A new theoretical approach to language has emerged in the past 10–15 years that allows
linguistic observations about form–meaning pairings, known as 'constructions', to be stated …

This bestselling textbook provides an engaging and user-friendly introduction to the study of
language. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, Yule presents information in bite …

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 …

The Social Science Encyclopedia, first published in 1985 to acclaim from social scientists,
librarians and students, was thoroughly revised in 1996, when reviewers began to describe …

The rapidly growing range of books and articles on nationalism raises the question as to
why yet another book on the subject is needed. Those familiar with this vast literature …

Objective: Evaluate the fundamental frequency (fo) variabilty of spontaneous cries produced
by neonates with tonal (Lamnso) and non-tonal (German) ambient language. Study Design …

Constructions have been defined variously in the literature, but the traditional use of the term
corresponds to a conventional pairing of form with (semantic or discourse) function. This …

Eine einzige Sprache wurde im Paradies gesprochen. Mithridates, der letzte Gegner des
universalen römischen Imperiums, sprach dagegen zweiundzwanzig Sprachen und verlor …

Although a number of edited collections deal with either the languages of the world or the
languages of particular regions or genetic families, only a few cover sign languages or even …

Image captioning refers to the process of generating a textual description for an image which
defines the object and activity within the image. It is an intersection of computer vision and …