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Adverbs and Particles at the Form-Meaning Interface

Edited by Marco Coniglio, Kalle Müller and Markus Steinbach

Adverbs and Particles at the Form-Meaning Interface offers a comprehensive investigation of two word classes that play a crucial role at the interfaces and have posed challenges for linguistic theory. Drawing on a broad typological range, including Germanic, Romance, Basque, and Heritage Greek,… read more

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 292] 2026. vi, 384 pp.

Other subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Contrasting English and Polish Emotion Clusters

Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk and Paul A. Wilson

Understanding how emotions are clustered and labelled across languages offers fascinating insights into cultural differences and universals. This book delves into this very topic, analysing similarities and contrasts between Polish and English grouping and categorising emotions.The book combines a… read more

[Human Cognitive Processing, 80] 2026. xxii, 382 pp.

Other subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

The Development of the Chinese Cleft Construction: A diachronic constructional approach

Fangqiong Zhan

This book explores the development of the Chinese cleft construction through the lens of Diachronic Construction Grammar. Focusing on shi as an invariant copula, it examines the VP de cleft, the V de O cleft, and the bare shi cleft, showing how each signals contrastive and specificational meaning.… read more

[Constructional Approaches to Language, 41] 2026. xviii, 207 pp.

Other subjects Historical linguistics | Sino-Tibetan languages | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Silent Instruments: Syntax, semantics, and acquisition of the instrumental role in Italian

Alice Suozzi

This book offers the first systematic investigation of the instrumental role across syntax, semantics, and language acquisition. Focusing primarily on Italian within a comparative perspective, the book addresses a long-standing puzzle: why Instruments can be syntactically omitted even when they… read more

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 293] 2026. xiv, 217 pp.

Other subjects Generative linguistics | Romance linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Thinking and Speaking About Time: A cognitive linguistic approach

Edited by Rita Brdar Szabó and Mario Brdar

The last two decades have seen a series of publications focused on time. So, why another book? It now appears that a kairos moment has arrived to reconsider from a more holistic point of view the manifold ways in which we think about time and talk about it. The book is divided into four major… read more

[Human Cognitive Processing, 81] 2026. viii, 477 pp.

Other subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics