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  • Preface

  • Maria Polinsky, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Book:
    Heritage Languages and their Speakers
    Published online:
    20 July 2018
    Print publication:
    16 August 2018, pp xiii-xviii

  • Summary

    The Preface outlines the main goals of the book with the emphasis on the novelty of the field of heritage language studies. Presents the authot's academic and personal connection to the field of heritage studies. Emphasizes the importance of heritage lanaguages to theoretical linguistics.

  • 7 - Semantics and Pragmatics

  • Maria Polinsky, University of Maryland, College Park
  • Book:
    Heritage Languages and their Speakers
    Published online:
    20 July 2018
    Print publication:
    16 August 2018, pp 291-328

  • Summary

    Compared to phonology, morphology, or syntax, lexical and propositional semantics of heritage languages remain understudied. Interference from lexical items of the dominant language is a notable factor, but such interference is less pronounced than in L2 speakers. Heritage often create novel expressions by tapping into structures available from both of their languages and combining them in innovative ways. One of the most prominent characteristics of heritage lexicon is extreme reliance on fully compositional structures. Heritage speakers seem to have knowledge of non-compositional formations in their dominant language, but they seem to shun non-compositionality in their weaker language. Semantically opaque expressions tend to be avoided in favor of the semantically transparent ones. Turning to propositional semantics, few of its aspects have been explored in heritage language. The existing evidence suggests a strong interaction between the bilingual’s two languages in this domain. In particular, in scope calculations, it appears that the two systems push at each other. In such an interaction, the simpler system wins out, reducing complexity in one of the two languages in the dyad. Heritage speakers’ knowledge of pragmatics remains unchartered territory, and making progress in this area is particularly difficult since researchers’ understanding of pragmatic competence varies tremendously.

The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics
  • Edited by Kimberly L. Geeslin
  • Published online:
    13 August 2018
    Print publication:
    23 August 2018
  • A state-of-the-art, in-depth survey of the topics, approaches and theories in Spanish linguistics today. The language is researched from a number of different perspectives. This Handbook surveys the major advances and findings, with a special focus on recent accomplishments in the field. It provides an accurate and complete overview of research, as well as facilitating future directions. It encourages the reader to make connections between chapters and units, and promotes cross-theoretical dialogue. The contributions are by a wide range of specialists, writing on topics including corpus linguistics, phonology and phonetics, morphosyntax, pragmatics, the role of the speaker and speech context, language acquisition and grammaticalization. This is a must-have volume for researchers looking to contextualize their own research and for students seeking a one-stop resource on Spanish linguistics.

Elements of Formal Semantics
  • An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Meaning in Natural Language
  • Edinburgh Advanced Textbooks in Linguistics
  • Yoad Winter
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    Edinburgh University Press
    Published online:
    11 August 2018
    Print publication:
    08 April 2016
  • Introducing some of the foundational concepts, principles and techniques in the formal semantics of natural language, Elements of Formal Semantics outlines the mathematical principles that underlie linguistic meaning. Making use of a wide range of concrete English examples, the book presents the most useful tools and concepts of formal semantics in an accessible style and includes a variety of practical exercises so that readers can learn to utilise these tools effectively. For readers with an elementary background in set theory and linguistics or with an interest in mathematical modelling, this fascinating study is an ideal introduction to natural language semantics. Designed as a quick yet thorough introduction to one of the most vibrant areas of research in modern linguistics today this volume reveals the beauty and elegance of the mathematical study of meaning.

  • ENG volume 34 issue 3 Cover and Front matter

  • Journal:
    English Today / Volume 34 / Issue 3 / September 2018
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 August 2018, pp. f1-f2
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    September 2018
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  • Editorial

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    English Today / Volume 34 / Issue 3 / September 2018
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    01 August 2018, p. 1
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    September 2018
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  • ENG volume 34 issue 3 Cover and Back matter

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    English Today / Volume 34 / Issue 3 / September 2018
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    01 August 2018, pp. b1-b4
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    September 2018
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Heritage Languages and their Speakers
  • Maria Polinsky
  • Published online:
    20 July 2018
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    16 August 2018
  • This book provides a pioneering introduction to heritage languages and their speakers, written by one of the founders of this new field. Using examples from a wide range of languages, it covers all the main components of grammar, including phonetics and phonology, morphology and morphosyntax, semantics and pragmatics, and shows easy familiarity with approaches ranging from formal grammar to typology, from sociolinguistics to child language acquisition and other relevant aspects of psycholinguistics. The book offers analysis of resilient and vulnerable domains in heritage languages, with a special emphasis on recurrent structural properties that occur across multiple heritage languages. It is explicit about instances where, based on our current knowledge, we are unable to reach a clear decision on a particular claim or analytical point, and therefore provides a much-needed resource for future research.

  • Submission and resistance in the English linguistic landscape of Chaoshan: Identity negotiation through English translation in two Chinese cities

  • Mingming Yuan
  • Journal:
    English Today / Volume 35 / Issue 2 / June 2019
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    19 July 2018, pp. 20-28
    Print publication:
    June 2019

  • Linguistic landscape (LL), a concept which first emerged in the field of language planning, refers to ‘[t]he language of public road signs, advertising billboards, street names, place names, commercial shop signs, and public signs on government buildings' (Landry & Bourhis, 1997: 25). There are two functions attached to the linguistic landscape of a given territory: an informational function and a symbolic function. The informational function serves to inform people of ‘the linguistic characteristics, territorial limits and language boundaries' of a specific region; whereas the symbolic function serves as an indicator of the status, power relations, and cultural identity of the inhabitants, affecting how individuals feel about their community (Landry & Bourhis, 1997).

  • 5 - Derivation without Affixation

  • Ingo Plag, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
  • Book:
    Word-Formation in English
    Published online:
    30 April 2019
    Print publication:
    12 July 2018, pp 105-130

  • Summary

    This chapter deals with non-affixational word-formation processes. First, three major problems of conversion are discussed. This is followed by an introduction to prosodic morphology with a detailed analysis of some morphological categories that are expressed by chiefly prosodic means, such as truncated names, -y diminutives, clippings, and blends. Finally, abbreviations and acronyms are investigated.

  • 1 - Basic Concepts

  • Ingo Plag, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
  • Book:
    Word-Formation in English
    Published online:
    30 April 2019
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    12 July 2018, pp 4-19

  • Summary

    This chapter introduces basic concepts needed for the study and description of morphologically complex words. Since this is a book about the particular branch of morphology called word-formation, we first take a look at the notion of ‘word.’ We then turn to a first analysis of the kinds of phenomena that fall into the domain of word-formation, before we finally discuss how word-formation can be distinguished from the other sub-branch of morphology, inflection.

  • Answer Key to Exercises

  • Ingo Plag, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
  • Book:
    Word-Formation in English
    Published online:
    30 April 2019
    Print publication:
    12 July 2018, pp 198-229

  • Summary

    This chapter provides answers to the exercises found at the end of each chapter. Where appropriate, the answers include critical discussions of the data, concepts and analyses employed.

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