TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas

John Lucy uses original, empirical data to examine the Sapir-Whorf linguistic relativity hypothesis: the proposal that the grammar of the particular language th

The Sentence in Language and Cognition is about the significant role of the sentence in linguistic cognition and in the practical domains of human existence. Dr

Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can be used to explore the relation between language and thought. This 2003

The idea that the language we speak influences the way we think has evoked perennial fascination and intense controversy. According to the strong version of thi