Language & Linguistics

Method and Variation..

Method in Translation History..

We rarely speak or even write in the complete sentences that are often held to be the ideal form of linguistic communication. Language is in fact full of gaps as speakers and writers often communicate in situations which allow bits of language to be understood rather than expressed. This book examin..

We rarely speak or even write in the complete sentences that are often held to be the ideal form of linguistic communication. Language is in fact full of gaps as speakers and writers often communicate in situations which allow bits of language to be understood rather than expressed. This book examin..

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Professor Howard Lasnik is one of the world's leading theoretical linguists. This collection of essays draws together some of his best work from his substantial contribution to linguistic theory...

Modern Chinese Grammar provides a comprehensive coverage of Chinese grammar through the clause-pivot theory and the double triangle approach, first proposed by Fuyi Xing in 1996...

Centring on "words" which connect vocabulary and semantic morphemes, this book makes a systemic and in-depth analysis on the study of modern Chinese lexicology. It is worth noting that this research clarifies many confusing concepts and is one of the first to distinguish word formation and lexical m..

Classification of parts of speech in Chinese is tough due to the lack of morphological differences. Based on the analysis and research on nearly 40,000 Chinese characters, this book proposes a set of criteria on classifying Chinese parts of speech, hopefully benefiting linguistic researchers and stu..

Enormous political and social changes brought about by modernization have naturally found expression in the literatures of the Near and Middle East. The contributors to this book, first published in 1991, trace the development of modern literary sensibility, in Turkish, Arabic, Persian and modern He..

Modes of Censorship..

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...