Linguistics

Oxford University Press Linguistics focuses on all fields of theoretical and historical linguistics and has extensive lists in linguistic typology, language evolution, and language in culture and society. We are especially interested in work at the interfaces between linguistics and cognate fields, such as psychology, anthropology, and philosophy. Important series include Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics, Oxford Studies in Comparative Linguistics, Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory, Studies in Language Evolution, The Phonology of the World's Languages, and Oxford Surveys in Syntax and Morphology. Major authors include R. M. W. Dixon, Alexandra Aikhenvald, Ray Jackendoff, Frederick Newmeyer, John Hawkins, Adele Goldberg,James Hurford, John Anderson, Stephen Anderson, Jay Jasanoff, Don Ringe, William Croft, Martin Haspelmath, and Richard Kayne.

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