The volume "Null Objects from a Cross-Linguistic and Developmental Perspective" brings together theoretical and empirical contributions on missing object constructions, revealing a nuanced and multifaceted phenomenon that poses challenges to current theories of null objects. The selected papers highlight the significance of the interplay between formal constraints and semantic properties (namely definiteness and animacy) in the licensing of null objects cross-linguistically. The formally oriente
In the South-West Indian Ocean, Mauritius and Reunion are part of a group of islands where French-based Creoles are spoken. In spite of their geographical proximity, Mauritian Creole and Reunion Creole are strikingly different in their morphosyntax. The first part of this volume describes some structural properties of their grammars. Both languages also differ in the degree to which they are standardized and used in education and in public spaces. One of the goals of this volume is to examine th
Situated within the flourishing domain of pragmatics, this volume explores the crucial role of gaze in human interaction, with a particular focus on the potential of mobile eye tracking to advance our methodology and understanding of multimodal communication. Readers will find a comprehensive, balanced exploration of the benefits and challenges associated with taking eye tracking out of the lab to record authentic interaction in real-life settings. By integrating insights from pragmatics, the co
Most Hungarian folksongs are about SEX 鈥� according to a widely accepted opinion of ethnographers. But what is SEX about? How is it connected to LOVE, and what does THE SACRED have to do with these? Drawing on Conceptual Metaphor Theory, this book reveals the profound connections between the three concepts, highlighting the spiritual roots of romantic love in a premodern, religious context. Within this framework, we can gain a better understanding of the true role of women in traditional religiou
This book offers two new perspectives on language attitudes and ideologies. First, it compares language commentary from two thus far relatively neglected time periods: the 19th and 21st centuries. Second, it draws on non-traditional, dialogic sources to explore not only the well-studied 鈥渆xpert鈥� views on language but also the perspectives of the 鈥渁udience鈥� engaging with these texts. Using France and the French language as its case study, the book explores the areas of stability and change in que
Researchers who study multilingual literacy development face the reality of complex and ever evolving conceptualizations of multilingualism and literacy across dynamic contexts, languages, and modalities. To unlock the full potential of continuous developments in Applied Linguistics, innovative rethinking of methodological approaches is needed to keep pushing the boundaries of our understanding of multilingual literacy development and our ethical commitments to humanizing research. This book pro
This book weaves together constructions, imperatives, dialogicity, and discourse units. How can that be? This is precisely the question it sets out to answer by working at the crossroads of Construction Grammar (CxG), Corpus Linguistics (CL), and Interactional Linguistics (IL). Profiting from this cross-fertilising synergy, the book singles out BELIEVE (YOU) ME, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THINK AGAIN and MIND YOU as its objects of study, offers an empirical analysis of their properties and situates them
Data dubbed 鈥減eripheral鈥� or previously unaccounted for have inspired new methods, new models and theories of language and new ways of understanding language and communication within pragmatics. The chapters in the volume extend this perspective to include language users and their identities as central, taking into account the ideologies that mediate their perception of language use. Identities and peripheries are approached geographically (Europe, North America, Africa, Asia; dialectal variation
This book offers a peer-reviewed selection of the best and most original contributions to the twenty-fifth International Conference on Historical Linguistics. They faithfully reflect the spirit of the Conference in that they all display a shared passion for the diachronic study of language but also an exciting diversity of research questions, theoretical approaches, linguistic phenomena, and languages explored. Data are drawn from Algonquian, Arandic, Bantu, Cushitic, Edoid, Indo-European, Manch
The Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA) 2026 will be held Thursday, March 12th to Saturday, March 14th, 2026 at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta, GA with an opening reception on the evening of Wednesday, March 11th.
Submissions: We invite abstracts for scientific talks and posters on language in autism. Scientific abstracts will be accepted starting September 1st, 2025. The deadline for submissions is October 1st, 2025.
Keynote Speaker: The keynote speaker for MoLA 2026 will be Dr.
The Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA) 2026 will be held Thursday, March 12th to Saturday, March 14th, 2026 at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta, GA with an opening reception on the evening of Wednesday, March 11th.
Submissions: We invite abstracts for scientific talks and posters on language in autism. Scientific abstracts will be accepted starting September 1st, 2025. The deadline for submissions is October 1st, 2025.
Keynote Speaker: The keynote speaker for MoLA 2026 will be Dr.
World Englishes coexist and interact with local languages in multilingual ecologies. Multilingual speakers use the languages in their ecologies for different functions, with different interlocutors, and at different proficiency levels. Attitudinal responses to the languages vary. Speaker groups are heterogenous manifesting only partial overlap regarding language repertoires, use, proficiencies, and attitudes. The languages in multilingual ecologies may shift in status over time. Some languages m
"Terminology throughout History: A discipline in the making" is a collection of individual contributions by leading terminology scholars from around the globe who describe historical developments of terminology as a discipline and a field of practice. Its aim is to provide a comprehensive written record of the history of terminology as it evolves from a set of practices to a discipline in its own right. Terminology has witnessed considerable theoretical and methodological developments in recent
This volume of stylistic scholarship is dedicated to the memory of one of the most inspirational and kindest stylistics scholars of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Peter Verdonk (1934-2021). Verdonk was Professor of Stylistics at the University of Amsterdam and one of the founding members of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA). Many of his colleagues from PALA have contributed chapters to this volume. Each author has chosen as their starting point one of Verdonk鈥檚 ideas on lit
This volume features the latest advancements in Spanish sociolinguistics, drawing from the 10th Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics (WSS10). Organized into three sections, its nine chapters explore crucial issues in bilingualism and sociolinguistic variation (morpho-syntactic, phonetic, phonological and lexical/pragmatic) within the Spanish-speaking world, across diverse geographical areas such as Arizona, New York City, Puerto Rico, Galicia, Melilla, Catalonia, Philadelphia, Colombia, and Arge
This is the first comprehensive volume to explore the tendency from 鈥榠ntersubjective鈥� to 鈥榯extual鈥� functions in semantic-pragmatic change. It challenges the influential hypothesis based on the pioneering works by Traugott, i.e. the unidirectionality of change from objective to subjective and then to intersubjective meanings. In this framework, textual meanings precede (inter)subjective ones. Questioning this established trajectory, the contributions in this volume offer fresh perspectives on the
This book addresses the topic of cognitive task complexity as it has been investigated in second language (L2) task-based research. This interest is premised on the notion that communication tasks may differ systematically in the types and amounts of cognitive complexity they present to L2 learners, and these differences may have predictable effects on L2 performance, learning, and other outcomes. Adopting a research synthetic approach, the authors pursued the first ever comprehensive review of
When linguists investigate musical culture, its discursive character is usually mostly explicated through the analysis of journalistic texts (see e.g. B盲r 2024; St枚ckl 2011; Thim-Mabrey 2001). This focus on finished musical works and their mediated representations, however, often obscures the creative practices and discursive dynamics 鈥榠n the making鈥� beyond symbolic references 鈥� that is, language use embedded in and shaped by embodied, material interactions (cf. Peirce 1998 [1894]). In contrast,
We are happy to announce that the 13th edition of the International Word Processing Conference (WoProc 2026) will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 6鈥�8 July 2026.
WoProc 2026 continues the legacy of the International Morphological Processing Conference (MoProc)鈥攁 biennial event that, since 1999, has brought together researchers from around the world to exchange ideas and discuss advances in morphological processing.
As in the previous edition (WoProc 2024 in Belgrade), the scope of the
When linguists investigate musical culture, its discursive character is usually mostly explicated through the analysis of journalistic texts (see e.g. B盲r 2024; St枚ckl 2011; Thim-Mabrey 2001). This focus on finished musical works and their mediated representations, however, often obscures the creative practices and discursive dynamics 鈥榠n the making鈥� beyond symbolic references 鈥� that is, language use embedded in and shaped by embodied, material interactions (cf. Peirce 1998 [1894]). In contrast,