Language & Linguistics

In its syntax and morphology Catalan presents characteristics which will be familiar to readers with a knowledge of other Romance languages, especially Spanish. There are areas in which it differs markedly and these are explored in depth...

It has been claimed that 'category neutrality' where a word or a phrase is used simultaneously with more than one syntactic category, does not exist. This work shows that it does exist in English. This work not only challenges the current thinking, but also raises foundational questions about the na..

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Child Language provides a flexible, one-stop resource for both students and teachers in courses on children's language development._x000D_..

Child Language provides a flexible, one-stop resource for both students and teachers in courses on children's language development._x005F_x000D_..

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First published in 1991, this book examines the communicative properties of ‘cleft’ and ‘pseudo-cleft’ constructions in contemporary English...

Introducing the English translations of 8 selected research articles originally written in Chinese by Professor Yuan Yulin, Cognition-based Studies on Chinese Grammar is an essential reading for researchers in Chinese syntax...

Cognitive poetics is essentially a way of thinking about literature. The reader is encouraged to re-evaluate all the categories used to understand literary reading and analysis...

Cognitive poetics involves the application of cognitive linguistics and psychology to literary texts. This student-friendly book provides case studies to help students understand the theory and master the practice of cognitive poetic analysis...