Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Lasch, Alexander / Liebert, Wolf-Andreas, Religion und Sprache. (Studienkurs Religion) 200 S. 2025:3 (Nomos, GW) <745-114>
ISBN 978-3-8487-7287-2 paper ¥5,314.- (税込) EUR 22.90

Das Lehrbuch bietet einen umfassenden Einblick in die Religionslinguistik und vermittelt Analysewerkzeuge zur Erforschung religioeser Kommunikation. Es zeigt, wie sprachliche Aspekte religioese Phaenomene beeinflussen, und stellt verschiedene Ansaetze zur Analyse religioeser Diskurse vor, darunter die Metaphernanalyse und Blendingtheorie. Besondere Bedeutung haben sprachlich-kommunikative Ereignisse wie Rituale, Gebete und Predigten. Praxisnahe Beispiele und Aufgaben vertiefen das Verstaendnis, waehrend ein ausfuehrliches Glossar zentrale Begriffe erklaert. Das Buch richtet sich an Studierende der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften mit Interesse an der Beziehung zwischen Sprache und Religion.

句構造の足跡－T.Stowell記念統語論研究
Arche, Maria J. / Zwart, J.-W. et al. (eds.), Footprints of Phrase Structure: Studies in Syntax in honour of Tim Stowell. (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today 288) 362 pp. 2025:9 (J. Benjamins, NE) <745-1177>
ISBN 978-90-272-2227-5 hard ¥31,333.- (税込) EUR 135.00

This volume presents a collection of state-of-the-art studies that illustrate recent advances in the understanding of human language, grammar design and linguistic categories. The title of the volume aims at highlighting the mark that the work of Tim Stowell has had on the field of Linguistics since his dissertation, Origins of Phrase Structure, defended at the MIT in 1981. Stowell's work established the principles that replaced individual phrase structure rules from previous generative models with general universal constraints, setting off the articulation of formal grammars on a new journey. The papers gathered here demonstrate how that principled approach runs in the field today. The empirical evidence discussed in the papers comes from 15 different languages, which makes the volume a point of reference for cross-linguistic analyses and testimony to the wealth of descriptive knowledge brought to the scientific community.A wide array of linguistic generations contributed to this volume, ranging from legendary ones who established the field as we've known it, to some who have only recently received their doctorates. This plainly demonstrates the time spanning impact of Stowell's work and the deep footprint he has left in the field and in our lives.

Barbosa, Pilar / Flores, Cristina (eds.), Null Objects from a Cross-Linguistic and Developmental Perspective. (Language Faculty and Beyond 19) 204 pp. 2025:7 (J. Benjamins, NE) <745-1178>
ISBN 978-90-272-2003-5 hard ¥29,012.- (税込) EUR 125.00

The volume Null Objects from a Cross-Linguistic and Developmental Perspective brings together theoretical and empirical contributions on missing object constructions, revealing a nuanced and multifaceted phenomenon that poses challenges to current theories of null objects. The selected papers highlight the significance of the interplay between formal constraints and semantic properties (namely definiteness and animacy) in the licensing of null objects cross-linguistically. The formally oriented papers contribute to ongoing discussions on the mechanisms underlying the derivation of null objects. The differences between null objects that are licensed by rich agreement and those that are agreement independent are also addressed. From a developmental perspective, the papers on null objects in language acquisition, including second language learning, further provide valuable insights into the intricate processes underlying the acquisition of referential expressions. The role of animacy emerges as a central question, particularly in the context of Portuguese varieties, where differences in pronominal systems contribute to variation in null object distribution.

ライティング革命－楔形文字からインターネットまで　第2版
Gnanadesikan, Amalia E., The Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet. 2nd ed. (The Language Library) 368 pp. 2025:5 (Wiley-Blackwell, UK) <745-1179>
ISBN 978-1-394-21819-6 paper ¥11,357.- (税込) US$ 52.95

An exploration of the original Information Technology - the writing systems of history The Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet explores the origins, historical development, adaptations, linguistic properties, cultural context, and social impact of one of humankind's greatest inventions: writing systems.Now in its second edition, this popular book traces the history of writing from the earliest proto-cuneiform tablet to the latest AI-generated text. Author Amalia E. Gnanadesikan offers an engaging, highly readable narrative account of how different writing systems originated, how they evolved over time, and how they have represented languages around the world. Concise, easy-to-digest chapters cover each of the world's major written traditionsacross time and space, including Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese characters, Bronze-Age Linear B, New World writing systems, the Roman alphabet, and many others. Updated throughout, The Writing Revolution features new and expanded coverage of the Digital Age, including Unicode, the World Wide Web, emojis, generative AI, and more. Investigating how the creation of writing made the modern world possible, The Writing Revolution: Covers the world's major writing systems as well as a selection of lesser-known scripts Discusses papyrus, paper, the printing press, digital writing, and other associated technologies Features engaging examples throughout, including Egyptian funerary texts, Maya calendars, Arabic calligraphy, Morse code, and modern text messaging Interweaves ideas from cultural studies, archaeology, linguistics, literature, anthropology, and information science The Writing Revolution is a must-read for students of writing systems, linguistics, information science, and intellectual history, as well as general readers with an interest in the history of written language.

Habibie, Pejman / Sawyer, Richard D. (eds.), Reflexive and Reflective Research Approaches in Applied Linguistics. (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 8) 271 pp. 2025:3 (J. Benjamins, NE) <745-1180>
ISBN 978-90-272-1939-8 hard ¥27,852.- (税込) EUR 120.00
ISBN 978-90-272-1938-1 paper ¥8,355.- (税込) EUR 36.00

Reflexive and Reflective Research Approaches in Applied Linguistics moves the field of Applied Linguistics into new methodological territory. Applying both the newer reflexive methodologies of currere and duoethnography as well as the more established methodologies of autoethnography and narrative to the broad field of Applied Linguistics, international authors in the field examine the affordances, limitations, and ethical challenges and benefits of these methodologies to Applied Linguistics from multiple perspectives. A parallel structure in the book encourages the reader to critically compare and contrast the uses of these methodologies within Applied Linguistics.

Musumeci, Andrea, Rethinking Translators: Constraints, Affordances, Postures. (New Frontiers in Translation Studies) 266 pp. 2025:4 (Springer, GW) <745-1182>
ISBN 978-981-9641-19-2 hard ¥30,169.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book introduces a new area of research known as "translator's posture". With technical, pedagogical, and sociological dimension, posture is valuable to learners, researchers, educators, and practitioners alike. The technical dimension aims to invite practitioners and more advanced learners to reflect on their position within translation environments and establish their posture as translators with more ecological awareness. The pedagogical framework is grounded in an original conceptual exploration of translation constraints, leading to an ecologically inspired perspective on translation affordances. The sociological aspect draws on the notion of authorial posture in sociology of literature. The book also presents the action research data collection from a translation theory module in a Hong Kong University, supporting the integration of postural learning into curricula. This book aims to benefit global academic and professional communities in translation studies.

Reyes, Antonio / Ross, Andrew S., Understanding the Language of Virtual Interaction: Communities, Knowledge, and Authority. 223 pp. 2025:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <745-1183>
ISBN 978-1-009-32866-1 hard ¥22,524.- (税込) GB￡ 79.99
ISBN 978-1-009-32869-2 paper ¥7,599.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99

Since the advent of Web 2.0, the interaction of user-generated content on participatory platforms has democratized content creation and reshaped communication, identity, authority, and knowledge across various fields, from health to politics, amid the post-truth phenomena. This timely book provides essential insights into the transformative effects of the evolving digital landscape. It gives a comprehensive analysis of how areas such as health, politics, and language ideology have been influenced by digital communication, and explores how online spaces have amplified minority voices, promoting inclusion and representation, while also addressing the backlash that challenges human rights associated with Internet use and the free exchange of information. The book also examines the intersection of law and digital crime, revealing the legal challenges posed by the online world. As our understanding of identity, knowledge, and authority increasingly intersects with Generative AI, it also discusses the impact of intelligent tools and the challenges they present.

翻訳・通訳に関するフィールド・リサーチ
Rogl, Regina / Schlager, Daniela / Risku, Hanna (eds.), Field Research on Translation and Interpreting. (Benjamins Translation Library 165) 361 pp. 2025:8 (J. Benjamins, NE) <745-1184>
ISBN 978-90-272-2030-1 hard ¥29,012.- (税込) EUR 125.00

This volume constitutes a significant step in establishing field research as a central methodological approach in translation and interpreting studies. Following an integrative approach, it addresses both translation and interpreting across professional, paraprofessional, and non-professional settings. The chapters in this volume focus on lived experiences in diverse, real-world contexts-including refugee centres, UN missions, NGOs, virtual environments, and the workplaces of specialised translators. They offer rich insights into the situated and dynamic nature of translation and interpreting practices and discuss common aspects and challenges such as the researchers' reflexivity, ethical considerations, and the role of materiality in fieldwork. By shedding light on underexplored areas and offering critical reflections on field research methodology, the volume contributes to expanding the boundaries of translation and interpreting studies and deepening our understanding of translation and interpreting in their social and material contexts.Published with the support of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

認知翻訳・通訳研究における研究方法
Rojo Lopez, Ana Maria / Munoz Martin, Ricardo (eds.), Research Methods in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Studies. (Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 10) 350 pp. 2025:6 (J. Benjamins, NE) <745-1185>
ISBN 978-90-272-1959-6 hard ¥29,012.- (税込) EUR 125.00
ISBN 978-90-272-1950-3 paper ¥8,355.- (税込) EUR 36.00

As digital advancements reshape communication, researchers need interdisciplinary methods to understand the cognitive processes involved. This essential reference for advanced students and researchers provides a comprehensive introduction to innovative research methods in cognitive translation and interpreting studies (CTIS). International experts from diverse disciplines share best practices for investigating cognitive processes in multilectal mediated communication. They emphasize the application of these methods across research domains situated at the interface of cognition and communication. The book offers an in-depth analysis of key research methods, explaining their rationales, uses, affordances, and limitations. Each chapter focuses on one or two closely related research methods and their tools, including surveys, interviews, introspective techniques, keylogging, eyetracking, and neuroimaging. The book guides readers in planning research projects and in making informed methodological choices. It also helps readers understand the basics of popular tools, fostering more rigorous research practices in data collection. Additionally, it provides practical suggestions on study design, participant profiling, and data analysis to deepen our understanding of texts, tasks, and their users.

Salaberri, Iker / Krajewska, Dorota et al. (eds.), Investigating Language Isolates: Typological and diachronic perspectives. (Typological Studies in Language 135) 339 pp. 2025:1 (J. Benjamins, NE) <745-1186>
ISBN 978-90-272-1899-5 hard ¥32,494.- (税込) EUR 140.00

Language isolates provide unique insights into human history and linguistic diversity. Nevertheless, isolates have been studied less exhaustively than non-isolates. The eleven papers gathered in this volume provide new methodological tools in order to better understand isolates, including a detailed, in-depth, up-to-date discussion of what it means to be a language isolate and the criteria by which languages should be classified as isolate. The book also provides a series of techniques, some refined on the basis of former literature, and others new, in order to recover the histories of language isolates. In addition, the papers in this volume advance our knowledge about each of the individual languages studied here, which are, for the most part, endangered and under-documented. This book will appeal to a broad audience spanning typologists, historical linguists, descriptive linguists, and teachers of linguistics.

Steensig, Jakob / Jorgensen, Maria et al. (eds.), Grammar in Action: Building comprehensive grammars of talk-in-interaction. (Studies in Language and Social Interaction 37) 441 pp. 2025:7 (J. Benjamins, NE) <745-1187>
ISBN 978-90-272-2008-0 hard ¥29,012.- (税込) EUR 125.00

Grammar in Action: Building comprehensive grammars of talk-in-interaction investigates the possibility of writing comprehensive grammars of languages based on analyses of interaction. The volume combines two traditions in language studies that have hitherto been separate: Interactional Linguistics, which analyzes instances of language use in naturally occurring interactions, and Descriptive Grammars, which describe the grammatical regularities of languages. The authors are skilled researchers in Interactional Linguistics. They analyze interactional phenomena in Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian and Swedish, making concrete proposals about how grammatical phenomena might be described in a comprehensive interactional grammar. The volume also proposes solutions to problems that an interactional grammar faces, for instance, the written language bias, the role of prosody and the body in the grammar, how to approach different target audiences, and how a web-based grammar could be useful for rendering the complexities of grammar in interaction.

Szelid, Veronika, Love, Sex, and the Sacred: A metaphor analysis of Hungarian folk songs. (Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 18) 259 pp. 2025:8 (J. Benjamins, NE) <745-1188>
ISBN 978-90-272-2226-8 hard ¥29,012.- (税込) EUR 125.00

Most Hungarian folksongs are about SEX - according to a widely accepted opinion of ethnographers. But what is SEX about? How is it connected to LOVE, and what does THE SACRED have to do with these? Drawing on Conceptual Metaphor Theory, this book reveals the profound connections between the three concepts, highlighting the spiritual roots of romantic love in a premodern, religious context. Within this framework, we can gain a better understanding of the true role of women in traditional religious societies - a role often misunderstood or perhaps misjudged by contemporary perspectives as unjust, oppressed, exploited, and pathetic. However, such perspectives might overlook valuable lessons that could still resonate today.The volume cuts across linguistics, philosophy, cultural anthropology, and religious studies, by offering a compelling look at how metaphors in folk poetry serve as a window into a worldview where the concept of LOVE and SEXUALITY transcend the physical boundaries of life.

Warburton, Kara / Humbley, John (eds.), Terminology throughout History: A discipline in the making. (Terminology and Lexicography Research and Practice 24) 677 pp. 2025:8 (J. Benjamins, NE) <745-1189>
ISBN 978-90-272-2029-5 hard ¥30,173.- (税込) EUR 130.00

Terminology throughout History: A discipline in the making is a collection of individual contributions by leading terminology scholars from around the globe who describe historical developments of terminology as a discipline and a field of practice. Its aim is to provide a comprehensive written record of the history of terminology as it evolves from a set of practices to a discipline in its own right. Terminology has witnessed considerable theoretical and methodological developments in recent decades. These changes need to be understood within the context of their historical foundations. The book has three main focus areas. The first examines the prehistory of terminology, going back to the Ancient World, leading to the second, where the pioneers of modern terminology, Eugen Wuester in particular, are placed in their historical context. The final section is an account of how terminology developed in some twenty countries and language communities.