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De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· 3d

📚 Our Acquisitions Editor Giada Palmieri will be at the 11th International Conference on Bantu Languages in Ghent next week. If you’d like to connect, exchange ideas, or discuss a publishing project, feel free to reach out ahead of time to schedule a meeting — or simply come and say hello on site!

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· 4d

Just published in 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹'𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘀! In this new monograph, Raoul Zamponi offers a detailed grammatical and lexical description of Makú, a now-extinct language isolate of the northern Brazilian Amazon. 🔗 lnkd.in/d-u3XBXn

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Jul 14

🔓 Now available! This #OpenAccess collection by Sabine Arndt-Lappe & colleagues explores interdisciplinary perspectives on the nature of patterns in #language and #communication. 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111199740/html #linguistics @mibel5.bsky.social @unitrier.bsky.social

Book cover of "Patterns in language and communication", edited by Sabine Arndt-Lappe, Sören Stumpf, Milena Belosevic, Peter Maurer, Claudine Moulin and Achim Rettinger.

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Jul 14

💡New book! A. Gutiérrez & H. Uchihara provide the first full description of the #grammar of Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec, an #endangered Mesoamerican language spoken in the state of Oaxaca, #Mexico. 🔗https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111320939/html

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Jul 7

Heading to the Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (#CADAAD) conference? So is our Editor-in-Chief Monika Tosik! Interested in publishing in Lodz Papers in Pragmatics? Monika is around for the next 3 days. Enjoy the conference! #Pragmatics #Communication #DeGruyterBrill

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Jun 22

📚 Two members of our editorial team will be attending the ALT conference in Lyon next week. If you'd like to discuss a book proposal, journal idea, or publishing project, we'd love to connect! Feel free to reach out ahead of time to schedule a meeting, or stop by our booth and say hello.

text "Meet as at ALT 2026 Lyon" with a picture of the city of Lyon on the background.

Green header that reads "Meet us!", followed by:
1. Picture of Acquisitions Editor Giada Palmieri, alongside her email contact: giada.palmieri[at]degruyterbrill.com.
2. Picture of Journals Manager Federico Divino, alongside his email contact: federico.divino[at]degruyterbrill.com.

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Jun 15

🎉The Association for Linguistic Typology awarded the Georg von der Gabelentz to Thomas Ennever for “A Grammar of Ngardi”! The grammar was praised for its outstanding ethical grounding and its exemplary treatment of the language's sociolinguistic situation.

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· May 11

Guest Editors Caitríona Osborne and Qi Zhang are delighted to announce CASLAR’s first special issue entitled: Digital Transformation in Chinese Language Education: The Road to Education 4.0《中文教育的数字化升级：迈向教育4.0之路. You can access the special issue here: www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...

Image of the cover of CASLAR's Special Issue entitled Digital Transformation in Chinese Language Education

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Apr 22

"Mainland and Insular South East Asia" is part of "Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages". Discover all the subseries here: brill.com/display/seri...

On a blue background, covers of the subseries from "Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages", namely:
- Mainland and Insular South East Asia
- Indigenous Languages of Russia
- Africa
- Romance Languages
- Contact Languages

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Apr 22

💡New in "Mainland and Insular South East Asia": Kenneth J. & Marilyn Gregerson provide a sketch #grammar, a #dictionary and a text collection of the #Rengao language, based on their #fieldwork in the Kontum Province of Vietnam. 🔗 brill.com/edcollbook/t...

Cover of the book "A grammar and dictionary of Rengao"

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Apr 15

💡How diverse can a single language family’s prosody be? Find out in the latest volume of "Endangered and Lesser-Studied Languages and Dialects". 🔗https://brill.com/display/title/74111

Cover of the book "Word-Prosidic Systems of Japonic Languages"

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Apr 9

💡Out now: "A Grammar of Beserman" In the latest volume of "Indigenous Languages of Russia", Timofey Arkhangelskiy, Maria Usacheva & Maria Cheremisinova present the first comprehensive grammatical description of the Beserman language. 🔗https://brill.com/display/package/9789004763272

Cover of the book "A grammar of Beserman"

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Mar 27

💡New publication: In the latest volume of Pacific Linguistics, William B. McGregor provides a full grammatical description of Warrwa (north-western Australia), based on fieldwork with the last two speakers of the language. 🔗https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111401959

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Mar 25

We welcome descriptions of any under-documented Romance varieties to our book series "Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages: Romance", edited by Roberta D'Alessandro. ✉️Visit brill.com/display/seri... or contact our acquisitions editor Giada Palmieri (giada.palmieri@degruyterbrill.com).

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Mar 18

💡Just published: A new collection edited by Alwin Kloekhorst and Tijmen Pronk, exploring how stop systems developed across the Indo-European branches. For scholars of #IndoEuropean, #HistoricalLinguistics, #Phonology and #LinguisticTypology. 🔗https://brill.com/display/title/73615

Cover of the book "The Reconstruction of Indo-European Stop Systems", featuring an orange title on a purple background.

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Feb 25

We invite all critically thinking applied linguists to submit a book proposal to our CRITAL book series, edited by Netta Avineri. Visit www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/crital-b/html or contact our senior acquisitions editor Natalie Fecher (natalie.fecher@degruyterbrill.com) for more information.

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Feb 25

Intercultural Pragmatics has a new Editor-in-Chief! We happily welcome Prof. Marta Dynel to guide the journal into its next chapter. Curious whether Intercultural Pragmatics is a good fit for your article? See the updated scope: 👉 www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...

Marta Dynel steps in as new Editor-in-Chief of Intercultural Pragmatics

Intercultural Pragmatics now has a new Editor-in-Chief, a redefined scope, and revamped Editorial Board

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Feb 19

A good read and a hot cuppa tea in the fresh air – what’s not to like? 🍵☺️ The recommended read: The #Balkan #Linguistic Area: Mapping Variation and Contact, by Evangelia Adamou @evangelia.bsky.social and Andrey N. Sobolev. 📗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111389936/html

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Feb 18

📸 Some impressions from the launch of 'The Coloniality of Language in Digital Humour' at the 32nd Australasian Humour Studies Network Conference in Wellington, NZ. Beatriz Carbajal-Carrera wrote and presented the book, which was introduced by Kerry Mullan and Stephen Skalicky, the series co-editor.

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Feb 6

You can read Yunhee Lee’s award-winning article in open access on our website: 🔓 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... And you can find out more about the journal Semiotica on our blog: blog.degruyter.com/subscribe-to... #Linguistics #Semiotics

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Feb 6

The jury comprising Donna West (SUNY Cortland @sunyofficial.bsky.social), Ľudmila Lacková (@charlesuni.cuni.cz) and José Enrique Finol (University of Zulia) praised the paper for “introducing a non-traditional yet compelling approach by applying Peircean #semiotics to narrative-based theories.”

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Feb 6

We’re delighted to announce the winner of Mouton d’Or 2025: Yunhee Lee (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) has been awarded for her article’s “theoretical originality, methodological rigor, and interdisciplinary contribution to contemporary semiotic studies”. Congratulations! #Linguistics

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Jan 30

Vol. 2 explores the intersections between protest, language, and decolonial thought. It challenges dominant linguistic ideologies by uncovering how language is used in protests against racial, gendered, and colonial violence: 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110770520/html

Book Cover of "Sociolinguistics of Protesting", Volume 2.

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Jan 30

Vol. 1 critically rethinks protest as a sociolinguistic practice rather than an exception to an imagined social order. Drawing on various case studies, it explores how language, embodiment, and space intersect in acts of resistance: 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110770537/html

Book Cover of "Sociolinguistics of Protesting", Volume 1.

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Jan 27

💡Learn about the use of gender-inclusive language across 14 European languages in this new book edited by Falco Pfalzgraf: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111701608/html#overview @lhekanaho.bsky.social @sofialampro.bsky.social @genderedform.bsky.social @michael-hornsby.bsky.social

Book cover of the collection entitled "Gender-inclusive language: Findings from 14 languages and open research questions", edited by Falco Pfalzgraf.

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Dec 17

💪 Congratulations to @burscott.bsky.social and Francesca Vigo on the publication of their impressive collection! 👉 Details here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111351568/html#overview @montreallx.bsky.social @kleonichka.bsky.social @helensauntson.bsky.social @robvoigt.bsky.social

Book cover of the collection entitled 'Battlefield Linguistics: Queer, Trans, and Feminist Interventions in Linguistics and Discursive Change', edited by Scott Burnett and Francesca Vigo.

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Dec 8

Linguistic Typology Vol. 29 features a debate on the critical need for rigorous replication and robust methods in language typology, with a thought-provoking target article and commentaries discussing empirical scientific methods (degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/lity/29/3/html). #OpenAccess

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Dec 7

📘 Just published! ⚖️ Edited by Jacqueline Visconti, this book explores the language of texts written by #lawyers in Italy and other European countries, combining legal and #linguistic expertise. 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111340982/html#overview #LegalLinguistics #Justice

Book cover of the collection entitled "The Language of Lawyers: A European Perspective", edited by Jacqueline Visconti.

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Nov 28

What does English spoken in the Kingdom of Tonga sound like? Danielle Tod’s monograph is the first book-length #linguistic description of #Tongan #English, documenting the sound, structure, history, and status of this English variety in the South Pacific. 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Book cover of the monograph "Tongan English", written by Danielle Tod.

De Gruyter Brill Linguistics@dgb-linguistics· Nov 25

🥂 Congratulations to Eleonora Serra on the publication of her monograph on linguistic prestige in 16th-century Italy. 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111242811/html#overview #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics #Italian