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Book SynopsisThe central aim of language teaching is typically to prepare learners to communicate through the language learnt. However, much current language teaching theory and practice is based on a simplistic view of communication that fails to match the multilingual and intercultural reality of the majority of second language (L2) use. This Element examines the relationship between language and culture through an L2 in intercultural and transcultural communication. It puts forward the argument that we need to go beyond communicative competence in language teaching and focus instead on intercultural and transcultural awareness. Implications for pedagogic practice are explored including intercultural and transcultural language education.Trade Review'… a valuable resource for present and future educators …' Laura Dubcovsky, LinguistTable of Contents1. Introduction – The Role of Intercultural and Transcultural Communication in Language Teaching; 2. Culture and Language; 3. Intercultural and Transcultural Communication; 4. Intercultural and Transcultural Awareness; 5. Intercultural and Transcultural Language Education; References.

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Book SynopsisFeaturing an extensive set of entries covering all aspects of research methodology, ranging from basic to more advanced topics, this is an essential reference for applied linguists everywhere. Explanations of key concepts and techniques are fully cross-referenced and presented in bite-sized chunks, making it easy for users to look up specific terms quickly or have a brief refresher on methodological practices and related issues. Concepts are further illustrated by real-life examples drawn from current linguistics research.This is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying applied linguistics or TESOL modules.Trade ReviewThe A-Z Guide of Applied Linguistics Research Methods is a slim, clearly designed, easy-to-use instrument than aims to assist researchers and ‘consumers’ of research … to quickly get an overview of research methods in applied linguistics, together with the practices and terminology that go with them … It can function as a primer or as a go-back-to type of guide, and its authors are to be commended for this welcome addition to the literature on research methods in applied linguistics. * Simone Curzio Bacchini, Reference Reviews, Vol. 30 (8) *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Key concepts.

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Book SynopsisWendy Anderson is Reader in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests lie in corpus linguistics, semantics, metaphor and intercultural language education. Between 2004 and 2008 she was a researcher for the Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech and Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing projects, led by John Corbett. More recently, between 2012 and 2016, she was Principal Investigator of two Digital Humanities projects: 'Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus', which sought to trace the place of metaphor across the history of English, and the follow-on project 'Metaphor in the Curriculum'. John Corbett is Professor of English and Head of the English Department at the University of Macau. His research interests include corpus linguistics, intercultural language education, Scottish literature and the Scots language. He is also a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow. Between 2003-10 he co-direcTrade ReviewPraise for the first edition: 'This introductory textbook does an amazing job of covering a lot of territory in a very accessible manner for a wide range of readers, with well thought-out, engaging activities. Ideal for a variety of applied linguistics courses as well as for those studying corpus linguistics.' - Randi Reppen, Northern Arizona University, USA 'Anderson & Corbett do an impressive job of addressing the niceties of corpus literacy for an extremely wide audience, without compromising on rigour. This will undoubtedly become a valuable textbook for students and teachers on a variety of applied and corpus linguistics courses.' - International Journal of Corpus LinguisticsTable of Contents1. Introducing online corpora 2. Interpreting corpus data 3. Contextualising corpus texts 4. Exploring lexis with corpora 5. Exploring grammar with corpora 6. Exploring discourse with corpora 7. Exploring pronunciation with corpora 8. Issues in the use of corpora in teaching and research Appendix: online corpora.

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Book SynopsisThis new four volume collection, Pidgins and Creoles, will showcase the major areas of research and their achievements in this multidisciplinary field. The collection will include both works that represent the status quo as well as those that are controversial in nature but which have nevertheless functioned as major catalysts for the production of knowledge. An important focus of the volumes will be to critically assess existing models, truths, research agendas and methodological frameworks in the research on these languages. While the bulk of research to date has principally investigated so-called English-lexified creoles, the volumes will also draw on work carried out on the range of such languages, crucially including not just creoles but also pidgins.

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Book SynopsisEric Friginal is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of International Programs, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University, USAElizabeth Mathews is Assistant Professor of Applied Aviation Sciences, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, Arizona and Worldwide Campuses, USA Jennifer Roberts is Aviation English Specialist, College of Aeronautics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, Arizona and Worldwide Campuses, USATrade ReviewFascinating for anyone interested in linguistics ... Many of the more specific examples throughout the book are organised into easy to read tables and figures ... It lays down a very good basic overview and could inspire readers either to learn more about this specific linguistic field or to pursue a role as an aviation English trainer. * Babel Magazine *With the teaching and testing of Aviation English undergoing such rapid expansion, this comprehensive and accessible volume will be invaluable to researchers and practitioners alike. It is particularly pleasing to see that the scope of the work extends well beyond the traditional focus on communication between pilots and air traffic controllers. * John Read, Emeritus Professor of Applied Language Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand *An invaluable contribution to improving the safety of the most global of all businesses. By addressing both linguistics and human factors, this book will enhance teacher training and testing and promote best practices in communication throughout the aviation industry. It also establishes a foundation for continuing research with the potential to heighten awareness of risk factors and enhance future investigations. As the world’s leading aviation educator, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University takes our responsibility to ensure safer skies seriously. English in Global Aviation provides us with a new tool to build proficiency in the international language of civil aviation for pilots, mechanics and air traffic controllers. * P. Barry Butler, President, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA *This book explains why and how English became the lingua franca of aviation. It demonstrates through the history of accidents and near-misses, together with research findings, that mastery of phraseology is insufficient for safety of flight. Experts in their area, the writers narrate the story in academic and professional voices, making this an authoritative work on the topic, and keeping the reader interested from cover to cover. * Marjo Mitsutomi, Professor, Department of Foreign Language, Osaka Gakuin University, Japan *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements List of Major Abbreviations Part I: Context 1. English in Global Aviation: Historical Perspectives 2. English Proficiency and the International Civil Aviation Organization 3. Language as a Human Factor in Aviation Part II: Research 4. English in Global Aviation: Research Perspectives 5. The Language of Aviation: Corpus-Based Analysis of Aviation Discourse 6. Pilot-Controller Communication: A Multidimensional Analysis Part III: Pedagogy 7. Aviation English Pedagogy: Contexts and Settings 8. The Development of Aviation English Programs 9. Ab-initio Aviation English Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisJamin Pelkey is Associate Professor and Program Director in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada.Stéphanie Walsh Matthews is Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, at Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada.Trade ReviewBloomsbury Semiotics Volume 2: Semiotics in the Natural and Technical Sciences delivers the contemporary state of the art, craft, and science of semiotic applications in math and logic, in biology and cognitive sciences, and in professional and technical fields from architecture to medicine and beyond, with expert contributions achieving prescient depth of coverage and cutting-edge comprehensive bibliographic documentation. -- Myrdene Anderson, Purdue College of Liberal Arts, USABloomsbury Semiotics is a much-needed reference that promises to provide a very solid general and historical introduction to a complex way of thinking, but also introduces a very wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to the field. -- Elliot Gaines, Wright State University, USATable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction, Stéphanie Walsh Matthews 1. Semiotics in Mathematics and Logic, Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen and Frederik Stjernfelt 2. Semiotics in General Biology, Kalevi Kull and Don Favareau 3. Semiotics in Ecology and Environmental Studies, Timo Maran 4. Semiotics in Ethology and Zoology, Morten Tønnessen 5. Semiotics in Evolutionary Linguistics, Jamin Pelkey and Prisca Augustyn 6. Semiotics in Health and Medicine, John Tredinnick-Rowe and Donald E. Stanley 7. Semiotics in Psychiatry and Psychology, Norbert Andersch 8. Semiotics in Neuroscience and Cognition, Kristian Tylén and Jijo Kandamkulathy 9. Semiotics in Computing and Information Systems, Martin Irvine 10. Semiotics in Economics and Finance, Todd Oakley 11. Semiotics in Law and Jurisprudence, Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati 12. Semiotics in Architecture and Spatial Design, Gabriele Aroni 13. Semiotics in Graphic Design, Steven Skaggs 14. Semiotics in Marketing and Branding, Kristian Bankov and Dimitar Trendafilov Index

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Book SynopsisJamin Pelkey is Associate Professor and Program Director in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada.Susan Petrilli is Full Professor of Philosophy and Theory of Languages at the University of Bari, Italy.Sophia Melanson Ricciardone is a PhD Candidate at York University, Canada.Trade ReviewVERDICT This is a state-of-the-art survey of semiotic inquiry. Recommended for researchers in the field. -- Gary Medina * Library Journal *Semiotics in the Arts and Social Sciences testifies to the power of semiotics to innovate through the creation of new research paths, and to renovate by revisiting older paths and reshaping them through fundamental changes of perspectives. The result is an inspiring multidirectional and multidimensional programmatic chart that redraws boundaries and suggests uncharted territories in need of careful signage. -- André De Tienne, Indiana University, USABloomsbury Semiotics is a much-needed reference that promises to provide a very solid general and historical introduction to a complex way of thinking, but also introduces a very wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to the field. -- Elliot Gaines, Wright State University, USATable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction, Susan Petrilli and Sophia Melanson Ricciardone 1. Semiotics in Philosophy and Critical Theory, Vincent Colapietro 2. Semiotics in Anthropology and Ethnography, Sally Ness and Steve Coleman 3. Semiotics in History and Archaeology, Marek Tamm and Robert Preucel 4. Semiotics in Theology and Religious Studies, Massimo Leone 5. Semiotics in Ethics and Caring, Susan Petrilli 6. Semiotics in Sociology and Political Science, Risto Heiskala and Peeter Selg 7. Semiotics in Learning and Education, Andrew Stables and Alin Olteanu 8. Semiotics in Picture and Image Studies, Sara Lenninger and Göran Sonesson 9. Semiotics in Film and Video Studies, Piero Polidoro and Adriano D’Aloia 10. Semiotics in Music and Musicology, William Dougherty and Esti Sheinberg 11. Semiotics in Performance and Dance, Nikoleta Popa Blanariu 12. Semiotics in Rhetoric and Poetics, Per Aage Brandt and Todd Oakely 13. Semiotics in Literature and Narratology, Stéphanie Walsh Matthews and Paul Perron 14. Semiotics in Structural Linguistics, Anne-Gaëlle Toutain and Ekaterina Velmezova Index

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Book SynopsisJamin Pelkey is Associate Professor and Program Director in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada.Paul Cobley is Full Professor and Deputy Dean (Research & Knowledge Exchange) in the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, Middlesex University, London, UK.Trade ReviewPeircean Semiotics offers some of the most interesting and insightful perspectives on the nature of communication as a crucial force in the universe, ranging from human language to physics. In Bloomsbury Semiotics vol. 4, Jamin Pelkey and Paul Cobley have brought together some of the leading semioticians from around the world on an exciting range of topics. This is an important volume that all readers, whether new to semiotics or long-term semioticians, will enjoy and learn a great deal from. I highly recommend it. -- Daniel L. Everett, Bentley University, USABloomsbury Semiotics is a much-needed reference that promises to provide a very solid general and historical introduction to a complex way of thinking, but also introduces a very wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to the field. -- Elliot Gaines, Wright State University, USATable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction, Paul Cobley 1. Communication Theory and Semiotics, Richard Lanigan 2. Media/Culture Studies and Semiotics, Sophia Melanson Ricciardone and Marcel Danesi 3. Digital Humanities and Semiotics, Alin Olteanu and Arianna Ciula 4. Systems Theory and Semiotics, Ricardo Gudwin and João Queiroz 5. Phenomenology and Semiotics, Peer F. Bundgaard 6. Hermeneutics and Semiotics, Ronald C. Arnett and Susan Mancino 7. Translation Studies and Semiotics, Evangelos Kourdis and Ritva Hartama-Heinonen 8. Pragmatics and Semiotics, Per Aage Brandt 9. Gesture Studies and Semiotics, Irene Mittelberg and Jennifer Hinnell 10. Multimodality and Semiotics, David Machin and Ariel Chen 11. Discourse Analysis and Semiotics, Kay O'Halloran and Sabine Tan 12. Integrational Linguistics and Semiotics, Adrian Pablé 13. Cognitive Linguistics and Semiotics, Jordan Zlatev and Möttönen Tapani 14. Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Göran Sonesson Index

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Book SynopsisOne of many natural sign languages in use around the world, British Sign Language (BSL) operates as a fully-fledged semiotic system in the visual-spatial modality, through the simultaneous use of embodied articulators. Filling a gap in current research, this book investigates visual-spatial communications from a functional perspective.Presenting a description and analysis of BSL from the perspective of Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics, Luke A. Rudge explores how BSL users make meaning from three different yet interrelated perspectives:- How exchanges of information are managed at a social level (the interpersonal metafunction)- How experience is encoded in the language (the experiential metafunction)- How communications are organised into coherent parts and wholes (the textual metafunction) Examining these perspectives both separately and together, Exploring British Sign Language via Systemic Functional Linguistics places them within the context of current observationsTrade ReviewA truly impressive contribution to an unfortunately neglected field of study, this volume provides insight into British Sign Language (BSL) from the perspective of functional linguistics. It represents the first major publication to offer a functional description of BSL within Systemic Functional Linguistics. Not only does it provide an important foundation for future work on BSL but also an opening on broader linguistic typological issues and extensions to existing linguistic theory. This is a very important volume for all interested in sign languages and perhaps even more so for anyone working with modes of expression very broadly, including embodied communication. -- Lise Fontaine, Reader in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy, University of Cardiff, UKAn important and timely analysis of signed languages, especially with respect to multi-channel simultaneity. The systemic functional grammar framework used in this volume offers a coherent alternative to formal approaches in sign linguistics and complements recent neo-Peircean approaches to the semiotics of multi-modality in all languages, signed or spoken. -- Trevor Johnston, Honorary Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Introducing British Sign Language: A Sociocultural and Linguistic Overview 2. Contextualising British Sign Language within a Systemic Functional Framework 3. Exploring the Interpersonal Metafunction 4. Exploring the Experiential Metafunction 5. Exploring the Textual Metafunction 6. Combining the Metafunctions: Analysing BSL from Three Perspectives 7. Looking Back and Looking Forward References Index

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Book SynopsisThe human body is a primary source of meaning-making, with the body conveying over two-thirds of our messages. But how can we understand these physical communicative cues? How are they being expressed and exploited in new media and multimodal online and mobile interaction?Offering an in-depth guide to help you investigate and understand real and virtual nonverbal communication using semiotic theory, this book assumes little previous knowledge of semiotics or linguistics. With in-depth, comparative case studies, each chapter deals with a traditional aspect of nonverbal communication, such as facial expressions, touch, and gesture, before extending the discussion to new media and cyberspace.Explaining the issues step by step and supported by exercises, directed further reading and a glossary of key terms, Understanding Nonverbal Communication provides you with all the tools you need to understand how nonverbal communication unfolds in all kinds of contexts, and Trade ReviewThe author adopts an explanatory style, clear structure, and vivid examples ... This book will inspire the future interdisciplinary exploration of NVC in various contexts. * LINGUIST List *A state-of-the-art textbook written in clear and understandable language with insightful tables and figures and abundant examples to illustrate its major points. * Frank Nuessel, Professor of Spanish, Italian, and Linguistics, University of Louisville, USA *Marcel Danesi is a truly polymathic scholar. This comprehensive book succeeds in conveying complex ideas about nonverbal communication without getting engrossed in technical style or relying solely on disciplinary jargon. * Farouk Y. Seif, Professor Emeritus of Leadership and Change, Antioch University Seattle, USA *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Overview of Nonverbal Semiotics 2. Kinesics 3. Facial Expression 4. Eye Contact 5. Touch 6. Gesture 7. Proxemics 8. Spatial Codes 9. Architecture 10. Dancing 11. Visual Semiotics 12. Visual Art Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamining a key issue in second language acquisition (SLA) research, this book explores the relation between second language (L2) production and comprehension at the level of processing. The central question underlying this interface is the relationship between grammatical encoding and decoding, namely: are the two modalities of production and comprehension subserved by different types of processors, or by the same syntactic processing module?Proposing an Integrated Encoding-Decoding Model' of SLA, Anke Lenzing presents the results of a comprehensive empirical study to demonstrate the extent to which the two modalities rely on shared representations and/or shared processes. Through this detailed analysis The Production-Comprehension Interface in Second Language Acquisition sheds new light on the cognitive architecture of human language processing and offers a deeper understanding of the mechanisms at work in the L2 acquisition process.Trade ReviewLenzing’s book is unique and compelling. The results of the study offer clear support to her hypotheses and have crucial repercussions not only for the theory and praxis of second-language teaching, but also for experimental and developmental psycholinguistics. This book deserves the serious attention of anyone active in these areas. * Gerard A.M. Kempen, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, the Netherlands *Clearly-explained theories form the foundation for innovative research techniques, which are brought together in coherent and consistent ways. Lenzing takes long-established insights and turns them into precise, testable claims that have the potential to be operationalised for other aspects of additional language development. * Howard Nicholas, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Education, La Trobe University, Australia *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Architecture of Human Language Processing 2. The Relation Between Production and Comprehension in Language Processing 3. Processability and the Multiple Constraints Hypothesis 4. An Integrated Encoding-Decoding Model of Second Language Acquisition 5. The English Passive as a Test Case 6. Design and Data Collection 7. Testing the Integrated Encoding-Decoding Model Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisProviding a unique interpretation of Kant's theory of judgement as integral to his overall project, Claudia Brodsky explores his continued relevance to contemporary theoretical concerns. The Linguistic Condition traces how Kant combined sensus communis, or common sense with the communicative nature of judgement to reveal that, for him, acts of judgement are dependent on their linguistic articulation, so that in Kantian philosophy language and judgement are inextricably linked. In this first in-depth analysis of language in the Critique of Judgement, Brodsky forms creative connections between literature and philosophy.Trade ReviewThis is a nigh-monumental, clearly arranged and clearly argued book on the most basic terminological elements of Kant’s Critique of Judgment—which turn out (not surprisingly) to be key to the whole critical enterprise. Brodsky weaves her treatments of those Kantian elements with analyses of their repercussions on the philosophical and literary legacy of a range of thinkers. * Karen Feldman, Professor of German, University of California, Berkeley, USA *Challenging the canon of received notions about Kant and his project of critique, Brodsky’s brilliant newest book recovers the critical moment in Kant’s theory of judgment as the third and decisive critical force that underpins Kant’s critical project: the linguistic condition. Along the way, the book offers stunning explorations of Rousseau and Diderot as fellow travelers on the critical trajectory they share. Provocative, dazzling, and revelatory, Brodsky liberates Kant from a reception that has alternatively reduced his Critique of Judgment to an aesthetics or a philosophy of nature, illuminating the central linchpin Kant here explores: the power to speak “in a general voice” he so enigmatically calls Gemeinsinn, which allows us to judge but resists the conceptual grasp that any epistemology presupposes. Anything but “Common Sense” of the various longstanding varieties that attempt to conflate commonplace notions with the “grounds” on which we think and speak, Kant opens here a new line of investigation we are yet to fully appreciate. The final chapter offers compelling readings of the elusiveness of judgment in Kleist that demonstrate the poet’s profound affinity with exactly this Kantian concern, and the philosopher's critical affinity with literature. * Willi Goetschel, Professor of German and Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada *Table of ContentsPreface. Acting upon Condition Chapter One. Introduction: Before Judgment: Doing without Knowing in Kant and Diderot Part I. Linguistic Conditions Chap. Two. “The Condition of Judgment:” Kant’s “Common Sense,” or the Origin of Language in the Third Critique 1. “‘Common Sense’” and Signification, or What is Not Tautology 2. “Technique” 3. “Free” 4. “Feeling” 5. Speech Act and “Communicability” 6. Rousseau’s Nouns 7. Diderot’s Adjectives 8. Kant’s Predicates: “Synthetic Judgments a Priori” and “A General Voice” 9. “The Schema,” or Language Inside 10. What is Articulation? 11. World Without Words: Wordsworth Part II. Missing Senses and Poetics Chap. Three. “Judgment” and the Genesis of What We Lack: “Poetry,” “Schema,” and the “Monogram of Imagination” in Kant 1. “Judgment” in the “Age of Critique” 2. Judgment and “Indifference:” The “Common Sense” of Imagination in Arendt and Kant 3. The Schema and the Language of Poetry 4. Poetry and the Judgment of Critique Chap. Four. Kleist’s Mere Formalities 1. Kant and Kleist: Representation and Irony 2. What happened: Missed Representation and Misrepresentation in “Die Marquise von O…” 3. Contesting “Judgment” in “The Duel” Bibliography Primary Bibliography Secondary Bibliography

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Book SynopsisMarking 30 years of contrastive corpus linguistics, this volume provides a state-of-the-art of the field, charting its development over time and expanding the boundaries of the discipline.Focusing on a diversity of methods and approaches to language comparison, it uses both comparable and translation corpora, and explores a broad range of language registers from newspaper reporting and spoken political discourse to film scripts and football match reports. Using English as the pivot language for each chapter, the volume offers contrastive bilingual and trilingual perspectives on a number of languages, including Czech, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish, covering a typologically diverse field. By exploring the application of complex multi-genre multilingual data sets and expanding the horizons of contrastive studies, it demonstrates how a juxtaposition of cross-linguistic and register variation can deepen our insight into language variation and use.The volume is dedicated to two prominent contrastive corpus linguists: Karin Aijmer and Bengt Altenberg, who have decisively shaped the discipline from its very beginnings. The book opens with a chapter by Aijmer, reflecting on the current breadth and future prospects of research in the area while pointing to emergent trends with an insight that only she can offer.

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Book SynopsisAdvocating for best practices within aviation English language research, this volume offers deeper insights into the practical, policy-based, and societal contexts in which International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) language standards are embedded.English is the official language for international pilot-air traffic controller (ATC) communications, mandated by the ICAO. It is also the de facto universal common language for all other forms of communication, including the language of maintenance technicians (and maintenance manuals), aeronautical engineers, cabin crew, ground staff, and aviation business professionals. In this book, renowned academic experts and aviation professionals come together to explore a variety of research trends, providing an effective and efficient analysis of the language needs of the aviation industry, its future directions, and an extended look at linguistic principles in action. Chapters engage in detail with research data, cas

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Book SynopsisFerdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) is generally considered one of the main founders of modern linguistics and semiotics. This title introduces the reader to the ways in which Saussure developed his revolutionary insights on language and demystifies his complex theories.Trade ReviewThe current volume, by someone who is not just a competent semiotician but a giant of contemporary semiotics, explains and assesses Saussure's bequest to sign study. Paul Bouissac's Saussure: A Guide for the Perplexed prints the bigger picture, not just the legend, and helps to open up a whole new era in the analysis of the cultural sign. -- Paul Cobley, Reader in Communications London Metropolitan University, UKTable of Contents1. Saussure's last lectures: a perplexed man; 2. Saussure's student years: insights and accomplishments; 3. Saussure in Berlin and Paris: What did it mean to be a linguist in 1880?; 4. Saussure the maverick: thinking outside the box; 5. S. like synchrony, structure, sign and semiology; 6. Diachrony: Saussure and the problem of time; 7. The Course in General Linguistics: Saussure's conceptual legacy; 8. From Saussure to Saussurism and back: the unfinished task; Appendix 1: Saussurean scholarship; Appendix 2: Quotes from Saussure.

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Book SynopsisThe first of two workbooks aimed at upper-intermediate and advanced learners of English (CEFR B1-C2) to promote interactional language awareness and develop active listening skills.

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Book SynopsisThese workbooks are aimed at upper-intermediate and advanced learners of English (CEFR B1-C2) to promote interactional language awareness and develop active listening skills.

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Book SynopsisThe number of young people speaking Gaelic in Scotland is growing for the first time since Census records began but less than half of all Gaelic speakers use Gaelic in the home. This book sets out to explore why.

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Book SynopsisPoetry in the Mind is the first book-length cognitive analysis focused entirely on 21st century poetic texts and their conceptual effects. Addressing central poetic notions or features of poetic style from an innovative cognitive perspective, the book sheds new light on established ideas about poetic creativity and language.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the relationship between language education and citizenship through theoretical and pedagogical lenses, examining existing language education provision in the context of the needs of today's learners and societies.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the relationship between language education and citizenship through theoretical and pedagogical lenses, examining existing language education provision in the context of the needs of today's learners and societies.

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Book SynopsisThis is a highly original, interdisciplinary study of the archaic Greek word nomos and its family of words. Includes extracts from ancient sources, in both the original and English translation, to give us a new and complete understanding of nomos and its foundational place in the Western legal tradition.

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Book SynopsisWarren Maguire examines Mid-Ulster English as a key case of new dialect formation, considering the roles of language shift and dialect contact in its phonological development.

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays that gives readers an overview of recent trends in Arabic dialectology.

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Book SynopsisAn illuminating anthology about translating and translators from Lynne Sharon Schwartz.An illuminating anthology about translating and translators from Lynne Sharon Schwartz.

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Book SynopsisDo you find it hard to make friends? Do you struggle to know what to say to start a conversation?In this book, Paul Jordan, who is on the autism spectrum, explains how to make sense of everyday social situations you might encounter at school, university or in other group settings. He reveals how, with the use of just 65 simple words, it is possible to create 'scripts for thinking' that break conversations down into small chunks and help you to think of what to say, whether you are speaking to a fellow student, starting a conversation with a new friend, calling out bullies or answering a teacher's question. These small words will be a big help for all teenagers and young people with ASD.Trade Review[The author] has developed a simple strategy for facilitating conversation that can greatly enhance the quality of life of someone who has Asperger's syndrome. The art of conversation can be learned and achieved, and this valuable book explains how. -- From the foreword by Professor Tony Attwood PhD, Brisbane, AustraliaTable of ContentsForeword by Tony Attwood. Introduction. 1. Bullying. 2. Making friends. 3. Making conversations. 4. Special interest. 5. Thinking differently can be a problem.

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Book SynopsisIn the Eurowest pain is discursively framed as something that elides discourse and therefore is outside language. In this framing, pain, as outside language, is given asocial and ahistorical status understood to be beyond human construction. Indeed, played out in systems of belief and practice, pain acts as a medium for reciprocal relations with the metaphysical other since it too is understood as originating and sharing a part in the ‘authentic’ or ‘real’ from which the metaphysical, and therefore truth, is understood to emerge. Understood as part of this domain, pain is linked to truth and therefore understood to be a means to truth; hence the use of torture to secure the truth. With this kind of discursive framing, this book works to make apparent the rhetorical play of pain demonstrating its social and political imperatives.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Pain, the Body and Signification Chapter 2: Mythic Caesura, Pain and the Boundary between the Non-human and Human Animal Chapter 3 Pain and the Significant of Ancient Spartan Masculinities - A Case Study Chapter 4 Penetrating the Body of the Masculine Other: White Masculinity, War, and Ritualized Torture Chapter 5 The Cut of Pain: Circumcision and Identity: A Genealogical Play Afterwords

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays examines core authors and texts. Written by scholars from a range of Irish third-level institutions, these essays provide introductions to less familiar authors and open up critical readings of established texts.Table of ContentsPoetry: Conrad Brunstrom on Philip Larkin; Lucy Collins on Eavan Boland; Peter Denman on Elizabeth Bishop and Michael Longley; John Devitt on Seamus Heaney. Fiction: Joseph Cleary on Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart; Richard Hayes on Seamus Deane's Reading in the Dark; Margaret Kelleher on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre; Emer Nolan on Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Drama: Patrick Burke on Brian Friel; Brian Cosgrove on King Lear; Paul Hollywood on Hamlet. Film: Gerardine Meaney on film narrative; Christopher Morash on literature and film; Sarah Smith on Jim Sheridan's My Left Foot.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an innovative institutional transpositional ethnography that examines the textual trajectory of “the life of a calling script” from production by corporate management and clients to recontextualization by middle management and finally to application by agents in phone interactions. Drawing on an extensive original research it provides a behind-the-scenes view of a multilingual call center in London and critiques the archetypal modern workplace practices including extensive use of monitoring and standardization and use of low-skilled precariat labor. In doing so, it offers fresh perspectives on contemporary debates about resistance, agency, and compliance in globalized workplaces. This study will provide a valuable resource to students and scholars of management studies, communication, sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology.Trade Review“Johanna Woydack provides a clear ethnographic account, supported by a sophisticated analysis, of the inner workings of a call center in the United Kingdom. The text provides new insights on the roles of standardization and scripts as dynamics of the workplace … . This text will be a useful tool for researchers studying labor markets, capitalist modes of production, customer relations, sales, and telemarketing in service economies throughout the world.” (Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi, Exertions, Society for the Anthropology of Work, April 18, 2022)“Woydack provides a thorough and critical review of the literature as well as an excellent example of how to bring innovative theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of call centers. Woydack’s book is necessary reading for anyone engaging in linguistic ethnography or qualitative analysis of organizations or institutions as her tracking of textual trajectories throughout the call center provides an exceptionally useful methodological approach for research in contexts where texts can be omnipresent and yet ever-elusive to researchers.” (Grace Fay Cooper, Sociolinguistic Studies, Vol. 13 (2-4), 2019)“This book provides a unique perspective on the subject. While there are many examples of the script and how team leaders and agents would modify the master script, it would be helpful to have some authentic call samples to illustrate the actual exchanges. Professional communication, sociolinguistics and perhaps also business operation researchers will find this book useful.” (Jon S. Y. Hui, Language in Society, Vol. 48, 2019)“The book offers a new perspective on the contemporary debate on workplace standardization. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars interested in politeness research and intercultural communication as well as to call centre managers and business communication trainers.” (Sara Orthaber, Discourse & Communication, Vol. 13 (5), 2019)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: Getting to know Callcentral: a first encounter.Chapter 3: The first stage of the script’s career: production of “the master script”.Chapter 4: The second stage in the script’s career: adaptation of the master script.Chapter 5: The final stage of the script’s career: enactment and use of the master script.Chapter 6: Standardization and agency intertwined.

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