LingĂźĂstica 2014 The Linguistics Series includes textbooks and reference books from introductions to the core subjects of the discipline to new methodological trends and research. Aimed at undergraduate and graduate levels, with the help of renowned specialists, the reader will find up to date materials to initiate and deepen the study of language in general and Spanish specifically.
Semántica
La comunicación. Lengua, cognición y sociedad
María Teresa Espinal (coord.), Josep Macià, Jaume Mateu y Josep Quer
978-84-460-3943-3
Semantics is the study of meaning. This book introduces students to the study of semantics and also provides them with the practical tools necessary to reason, argue and solve problems within the study of language. It contains over a hundred activities and exercises, along with glossaries and extensive bibliographies.
M. Victoría Escandell Vidal Communication explained within a cognitive framework.
978-84-460-3958-7 160 pages
352 pages
Fundamentos de sintaxis formal
60 problemas de Gramática
Ignacio Bosque
M. Victoria Escandell Vidal, Manuel Leonetti, Cristina Sánchez López (eds.)
Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach A complete and detailed introduction to formal syntax.
A book destined to promote the study, reflection and advancement of the Spanish language.
978-84-460-2227-5
978-84-460-3427-8
800 pages
432 pages
El funcionalismo en la teoria lingüística: la Gramática del Papel y la Referencia
Gramática del discurso María José Serrano An alternative to descriptive grammar of Spanish focusing on the grammar of speech.
Ricardo Mairal, Lilián Guerrero, Carlos González Vergara (coords.)
978-84-460-3516-9 352 pages
A clear and rigorous introduction to Role and Reference Grammar, paying special attention to the Spanish language.
978-84-460-2354-8 304 pages
El lenguaje (3.ª ed.)
Lingüística cognitiva
George Yule
William Croft, D. Alan Cruse
George Yule provides the reader an engaging and user-friendly introduction to the study of language in his best-selling textbook.
Introductory textbook reviews the field of cognitive linguistics providing a useful introduction to the relationship between language and cognitive processing in the human brain.
978-84-460-2521-4
978-84-460-2298-5
352 pages
448 pages
Breve historia de la Lingüística estructural
Introducción a la Lingüística Andrew Radfort, Martin Atkinson, David Britain, Harald Clahsen, Andrew Spencer
Peter Matthews A concise historical analysis of structural linguistics, including its development from the 1870’s to the present.
This highly successful textbook offers a unified approach to language, viewed from a range of perspectives essential for students’ understanding of the subject.
978-84-460-2299-2
978-84-460-3072-0
208 pages
352 pages
Cómo aprenden los niños el lenguaje
En torno a los universales lingüísticos
William O’Grady
Ricardo Mairal, Juana Gil
An ideal book for anyone curious about how language works and is learned.
An interdisciplinary study in search of the universal linguistic truths that define what it means to be human.
978-84-460-2435-4
978-84-460-2173-5
240 pages
240 pages
Antropología lingüística
Planificacion lingüística y el cambio social
Alessandro Duranti
Robert L. Cooper
Alessandro Duranti introduces linguistic anthropology as an interdisciplinary field which studies language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice.
This book describes the ways in which politicians, church leaders, generals, leaders of national movements and others try to influence our use of language.
978-84-8323-018-3 254 pp.
978-84-8323-092-3
254 pages
544 pages
Problemas del lenguaje en los niños
Biolingüística Lyle Jenkins This book investigates the nature of human language and its importance for the study of the mind. Uniquely, it argues that genetic or biological endowment plays a more central role in the acquisition of language than instruction, learning, or cultural determinants.
Schula Chiat This book will be welcomed by students of linguistics, language development and language disorders; teachers of language-impaired children; and speech and language therapists.
978-84-8323-250-7
978-84-8323-247-7
308 pages
368 pages
Chomsky: ideas e ideales
La muerte de las lenguas
Neil Smith
David Crystal
Neil Smith’s analysis of Noam Chomsky’s key contributions to the study of language and mind details Chomsky’s linguistic theorizing as well as the psychological and philosophical implications of his research.
The death of minority languages is real. Does is it matter? Should it matter to us? This book explains this crisis and why it should matter to us.
978-84-8323-120-3
978-84-8323-134-0
368 pages
224 pages
Lenguaje e Internet
El lenguaje y el cerebro
David Crystal
Loraine K. Obler, Kris Gjelow
David Crystal investigates the nature of the impact the Internet is having on language.
This accessible book examines the linguistic and neuroanatomical underpinnings of language and considers how language skills can systematically break down in individuals with different types of brain damage.
978-84-8323-090-9
978-84-8323-256-9
240 pages
304 pages
Sobre la naturaleza y el lenguaje
La familia biling端e
Noam Chomsky
Edith Harding, Philip Riley
In On Nature and Language Noam Chomsky develops his thinking on the relation between language, mind, and brain, integrating current research in linguistics into the burgeoning field of neuroscience.
The Bilingual Family has provided thousands of parents with the information and advice they need to make informed decisions about what language policy to adopt with their children.
978-84-8323-343-6
978-84-8323-361-0
176 pages
208 pages
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