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Book SynopsisThis book addresses Mohan’s (1986) concept of a social practice, an educational activity that can be considered as action in a frame of meaning, or a “knowledge framework” (KF). The KF, grounded in systemic functional linguistics, is a heuristic that provides both a theoretical framework for researching the language of social practices and a springboard for organizing lessons that can help teachers bring explicit language development into content teaching. This volume brings together the latest research on using Mohan’s SFL-based theory at institutions of higher learning. One outcome of this book is to show how a functional approach to language research can be a major tool for research in the experiential tradition of John Dewey who, as a pragmatist, regarded knowledge functionally “as arising from an active adaptation of the human organism to its environment” (www.iep.utm.edu/dewey). Another outcome is to illustrate the complexity of the role activities play in education. This is the first book to examine the linguistic demands of the activities that occur in higher education. It provides empirically grounded examples of how Mohan’s work is being implemented in universities worldwide. It thus adds to conversations addressing the use of educational activities to teach and describe disciplinary literacy and the integrated development of language and content.Table of Contents1. A Knowledge Framework Approach to Linguistic Research and Teaching Tammy Slater 2. Corpus-based Knowledge Framework Analysis: A Deliberation of Methodology and Outcomes Elena Cotos, Iowa State University 3. Student Academic Writing: Situated Enactment of Genre, Argument, and Knowledge Structure Constant Leung, Kings College London 4. Perceived Effectiveness of AWE: Focus on Forms, Focus on Meaning, and Interactional Modifications Aysel Saricaoglu (University of Ankara), Evgeny Chukharev-Hudilainen (Iowa State University) & Hui-Hsien Feng (National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan) 5. Coaching as Activity/Social Practice Carolyn Kristjansson (Trinity Western University, Canada) & Bernard Mohan (University of British Columbia) 6. Voting as a Social Activity: Voter Suppression, the Common Good, and Evidence Bernard Mohan 7. Disciplinary Differences in the Knowledge Structures in University Lecture Slides Zhi Li, University of Saskatchewan 8. Causal Explanations in Physics: A Functional Analysis of EFL Lectures and Textbook Excerpts Kimberly Becker (Iowa State University) & Xiaoping Liang (California State University, Long Beach) 9. Online Teacher Training Using the Knowledge Framework and the Teaching–Learning Cycle for Literacy Development Stephanie Link (Oklahoma State University) & Jesse Gleason (Southern Connecticut State University) 10. Opportunities and Challenges of the KF for In-service Teacher Development: A Case Study Jingzi Huang & Margaret Berg, both at University of Northern Colorado 11. The Knowledge Framework for Building Teacher Awareness of Language in Content Instruction Jesse Gleason & Elena Schmitt (Southern Connecticut State University) 12. Learning and Using the Knowledge Framework as a Language and Content Teaching Unit Project: A Case Study Amy Walton & Gulbahar H. Beckett, both at Iowa State University 13. The Role of Functional Recasts in EFL Undergraduate Students’ Learning of Intercultural Communication Masaki Kobayashi (Kanda University of International Studies, Tokyo) & Emi Kobayashi (Kyoai Gakuen University) 14. Enhancing Disciplinary Learning Experience through an Adjunct English-Across-the-Curriculum Model Esther Tong, Cecilia Pun, & Phoebe Siu, all at Hong Kong Polytechnic University 15. Implementing the KF in a Content-based Language Teaching Classroom Hong Ma (Zhejiang University) & Jian Zhou (Hangzhou Normal University) 16. Knowledge Structures as Designs: Tracing Patterns Across Textual Trajectories Diane Potts, Lancaster University

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Book SynopsisAn Optimality Theoretic grammar arises from the comparison of candidates over a set of constraints, oriented toward obtaining certain of those candidates as optimal. The typology of a specified system collects its grammars, encompassing all total domination orders among the posited constraints. Considerable progress has been made in understanding the internal structure of Optimality Theoretic grammars but, in this book, we move up a level from grammar to typology, probing the structure that emerges from the most basic commitments of the theory. Comparison is once again central: a constraint viewed at the typological level rates entire grammars against each other. From this perspective, the constraint goes beyond its familiar role as an engine of comparison based on quantitative penalties and instead takes the form of a more abstract order and equivalence structure. This “Equivalence-augmented Privileged Order” (EPO) can be presented as a kind of enriched Hasse diagram. The collection of the EPOs, one for each constraint, forms the MOAT, the “Mother of All Tableaux”. The EPOs of a typology’s unique MOAT are respected in every violation tableau associated with it. With the MOAT concept in place, it becomes possible to understand exactly which sets of disjoint grammars constitute valid typologies. This finding provides the conditions under which grammars of a given typology can merge to produce another, simpler typology and thereby abstract away informatively from various differences between them. Geometrically, the MOAT concept enables us to show, following the insights of Jason Riggle, that the grammars of a typology neatly partition its representation on the permutohedron into connected, spherically convex regions. Discussion proceeds along both concrete and abstract lines, facilitating access for readers across a wide range of interests.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Overview 2. The EST Typology 3. EST: The MOAT and its EPOs 4. Analysis of the MOAT 5. Working out the MOAT: Jump to the Csys 6. Compatibility and the Join 7. Geometry Appendix I: Leg Set Partition of EST Appendix II: EST: SKBs and Hasse Diagrams Appendix III: EST.CSys: SKBs and Hasse Diagrams Appendix IV: Notation

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Book SynopsisLanguage is both a socially distributed system, unknowable to any one individual, and an individually embodied biological system. As such it is subject to recursive biological and societal pressures which enable it to function and change. The Language Dynamic identifies a number of mechanisms that enable the meaning potential of language from the phoneme through grammar and discourse and onto ideological systems. These core mechanisms are: (i) articulation and stratality, by which meaningful units combine in context to form higher-order meanings which are greater than the sum of their parts; (ii) redundancy, as the mutually re-enforcing yet unstable relation between strata which allows for creativity and change; (iii) prospection, as the means by which speakers effectively and automatically recycle the syntagmatic patterns that emerge from language as a contextualised system. In providing an integrated account of the interconnections between these core mechanisms, the book allow us to conceptualise the dynamics of language change and growth as at once a motivated and agentless process. The book, which underpins functional theories of language with concepts from biological and cultural evolution, social semiotics and systems theory, will be relevant to all who are interested in how and why we can mean and what it means for us as humans to be semiotic agents.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Recursive Processes from Morpheme to Ideology Chapter 2: Embodiment Chapter 3: A Systemic and Stratal Account of Language and Society, as Told by Three T-shirts, a Urinal and a Karaoke Machine Chapter 4: Stratification, Redundancy and the Mechanism of Change Chapter 5: Prospection: The Emergence of Target States and Common Ground in Speech Chapter 6: Emergent Creativity Chapter 7: A Socio-Biosemiotic Theory in Bullet Points

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Book SynopsisKorean: A Comprehensive Grammar is a reference to Korean grammar, and presents a thorough overview of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Korean. The book moves from the alphabet and pronunciation through morphology and word classes to a detailed analysis of sentence structures and semantic features such as aspect, tense, speech styles and negation.Updated and revised, this new edition includes lively descriptions of Korean grammar, taking into account the latest research in Korean linguistics. More lower-frequency grammar patterns have been added, and extra examples have been included throughout the text.The unrivalled depth and range of this updated edition of Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar makes it an essential reference source on the Korean language.Table of Contents Introduction to the Korean Language 1.1 Characteristic Features of Korean 1.1.1 Word Classes 1.1.2 Word Order: Korean is an SOV language 1.1.2.1 Flexible Word Order 1.1.2.2 The Postpositional Characteristic of Korean 1.1.2.3 The Position of Complements 1.1.2.4 Interrogative Word Order 1.1.3 An Intricate System of Honorific Categories 1.1.4 Korean as an Elliptical Language 1.2 Korean Script and Pronunciation 1.2.1 Basic Principles of Hangul Writing 1.2.1.1 Letter Names and Dictionary Order 1.2.1.2 Writing Syllabically 1.2.2 Hangul Pronunciation Guide 1.2.2.1 Simple Vowels 1.2.2.2 Y-Vowels 1.2.2.3 W-Vowels 1.2.2.4 The Compound Vowel 의 1.2.2.5 Basic Consonants 1.2.2.6 Aspirated Consonants 1.2.2.7 Tensed or ‘Double’ Consonants 1.2.3 Pronunciation Changes 1.2.3.1 Pronunciation of Syllable-final Consonants 1.2.3.2 Simplification of Consonant Clusters 1.2.3.3 Re-syllabification 1.2.3.4 Nasal Assimilation 1.2.3.5 ㄹ r/l pronounced as ㄴ n 1.2.3.6 ㄴ n pronounced as ㄹ l 1.2.3.7 Palatalisation of ㄷ t and ㅌ t’ 1.2.3.8 ㄴ n Addition 1.2.3.9 ㅎ h Reduction 1.2.3.10 Aspiration 1.2.3.11 Reinforcement Nouns, Nominal Forms, Pronouns and Numbers Nouns 2.1.1 Lack of Articles, Number and Gender 2.1.1.1 Lack of Articles 2.1.1.2 Lack of Number 2.1.1.3 Lack of Gender 2.1.2 Bound/Dependent Nouns 2.1.2.1 것 ‘thing, ‘object’ or ‘affair’ 2.1.2.2 겸 ‘-cum-‘ 2.1.2.3 곳 ‘place’ 2.1.2.4 김 ‘occasion, chance’ 2.1.2.5 대로 ‘in accordance with’ 2.1.2.6 덕분 ‘thanks to’ 2.1.2.7 데 ‘place’ 2.1.2.8 동안 ‘during’ 2.1.2.9 둥 ‘may or may not’ 2.1.2.10 듯 ‘as if’ 2.1.2.11 따름 ‘only, alone’ 2.1.2.12 때 ‘when’ 2.1.2.13 때문 ‘reason’ 2.1.2.14 리 ‘reasons’ 2.1.2.15 무렵 ‘around the time’ 2.1.2.16 바 ‘thing’ 2.1.2.17 뿐 ‘only’, ‘just’, ‘nothing but’ 2.1.2.18 수 ‘case’, ‘circumstance’ 2.1.2.19 적 ‘event’ 2.1.2.20 줄 ‘the way’, ‘the fact’ 2.1.2.21 중/도중 ‘middle’ 2.1.2.22 지 ‘since’ 2.1.2.23 쪽 ‘side’ 2.1.2.24 채 ‘just as it is’ Nominal Forms 2.2.1 Nominal Form -이 2.2.2 Nominal Form -개/-게 2.2.3 Nominal Form -기 2.2.4 Sentence Patterns with –기 2.2.4.1 –기 나름이 ‘depending …’) 2.2.4.2 –기 때문에 ‘because …’) 2.2.4.3 –기/게 마련이– ‘be bound to …’) 2.2.4.4 –기(에) 망정이– ‘fortunately … otherwise’ 2.2.4.5 –기 시작하- ‘start …’ 2.2.4.6 –기 십상이– ‘it is easy to …’ 2.2.4.7 –기 위하– ‘in order to’ 2.2.4.8. –기 이를 데 없–/그지 없– ‘boundless, endless’ 2.2.4.9 –기 일쑤이– ‘be apt to …’ 2.2.4.10 –기 전 ‘before …’ 2.2.4.11 –기 짝이 없- ‘very …’ 2.2.4.12 –기나 하- ‘just …’ 2.2.4.13 –기는 ‘no way’ 2.2.4.14 –기는 하– ‘indeed’ 2.2.4.15 –기(는)커녕 ‘far from …’ 2.2.4.16 –기도 하– ‘also …’ 2.2.4.17 –기만 하- ‘only …’ 2.2.4.18 –기로 하– ‘decide to …’ 2.2.4.19 –기로 되– ‘be supposed to …’ 2.2.4.20 –기를/길 바라– ‘hope …’ 2.2.4.21 –기에 ‘upon, because …’ 2.2.4.22 –기에 따라- ‘depending on …’ 2.2.5 Nominal Form –음 2.2.6 Using –(으)ㄴ/는 것 to Create Nominal Forms Pronouns 2.3.1 Personal Pronouns 2.3.1.1 First Person Pronouns 2.3.1.2 Second Person Pronouns 2.3.1.3 Third Person Pronouns 2.3.2 Demonstrative Pronouns 2.3.3 Reflexives and Reciprocals 2.3.4 Interrogative Pronouns (Wh-words) Numbers and Counting 2.4.1 Pure Korean and Sino-Korean Numbers2.4.2 Which System to Use2.4.3 Sentence Patterns with Numbers2.4.4 Counting and Naming Periods of Time2.4.4.1 Years2.4.4.2 Months2.4.4.3 Weeks2.4.4.4 Days2.4.4.5 Telling the Time2.4.4.6 Telling the Date Particles 3.1 Defining Particles3.2 Case Particles3.2.1 The Subject Particle 이/가3.2.2 The Object Particle 을/를3.2.3 The Possessive Particle 의3.2.4 Particles of Movement and Location3.2.4.1 에 ‘to/in/at’3.2.4.2 에다(가) ‘in/to’3.2.4.3 에서 ‘from/in/at’3.2.4.4 에게/한테 ‘to’3.2.4.5 더러 ‘to’3.2.4.6 보고 ‘to’3.2.4.7 에게서/한테서 ‘from’3.2.4.8 (으)로부터 ‘from’3.2.4.9 Particle phrase (으)로 하여금 ‘letting/making (someone do something)’3.2.5 Instrumental Particles3.2.5.1 (으)로 ‘by/with/as’3.2.5.2 (으)로서 ‘as’3.2.5.3 (으)로써 ‘by means of’3.2.5.4 Particle phrase (으)로 인해(서) ‘due to’3.2.6 Comitative Particles3.2.6.1 과/와 ‘and/with’3.2.6.2 하고 ‘and/with’3.2.6.3 (이)랑 ‘and/with’3.2.7 Vocative Particle 아/야3.3 Special Particles3.3.1 The Plural Particle 들3.3.2 Particles of Topic and Focus3.3.2.1 The topic particle은/는3.3.2.2 (이)야 ‘if it’s …’ 3.3.2.3 (이)야말로 ‘indeed’3.3.3 Particles of Extent3.3.3.1 만 ‘only’3.3.3.2 뿐 ‘only’3.3.3.3 밖에 ‘except for’3.3.3.4 부터 ‘from’3.3.3.5 까지 ‘up until’3.3.3.6 도 ‘also’, ‘even’3.3.3.7 조차 ‘even’3.3.3.8 마저 ‘even’3.3.3.9 치고/치고는 ‘with exception’, ‘pretty … for a …’3.3.3.10 커녕 ‘far from’3.3.4 Particles of Frequency3.3.4.1 마다 ‘every’3.3.4.2 씩 ‘apiece’ 3.3.5 Particles of Approximation and Optionality3.3.5.1 쯤 ‘about’3.3.5.2 (이)나 ‘about’, ‘or’, ‘just’3.3.6 Particles of Comparison and Contrast3.3.6.1 처럼 ‘like’3.3.6.2 같이 ‘like’3.3.6.3 만큼 ‘as … as’3.3.6.4 보다 ‘more than’3.3.6.5 따라 ‘unusually’3.3.6.6 대로 ‘in accordance with’4. Verbs4.1 Characteristics of Korean Verbs4.1.1 Types of Verbs: Processive and Descriptive4.1.2 Types of Verbs: 하– Verbs4.1.3 Types of Verbs: Negative Verbs4.1.4 Types of Verbs: The Copula (Equational Verb)4.1.5 Verb Bases4.1.6 The Infinitive Form4.1.7 The Dictionary Form4.1.8 Attaching Verb Endings4.2 Negatives4.2.1 Short Negatives with 안 and 못 4.2.2 Long Negatives with –지 않– and –지 못하– 4.2.3 Negative Commands and Proposals with –지 말–4.2.4 Expressions that Require Negative Verbs 4.3 Tense and Aspect4.3.1 Past Tenses4.3.1.1 Simple Past –았/었–4.3.1.2 Past-Past or Discontinuous Past –았/었었–4.3.1.3 Observed or Perceived Past Tense –더–4.3.2 Future Tenses4.3.2.1 –겠–4.3.2.2 –(으)ㄹ 거–4.3.2.3 Other Forms with Future-related Meanings4.3.2.4 Summary of Korean Futures4.3.3 Continuous Tense4.3.3.1 Continuous States with –아/어 있–4.3.3.2 Continuous Actions with –고 있–4.4 Derived Verbs: Passives, Causatives and Others 4.4.1 Passives4.4.1.1 Derived Passive Verbs 4.4.1.2 Passives with 되– 4.4.1.3 Passives with Other Support Verbs 4.4.1.4 Passives with –아/어 지– 4.4.2 Causatives4.4.2.1 Derived Causative Verbs4.4.2.2 Causatives with –게 하–4.4.2.3 Causatives with –도록 하–4.4.2.4 Causatives with 시키–4.4.3 Transforming Descriptive Verbs into Processive Verbs4.4.3.1 Forming Processive Verbs with –지–4.4.3.2 Forming Processive Verbs with –하–5. Auxiliary (Support) Verbs5.1 Auxiliary Verbs with –(아/어)5.1.1 –(아/어) 가– (ongoing activity "away")5.1.2 –(아/어) 오– (ongoing activity "towards")5.1.3 –(아/어) 내– (finish, achieve)5.1.4 –(아/어) 놓– (do all the way)5.1.5 –(아/어) 두–(do for future reference)5.1.6 –(아/어) 대– (do repeatedly)5.1.7 –(아/어) 버리– (do completely for regret or relief)5.1.8 –(아/어) 보– (try doing)5.1.9 –(아/어) 보이– (seem)5.1.10 –(아/어) 빠지– (lapse into a negative state)5.1.11 –(아/어) 쌓– (do repeatedly)5.1.12 –(아/어) 주– (perform a favour)5.1.13 –(아/어) 치우– (do rashly)5.2 Auxiliary Verbs with –(아/어)다5.2.1 –다 말– (stop after)5.2.2 –다 보– (after trying doing)5.2.3 –다 주– (run an errand)5.3 Auxiliary Verbs with –고5.3.1 –고 나– (after finishing)5.3.2 –고 말– (end up)5.3.3 –고 보– (do and then realize)5.3.4 –고 싶– (want to do)5.4 Auxiliary Verbs with –(으)ㄹ까5.4.1 –(으)ㄹ까 보– (think it might)5.4.2 –(으)ㄹ까 싶– (afraid it might)5.4.3 –(으)ㄹ까 하– (think of doing)5.5 Auxiliary Verbs with –나/ㄴ가5.5.1 –나/ㄴ가 보– (look like)5.5.2 –나/ㄴ가 싶– (think it might)5.6 Auxiliaries with –게5.6.1 –게 되– (turn out so that)5.6.2 –게 보이– (seem)5.7 Auxiliary Verb with –(아/어)야5.7.1 –(아/어)야 하–/되– (must, have to) 6. Honorifics6.1 Speech Styles (Hearer Honorifics)6.1.1 The Polite Style6.1.2 The Formal Style6.1.3. The Intimate Style – Panmal Style6.1.4. The Plain Style 6.1.5 Familiar Style6.1.6 Semi-formal Style6.2 Referent Honorifics6.2.1 Subject Honorifics6.2.1.1 The Subject Honorific Marker –(으)시–6.2.1.2 Verbs with Special Subject Honorific Forms6.2.1.3 Subject honorific particle 께서6.2.2 Object Honorifics6.2.2.1 Verbs with Special Object Honorific Forms6.2.2.2 Object Honorific Particle 께6.2.3 Honorific Nouns 6.2.4 Putting the Honorifics System together6.3 Terms of Address6.3.1 Names6.3.2 Titles6.3.3 Kinship Terms6.3.4 How to Address Someone7. Clausal Connectives 7.1 Causal Connectives7.1.1 –(아/어)서7.1.2 –아/어7.1.3 -아/어서 인지7.1.4 -아/어서(는) 안 되- 7.1.5 –(아/어) 가지고7.1.6 –(으)니까7.1.7 –(으)니7.1.8 –(으)ㄹ테니까7.1.9 –(으)므로7.1.10–길래7.1.11 –느라고7.1.12 –(으)랴 7.1.13 –더니 and (았/었)더니7.1.14 –(으)ㄹ라 7.2 Contrastive Connectives7.2.1 –지만7.2.2 –(으)나7.2.3 –(으)나 마나7.2.4 –(으)되 7.2.5 –(아/어)도7.2.5.1 –(아/어)도 in permissive constructions 7.2.5.2 Don't have to... with –지 않아도 7.2.5.3 Idiomatic –(아/어)도 expressions7.2.6 –더라도 7.2.7 –고도7.2.8 –(아/어)서라도 7.2.9 –(으)ㄴ들 7.2.10 –(으)ㄹ지라도 7.2.11 –(으)ㄹ지언정 7.2.12 –(으)ㄹ망정 7.2.13 –거늘7.2.14 –느니 7.2.15 –(아/어) 봤자7.3 Additional and Sequential Connectives7.3.1 –고7.3.2 –고서7.3.3 –고는 7.3.4 –고 나–7.3.5 –답시고/랍시고7.3.6 –거니와7.3.7 –(으)면서 7.3.8 –(으)면서부터7.3.9 –(으)며7.3.10 –자(마자)7.3.11 –다(가)7.3.12 –(으)ㄴ/는데 7.3.13 –(으)ㄹ텐데7.4 Optional Connectives7.4.1 –거나7.4.2 –든지7.4.3 –든가7.4.4 –(으)ㄴ지 in Oblique Questions7.4.5 –(으)ㄹ지 in Oblique Questions7.4.6. –(었/았)던지 in Obliques Questions7.4.7 –(으)ㄹ락 말락 (하–)7.5 Conditional Connectives7.5.1 –(으)면7.5.1.1 –(았/었)으면 좋– 7.5.1.2 –(으)면 고맙겠– 7.5.1.3 –(았/었)으면 하– 7.5.1.4 –(으)면 되–7.5.1.5 –(으)면 안 되–7.5.1.6 –지 않으면 안 되– / 안 … 면 안 되– 7.5.2 –다면/–라면7.5.3 –(으)려면7.5.4 –다(가) 보면7.5.5 –(았/었)더라면7.5.6 –거든7.5.7 –(아/어)야7.5.7.1 –(아/어)야 되/하– 7.5.8 –(아/어)서야7.5.9 –(으)면 ... –(으)ㄹ수록7.6 Causative Connectives7.6.1 –게7.6.2 –게끔7.6.3 –도록7.7 Intentive Connectives7.7.1 –(으)러7.7.2 –(으)려고7.7.3 –고자7.8 Comparison Connectives7.8.1 –듯이7.8.2 –다시피8. Modifiers8.1 Modifying Forms8.1.1 The Future/Prospective Modifier –(으)ㄹ8.1.2 The Present Dynamic Modifier –는8.1.3 The State/Result Modifier –(으)ㄴ8.1.4 The Continuous Past Modifier –던8.1.5 The Discontinuous Past Modifier –(았/었)던 8.1.6 The Prospective Past modifier –(았/었)을8.2 Sentence Patterns with Modifier Clauses8.2.1 –는 가운데 ‘in the middle of ’8.2.2 modifier + 것 ‘the fact that …’8.2.3 modifier + 것 같– ‘it seems that …’8.2.4 –(으)ㄹ 겸 ‘with the combined purpose of …’8.2.5 –(으)ㄹ 계획 ‘plan to…’8.2.6 –(으)ㄴ|는 김에 ‘as long as you're at it’8.2.7 –는|던 길(에) ‘on the way to …’8.2.8 –(으)ㄴ 나머지 ‘as a result … ’8.2.9 –(으)ㄴ다음에, 뒤에, 후에 ‘after …’8.2.10 –는|–(으)ㄴ 대로 ‘in accordance with’8.2.11 –는 데 ‘in the matter of’8.2.12 –는 동안/사이에 ‘while …’8.2.13 –(으)ㄹ|–는|–(으)ㄴ 둥 ‘may or may not’8.2.14 –(으)ㄹ|–는|–(으)ㄴ 듯 ‘just like’8.2.15 –(으)ㄹ|–는|–(으)ㄴ 듯하–/듯 싶– ‘seem like’8.2.16 –(으)ㄹ 따름이– ‘only’8.2.17 –(으)ㄹ 때 ‘when …’8.2.18 –(으)ㄹ리 없– ‘no way that …’8.2.19 –는/–(으)ㄴ 마당에 ‘in the situation where’8.2.20 –(으)ㄹ 만하– ‘worth…’8.2.21 –(으)ㄹ|–는|– (으)ㄴ 모양이– ‘seem like’8.2.22 –(으)ㄹ 바에(는/야) ‘rather … than’8.2.23 –(으)ㄴ|는 바람에 ‘because of …’8.2.24 –(으)ㄴ|는 반면(에) (‘on the other hand’)8.2.25 –(으)ㄹ 뻔하– ‘nearly …’8.2.26 –(으)ㄹ 뿐 ‘only’8.2.27 –(으)ㄹ 수 있–/없– ‘can /cannot …’8.2.28 –(으)ㄴ|는 이상(에(는)) ‘since’; ‘unless’8.2.29 –(으)ㄴ|–는 일/적이 있–/없– ‘ever/never8.2.30 –(으)ㄹ 정도로 ‘to the extent that …’8.2.31 –(으)ㄹ|–는|–(으)ㄴ 줄 알– /모르– ‘think/know …’8.2.32 –는 중에/도중에 ‘in the middle of …’8.2.33–는 중– ‘be in the middle of …’8.2.34 –(으)ㄹ 즈음(에) ‘when’8.2.35 –(으)ㄴ 지 ‘… since’8.2.36 –(으)려던 참이– ‘just about to’8.2.37 –(으)ㄴ 채(로) ‘as it is’8.2.38 –는 척하– ‘pretend’8.2.39 –는|-(으)ㄴ 탓 ‘due to’8.2.40 –(으)ㄴ|–는 통에 ‘in the commotion’8.2.41 –(으)ㄴ|는 한– ‘as much as’9. Sentence Endings 9.1 –고말고 ‘of course …’9.2 –거든 ‘it’s because’, ‘you see’9.3 –나?/–(으)ㄴ가? dubitative questions9.4 –(는)군, –(는)구나, –(는)구려, –(는)구만/구먼 exclamations9.5 –네 evidential exclamations9.6 –다마다 ‘of course’9.7 –담/람 disapproval9.8 –(으)ㄹ걸 presumptions, regrets9.9 –(으)ㄹ게 promise-like futures9.10 –(으)ㄹ까? suggestions, tentative questions9.11 –(으)ㄹ래 ‘feel like (doing)’9.12 –(으)ㄹ텐데 ‘I’m afraid’9.13 –(으)랴 ‘could … really?’9.14 –(으)련마는/–(으)련만 ‘should, must’9.15 –(으)렴 / –(으)려무나 granting permission; orders9.16 –(으)마 promise-like futures9.17 –잖아 ‘you know’9.18 –지 tag questions10. Quotations10.1 Direct Quotations10.2 Indirect Quotations10.2.1 Quoted Statements10.2.2 Quoted Questions10.2.3 Quoted Proposals10.2.4 Quoted Commands10.2.5 The Verb 주– in Quoted Commands10.2.6 Quoting Verbs10.3 Reduced Indirect Quotations in Reported Speech10.3.1 –다고, –냐고, –라고, –자고10.3.2 –대, –냬, –래, –재10.4 Special Patterns with Indirect Quotations10.4.1 –다/냐/자/라니(까)10.4.2 –다/라면10.4.3 –다/라면서10.4.4 –다/라는데10.4.5 –(이)라는10.4.6 –단/냔/잔/란 말이–11. Other Word Classes 11.1 Adnouns11.2 Adverbs11.2.1 Grammatical Classification of Adverbs11.2.1.1 Proper Adverbs11.2.1.2 Derived Adverbs11.2.1.3 Sentence Adverbs11.2.1.4 Conjunctive Adverbs11.2.2 Semantic Classification of Adverbs 11.2.2.1 Time Adverbs11.2.2.2 Degree Adverbs11.2.2.3 Manner Adverbs11.2.2.4 Onomatopoeic/Mimetic Adverbs11.3 Prefixes and Suffixes11.3.1 Prefixes11.3.2 Suffixes11.3.2.1 Noun-deriving Suffixes 11.3.2.2 Adverb-deriving Suffixes11.3.2.3 Verb-deriving Suffixes11.3.2.4 Adnominal Suffix –적Glossary of Linguistic TermsRelated Readings and BibliographyIndex of Grammatical Constructions (Korean)Index of Translation Equivalents (English)General Index

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Book SynopsisIn February of 1971, in the Laotian village of Nam Chia, a forty-one year old farmer named Shong Lue Yang was assassinated by government soldiers. Shong Lue claimed to have been descended of God and given the mission of delivering the first true Hmong alphabet. Many believed him to be the Hmong people's long-awaited messiah, and his thousands of followers knew him as Mother (Source) of Writing. An anthropological linguist who has worked among the Hmong, William A. Smalley joins Shong Lue's chief disciple, Chia Koua Vang, and one of his associates, to tell the fascinating story of how the previously unschooled farmer developed his remarkable writing system through four stages of increasing sophistication. The uniqueness of Shong Lue's achievement is highlighted by a comparison of Shong Lue's writing system to other known Hmong systems and to the history of writing as a whole. In addition to a nontechnical linguistic analysis of the script and a survey of its current use, Mother of Writi

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Book SynopsisThe Arab peoples of Africa and the Middle East speak to each other in a variety of local dialects, but the language that serves educated Arabs all over the world when they need to converse across national boundaries is Modern Standard Arabic. Although it is otherwise chiefly a medium of written communication, it is also spoken on the radio and television, on lecture platforms, on the stage, at formal gatherings, and at business and diplomatic sessions. Materials for the development of oral skills are therefore of prime importance in teaching it successfully. This highly useful and effective textbook by Belkacem Baccouche and Sanaa Azmi is directed at students who have acquired basic skills in Modern Standard Arabic and wish to expand their vocabulary and improve their speaking ability. The book takes the student step by step through a series of specific social situations, teaching the proper expressions and responses to be used. It also contains lively conversation and narrative pass

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Book SynopsisFocusing on contemporary Italian films, this book offers Italian-language teachers an opportunity to incorporate authentic language in their classrooms. The book is adaptable for any level of language instruction and devotes one chapter to each of ten entertaining movies.

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Book SynopsisIn contrast to content-, theme-, or issue-based approaches to French film, this title stresses 'the cinema-tic-ally specific, the warp and fabric of the film itself, the stuff of which it is made'.

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Book SynopsisA compelling argument about the importance of using more than one language in today's worldTrade Review“Beautifully written ... Makes a powerful case for knowing more than one language as a life-enriching skill that may enlarge our sympathies in a world that wants to build walls.”—Steven Poole, Guardian“Fascinating... [Kohn] doesn’t hold out much hope of the Anglosphere learning to value other languages. Readers of this book will have no doubt how badly we will lose out as a result.”—Daniel Hahn, Spectator“[In Kohn's final chapters] we can feel most viscerally the power of language and the pain of its loss, and at the same time arrive at an understanding of the fury and resentment fell by peoples all over the world when they believe that their languages and cultures are being eroded or taken away.”—Maureen Freely, Literary Review“The latest book by science writer Marek Kohn is truly one for our times” —Anil Ananthaswamy, New Scientist“One of the great pluses of this book is that it exists outside the Anglophone bubble. Many familiar applied linguists receive no mention. Instead, less familiar authorities and sources are drawn upon. Kohn is good at asking and answering the questions how? And why? How does multilingualism work and why does it matter?”—Christina Healey, British Association for Applied Linguistics Newsletter“A breathtaking achievement. Marek Kohn is a real writer, a natural story-teller with a remarkable ability to present linguistic situations in a pictorial way.”— David Crystal, author of How Language Works and The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language"This is an engaging book about what it means to have more than one language at your disposal: how it feels, what it enables, and the complications it can cause. Kohn writes crisply, combining technical savvy with keen social insight and self-knowledge. The result is a generous vision of linguistic plurality - and of a world in which unity is possible not in spite of diversity, but because of it."— Henry Hitchings, author of The World in Thirty-Eight Chapters or Dr Johnson's Guide to Life

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Book SynopsisThis guide to New Testament Greek assumes no prior knowledge and prioritizes quick and effective methods of learning. Pedagogical features include Q&A exercises, a glossary of English grammatical terms and a glossary of key Greek vocabulary and a companion Web-site to help make sense of the myriad online resources for the student of Greek.Trade Review"clearly fills the gap in the market" Mark Goodacre

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Book SynopsisLinguistics for Clinicians provides an introduction to linguistic analysis in the clinical context.Table of ContentsLanguage as a cognitive object and language as a social interactionHow to use this text and how to do clinical linguisticsMeaning and form in psycholinguisticsSyntax as a handle on interconnections between sounds and meaningsSyntactic toolsThe semantics of scenesParticipants in scenesMeaning toolsPutting together different perspectivesTemporal perspectivesPerspectives within perspectives.

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Book SynopsisEmirati Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar offers readers a reference tool for discovering and studying in detail the specific dialect of Arabic spoken in the United Arab Emirates. It covers all major areas of Emirati Arabic grammar, describing in detail its phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic systems. Each grammatical point is illustrated with numerous examples drawn from native Emirati Arabic speakers and is thoroughly discussed providing both accessible and linguistically informed grammatical description.This book is a useful reference for students of Gulf Arabic and/or Modern Standard Arabic or other Arabic dialects with an interest in the dialect spoken in the UAE, researchers interested in Arabic language and linguistics as well as graduate students and scholars interested in Arabic studies.Table of ContentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of TablesList of FiguresList of Abbreviations1 Introduction1.1 Emirati Arabic1.2 Triglossia in the UAE1.3. The Descriptive Approach to Emirati Arabic1.4 Transcription1.5. Glossing1.6. AbbreviationsFurther Reading2 Sounds of Emirati Arabic2.1 Consonants2.2 VowelsFurther Reading3 Phonological Processes3.1 Feature-Level Processes3.2 Segment-Level Processes3.3 Suprasegmental Processes and PhonotacticsFurther Reading4 Morphology and Word Formation4.1 Non-Linear Morphological Processes4.2 Affixation4.3 Reduplication4.4 Compounding4.5 Loanwords4.6 Acronyms, Abbreviations and Blending4.7 Back Formation4.8 ConversionFurther Reading5 Syntactic Categories and Parts of Speech5.1 Nouns5.2 Verbs5.3. Adjectives5.4 Adverbs and Adverbial Expressions5.5 Prepositions5.6. Quantification: Numerals and Quantifiers5.7 Complementizers5.8 PronounsFurther Reading6 The Noun Phrase6.1 Definiteness6.2 Possession6.3 Appositives6.4 Nominal modifiers6.5 Agreement in the Noun Phrase6.6 Demonstratives6.7 Word Order in the Noun PhraseFurther Reading7 The Verb Phrase7.1 The Copular Structure7.2 State Verbs7.3 Experiencer Verbs7.4 Unergative Verbs7.5 Unaccusative Verbs7.6 Ditransitive Verbs7.7 Existential and Possessive Predicates7.8 Raising Predicates7.9 Control Verbs7.10 Reflexive Verbs7.11 Complex Predicates7.12 Causative Verbs7.13 Passive Verbs7.14 Complement-taking VerbsFurther Reading8 Aspect8.1 The Perfective Aspect8.2 The Imperfective Aspect8.3 Participles8.4 Lexical Aspect8.5 Grammatical AspectFurther Reading9 Mood and Modality9.1 Deontic Modality9.2 Epistemic Modality9.3 Dynamic Modality9.4 Modal Adverbs9.5 Verbs Expressing Modality9.6 Evidential Modality9.7 Imperatives9.8 Counterfactuals9.9 Hortatives9.10 OptativesFurther Reading10 Negation10.1 Verbal Negation10.2 Non-Verbal Predicate Negation10.3 The Negative Particle لا laa ‘no’10.4 The Negative Prefix -لا laa- ‘not’ and -غير ɣeer- ‘non-’10.5 Negative Imperatives10.6 Negative Coordination10.7 Negation in Ellipsis10.8 Negative Polarity Items10.9 Negative ConcordFurther reading11 Word Order11.1 Subject-Verb (SV) and Verb-Subject (VS)11.2 Subject-Verb-Object (SVO)11.3 Double Object Constructions11.4 Word Order PermutationFurther reading12 Relative Clauses12.1 Restrictive Relative Clauses12.2 Nonrestrictive Relative Clauses12.3 Free Relative Clauses12.4 Noun Complement ClausesFurther Reading13 Questions13.1 Yes-No Questions13.2 Wh-Questions13.3 Echo Questions13.4 Embedded Questions13.5 Rhetorical Questions13.6 ExclamativesFurther Reading14 Subordination14.1 Temporal Clauses14.2 Reason Clauses14.3 Purpose Clauses14.4 Conditional Clauses14.5 Concessive Clauses14.6 Other Subordinators14.7 ParentheticalsFurther Reading15 Coordination15.1 Conjunction و w-/wa ‘and’15.2 Agreement in Coordination15.3 Fixed Expressions Formed by و w-/wa15.4 Pragmatic Uses of و w-/wa15.5 Informal Use of و w-/wa15.6 بس bas ‘but’15.7 Disjunction ولا wela ‘or’15.8 أو ʔaw ‘or’15.9 ف fa- ‘and then/so’15.10 Contrastive Coordinator أما ʔamma ‘as for’15.11 Comparative Coordinator عن ʕan ‘than’15.12 Negative Coordinator مب mub ‘not’15.13 Correlatives in Coordination15.14 Paratactic CoordinationFurther Reading16 Ellipsis16.1 Gapping16.2 Stripping16.3 NP Ellipsis16.4 VP Ellipsis16.5 PP Ellipsis16.6 Clausal Ellipsis16.7 Comparative Deletion16.8 SluicingFurther Reading17 Interjections17.1 Primary Interjections17.2 Borrowed Interjections17.3 Secondary InterjectionsFurther Reading18 Speech Conventions18.1 Politeness18.2 Terms of Address18.3 General Honorific Terms18.4 Trendy LanguageFurther ReadingGlossary of TermsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisEcolinguistics: Language, Ecology and the Stories We Live By is a ground-breaking book which reveals the stories that underpin unequal and unsustainable societies and searches for inspirational forms of language that can help rebuild a kinder, more ecological world. This new edition has been updated and expanded to bring together the latest ecolinguistic studies with new theoretical insights and practical analyses.The book presents a theoretical framework and practical tools for analysing the key texts which shape the society we live in. The theory is illustrated through examples, including the representation of environmental refugees in the media; the construction of the selfish consumer in economics textbooks; the parallels between climate change denial and coronavirus denial; the erasure of nature in the Sustainable Development Goals; creation myths and how they orient people towards the natural world; and inspirational forms of language in nature writing, Japanese haiku and Native American writing. This edition provides an updated theoretical framework, new example analyses, and an additional chapter on narratives. Accompanied by a free online course with videos, PowerPoints, notes and exercises (www.storiesweliveby.org.uk), as well as a comprehensive glossary, this is essential reading for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers working in the areas of Discourse Analysis, Environmental Studies and Communication Studies.Trade ReviewReviews of the first edition:'Ecolinguistics is sensitively written, cogently argued, and invaluable to all discourse analysts and critical ecologists. Given the urgency of the crisis we are facing, this book is not so much timely as overdue.' Emma Franklin, Discourse and Communication'Although the book is written with academic rigour, and addresses matters of such grave concern as climate change and factory farming, the honesty, lightness, and humanity of Arran Stibbe’s prose make it a pleasure to read. These qualities are themselves an expression of a greatness of heart that ultimately underpins his work.' Anthony Nanson, Language & Ecology'[Ecolinguistics] is cogent, accessible and well argued, but most significant is the unified and comprehensive framework that it provides.' Robert Poole, Critical Discourse Studies'The detailed descriptions of studies are insightful and interesting to read for scholars at all levels working on the relationship between discourse and society.' Michelle Riedlinger, Discourse and SocietyTable of ContentsPreface to the second edition AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Ideologies Chapter 3: Framing Chapter 4: Metaphors Chapter 5: Evaluations Chapter 6: Identities Chapter 7: Convictions Chapter 8: Erasure Chapter 9: Salience Chapter 10: NarrativesChapter 11: Conclusion Appendix: Sources of data GlossaryReferences Index

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Language Contact provides an overview of the state of the art of current research in contact linguistics. Presenting contact linguistics as an established field of investigation in its own right and featuring 26 chapters, this handbook brings together a broad range of approaches to contact linguistics, including: experimental and observational approaches and formal theories; a focus on social and cognitive factors that impact the outcome of language contact situations and bilingual language processing; the emergence of new languages and speech varieties in contact situations, and contact linguistic phenomena in urban speech and linguistic landscapes. With contributions from an international range of leading and emerging scholars in their fields, the four sections of this text deal with methodological and theoretical approaches, the factors that condition and shape language contacTable of ContentsIntroduction Evangelia Adamou and Yaron Matras Part 1. Methods and theoretical approaches 1) Processing multilingual dataBarbara E. Bullock, Almeida Jacqueline Toribio, Jacqueline Serigos, and Gualberto A. Guzman 2) Language contact in the labPaola E. Dussias, Judith F. Kroll, Melinda Fricke, and Michael A. Johns 3) A variationist perspective on language contactShana Poplack 4) The 4-M model: different routes in production for different morphemesJanice L. Jake and Carol Myers-Scotton 5) Theoretical approaches to the grammar of codeswitchingJeff MacSwan 6) Usage-based approaches Ad Backus Part 2. Processes and dimensions 7) Social factorsKofi Yakpo 8) Language contact: pragmatic factorsPeter Auer 9) Cognitive factors of language contactKees de Bot and Lars Bulow 10) Typological factorsFelicity Meakins 11) Cross-language contact in the developing grammars of bilingual childrenJennifer Austin 12) First language attrition in the twenty-first century: How continued L1 contact in the digital age fuels language attrition theorizingMerel Keijzer Part 3. Outcomes 13) Borrowing Yaron Matras and Evangelia Adamou 14) Codeswitching and bilinguals’ grammars Rena Torres Cacoullos and Catherine E. Travis 15) Convergence Björn Wiemer 16) Creoles and pidgins: why the latter are not the ancestors of the formerSalikoko S. Mufwene 17) Mixed LanguagesCarmel O’Shannessy 18) Linguistic landscape and urban multilingualismCarla Bagna, Monica Barni, and Martina Bellinzona 19) Urban youth speech styles in multilingual settingsMargreet Dorleijn, Maarten Kossmann, and Jacomine Nortier Part 4. Linguistic areas20) The BalkansVictor A. Friedman 21) AnatoliaAnaïd Donabedian and Ioanna Sitaridou 22) Language contact in the Asian regionUmberto Ansaldo and Lisa Lim 23) Eastern PolynesiaMary Walworth 24) Linguistic MelanesiaAntoinette Schapper 25) Language contact in North AmericaMarianne Mithun 26) Language contact in West AfricaFriederike Lüpke and Rachel Watson

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Book SynopsisIt is not entirely clear if modern Chinese is a monosyllabic or disyllabic language. Although a disyllabic prosodic unit of some sort has long been considered by many to be at play in Chinese grammar, the intuition is not always rigidly fleshed out theoretically in the area of Chinese morphology. In this book, Shengli Feng applies the theoretical model of prosodic morphology to Chinese morphology to provide the theoretical clarity regarding how and why Mandarin Chinese words are structured in a particular way. All of the facts generated by the system of prosodic morphology in Chinese provide new perspectives for linguistic theory, as well as insights for teaching Chinese and studying of Chinese poetic prosody. Table of Contents Introduction. 2. Prosodic Word as an Origin of Compounds in Classical Chinese. 3. Monosyllabicity and Disyllabicity. 4. Prosodically Constrained Compound Formation. 5. Minimal and Maximal Word Effects. 6. Prosodic Register Grammar. 7. Compound Prosodic Word ---- Sizige四字格. 8. Conclusion and Final Remarks

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Book SynopsisAll data are the result of human actions whether by experimentations, observations, or declarations. As such, the presumption of knowing what data are about is subject to imperfections that can affect the validity of research efforts. With calls for data-based research comes the need to assure the reliability of generated data. The reliability of converting texts into analyzable data has become a burning issue in several areas. However, this issue has been met by only a few limited, and sometimes misleading measures of the extent to which data can be trusted as surrogates of the phenomena of analytical interests. The statistic proposed by the author â Krippendorffâs Alpha â is widely used in the social sciences, not only where human judgements are involved but also where measurements are compared. The Reliability of Generating Data expands on the authorâs seminal work in content analysis and develops methods for assessing the reliability of the kind Table of ContentsHow I became interested in reliability issues. 1. On the epistemology of reliable data. 2. Simplest kinds: The replicability of categorizing predefined units. 3. Some properties of the Alpha. 4. Alpha compared with primarily nominal agreement measures. 5. Metric differences between single-valued units.6. The quadrilogy for single-valued predefined units and big data. 7. Multi-valued coding of predefined units.8. Partitioning continua and coding relevant segments. 9. Preserving the coherency of identified segments in continua. 10. Distinctions drawn within continua. 11. Text mining and information retrieval. 12. Diagnostic devices and remedial actions. 13. Some special applications. 14. Statistical considerations. 15. Reliability standards. 16. Toward a general calculus of differences and agreements. Appendix. References

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Book SynopsisAnalysing Sentences is an accessible and student-friendly introduction to the practical analysis of English sentence structure.The book covers key concepts such as constituency, category and functions, and uses tree diagrams throughout to help the reader visualise the structure of sentences. The fifth edition of this best-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised to feature new material, new example sentences and a more reader-friendly layout. The final chapter sets the analysis in its theoretical context and includes an introduction to constituency in X-bar syntax. The book is also supported by an updated companion website featuring extra exercises for students and a complete set of answers for instructors for the online activities and exercises in the book.Accessible and clear, this book is the perfect textbook for readers coming to this topic for the first time. Featuring many in-text and end-of-chapter exercises, it is suitable for self-directTable of ContentsPreface to the fifth edition Preface to the fourth edition Preface to the third edition Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition Introduction 1 Sentence Structure: Constituents 2 Sentence Structure: Functions 3 Sentence Structure: Categories 4 The basic Verb Phrase 5 Adverbials and Other Matters 6 More on verbs: auxiliary VPs 7 The structure of Noun Phrases 8 Sentences within Sentences 9 Wh-Clauses 10 Non-finite Clauses 11 Languages, Sentences, and Grammars Index

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Digital Humanities is designed for researchers, teachers, and learners in humanities subject areas who wish to align their work with the field of digital humanities. Trade Review"Introduction to Digital Humanities provides a concise and accessible guide… the volume would be a valuable reference for humanities researchers and practitioners aiming to further enhance their work by digital approaches, for novices trying to embark on a DH project, as well as for teachers and students in humanities disciplines seeking to keep up with the DH trend in their instruction and learning."--Yali Shi, School of Foreign Studies, Jiangnan University, ChinaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionChapter 1: Reasons to engage with the digital humanitiesChapter 2: Dealing with digital ephemerality Chapter 3: Possibilities and limitations of digital toolsChapter 4: Working with textChapter 5: Working with images and visualizationsChapter 6: Working with performancesChapter 7: Expanding your project’s reachChapter 8: Making space and time for digital humanities projectsFurther readingBibliography

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive text provides a how-to guide for content strategy, enabling students and professionals to understand and master the skills needed to develop and manage technical content in a range of professional contexts. The landscape of technical communication has been revolutionized by emerging technologies such as content management systems, open-source information architecture, and application programming interfaces that change the ways professionals create, edit, manage, and deliver content. This textbook helps students and professionals develop relevant skills for this changing marketplace. It takes readers through essential skills including audience analysis; content auditing; assembling content strategy plans; collaborating with other content developers; identifying appropriate channels of communication; and designing, delivering, and maintaining genres appropriate to those channels. It contains knowledge and best practices gleaned from decades of research and practice in content strategy and provides its audience with a thorough introductory text in this essential area. Content Strategy works as a core or supplemental textbook for undergraduate and graduate classes, as well as certification courses, in content strategy, content management, and technical communication. It also provides an accessible introduction for professionals looking to develop their skills and knowledge.Trade Review"Content strategy is a growing practice across many fields. This book is an excellent introduction to content strategy, particularly for professional and technical communicators. It provides a bird’s-eye view of everything content, so that the learner understands the value of content strategy in a broader context. It also gives a worm’s-eye view of the skills and steps involved in creating compelling content. The many practical examples and useful exercises help set this book apart." -- Dr. Quan Zhou, Professor, Department Chair, Metropolitan State University"This much-needed text is the first in the field of technical communication to articulate—with teachers and students in mind—the practices, genres, workflows, and underlying principles of the emerging discipline of content strategy. Teachers and students will find valuable guidance on how to approach different stages of the content strategy process, from conducting a content audit to developing content models to delivering, governing, and maintaining genres. Written in an accessible and engaging style and full of robust examples and downloadable templates, this text is a must read for anyone interested in learning about content strategy and developing skills for content strategy work, which spans across disciplines and organizational contexts, large and small." -- Dr. Rebekka Andersen, Associate Professor, Associate Director of Writing in the Professions, University of California, Davis "Guiseppe Getto, Jack Labriola, and Sheryl Ruszkiewicz's new book on content strategy fills a significant hole in the field of technical and professional technical communication. If you're like me and teach whole courses dedicated to content strategy, you already know that there are many books for marketing or public relations students, but those devoted to TPC students are difficult to find. They're even more different to find when you're looking for authors who are experts in the field with real dirt under their fingernails gained through actual practice. I'm really looking forward to using this book in my next content strategy course instead of having to cobble together selections from disparate publications." -- Dr. Tharon Howard, Professor, MA in Professional Communication Graduate Program Director, Clemson University"Content strategy is a growing practice across many fields. This book is an excellent introduction to content strategy, particularly for professional and technical communicators. It provides a bird’s-eye view of everything content, so that the learner understands the value of content strategy in a broader context. It also gives a worm’s-eye view of the skills and steps involved in creating compelling content. The many practical examples and useful exercises help set this book apart." -- Dr. Quan Zhou, Professor, Department Chair, Metropolitan State University"This much-needed text is the first in the field of technical communication to articulate—with teachers and students in mind—the practices, genres, workflows, and underlying principles of the emerging discipline of content strategy. Teachers and students will find valuable guidance on how to approach different stages of the content strategy process, from conducting a content audit to developing content models to delivering, governing, and maintaining genres. Written in an accessible and engaging style and full of robust examples and downloadable templates, this text is a must-read for anyone interested in learning about content strategy and developing skills for content strategy work, which spans across disciplines and organizational contexts, large and small." -- Dr. Rebekka Andersen, Associate Professor, Associate Director of Writing in the Professions, University of California, Davis "Guiseppe Getto, Jack Labriola, and Sheryl Ruszkiewicz's new book on content strategy fills a significant hole in the field of technical and professional technical communication. If you're like me and teach whole courses dedicated to content strategy, you already know that there are many books for marketing or public relations students, but those devoted to TPC students are difficult to find. They're even more difficult to find when you're looking for authors who are experts in the field with real dirt under their fingernails gained through actual practice. I'm really looking forward to using this book in my next content strategy course instead of having to cobble together selections from disparate publications." -- Dr. Tharon Howard, Professor, MA in Professional Communication Graduate Program Director, Clemson UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: What Is Content Strategy Chapter 1: Key Concepts in Content Strategy Chapter 2: The Content Strategy Process Chapter 3: Audience Analysis Chapter 4: Identifying Content Types and Channels Chapter 5: Content Auditing Chapter 6: Content Modeling Chapter 7: Assembling a Content Strategy Plan Chapter 8: Collaborating With Other Content Developers Chapter 9: Revising and Editing Genres Chapter 10: Ensuring Content Usability and Accessibility Chapter 11: Delivering, Governing, and Maintaining Genres Chapter 12: Localizing Content Chapter 13: Content Tools and Technologies Chapter 14: Establishing Yourself as a Content Strategist

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Encyclopedia of Interpreting Studies is the authoritative reference for anyone with an academic or professional interest in interpreting.Drawing on the expertise of an international team of specialist contributors, this single-volume reference presents the state of the art in interpreting studies in a much more fine-grained matrix of entries than has ever been seen before. For the first time all key issues and concepts in interpreting studies are brought together and covered systematically and in a structured and accessible format. With all entries alphabetically arranged, extensively cross-referenced and including suggestions for further reading, this text combines clarity with scholarly accuracy and depth, defining and discussing key terms in context to ensure maximum understanding and ease of use.Practical and unique, this Encyclopedia of Interpreting Studies presents a genuinely comprehensive overview of the fast growing and increasingly diverse field of interpreting studies.Trade Review"Without a doubt. This publication could definitely be on compulsory/ recommended reading lists.... As far as I know there is nothing this comprehensive currently available. As the proposer suggests, aspects of interpreting tend to be included in more general translation studies publications. ... I would definitely recommend this proposal go ahead and look forward to reading it myself."– Catriona Howard, Leeds "...when the book is published, it will be a major event for the interpreting community, both professional and academic. The author, as one of the leading researchers in interpreting studies, is in a strong position to lead the project. "- Hong Jiang, Hong Kong Polytechnic, Hong Kong"I have to say that it’s a very commendable proposal. Concepts and important issues in Interpreting Studies (IS) are expanding and growing, especially with the increase of research in IS, both at postgraduate levels (academic) or organisational level (professional practice). A reference volume in an encyclopaedic format is indeed a brilliant idea! I highly recommend this Routledge Encyclopedia of Interpreting Studies. It’s a timely project. It’ll definitely be a useful resource for academics, researchers, relevant organisations such as service providers, interpreters-to-be, and practising interpreters. This is a novel effort to bring IS on a par with Translation Studies…It's an amazing project to boost Interpreting Studies."- Noraini Ibrahim, Universiti Sains Malaysia"REIS is the easiest imaginable volume to endorse: devised and crafted with diligence and precision from start to finish, it is unique and will fill a readily identifiable hole on academic bookshelves around the globe."- Graham H. Turner, Interpreting, 19:1, 2017"Highly recommended"- K. Rosneck, University of Wisconsin--Madison in CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction: What we know about interpreting, and how. Thematic outline of entries. Entries A – Z.

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics is a unique reference work for students and teachers of linguistics. The highly-regarded second edition of the Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft by Hadumod Bussmann has been specifically adapted by a team of over thirty specialist linguists to form the most comprehensive and up-to-date work of its kind in the English language. In over 2,500 entries, the Dictionary provides an exhaustive survey of the key terminology and languages of more than 30 subdisciplines of linguistics. With its term-based approach and emphasis on clear analysis, it complements perfectly Routledge''s established range of reference material in the field of linguistics.Trade Review'The field needs and should welcome this new scholarly dictionary. Linguistics scholars will settle for nothing less than the Routledge dictionary.' - Rettig on Reference'This is one of the best one-volume linguistics dictionaries available....it features concise, scholarly definitions, thorough bibliographical references, helpful diagrams and illustrations, and an admirably broad scope.' - ChoiceTable of ContentsAreas CoveredApplied linguistics, artificial intelligence, basic terminology, computational linguistics, conversational analysis, discourse analysis, grammar, graphemics, history of language, language change, languages, linguistics schools, logics, morphology, neurolinguistics, phonetics, phonology, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, rhetoric, semantics, semiotics, sociolinguistics, stylistics, syntax, text linguistics, transformational grammar, typology, universals.

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Book SynopsisSometimes we convey what we mean not by what we say but by what we do. This type of indirect communication is sometimes called ''indirection''. From patent miscommunication, through potent ambiguity to pregnant silence this incisive collection examines from a rare anthropological perspective the many aspects of indirect communication. From a Mormon Theme Park to carnival time on Montserrat the contributors analyse indirection by illustrating how food, silence, sunglasses, martial arts and rudeness call constitute powerful ways of conveying meaning. An Anthropology of Indirect Communication is an engaging text which provides a challenging introduction to this subject.

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Book SynopsisRoland Barthes is a central figure in the study of language, literature, culture and the media. This book prepares readers for their first encounter with his crucial writings on some of the most important theoretical debates, including:*existentialism and Marxism*semiology, or the ''language of signs''*structuralism and narrative analysis*post-structuralism, deconstruction and ''the death of the author''*theories of the text and intertextuality.Tracing his engagement with other key thinkers such as Sartre, Saussure, Derrida and Kristeva, this volume offers a clear picture of Barthes work in-context. The in-depth understanding of Barthes offered by this guide is essential to anyone reading contemporary critical theory.Trade Review'These little books are certainly helpful study guides. They are clear, concise and complete. They are ideal for undergraduates studying for exams or writing essays and for lifelong learners wanting to expand their knowledge of a given author or idea.' - Beth Lord, Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsPart 1 Why Barthes?; Part 2 Key Ideas; Chapter 1 Writing and Literature; Chapter 2 Critical Distance; Chapter 3 Semiology; Chapter 4 Structuralism; Chapter 5 The Death Of The Author; Chapter 6 Textuality; Chapter 7 Neutral Writing; Chapter 8 Music and Photography; Chapter 9 Camera Lucida part3 After Barthes part4 Further Reading;

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