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English Adjectives of Comparison - Lexical and Grammaticalized Uses
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English Adjectives of Comparison - Lexical and Grammaticalized UsesEnglish Adjectives of Comparison - Lexical and Grammaticalized Uses

English Adjectives of Comparison
Lexical and Grammaticalized Uses
The book is of interest to linguistic researchers and graduate students in linguistics who focus their attention on grammaticalization and subjectification, the functional description of adjectives, questions of deixis and theoretical issues relating to nominal reference.
 
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Developments in Linguistic Humour Theory (Topics in Humor Research, Book 1)
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Developments in Linguistic Humour Theory (Topics in Humor Research, Book 1)

This volume presents recent developments in the linguistics of humour. It depicts new theoretical proposals for capturing different humorous forms and phenomena central to humour research, thereby extending its scope. The 15 contributions critically survey and develop the existing interpretative models, or they postulate novel theoretical approaches to humour in order to better elucidate its workings.
 
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Shared Grammaticalization: With special focus on the Transeurasian languages (Studies in Language Companion Series, Book 132)
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Shared Grammaticalization: With special focus on the Transeurasian languages (Studies in Language Companion Series, Book 132)

This book offers fresh perspectives on “shared grammaticalization”, a state whereby two or more languages have the source and the target of a grammaticalization process in common. While contact-induced grammaticalization has generated great interest in recent years, far less attention has been paid to other factors that may give rise to shared grammaticalization.
 
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In Search of Universal Grammar: From Old Norse to Zoque (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, Book 202)
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In Search of Universal Grammar: From Old Norse to Zoque (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, Book 202)

This volume in honor of Jan Terje Faarlund covers the areas in which he has contributed to linguistic theorizing, ranging from in-depth studies of Norwegian and Scandinavian grammar both synchronically and diachronically, to work on the Indian language Chiapas Zoque.
 
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Language Policy and Identity Construction: The dynamics of Cameroon's multilingualism (IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society)
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Language Policy and Identity Construction: The dynamics of Cameroon's multilingualism (IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society)

The (dis)empowerment of languages through language policy in multilingual postcolonial communities often shapes speakers’ identification with these languages, their attitude towards other languages in the community, and their choices in interpersonal and intergroup communication.
 
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