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This edited volume explores multilingualism, multiculturalism, and English language education across diverse global contexts, from the Global South to the Global North. It presents interdisciplinary research on language policy, multilingual awareness, and English-medium...
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Springer
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2026-02-10
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This book delves deep into how the concepts of identity and similarity, which are fundamental to human beings, are expressed in the grammar of Mandarin Chinese. Here, we investigate a variety of constructions in Mandarin that can convey equivalence between entities,...
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Springer
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2026-02-09
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This book examines the behavioral and neural bases of morphological processing with evidence from Mandarin Chinese. While the role of morphology in alphabetic language processing has been widely explored, how the human brain encodes morphological information in Mandarin...
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Springer
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2026-02-06
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This book presents the first cross-linguistic experiment on how the abstract concepts of LIFE and DEATH are embodied in English, German, and Persian. Using two complementary approaches, it first identifies the prototypes—color, form, vehicle, material, place, body...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-27
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This book focuses on practical use of the Dominant Language Constellations (DLC) approach, not only in formal settings, but also in social and family domains. It addresses the daily needs of all those who deal with multilingual reality. The key unique feature of the...
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Springer
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2026-01-22
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To respond to the multilingual turn in language education, this volume constitutes a challenge to the traditional, monolingual, and native speakerism paradigm in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) through a translanguaging lens. The...
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Springer
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2020-09-12
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This book compares the historical development of ideas about language in two major traditions of linguistic scholarship from either end of Eurasia – the Graeco-Roman and the Sinitic – as well as their interaction in the modern era. It locates the emergence of language...
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Springer
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2019-11-24
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This Handbook is an in-depth appraisal of the field of minority languages and communities today. It presents a wide-ranging, coherent picture of the main topics, with key contributions from international specialists in sociolinguistics, policy studies, sociology,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-12-11
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Good presentation skills are key to a successful career in academia. This guide provides examples taken from real presentations given both by native and non-native academics covering a wide variety of disciplines.The easy-to-follow guidelines and tips will teach you how...
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Springer
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2016-03-05
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Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This guide is based on a study of over 1000 manuscripts and reviewers' reports revealing why papers written by non-native researchers are often rejected due to problems with English...
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Springer
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2016-03-02
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Written specifically for researchers of all disciplines whose first language is not English, this guide presents easy-to-follow rules and tips, along with authentic examples taken from real emails, referees' reports and cover letters, will show you how to:write...
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Springer
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2016-02-26
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Die Ausgabe der gesammelten Schriften Heiner Eichners umfasst den weit verstreuten wissenschaftlichen Ertrag aus fast sechs Jahrzehnten. Beinahe jeder Sprachzweig der indoeuropäischen Sprachfamilie sowie einige Nachbarsprachen und die Plansprachen wurden in fast...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2026-01-16
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This edited book makes a much-needed contribution to the scholarship focused on critically examining concepts, discourses, and frameworks of diversity in English language education. It offers global perspectives from both established and emergent scholars in the domains...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-10
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This book offers a comprehensive overview of the historical progression of English language teaching and learning in Korea. It analyzes English textbook archives and newspaper articles published from 1882 to the 2020s, exploring the sociopolitical implications of...
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Springer
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2026-01-09
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Do Chinese and English speakers think differently? While the strong version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis — the idea that language determines thought — has long been discredited, this book offers a more nuanced perspective on whether linguistic differences...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-01-05
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This book provides a comprehensive history of the evolution of Chinese grammar over the past 3,000 years. Presenting the theoretical frameworks of grammaticalization, cognitive linguistics, and linguistic typology, it focuses on the motivations, mechanisms, and courses...
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Springer
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2026-01-01
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Sprachnachrichten integrieren Mündlichkeit in die bislang eher schriftbasierte Chatkommunikation und stellen Nutzer*innen damit vor kommunikative Herausforderungen. Diese Arbeit untersucht systematisch, welche kommunikativen Aufgaben sich bei der Integration von...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2026-01-01
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This book adopts various newly emerged and established approaches to text analysis, including pragmatics, discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics, corpus linguistics, ethnography and artificial intelligence to explore multilayered meaning-making in text and discourse....
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-01
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This book summarizes the latest research findings of Chinese semantics in the past decade. It reviews and sorts out the innovation and development of Chinese semantic research with the fundamental of topics such as lexical semantics, sentence semantics, discourse...
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Springer
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2026-01-01
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This book examines the feasibility of realising the plurilingual vision of the Barcelona Summit Agreement (mother tongue plus two additional languages) through the second-level education system by employing three strategies: 1) harmonising postprimary modern...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-01-01
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