The Atlas of North American English
"[...] William Labov is to American dialect what Lewis and Clark are to American geography. He’s the pathfinder. Labov’s new work [...] constitutes the first coast-to-coast charting of all the major dialects spoken in the continental United States and Canada."John Seabrook, The New Yorker, Nov 14, 2005. [more ...]
Varieties of English. Volumes 1-4
These new multimedia textbooks cover the phonology, morphology and syntax of varieties of English around the world. The set consists of four volumes which are sorted according to regions and accompanied by an interactive cd-rom. [more ...]
Handbook of Language and Communication: Diversity and Change
This international handbook with contributions from renown experts in the field provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of linguistic diversity and change, presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field, and offers solutions of everyday language-related problems. [more ...]
The Grammar of Carnatic Music
This book argues that Carnatic music as it is practiced today can be traced to the musical practices of early/ mid eighteenth century. Earlier varieties or 'incarnations' of Indian music elaborately described in many musical treatises are only of historical relevance today as the music described is quite different from current practices. [more ...]
La formazione delle parole in italiano
[Word Formation in Italian]
This volume presents the first comprehensive description of 20th century Italian word formation in all its non-dialectal aspects. The main focus is on productive patterns. [more ...]
New Publications Catalogs 2008/09