders in the field of conversation analysis.

This volume brings together exciting research on the relationship between syntax and information structure, developing an interface-based approach.

This volume brings together exciting research on the relationship between syntax and information structure, developing an interface-based approach.

The first typological study of Afroasiatic languages.

The first typological study of Afroasiatic languages.

An original approach to ethnolinguistics, discussing how abstract concepts such as love and hate are expressed across cultures and ethnicities.

Introduces and critiques a wide range of semantic and pragmatic theories in relation to humour.

This volume provides a new understanding of the role and structure of viewpoint in cognition and communication.

An original approach to ethnolinguistics, discussing how abstract concepts such as love and hate are expressed across cultures and ethnicities.

Introduces and critiques a wide range of semantic and pragmatic theories in relation to humour.

This volume provides a new understanding of the role and structure of viewpoint in cognition and communication.

This book presents the basic principles of modern colour semantics and discusses the crucial differences between modern and historical colour studies.

Enriches and updates relevance theory and explores its implications for linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science and literary studies.

Enriches and updates relevance theory and explores its implications for linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science and literary studies.

This book presents the basic principles of modern colour semantics and discusses the crucial differences between modern and historical colour studies.

The first book to comprehensively present the methodological problems associated with linguistic data and evidence.

Explores the similarities and differences of about forty South Asian languages from the four different language families.

An investigation of antonyms in English, offering a model of how we mentally organize concepts and perceive contrasts between them.

The first book to comprehensively present the methodological problems associated with linguistic data and evidence.

Explores the similarities and differences of about forty South Asian languages from the four different language families.

An investigation of antonyms in English, offering a model of how we mentally organize concepts and perceive contrasts between them.

In the fast-developing field of pragmatics, this Handbook is a one-stop resource for today''s research and the many theoretical debates.

In the fast-developing field of pragmatics, this Handbook is a one-stop resource for today''s research and the many theoretical debates.

The first general overview of narrative analysis from a sociolinguistic perspective.

Introduces a new framework for the study of ideology in written language.

The first general overview of narrative analysis from a sociolinguistic perspective.

Introduces a new framework for the study of ideology in written language.

This book surveys a wide variety of polarity items, both negative and positive, commonly found in English and other languages.

This book surveys a wide variety of polarity items, both negative and positive, commonly found in English and other languages.

This book examines politeness and impoliteness in a range of East Asian languages, including Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese.

This book describes the conceptual and linguistic underpinnings of narrative interpretation.

This book examines politeness and impoliteness in a range of East Asian languages, including Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese.

This book describes the conceptual and linguistic underpinnings of narrative interpretation.

Explains why critical pragmatics provides insight into how language study fits within the broader picture of human thought and action.

This book is an innovative, formal framework for studying the meanings of words and how their meanings combine.

A cross-linguistic study of how objects are affected by information structure.

The most useful and rigorous overview of quantification to date.

This book breaks new ground towards an understanding of the mental processes involved in presupposition, the comprehension of information taken for granted.

Gender, Power and Political Speech explores the influence of gender on political speech by analyzing the performances of three female party leaders who took part in televised debates during the 2015 UK General Election campaign.

This book presents an overview of sociolinguistic research in England.

This study makes a linguistic case for the twentieth century revolution in Chinese language and literature.

This book advances our understanding of change over time in human social conduct, and represents the first consolidated effort to reveal how micro-analytic studies of social interaction address such issues.

This book fosters a wide-ranging and nuanced discussion of the concept of 'enough'.

The distinctive point of the book is its innovative interdisciplinary approach to business communication, with interconnections between linguistics, sociology, and critical organisational studies as applied to the corporate world.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of character focalization in ten contemporary realistic children's novels.

This book breaks through formalistic traditions to propose a new generic structure analytical framework for academic writing.