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"Written by a team of leading scholars, this Handbook introduces the study of third language acquisition and processing from a broad range of perspectives. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is essential reading for scholars and advanced students of bi- and multilingualism, language teaching and learning, language processing and language contact"--

"Written by a team of global scholars, this is the first Handbook covering the rapidly growing field of historical orthography. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is essential reading for academic researchers and students in the field, and in related areas such as morphology, syntax, historical linguistics, linguistic typology and sociolinguistics"--

"Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) is a theory of language in which linguistic structures are accounted for in terms of the interplay of discourse, semantics and syntax. With contributions from a team of leading scholars, this Handbook provides a field-defining overview of RRG. Assuming no prior knowledge, it introduces the framework step-by-step, and includes a pedagogical guide for instructors. It features in-depth discussions of syntax, morphology, and lexical semantics, including treatments of lexical and grammatical categories, the syntax of simple clauses and complex sentences, and how the linking of syntax with semantics and discourse works in each of these domains. It illustrates RRG's contribution to the study of language acquisition, language change and processing, computational linguistics, and neurolinguistics, and also contains five grammatical sketches which show how RRG analyses work in practice. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is essential reading for anyone who is interested in how grammar interfaces with meaning"--

A comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of English as a world language. It pinpoints the global spread of the English language from 1600 to the present day, while also covering global models and related fields and applications, such as second language acquisition, language politics, lexicography, and the media.

Bringing together cutting-edge research from a global team of experts, this Handbook provides an overview of the role of working memory in first and second language acquisition, processing, impairments and training. It is essential reading for researchers and students of language sciences, language teaching and learning, and cognitive science.

Written by a team of experts, this handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the key issues in Chinese linguistics, from a range of perspectives. Its dialectical design sets a state-of-the-art benchmark for research in a wide range of interdisciplinary and cross-lingual studies in language sciences involving the Chinese language.

Bringing together contributions from a global team of scholars, this two-volume Handbook represents the state-of-the-art in the field of language contact. The first volume focuses on population movement and language change, and the second volume looks at multilingualism and population structure.

Bringing together contributions from a global team of scholars, this two-volume Handbook represents the state-of-the-art in the field of language contact. Focusing on multilingualism and population structure, this second volume is essential reading for anybody interested in how people behave linguistically in multilingual or multilectal settings.

With an interdisciplinary overview of a wide spectrum of current international research in intercultural communication, this Handbook will be a key reference book for students, lecturers and professionals. Theories are introduced systematically and explained clearly using a variety of examples, making them accessible to a wide range of readers.

With contributions from world-renowned scholars, this Handbook explores what we can learn about linguistics from the study of Romance languages. It is essential reading not just for Romance linguists, but also for linguists interested in insights that a knowledge of Romance languages can provide for general issues in linguistic theory.

Written by a team of world-renowned scholars, this handbook is a mosaic of language repertoires of early multilingualism. It is essential reading for anyone interested in deepening their understanding of the different facets of multilingualism, seen through the unique prism of children, society and institutions throughout their childhood.

With contributions from a global team of scholars, this two-volume Handbook represents the state-of-the-art in the field of language contact. Focusing on population movement and language change, this first volume is ideal for anybody interested in how people behave linguistically in new ecologies arising from population movement and contact.

Written by leading international experts, this handbook provides an accessible resource to task-based language teaching for teachers, as well as academic researchers. Chapters in the volume are presented in a reader-friendly style, with ideas made accessible through case studies, questions for discussion, and suggested further readings.

For scholars, students, and readers interested in African affairs and development studies, this book looks at past and current research on 'African languages' and addresses the role and functions of language, African and other, in 'traditional' and postcolonial African societies in terms of sociocultural modernization and economic development.

A cutting-edge handbook that surveys the nature of second language learning and the implications for teaching. Contributors discuss prominent theories and methods in the field that are organized across thematic sections dealing with skill development, individual differences, pedagogical interventions and approaches, and context and environment.

Aimed at researchers and advanced students working in systemic functional linguistics (SFL) and other functional and cognitive areas of linguistics, this field-defining handbook provides an important state-of-the-art survey of key issues in the study of SFL, covering an impressive range of theory and application.

Bringing together a team of world-renowned scholars, this handbook is a comprehensive guide to contemporary research into the relationship between language, philosophy, and linguistics. It is essential reading for philosophers interested in language and linguistics, and linguists interested in philosophical analyses.

A comprehensive survey of the quickly developing discipline of cognitive linguistics, its rich methodology, key results, and interdisciplinary context. Providing an accessible overview of research questions, basic concepts, and various theoretical approaches, the Handbook places linguistic facts in the context of gesture studies, neuroscience, computational approaches, and many other fields.

With contributions from international specialists, this handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of key issues in Arabic linguistics, from traditional areas such as morphology and syntax to emerging topics in language change and social media studies. It is an essential resource for researchers and advanced students across the field.

The field of linguistic anthropology looks at human uniqueness and diversity through the lens of language, our species' special combination of art and instinct. This state-of-the-field survey covers a wide range of topics, approaches and theories and promotes a broad vision of the subject, spanning a range of disciplines.

The first ever Handbook dedicated to the rapidly growing field of sociopragmatics, this volume provides a systematic, cutting-edge introduction to the key concepts of sociopragmatic research. Engaging and accessible, it will be of interest to researchers and students, and anyone fascinated by language and its use in different contexts.

With contributions from global experts in Korean, this handbook gives a state-of-the-art overview of key trends in Korean linguistics, ranging from phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics to sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and language pedagogy. Researchers and students will find the Handbook an invaluable resource.

With contributions from world-renowned experts, this is a pioneering survey of heritage languages, focusing on issues ranging from individual language knowledge to broader societal, educational and policy concerns in a global context. It will be welcomed by researchers and language professionals in a wide range of fields.

Bringing together state-of-the-art chapters written by leading scholars, this volume provides a comprehensive reference on theory and research of corrective feedback. It will be a key resource for researchers, graduate students, teachers and teacher educators who are interested in the role of feedback in second language teaching and learning.

With contributions from a team of world-renowned authors, this handbook presents thorough coverage of the many subdisciplines of phonetics. It provides postgraduate students and academic researchers with a state-of-the-art knowledge of the field, and suggests how this knowledge can best be applied to teaching the next generation of phoneticians.

Providing an up-to-date overview of a growing field, this Handbook is intended for students and researchers interested in using experimental methods to study syntax. It shows how to conduct experiments, surveys research results so far, and discusses how the increased use of experiments will impact the future of linguistic research.

Surveying a wide range of languages and approaches, this Handbook is an essential resource for all those interested in language standards and standard languages. It not only explores the standardization of national European languages, it also offers fresh insights on the standardization of minoritized, indigenous and stateless languages.

Aimed at equipping a new generation of scholars and students with the essential tools for analyzing discourse, this handbook provides an overview of key research fields and an introduction to the various methodologies, concepts and areas of investigation in discourse.

Aimed at equipping a new generation of scholars and students with the essential tools for analyzing discourse, this handbook provides an overview of key research fields and an introduction to the various methodologies, concepts and areas of investigation in discourse.