Developed at Carleton University, Ottawa, this is a comprehensive workbook -- now in its second, revised edition -- designed primarily for use with introductory courses in linguistics.

Probabilistic linguistics integrates all the progress made by linguistics thus far with a probabilistic perspective. This book presents a comprehensive introduction to probabilistic approaches to linguistic inquiry.

Many innovative and varied activities help you review and practice the content and apply the knowledge immediately. Special features throughout the book demystify common curiosities about how language works.

In this book, Marjorie McShane and Sergei Nirenburg return to the original goal of recreating human-level intelligence in a machine.

Drawing on research from neuroscience, psychology, and linguistics, David Adger takes us on a journey to the hidden structure behind all we say (or sign) and understand.

This third edition has been revised, expanded and updated throughout, and includes new chapters on identifying forensic texts and important interactional aspects of the language used in legal contexts.

This book explores the importance of Cognitive Linguistics for specialized language within the context of Frame-based Terminology (FBT).

This 1981 book is a general introduction to linguistics and the study of language, intended particularly for beginning students and readers with no previous knowledge or training in the subject.

By focussing on the shaping effects of linguists’ work on identities and communities, this book foregrounds their field's larger meanings and uses for the practical and ideological challenges of colonial rule.

It concentrates on terms which cut across subject boundaries and which are central to general linguistic theory and practice. It deliberately avoids terms which are dealt with in the other books in the series.