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Late Modern English has traditionally been considered a period of linguistic stability in terms of language standardization. However, a careful examination of crucial aspects of …
First published in 1970, Dictionary of World Literary Terms brings together in one volume authoritative definitions of literary terms, forms and techniques, figures of speech and …
This volume connects the latest research on language acquisition across the lifespan with the explanation of language change in specific sociohistorical settings. This conversation …
In Biblical Typology, scholar Vern S. Poythress teaches readers how to find and interpret types in the Old Testament that point to Christ, the church, and the consummation to …
First published in 1990, Philosophers’ Poets is a collection of case studies of philosophers’ readings of poets and other distinctive writers. There are those, for example, who …
First published in 1970, Leyla and Mejnun provides a thorough introduction to the Leyla and Mejnun love story and the various forms in which the story has appeared in the Islamic …
First published in 1970, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language (Vol. 1) is the first systematic and detailed history of a Modern Indo-Aryan Language written by an …
This volume brings together contributions selected from papers delivered at the 21st International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL, Leiden 2021). The …
First published in 1984, The Passive surveys a wide range of different constructions, which have all been termed ‘passives’ by linguists, using data from a large number of …
This volume collects research on language, cognition, and communication in multilingualism. Apart from theoretical concerns including grammatical description, language-specific …