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Missionary Linguistics III / Lingüística misionera III
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2007; US$ 180.00This third volume on Missionary Linguistics focuses on morphology and syntax. It contains a selection of papers derived from the international conferences on missionary linguistics held in Hong Kong/Macau and Valladolid. As with the previous two volumes (2004, on general issues, and 2005, on orthography and phonology), this volume looks at methodology... more...
Missionary Linguistics IV / Lingüística misionera IV
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2009; US$ 165.00This fourth volume on Missionary Linguistics focuses on lexicography. It contains a selection of papers derived from the Fifth International Conference on Missionary Linguistics held in Mérida, Yucatán (Mexico), 14th?17th March 2007. As with the previous three volumes (2004, on general issues, 2005, on orthography and phonology, and 2007 on morphology... more...
Foreign Language Learning and Use
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 140.00It is commonly believed that foreign language skills improve through social interaction with speakers of the language. However, there is little research addressing the issue of access to such interaction. This book explores this issue, examining longitudinal case studies of interaction between language learners and speakers of the... more...
History of Linguistics 2008
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2011; US$ 180.00This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the 11th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (Potsdam 2008) which are especially representative of the concerns of the conference and its thematic range. The reflection about language and the individual languages has characterized cultures since ancient times and has... more...
Foreign Language Research in Cross-Cultural Perspective
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1991; US$ 54.00This volume focuses on priorities for research in language pedagogy. The aim is to give an up-to-date overview of current thinking about important research issues such as the viability of large scale comparisons, the quantitative/qualitative research controversy, new trends in language testing and evaluation, and the role of different learning environments.... more...
Missionary Linguistics II / Lingüística misionera II
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2005; US$ 173.00This is the second volume to be dedicated to the pioneering linguistic work produced by the religious missionaries who, within the scope of the European colonial enterprises along the period 1550?1850, described dozens of autochthonous languages, many of which are only known today thanks to their endeavours. The twelve papers joint in the present volume... more...
Missionary Linguistics/Lingüística misionera
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2004; US$ 173.00When the first European missionaries arrived on other continents, it was decided that the indigenous languages would be used as the means of christianization. There emerged the need to produce grammars and dictionaries of those languages. The study of this linguistic material has so far not received sufficient attention in the field of linguistic... more...
Papers in the History of Linguistics
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1987; US$ 320.00Toward a Historiography of Linguistics
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1978; US$ 158.00The papers brought together in the present volume represent the essence of the author?s reflections on issues concerning linguistic historiography and of particular investigations in 19th and 20th century linguistic thought. The papers are clustered in three sections: I. Towards a Historiography of Linguistics, II. Appraisals of Individual Scholars,... more...
Essays in the History of Linguistics
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2004; US$ 149.00The present volume follows the author's tradition of bringing together at certain intervals selections of articles which more often than not had previously been published in not easily accessible places, or which had not been published before. These papers do not typically represent mere reprints but in most instances thoroughly revised versions.This... more...









