The Oxford Handbook of Expressivity
Will be published approx. on 25. December 2025
Book
Hardback
1344 pages
978-0-19-886945-0 (ISBN)
Description
This handbook offers a detailed and wide-ranging account of expressivity, the essential property that allows natural language to not just describe something in the world, but to directly express or display the speaker's attitudes or emotions. Following the editors' introduction, which outlines the expressive turn in linguistics, the volume is divided into five parts. Part I lays out the historical background and foundations of expressivity in philology, philosophy, semiotics, and rhetoric, before Part II shows how it plays a major role in all linguistic domains, fields of research, and frameworks, from syntax and semantics to corpus linguistics and neurolinguistics. Chapters in Part III explore specific linguistic phenomena such as slurs, interjections, honorifics, and metaphor, while those in Part IV show how the concept of expressivity is valuable in domains beyond traditional linguistic boundaries, including in pedagogy, law, and music. Finally, Part V presents a cross-linguistic perspective, revealing how expressivity manifests differently across a range of languages, from French and German to Japanese and Mandarin. Providing critical surveys of existing research as well as new insights and innovative perspectives, The Oxford Handbook of Expressivity will be an indispensable resource for linguists, philosophers, and cognitive scientists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 65 mm
Weight
1854 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-886945-0 (9780198869450)
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Persons
Daniel Gutzmann is Professor of German Linguistics at Ruhr University Bochum. His research explores phenomena at the interface between semantics, pragmatics, and syntax and he is a leading expert on expressives. Alongside his two OUP monographs Use-Conditional Meaning (2015) and The Grammar of Expressivity (2019) he has also (co-)authored three textbooks and co-edited several volumes, including the five-volume Wiley Blackwell Companion to Semantics (Wiley, 2021).
Katharina Turgay is Associate Professor of German Linguistics at Ruhr University Bochum. Her wide-ranging work explores syntax and morphology, pedagogical linguistics and language acquisition, and semantics and pragmatics. The main focus of her current research is the study of slurs, expressivity, and secondary meaning. Her publications include articles in a variety of journals, two monographs, a textbook, and, as co-editor with Daniel Gutzmann, Secondary Content (Brill, 2019).
Katharina Turgay is Associate Professor of German Linguistics at Ruhr University Bochum. Her wide-ranging work explores syntax and morphology, pedagogical linguistics and language acquisition, and semantics and pragmatics. The main focus of her current research is the study of slurs, expressivity, and secondary meaning. Her publications include articles in a variety of journals, two monographs, a textbook, and, as co-editor with Daniel Gutzmann, Secondary Content (Brill, 2019).
Content
1: Daniel Gutzmann and Katharina Turgay: Expressivity: An introduction
Part I. Background and foundations
2: Laurence R. Horn: Expressivity in early philosophy and philology
3: Thorsten Sander: Expressivity in modern philosophy of language
4: Robert E. Innis: Expressivity in semiotics
5: James Martin: Expressivity in rhetoric
6: Dorit Bar-On: Expressivity in and before language
Part II. Linguistic domains
7: Michael Adams: Expressivity and the lexicon
8: Jeffrey P. Williams: Expressivity and morphology
9: Andres Saab: Expressivity and syntax
10: Daniel Gutzmann: Expressivity and multidimensional semantics
11: Robert Henderson: Expressivity and dynamic semantics
12: Lukas Mueller: Expressivity and semantic change
13: Maria Paola Tenchini and Aldo Frigerio: Expressivity and speech acts
14: Manuel Padilla Cruz: Expressivity and relevance theory
15: Rita Finkbeiner: Expressivity and construction grammar
16: Konstanze Marx-Wischnowski: Expressivity and discourse analysis
17: Mariia Pronina, Ingo Feldhausen, and Pilar Prieto: Expressivity and prosody
18: Shlomit Ritz Finkelstein and Lynne C. Nygaard: Expressivity and neurolinguistics
19: Filippo Domaneschi and Camilo Rodriguez Ronderos: Expressivity and psycholinguistics
20: Elizabeth Hanks, Niall Curry, Emily Sharp, Gavin Brookes, and Tony McEnery: Expressivity and corpus linguistics
21: Tatjana Scheffler: Expressivity and computational linguistics
Part III. Linguistic phenomena
22: Fabian Bross: Expressivity and adjectives
23: Katharina Turgay: Expressivity and slurs
24: Ulrike Stange-Hundsdoerfer: Expressivity and interjections
25: David Y. Oshima: Expressivity and honorifics
26: Patricia Amaral: Expressivity and pronouns
27: Gerhard Schaden: Expressivity and vocatives
28: Ulrike Stange-Hundsdoerfer: Expressivity and intensifiers
29: Andreas Trotzke: Expressivity and information structure
30: Christopher Davis: Expressivity and sentence types
31: Ad Foolen: Expressivity and metaphor
Part IV. Further applications
32: Ariana N. Mohammadi: Expressivity and bilingualism
33: Andreas Trotzke: Expressivity and pedagogical linguistics
34: Stefan Hinterwimmer: Expressivity and perspectivity
35: Cornelia Ebert and Sebastian Walter: Expressivity and gestures
36: Patrick G. Grosz: Expressivity and emojis
37: Andreas Osterroth: Expressivity and the media
38: Patrik. N. Juslin: Expressivity and music
39: Katharina Felka and Andreas Stokke: Expressivity and lying
40: Elyse Methven: Expressivity and law
41: Andreas Triantafyllopoulos and Bjoern Schuller: Expressivity and speech synthesis
Part V. Expressivity across languages
42: Daniel Gutzmann and Katharina Turgay: Expressivity in German
43: Pierre-Yves Modicom: Expressivity in French
44: Renato Miguel Basso and Luisandro Mendes de Souza: Expressivity in Brazilian Portuguese
45: Andres Saab: Expressivity in Spanish
46: Marwan Jarrah and Sukayna Ali: Expressivity in Arabic
47: Nora Boneh: Expressivity in Modern Hebrew
48: Qiongpeng Luo: Expressivity in Chinese
49: Osamu Sawada: Expressivity in Japanese
50: Rachel Sutton-Spence and Donna Jo Napoli: Expressivity in sign languages
Part I. Background and foundations
2: Laurence R. Horn: Expressivity in early philosophy and philology
3: Thorsten Sander: Expressivity in modern philosophy of language
4: Robert E. Innis: Expressivity in semiotics
5: James Martin: Expressivity in rhetoric
6: Dorit Bar-On: Expressivity in and before language
Part II. Linguistic domains
7: Michael Adams: Expressivity and the lexicon
8: Jeffrey P. Williams: Expressivity and morphology
9: Andres Saab: Expressivity and syntax
10: Daniel Gutzmann: Expressivity and multidimensional semantics
11: Robert Henderson: Expressivity and dynamic semantics
12: Lukas Mueller: Expressivity and semantic change
13: Maria Paola Tenchini and Aldo Frigerio: Expressivity and speech acts
14: Manuel Padilla Cruz: Expressivity and relevance theory
15: Rita Finkbeiner: Expressivity and construction grammar
16: Konstanze Marx-Wischnowski: Expressivity and discourse analysis
17: Mariia Pronina, Ingo Feldhausen, and Pilar Prieto: Expressivity and prosody
18: Shlomit Ritz Finkelstein and Lynne C. Nygaard: Expressivity and neurolinguistics
19: Filippo Domaneschi and Camilo Rodriguez Ronderos: Expressivity and psycholinguistics
20: Elizabeth Hanks, Niall Curry, Emily Sharp, Gavin Brookes, and Tony McEnery: Expressivity and corpus linguistics
21: Tatjana Scheffler: Expressivity and computational linguistics
Part III. Linguistic phenomena
22: Fabian Bross: Expressivity and adjectives
23: Katharina Turgay: Expressivity and slurs
24: Ulrike Stange-Hundsdoerfer: Expressivity and interjections
25: David Y. Oshima: Expressivity and honorifics
26: Patricia Amaral: Expressivity and pronouns
27: Gerhard Schaden: Expressivity and vocatives
28: Ulrike Stange-Hundsdoerfer: Expressivity and intensifiers
29: Andreas Trotzke: Expressivity and information structure
30: Christopher Davis: Expressivity and sentence types
31: Ad Foolen: Expressivity and metaphor
Part IV. Further applications
32: Ariana N. Mohammadi: Expressivity and bilingualism
33: Andreas Trotzke: Expressivity and pedagogical linguistics
34: Stefan Hinterwimmer: Expressivity and perspectivity
35: Cornelia Ebert and Sebastian Walter: Expressivity and gestures
36: Patrick G. Grosz: Expressivity and emojis
37: Andreas Osterroth: Expressivity and the media
38: Patrik. N. Juslin: Expressivity and music
39: Katharina Felka and Andreas Stokke: Expressivity and lying
40: Elyse Methven: Expressivity and law
41: Andreas Triantafyllopoulos and Bjoern Schuller: Expressivity and speech synthesis
Part V. Expressivity across languages
42: Daniel Gutzmann and Katharina Turgay: Expressivity in German
43: Pierre-Yves Modicom: Expressivity in French
44: Renato Miguel Basso and Luisandro Mendes de Souza: Expressivity in Brazilian Portuguese
45: Andres Saab: Expressivity in Spanish
46: Marwan Jarrah and Sukayna Ali: Expressivity in Arabic
47: Nora Boneh: Expressivity in Modern Hebrew
48: Qiongpeng Luo: Expressivity in Chinese
49: Osamu Sawada: Expressivity in Japanese
50: Rachel Sutton-Spence and Donna Jo Napoli: Expressivity in sign languages