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The Acquisition of the German Case System by Foreign Language LearnersKristof BatenGhent University

This is the first book on the acquisition of the German case system by foreign language learners. It explores how learners in their interlanguage progress from the total absence to the presence of a case system. This development is characterized by an evolvement from marking the argument’s position to marking the argument’s actual func-tion. Theoretically couched within Processability Theory, the book deals with the feature unifica-tion and the mapping processes involved in case marking, and critically examines previous find-ings on German case acquisition. Empirically, the book consists of longitudinal data of 11 foreign

language learners of German, which was collected over a period of 2 years. This book will be useful to anyone interested in the acquisition of German and in the acquisition of case systems in general.

[Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching, 2] 2013. xvii, 302 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0302 1 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7170 9 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Germanic linguistics || Language acquisition || Psycholinguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

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Analyzing Genres in Political CommunicationTheory and practice

Edited by Piotr Cap and Urszula OkulskaUniversity of Lodz / University of Warsaw

Featuring contributions by leading specialists in the field, the volume is a survey of cutting edge research in genres in political discourse. Since, as is demonstrated, “political genres” reveal many of the problems pertaining to the analysis of communicative genres in general, it is also a state-of-the-art addition to contemporary genre theory. The book offers new methodological, theoretical and empirical insights in both the long-estab-lished genres (speeches, interviews, policy docu-ments, etc.), and the modern, rapidly-evolving generic forms, such as online political ads or weblogs. The chapters, which engage in timely

issues of genre mediatization, hybridity, multimodality, and the mixing of discursive styles, come from a broad range of perspectives spanning Critical Discourse Studies, pragmatics, cognitive psychology, sociolinguistics, ap-plied linguistics and media studies. As such, they constitute essential reading for anyone seeking an interdisciplinary yet coherent research agenda within the vast and complex territory of today’s forms of political communication.

Contributions by: M. Boyd; P. Cap & U. Okulska; A. Fetzer & P. Bull; B. Forchtner; H. Gruber; M. Kopytowska; M. Krzyżanowski; G.E. Lauerbach; R. Mackay; T. Malkmus; J. Moir; K. Molek-Kozakowska; R. Wodak.

[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 50] 2013. xi, 426 pp.Hb 978 90 272 0641 1 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7148 8 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Communication Studies || Discourse studies || Pragmatics

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Approaches to HungarianVolume 13: Papers from the 2011 Lund conference

Edited by Johan Brandtler, Valéria Molnár and Christer PlatzackLund University

This volume brings together ten papers pre-sented at the 10th International Conference on the Structure of Hungarian (Lund, 2011). The papers cover a broad field of issues in Hungar-ian relating to phonetics, phonology, semantics, syntax and pragmatics, such as vowel harmony, particle verb constructions, impersonal use of personal pronouns, the diachronic development of comparative subclauses, pseudoclefts and wh-interrogatives. While the majority of the papers focus on Hungarian, four articles discuss questions relating to other languages. One article compares clausal coordinate ellipsis in Hungar-

ian, Estonian, Dutch and German, another addresses the question how the information structural notions discourse new, Focus and Given relate to each other. Two articles focus on Finnish, discussing DP-extraction and participal constructions, respectively. The broad range of phenomena covered in this volume makes it relevant not just to scholars working on Hungarian, but to a general audience of generative linguists.

Contributions by: M. Brody; J. Bácskai-Atkári; K. Harbusch & I. Bátori; J.M. Hartmann, V. Hegedüs & B. Surányi; J. Horvath; S. Huhmarniemi; T. Laczkó & G. Rákosi; S.H. Manninen; M.S. Rochemont; M. Törkenczy, P. Szigetvári & P. Rebrus.

[Approaches to Hungarian, 13] 2013. v, 252 pp.+ indexHb 978 90 272 0483 7 EUR 130.00 / USD 195.00Eb 978 90 272 7147 1 EUR 130.00 / USD 195.00

|| Generative linguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics || Uralic languages

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Approaches to Slavic InteractionEdited by Nadine Thielemann and Peter KostaUniversity of Hamburg / University of Potsdam

This volume provides an overview of current research priorities in the analysis of face-to-face-interaction in Slavic speaking language com-munities. The core of this volume ranges from discourse analysis in the tradition of interactional linguistics and conversation analysis to newer methods of politeness research. A further field includes empirical and interpretive methods of modern sociolinguistics and statistical analysis of spoken language in casual and institutional talks. Several papers focus on a semantic or syntactic analysis of talk-in-interaction by trying to show how interlocutors use certain lexical, grammati-

cal, syntactic and multimodal or prosodic means for the management of interaction in performing specific actions, genres and displaying negotia-tions of epistemic, evidential or evaluative stances. The volume is rounded out by contributions to the theory of politeness where strategies of face-work in casual as well as institutional discourse are analyzed, or in which social tasks entertained by code-switching and language alternation within the interaction of bilinguals are discussed.

Contributions by: M. Furman; L.A. Grenoble; E. Grishina; P. Kosta; H. Laitinen; J. Mazhara; L.M. Pitton; N. Richter; V. Ries; T. Sherstinova; S. Stepanova; N. Thielemann; N. Thielemann & P. Kosta; M. Weidner; D. Weiss; J. Zinken.

[Dialogue Studies, 20] 2013. xi, 315 pp.+ indexHb 978 90 272 1037 1 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7146 4 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Bilingualism || Dialogue studies || Discourse studies || Pragmatics || Slavic linguistics

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Argumentation in Political InterviewsAnalyzing and evaluating responses to accusations of inconsistency

Corina AndoneUniversity of Amsterdam

In Argumentation in Political Interviews Corina Andone uses the pragma-dialectical concept of strategic maneuvering to gain a better under-standing of political interviews as argumentative practices. She analyzes and evaluates the way in which politicians react in political interviews to the accusation that the position they currently hold is inconsistent with a position they ad-vanced before. The politicians’ responses to such charges are examined for their strategic function by concentrating on a number of concrete cases and explaining how the arguers try to enhance their chances of winning the discussion. In addi-

tion, the soundness criteria are formulated for judging properly when the politicians’ responses are indeed reasonable.

This book is important to argumentation theorists, discourse analysts, com-munication scholars and all other researchers and students interested in the way in which language is used for the purpose of persuasion in a political context.

Corina Andone is Assistant Professor of Speech Communication, Argumenta-tion Theory and Rhetoric at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

[Argumentation in Context, 5] 2013. viii, 147 pp.Hb 978 90 272 1122 4 EUR 85.00 / USD 128.00Eb 978 90 272 7175 4 EUR 85.00 / USD 128.00

|| Communication Studies || Discourse studies || Philosophy || Pragmatics

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Autour des verbesConstructions et interprétations

Sous la direction de Kozue OgataUniversité Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo

Le présent recueil rassemble douze études consacrées à des problèmes de syntaxe verbale et à certains faits fondamentaux de lexique et de grammaire. Au-delà de la diversité des approches, l’originalité de l’ouvrage tient au fait que les contributions concernent plusieurs phénomènes peu ou pas décrits auparavant. On y trouvera des études générales portant sur la classification des constructions verbales et sur la notion de prédicat, et d’autres approches plus particulières décrivant : des constructions causatives irrégu-lières, ou transitives et causatives attributives, du verbe faire, les constructions impersonnelles,

les attributs de devenir et l’objet indirect en de de changer. A la frontière de la construction et de l’interprétation verbales sont présentées deux études portant sur la diathèse : verbes pronominaux passifs en français et en italien. Enfin, une étude contrastive entre français et japonais sur les déterminations temporelles dans les récits au passé.

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This collection assembles twelve studies devoted to problems of verbal syntax and certain fundamental facts of lexicon and grammar. Beyond the diversity of approaches, the originality of the work is due to the fact that the contributions relate to several phenomena little or not described before. One will find general studies relating on the classification of verbal construc-tions and the concept of predicate, and other approaches more particular describing : irregular causative constructions, or transitive and causative complements of the verb faire, complements of devenir, impersonal construc-tions and complements and indirect object with de of the verb changer. On the border of verbal construction and interpretation, two studies are presented relating to the diathesis : passive reflexive verbs in French and in Italian. And also a contrastive study between French and Japanese on the temporal determinations in past tense.

Contributions by: G. Gross; F. Guenthner; H. Imoto; B. Lamiroy; É. Laporte; C. Leclère; D. Leeman & W. Guehria; T. Nakamura; K. Ogata; L. Tronci; Y. Tsuruga; H. Yamada.

[Lingvisticæ Investigationes Supplementa, 29] 2013. x, 247 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 3139 0 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7144 0 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

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Casebook in Functional Discourse GrammarEdited by J. Lachlan Mackenzie and Hella OlbertzVU University Amsterdam / University of Amsterdam

This book provides ten case studies in Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG), a typologically-oriented theory of the organization of natural languages that has risen to prominence in recent years. The authors, all committed practitioners of FDG, include Kees Hengeveld, the intellectual father of the theory, who shows how it offers a radically new approach to constituent ordering. Other themes covered are evidentiality, modality, adpositions, verb morphology, possession, raising, sequence of tenses, semi-fixed constructions and prelinguistic conceptualization. The volume con-tains an introduction that explains the rudiments

of FDG and summarizes the ten remaining chapters. The Casebook moves on from Hengeveld & Mackenzie’s (2008) Functional Discourse Grammar to show how the theory is applied to linguistic problems new and old. The languages treated are Blackfoot, Dutch, English, Spanish, Welsh, indigenous languages of Brazil, and many others.

Contributions by: J.H. Connolly; D. García Velasco; I. Genee; M.M.D. Hattnher; K. Hengeveld; E. Keizer; S. Leufkens; J.L. Mackenzie; J.L. Mackenzie & H. Olbertz; H. Olbertz & S.G. Bastos; F. Van de Velde.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 137] 2013. ix, 300 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0604 6 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00Eb 978 90 272 7158 7 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00

|| Discourse studies || Functional linguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

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Chinese Grammar at WorkShuanfan HuangNational Taiwan University and National Yuan Ze University, Taiwan

Chinese Grammar at Work adopts a cognitive-functional approach and uses a corpus-based methodology to examine how Chinese syntax emerges from natural discourse context and what the evolving grammar at work looks like. In this volume the author weaves together an array of fresh perspectives on clause structure, constructions, interactional linguistics, cogni-tive science and complex dynamic systems to construct a grammar of spoken Chinese. The volume contains discussions of a large number of topics: contiguity relation, the roles of repair strategies in the shaping of constituent structure,

non-canonical word order constructions, pragmatics of referring expressions, classifier constructions, noun-modifying constructions, verb complementa-tion, ethnotheory of the person and constructions specific to the language of emotion, sequential sensitivity of linguistic materials, meaning potential in interaction, the nature of variability and stability in Chinese syntax from the perspective of complexity theory. The result is a volume that highlights the connections between language structure, situated and embodied nature of cognition and language use, and affords a true entrée to the exciting realm of Chinese grammar.

[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse, 1] 2013. ix, 460 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0182 9 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00Eb 978 90 272 7136 5 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00

|| Sino-Tibetan languages || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

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Comparative Studies in Early Germanic LanguagesWith a focus on verbal categories

Edited by Gabriele Diewald, Leena Kahlas-Tarkka and Ilse WischerLeibniz University Hannover / University of Helsinki / University of Potsdam

This volume offers a coherent and detailed picture of the diachronic development of verbal categories of Old English, Old High German, and other Germanic languages. Starting from the observation that German and English show diverging paths in the development of verbal categories, even though they descended from a common ancestor language, the contributions present in-depth, empirically founded studies on the stages and directions of these changes combining historical comparative methods with grammaticalisation theory. This collection of papers provides the reader with an indispens-

able source of information on the early traces of distinct developments, thus laying the foundation for a broad-scale scenario of the grammaticalisation of verbal categories. The volume will be of particular interest to scholars of language change, grammaticalisation, and diachronic sociolinguistics; it offers important new insights for typologists and for everybody interested in the make-up of verbal categories.

Contributions by: C. Bolze; V. Broz; R. Cloutier; G. Diewald, L. Kahlas-Tarkka & I. Wischer; G. Diewald & I. Wischer; M. Eitelmann; A. Jäger; M. Kilpiö; R. Mailhammer & E. Smirnova; P. Petré; S.E. Pfenninger; O. Timofeeva; T. Vennemann.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 138] 2013. vi, 312 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0605 3 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7145 7 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Comparative linguistics || English linguistics || Germanic linguistics || Historical linguistics

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The Constitution of Visual ConsciousnessLessons from Binocular Rivalry

Edited by Steven M. MillerMonash University

This volume examines the neuroscience of visual consciousness, drawing on the phenomenon of binocular rivalry. It provides overviews of brain structure and function, the visual system, and neuroscientific methodologies, and then focuses on binocular rivalry from multiple perspectives: historical, psychophysical, electrophysiologi-cal, brain-imaging, brain stimulation, clinical and computational, with a glimpse also into the future of research in this exciting field. This is the first collected volume on binocular rivalry in nearly a decade and will be of special interest to researchers, scholars and students in the vision

sciences, and more broadly in the psychological and clinical sciences. In ad-dition, it lays foundations for a forthcoming interdisciplinary volume in this series on the constitution of phenomenal consciousness, making it essential reading for anyone interested in the science and philosophy of consciousness.

Contributions by: J.W. Brascamp & D.H. Baker; D.W. Bressler, R.N. Denison & M.A. Silver; A.J. Hannan & M.T.K. Kirkcaldie; P.C. Klink, R.J.A. van Wezel & R. van Ee; S.M. Miller; T.T. Ngo, W.N. Barsdell, P.C.F. Law & S.M. Miller; N.S.C. Price; F. Sengpiel; P. Sterzer; R.H. Thomson & P.B. Fitzgerald; N.J. Wade & T.T. Ngo; H.R. Wilson.

[Advances in Consciousness Research, 90] 2013. ix, 332 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 1357 0 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7182 2 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Cognitive psychology || Consciousness research || Neuropsychology

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Culinary LinguisticsThe chef’s special

Edited by Cornelia Gerhardt, Maximiliane Frobenius and Su-sanne LeySaarland University

Language and food are universal to humankind. Language accomplishes more than a pure ex-change of information, and food caters for more than mere subsistence. Both represent crucial sites for socialization, identity construction, and the everyday fabrication and perception of the world as a meaningful, orderly place. This volume on Culinary Linguistics contains an introduction to the study of food and an extensive overview of the literature focusing on its role in interplay with language. It is the only publication fathom-ing the field of food and food-related studies from a linguistic perspective. The research articles

assembled here encompass a number of linguistic fields, ranging from historical and ethnographic approaches to literary studies, the teaching of English as a foreign language, psycholinguistics, and the study of computer-mediated communication, making this volume compulsory reading for anyone interested in genres of food discourse and the linguistic connection between food and culture.

Contributions by: C.A. Ankerstein & G. M. Pereira; J. Arendholz, W. Bublitz, M. Kirner & I. Zimmermann; C. Bubel & A. Spitz; D. Chiaro; S. Diemer; S. Diemer & M. Frobenius; A.M. Fellner; K. Fischer; M. Frobenius; J.M. Fuller, J. Briggs & L. Dillon-Sumner; C. Gerhardt; J. Holmes, M. Marra & B.W. King; H. Kotthoff; S. Serwe, K.K.W. Ong & J.F. Ghesquière.

[Culture and Language Use, 10] 2013. xvi, 347 pp.Hb 978 90 272 0293 2 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7171 6 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Anthropological Linguistics || Communication Studies || Discourse studies || Pragmatics

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Deixis and Pronouns in Romance LanguagesEdited by Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh and Jan LindschouwUniversity of Copenhagen

This volume proposes a new way to address the classical question concerning the relation be-tween language, cognition, and culture from the perspective of two basic systems: deixis and the pronominal system. It investigates the linguistic structuring of basic concepts of person, place and time in Romance languages, disclosing structural differences that may be related to mental param-eters and other extra-linguistic circumstances and thus possibly linked to a light revision of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

The methodological and theoretical focus is based on the discursive and pragmatic functional approach to deixis. The articles concern linguistic variation and language change, and most of the studies adopt cross linguistic perspectives, primarily among Romance languages, but also with a classical perspective from Ancient Greek discussing the existence of universal categorical patterns. The studies reveal similarities and differences between Romance languages mutually, and set the stage for com-parisons between Romance and non-Romance languages. These similarities and differences are subject to change in connection with cultural develop-ments in society and offer in this volume a coordinated effort in exploring the linguistic expressions of these extra-linguistic concepts.

Contributions by: U. Detges; V. Egerland; S.S. Fernández; A.B. Hansen; N. Hernández-Flores; V.B. Jensen; K. Jeppesen Kragh & J. Lindschouw; K. Jeppesen Kragh & E. Strudsholm; B.D. Joseph; J. Lindschouw; S.M. de Oliveira; J. Pedersen; L. Schøsler & E. Strudsholm; R. Sosnowski; E. Stark.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 136] 2013. vi, 283 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0603 9 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7160 0 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Romance linguistics || Semantics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

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The Development of the Grammatical System in Early Second Language AcquisitionThe Multiple Constraints Hypothesis

Anke LenzingUniversity of Paderborn

The Development of the Grammatical System in Early Second Language Acquisition focuses on the acquisi-tion process of early L2 learners. It is based on the following key hypothesis: the initial mental grammatical system of L2 learners is constrained semantically, syntactically and mnemonically. This hypothesis is formalised as the Multiple Con-straints Hypothesis. The empirical test of the Mul-tiple Constraints Hypothesis is based on a large data-base including cross-sectional and longitudinal data from square-one ESL beginners. The study demonstrates that the postulated constraints are relaxed successively as learning progresses. The

book is intended for postgraduate students as well as SLA researchers.

[Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching, 3] 2013. xx, 271 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0303 8 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7169 3 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Bilingualism || Language acquisition || Psycholinguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

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Diachronic and Typological Perspectives on VerbsEdited by Folke Josephson and Ingmar SöhrmanUniversity of Gothenburg

This volume applies a diachronic perspective to the verb and mainly deals with typological change affecting tense, aspect, mood and modal-ity in a variety of Indo-European languages (Latin, Romance, Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, Indo-Iranian, Hittite, and Semitic) and the non-Indo-European Turkic, Amerindian and some Australian lan-guages. The analyses of the structural changes and the interchange between the different grammatical categories that cause them which are presented in the chapters of this volume yield astonishing results. The diachronic perspective combined with a comparative approach provides

profound knowledge of the typology of the verb and other typological issues and will serve researchers, as well as advanced and beginning of linguistics students in a way that has rarely been encountered before.

Contributions by: P. Bakker; A.&. Corráin; E. Dahl; K.G. Eide; A. Grønn; G.V.M. Haverling; L. Johanson; F. Josephson; J. Josephson; G. Khan; W.B. McGregor; N.Z. Nilsson; K.G. Ottósson; B. Stengaard; I. Söhrman.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 134] 2013. viii, 443 pp.Hb 978 90 272 0601 5 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7181 5 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Historical linguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics || Typology

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The Diachronic Typology of Non-Canonical SubjectsEdited by Ilja Serzant and Leonid KulikovUniversity of Bergen / Ghent University

This volume is an important contribution to the diachrony of non-canonical subjects in a typological perspective. The questions addressed concern the internal mechanisms and triggers for various changes that non-canonical subjects undergo, ranging from semantic motivations to purely structural explanations. The discussion en-compasses the whole life-cycle of non-canonical subjects: from their emergence out of non-subject arguments to their expansion, demise or canoni-cization, focusing primarily on syntactic changes and changes in case-marking. The volume offers a number of different case studies comprising

such languages as Italian, Spanish, Old Norse and Russian as well as lan-guages less studied in this context, such as Latin, Classical Armenian, Baltic languages and some East Caucasian languages. Typological generalizations in the form of recurrent developmental paths are offered on the basis of data presented in this volume and in the literature.

Contributions by: M. Benedetti; J.T. Faarlund; C. Fedriani; O. Fernández-Soriano & A. Mendikoetxea; A. Holvoet; H. de Hoop; H. Jung; C. Melis & M. Flores; A. Montaut; Z. dummy contact - do not alter; Z. dummy contact - do not alter, C. Fedriani & L. Kulikov.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 140] 2013. xxvi, 363 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0607 7 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7130 3 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Historical linguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics || Typology

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The Discursive Construction of the Scots LanguageEducation, politics and everyday life

Johann Wolfgang UngerLancaster University

This monograph is about how the Scots language is discursively constructed, both from ‘above’ (through texts such as educational policies, debates in parliament and official websites) and from ‘below’ (in focus group discussions among Scottish people). It uses the interdisciplinary discourse-historical approach to critical discourse analysis to examine what discursive strategies are used in different texts, and also to investigate salient features of context. This allows a broader discussion of the role of this language in Scot-land, and how different ways of constructing a language can percolate through society, appear-

ing in both important, elite texts and discussions among ordinary people. It thus contributes to the body of knowledge about contemporary Scots, but also expands the range of possible applications for critical discourse analysis approaches.

[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 51] 2013. xvi, 171 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0642 8 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00Eb 978 90 272 7134 1 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00

|| Discourse studies || English linguistics || Germanic linguistics || Language policy || Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

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The Ethics of Literary CommunicationGenuineness, directness, indirectness

Edited by Roger D. Sell, Adam Borch and Inna LindgrenAbo Akademi University

Viewing literature as one among other forms of communication, Roger D. Sell and his colleagues evaluate writer-respondent relationships ac-cording to the same ethical criterion as applies for dialogue of any other kind. In a nutshell: Are writers and readers respecting each other’s human autonomy? If and when the answer here is “Yes!”, Sell’s team describe the communication that is going on as ‘genuine’. In this latest book, they offer new illustrations of what they mean by this, and ask whether genuineness is compatible with communicational directness and communi-cational indirectness. Is there as risk, for instance,

that a very direct manner of writing could be unacceptably coercive, or that a more indirect manner could be irresponsible, or positively deceitful? The book’s overall conclusion is: “Not necessarily!” A directness which is truthful and stimulates free discussion does respect the integrity of the other person. And the same is true of an indirectness which encourages readers themselves to contribute to the construction and assessment of ideas, stories and experi-ences – sometimes literary indirectness may allow greater scope for genuine-ness than does the directness of a non-literary letter. By way of illustrating these points, the book opens up new lines of inquiry into a wide range of literary texts from Britain, Germany, France, Denmark, Poland, Romania, and the United States.

Contributions by: A. Borch; C. Conan; J. Finch; S. Hüsch; I. Lindgren; A. Orhanen; B. Pettersson; C. Popescu; M. Saki; J.P.A. Sell; R.D. Sell; R.D. Sell, A. Borch & I. Lindgren; J.I. Siebers; D. Stromberg; E. Szypula.

[Dialogue Studies, 19] 2013. xii, 265 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 1036 4 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00Eb 978 90 272 7168 6 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00

|| Communication Studies || Dialogue studies || Discourse studies || Theoretical literature & literary studies

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Eurocentrism in Translation StudiesEdited by Luc van Doorslaer and Peter FlynnCETRA, University of Leuven / Stellenbosch University

In the wake of post-colonial and post-modernist thinking, ‘Euro-centrism’ has been criticized in a number of academic disciplines, including Translation Studies. First published as a special issue of Translation and Interpreting Studies 6:2 (2011), this volume re-examines and problematizes some of the arguments used in such criticism. It is argued here that one should be wary in putting forward such arguments in order not to replace Euro-centrism by a confrontational geographical model characterized precisely by a continentaliza-tion of discourse, thereby merely reinstituting under another guise. The work also questions the

relevance of continent-based theories of translation as such along with their underlying beliefs and convictions. But since the volume prefers to keep the debate open, its concluding interview article also provides the opportunity to those criticized to respond and provide well-balanced comments on such points of criticism.

Contributions by: M. Boyden; D. Delabastita; L. van Doorslaer; P. Flynn; P. Flynn & L. van Doorslaer; E. Gentzler; K. Marais; R.A. Valdeón.

[Benjamins Current Topics, 54] 2013. v, 123 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0273 4 EUR 80.00 / USD 120.00Eb 978 90 272 7163 1 EUR 80.00 / USD 120.00

|| Discourse studies || Pragmatics || Translation studies

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Exploring the Dynamics of MultilingualismThe DYLAN project

Edited by Anne-Claude Berthoud, François Grin and Georges LüdiUniversity of Lausanne / University of Geneva / University of Basel

This book addresses the meanings and implica-tions of multilingualism and its uses in a context of rapid changes, in Europe and around the world. All types of organisations, including the political institutions of the European Union, universi-ties and private-sector companies must rise to the many challenges posed by operating in a multilingual environment. This requires them, in particular, to make the best use of speakers’ very diverse linguistic repertoires.

The contributions in this volume, which stem from the DYLAN research project financed by the

European Commission as part of its Sixth Framework Programme, examine at close range how these repertoires develop, how they change and how actors adapt skilfully the use of their repertoires to different objectives and conditions. These different strategies are also examined in terms of their capacity to ensure efficient and fair communication in a multilingual Europe.

Careful observation of actors’ multilingual practices reveals finely tuned communicational strategies drawing on a wide range of different languages, including national languages, minority languages and lingue franche. Under-standing these practices, their meaning and their implications, helps to show in what way and under what conditions they are not merely a response to a problem, but an asset for political institutions, universities and business.

Contributions by: A. Bothorel-Witz & I. Tsamadou-Jacoberger; L. Gajo, A. Grobet, C. Serra, G. Steffen, G. Müller & A. Berthoud; L. Greco, P. Renaud & R. Taquechel Rodriguez; F. Grin & M. Gazzola; C. Hülmbauer & B. Seidlhofer; J. Kruse & U. Ammon; M. Krzyżanowski & R. Wodak; G. Lüdi, K. Höchle & P. Yanaprasart; V. Markaki, S. Merlino, L. Mondada, F. Oloff & V. Traverso; S. Millar, S. Cifuentes & A. Jensen; L. Milligan, D. Chalmers & H. O’Donnell; O. Moliner, U. Vogl & M. Hüning; T. Moring, S. Godenhjelm, S. Haapamäki, J. Lindström, J.O. Östman, M. Saari & J. Sylvin; L. Nussbaum, E. Moore & E. Borràs; &. Oltean, L. Pop, D. Cotrżu, D. Marga & M. Mihżescu; M. Stritar & M. Stabej; P. Van de Craen, J. Surmont, E. Ceuleers & L. Allain; D. Veronesi, L. Spreafico, C. Varcasia, A. Vietti & R. Franceschini; P. Yanaprasart, T. Choremi & F. Gander.

[Multilingualism and Diversity Management, 2] 2013. xix, 446 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0056 3 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7137 2 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Applied linguistics || Bilingualism || Discourse studies || Language policy || Pragmatics || Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

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Functional-Historical Approaches to ExplanationIn honor of Scott DeLancey

Edited by Tim Thornes, Erik Andvik, Gwendolyn Hyslop and Joana JansenBoise State University / SIL International / Australian National University / University of Oregon

Contributions from both well-known practitio-ners and new voices in the areas of language ty-pology, historical linguistics, and function-based approaches to language description define this volume, as does its foci in two major geographical areas — southeast Asia and northwestern North America. All of the papers appeal, in one way or another, to functional-historical approaches to ex-planation. Behind this appeal lies an assumption that languages are selective in their development in ways that are dependent upon the communica-tive tasks to which they are put. As such, language function accounts for both variation and histori-

cal development over time.

Contributions by: V. Beavert & J. Jansen; S.L. Chelliah; G.L. van Driem; Z. Frajzyngier; C. Genetti; T. Givón; C. Hagège; G. Hyslop; J.A. Matisoff; T. Nguyen; D.L. Payne; M.W. Post; T.J. Thornes.

[Typological Studies in Language, 103] 2013. xvi, 282 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0684 8 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7197 6 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Functional linguistics || Historical linguistics || Typology

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Game LocalizationTranslating for the global digital entertainment industry

Minako O’Hagan and Carmen MangironDublin City University / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Video games are part of the growing digital entertainment industry for which game localiza-tion has become pivotal in serving international markets. As well as addressing the practical needs of the industry to facilitate translator and localizer training, this book seeks to conceptu-alize game localization in an attempt to locate it in Translation Studies in the context of the technologization of contemporary translation practices. Designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to the topic of game localization the book draws on the literature in Game Studies as well as Translation Studies. The book’s reader-

ship is intended to be translation scholars, game localization practitioners and those in Game Studies developing research interest in the international dimensions of the digital entertainment industry. The book aims to provide a road map for the dynamic professional practices of game localization and to help readers visualize the expanding role of translation in one of the 21st century’s key global industries.

[Benjamins Translation Library, 106] 2013. xii, 370 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 2456 9 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Pb 978 90 272 2457 6 EUR 36.00 / USD 54.00Eb 978 90 272 7186 0 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Translation studies

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The GenitiveEdited by Anne Carlier and Jean-Christophe VerstraeteUniversité de Lille 3 / University of Leuven

This volume, the fifth in the series Case and Grammatical Relations across Languages, is devoted to genitive constructions in a range of Indo-European languages (Russian, French, Romanian, German and Swedish), as well as Finnish, Bantu languages and Northern Akhvakh (Northeast Caucasian). Definitions of genitives typically start out from the notion of an inflectional marker, often suffixal, that marks dependency relations of a noun phrase with respect to another noun phrase and conveys possessive meaning. The contributions in this volume demonstrate a huge range of variation in genitives, semantically (from

possessive meaning to generalized dependency), morphologically (from affixes to different types of clitics) and syntactically (from adnominal uses to argument relations and adjunct uses). The volume contains both general surveys of genitives and case studies of the semantics, pragmatics and his-torical development of specific genitive constructions. It will be of interest to scholars and students in syntax, semantics, morphology, typology, and historical linguistics.

Contributions by: P. Campe; A. Carlier, M. Goyens & B. Lamiroy; A. Carlier & J. Verstraete; D. Creissels; I. Giurgea & C. Dobrovie-Sorin; M. Mahieu; M. Norde; M. Van Peteghem & K. Paykin; M. Van de Velde.

[Case and Grammatical Relations Across Languages, 5] 2013. vii, 360 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 2815 4 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00Eb 978 90 272 9105 9 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00

|| Semantics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

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Hand Preference and Hand AbilityEvidence from studies in Haptic Cognition

Miriam IttyerahInstitute of Communicative and Cognitive Neuroscience, India

This volume adds new dimension and organi-zation to the literature of touch and the hand, covering a diversity of topics surrounding the per-ception and cognition of touch in relation to the hand. No animal species compare to humans with regard to the haptic (or touch) sense, so unlike visual or auditory cognition, we know little about such haptic cognition. We do know that motor skills play a major role in haptics, but senses like vision do not determine hand preference or hand ability. It seems also that the potential ability to perform a task may be present in both hands and evidence indicates that the hand used to perform

tactile tasks in blind or in sighted conditions is independent of one’s hand preference. This book will be useful for those in education and robotics and can serve as a general text focusing on touch and developmental psychology.

[Advances in Interaction Studies, 5] 2013. vii, 236 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0459 2 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7164 8 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Cognitive psychology || Interaction Studies



Increased EmpiricismRecent advances in Chinese Linguistics

Edited by Zhuo Jing-SchmidtUniversity of Oregon

Increased Empiricism: Recent advances in Chinese Lin-guistics showcases recent trends in the co-devel-opment of theory and empiricism in Chinese linguistics. The volume tackles a wide range of theoretical and empirical problems in multiple subfields including linguistic typology, historical linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, lexical semantics, pragmatics, phonetics and phonology, and corpus linguistics. The contributions do not fall neatly into two sections traditionally labeled “theoretical” and

“empirical”. Rather, theoretical discussions are buttressed by empirical evidence, and empiri-

cal analyses lead to theoretical generalizations. Furthermore, the volume transcends the functional-formal division, showing that empiricism not only empowers functional-typological and sociolinguistic research, but can also have a place in formally oriented linguistic analysis.

Contributions by: W. Bisang, W. Luming & I. Bornkessel-Schlesewsky; I. Chen; S. Chen & C.R. Wiltshire; S. DeLancey; M. Erbaugh; A.W. He; C. Hsu & J. Chen; Z. Jing-Schmidt; S. Li; C. Wang & Y. Lin; S. Wang & C. Huang; S. Wiener & Y. Shih; F. Wu; J.Z. Xing.

[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse, 2] 2013. ix, 308 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0181 2 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7141 9 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Sino-Tibetan languages || Theoretical linguistics

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Innovative Research and Practices in Second Language Acquisition and BilingualismEdited by John W. SchwieterWilfrid Laurier University

This volume brings together theoretical perspec-tives and empirical studies in second language (L2) acquisition and bilingualism and discusses their implications for L2 pedagogy. The book is organized into three sections that focus on prominent linguistic and cognitive theories and together provide a compelling set of state-of-the-art works. Part I consists of studies that give rise to innovative applications for second language teaching and learning and Part II discusses how findings from cognitive research can inform practices for L2 teaching and learning. Following these two sections, Part III provides a summative

commentary of the theories explored in the volume along with suggestions for future research directions. The book is intended to act as a valuable reference for scholars, applied linguists, specialists in pedagogy, language educators, and anyone wishing to gain an overview of current issues in SLA and bilingualism.

Contributions by: J. Barcroft; J. Behney & S.M. Gass; J. Bruhn de Garavito; A. Cuza, R. Pérez-Tattam, E. Barajas, L. Miller & C. Sadowski; D. Friesen & E. Bialystok; S. Jarvis, M. O’Malley, L. Jing, J. Zhang, J. Hill, C. Chan & N. Sevostyanova; J. Lee; D. Long & J. Rothman; S. Perpiñán; N. Presson, C. Davy & B. MacWhinney; J.W. Schwieter & A. Ferreira; J.W. Schwieter & G. Klassen; G. Sunderman & E. Fancher; B. VanPatten; W. Wong.

[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 38] 2013. xiii, 332 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 1317 4 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Pb 978 90 272 1318 1 EUR 36.00 / USD 54.00Eb 978 90 272 7166 2 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Applied linguistics || Bilingualism || Language acquisition || Language teaching

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Insular ToponymiesPlace-naming on Norfolk Island, South Pacific and Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island

Joshua NashUniversity of Adelaide

How do people name places on islands? Is to-ponymy in small island communities affected by degrees of connection to larger neighbours such as a mainland? Are island (contact) languages and mainland languages different in how they are used in naming places? How can we conceptualise the human-human interface in the fieldwork situation when collecting placenames on islands? This book offers answers relevant to toponymists, linguists, island studies scholars, and anthro-pologists. It focuses on two island environments within Australia – Norfolk Island, South Pacific and Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South

Australia – and puts forward a number of novel findings relevant to Austra-lian linguistics and the linguistics and toponymy of islands anywhere.

[Culture and Language Use, 9] 2013. xiv, 289 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0292 5 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7187 7 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Anthropological Linguistics || Historical linguistics || Lexicography || Sociolinguistics and Dialectology


Interpreting in a Changing LandscapeSelected papers from Critical Link 6

Edited by Christina Schäffner, Krzysztof Kredens and Yvonne FowlerAston University

This book of selected papers from the Criti-cal Link 6 conference addresses the impact of a rapidly changing reality on the theory and practice of community interpreting. The recent social, political and economic developments have led to phenomena of direct concern to the field, for example multilingualism in traditionally monolingual societies, the emergence of rare lan-guage pairs, or new language-related problems in immigration application procedures, social welfare institutions and prisons. Responding to the need for critical reflection as well as practical solutions, the papers in this volume approach the

changing landscape of community interpreting in its diversity. They deal with political, social, cultural, institutional, ethical, technological, profes-sional, and educational aspects of the field, and will thus appeal to academics, practitioners and policy-makers alike. Specifically, they explore topics such as interpreting roles, communication strategies, ethics vs. practice, interpret-ing vs. culture brokering, interpreting strategies in different interactional contexts, and interpreter training and education.

Contributions by: L. Baixauli-Olmos; H. Bot & H. Verrept; E. Camayd-Freixas; L. Cirillo & I. Torresi; D. D’Hayer; J. Dickinson; Y. Fowler; K. Gustafsson, E. Norström & I. Fioretos; R.L. Gutiérrez; M. Lai & S. Mulayim; A. Martin & J.M.O. Herráez; R. Merlini; E.N.S. Ng; N.S.A. Niemants; U. Ozolins; A.I.F. Rubio & I.A. Martí; M. Schuster; C. Stone.

[Benjamins Translation Library, 109] 2013. ix, 337 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 2460 6 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7132 7 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Interpreting || Translation studies

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Introduction to Healthcare for Interpreters and TranslatorsIneke CrezeeAuckland University of Technology

“Getting information off the internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.” (Mitchell Kapor, n.d.). Medical concepts and terminology can be very confusing for the uninitiated interpreter or translator. This book will allow interpreters and translators to quickly read up on healthcare settings, familiarizing themselves with anatomy, physiology, medical terminology and frequently encountered conditions, investigations and treatment options. Health translators working on medical reports will be able to find commonly used abbreviations. Those who have been asked to translate health information material into

community languages will be able to gain a good basic overview of related background information and crosscultural issues. Those who teach health interpreters or translators will find this book helpful for structuring their curriculum. Information is presented in a consistent, logical and informative manner, intended to support, rather than overwhelm.

2013. xxvi, 324 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 1205 4 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Pb 978 90 272 1206 1 EUR 36.00 / USD 54.00Eb 978 90 272 7150 1 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00


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Irony and HumorFrom pragmatics to discourse

Edited by Leonor Ruiz-Gurillo and M. Belén Alvarado-OrtegaUniversity of Alicante

Irony and Humor: From pragmatics to discourse is a complete updated panorama of linguistic research on irony and humor, based on a variety of perspectives, corpora and theories. The book collects the most recent contributions from such diverse approaches as Relevance Theory, Cogni-tive Linguistics, General Theory of Verbal Humor, Neo-Gricean Pragmatics or Argumentation. The volume is organized in three parts referring to pragmatic, perspectives, mediated, discourse, and conversational interaction. This book will be hi-gly relevant for anyone interested in pragmatics, discourse analysis as well as social sciences.

Contributions by: M.B. Alvarado-Ortega; S. Attardo; K. Feyaerts; J. Munoz-Basols, P. Adrjan & M. David; X.A. Padilla-García; E.M.d. Paredes; S. Rodríguez Rosique; L. Ruiz-Gurillo; L. Ruiz-Gurillo & M.B. Alvarado-Ortega; A. Viana; F.R. Yus.

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 231] 2013. vi, 270 pp.Hb 978 90 272 5636 2 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00Eb 978 90 272 7159 4 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00

|| Communication Studies || Discourse studies || Humor studies || Pragmatics

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The Linguistics of NewswritingDaniel PerrinZurich University of Applied Sciences

The Linguistics of Newswriting focuses on text production in journalistic media as both a socially relevant field of language use and as a strategic field of applied linguistics. The book discusses and paves the way for scientific projects in the emerg ing field of linguistics of newswriting. From empirical micro and theoretical macro perspectives, strategies and practices of research development and knowledge transformation are discussed. Thus, the book is addressed to researchers, teachers and coaches interested in the linguistics of professional writing in general and news writing in particular. Together with

the training materials provided on the internet www.news-writing.net , the book will also be useful to anybody who wants to become a more “discern-ing consumer” (Perry, 2005) or a more reflective producer of language in the media.

[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 11] 2013. xiii, 302 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0527 8 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00Eb 978 90 272 7138 9 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00

|| Applied linguistics || Communication Studies || Discourse studies

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Metaphor across Time and Conceptual SpaceThe interplay of embodiment and cultural models

James J. Mischler, IIINorthwestern State University of Louisiana

Contemporary linguistic forms are partially the product of their historical antecedents, and the same is true for cognitive conceptualization. The book presents the results of several diachronic corpus studies of conceptual metaphor in a longi-tudinal and empirical “mixed methods” design, employing both quantitative and qualitative analysis measures; the study design was informed by usage-based theory. The goal was to investi-gate the interaction over time between concep-tualization and cultural models in historical English-speaking society. The main study of two linguistic metaphors of anger spans five centuries

(A.D. 1500 to 1990). The results show that conceptualization and cultural models—understood as non-autonomous, encyclopedic knowledge—work together to determine both the meaning and use of a linguistic metaphor. In addition, historically a wide variety of emotion concepts formed a complex cognitive array called the Domain Matrix of emotion. The implications for conceptual metaphor theory, research methodology, and future study are discussed in detail.

[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts, 3] 2013. xv, 231 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0406 6 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00Eb 978 90 272 7180 8 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00

|| Cognition and language || Cognitive linguistics || Corpus linguistics || Historical linguistics || Theoretical linguistics

Expected August 2013[[[[[[[ [[[


Metaphor in PsychotherapyA descriptive and prescriptive analysis

Dennis TayThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University

This book represents a bold attempt to address contemporary issues in both metaphor and psychotherapy research. On one hand, metaphor research is increasingly concerned not just with describing metaphors in discourse, but how they could be used more adroitly in purposive ‘real world’ contexts such as psychotherapy. On the other hand, while a growing number of mental health professionals believe that metaphors con-tribute in some way to the psychotherapy process, their ability and willingness to use metaphors might be compromised by a relative unfamiliar-ity with the various nuanced aspects of metaphor

theory. The present analysis of metaphors in authentic psychotherapeutic talk brings these theoretical aspects to the forefront, and suggests how they can be applied to enhance the use of communication of metaphors in psy-chotherapy. It should be of interest to metaphor researchers, mental health professionals, and discourse analysts in general.

[Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication, 1] 2013. vii, 204 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0205 5 EUR 90.00 / USD 135.00Eb 978 90 272 7161 7 EUR 90.00 / USD 135.00

|| Cognition and language || Cognitive linguistics || Discourse studies

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On Language Diversity and Relationship from Bibliander to AdelungGeorge J. MetcalfEdited by Toon Van Hal and Raf Van Rooy. With an introduction by Toon Van Hal and Raf Van Rooy

From the Renaissance onwards, European schol-ars began to collect and study the various lan-guages of the Old and the New Worlds. The rec-ognition of language diversity encouraged them to explain how differences between languages emerged, why languages kept changing, and in what language families they could be classified. The present volume brings together the papers of the late George J. Metcalf (1908–1994) that discuss the search for possible genetic language relation-ships, and the study of language developments and origins, in early modern Europe. Two general chapters, surveying the period between the 16th

and 18th century, are followed by detailed case studies of the contributions of Swiss, Dutch and German scholars such as Theodor Bibliander (1504–1564), Konrad Gesner (1516–1565), Philippus Cluverius (1580–1623), Hugo Grotius (1583–1645), and Justus Georg Schottelius (1612–1676). This collection of important studies, a number of which have become very hard to find, has been framed by a detailed Editors’ Introduction, a biographical sketch of the author, a master list of references, and indexes of biographical names and of subjects, terms & languages.

[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 120] 2013. xviii, 163 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 4611 0 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00Eb 978 90 272 7149 5 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00

|| Germanic linguistics || Historical linguistics || History of linguistics

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Patterns in ContrastJarle Ebeling and Signe Oksefjell EbelingUniversity of Oslo

Combining the fields of phraseology and contras-tive analysis, this book describes how patterns, defined as recurrent word-combinations with semantic unity, behave cross-linguistically. As the contrastive approach adopted in the book relies on translations and a bidirectional corpus model, the first part offers an in-depth discussion of contrastive linguistics, with special emphasis on using translations as tertium comparationis and a parallel corpus as the main source of material. Central to the contrastive analysis is the use of corpus-linguistic methods in the identification of patterns, while a deeper understanding of

the phraseological nature of the patterns is closely related to the concept of extended units of meaning. The second part of the book presents five case studies, using an easy-to-follow step-by-step method to illustrate the phraseological-contrastive approach at work. The studies show that patterns weave an intricate web of meanings across languages and demonstrate the potential of exploring patterns in contrast.

[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 58] 2013. xiv, 251 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0364 9 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00Eb 978 90 272 7162 4 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00

|| Comparative linguistics || Corpus linguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

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The Regularity of the ‘Irregular’ Verbs and Nouns in EnglishElena Even-Simkin and Yishai TobinBen-Gurion University of the Negev

This volume presents an in-depth study of the so-called irregular Past Tense (sing/sang) and Noun Plural (foot/feet) forms with Internal Vowel Alter-nation (IVA) in English demonstrating that they possess both a fixed phonological and semantic regularity. The innovative sign-oriented analysis and inductive methodology employed in this study are further supported by additional first language acquisition data, experimental studies and historical evidence. The data culled from multiple linguistic anthologies, dictionaries and thesauri have shown that although the IVA pro-cess comprises a relatively small number of nomi-

nal and verbal forms in Modern English, IVA, originally, was a prevalent and productive process in Old English, Indo-European and other language families. The results of this empirical study present and introduce a novel classification based on the regular and systematic iconic-phonological and semantic nature of all these diverse IVA processes both nominal and verbal that has been maintained throughout the history of English.

[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics, 66] 2013. xvii, 263 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 1576 5 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00Eb 978 90 272 7176 1 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00

|| English linguistics || Functional linguistics || Germanic linguistics || Historical linguistics || Morphology || Phonology || Semantics || Theoretical linguistics

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Rightward Movement in a Comparative PerspectiveEdited by Gert Webelhuth, Manfred Sailer and Heike WalkerGoethe University Frankfurt am Main

This book represents the state of the art on right-ward movement in one thematically coherent volume. It documents the growing importance of the combination of empirical and theoretical work in linguistic analysis. Several contributions argue that rightward movement is a means of reducing phonological or structural complexity. The inclusion of corpus data and psycholinguistic results confirms the Right Roof Constraint as a characteristic property of extraposition and ar-gues for a reduced role of subsentential bounding nodes. The contributions also show that the phe-nomenon cannot be looked at from one module

of grammar alone, but calls for an interaction of syntax, semantics, phonol-ogy, and discourse. The discussion of different languages such as English, German, Dutch, Italian, Italian Sign Language, Modern Greek, Uyghur, and Khalkha enhances our understanding of the complexity of the phenomenon. Finally, the analytic options of different frameworks are explored. The vol-ume is of interest to students and researchers of syntax, semantics, psycho-linguistics, and corpus linguistics.

Contributions by: M. Bader, J. Häussler & T. Schmid; C. Chesi; B. Crysmann; C. Geraci & C. Cecchetto; E. Gregoromichelaki; E. Göbbel; K. Hartmann; M. Kluck & M. de Vries; J. Strunk & N. Snider; H. Walker; B. Öztürk.

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 200] 2013. viii, 476 pp.Hb 978 90 272 5583 9 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00Eb 978 90 272 9063 2 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00

|| Corpus linguistics || Generative linguistics || Psycholinguistics || Semantics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

Expected July 2013[[[[ [[[[[

Roots and Collapse of EmpathyHuman nature at its best and at its worst

Stein BråtenUniversity of Oslo

Spanning from care-giving infants and civil-ian rescuers risking their life to the collapse of empathy in agents of torture and extinction, this unique book deals with and illustrates the altruistic best and atrocious worst of human nature. It begins with infant roots of empathy, then turns to the neurosocial support of empathic participation, and to the nature and nurture of good and ill. It raises questions about how abuse may invite vicious circles of re-enactment, and as to how ordinary people may come to commit torture and mass murders, such as the Auschwitz doctors and the sole terrorist attacking Norway

on July 22, 2011.

[Advances in Consciousness Research, 91] 2013. xv, 276 pp.Hb 978 90 272 1358 7 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7173 0 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Cognitive psychology || Consciousness research || Neuropsychology || Philosophy

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The Second Language Acquisition of French Tense, Aspect, Mood and ModalityDalila AyounUniversity of Arizona

Temporal-aspectual systems have a great potential of informing our understanding of the developing competence of second language learners. So far, the vast majority of empirical studies investigating L2 acquisition have largely focused on past temporality, neglecting the acquisition of the expression of the present and future temporalities with rare exceptions (aside from ESL learners), leaving unanswered the ques-tion of how the investigation of different types of temporality may inform our understanding of the acquisition of temporal, aspectual and mood systems as a whole. This monograph addresses

this question by focusing on three main objectives: a) to contribute to the already impressive body of research in the L2 acquisition of tense, aspect and mood/modality from a generative perspective, and in so doing to present a more complete picture of the processes of L2 acquisition in general; b) to bridge the gap between linguistic theory and L2 acquisition; c) to make empirical findings more accessible to language instructors by proposing concrete pedagogical applications.

[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 10] 2013. xiii, 252 pp.Hb 978 90 272 0526 1 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00Eb 978 90 272 7178 5 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00

|| English linguistics || Generative linguistics || Language acquisition || Romance linguistics || Semantics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

Expected July 2013[[[[[[ [[[[

SemanticsFrom meaning to text

Volume 2

Igor A. Mel’čukUniversity of Montreal

Edited by David Beck and Alain Polguère

This book presents an innovative approach to linguistic semantics, starting from the idea that language is a mechanism for the expression of linguistic meanings as particular surface forms (texts). Semantics is that system of rules that ensures a transition from a Semantic Representa-tion of the meaning of a family of synonymous sentences to the Deep-Syntactic Representation of a particular sentence. Framed in terms of Meaning-Text linguistics, this volume discusses the Deep-Syntactic Representation and the transi-tion from Semantics to Deep-Syntax via Semantic paraphrasing (the equivalence amongst Semantic

Representations), Deep-Syntactic paraphrasing (the equivalence amongst Deep-Syntactic Representations), and the passage between the two. A chapter is dedicated to the Explanatory Combinatorial Dictionary, a semantically based and co-occurrence-centered lexicon. Reflecting the author’s life-long dedica-tion to semantics and syntax, this book is a paradigm-shifting contribution to language studies whose originality and daring will make it essential read-ing for linguists, anthropologists, semioticians, and computational linguists.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 135] 2013. xvi, 400 pp.Hb 978 90 272 0602 2 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00Eb 978 90 272 7165 5 EUR 105.00 / USD 158.00

|| Cognition and language || Functional linguistics || Pragmatics || Semantics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

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Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study AbroadEdited by Celeste KingingerPennsylvania State University

The papers in this volume offer a sampling of contemporary efforts to update the portrayal of study abroad in the applied linguistics litera-ture through attention to its social and cultural aspects. The volume illustrates diversification of theory and method, refinement of approaches to social interactive language use, and expansion in the range of populations and languages under scrutiny. Part I offers a topical orientation, outlin-ing the rationale for the project. Part II presents six qualitative case studies adopting sociocultural, activity theoretical, postructuralist, or discourse analytic methodologies. The four chapters in Part

III illustrate a variety of approaches and foci in research on the pragmatic capabilities of study abroad participants in relation to second language identities. The volume will be of interest to a broad audience of applied linguistics researchers, language educators, and professionals engaged in the design, oversight, and assessment of study abroad programs.

Contributions by: L. Brown; J.A. Coleman; F. Dervin; J. Fernandez; N. Iwasaki; J. Jackson; C. Kinginger; M. Shardakova; E. Smolcic; D. Tan & C. Kinginger; T. Wolcott.

[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 37] 2013. ix, 335 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 1315 0 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Pb 978 90 272 1316 7 EUR 36.00 / USD 54.00Eb 978 90 272 7183 9 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Applied linguistics || Language acquisition || Language teaching

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A Syntax of the Nivkh LanguageThe Amur dialect

Vladimir P. Nedjalkov and Galina A. OtainaTranslated and edited by Emma Š. Geniušienė. Edited by Ekaterina Gruzdeva

This volume, originally published in Russian in 2012, is one of the few larger works on Nivkh (Gilyak), an underinvestigated endangered Pa-leosiberian language-isolate, that have appeared lately. It is a descriptive grammar based on exten-sive language data and supplemented with the authors’ experiments and subtle analysis, aimed at elucidating some moot points of the highly specific Nivkh syntax, and with quantitave data. It focuses on syntactic and semantic types of verbs and their aspectual and temporal characteristics, various groups of verbal grammatical morphemes, the use of finite and non-finite verb forms, and

especially on numerous converbs, sentence types, word order, two-predicate constructions, relative clauses, direct and indirect speech, text structure and cohesion. The typological expertise and insights of V.P. Nedjalkov and the native intuitions of G.A. Otaina combine to add value to this volume. The book will be of interest to specialists in morphosyntax, typology, general linguistics and indigenous languages.

Contributions by: E.Š. Geniušienż; E.Š. Geniušienż & E. Gruzdeva.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 139] 2013. xxviii, 389 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 0606 0 EUR 110.00 / USD 165.00Eb 978 90 272 7140 2 EUR 110.00 / USD 165.00

|| Linguistics of isolated languages || Syntax

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The Syntax–Prosody InterfaceA cartographic perspective with evidence from Italian

Giuliano BocciUniversity of Geneva

This book presents an experimental and theo-retical investigation of the interplay between information structure, word order alternations, and prosody in Italian. Left/right dislocations, focus fronting, and other reordering phenomena are analyzed, taking into account their morpho-syntactic and prosodic properties. It is argued that a restricted set of discourse-related properties are inserted in the numeration as formal features. These discourse-related features drive the syntac-tic derivation and the formation of the prosodic representation in compliance with the T-model of grammar. Based on the cartographic approach,

this study proposes a model of the syntax–prosody interface in which the phonological computation of prosody is fed by syntactically encoded proper-ties of information structure. However, this computation is also governed by structural requirements intrinsic to the phonological domain, and thus, a bijective relation between information structure and prosodic representa-tion is not guaranteed. The monograph will be of interest to any linguist concerned with syntax, information structure, and prosody.

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 204] 2013. ix, 209 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 5587 7 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00Eb 978 90 272 7229 4 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00

|| Generative linguistics || Phonology || Romance linguistics || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

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Touching the PastStudies in the historical sociolinguistics of ego-documents

Edited by Marijke J. van der Wal and Gijsbert RuttenLeiden University

The study of ego-documents figures as a promi-nent theme in cutting-edge research in the Hu-manities. Focusing on private letters, diaries and autobiography, this volume covers a wide range of different languages and historical periods, from the sixteenth century to World War I. The volume stands out by its consistent application of the most recent developments in historical-sociolin-guistic methodology in research on first-person writings.

Some of the articles concentrate on social dif-ferences in relation to linguistic variation in the

historical context. Others hone in on self-representation, writer-addressee interaction and identity work. The key issue of the relationship between speech and writing is addressed when investigating the hybridity of ego-documents, which may contain both “oral” features and elements typical of the written language.

The volume is of interest to a wide readership, ranging from scholars of his-torical linguistics, sociolinguistics, sociology and social history to (advanced) graduate and postgraduate students in courses on language variation and change.

Contributions by: P. Burke; C. Klippi; R.A. Lodge; F. Martineau; J. Nobels & T. Simons; A. Nurmi; G. Rutten & M.J. van der Wal; A. Sairio; A. Tamošiūnaitż; I. Tieken-Boon van Ostade; M. Włodarczyk; M.J. van der Wal & G. Rutten; L. Wright.

[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics, 1] 2013. vii, 279 pp.Hb 978 90 272 0080 8 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00Eb 978 90 272 7177 8 EUR 99.00 / USD 149.00

|| Historical linguistics || History of linguistics || Pragmatics || Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

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Tracks and Treks in Translation StudiesSelected papers from the EST Congress, Leuven 2010

Edited by Catherine Way, Sonia Vandepitte, Reine Meylaerts and Magdalena BartłomiejczykUniversity of Granada / University College Ghent / KU Leuven / University of Silesia

The Selected Papers from the 6th Congress Tracks and Treks in Translation Studies (TS) held at the University of Leuven, Belgium in 2010 congre-gated scholars and practitioners presenting their ideas and research in this thriving domain. This volume includes fifteen carefully selected articles which represent the diversity and breadth of the topics dealt with in Translation Studies today, in-creasingly bolstered by its interaction with other disciplines. At the same time it aims to provide a balance between process and product oriented research, and training and professional practice. The authors cover both Translating and Inter-

preting from a myriad of approaches, touching upon topics such as creativity, pleasant voice, paratext and translator intervention, project-based method-ologies, revision, corpora, and individual translation styles, to name but a few. This volume will hopefully contribute to further fruitful interaction and cohesion which are essential to the international status of TS.

Contributions by: A. Assis Rosa; G. Bayer-Hohenwarter; A. Chmiel & I. Mazur; J. Franco Aixelá; C. Frérot; G. Hansen; E. Iglesias Fernández; H. Jansen; W. Kolb; J. Marco; R. Mitchell-Schuitevoerder; H. Risku, N. Rossmanith, A. Reichelt & L. Zenk; I. Robert; L. Sanchez; M.A.G. Teixeira.

[Benjamins Translation Library, 108] 2013. vi, 294 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 2459 0 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00Eb 978 90 272 7142 6 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00


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Translation in Anthologies and Collections (19th and 20th Centuries)Edited by Teresa Seruya, Lieven D’hulst, Alexandra Assis Rosa and Maria Lin MonizUniversity of Lisbon and CECC- Catholic University of Portugal / KU Leuven / Univer-sity of Lisbon and ULICES - University of Lisbon

Among the numerous discursive carriers through which translations come into being, are chan-neled and gain readership, translation antholo-gies and collections have so far received little attention among translation scholars: either they are let aside as almost ungraspable categories, astride editing and translating, mixing in most variable ways authors, genres, languages or cultures, or are taken as convenient but rather meaningless groupings of single translations. This volume takes a new stand, makes a plea to consider translation anthologies and collections at face value and offers an extensive discussion

about the more salient aspects of translation anthologies and collections: their complex discursive properties, their manifold roles in canonization processes and in strategies of cultural censorship. It brings together transla-tion scholars with different backgrounds, both theoretical and historical, and covering a wide array of European cultural areas and linguistic traditions. Of special interest for translation theoreticians and historians as well as for scholars in literary and cultural studies, comparative literature and transfer studies.

Contributions by: A. Assis Rosa; A.M. Bernardo; M.d.C. Camus-Camus; V. Castagna; M.P.Y. Cheung; L. D’hulst; J.d.A. Flor; Z. Gombár; C. Gómez Castro; C. Lombez; P. Odber de Baubeta; H. Piżta; M.P. Pinto; J.A. Sabio Pinilla; T. Seruya; T. Seruya, L. D’hulst, A. Assis Rosa & M. Lin Moniz; I.U. Zenekorta.

[Benjamins Translation Library, 107] 2013. ix, 279 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 2458 3 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00Eb 978 90 272 7143 3 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00

|| Theoretical literature & literary studies || Translation studies

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Ute TextsCompiled and edited by T. GivónUniversity of Oregon

This second volume of our Ute trilogy contains a collection of Ute oral texts. Ute oral litera-ture reflects the life experience of a small-scale hunting-and-gathering Society of Intimates and its tight connection to the local terrain, flora and fauna that supported the hunter-gatherer life. Ute story-telling tradition is the people’s literary heritage, with the narrative style allowing considerable artistic freedom and diversity in contents and style. Stories were not memorized verbatim, and story-tellers took creative liberty in elaborating and re-inventing the ‘same’ tale. The core cultural contents of each story are neverthe-

less preserved across tellers. Ute stories were most likely told at night around the fire, in front of or inside the lodge, to a mixed audience of children and adults who had heard the tale many time before. The stories aimed to both instruct and entertain. Their underlying themes are stoic and oft-cynical reflections on the vagaries of human behavior and harsh existence. They are the foundational literary tradition of The People--Núuchi-u.

[Culture and Language Use, 7] 2013. xvi, 333 pp.Hb 978 90 272 0289 5 EUR 110.00 / USD 165.00Pb 978 90 272 0290 1 EUR 36.00 / USD 54.00Eb 978 90 272 7242 3 EUR 110.00 / USD 165.00

|| Language documentation || Languages of North America || Syntax || Theoretical linguistics

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Vocabulary KnowledgeHuman ratings and automated measures

Edited by Scott Jarvis and Michael DallerOhio University / Swansea University, Wales, UK

Language researchers and practitioners often adopt tools and techniques without testing whether they really work as they should. This is understandable because most scholars do not have the time or expertise to properly evaluate the usefulness of all instruments, measures, and methods they need. It is therefore critical to have problem solvers in the field who gain the neces-sary expertise and take the time to scrutinize existing methods, identify problems, and offer new solutions. This volume represents the work of scholars who have done this; it is a collection of the latest advances, developments, and innova-

tions regarding the modeling and measurement of learners’ vocabulary growth curves, current levels of vocabulary knowledge and lexical proficien-cy, and the patterns of lexical diversity found in their language production. Several of the contributors also address the complex but important relation-ship between automated indices and human judgments of learners’ lexical patterns and abilities.

Contributions by: S.A. Crossley, S. Feng, Z. Cai & D.S. McNamara; S.A. Crossley, T. Salsbury & D.S. McNamara; M. Daller, J. Turlik & I. Weir; R. Edwards & L. Collins; S. Jarvis; S. Jarvis & M. Daller; P. McCarthy & S. Jarvis; J. Treffers-Daller.

[Studies in Bilingualism, 47] 2013. v, 217 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 4188 7 EUR 90.00 / USD 135.00Eb 978 90 272 7167 9 EUR 90.00 / USD 135.00

|| Bilingualism || Computational & corpus linguistics || Language acquisition || Psycholinguistics

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Women’s Epistolary UtteranceA study of the letters of Joan and Maria Thynne, 1575-1611

Graham T. WilliamsUniversity of Glasgow

Located at the intersection of historical pragmat-ics, letters and manuscript studies, this book offers a multi-dimensional analysis of the letters of Joan and Maria Thynne, c.1575-1611. It inves-tigates multiple ways in which socio-culturally and socio-familially contextualized reading of particular collections may increase our under-standing of early modern letters as a particular type of handwritten communicative activity. The book also adds to our understanding of these women as individual users of English in their historical moment, especially in terms of literacy and their engagement with cultural scripts.

Throughout the book, analysis is based on the manuscript letters themselves and in this way several chapters address the importance of viewing original sources to fully understand the letters’ full pragmatic significance. Within these broader frameworks, individual chapters address the women’s use of scribes, prose structure and punctuation, performative speech act verbs, and (im)politeness, sincerity and mock (im)politeness.

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 233] 2013. vii, 263 pp. + indexHb 978 90 272 5638 6 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00Eb 978 90 272 7139 6 EUR 95.00 / USD 143.00

|| English linguistics || Historical linguistics || Pragmatics

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Name index

AAlvarado-Ortega, M. Belén 8Andone, Corina 2Andvik, Erik 6Assis Rosa, Alexandra 12Ayoun, Dalila 10

BBartłomiejczyk, Magdalena 12Baten, Kristof 1Beck, David 10Berthoud, Anne-Claude 5Bocci, Giuliano 11Borch, Adam 5Brandtler, Johan 1Bråten, Stein 10

CCap, Piotr 1Carlier, Anne 6Crezee, Ineke 8

DDaller, Michael 12D’hulst, Lieven 12Diewald, Gabriele 3Doorslaer, Luc van 5

EEbeling, Jarle 9Ebeling, Signe Oksefjell 9Even-Simkin, Elena 9

FFlynn, Peter 5Fowler, Yvonne 7Frobenius, Maximiliane 3

GGeniušienė, Emma Š. 11Gerhardt, Cornelia 3Givón, T. 12Grin, François 5Gruzdeva, Ekaterina 11

HHal, Toon Van 9Huang, Shuanfan 3Hyslop, Gwendolyn 6

IIttyerah, Miriam 6

JJansen, Joana 6Jarvis, Scott 12Jeppesen Kragh, Kirsten 4Jing-Schmidt, Zhuo 7Josephson, Folke 4

KKahlas-Tarkka, Leena 3Kinginger, Celeste 11Kosta, Peter 1Kredens, Krzysztof 7Kulikov, Leonid 4

LLenzing, Anke 4Ley, Susanne 3Lindgren, Inna 5Lindschouw, Jan 4Lin Moniz, Maria 12Lüdi, Georges 5

MMackenzie, J. Lachlan 2Mangiron, Carmen 6Mel’čuk, Igor A. 10Metcalf, George J. 9Meylaerts, Reine 12Miller, Steven M. 3Mischler, III, James J. 8Molnár, Valéria 1

NNash, Joshua 7Nedjalkov, Vladimir P. 11

OOgata, Kozue 2O’Hagan, Minako 6Okulska, Urszula 1Olbertz, Hella 2Otaina, Galina A. 11

PPerrin, Daniel 8Platzack, Christer 1Polguère, Alain 10

RRooy, Raf Van 9Ruiz-Gurillo, Leonor 8Rutten, Gijsbert 11

SSailer, Manfred 10Schäffner, Christina 7Schwieter, John W. 7Sell, Roger D. 5Seruya, Teresa 12Serzant, Ilja 4Söhrman, Ingmar 4

TTay, Dennis 9Thielemann, Nadine 1Thornes, Tim 6Tobin, Yishai 9

UUnger, Johann Wolfgang 5

VVandepitte, Sonia 12Verstraete, Jean-Christophe 6

WWalker, Heike 10Wal, Marijke J. van der 11Way, Catherine 12Webelhuth, Gert 10Williams, Graham T. 13Wischer, Ilse 3

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