V tomto sborníku se setkává na 30 českých a běloruských autorů pojednávajících o širokém spektru mnohasetletých vzájemných vztahů i o současném stavu... Zobraziť viac
Discourse markers constitute an important part of linguistic communication, and research on this phenomenon has been a thriving field of study over the past three decades. However, a problem that has plagued this research is that these markers exhibit... Zobraziť viac
Traditional grammar and current theoretical approaches towards modelling grammatical knowledge ignore language in interaction: that is, words such as huh, eh, yup or yessssss. This groundbreaking book addresses this gap by providing the first in-depth... Zobraziť viac
From an abundance of intensifiers to frequent repetition and parallelisms, Donald Trump's idiolect is highly distinctive from that of other politicians and previous Presidents of the United States. Combining quantitative and qualitative analyses, this... Zobraziť viac
Monografie sestává ze dvou hlavních a dvou doplňkových částí. První část přináší nejstarší lingvistické, epigrafické a archeologické informace o raných uživatelích germánských jazyků. Druhá část shrnuje historie jednotlivých jazyků od jejich kmenové... Zobraziť viac
Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory ... Zobraziť viac
This book provides a rich and accessible account of genre studies by a world-renowned applied linguist. The hardback edition discusses today's research world, its various configurations of genres, and the role of English within the genres... Zobraziť viac
Genre, Relevance and Global Coherence seeks to explain how discourse types or genre may influence the addressee's inferential processes in identifying the communicator's intention. There are two main areas where such an influence is often felt... Zobraziť viac
In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett seeks answers to questions that have perplexed thinkers from Plato to Chomsky:... Zobraziť viac
The definitive study of bilingualism and the human brain from a leading neuropsychologist. Over half of the world's population is bilingual and yet few of us understand how this extraordinary, complex ability really works... Zobraziť viac
Throughout much of the history of linguistics, grammaticality judgments - intuitions about the well-formedness of sentences - have constituted most of the empirical base against which theoretical hypothesis have been tested. Although such judgments... Zobraziť viac
Vyvyan Evans covers all aspects of the relationship between language and mind, as well as applications and extensions of cognitive linguistics to the study of text, literature, discourse, and society... Zobraziť viac
This book offers a unique synthesis of past and current work on the structure, meaning, and use of negation and negative expressions, a topic that has engaged thinkers from Aristotle and the Buddha to Freud and Chomsky. Horn's masterful study melds a... Zobraziť viac
Linguists routinely emphasise the primacy of speech over writing. Yet, most linguists have analysed spoken language, as well as language in general, applying theories and methods that are best suited for written language... Zobraziť viac
This accessible and engaging text introduces the field of pragmatics, the study of the relationship between linguistic meaning and context. Assuming no prior knowledge, Siobhan Chapman surveys the development ... Zobraziť viac
An indispensable and distinctive book that will help anyone who wants to write, write better, or have a clearer understanding of what it means for them to be writing, from widely admired writer and teacher Verlyn Klinkenborg... Zobraziť viac
Vliv a význam náboženství a křesťanské tradice ve specifické kulturně-geografické konstrukci střední Evropy se stal významným impulsem pro tvorbu národních (sebe)obrazů.... Zobraziť viac
Traditional grammar and current theoretical approaches towards modelling grammatical knowledge ignore language in interaction: that is, words such as huh, eh, yup or yessssss. This groundbreaking book addresses this gap by providing the first in-depth... Zobraziť viac
Tackling the Complexity in Speech je kniha vycházející z předpokladu, že složitost je něco, co je od lidské řeči neoddělitelné, a to jak v oblasti řečového signálu, tak i řečového chování lidí. Je zřejmé, že jakékoli zkoumání... Zobraziť viac
This book introduces Proto-Indo-European, describes how it was reconstructed from its descendant languages, and shows what... Zobraziť viac