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Diachronic and Typological Perspectives on Anticausativization

Edited by Guglielmo Inglese, Giulia Mazzola and Eugenio Goria

The study of the causal-noncausal alternation offers a unique window onto how languages represent causal relations and event structure. Among the strategies used to encode this alternation, anticausative markers, that is, markers that overtly signal noncausal situations, have received considerably… read more

[Typological Studies in Language, 138] 2026. vi, 514 pp. + index

Other subjects Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology

From Carving Runestones to Digitizing Skaldic Poetry: Studies in Germanic philology and historical linguistics. In memory of Kari Ellen Gade

Edited by David Bolter, Erin Noelliste, Christopher D. Sapp and Lane Sorensen

This volume collects papers that bring Germanic philology into the 21st century. The collection is distinguished by a multitude of approaches ranging from critical editing to theoretical linguistics. It covers a wide variety of subfields, including: Old Norse poetry, Runic inscriptions, onomastics,… read more

[Studies in Germanic Linguistics, 11] 2026. vi, 370 pp. + index

Other subjects Germanic linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

Historical Dutch for Reading Knowledge: Grammar guide and reading strategies

Frans R.E. Blom, Bryan Averbuch and Wijnie de Groot

Historical Dutch for Reading Knowledge aims to help students and scholars in any field, from history and anthropology to environmental studies and art history, learn how to read historical Dutch sources. Authored by scholars of historical Dutch with expertise in the culture and history of both the… read more

[Not in series, 245] 2026. x, 313 pp. + index

Other subjects Applied linguistics | Germanic linguistics

Historical Linguistics 2023: Selected papers from the 26th International Conference on Historical Linguistics,Heidelberg, 4-8 September 2023

Edited by Jadranka Gvozdanović

This collection of selected papers from the 26th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL26, held in Heidelberg on September 4-8, 2023) marks a milestone of 50 years since the inaugural conference of the International Society for Historical Linguistics (ISHL) in Edinburgh in 1973.… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 371] 2026. vi, 428 pp. + index

Other subjects Theoretical linguistics

Lexical Variation and Knowledge Construction across Historical, Methodological, and Cultural Ecologies

Edited by Rossella Latorraca, Rita Calabrese, Jacqueline Aiello and Dirk Geeraerts

Lexical Variation and Knowledge Construction across Historical, Methodological, and Cultural Ecologies provides a comprehensive examination of the intricate interplay between language and knowledge, viewing words not as mere vessels but as dynamic agents that sculpt our understanding of the world.… read more

[Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice, 25] 2026. vi, 333 pp.

Other subjects Lexicography | Terminology

Names and Naming

Edited by Philipp Krämer, Eeva Sippola and Rachel Selbach

Special issue of Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 41:1 (2026) v, 172 pp.

Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Creole studies | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Pardon my French?: Dutch–French language contact in the Netherlands (1500–1900)

Gijsbert Rutten, Andreas Krogull, Brenda Assendelft and Jill Puttaert

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the Dutch–French contact situation in the Early and Late Modern period, when the Dutch language and culture supposedly underwent frenchification in various spheres of life. Bringing together empirical approaches based on a wide range of datasets,… read more

[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics, 15] 2026. ix, 312 pp. | open access

Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Romance linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics

“You can say you to me”: Address in German

Edited by Heinz L. Kretzenbacher, Horst J. Simon and Christa Dürscheid

The forms of address in German and their usage have been debated for centuries, and the discussion is ongoing both in academia and in the wider public. This collection is a showcase of the current and emerging research for an international audience. The scope of topics in this volume covers German… read more

[Topics in Address Research, 7] 2026. vi, 273 pp. + index | open access

Other subjects Discourse studies | Germanic linguistics | Pragmatics

Modality in the Architecture of Language

Edited by Ermenegildo Bidese and Manuela Caterina Moroni

Special issue of Evolutionary Linguistic Theory 7:1/2 (2025) v, 207 pp.

Other subjects Cognition and language | Evolution of language | Language acquisition | Neurolinguistics | Psycholinguistics