Routledge Studies in Linguistics
Language, Meaning, and Cognition: Integrating Formal and Cognitivist Semantics
1st Edition
By Prakash Mondal
March 05, 2027
This book examines the structure and foundations of natural language meaning by integrating formal dimensions and cognitive structures, offering a unified perspective on how language interfaces with cognition and the world. The volume explores how linguistic forms shape meaning through structural ...
Intercultural Semantics: Meaning-Making, Metalanguage, and Migration
1st Edition
Edited
By Carsten Levisen, Susana S. Fernández
March 03, 2027
This volume sets out a new framework for intercultural semantics, an innovative approach to making sense of the complexities of meaning-making in language encounters through the lens of migration. The book moves beyond structuralist approaches and research on English as an international language ...
Indexical Reference in Discourse: Coherence, Text Organization and Information Structure
1st Edition
By Francis Cornish
February 02, 2027
This book brings together Francis Cornish’s previous publications, spanning 1996 to 2022, to offer a comprehensive exploration of indexical reference that emphasizes the functional distinctions between anaphora and anadeixis and underscores their roles in structuring discourse. The eight chapters ...
From Lexicon to Grammatical Paradigms: The Evolution of VOIR in French
1st Edition
By Kirsten A. Jeppesen Kragh
January 29, 2027
This book explores the grammaticalization of the French verb voir (‘to see’) and its derived forms (voici, voilà), offering new insights into how lexical entities integrate into grammatical paradigms. Through diachronic and synchronic corpus analysis, the study traces the evolution of voir into ...
Advancing Language Education through Linguistics: Honoring the Career of Alan Juffs
1st Edition
Edited
By Katherine I. Martin, Patti Spinner
November 19, 2026
Inspired by the pioneering work of Alan Juffs, this collection makes the case for the value of the field of linguistics as a key contributor to the understanding of second language development and the improvement of language education. This volume builds on Juffs’ career-spanning efforts to ...
Ecolinguistics and Emplacement: Language, Languaging and Place
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephen Cowley, Martin Döring, Sune Vork Steffensen
October 16, 2026
This edited volume contributes to recent theoretical work in ecolinguistics that treats language as, not about nature, but of nature. Through a dialogical interplay of theoretical and empirical work, the chapters apply ecological concepts of language, languaging, and emplacement to a multiplicity ...
Machine Learning Meets Discourse: Algorithms, Performance, and Interpretation
1st Edition
By Dennis Tay
October 08, 2026
Tay explores the performance-interpretability trade-off (PIT) as a critical tension in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and shows its distinctive form in discourse analysis where predictive success and interpretive meaning are inseparable. Rather than treating PIT as a ...
Form and Function Mapping in English Syntax: A Construction Grammar Perspective
1st Edition
By Jong-Bok Kim
July 28, 2026
This book presents a construction-based approach to understanding English syntactic constructions that challenge traditional form-function relationships, exploring complex linguistic phenomena that have posed empirical and analytical puzzles in grammatical research. The volume establishes ...
Benjamin Franklin's English: Form to Function Analyses
1st Edition
By Yoko Iyeiri
May 22, 2026
This book delves into Benjamin Franklin’s English, illustrating the variable nature of 18th-century American English and his stylistic manipulation of the potentiality of English. Utilizing corpus methodologies, it offers researchers in historical sociolinguistics unique insights. Benjamin Franklin...
Introducing Evolutionary Pragmatics: How Language Emerges from Use
1st Edition
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By Ines Adornetti, Francesco Ferretti
May 21, 2026
This collection highlights a range of perspectives on the emerging body of research on evolutionary pragmatics, expanding the borders of language evolution research and indicating exciting new directions for the future of the field. The volume adopts a broad view of pragmatics, providing a ...
The Sound of Text: Prosody and Typography in French Read-Aloud Speech
1st Edition
By Mari Wiklund
May 04, 2026
This book examines the dynamic relationship between speech prosody and typographical features, offering a framework for understanding how different linguistic systems mediate the interactions between written and spoken language. The volume charts how typographical features are interpreted ...
The Diversity and the Unity of Linguistics: Studies in Honour of Esa Itkonen
1st Edition
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By Aleksi Mäkilähde, Tommi Alho, Anneli Pajunen
February 23, 2026
Taking as its point of departure the research interests of Esa Itkonen, this volume draws together perspectives from linguistics, the philosophy and methodology of linguistics, and the history of linguistics to encourage critical reflection and further understanding of the nature of and connections...