本书以描写语言学、比较语言学的理论方法为依据，用描写语言学的方法描写和解释苗瑶语及其方言土语的语音、词汇、语法、构词法等呈现的现象，用共时比较语言学的方法对苗瑶语的构词形态、构形形态、语序类型、功能性连读变调等进行跨语言或跨方言的比较研究。通过揭示苗瑶语的语法规律，为进一步确立苗瑶语与亲属语言、非亲属语言的语言关系奠定基础，也可以为普通语言学和历史语言学的研究提供苗瑶语的实证。

      本书是我国第一部研究汉语离合词的专著，也是第一部研究汉语言单位的专著。其独创性如下：
一、汉语的语素、词和短语都不是形式单位，而是功能单位。本书的研究证明：汉语的语素、词和短语之间在功能上并不存在泾渭分明的界限，而是一个连续不断的整体。
二、汉语的词不同于印欧语的词。汉语的语素、词和短语三级语言单位是寄生在汉语单字和字组身上的意义功能单位。
三、离合词在意义上是一个不可分割的统一体，在结构上是由两个音节字连接而成的组合体。

本书致力于揭示汉语语素的面貌，讨论汉语语素的性质、特点及其对于汉语结构系统（包括词法系数、句法系数）的影响，同时也从语素的性质、特点出发，检讨汉语结构系统研究中的种种问题。讨论的问题主要有：语素的识别、语素的分类、语素的发展、词根与词缀、构词重叠与构形重叠、缩略语构造、外来词译记、复合词和短语的区分、复合词结构与句法结构的关系、语素的特点与句子分析、语素义和语素语法功能的关系、构词语素与构形语素、语素的组合、造词法与构词法，等等。

Understanding speech in our native tongue seems natural and effortless; listening to speech in a nonnative language is a different experience. In this book, Anne Cutler argues that listening to speech is a process of native listening because so much of it is exquisitely tailored to the requirements of the native language. Her cross-linguistic study (drawing on experimental work in languages that range from English and Dutch to Chinese and Japanese) documents what is universal and what is language specific in the way we listen to spoken language. Cutler describes the formidable range of mental tasks we carry out, all at once, with astonishing speed and accuracy, when we listen. These include evaluating probabilities arising from the structure of the native vocabulary, tracking information to locate the boundaries between words, paying attention to the way the words are pronounced, and assessing not only the sounds of speech but prosodic information that spans sequences of sounds. She describes infant speech perception, the consequences of language-specific specialization for listening to other languages, the flexibility and adaptability of listening (to our native languages), and how language-specificity and universality fit together in our language processing system. Drawing on her four decades of work as a psycholinguist, Cutler documents the recent growth in our knowledge about how spoken-word recognition works and the role of language structure in this process. Her book is a significant contribution to a vibrant and rapidly developing field.

《东往东来：近代中日之间的语词概念/学科知识与近代中国研究书系》第一编“西学东渐再东渐”着眼于19世纪英华字典以及《博物新编》《万国公法》和江南制造局的西学新书在日本的影响；第二编“东学激起千层浪”则看20世纪日本是如何影响中国的，通过分析梁启超《和文汉读法》、政治小说《雪中梅》以及《共产党宣言》的翻译问题，认识汉语欧化过程中的日语因素，以及辞典是如何应对日语新词的；第三编“语词概念定尘埃”则具体描述“民主”“共和”“主义”“优胜劣败，适者生存”“金字塔”等概念形成的过程。

The central assertion in this volume is that the young child uses general skills, scaffolded by adults, to acquire the complex knowledge of sound patterns and the goal-directed behaviors for communicating ideas through language and producing speech. A child's acquisition of phonology is seen as a product of her physical and social interaction capacities supported by input from adult models about ambient language sound patterns. Acquisition of phonological knowledge and behavior is a product of this function-oriented complex system. No pre-existing mental knowledge base is necessary for acquiring phonology in this view. Importantly, the child's diverse abilities are used for many other functions as well as phonological acquisition. Throughout, an evaluation is made of the research on patterns of typical development across languages in monolingual and bilingual children and children with speech impairments affecting various aspects of their developing complex system. Also considered is the status of available theoretical perspectives on phonological acquisition relative to an emergence proposal, and contributions that this perspective could make to more comprehensive modeling of the nature of phonological acquisition are proposed. The volume will be of interest to cognitive psychologists, linguistics, and speech pathologists.

粵語是極具寫作潛力的方言，今天在香港仍然非常活躍的粵語寫作，在晚清時已經有值得注意的成就。
《清末民初的粵語書寫》以五個生動別致的個案，輔以大量罕見的報刊和歷史文獻，立體地呈現當時粵語寫作的面貌。本書以廣闊的視野和客觀的態度，給予這些作品深入、適當的分析和評價。其中作者如梁啟超、黃世仲，雖為人熟悉，但他們對粵語寫作的貢獻卻鮮為人知；而鄭貫公、廖恩燾、陳子褒等，雖然在粵語寫作或母語教育方面有極重要的地位，卻很少引起研究者的注意，所以本書正好彌補了這個學術遺憾。
追溯晚清時期香港的方言文學生產和寫作活動，可以讓我們更了解香港文學的前世今生。由此可見，香港粵語創作，以至香港文學的發生，其實可以推前至清末民初時期。

Comparison across formal languages is an essential part of formal linguistics. The study of closely-related varieties has proven extremely useful in comparing differences that might otherwise appear unrealted, and has helped to identify the core principles of Universal Grammar. This comprehensive handbook serves two functions. It will provide a general and theoretical introduction to comparative syntax, its methodology, and its relation to other domains of linguistic inquiry; and it will provide a systematic selection of the best comparative work being done today on those language groups and families where substantial progress has been achieved. With top-notch editors and contributors from around the world, this volume will be an essential resource for scholars and students in formal linguistics.

本卷收入刘丹青1998-2018年间有关语序类型和话题结构方面的论文共21篇（其中3篇为合作论文），包括1篇英文论文。语序是当代语言类型学的核心课题，本卷语序类论文主要是用语序类型学的视角研究汉语及相关方言、语言的语序类型问题，涉及普通话、吴语、粤语、西北方言、先秦汉语和汉藏语系语言，并为汉语的若干常见歧义结构提供了语序类型学的解释。语序问题跟话题问题密切相关，汉语语序类型既复杂又特殊，原因之一就是汉语的话题优先特点造成受事论元的位置比较多样。本卷话题类论文包括有关话题结构的理论探讨、汉语及其方言的分裂式话题和同一性话题等特殊话题结构、话题标记的语法化来源和词汇化去向、话题与主语的区别以及话题焦点敏感算子等问题。

Discourse analysis considers how language, both spoken and written, enacts social and cultural perspectives and identities. In this book, James Paul Gee introduces the field and presents his unique integrated approach to it. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, the author presents both a theory of language-in-use and a method of research. Clearly structured and written in a highly accessible style, "An Introduction to Discourse Analysis" incorporates perspectives from a variety of approaches and disciplines, including applied linguistics, education, psychology, anthropology and communication to help students and scholars from a range of backgrounds to formulate their own views on discourse and engage in their own discourse analysis. The second edition has been completely revised and updated and contains substantial new material and examples of oral and written language, ranging from group discussions with children, adults, students and teachers to conversations, interviews, academic texts and policy documents.

《汉日语言比较史》主要内容包括：概述、中国汉日语言比较史、日本汉日语言比较史、汉日语言比较研究展望共四章。《汉日语言比较史》根据现有成果分为：语音、文字、词汇、语法、修辞、其他等几大部分。由于中日两国的汉日语言比较研究的起始、发展、特点等不尽相同，所以《汉日语言比较史》稿分为“中国汉日语言比较史”和“日本汉日语言比较史”两大部分。国内、国外等的界定以该地区的相关活动，即以在中国或日本发生的汉日语言比较研究为依据，与相关人的所属国无涉。

'Language attrition' describes the loss of, or changes to, grammatical and other features of a language as a result of declining use by speakers who have changed their linguistic environment and language habits. In such a situation there may, for example, be simplification in the tense system or in certain properties of subordinate clauses; some vocabulary items might fall into disuse and phonetic features may be restructured. These changes can be affected by features of the speaker's environment, but also by his or her attitudes and processes of identification. This book provides a detailed and up-to-date introduction to the way in which language attrition can affect language, as well as to the extra- and sociolinguistic features involved. It also familiarizes the reader with experimental approaches to attrition and data analysis techniques and provides hands-on guidelines on how to apply them.

" The Way We Think is a dazzling tour of the complexities of human imagination."--George Lakoff, co-author of Philosophy in the Flesh and Where Mathematics Comes From . In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisition--the functions in which the human mind most closely resembles a computer. But humans are more than computers, and the cutting-edge research in cognitive science is increasingly focused on the more mysterious, creative aspects of the mind. The Way We Think is a landmark synthesis that exemplifies this new direction. The theory of conceptual blending is already widely known in laboratories throughout the world; this book is its definitive statement. Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner argue that all learning and all thinking consist of blends of metaphors based on simple bodily experiences. These blends are then themselves blended together into an increasingly rich structure that makes up our mental functioning in modern society. A child's entire development consists of learning and navigating these blends. The Way We Think shows how this blending operates; how it is affected by (and gives rise to) language, identity, and concept of category; and the rules by which we use blends to understand ideas that are new to us. The result is a bold, exciting, and accessible new view of how the mind works.

Linguistic relativity is the claim that culture, through language, affects the way in which we think, and especially our classification of the experienced world. This book reexamines ideas about linguistic relativity in the light of new evidence and changes in theoretical climate. Parts I and II address the classical issues in the relation between thought and language, and the extent of linguistic and cultural universals. Parts III and IV show how changes in our understanding of meaning require that we look at how context enters into interpretation, and how context is constituted in social interaction. The editors have provided a substantial introduction which examines changes in thinking about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in the light of developments in anthropology, linguistics, and cognitive science; and also introductions to each section which will be of especial use to students.

The next century will see more than half of the world’s 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result. Explores the unique philosophy, knowledge, and cultural assumptions of languages, and their impact on our collective intellectual heritage Questions why such linguistic diversity exists in the first place, and how can we can best respond to the challenge of recording and documenting these fragile oral traditions while they are still with us Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, and draws on a wealth of vivid examples from his own field experience Brings conceptual issues vividly to life by weaving in portraits of individual ‘last speakers’ and anecdotes about linguists and their discoveries

这部书收集的资料时间跨度600年，地域广及亚欧美三大洲，条目多达8000余，蔚为大观。清点闽方言的种种文献史料，检阅已有研究成果，考察其研究价值，人们都会感到闽方言的研究依然任重道远。

This book presents the first comprehensive description of the Manambu language of Papua New Guinea. Manambu belongs to the Ndu language family, and is spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages: Avatip, Yawabak, Malu, Apa:n, and Yambon (Yuanab) in East Sepik Province, Ambunti district. About 200-400 speakers live in the cities of Port Moresby, Wewak, Lae, and Madang; and a few live in Kokopo and Mount Hagen. The book is based entirely on the author's fieldwork. After an introductory account of the language and its speakers, Professor Aikhenvald devotes chapters to phonology, grammatical relations, word classes, gender, semantics, number, case, possession, derivation and compounding, pronouns, morphology, verbs, mood and modality, negation, clauses, pragmatics, discourse, semantics, the lexicon, current directions of change, and genetic relationship to other languages. The description is presented in a clear style in a framework that will be comprehensible to all linguists and linguistic anthropologists.