Human languages are very economical systems of knowledge which usually contribute to the
formation and interpretation of an utterance only what cannot be supplied by other conceptual
systems. Thus conceptual underspecification and context-dependence are essential properties
which vary from one particular language to the next in dependence on the structural make-up a
given language belongs to.The book series Language Context and Cognition explores the
essential properties of natural languages in focusing on their lexical entries on the
interaction of their grammatical subsystems as well as on the text production methods from
both synchronic and diachronic viewpoints.Research on the conceptual underspecification of
language requires close cooperation of linguists with researchers in cognitive and neuroscience
with phoneticians logicians and with the experts of pragmatic and experimental disciplines
but it also needs interdisciplinary cooperation with students of non-linguistic conceptual
systems.Editorial board (vol. 10 onwards)Dr. habil. Kai Alter (Newcastle University Medical
School)Prof. Dr. Ulrike Demske (Universität des Saarlandes)Prof. Dr. Ewald Lang
(Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)Prof. Dr. Rosemarie Lühr (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
Jena)Prof. Dr. Thomas Pechmann (Universität Leipzig)Prof. Dr. Richard Wiese (Universität
Marburg)
