Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
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The Handbook of Language and Globalization
by Various Authors
Part 64 of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
“The Handbook of Language and Globalization” brings together important new studies of language and discourse in the global era, consolidating a vibrant new field of sociolinguistic research.
• The first volume to assemble leading scholarship in this rapidly developing field
• Features new contributions from 36 internationally-known scholars, bringing together key research in the field and establishing a benchmark for future research
• Comprehensive coverage is divided into four sections: global multilingualism, world languages and language systems; global discourse in key domains and genres; language, values and markets under globalization; and language, distance and identities
• Covers an impressive breadth of topics including tourism, language teaching, social networking, terrorism, and religion, among many others
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The Handbook of Language Teaching
by Various Authors
Part 65 of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary team of contributors, this Handbook is a wide-ranging and invaluable reference guide to language teaching.
• A comprehensive reference work on language teaching, which combines the latest research findings, coverage of core topics, and examples of teaching experience from a variety of languages and settings
• Provides a unique breadth of coverage, including: the psycholinguistic underpinnings of language learning; social, political, and educational contexts; program design; materials writing and course design; teaching and testing; teacher education; and assessment and evaluation
• Offers a balanced evaluation of the major positions and approaches, including examining the increasingly important social and political context of language teaching
• Written by an international and interdisciplinary group of authors from a dozen different countries; English is only one of the many languages used as examples throughout the volume
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The Handbook of Language Socialization
by Various Authors
Part 72 of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Documenting how in the course of acquiring language children become speakers and members of communities, The Handbook of Language Socialization is a unique reference work for an emerging and fast-moving field.
• Spans the fields of anthropology, education, applied linguistics, and human development
• Includes the latest developments in second and heritage language socialization, and literary and media socialization
• Discusses socialization across the entire life span and across institutional settings, including families, schools, workplaces, and churches
• Explores data from a multitude of cultures from around the world
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The Handbook of Phonological Theory
by Various Authors
Part 75 of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
“The Handbook of Phonological Theory”, second edition offers an innovative and detailed examination of recent developments in phonology, and the implications of these within linguistic theory and related disciplines.
• Revised from the ground-up for the second edition, the book is comprised almost entirely of newly-written and previously unpublished chapters
• Addresses the important questions in the field including learnability, phonological interfaces, tone, and variation, and assesses the findings and accomplishments in these domains
• Brings together a renowned and international contributor team
• Offers new and unique reflections on the advances in phonological theory since publication of the first edition in 1995
• Along with the first edition, still in publication, it forms the most complete and current overview of the subject in print
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The Handbook of Language Emergence
by Various Authors
Part 88 of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
This authoritative handbook explores the latest integrated theory for understanding human language, offering the most inclusive text yet published on the rapidly evolving emergentist paradigm.
• Brings together an international team of contributors, including the most prominent advocates of linguistic emergentism
• Focuses on the ways in which the learning, processing, and structure of language emerge from a competing set of cognitive, communicative, and biological constraints
• Examines forces on widely divergent timescales, from instantaneous neurolinguistic processing to historical changes and language evolution
• Addresses key theoretical, empirical, and methodological issues, making this handbook the most rigorous examination of emergentist linguistic theory ever
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The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication
by Various Authors
Part 90 of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Intercultural discourse and communication is emerging as an important area of research in a highly globalized and connected world, where language and culture contact is frequent and cultural misunderstandings and misconceptions abound. The handbook contains contributions from established scholars and up-and-coming researchers from a range of subfields to survey the theoretical perspectives and applied work in this burgeoning area of linguistics.
This timely volume features first a part that introduces the background detailing the scope and topics of the field; followed by one that describes four different theoretical approaches and their basic research questions, from Ethnography of Speaking and John Gumperz's Interactional Sociolinguistics to Critical Approaches and Postmodernism. The third part, "Interactional Discourse Features," describes and explains the features of talk that are frequently studied in cross-cultural research, such as turn-taking and politeness. The volume also includes a section on Interactional Discourse sites, examining cross-cultural communication (such as Greek-Turkish discourse).
The final part considers a variety of domains in which interaction takes place, such as Translation, Business, Law, Medicine, Education, and Religion.
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The Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics
by Various Authors
Part 93 of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Reflecting the growth and increasing global importance of the Spanish language, The Handbook of Hispanic Linguistics brings together a team of renowned Spanish linguistics scholars to explore both applied and theoretical work in this field.
• Features 41 newly-written essays contributed by leading language scholars that shed new light on the growth and significance of the Spanish language
• Combines current applied and theoretical research results in the field of Spanish linguistics
• Explores all facets relating to the origins, evolution, and geographical variations of the Spanish language
• Examines topics including second language learning, Spanish in the classroom, immigration, heritage languages, and bilingualism.
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The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics
by Various Authors
Part 94 of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Written by an international team of leading scholars, this groundbreaking reference work explores the nature of language change and diffusion and paves the way for future research in this rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field.
• Features 35 newly-written essays from internationally acclaimed experts that reflect the growth and vitality of the burgeoning area of historical sociolinguistics
• Examines how sociolinguistic theoretical models, methods, findings, and expertise can be used to reconstruct a language's past in order to explain linguistic changes and developments
• Bridges the gap between the past and the present in linguistic studies
• Structured thematically into sections exploring: origins and theoretical assumptions; methods for the sociolinguistic study of the history of languages; linguistic and extra-linguistic variables; historical dialectology, language contact and diffusion; and attitudes to language
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The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences
by Various Authors
Part 119 of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of “The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences” provides an authoritative account of the key topics in both theoretical and applied areas of speech communication, written by an international team of leading scholars and practitioners.
• Combines new and influential research, along with articulate overviews of the key topics in theoretical and applied areas of speech communication
• Accessibly structured into five major sections covering: experimental phonetics; biological perspectives; modelling speech production and perception; linguistic phonetics; and speech technology
• Includes nine entirely new chapters on topics such as phonetic notation and sociophonetics, speech technology, biological perspectives, and prosody
• A streamlined and re-oriented structure brings all contributions up-to-date with the latest research, whilst maintaining the features that made the first edition so useful
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The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes
by Various Authors
Part 120 of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Featuring a collection of newly commissioned essays, edited by two leading scholars, this Handbook surveys the key research findings in the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP).
• Provides a state-of-the-art overview of the origins and evolution, current research, and future directions in ESP
• Features newly-commissioned contributions from a global team of leading scholars
• Explores the history of ESP and current areas of research, including speaking, reading, writing, technology, and business, legal, and medical English
• Considers perspectives on ESP research such as genre, intercultural rhetoric, multimodality, English as a lingua franca and ethnography
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The Handbook of Language Variation and Change
by Various Authors
Part 129 of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Reflecting a multitude of developments in the study of language change and variation over the last ten years, this extensively updated second edition features a number of new chapters and remains the authoritative reference volume on a core research area in linguistics.
• A fully revised and expanded edition of this acclaimed reference work, which has established its reputation based on its unrivalled scope and depth of analysis in this interdisciplinary field
• Includes seven new chapters, while the remainder have undergone thorough revision and updating to incorporate the latest research and reflect numerous developments in the field
• Accessibly structured by theme, covering topics including data collection and evaluation, linguistic structure, language and time, language contact, language domains, and social differentiation
• Brings together an experienced, international editorial and contributor team to provides an unrivalled learning, teaching and reference tool for researchers and students in sociolinguistics
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The Handbook of Speech Perception
by Various Authors
Part 635 of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
A wide-ranging and authoritative volume exploring contemporary perceptual research on speech, updated with new original essays by leading researchers.
Speech perception is a dynamic area of study that encompasses a wide variety of disciplines, including cognitive neuroscience, phonetics, linguistics, physiology and biophysics, auditory and speech science, and experimental psychology. “The Handbook of Speech Perception”, Second Edition, is a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of technical and theoretical developments in perceptual research on human speech. Offering a variety of perspectives on the perception of spoken language, this volume provides original essays by leading researchers on the major issues and most recent findings in the field. Each chapter provides an informed and critical survey, including a summary of current research and debate, clear examples and research findings, and discussion of anticipated advances and potential research directions. The timely second edition of this valuable resource:
• Discusses a uniquely broad range of both foundational and emerging issues in the field
• Surveys the major areas of the field of human speech perception
• Features newly commissioned essays on the relation between speech perception and reading, features in speech perception and lexical access, perceptual identification of individual talkers, and perceptual learning of accented speech
• Includes essential revisions of many chapters original to the first edition
• Offers critical introductions to recent research literature and leading field developments
• Encourages the development of multidisciplinary research on speech perception
• Provides readers with clear understanding of the aims, methods, challenges, and prospects for advances in the field
“The Handbook of Speech Perception”, Second Edition, is ideal for both specialists and non-specialists throughout the research community looking for a comprehensive view of the latest technical and theoretical accomplishments in the field.
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The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Our evolving understanding of the role of English as a lingua franca and our growing sensitivity to the unique needs of students and teachers who communicate across languages and cultures has led to significant changes in language teaching, pedagogy, and curriculum design. The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning is a field-defining book, which examines the various ways learners learn and acquire language in a truly global context. Featuring contributions from a diverse range of scholars reflecting different cultural, linguistic, regional, and ideological perspectives, this innovative volume presents the most recent developments in the field while revealing the nuances and complexities of teaching and learning foreign languages.
This Handbook explains the conceptual basis of intercultural and plurilingual learning, describes core pedagogical concepts, discusses different learning and teaching approaches, and provides the historical background for various methods and theories. The authors discuss how policy and pedagogy can adapt to the shifting demographics of local student populations, address new trends and evolving themes, and explore contemporary topics such as translanguaging, intercomprehension, technology-enhanced learning, language policy, and more.
The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning is essential reading for students, educators, and researchers in applied linguistics, language teaching and learning, plurilingualism/multilingualism, TESOL, cognitive linguistics, language policy, language acquisition, and intercultural communication.
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The Handbook of Discourse Analysis
by Deborah Tannen
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
The second edition of the highly successful Handbook of Discourse Analysis has been expanded and thoroughly updated to reflect the very latest research to have developed since the original publication, including new theoretical paradigms and discourse-analytic models, in an authoritative two-volume set.
• Twenty new chapters highlight emerging trends and the latest areas of research
• Contributions reflect the range, depth, and richness of current research in the field
• Chapters are written by internationally-recognized leaders in their respective fields, constituting a Who's Who of Discourse Analysis
• A vital resource for scholars and students in discourse studies as well as for researchers in related fields who seek authoritative overviews of discourse analytic issues, theories, and methods
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The Handbook of Asian Englishes
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
The first volume of its kind, focusing on the sociolinguistic and socio-political issues surrounding Asian Englishes.
“The Handbook of Asian Englishes” provides wide-ranging coverage of the historical and cultural context, contemporary dynamics, and linguistic features of English in use throughout the Asian region. This first-of-its-kind volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of the English language throughout nations in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Contributions by a team of internationally-recognized linguists and scholars of Asian Englishes and Asian languages survey existing works and review new and emerging areas of research in the field.
Edited by internationally renowned scholars in the field and structured in four parts, this Handbook explores the status and functions of English in the educational institutions, legal systems, media, popular cultures, and religions of diverse Asian societies. In addition to examining nation-specific topics, this comprehensive volume presents articles exploring pan-Asian issues such as English in Asian schools and universities, English and language policies in the Asian region, and the statistics of English across Asia. Up-to-date research addresses the impact of English as an Asian lingua franca, globalization and Asian Englishes, the dynamics of multilingualism, and more.
• Examines linguistic history, contemporary linguistic issues, and English in the Outer and Expanding Circles of Asia
• Focuses on the rapidly-growing complexities of English throughout Asia
• Includes reviews of the new frontiers of research in Asian Englishes, including the impact of globalization and popular culture
• Presents an innovative survey of Asian Englishes in one comprehensive volume
Serving as an important contribution to fields such as contact linguistics, World Englishes, sociolinguistics, and Asian language studies, The Handbook of Asian Englishes is an invaluable reference resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and instructors across these areas.
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The Handbook of Psycholinguistics
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Incorporating approaches from linguistics and psychology, The Handbook of Psycholinguistics explores language processing and language acquisition from an array of perspectives and features cutting edge research from cognitive science, neuroscience, and other related fields.
The Handbook provides readers with a comprehensive review of the current state of the field, with an emphasis on research trends most likely to determine the shape of psycholinguistics in the years ahead. The chapters are organized into three parts, corresponding to the major areas of psycholinguists: production, comprehension, and acquisition. The collection of chapters, written by a team of international scholars, incorporates multilingual populations and neurolinguistic dimensions. Each of the three sections also features an overview chapter in which readers are introduced to the different theoretical perspectives guiding research in the area covered in that section.
Timely, comprehensive, and authoritative, “The Handbook of Psycholinguistics” is a valuable addition to the reference shelves of researchers in psychology, linguistics, and cognitive science, as well as advanced undergraduates and graduate students interested in how language works in the human mind and how language is acquired.
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The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
“The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning” presents a comprehensive exploration of the impact of technology on the field of second language learning.
The rapidly evolving language-technology interface has propelled dramatic changes in, and increased opportunities for, second language teaching and learning. Its influence has been felt no less keenly in the approaches and methods of assessing learners' language and researching language teaching and learning.
Contributions from a team of international scholars make up the Handbook consisting of four parts: language teaching and learning through technology; the technology-pedagogy interface; technology for L2 assessment; and research and development of technology for language learning. It considers how technology assists in all areas of language development, the emergence of pedagogy at the intersection of language and technology, technology in language assessment, and major research issues in research and development of technologies for language learning. It covers all aspects of language including grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, listening, speaking, pragmatics, and intercultural learning, as well as new pedagogical and assessment approaches, and new ways of conceiving and conducting research and development.
“The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning” demonstrates the extensive, multifaceted implications of technology for language teachers, learners, materials-developers, and researchers.
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The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
An interdisciplinary overview of theory, history, and leading research in the field
With a joint linguistic and medical perspective, The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare explores innovative approaches for improving clinical education, clinician-patient communication, assessment, and mass communication. Contributions by a diverse panel of experts address a wide range of key topics, including language concordance in clinical care, medical interpreting, the role of language as a social determinant of health, reaching linguistically diverse audiences during public health crises, assessing clinician language skills, and more.
Organized into five parts, the Handbook covers the theory, history, and context of linguistics, language interpretation and translation, language concordance, medical language education pedagogy, and mass communication of health information with linguistically diverse populations. Throughout the text, detailed chapters present solutions and strategies with the potential to improve the health and healthcare of linguistically diverse populations worldwide.
In an increasingly multilingual, global society, language has become a critical area of interest for advancing public health and healthcare. The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare:
• Helps professionals integrate language-appropriate communication in healthcare settings
• Addresses clinician-patient communication, assessment, research, and mass public health communication
• Offers key theoretical insights that inform the intersection of language, public health, and healthcare
• Highlights how various approaches in the field of linguistics have enriched public health and healthcare practices
The Handbook of Language in Public Health and Healthcare is essential reading for undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional students of applied linguistics, health communication, and medicine. It is also an invaluable reference for language educators, clinicians, medical educators, linguists, health policy experts, and researchers.
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The Handbook of World Englishes
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
The definitive reference work on World Englishes-fully revised, expanded, and updated.
“The Handbook of World Englishes” is a collection of articles on the cross-cultural and transnational linguistic convergence and change of the English language. Now in its second edition, this Handbook brings together multiple theoretical, contextual, and ideological perspectives, and offers new interpretations of the changing identities of world Englishes (WE) speakers and examines the current state of the English language across the world. Thematically integrated contributions from leading scholars and researchers explore the expansion, modification, and adaptation of English in various settings and discuss the role of English in local, regional, and global contexts.
This highly regarded text has been fully updated throughout the new edition to reflect the current conditions, contexts, and functions of major varieties of English across the world. Significant revisions to topics-such as an overview of the varieties of modern world Englishes and the First Diaspora in Wales and Ireland-reflect expanded scholarship in the field and new directions of research. Each chapter from the first edition has been updated in content and citations, while 11 new chapters cover subjects including world Englishes testing and Postcolonial theory, as well as world Englishes in South America, Russia, Africa, China, Southeast Asia, the United States, and Canada.
• Examines both traditional and contemporary perspectives on World Englishes
• Written by international authors, experts in their respective fields
• Emphasizes the historical development of the English language through a series of diasporas
• Highlights research into a wide range of sociolinguistic contexts and processes including code switching, newly established WE varieties, and new data on Chinese and Russian Englishes
• Explores future directions in WE research, development, and application
“The Handbook of World Englishes” is an essential resource for academics, researchers, practitioners, and advanced students in fields including applied linguistics, language teaching, the history of the English language, world literatures, and related social and language sciences.
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The Handbook of Dialectology
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
“The Handbook of Dialectology’ provides an authoritative, up-to-date and unusually broad account of the study of dialect, in one volume. Each chapter reviews essential research, and offers a critical discussion of the past, present and future development of the area.
• The volume is based on state-of-the-art research in dialectology around the world, providing the most current work available with an unusually broad scope of topics
• Provides a practical guide to the many methodological and statistical issues surrounding the collection and analysis of dialect data
• Offers summaries of dialect variation in the world's most widely spoken and commonly studied languages, including several non-European languages that have traditionally received less attention in general discussions of dialectology
• Reviews the intellectual development of the field, including its main theoretical schools of thought and research traditions, both academic and applied
• The editors are well known and highly respected, with a deep knowledge of this vast field of inquiry
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The Handbook of Informal Language Learning
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Provides a comprehensive and unique examination of global language learning outside of the formal school setting
Authored by a prominent team of international experts in their respective fields, “The Handbook of Informal Language Learning” is a one-of-a-kind reference work, and it is a timely and valuable resource for anyone looking to explore informal language learning outside of a formal education environment. It features a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge research areas exploring the cultural and historical cases of informal language learning, along with the growing area of digital language learning, and the future of this relevant field in national development and language education.
“The Handbook of Informal Language Learning” examines informal language learning from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Structured across six sections, chapters cover areas of motivation, linguistics, cognition, and multimodality; digital learning, including virtual contexts, gaming, fanfiction, vlogging, mobile devices, and nonformal programs; and media and live contact, including learning through environmental print, tourism/study abroad. The book also provides studies of informal learning in four national contexts, examines the integration of informal and formal classroom learning, and discusses the future of language learning from different perspectives.
• Edited by respected researchers of computer-mediated communication and second language learning and teacher education
• Features contributions by leading international scholars reaching out to a global audience
• Presents an exciting and progressive selection of chapters in a rapidly expanding field of research and teaching
• Provides a state-of-the-art collection of the theories, as well as the historical, cultural and international cases relating to informal language learning and its future in a digital age
• Covers 30 key topics that represent pioneering findings and new research
“The Handbook of Informal Language Learning” is an essential resource for researchers, students, and professionals in the fields of language acquisition, English as a second language, and foreign language education.
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The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory
by Shalom Lappin
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
The second edition of “The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory” presents a comprehensive introduction to cutting-edge research in contemporary theoretical and computational semantics.
• Features completely new content from the first edition of “The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory”
• Features contributions by leading semanticists, who introduce core areas of contemporary semantic research, while discussing current research
• Suitable for graduate students for courses in semantic theory and for advanced researchers as an introduction to current theoretical work
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The Handbook of Linguistics
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
This second edition of The Handbook of Linguistics provides an updated and timely overview of the field of linguistics. The editor's broad definition of the field ensures that the book may be read by those seeking a comprehensive introduction to the subject, but with little or no prior knowledge of the area.
Building on the popular first edition, The Handbook of Linguistics, Second Edition features new and revised content reflecting advances within the discipline. New chapters expand the already broad coverage of the Handbook to address and take account of key changes within the field in the intervening years. It explores: psycholinguistics, linguistic anthropology and ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistic theory, language variation and second language pedagogy. With contributions from a global team of leading linguists, this comprehensive and accessible volume is the ideal resource for those engaged in study and work within the dynamic field of linguistics.
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The Handbook of Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
This comprehensive reference work provides an overview of the concepts, methodologies, and applications in computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP).
• Features contributions by the top researchers in the field, reflecting the work that is driving the discipline forward
• Includes an introduction to the major theoretical issues in these fields, as well as the central engineering applications that the work has produced
• Presents the major developments in an accessible way, explaining the close connection between scientific understanding of the computational properties of natural language and the creation of effective language technologies
• Serves as an invaluable state-of-the-art reference source for computational linguists and software engineers developing NLP applications in industrial research and development labs of software companies
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The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Comprising state-of-the-art research, this substantially expanded and revised Handbook discusses the latest global and interdisciplinary issues across bilingualism and multilingualism.
• Includes the addition of ten new authors to the contributor team, and coverage of seven new topics ranging from global media to heritage language learning
• Provides extensively revised coverage of bilingual and multilingual communities, polyglot aphasia, creolization, indigenization, linguistic ecology and endangered languages, multilingualism, and forensic linguistics
• Brings together a global team of internationally-renowned researchers from different disciplines
• Covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from neuro- and psycho-linguistic research to studies of media and psychological counseling
• Assesses the latest issues in worldwide linguistics, including the phenomena and the conceptualization of 'hyperglobalization', and emphasizes geographical centers of global conflict and commerce
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The Handbook of Linguistic Human Rights
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
A groundbreaking new work that sheds light on case studies of linguistic human rights around the world, raising much-needed awareness of the struggles of many peoples and communities.
The first book of its kind, the Handbook of Linguistic Human Rights presents a diverse range of theoretically grounded studies of linguistic human rights, exemplifying what linguistic justice is and how it might be achieved. Through explorations of ways in which linguistic human rights are understood in both national and international contexts, this innovative volume demonstrates how linguistic human rights are supported or violated on all continents, with a particular focus on the marginalized languages of minorities and Indigenous peoples, in industrialized countries and the Global South.
Organized into five parts, this volume first presents approaches to linguistic human rights in international and national law, political theory, sociology, economics, history, education, and critical theory. Subsequent sections address how international standards are promoted or impeded and cross-cutting issues, including translation and interpreting, endangered languages and the internet, the impact of global English, language testing, disaster situations, historical amnesia, and more. This essential reference work:
• Explores approaches to linguistic human rights in countries of great demographic diversity and conflict
• Covers cases of linguistic human rights in the Americas, China, Europe, North Africa, India, Nepal and New Zealand, including international minorities, such as the Kurds and the Roma, and the Deaf worldwide.
• Illustrates how education worldwide has often blocked off minority languages by not offering mother-tongue medium education
• Presents and assesses conventions, declarations, and recommendations that recognize the rights of Indigenous peoples and minorities.
• Includes a selection of short texts that present additional existential evidence of linguistic human rights.
Edited by two renowned leaders in the field, “The Handbook of Linguistic Human Rights” is an ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate students of language and law, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, language policy, language education, indigenous studies, language rights, human rights, and globalization.
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The Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
The Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism provides an in-depth exploration of linguistic landscapes as a tool to understand multilingualism across diverse global contexts. Edited by leading scholars Durk Gorter and Jasone Cenoz, this authoritative volume brings together pioneering research on the evolving interactions between language, place, space, and society.
Addressing both theory and practice, this handbook serves as a unique lens into how linguistic landscapes reflect broader social, political, and educational dynamics. In-depth chapters address topics ranging from translanguaging and minority language ideologies to the application of linguistic landscapes in multilingual cities and classrooms. Organised into three parts, the book first establishes the theoretical and methodological foundations of linguistic landscape studies, followed by detailed case studies of the relationship between linguistic landscapes and multilingualism in diverse social and geographic contexts. The concluding section focusses on the educational implications of linguistic landscapes, examining how schoolscapes and public spaces can be utilised for language learning and teaching. Equipping readers to critically engage with multilingual practices in urban spaces, educational settings, and beyond, The Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism:
• Introduces cutting-edge methodologies, socio-political contexts, and language learning through linguistic landscapes
• Covers emerging topics such as transgressive practices, landscapes of affect, and linguistic landscapes of protest and conflict
• Describes key theoretical concepts and identifies the interdisciplinary connections between ethnography, sociolinguistics, and discourse studies
• Explores innovative pedagogical approaches, and translanguaging practices, with an emphasis on empowering learners in multilingual environments
Designed to fit seamlessly into curricula focused on multilingualism and language policy across a range of academic disciplines, The Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism is ideal for graduate students, post-graduate researchers, and scholars in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, education sciences, language studies, and social geography.
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The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics is the first comprehensive introduction to Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics. Containing twenty-five chapters, the book offers a balanced, accessible and thoughtfully organized introduction to some of the most important results of research into Chinese linguistics carried out by theoretical linguists during the last thirty years. Presenting critical overviews of a wide range of major topics, it is the first to meet the great demand for an overview volume on core areas of Chinese linguistics.
Authoritative contributions describe and assess the major achievements and controversies of research undertaken in each area, and provide bibliographies for further reading. The contributors refer both to their own work in relevant fields, and objectively present a range of competitor theories and analyses, resulting in a volume that is fully comprehensive in its coverage of theoretical research into Chinese linguistics in recent years.
This unique Handbook is suitable both as a primary reader for structured, taught courses on Chinese linguistics at university level, and for individual study by graduates and other professional linguists.
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The Handbook of Translation and Cognition
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
“The Handbook of Translation and Cognition” is a pioneering, state-of-the-art investigation of cognitive approaches to translation and interpreting studies (TIS).
• Offers timely and cutting-edge coverage of the most important theoretical frameworks and methodological innovations
• Contains original contributions from a global group of leading researchers from 18 countries
• Explores topics related to translator and workplace characteristics including machine translation, creativity, ergonomic perspectives, and cognitive effort, and competence, training, and interpreting such as multimodal processing, neurocognitive optimization, process-oriented pedagogies, and conceptual change
• Maps out future directions for cognition and translation studies, as well as areas in need of more research within this dynamic field.
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The Handbook of English Linguistics
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Second edition of this popular Handbook bringing together stimulating discussions of core English linguistics topics in a single, authoritative volume-includes numerous new and thoroughly updated chapters.
The second edition of the popular “Handbook of English Linguistics” brings together stimulating discussions of the core topics in English linguistics in a single, authoritative volume. Written by an international team of experts, the chapters cover syntax, methodology, phonetics and phonology, lexis and morphology, variation, stylistics, and discourse, and also provide discussions of theoretical and descriptive research in the field.
The revised edition includes new and updated chapters on English Corpus Linguistics, experimental approaches, complements and adjuncts, English phonology and morphology, lexicography, and more. In-depth yet accessible chapters introduce key areas of English linguistics, discuss relevant research, and suggest future research directions.
An important academic contribution to the field, this book:
• Presents thirty-two in-depth, yet accessible, chapters that discuss new research findings across the field, written by both established and emerging scholars from around the world
• Builds upon the very successful first edition, published in 2006
• Incorporates new trends in English linguistics, including digital research methods and theoretical advances in all subfields
• Suggests future research directions
“The Handbook of English Linguistics”, 2nd Edition is an essential reference work for researchers and students working in the field of English language and linguistics.
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The Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education
by Wayne E. Wright
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
“The Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education” presents the first comprehensive international reference work of the latest policies, practices, and theories related to the dynamic interdisciplinary field of bilingual and multilingual education.
• Represents the first comprehensive reference work that covers bilingual, multilingual, and multicultural educational policies and practices around the world
• Features contributions from 78 established and emerging international scholars
• Offers extensive coverage in sixteen chapters of language and education issues in specific and diverse regional/geographic contexts, including South Africa, Mexico, Latvia, Cambodia, Japan, and Texas
• Covers pedagogical issues such as language assessment as well as offering evolving perspectives on the needs of specific learner populations, such as ELLs, learners with language impairments, and bilingual education outside of the classroom
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The Handbook of Conversation Analysis
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Presenting a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in the field, “The Handbook of Conversation Analysis” brings together contributions by leading international experts to provide an invaluable information resource and reference for scholars of social interaction across the areas of conversation analysis, discourse analysis, linguistic anthropology, interpersonal communication, discursive psychology and sociolinguistics.
• Ideal as an introduction to the field for upper-level undergraduates and as an in-depth review of the latest developments for graduate level students and established scholars
• Five sections outline the history and theory, methods, fundamental concepts, and core contexts in the study of conversation, as well as topics central to conversation analysis
• Written by international conversation analysis experts, the book covers a wide range of topics and disciplines, from reviewing underlying structures of conversation, to describing conversation analysis' relationship to anthropology, communication, linguistics, psychology, and sociology
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The Handbook of Historical Linguistics, Volume II
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
An entirely new follow-up volume providing a detailed account of numerous additional issues, methods, and results that characterize current work in historical linguistics.
This brand-new, second volume of The Handbook of Historical Linguistics is a complement to the well-established first volume first published in 2003. It includes extended content allowing uniquely comprehensive coverage of the study of language(s) over time. Though it adds fresh perspectives on several topics previously treated in the first volume, this Handbook focuses on extensions of diachronic linguistics beyond those key issues.
This Handbook provides readers with studies of language change whose perspectives range from comparisons of large open vs. small closed corpora, via creolistics and linguistic contact in general, to obsolescence and endangerment of languages. Written by leading scholars in their respective fields, new chapters are offered on matters such as the origin of language, evidence from language for reconstructing human prehistory, invocations of language present in studies of language past, benefits of linguistic fieldwork for historical investigation, ways in which not only biological evolution but also field biology can serve as heuristics for research into the rise and spread of linguistic innovations, and more. Moreover, it:
• offers novel and broadened content complementing the earlier volume so as to provide the fullest available overview of a wholly engrossing field
• includes 23 all-new contributed chapters, treating some familiar themes from fresh perspectives but mostly covering entirely new topics
• features expanded discussion of material from language families other than Indo-European
• provides a multiplicity of views from numerous specialists in linguistic diachrony.
The Handbook of Historical Linguistics, Volume II is an ideal book for undergraduate and graduate students in linguistics, researchers and professional linguists, as well as all those interested in the history of particular languages and the history of language more generally.
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The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
An authoritative overview of language and speech disorders, featuring new and updated chapters written by leading specialists from across the field.
“The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders”, Second Edition, provides timely and authoritative coverage of current issues, foundational principles, and new research directions within the study of communication disorders. Building upon the reputation of the landmark first edition, this volume offers an exceptionally broad and in-depth survey of the field, presenting original chapters by internationally recognized specialists that examine an array of language, speech, and cognitive disorders and discuss the most crucial aspects of this evolving discipline while providing practical information on analytical methods and assessment.
Now in its second edition, the Handbook features extensively revised and refocused content throughout, reflecting the latest advances in the field. Original and updated chapters explore diverse topics including literacy and literacy impairments, patterns of normal and disordered language development, hearing impairment and cochlear implants, language acquisition and language delay, dementia, dysarthria, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and many others. This acclaimed single-volume reference resource:
• Provides 26 original chapters which describe the latest in new research and which indicate future research directions
• Covers new developments in research since the original publication of the first edition
• Features in-depth coverage of the major disorders of language and speech, including new insights on perception, hearing impairment, literacy, and genetic syndromes
• Includes a series of foundational chapters covering a variety of important general principles, including labelling, diversity, intelligibility, assessment, and intervention
“The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders”, Second Edition, is essential reading for researchers, scholars, and students in speech and language pathology, speech, language and hearing sciences, and clinical linguistics, as well as active practitioners and clinicians.
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The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
The new edition of the leading reference work on Clinical Linguistics, fully updated with new research and developments in the field
The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics, Second Edition provides a timely and authoritative survey of this interdisciplinary field, exploring the application of linguistic theory and method to the study of speech and language disorders. Containing 42 in-depth chapters by an international panel of established and rising scholars, this classic volume addresses a wide range of pathologies while offering valuable insights into key theory and research, multilingual and cross-linguistics factors, analysis and assessment methods, and more.
Now in its second edition, The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics features nine entirely new chapters on clinical corpus linguistics, multimodal analysis, cognition and language, the linguistics of sign languages, clinical phonotactics, typical and nontypical phonological development, clinical phonology and phonological assessment, and two chapters on instrumental analysis of voice and speech production. Revised and expanded chapters incorporate new research in clinical linguistics and place greater emphasis on specific speech disorders, connections to literacy, and multilingualism. This invaluable reference works:
• Reflects the latest developments in new research and data, as well as changing perspectives about the priorities and future of the field
• Features new and revised chapters throughout, many with new authors or authorial teams
• Offers well-rounded coverage of the major areas of the speech sciences in the study of communication disorders
• Discusses how mainstream theories and descriptions of language are influenced by clinical research
Building on the success of the first edition, The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics, Second Edition, is an indispensable resource for researchers and advanced students across all areas of speech-language sciences, including speech disorders, speech pathology, speech therapy, communication disorders, cognitive linguistics, and neurolinguistics.
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The Handbook of English Pronunciation
by Marnie Reed
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
“The Handbook of English Pronunciation” presents a comprehensive exploration of English pronunciation with essential topics for applied linguistics researchers and teachers, including language acquisition, varieties of English, historical perspectives, accent's changing role, and connections to discourse, technology, and pedagogy.
• Provides thorough descriptions of all elements of English pronunciation
• Features contributions from a global list of authors, reflecting the finest scholarship available
• Explores a careful balance of issues and topics important to both researchers and teachers
• Provides a historical understanding of the importance of pronunciation and examines some of the major ways English is pronounced today throughout the world
• Considers practical concerns about how research and practice interact in teaching pronunciation in the classroom
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The Handbook of Usage-Based Linguistics
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
“The Handbook of Usage-Based Linguistics” is the first edited volume to provide a comprehensive, authoritative, and interdisciplinary view of usage-based theory in linguistics. Contributions by an international team of established and emerging scholars discuss the application of used-based approaches in phonology, morphosyntax, psycholinguistics, language variation and change, language development, cognitive linguistics, and other subfields of linguistics.
Unprecedented in depth and scope, this groundbreaking work of scholarship addresses all major theoretical and methodological aspects of usage-based linguistics while offering diverse perspectives and key insights into theory, history, and methodology. Throughout the text, in-depth essays explore up-to-date methodologies, emerging approaches, new technologies, and cutting-edge research in usage-based linguistics in many languages and subdisciplines. Topics include used-based approaches to subfields such as anthropological linguistics, computational linguistics, statistical analysis, and corpus linguistics.
Covering the conceptual foundations, historical development, and future directions of usage-based theory, “The Handbook of Usage-Based Linguistics’ is a must-have reference work for advanced students and scholars in anthropological linguistics, psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics, corpora analysis, and other subfields of linguistics.
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The Handbook of Translanguaging
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
The authoritative reference work on Translanguaging, one of the most dynamic and fast-growing areas of research in modern linguistics
Translanguaging has transformed how we understand language, bilingualism, and education, challenging conventional views and reshaping theory, policy, and practice. The Handbook of Translanguaging is the most comprehensive resource available, bringing together leading scholars from diverse disciplines and global perspectives to explore the theoretical foundations, educational applications, and interdisciplinary connections of this dynamic concept.
Organized into three sections, the Handbook clarifies the conceptual and historical underpinnings of translanguaging, examines the role of translanguaging in education, and explores its intersections with digital communication, gender, media studies, and social justice. Detailed chapters consolidate existing research and set the stage for future inquiry, offering the depth and breadth needed to navigate and contribute to this rapidly evolving field. Integrating theoretical, methodological, and applied perspectives, The Handbook of Translanguaging:
• Features contributions from leading scholars and emerging voices from around the world, particularly from the Global South
• Addresses key theoretical perspectives, such as raciolinguistics, decoloniality, and bilingual cognition
• Examines the role of translanguaging bilingual education, language policy, Indigenous language education, literacy development, and assessment
• Discusses methodological challenges and ethical considerations in translanguaging research
• Highlights translanguaging's role in resistance, social justice, and transformative praxis
Edited by a team of internationally recognized experts, The Handbook of Translanguaging is an invaluable reference for researchers, educators, and policymakers engaged in bilingualism, multilingual education, and language studies. It is also an essential text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in applied linguistics, bilingual education, sociolinguistics, and language policy.
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The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
A field-defining survey of research in the rapidly growing field of English for Specific Purposes, now in its second edition
The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes provides an up-to-date account of the origins, development, current state, and future directions in the study of English as used in its specific contexts, including medical English, business English, and academic English. Featuring research from leading authorities, this comprehensive volume addresses all key aspects of ESP, including speaking, reading, writing, legal English, nursing, assessment, intercultural rhetoric, multimodality, English as a lingua franca, and ethnography.
The second edition of the Handbook is fully revised to incorporate new areas of ESP research and reflects changing demands on English Language Learners (ELL), including a new historical overview of the field by Prof. Vijay K. Bhatia and entirely new chapters English medium instruction and ESP research, materials development, teacher development, call center communication, Global Englishes and translanguaging, identity, and the emergence of digital genres. Unmatched in its breadth and depth of coverage, The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes:
• Features original state-of-the-art reviews relevant to scholars and students working across applied linguistics and education
• Features contributions by scholars working on ESP in a wide range of international contexts
• Addresses current and emerging challenges in ESP, with implications for related fields of TESOL and English language education more broadly
• Includes in-depth reviews of new ESP research findings and suggestions for further scholarship
Part of the Wiley Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series, The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes, Second Edition, is an essential reference for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, researchers, and educators working in TESOL, ELL/ELT, applied linguistics, and language studies.
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The Handbook of Classroom Discourse and Interaction
by Numa Markee
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Offering an interdisciplinary approach, “The Handbook of Classroom Discourse” and Interaction presents a series of contributions written by educators and applied linguists that explores the latest research methodologies and theories related to classroom language.
• Organized to facilitate a critical understanding of how and why various research traditions differ and how they overlap theoretically and methodologically
• Discusses key issues in the future development of research in critical areas of education and applied linguistics
• Provides empirically-based analysis of classroom talk to illustrate theoretical claims and methodologies
• Includes multimodal transcripts, an emerging trend in education and applied linguistics, particularly in conversation analysis and sociocultural theory
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The Handbook of Language Contact
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
The second edition of the definitive reference on contact studies and linguistic change-provides extensive new research and original case studies
Language contact is a dynamic area of contemporary linguistic research that studies how language changes when speakers of different languages interact. Accessibly structured into three sections, “The Handbook of Language Contact” explores the role of contact studies within the field of linguistics, the value of contact studies for language change research, and the relevance of language contact for sociolinguistics. This authoritative volume presents original findings and fresh research directions from an international team of prominent experts. Thirty-seven specially-commissioned chapters cover a broad range of topics and case studies of contact from around the world.
Now in its second edition, this valuable reference has been extensively updated with new chapters on topics including globalization, language acquisition, creolization, code-switching, and genetic classification. Fresh case studies examine Romance, Indo-European, African, Mayan, and many other languages in both the past and the present. Addressing the major issues in the field of language contact studies, this volume:
• Includes a representative sample of individual studies which re-evaluate the role of language contact in the broader context of language and society
• Offers 23 new chapters written by leading scholars
• Examines language contact in different societies, including many in Africa and Asia
• Provides a cross-section of case studies drawing on languages across the world
“The Handbook of Language Contact”, Second Edition is an indispensable resource for researchers, scholars, and students involved in language contact, language variation and change, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and language theory.
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The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
This Handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in contemporary Hispanic sociolinguistics.
• Offers the first authoritative collection exploring research strands in the emerging and fast-moving field of Spanish sociolinguistics
• Highlights the contributions that Spanish Sociolinguistics has offered to general linguistic theory
• Brings together a team of the top researchers in the field to present the very latest perspectives and discussions of key issues
• Covers a wealth of topics including: variationist approaches, Spanish and its importance in the U.S., language planning, and other topics focused on the social aspects of Spanish
• Includes several varieties of Spanish, reflecting the rich diversity of dialects spoken in the Americas and Spain
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The Handbook of Korean Linguistics
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
“The Handbook of Korean Linguistics” presents state-of-the-art overviews of the linguistic research on the Korean language.
• Structured to allow a range of theoretical perspectives in addressing linguistic phenomena
• Includes chapters on Old Korean and Middle Korean, present-day language policies in North and South Korea, social aspects of Korean as a heritage language, and honorifics
• Indispensable and unique resource not only for those studying Korean linguistics but cross-linguistic research in general
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The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
The definitive guide to 21st century investigations of multilingual neuroscience
“The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism” provides a comprehensive survey of neurocognitive investigations of multiple-language speakers. Prominent scholar John W. Schwieter offers a unique collection of works from globally recognized researchers in neuroscience, psycholinguistics, neurobiology, psychology, neuroimaging, and others, to provide a multidisciplinary overview of relevant topics. Authoritative coverage of state-of-the-art research provides readers with fundamental knowledge of significant theories and methods, language impairments and disorders, and neural representations, functions, and processes of the multilingual brain.
Focusing on up-to-date theoretical and experimental research, this timely handbook explores new directions of study and examines significant findings in the rapidly evolving field of multilingual neuroscience. Discussions on the bilingual advantage debate, recovery and rehabilitation patterns in multilingual aphasia, and the neurocognitive effects of multilingualism throughout the lifespan allow informed investigation of contemporary issues.
• Presents the first handbook-length examination of the neuroscience and neurolinguistics of multilingualism
• Demonstrates how neuroscience and multilingualism intersect several areas of research, such as neurobiology and experimental psychology
• Includes works from prominent international scholars and researchers to provide global perspective
• Reflects cutting-edge research and promising areas of future study in the dynamic field of multilingual neuroscience
The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism is an invaluable resource for researchers and scholars in areas including multilingualism, psycholinguistics, second language acquisition, and cognitive science. This versatile work is also an indispensable addition to the classroom, providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students a thorough overview of the field.
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The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
“The Handbook of Portuguese Linguistics” presents a comprehensive overview of research within the Brazilian and European variants of the Portuguese language. It includes chapters focusing on the key areas of linguistic study, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, linguistic change, language variation and contact, and acquisition.
• Essential reference work for scholars of Portuguese linguistics and Romance languages
• Chapters written by an international team of research specialists highlight both the consensus and the controversies within the various subfields of Portuguese linguistics
• Examines Portuguese linguistics in relation to syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics/pragmatics, acquisition, and sociolinguistics
• Written in an accessible overview style and designed for advanced students and current scholars in the field alike
• Essential reference work for scholars of Portuguese linguistics and Romance languages
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The Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
Significantly expanded and updated, the second edition of “The Handbook of Language, Gender and Sexuality” brings together a team of the leading specialists in the field to create a comprehensive overview of key historical themes and issues, along with methodologies and cutting-edge research topics.
• Examines the dynamic ways that women and men develop and manage gendered identities through their talk, presenting data and case studies from interactions in a range of social contexts and different communities
• Substantially updated for the second edition, including a new introduction, 24 newly-commissioned chapters, ten updated chapters, and a comprehensive index
• Includes new chapters on research in non-English speaking countries—from Asia to South America—and cutting-edge topics such as language, gender, and popular culture; language and sexual identities; and language, gender, and socio-phonetics
• New sections focus on key themes and issues in the field, such as methodological approaches to language and gender, incorporating new chapters on conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and variation theory
• Provides unrivalled geographic coverage and an essential resource for a wide range of disciplines, from linguistics, psychology, sociology, and anthropology to communication and gender studies
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The Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition
by Various Authors
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
A comprehensive, current review of the research and approaches to advanced proficiency in second language acquisition
“The Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition” offers an overview of the most recent and scientific-based research concerning higher proficiency in second language acquisition (SLA). With contributions from an international team of experts in the field, the Handbook presents several theoretical approaches to SLA and offers an examination of advanced proficiency from the viewpoint of various contexts and dimensions of second language performance. The authors also review linguistic phenomena among advanced learners through the lens of phonology and grammar development.
Comprehensive in scope, this book provides an overview of advanced proficiency grounded in socially-relevant domains of second language acquisition including discourse, reading, genre-based writing, and pragmatic competence. The authoritative volume brings together the theoretical accounts of advanced language use combined with solid empirical research.
• Includes contributions from an international collection of noted scholars in the field of second language acquisition
• Offers a variety of theoretical approaches to SLA
• Contains information on the most recent empirical research that contributes to an understanding of SLA
• Describes performance phenomena according to multiple approaches to SLA
Written for scholars, students and linguists, The Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive text that offers the most recent developments in the study of advanced proficiency in the acquisition of a second language.
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The Handbook of Speech Production
by Melissa A. Redford
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
“The Handbook of Speech Production” is the first reference work to provide an overview of this burgeoning area of study. Twenty-four chapters written by an international team of authors examine issues in speech planning, motor control, the physical aspects of speech production, and external factors that impact speech production.
• Contributions bring together behavioral, clinical, computational, developmental, and neuropsychological perspectives on speech production to create a rich and truly interdisciplinary resource
• Offers a novel and timely contribution to the literature and showcases a broad spectrum of research in speech production, methodological advances, and modeling
• Coverage of planning, motor control, articulatory coordination, the speech mechanism, and the effect of language on production processes