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Book SynopsisIn the first two volumes of this work, Paul Ricoeur examined the relations between time and narrative in historical writing, fiction, and theories of literature. This final volume, a comprehensive reexamination and synthesis of the ideas developed in volumes 1 and 2, stands as Ricoeur's most complete and satisfying presentation of his own philosophy.

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Book SynopsisThis work examines apophatic discourse, which embraces the impossibility of naming something that is ineffable by continually turning back upon its own propositions and names. With reference to Greek, Christian and Islamic texts, Sells offers a critical account of how apophatic language works.

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Book SynopsisWe have only recently started to challenge the notion that serious inquiry can be free of rhetoric, that it can rely exclusively on hard fact and cold logic in support of its claims. Increasingly, scholars are shifting their attention from methods of proof to the heuristic methods of debate and discussionthe art of rhetoricto examine how scholarly discourse is shaped by tropes and figures, by the naming and framing of issues, and by the need to adapt arguments to ends, audiences, and circumstances. Herbert W. Simons and the contributors to this important collection of essays provide impressive evidence that the new movement referred to as the rhetorical turn offers a rigorous way to look within and across the disciplines. The Rhetorical Turn moves from biology to politics via excursions into the rhetorics of psychoanalysis, decision science, and conversational analysis. Topics explored include how rhetorical invention guides scientific invention, how rhetoric assists political judgment, and how it integrates varying approaches to meta-theory. Concluding with four philosophical essays, this volume of case studies demonstrates how the inventive and persuasive dimensions of scholarly discourse point the way to forms of argument appropriate to our postmodern age.

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Book SynopsisTracing a genealogy of colonial discourse, Suleri focuses on paradigmatic moments in the multiple stories generated by the British colonization of the Indian subcontinent. Both the literature of imperialism and its postcolonial aftermath emerge here as a series of guilty transactions between two cultures that are equally evasive and uncertain of their own authority.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Nominal Things is a groundbreaking philosophical study of medieval Chinese ritual vessels. It makes clear why such objects were of central cultural importance at the time and why their history should be anything but marginalized in contemporary literary and visual theory. Questioning the value of Western art historical concepts such as representation, Moser devises a new theoretical framework that follows the medieval Confucian discourse on illustrated lexicographic texts and the interpretation of classical bronzes.” -- François Louis, Bard Graduate Center“This is an elegantly argued, well-written, and quite brilliant book. Moser marshals the full panoply of advanced critical methods in the contemporary humanities while engaging with a significant phenomenon in Chinese history: the revival of interest in antiquity during the Song period. Nominal Things is unquestionably a remarkable achievement.” -- Lothar von Falkenhausen, University of California, Los AngelesTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Conundrum of the Chalice Making Facture Sensible A Tale of Three Modes On the Matter of Antiquarianism Part I. The Lexical Picture 1. Names as Implements Nature as Convention The Revelation of Writing 2. Picturing Names The Complexity of Yellow The Art of Restoration The Hermeneutics of Picturing Monumental Designs Part II. The Empirical Impression 3. The Style of Antiquity Empty Seats and Wandering Ways Trunks and Branches Past as Present The Fragility of Stone The Failure of Confucius 4. Agents of Change Erasure and Its Discontents The Pacification of Huaixi Recarving a Stele The Reassuring Trace The Indexical Hermeneutic Bronzes as Indexical Things 5: Nominal Empiricism Conversing with Things The Sparrow in the Cup How the Bell Tolls Part III. The Schematic Thing 6: Substance into Schema Two into One The Novelty of Antiquity Bronzes as Schemata 7: Nominal Casting Facture after Failure Conclusion Acknowledgments Chinese Texts Glossary Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisA study of how the climate crisis is changing human communication from a celebrated rhetorician. Why is it difficult to talk about climate change? Debra Hawhee argues that contemporary rhetoric relies on classical assumptions about humanity and history that cannot conceive of the present crisis. How do we talk about an unprecedented future or represent planetary interests without privileging our own species? A Sense of Urgency explores four emerging answers, their sheer novelty a record of both the devastation and possible futures of climate change. In developing the arts of magnitude, presence, witness, and feeling, A Sense of Urgency invites us to imagine new ways of thinking with our imperiled planet.Trade Review“A Sense of Urgency presents four detailed analyses of emerging rhetorical responses to the impact of climate change. . . . But the introduction and conclusion go beyond the case studies by arguing that contemporary environmental concerns now exert pressure on rhetorical scholarship itself.” * Inside Higher Ed *“With inimitable creativity, Hawhee shows that climate change is not immune to comprehension but rather open to wildly curious rhetorical fashioning. She provides a fully embodied account of rhetoric and climate, time and temperature, showing that such supposed abstractions are actually glimmering sensations that blend feeling and knowing in the most intimate ways. This book is a gift.” -- John Durham Peters, Yale University“The unfolding climate crisis poses unprecedented challenges that require not only new scientific diagnostics but also a new social imaginary that reassesses dominant values, ways of knowing, and collective aspirations. One can hope we are all ready to heed this book’s call to reimagine communication—and the world.” -- Phaedra C. Pezzullo, University of Colorado Boulder“A Sense of Urgency compels us to acknowledge that the magnitude of climate change courses through everything—including facts and feelings, information and sensations. Hawhee demonstrates just how intense rhetoric must become to meet these unprecedented challenges. Working with an extinct glacier, youth activists, a multisensory art installation, and more, Hawhee helps us once again consider an approach to rhetoric that we could not before fathom, but now must.” -- Casey Boyle, University of Texas at AustinTable of ContentsList of Figures 1. Introduction: Intensifications 2. Glacial Death: Making Future Memory Present 3. “In a World Full of ‘Ifs’”: The Felt Time of Youth Climate Rhetors 4. Learning Curves: COVID-19, Climate Change, and Mathematical Magnitude 5. Presence and Placement in Maya Lin’s Ghost Forest 6. Epilogue: Fathoming Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA study of how the climate crisis is changing human communication from a celebrated rhetorician. Why is it difficult to talk about climate change? Debra Hawhee argues that contemporary rhetoric relies on classical assumptions about humanity and history that cannot conceive of the present crisis. How do we talk about an unprecedented future or represent planetary interests without privileging our own species? A Sense of Urgency explores four emerging answers, their sheer novelty a record of both the devastation and possible futures of climate change. In developing the arts of magnitude, presence, witness, and feeling, A Sense of Urgency invites us to imagine new ways of thinking with our imperiled planet.Trade Review“A Sense of Urgency presents four detailed analyses of emerging rhetorical responses to the impact of climate change. . . . But the introduction and conclusion go beyond the case studies by arguing that contemporary environmental concerns now exert pressure on rhetorical scholarship itself.” * Inside Higher Ed *“With inimitable creativity, Hawhee shows that climate change is not immune to comprehension but rather open to wildly curious rhetorical fashioning. She provides a fully embodied account of rhetoric and climate, time and temperature, showing that such supposed abstractions are actually glimmering sensations that blend feeling and knowing in the most intimate ways. This book is a gift.” -- John Durham Peters, Yale University“The unfolding climate crisis poses unprecedented challenges that require not only new scientific diagnostics but also a new social imaginary that reassesses dominant values, ways of knowing, and collective aspirations. One can hope we are all ready to heed this book’s call to reimagine communication—and the world.” -- Phaedra C. Pezzullo, University of Colorado Boulder“A Sense of Urgency compels us to acknowledge that the magnitude of climate change courses through everything—including facts and feelings, information and sensations. Hawhee demonstrates just how intense rhetoric must become to meet these unprecedented challenges. Working with an extinct glacier, youth activists, a multisensory art installation, and more, Hawhee helps us once again consider an approach to rhetoric that we could not before fathom, but now must.” -- Casey Boyle, University of Texas at AustinTable of ContentsList of Figures 1. Introduction: Intensifications 2. Glacial Death: Making Future Memory Present 3. “In a World Full of ‘Ifs’”: The Felt Time of Youth Climate Rhetors 4. Learning Curves: COVID-19, Climate Change, and Mathematical Magnitude 5. Presence and Placement in Maya Lin’s Ghost Forest 6. Epilogue: Fathoming Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Architectonics of Meaning is a lucid demonstration of the purposes, methods, and implications of philosophical semantics that both supports and builds on Richard McKeon's and other noted pluralists' convictions that multiple philosophical approaches are viable. Watson ingeniously explores ways to systematize these approaches, and the result is a well-structured instrument for understanding texts. This book exemplifies both general and particular aspects of systematic pluralism, reorienting our understanding of the realms of knowing, doing, and making.

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Book SynopsisFimi explores the evolution of Tolkien's mythology throughout his lifetime by examining how it changed as a result of his life story and contemporary cultural and intellectual history. This new approach and scope brings to light neglected aspects of Tolkien's imaginative vision and contextualises his fiction.Trade ReviewWinner ofthe Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies 2010 Short listed for the Katharine Briggs Award 2009 'Dimitra Fimi's Tolkien, Race and Cultural History traces the evolution of the legendarium with admirable care...This scholarly yet approachable book is filled with...surprising fragments.' - Jon Barnes, Times Literary Supplement 'Fimi's book reads so well that it's hard to believe that it's an academic tome' - Henry Gee, Mallorn 'constitutes an important contribution to Tolkien studies...the author brings together (often for the first time) relevant research from cultural history and lays out her arguments fair and square...Fimi's book has given us some answers but has also opened up some avenues for future research. What more can we ask for?' Thomas Honegger, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat, Germany '...a rich study into Tolkien's creative impulses and the influences that worked on those impulses in the course of a long creative life...any reader interested in the work of J. R. R. Tolkien...is in for a treat. The book is intelligently argued and full of interesting ideas and approaches, offering fresh insights into Tolkien's authorship...you will find plenty of stimulating and thought-provoking material to make the book well worth reading.' - Nils-Lennart Johannesson, English Today 'Until now, Tolkien has generally been studied in isolation, or as the father of modern fantasy-writing, but this book shows how his work was rooted in the mental world of his contemporaries and the immediately preceding generation. As Tolkien scholarship becomes more analytical, Fimi's study provides essential new insights.' - Jacqueline Simpson, The Folklore SocietyTable of ContentsList of Figures Conventions and Abbreviations Introduction PART I: HOW IT ALL BEGAN In the Beginning were the Fairies... 'Fluttering Sprites with Antennae': Victorian and Edwardian Fancies The Fairies, Faith and Folklore PART II: IDEAL BEINGS, IDEAL LANGUAGES The Cat and the Whiskers: Tolkien's Linguistic Creation 'Linguistic Aesthetic': Sounds, Meaning and the Pursuit of Beauty Ideal Languages and Phonetic Spelling PART III: FROM MYTH TO HISTORY The Claim to History A Hierarchical World Visualising Middle-earth: Real and Imagined Material Cultures Epilogue: From Fairies to Hobbits Appendix: 'And Wither Then?': Stepping into the Road Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMonique Roelofs offers a pathbreaking systematic model of the field of address and puts it to work in the arts, critical theory, and social life. Drawing on a wide array of theoretical and artistic sources and challenging disciplinary boundaries, she illuminates its significance to cultural existence and to our reflexive aesthetic engagement in it.Trade ReviewArts of Address unfolds a wondrous interconnectivity joining theory, art, and literature. It shows us how the examination of scenes of address may answer questions about their daily impact as it guides us to philosophical abstraction. I enjoy its fast paced rhythm of analysis and, above all, the freedom with which it traverses a world of rough edges and transnational implications. -- Alicia Borinsky, author of One Way Tickets: Writers and the Culture of ExileIn a text that is as much an art of address as it is about address, Monique Roelofs brilliantly intertwines the aesthetic, social identities, ways of life, as well as the pleasures and threats of art objects, with a theoretically robust analysis of address that yields a critical political aesthetics that allows for the possibility of perceiving new worlds. -- Mariana Ortega, author of In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the SelfThere is at present no systematic work that investigates the question of address as a concept in the global way Monique Roelofs pursues in this patient, lucid, and orderly book. Arts of Address demonstrates that explicit theorizations of address in the western philosophical tradition have historically been understated, partial, localized, or overlooked. Roelofs’s book seeks to correct these oversights and gaps in the critical canon’s conceptualization of address with clarity and comprehensiveness. -- Ellen Rooney, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Addressing Address2. Kant, Hume, and Foucault as Theorists of Address3. Saying Hello and Goodbye4. Norms, Forms, Structures, Scenes, and Scripts5. Address’s Key Constituents: Philosophical Views6. Transforming Aesthetic RelationshipsAfterwordNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDrawing on a rich body of archival and ethnographic research, Queering Drag: Redefining the Discourse of Gender-Bending (Indiana UP, 2020) illuminates diverse examples of theatrical gender-bending. It shows how, in each case, standard drag discourses do not sufficiently capture the complexity of performers' intents and methods or provide a strong enough foundation for holistically evaluating the impact of this work. Queering Drag offers a redefinition of the genre centralized in the performer's construction and presentation of a "queer" version of hegemonic identity. It also models a new set of tools for analyzing drag as a process of intents and methods enacted to effect specific goals. The book won the 2021 John Leo and Dana Heller Award for Best Book in LGBTQ Studies from the Popular Culture Association and was named one of NBC's "10 LGBTQ books to watch out for in 2020." -- Isabel Machado * New Books Network *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface1. What's in a Name? Redefining the Discourse of Gender-Bending 2. "Masculine Women, Feminine Men": Variety and Vaudevillian Male Impersonators 3. Mythical, "Sexless" Characters: Identity Borders in El Teatro Campesino 4. The "First Punch" at Stonewall: Counteridentification Butch Acts 5. Bent Means "Not Quite Straight": Kinging as DisidentificationConclusion: Bending RhetoricBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBy clarifying the ways in which agreement on moral issues between people from different traditions can be pursued through moral discourse, this book provides a coherent conceptual framework for addressing the political, social and environmental problems arising from unresolved moral conflict.Trade Review“The book is a helpful contribution to ongoing conversations about whether and how persons from very different moral traditions may argue productively about moral issues across cultural and religious gulfs.” —Theological Studies“Moral Discourse in a Pluralistic World is not only an eloquent philosophical work, but also very relevant for moral practice. It is a book to be studied and taken to heart.” —Journal of Moral Education

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Book SynopsisExamines the concept of the enthymeme in ancient Greek rhetoric, arguing that it is a technique of storytelling aimed at eliciting from the audience an inference about a narrative.Trade Review“James Fredal challenges traditional Aristotelian interpretations of the enthymeme as an abstract theoretical concept by examining ‘enthymizing’ as a situational activity occurring within rhetorical narratives of Greek oratory. A provocative and insightful study that compels readers to reconsider long-accepted notions of Hellenic rhetorical theory.”—Richard Leo Enos,author of Greek Rhetoric Before Aristotle“Fredal’s interdisciplinary approach is impressive, demonstrating currency in fields such as classical rhetoric, formal logic, and legal theory; his treatment of Aristotle—his argument that terms such as syllogism have a general sense rather than the technical sense they acquired later—resonates with contemporary philology.”—P. E. Ojennus Choice“The volume offers a valuable account of a key element of Greek rhetorical practice and serves as a worthy reminder of the importance of the insights of the Greeks for our own theory of narrative and vice versa. It invites us to revisit difficult and unresolved issues of the relationships that hold among narrative, rhetorical speech and logic, and how they were regarded in antiquity.”—Owen Goldin Classical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroductionPart One 3.01. Enthymeme 3.0: The Truncated Syllogism2. 3.0 and Its ProblemsPart Two 2.03. Aristotle, Sullogismos, and 2.04. 2.0 and Its ProblemsPart Three 1.05. Enthymizing in the Orators6. Oratorical Enthymizing in Context7. Enthymizing and Adversarial NarrativesPart Four Lysias and the Enthymeme8. Enthymizing in Lysias 1, On the Death of Eratosthenes9. A Many-Layered TaleConclusion Notes ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisDiscovered in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of ancient Israelite documents, many of which were written by a Jewish sectarian community at Qumran living in self-exile from the priesthood of the Second Temple. This first book-length study of the rhetoric of these texts illustrates how the Essenes employed different rhetorics over time as they struggled to understand God's word and their mission to their people, who seemed to have turned away from God and his purposes. Applying methods of rhetorical analysis to six substantive textsMiq?at Ma?aseh ha-Torah, Rule of the Community, Damascus Document, Purification Rules, Temple Scroll, and Habakkuk PesherBruce McComiskey traces the Essenes' use of rhetorical strategies based on identification, dissociation, entitlement, and interpretation. Through his analysis, McComiskey uncovers a unique, fascinating story of an ancient religious community that had sought to reintegrate into Temple life but, dejected, instead established itsTrade Review“This is an intriguing study by a non-specialist in the field that will be profitable for students of the Scrolls interested in the role of rhetoric.”—Daniel M. Gurtner Religious Studies Review“Religious historians looking for examples of rhetorical case studies on ancient Jewish texts and rhetoricians looking for an introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls will find this a valuable book.”—Robert M Royalty, Jr. Rhetorica“Bruce McComiskey is the first in rhetorical studies to conduct a systematic reading of seven Dead Sea Scrolls manuscripts, examining how identification, distinction, persuasion, performative strategies, dissociation, and ideas about material rhetorics are present and enacted through these manuscripts. In doing so, he makes an important case for the rhetorical significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as the methodological utility of a hermeneutics/rhetoric approach for reading these texts.”—Jim Ridolfo,author of Digital Samaritans: Rhetorical Delivery and Engagement in the Digital Humanities

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Book SynopsisInvestigates contemporary and historical rhetorics of rape culture within institutional, legal, cultural, and medical discourses. Examines how discourses about rape rely on strategies of containment and deny the felt experiences of victims, ultimately stalling broader claims for justice in the United States. Trade Review“What It Feels Like is an exciting contribution to rhetorical studies and women’s and gender studies, offering a theory of visceral rhetoric that provides both explanatory power for rape culture and a potential framework for feminist intervention. It addresses a timely topic in a refreshingly new way, providing critical insight into how rape culture is rhetorically constituted as well as reason to hope for change.”—Elizabeth C. Britt,author of Reimagining Advocacy: Rhetorical Education in the Legal Clinic“Not only does Larson’s work provide various avenues for researchers to continue conversations about sexual violence, but it also supplies instructions for increasing the efficacy of anti-rape advocacy. Ultimately, Larson makes a convincing case that scholars and activists alike would do well to talk about bodies and acknowledge the rhetorical power of viscerality.”—Lauren L. Buisker The Quarterly Journal of Speech

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Book SynopsisThe nations of the global north find themselves in a post-secular or post-Christian period, one in which the practice, expression, and effects of religion are undergoing massive shifts. In Persuasions of God, Paul Lynch pursues a project of theorhetoric, a radical new approach to speaking about the divine. Searching for new religious forms amid the lingering influence of Christianity, Lynch turns to René Girard, the most important twentieth-century thinker on the sacred and its expression within the Christian tradition. Lynch repurposes Girard's mimetic theory to invent a post-Christian way of speaking to, for, and especially about God. Girard theorized the sacred as the nexus of violence, order, and sacralization that lies at the heart of religion. What Lynch advocates in our current moment of religious kairos is a paradoxically meek rhetoric that conscientiously refuses rivalry, actively exploits tradition through complicit invention, and boldly seeks a holiness free of exclusionary

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Book SynopsisBy the author of Spanish Verbs Made Simple(r) and French Verbs Made Simple(r)—an innovative approach to learning Spanish vocabulary based on understanding the etymology of Spanish words.Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations and Symbols Simplified Gender Rule Introduction Part I: Background 1.1. Spanish as a Romance Language 1.2. "Learned" versus "Popular" Words 1.3. Latin: A Few Useful Tools Part II: Classical Vocabulary 2.1. "Learned" Latin Words 2.2. "Learned" Greek Words Part III: Popular Vocabulary: The Shape of Spanish 3.1. Addition of "Helping" e: esnob = snob 3.2. Initial f to h: higo = fig 3.3. Vowel Changes: e to ie, o to ue, etc. 3.4. Basic Consonant Changes: p/b, t/d, c/g 3.5. Other Distinctive Consonants (or Lack Thereof) Part IV: Selected Topics 4.1. Goths and Other Germans 4.2. Arabs and Muslims 4.3. Numbers and Quantities 4.4. Time 4.5. Ser and Estar 4.6. Food and Animals 4.7. Religion 4.8. The Family 4.9. Body, Spirit, and Mind 4.10. Romance (Languages) and Politics Annexes: Additional Words A. Principal Exceptions to the "Simplified Gender Rule" B. 700 Not-So-Easy Words C. Verbs Ending in -cer and Related Words D. 4,500 Relatively Easy Words Selected References

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Both stimulating and disturbing . . . Mr. Black's provocative book has stressed some genuine shortcomings in traditional theory and criticism and has raised some questions which will not soon be answered . . . every serious student of public address should study this examination of rhetorical criticism." —Journal of Communications |"Black set out to rattle the foundations of what he called traditional 'neo-Aristotelian' criticism, and he went to his task with spirit. The result is both articulate and provocative." —Speech Teacher

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Book Synopsis“A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom.” — Stephen FryTrade Review"Wit's End is delicious." -- Stephen Fry"Playful, fiercely intelligent, silly, funny and immensely informative - [Wit's End] makes for a breathless read that leaves you feeling enormously enriched. The reinvention from chapter to chapter is a masterstroke and keeps the subject matter joyously buoyant." -- Reece Shearsmith, Actor and Writer"James Geary has produced a rich cornucopia of wit and its origins in the wittiest literary way possible. A delight." -- Julia Hobsbawm"... playful, occasionally chaotic road trip through comedy's links to innovation and creativity." -- Discover"Geary presents a history of wit with all the intellectual force and facility that the more learned reader might expect..." -- Times Literary Supplement"... there’s a fascinating exploration of visual wit in the form of an art-history lecture. With humour and verve and by the variety of his style, Geary shows wit to be multifaceted, subtle, ambiguous and akin to wisdom." -- The Irish Times"Wit’s End juggles scholarship, humorous anecdote and critical insight with a diabolical, almost sinister dexterity. No shrinking violet, Geary fully intends to strut his stuff, to glitter and beguile, and he does so with remarkable ingenuity and chutzpah." -- The Washington Post"Geary is a keen storyteller, promiscuous with quotes and figures. One could do worse at a cocktail party than simply opening his book at random and reading aloud." -- The New Yorker"... convey[s] the power of wit to refresh the mind..." -- The Wall Street Journal

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Book SynopsisWith an up-to-date view of the results of UML semantics and the practical applications of semantics development, this book presents the only coherent and integrated account of the leading UML 2 semantics work and its applications.Table of ContentsCONTRIBUTORS. PREFACE. 1 INTRODUCTION TOTHE UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE ( Kevin Lano). 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Class Diagrams. 1.3 Object Diagrams. 1.4 Use Cases. 1.5 State Machines. 1.6 Object Constraint Language. 1.7 Interaction Diagrams. 1.8 Activity Diagrams. 1.9 Deployment Diagrams. 1.10 Relationships Between UML Models. 1.11 Summary. 2 THE ROLE OF SEMANTICS ( Kevin Lano). 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Different Semantic Approaches. 2.3 Applications of Semantics. 2.4 UML Semantics. 2.5 Applications of Semantics to UML. 2.6 Application of Semantics to the Use of UML. 2.7 Summary. 3 CONSIDERATIONS AND RATIONALE FOR A UML SYSTEM MODEL ( Manfred Broy, Maria Victoria Cengarle, Hans Gronniger, and Bernhard Rumpe). 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 General Approach to Semantics. 3.3 Structuring the Semantics of UML. 3.4 The Math Behind the System Model. 3.5 What Is the System Model? 3.6 Usage Scenarios. 3.7 Concluding Remarks. 4 DEFINITION OF THE SYSTEM MODEL ( Manfred Broy, Maria Victoria Cengarle, Hans Gronniger, and Bernhard Rumpe). 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Notational Conventions. 4.3 Static Part of the System Model. 4.4 Control Part of the System Model. 4.5 Messages and Events in the System Model. 4.6 Object State. 4.7 Event-Based Object Behavior. 4.8 Timed Object Behavior. 4.9 The System Model Definition. Appendix A.1 State Transition Systems. Appendix A.2 Timed State Transition Systems. 5 FORMAL DESCRIPTIVE SEMANTICS OF UML AND ITS APPLICATIONS ( Hong Zhu, Lijun Shan, Ian Bayley, and Richard Amphlett). 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Definition of Descriptive Semantics in FOPL. 5.3 The LAMBDES Tool. 5.4 Applications Using Model and Metamodel Analysis. 5.5 Conclusions. 6 AXIOMATIC SEMANTICS OF UML CLASS DIAGRAMS ( Kevin Lano). 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Real-Time Action Logic. 6.3 Semantics of Class Diagrams. 6.4 Application of the Semantics. 6.5 Related Work. 6.6 Conclusions. 7 OBJECT CONSTRAINT LANGUAGE: METAMODELING SEMANTICS ( Anneke Kleppe). 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Metamodeling Semantics. 7.3 OCL Semantics: Types and Values. 7.4 OCL Semantics: Expressions and Evaluations. 7.5 Summary and Conclusions. 8 AXIOMATIC SEMANTICS OF STATE MACHINES ( Kevin Lano and David Clark). 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 State Machine Semantics. 8.3 Extended State Machines. 8.4 Semantics for Extended State Machines. 8.5 Solutions for Semantic Problems. 8.6 Structured Behavior State Machines. 8.7 Related Work. 8.8 Summary. 9 INTERACTIONS ( Maria Victoria Cengarle, Alexander Knapp, and Heribert Muhlberger). 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Trace-Based Semantics. 9.3 Alternative Semantics. 9.4 Implementation and Refinement. 9.5 Verification and Validation. 10 CO-ALGEBRAIC SEMANTIC FRAMEWORK FOR REASONING ABOUT INTERACTION DESIGNS ( Sun Meng and Luis S. Barbosa). 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Why Co-algebras? 10.3 A Semantics for UML Sequence Diagrams. 10.4 New Sequence Diagrams from Old. 10.5 Coercions and Designs. 10.6 A Calculus for Interactions. 10.7 Concluding Remarks. 11 SEMANTICS OF ACTIVITY DIAGRAMS ( Kevin Lano). 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Semantics of Structured Activities. 11.3 Semantics of Intermediate Activities. 11.4 Data Flow Semantics. 11.5 Semantic Analysis. 11.6 Related Work. 11.7 Summary. 12 VERIFICATION OF UML MODELS ( Kevin Lano). 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 Class Diagrams. 12.3 State Machine Diagrams. 12.4 Sequence Diagrams. 12.5 Summary. 13 DESIGN VERIFICATION WITH STATE INVARIANTS ( Emil Sekerinski). 13.1 Introduction. 13.2 Preliminaries. 13.3 Statechart Structure. 13.4 Configurations and Operations. 13.5 State Invariant Verification. 13.6 Accumulated Invariants. 13.7 Verification Condition Generation. 13.8 Priority Among Transitions. 13.9 Conclusions. 14 MODELTRANSFORMATION SPECIFICATION AND VERIFICATION ( Kevin Lano). 14.1 Introduction. 14.2 Categories of Model Transformation. 14.3 Specification of Model Transformations. 14.4 Refinement Transformations. 14.5 Quality Improvement Transformations. 14.6 Design Patterns. 14.7 Enhancement Transformations. 14.8 Implementation of Model Transformations. 14.9 Summary. INDEX .

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Book SynopsisThis newly revised edition is both a lively introduction and practical guide to the main concepts and challenges of intercultural communication. Grounded in interactional sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, this work integrates theoretical principles and methodological advice, presenting students, researchers, and practitioners with a comprehensive and unified resource. Features new original theory, expanded treatment of generations, gender and corporate and professional discourse Offers improved organization and added features for student and classroom use, including advice on research projects, questions for discussion, and references at the end of each chapter Extensively revised with newly added material on computer mediated communication, sexuality and globalization Trade Review“Overall, the paradigm presented throughout the now three iterations of this book remains a remarkably insightful way to conceptualize factors influencing communication, or, in the authors’ own terms, factors mediating communication. By focusing on common denominators of all human life (ideologies, forms of discourse, socialization, and face systems) Scollon, Scollon, and Jones successfully arrive at a culture-neutral heuristic that can be used in any instance of interpersonal (and thus, intercultural) communication.” (Linguist List, 8 January 2013) Table of ContentsList of Figures xi Series Editor’s Preface xiii Preface to the First Edition xiv Preface to the Second Edition xvii Preface to the Third Edition xviii 1 What Is a Discourse Approach? 1 The Problem with Culture 2 Culture is a verb 5 Discourse 7 Discourse systems 8 What Is Communication? 10 Language is ambiguous by nature 11 We must draw inferences about meaning 14 Our inferences tend to be fixed, not tentative 15 Our inferences are drawn very quickly 15 Interdiscourse communication and English as a global language 16 What This Book Is Not 17 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 18 Four processes of ethnography 19 Four types of data in ethnographic research 20 Choosing a site of investigation 21 Discussion Questions 23 References for Further Study 24 2 How, When, and Where to Do Things with Language 25 Sentence Meaning and Speaker’s Meaning 27 Speech Acts, Speech Events, and Speech Situations 27 Grammar of Context 29 Seven main components for a grammar of context 30 Scene 31 Key 34 Participants 35 Message form 36 Sequence 37 Co-occurrence patterns, marked and unmarked 38 Manifestation 38 Variation in context grammar 39 “Culture” and Context 39 High context and low context situations 40 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 42 Using the “grammar of context” as a preliminary ethnographic audit 42 Discussion Questions 43 References for Further Study 44 3 Interpersonal Politeness and Power 45 Communicative Style or Register 45 Face 46 The “self” as a communicative identity 47 The Paradox of Face: Involvement and Independence 48 Politeness strategies of involvement and independence 49 Linguistic strategies of involvement: some examples 51 Linguistic strategies of independence: some examples 51 Face Systems 52 Three Face Systems: Deference, Solidarity, and Hierarchy 53 Deference face system (-P, +D) 54 Solidarity face system (-P, -D) 54 Hierarchical face system (+P, +/-D) 55 Miscommunication 56 Variations in Face Systems 59 Social Organization and Face Systems 60 Kinship 61 The concept of the self 62 Ingroup–outgroup relationships 64 Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft 65 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 66 Exploring the interaction order 66 Discussion Questions 67 References for Further Study 68 4 Conversational Inference: Interpretation in Spoken Discourse 69 How Do We Understand Discourse? 70 Cohesive Devices: Lexical and Grammatical 71 Reference 72 Verb forms 72 Conjunction 72 The causal conjunction “because” 73 Cognitive Schemata and Scripts 74 World knowledge 75 Adjacency sequences 76 Prosodic Patterning: Intonation and Timing 77 Intonation 77 Timing 79 Metacommunication 82 Non-sequential processing 84 Interactive Intelligence 86 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 88 Collecting and analyzing spoken data 88 Reconfiguring default settings 89 Discussion Questions 90 References for Further Study 90 5 Topic and Face: Inductive and Deductive Patterns in Discourse 92 What Are You Talking About? 92 Topic, Turn Exchange, and Timing 94 The call–answer–topic adjacency sequence 94 The call 95 The answer 95 The introduction of the caller’s topic 95 Deductive Monologues 96 The Inductive Pattern 97 Inside and outside encounters 98 Hierarchical relationships and topic introduction 98 The false east–west dichotomy 99 Face: Inductive and Deductive Rhetorical Strategies 100 Topics and face systems 101 Face Relationships in Written Discourse 103 Essays and press releases 104 The press release: implied writers and implied readers 105 The essay: a deductive structure 106 Limiting Ambiguity: Power in Discourse 106 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 107 Collecting and analyzing written data 107 Discussion Questions 109 References for Further Study 109 6 Ideologies in Discourse 110 Three Concepts of Discourse 110 The Utilitarian Discourse System 113 The Enlightenment: reason and freedom 114 Bentham and Mill’s Utilitarianism 115 Forms of discourse in the Utilitarian discourse system 117 The Panopticon of Bentham 118 Face systems in the Utilitarian discourse system 120 Internal face systems: liberté, égalité, fraternité 120 The institutions of the Utilitarian discourse system 121 Outside discourse 122 Multiple discourse systems 123 The Confucian discourse system 123 “Conversations” 126 What “Counts” as an Ideology? 128 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 130 The relationship between small d discourse and big D Discourses 130 Discussion Questions 134 References for Further Study 134 7 Forms of Discourse 136 Functions of Language 136 Information and relationship 136 Negotiation and ratifi cation 137 Group harmony and individual welfare 138 Clarity, Brevity, and Sincerity Revisited 139 Theories of communication in the Utilitarian discourse system 139 Kant’s view of the “public” writer 147 Plagiarism and ideology 148 Modes, Media, and the Materiality of Discourse 152 Mode 152 Media 154 Emplacement 156 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 157 Discussion Questions 158 References for Further Study 159 8 Socialization 161 The Individual and “Culture” 161 Socialization 162 Education, enculturation, acculturation 162 Primary and secondary socialization 163 Socialization as legitimate peripheral participation 164 Theories of the person and of learning 165 Socialization in the Utilitarian Discourse System 168 Education vs. socialization 168 Socialization and face systems 169 Socialization and the “Historical Body” 171 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 173 An outline guide for the study of discourse systems 175 Discussion Questions 176 References for Further Study 177 9 Corporate and Professional Discourse 178 Voluntary and Involuntary Discourse Systems 178 Five key discourse systems in corporate and professional life 179 The Corporate Discourse System (Corporate Culture) 180 Ideology 181 Socialization 186 Forms of discourse 192 Face systems 198 The size and scope of corporate discourse systems 201 Professional Discourse Systems 201 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 203 Discussion Questions 204 References for Further Study 205 10 Generational Discourse 206 Involuntary Discourse Systems 206 The Ideologies of Individualism in the United States 208 Six generations of North Americans 210 The shifting ground of U.S. individualism 225 Communication between generations 226 Six Generations of Chinese 227 The changing nature of collectivism 227 The shifting ground of Chinese collectivism 236 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 237 Discussion Questions 238 References for Further Study 239 11 Gender and Sexuality Discourse 240 Gender and Sexuality 240 Gender Discourse Systems 241 Directness or indirectness? 242 Who talks more? 244 Forms of discourse; functions of language 245 Face systems 247 The origin of difference: ideology and paradox 248 The maintenance of difference: socialization 250 Problems with the “difference” approach 251 Compromise: “communities of practice” 252 Sexuality 253 Sexuality and gender 255 Performativity 256 Discourse systems and imagined communities 256 “Gay Culture” and the Utilitarian Discourse System 257 Ideology 259 Face systems 260 Forms of discourse 260 Socialization 260 The “Tongzhi Discourse System” 261 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 264 Discussion Questions 265 References for Further Study 266 12 Doing “Intercultural Communication” 267 Discourse Systems and the Individual 267 Intersystem communication 270 Cultural ideology and stereotyping 271 Negative stereotypes 273 Positive stereotypes, the lumping fallacy, and the solidarity fallacy 274 Othering 276 Differences Which Make a Difference: Discourse Systems 276 Intercultural Communication as Mediated Action 278 Avoiding Miscommunication 279 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 281 Discussion Questions 283 References for Further Study 283 References 284 Index 298

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Book SynopsisDisability and Discourse applies and explains Conversation Analysis (CA), an established methodology for studying communication, to explore what happens during the everyday encounters of people with intellectual disabilities and the other people with whom they interact. Explores conversations and encounters from the lives of people with intellectual disabilities Introduces the established methodology of Conversation Analysis, making it accessible and useful to a wide range of students, researchers and practitioners Adopts a discursive approach which looks at how people with intellectual disabilities use talk in real-life situations, while showing how such talk can be supported and developed Follows people into the meetings and discussions that take place in self-advocacy and research contexts Offers insights into how people with learning disabilities can have a voice in their own affairs, in policy-making, and in researchTrade Review“This thought-provoking text is aimed at practitioners, those who engage in everyday conversation with individuals with intellectual disabilities and researchers who employ conversation analysis (CA). This book reminds us that these individuals and their support workers can benefit from engaging in more mindful and reflective practice with regard to everyday discourse.” (British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 7 August 2013) Table of ContentsAbout the Author. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1 Starting Points. 2 Some Building Blocks for Analysis. Part 1 Individual Voices. 3 Challenging Disempowering Patterns of Talk. 4 Supporting Someone to be Competent. 5 Opening up Conversation. 6 Equalising Talk and Friendliness. 7 Doing Autonomy: 'It's entirely up to you'. 8 Public Encounters. Part 2 Collective Voice. 9 Self-Advocacy Talk: The personal to the political. 10 Supporting People to Speak up in Group Situations. 11 Being Interviewers with the Label of 'Intellectual Disability'. 12 Behind the Scenes in Inclusive Research: 'We are the artists of our lives'. 13 Talk about Labelling and Identity. 14 Reflections on Doing Analysis. 15 Reflections on Change. Appendix Transcription Conventions. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisDevelop your powers of public persuasion with the ultimate guide togreat speeches and business presentations. Do you get tongue-tiedat the mere thought of speaking in public? Would you rather swimwith sharks or undergo a tax audit than face an audience? Well,you''re not alone. According to the Book of Lists'' list of humans''greatest fears, the fear of death is our fourth greatest fear,while fear of public speaking commands a solid first place. Nowfrom Roger E. Axtell, one of America''s most accomplished publicspeakers, here''s a book guaranteed to turn even the most stage-shymumbler into a great communicator. Geared primarily, but notexclusively, for business people, this amusing and informativeguide can show you how to possess the powers of public persuasionyou''ve always dreamed of having. Whether it''s making a pitch to theboard of directors, or prepping the sales force, stating your caseto the town council, or being interviewed on live TV, Do''s andTaboos of Public Speaking can heTable of ContentsThe Three Secrets for Banishing Fear. Organization of Business Speeches. To Read or Not to Read. Getting Physical. Humor. Appearing on Television. Using Audio-Visual Equipment. Special Speaking Situations. How to Turn Professional. Resources for Help. Parting Advice from Successful Speakers. Listing of Local Chapters, National Speakers Association. Index.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to academic research methods that focuses on two of the world's fastest growing industries. As tourism continues to play a larger role in economies all over the world, record numbers of students are flocking to college and university programs in this specialized field of study.Table of ContentsYour Original Thesis. The Starting Point--Chapter Two. Starting Chapter One. The Chapter One Core. Completing Chapter One. Chapter Two Revisited. The Cover Letter and the Research Instrument. Chapter Three--The Foundation. Chapter Three--The Research Structure. Chapter Three--The Mechanics. Mailings and Chapter Four. Writing Chapter Five. Post-Study Tasks. Index.

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Book SynopsisFrom the reviews of Presentations Plus -- If you want some distilled wisdom on how to improve, read thisbook. The author shows how to develop and deliver an effective andexciting presentation, based on his own success on the battlefieldof business. His methods are simple, practical, and proven; hisapproach is effective. Read the book and find out foryourself. --Business Executive Who knows, reading [Presentations Plus] and applying its advicemight just make you too valuable to keep in your present job atyour present pay. --Memphis Business Journal Crammed with pithy advice and tipsentertaining, readable...Allvery convincing, as it should be from someone of David Peoples''experience. --British Business [David Peoples] dresses bare-bones theory with lively examplestaken from his own experiences. --Small Business Magazine Probably the best book on making oral presentations yetpublished. --Management Accounting Now, Table of ContentsPresenting, Persuading, and Winning. The Seven Deadly Sins. Hot Drugs for Sweaty Palms. Design the Close First. It's Showtime--The Opening. Getting Attention and Keeping Interest. High Tech vs. Low Tech. The Presenter's Secret Weapon. How to Handle Troublemakers. Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse, Then Cheat. Bad Habits and Distractions. DOs and DON'Ts of Team Presentations. Getting Them Back from the Break. Time Control. 60 Tips in 60 Minutes. Presentation Planning Guide. Getting Good, Getting Better--The Critique. Your Road to Glory. Index.

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Book SynopsisTakes the mystery out of putting together an effective presentation by addressing each of the steps involved. Not only gives readers confidence but offers enhanced opportunities for promotion and career advancement. Elucidates how to organize presentations to achieve your goal; how to use factual, logical and captivating supporting materials as well as visuals and audio-visual equipment; how to answer questions effectively and includes numerous techniques to use with a variety of audiences.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: TAKING CONTROL. Turning Stage Fright Into Excitement. Warming Up. Nonverbal Communication. Staying in Control. GROUNDWORK. Styles of Delivery. Knowing Your Audience. WORKING ON YOUR PRESENTATION. The Outline. Organizing the Body of Your Speech. Supporting Materials. COMMUNICATING ON PURPOSE. Informative Speaking. Persuasive Speaking. Effective Sales Presentations. How to Be a Better Listener. MASTERING THE MECHANICS. Speaking Aids. Pointers for Using the Room. How Visual Aids Can Help. Room Checks for Computers. CHECKLISTS. Speech Preparation Checklist. Speech Delivery Checklist. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis anthology presents Aristotle's Rhetoric in its original context, providing examples of the kind of oratory whose success Aristotle explains and analyzes. It assesses the role and the techniques of rhetorical persuasion in philosophic discourse and the public sphere.Table of ContentsCONTRIBUTORS: Jacques Brunschwig, M. F. Burnyeat, Christopher Carey, John M. Cooper, Troels Engberg-Pedersen, Dorothea Frede, Stephen Halliwell, T. H. Irwin, George A. Kennedy, Stephen R. Leighton, Richard Moran, Martha Craven Nussbaum, C. D. C. Reeve, Paul Ricoeur, Amelie Oksenberg Rorty, Gisela Striker, Robert Wardy

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Book SynopsisCovering American, international, mainstream, and 'off-Hollywood' films, as well as television, this book offers creative strategies and useful practical information. It places screenwriting in the context of the storytelling tradition, arguing through literary and cultural analysis that all great stories revolve around a strong central character.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: CHARACTER Chapter One: The Feast of Becoming: Carnival and Character Chapter Two: Varieties of Voices Within Character Chapter Three: Five Not-So-Easy Pieces: Analysis of Character-Centered Scripts PART II: NARRATIVE AND STRUCTURE Chapter Four: Beyond the Classical Hollywood Structure Chapter Five: Developing a Character-Centered Narrative Chapter Six: Pitching PART III: WRITING Chapter Seven: Prelude to a Screenplay Chapter Eight: The Fourteen-Week Character Developing Schedule Chapter Nine: The Fourteen-Week Feature Screenplay PART IV: LAUNCHING YOUR SCRIPT Chapter Ten: From Rewrite to Screen: An Overview of Options Chapter Eleven: Live Writers Talking: Screenwriting 2000 and Beyond Appendix A: Coverage Appendex B: Self-Critiques Appendix C: Your Personal Screenwriting and Video Library Appendix D: At Long Last the Recipe for a Screenwriter's Gumbo with Character! Index

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Book SynopsisWhen Kenneth Burke conceived his celebrated Motivorum project in the 1940s and 1950s, he envisioned it in three parts. Whereas the third part, A Symbolic of Motives, was never finished, A Grammar of Motives (1945) and A Rhetoric of Motives (1950) have become canonical theoretical documents. A Rhetoric of Motives was originally intended to be a two-part book. Here, at last, is the second volume, the until-now unpublished War of Words, where Burke brilliantly exposes the rhetorical devices that sponsor war in the name of peace. Discouraging militarism during the Cold War even as it catalogues belligerent persuasive strategies and tactics that remain in use today, The War of Words reveals how popular news media outlets can, wittingly or not, foment international tensions and armaments during tumultuous political periods. This authoritative edition includes an introduction from the editors explaining the compositional history and cultural contexts of both The War of Words and A Rhetoric of Motives. The War of Words illuminates the study of modern rhetoric even as it deepens our understanding of postWorld War II politics. Trade Review"The three coeditors of this posthumous publication—Anthony Burke, Kyle Jensen, and Jack Selzer—have done a commendable job assembling this material, which efforts they narrate fully in their valuable introduction. . . . [The War on Words is a] revealing remnant of Burke’s dissertation on motives, a companion volume to his Rhetoric. It is neither a sequel nor a prequel nor a detour nor a summary; it is something more essential." * European Legacy *"The volume provides Burke’s fascinating, mid-career reflections upon his intellectual trajectory. . . .[the editors’] efforts have done scholars a tremendous service." * American Literary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Editors’ Introduction THE WAR OF WORDS Introduction 1. The Devices Of the Devices in General The Bland Strategy Shrewd Simplicity Undo by Overdoing Yielding Aggressively Detection Spokesman Reversal Say the Opposite Spiritualization (the Nostrum) Making the Connection Say Anything Theory of the Devices 2. Scientific Rhetoric I. ”Facts” Are Interpretations II. Headline-Thinking III. Selectivity IV. Reduction (“Gist”) V. Tithing by Tonality VI. News as Drama VII. Polls, Forums, Accountancy 3. [Notes toward] The Rhetoric of Bureaucracy 4. [Notes toward] The Rhetorical Situation Appendix 1. Facsimile of the Outline of ”The Rhetorical Situation” Appendix 2. Foreword (to end on) Appendix 3. Facsimile of “Foreword (to end on)” List of Textual Emendations and Explanatory Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe Gifting Logos: Expertise in the Digital Commons provides an extensive analysis of knowledge and creativity in twenty-first century networked culture. Analyzing massive projects like the Wayback Machine, the Internet Archive, and the Creative Commons licenses, The Gifting Logos responds to a fundamental question, What does it mean to know something and to make something? With the idea of a gifting logos, Hartelius integrates three habits of a rhetorical epistemology: the invention of cultural materials such as text, images, and software; the imbuing or encoding of the materials with the creator's experience; and the constitution and dissemination of the materials as gifts.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Commons Aggregate and the Gift 2. The Infrastructural Commons 3. The Archival Commons 4. The Popular Commons 5. The Gifting Logos Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIf rhetoric is the art of speaking, who is listening? In Being-Moved, Daniel M. Gross provides an answer, showing when and where the art of speaking parted ways with the art of listening and what happens when they intersect once again. Much in the history of rhetoric must be rethought along the way. And much of this rethinking pivots around Martin Heidegger's early lectures on Aristotle'sRhetoricwhere his famous topic, Being, gives way to being-moved. The results, Gross goes on to show, are profound. Listening to the gods, listening to the world around us, and even listening to one another in the classroom all of these experiences become different when rhetoric is reoriented from the voice to the ear.Trade Review"Being-Moved: Rhetoric as the Art of Listening is a brilliant and courageous work that in effect ‘moves’ the reader to reconsider the often neglected art of listening and to reflect on one’s thoughts in order to take whatever action one might deem necessary to live fully and authentically in the public realm. Daniel M. Gross’s assessment of Martin Heidegger’s Marburg lectures on Aristotle, as well as Philip Melanchthon’s reflections on rhetoric are substantial and original." * The European Legacy *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction to the Art of Listening 1. Martin Heidegger on Listening c. 1924 2. Being-Moved: A Disciplinary Prehistory 3. Face-to-Face Communication, Disfigured 4. Passive Voices, Active Listening: A Case Study in Rhetoric and Composition Appendix: The Art of Listening in Select English Manuals and Sermons, 1582–1665 Notes Works Cited with Additional Suggested Readings Index

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Book SynopsisWho is the human in media philosophy? Although media philosophers have argued since the twentieth century that media are fundamental to being human, this question has not been explicitly asked and answered in the field. Armond R. Towns demonstrates that humanity in media philosophy has implicitly referred to a social Darwinian understanding of the human as a Western, white, male, capitalist figure. Building on concepts from Black studies and cultural studies, Towns develops an insightful critique of this dominant conception of the human in media philosophy and introduces a foundation for Black media philosophy. Delving into the narratives of the Underground Railroad, the politics of the Black Panther Party, and the digitization of Michael Brown's killing, On Black Media Philosophy deftly illustrates that media are not only important for Western Humanity but central to alternative Black epistemologies and other ways of being human. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. The Medium Is the Message, Revisited: Media and Black Epistemologies 1. Technological Darwinism 2. Black Escapism on the Underground (Black) Anthropocene 3. Toward a Theory of Intercommunal Media 4. Black “Matter” Lives: Michael Brown and Digital Afterlives Conclusion. The Reparations of the Earth Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides an introduction to pragmatics from the point of view of Sperber and Wilson''s Relevance Theory. The first part lays down the foundations of a relevance theoretic approach to utterance understanding, which is then applied to the analysis of a range of phenomena which are central to pragmatics.Trade Review"A clearly written textbook. Punctuated with straightforward exercises and a useful recommended reading list." Journal of PragmaticsTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Fundamentals:. 1. Communication and the Context. 1.1. What do Speakers Communicate?. 1.2. Understanding and Inference. 1.3. The Context. Recommended Reading. Notes. 2. Relevance. 2.1. Standards in Communication. 2.2. The Principle of Relevance. Recommended Reading. Notes. 3. Pragmatics, Linguistics and Literature. 3.1. Carving up Meaning: Semantics and Pragmatists. 3.2. Promises and Poetry. Recommended Reading. Notes. Part II: Explicature:. 4. Explicating and Implicating. Recommended Reading. Notes. 5. The Proposition Expressed. 5.1. Assigning Reference. 5.2. Enrichment. 5.3. Explicatures and Coherence. Recommended Reading. Notes. 6. Higher-Level Explicatures: Attitudes and Speech Acts. 6.1. Speech Acts and Pragmatics. 6.2. Performatives. 6.3. Saying, Telling and Asking. 6.4. Interpretive Use. 6.5. Non-Declarative Utterances: Imperatives. 6.6. Non-Declarative Utterances: Interrogatives. Recommended Reading. Notes. Part III: Implicature:. 7. Types of Implicature. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Implicated Premises and Implicated Conclusions. 7.3. Strong and Weak Implicatures. Recommended Reading. Notes. 8. Constraints on Implicatures. 8.1. Connections in Discourse. 8.2. Discourse Connectives as Constraints on Implicatures. 8.3. The Classification of Discourse Connectives. 8.4. Parallel Implications. 8.5. Non-Truth-Conditional Meaning: Semantics and Pragmatics. Recommended Reading. Notes. 9. Implicatures and Style. 9.1. Poetic Effects. 9.2. Metaphor. 9.3. Irony. 9.4. Style. Recommended Reading. Notes. References. Index.

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Book Synopsis* provides guide to the various frameworks, concepts, and methods available for the analysis of discourse within linguistics. * compares six dominant approaches to discourse analysis: speech act theory, pragmatics, ethnomethodology, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography of communication, and variation theory.Trade Review"Deborah Schiffrin has written a rigorous yet accessible description and comparison of various approaches to the analysis of discourse." Pragmatics Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments. Part I: The Scope of Discourse Analysis. 1. Overview. 2. Definitions of Discourse. Part II: Approaches to Discourse Analysis. 3. Speech Act Theory. 4. Interactional Sociolinguists. 5. The Ethnography of Communication. 6. Pragmatics. 7. Conversation Analysis. 8. Variation Analysis. Part III: Conclusion. 9. Structure and Function. 10. Text and Context. 11. Discourse and Communication. 12. Conclusion: Language as Social Interaction. Appendix 1: Collecting Data. Appendix 2: Transcription Conventions. Appendix 3: Sample Data. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisCentral to any understanding of the significance of material objects, whether contemporary or prehistoric, is a discussion of the very nature of interpretation itself: how we 'read' artefacts and inscribe them into the present.Table of ContentsList of contributors vi Preface vii Part I Structuralism 1 Claude Levi-Strauss: Structuralism and Beyond 3 Part II Hermeneutics 2 Paul Ricoeur: Action, Meaning and Text 85 3 Clifford Geertz: Towards a More 'Thick' Understanding? 121 Part III Post-Structuralism 4 Roland Barthes: From Sign to Text 163 5 Jacques Derrida: 'There is nothing outside of the text' 206 6 Michel Foucault: Towards an Archaeology of Archaeology 281 Index 348

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Book SynopsisGives an account of a field of fast increasing importance in both theoretical and descriptive linguistics. The aim of this book is to establish a universally valid framework for the objective description of linguistic function.Trade Review"This is an excellent book. It provides the reader with a good account of recent work on quantitative discourse approaches to language universals and typology, with plenty of exemplification, in a way that shows the reader not only how one can do this kind of work but why it is interesting and revealing to do so. No other book comes even close to this one in its scope." Bernard Comrie, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsAnalyzing NP types; tense and aspect; voice alterations; word order variation; other topics of quantitatve research; conclusion.

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Book SynopsisSavants are people who are mentally and often physically impaired but who have one dazzling talent. Cases of savants, like Christopher who is described here, are not unheard of, but have never been reported before. Despite being unable to look after himself because he has difficulty with everyday tasks, Christopher can read, write, translate and communicate in fifteen to twenty different languages. In this original, detailed and wide-ranging study, Neil Smith and Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli not only provide insight into the mind of one unique individual, but simultaneously cast light on the nature of language and thought in general. By exploiting recent developments in both linguistics and psychology the authors have made an essential contribution to the whole field of cognitive science.Trade Review"This is a very interesting book that any linguist, cognitive scientist or philosopher of mind will love to read." Luca Bonatti, University of Paris VIII at St Denis "Even for those who don't share the authors' nativist inclinations, Smith and Tsimpli's in-depth case study raises some fascinating issues about the relation between cognition and language. Essential reading for all cognitive scientists." Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Medical Research Council "In their fine and careful study of an individual with remarkable linguistic abilities but otherwise limited capabilities, Smith and Tsimpli provide new and important evidence concerning the modularity of mind, invariant principles of language, and their role in first and second language acquisition, the interaction of pragmatic and conceptual factors in language use, and much else. It is a very valuable and illuminating study." Chomsky, MIT "This book, with its focus on understanding the architecture of the mind, makes an important contribution to psycholinguistics and the broader field of cognitive science......Like other great case studies, their attempts to elucidate the architecture of the mind by studying a single, unique individual are noteworthy."Victoria Garlock and Elaina Frieda, University of AlabamaTable of ContentsList of Figures. Foreward. Preface. 1. Language and Intelligence:. Introducing Christopher. Theoretical Background. Hypotheses. 2. The First Language:. Introduction. Syntax. Semantics. Pragmatics. Conclusion. 3. 'Second' Languages:. Introduction. Background Information. The lexicon. Syntax. Conclusion. 4. New Languages: . Rationale. Controlled input: Berber. Learning an Impossible Language: Epun. Conclusions. 5. Language and Mind:. Christopher's Translation. A model of the mind. Theory of mind and meta-representation. Summary and conclusions. Epilogue. Appendices. Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume offers an introduction to the field of semantics and provides coverage of the main perspectives. The underlying theme is that meanings are cognitively motivated and that expressing them through language is an essential means of cementing human bonding and of displaying it to others.Trade Review"The field of semantics within linguistics needs Allan's book to stand as a marker of the clash of two traditions (the formalist/logical tradition and the pragmatic discourse-based tradition) and as a partially successful attempt to integrate these traditions and to produce a workable synthesis of them. The work is extremely impressive from the point of view of scholarship. Allan is clearly widely read, and has given deep thought to the central problems of the field." James R Hurford, University of Edinburgh. "Allan's book is a wonderful and useful addition to the semantics literature. It covers all topics, from formal to conceptual, to typological, and does so with insight and accessibility. I especially like the problems, which are well thought out and effective teaching tools. Allan is to be praised for taking on the immensely difficult task of writing this book and producing such a good book." William Frawley, University of Delaware. Every computational linguist should own at least one semantics textbook. Allan's book stands apart from many other texts in the way it conveys a real sense of the variety and fecundity of language as spoken by living, breathing human beings." Computational LinguisticsTable of ContentsPreface. Symbols Used. 1. Some Fundamental Concepts for Semantics. 2. Words and Worlds and Reference. 3. The Lexicon and The Encyclopedia. 4. Morphology and Listemes. 5. The Power of Words: Connotation and Jargon. 6. Semantic Relations between Sentences. Predicate Logic, Sets, and Lambda: Tools for Semantic Analysis. 8. Frames, Fields, and Semantic Components. 9. Cognitive Semantics: Backs, Colours, and Classifiers. 10. Using the Typical Denotatum to Identify the Intended Referent. 11. Mood, Tense, Modality, and Thematic Roles. 12. The Semantics of Clause Predicates. 13. Quantifiers in English. Epilogue. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides detailed studies in one of the fastest growing areas of linguistics -- corpus analysis -- and shows how computers can be used to reveal culturally significant patterns of language use.Trade Review"The book excels at illustrating how students and scholars might tackle the analysis of cultural, sociological, and political values in text, using techniques of grammatical analysis and computational linguistics." Ed Finegan, University of Southern California "It will have a major impact in encouraging a rethinking of relationships between areas of language study (especially critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics)... I would recommend it on the Grammar, Genre and Social Context course I teach." Norman Fairclough, Lancaster "It is early and opportune, showing what has been accomplished in the past two decades and taking the study of texts a step further."Florian Coulmas, Tokyo "If he can pull it off, it will be rather exciting. I would guess that people in Britain and Europe will be happy to use the book with advanced undergraduates." Peter Trudgill, Lausanne "The book excels at illustrating how students and scholars might tackle the analysis of cultural sociological, and political values in texts." Ed Finegan, University of Southern California "What Stubbs offers is a series of thoughtful studies on different kinds of texts, along with an insightful exploration of liguistic topics such as presupposition, modality, lexical semantics, and what he refers to as Institutional Linguistics.....I found it to be highly stimulating, with analyses that are very thought-provoking and rich enough to engender many further studies of the cultural ecology of texts."Michael Barlow, Rice UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures, Concordances and Tables. Acknowledgements. Data Conventions and Terminology. Notes on Corpus Data and Software. Part I: Concepts and History:. 1. Texts and Text Types. 2. British Traditions in Text Analysis: Firth, Halliday and Sinclair. 3. Institutional Linguistics: Firth, Hill and Giddens. Part II: Text and Corpus Analysis:. 4. Baden-Powell: A Comparative Analysis of Two Short Texts. 5. Judging the Facts: An Analysis of One Text in its Institutional Context. 6. Human and Inhuman Geography: A Comparative Analysis of Two Long Texts and a Corpus. 7. Keywords, Collocations and Culture: The Analysis of Word Meanings across Corpora. 8. Towards a Modal Grammar of English: A Matter of Prolonged Fieldwork. 9. The Classic Questions. Notes. References. Name Index. Subject Index.

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Book Synopsis* Provides a detailed account of the place of lexis and phraseology in linguistic theory. * Contains extensive illustrations from corpus data and detailed case studies of words in phrases, words in texts, and words in culture. * Advances the empirical study of language.Trade Review"This invaluable book places words and their phraseology at the centre of an account of language that covers meaning, discourse, culture, and much more. The author successfully demystifies his own discovery processes, providing the reader with tools for further investigation. The book's clarity and depth make it indispensable for students and researchers alike." Susan Hunston, University of Birmingham "Stubbs does a great job of demonstrating the use of corpus techniques for the analysis of lexical semantics. He shows that it is indeed possible to analyse meaning by looking at corpus data, and that the way meaning is constructed through repeated patterns of usage can only be investigated by doing so. His style is very explicit, and his prose is easily readable. I well definitely be using this book in my seminars next term." Oliver Mason, Literary and Linguistic ComputingTable of ContentsFigures, Concordances and Tables xi Acknowledgements xii Data Conventions and Terminology xiv Notes on Corpus Data and Software xvi Part I Introduction 1 1 Words in Use: Introductory Examples 3 1.1 Text and Discourse: Some Distinctions 5 1.2 Language, Action, Knowledge and Situation 6 1.3 Words and Expectations 7 1.4 Language, Logic and Truth 8 1.5 Common-sense Knowledge 9 1.6 Linguistic Conventions 11 1.7 Possible and Actual 13 1.8 Summary and Implications 19 1.9 Background and Further Reading 21 1.10 Topics for Further Study 2 Words, Phrases and Meanings: Basic Concepts 24 2.1 Terminology 24 2.2 Words: Word-forms and Lemmas 25 2.3 Collection 29 2.4 Words and Units of Meaning 30 2.5 Delexicalization 32 2.6 Denotion and Connection 34 2.7 Relational Lexical Semantics 35 2.8 Frequent Lexical Semantics 35 2.9 Two Examples 43 2.10 Summary and Implications 49 2.11 Background and Further Reading 50 2.12 Topics for Further Study Part II Case Studies 55 3 Words in Phrases 1: Concepts, Data and Methods 57 3.1 Background 57 3.2 Communicative Competence 60 3.3 Corpus Methods: Observing Patterns 61 3.4 Terminology 62 3.5 Corpus, Concordance, Data-base 66 3.6 The Cobuild Collections Data-base on CD-ROM 67 3.7 Data for Semantics and Pragmatics 71 3.8 Summary and Implications 72 3.9 Appendix 1: Measures of Statistical Significance 73 3.10 Appendix 2: Further Notes on the Data-Base 75 3.11 Background and Further Reading 77 3.12 Topics for Further Study 78 4 Words in Phrases 2: A Case Study of the Phraseology of English 80 4.1 Frequency of Phraseological Units 80 4.2 Strength of Attraction: word-forms, Lemmas, and Lexical Sets 81 4.3 Lexical Profiles: Comprehensive Coverage of data 84 4.4 A Model of Extended Lexical Units 87 4.5 Summary and Implications 96 4.6 Background and Further Reading 97 4.7 Topics for Further Study 97 5 Words in Texts 1: Words, Phrases and Text Cohesion 100 5.1 Words and Co-text 100 5.2 Routine and Creativity 101 5.3 Variable Phrases and Textual Cohesion 102 5.4 Antonyms and Synonyms 103 5.5 Discourse Prosodies 105 5.6 Lexical Cohesion: Textual Examples 108 5.7 Collocations and Coherence 117 5.8 Summary and Implications 120 5.9 Background and Further reading 121 5.10 Topics for Further Reading 122 6 Words in Texts 2: A Case Study of a Short Story 123 6.1 Public Data and Replicable Experiments 123 6.2 Lexis and Text Structure 124 6.3 Analysis 1: Frequency Statistics 126 6.4 Analysis 2: Frequency Statistics (Keywords) 129 6.5 Analysis 3: Frequency Statistics (Order of Occurrence) 130 6.6 Analysis 4: A Vocabulary – Management Profile 133 6.7 A Further Note on Replication 140 6.8 Limitations on the Analyses 141 6.9 Summary and Implications 142 6.10 Background and Further Reading 144 6.11 Topics for Further Study 144 7 Words in Culture 1: Case Studies of Cultural Keywords 145 7.1 Data and Citation Conventions 146 7.2 Text and Discourse 147 7.3 Case Study 1: ETHNIC, RACIAL, and TRIBAL 147 7.4 Case Study 2: HERITAGE and CARE 149 7.5 Case Study 3: PROPER STANDARDS 154 7.6 Case Study 4: Little Red Riding Hood 161 7.7 Discursive Formations 164 7.8 Summary and Implications 166 7.9 Background and Further Reading 168 7.10 Topics for Further Study 168 8 Words in Culture 2: Case Studies of Loan Words in English 170 8.1 Data 170 8.2 The Etymological Fallacy 171 8.3 Language Change 173 8.4 Terminology 174 8.5 Words, Politics and National Stereotypes 175 8.6 Fields of Knowledge and Text- Types 177 8.7 A Case Study of German Loan Words in English 178 8.8 Frequency in the Vocabulary versus Frequency in Texts 184 8.9 False Friends: Flak, Blitz and Angst 185 8.10 The OED and Cultural Keywords 188 8.11 A Further Note on Vocabulary and Text 190 8.12 Summary and Implications 192 8.13 Background and Further Readings 192 8.14 Topics for Further Study 193 PART III Implications 195 9 Words, Phrases and Connotations: On Lexico-grammer and Evaluative Language 197 9.1 Connotations 197 9.2 Verbs, Discourse Prosodies and Point of View 198 9.3 A Lexico-syntactic Example: MAKE one’s way somewhere 206 9.4 A Note on Syntax 210 9.5 A Cognitive View 210 9.6 A Syntactic Example: BE-passives and GET-passives 211 9.7 Summary and Implications 215 9.8 Background and Further reading 216 9.9 Topics for Further Study 218 10 Data and Dualisms: On Corpus Methods and Pluralists Models 220 10.1 Principles 220 10.2 Problems? 221 10.3 Dualism and Monisms 226 10.4 Pluralist Positions 232 10.5 Brute and Institutional Facts 232 10.6 Physical, Psychological and Social 234 10.7 Worlds 1, 2, and 3 236 10.8 A Pluralist Model 238 10.9 Performance Data, Corpora and Routine Behavior 239 10.10 Summary and Implications 242 10.11 Background and Further Reading 244 10.12 References 245 10.13 Name Index 259 10.14 Subject Index 263

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