Semantics, Discourse Analysis, etc

This volume is devoted to the syntax and semantics of various languages, studied with models based on constraints. Both French and international li...

How do characters tell stories in plays and for what dramatic purpose? This volume provides the first systematic analysis of narrative episodes in ...

This volume contains original research and innovative analyses that deepen our understanding of figurative thought and language. The selected paper...

Evidentiality Revisited focuses on semantic-pragmatic based frameworks for the study of evidentials and evidential strategies in European languages...

Based on the analysis of conversations between French and Australian English speakers discussing various topics, including their experiences as non...

This book departs from the premise that context represents a complex relational configuration which can no longer be conceived as an analytic prime...

The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages is the most exhaustive treatment of the Romance languages available today. Leading international scholars...

This volume brings together current research in theoretical syntax and its interfaces in the Polynesian language family, with chapters focusing on ...

This book is the first systematic, large-scale study of the current situation of native-speakerism in the realm of Chinas English Language Teaching...

Quand une construction fait-elle figure ? Et quel type de figure fait-elle ? Comment sont interpretees et parsees les figures ? A quoi servent-elle...