Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Books
Cambridge University Press Making Sense
Book SynopsisThe phenomenon of multimodality is central to our everyday interaction. ''Hybrid'' modes of communication that combine traditional uses of language with imagery, tagging, hashtags and voice-recognition tools have become the norm. Bringing together concepts of meaning and communication across a range of subject areas, including education, media studies, cultural studies, design and architecture, the authors uncover a multimodal grammar that moves away from rigid and language-centered understandings of meaning. They present the first framework for describing and analysing different forms of meaning across text, image, space, body, sound and speech. Succinct summaries of the main thinkers in the fields of language, communications and semiotics are provided alongside rich examples to illustrate the key arguments. A history of media including the genesis of digital media, Unicode, Emoji, XML and HTML, MP3 and more is covered. This book will stimulate new thinking about the nature of meaningTrade Review'… this is a book that could only be written by authors such as Cope and Kalantzis, who have themselves lived through the sheer breadth of the lines of development they bring to readers' attention, making connections and leaps which would in the normal, more circumscribed, business of everyday research rarely occur.' John A. Bateman, Journal of PragmaticsTable of ContentsPart 0. Meaning; Part I. Reference; Part II. Agency; Part III. Structure.
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Cambridge University Press Referring Expressions Pragmatics and Style
Book SynopsisA new analysis of how speakers and writers use referring expressions in discourse, and how hearers and readers interpret them. Using the established relevance-theoretic pragmatic framework, the book focuses on how speakers and writers achieve stylistic and poetic effects via their choice of referring expression.Trade Review'In all, Scott's first monograph is a valuable contribution to the study of reference and the first of its kind which brings together all the various and disparate literatures on a seemingly simple yet astonishingly intricate topic in the study of utterance comprehension. It should be praised in particular for its treatment of stylistic effects, which is where it contributes the most original argument.' Julia Kolkmann, Journal of PragmaticsTable of Contents1. Reference and meaning; 2. Relevance, reference and procedures; 3. Pragmatic activation accounts of reference and referring; 4. Definite descriptions and definite procedures; 5. Pronouns and sub-personal procedures; 6. Null referring expressions; 7. Demonstratives; 8. Reference and beyond; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Thinking like a Linguist
Book SynopsisThis is an engaging introduction to the study of language for undergraduate or beginning graduate students, aimed especially at those who would like to continue further linguistic study. It introduces students to analytical thinking about language, but goes beyond existing texts to show what it means to think like a scientist about language, through the exploration of data and interactive problem sets. A key feature of this text is its flexibility. With its focus on foundational areas of linguistics and scientific analysis, it can be used in a variety of course types, with instructors using it alongside other information or texts as appropriate for their own courses of study. The text can also serve as a supplementary text in other related fields (Speech and Hearing Sciences, Psychology, Education, Computer Science, Anthropology, and others) to help learners in these areas better understand how linguists think about and work with language data. No prerequisites are necessary. While eaTrade Review'Thinking like a Linguist is an excellent text for introducing students to the scientific methods and core areas of linguistics. Clear and crisply written by two experienced professors, the book focuses on the analysis of sound, structure, and meaning – phonetics to pragmatics – and how to do linguistic analysis. With up-to-date coverage, interesting applications, and well-thought-out activities and exercises from a variety of languages, this is a versatile, sensitive, and intellectually engaging text, suitable for undergraduate and graduate introductions to linguistic analysis.' Edwin Battistella, Southern Oregon University'A fresh and flexible approach to the study of linguistics. Because the three central chapters can be read in any order, instructors are free to adapt the book to their course and teaching style. A wide variety of activities encourage students to not only practice concepts from the text, but also to create connections between the textbook material and their own experiences.' Patti Kurtz, Minot State University'This textbook offers a refreshing approach to linguistics, and cultivates an excitement for the study of language. It engages students by leading them through the formal aspects of linguistic analysis, and its enriching exercises encourage them to consider language from a range of perspectives.' Sam Rosenthal, Oakland University'This clear introduction covers sound, structure, and meaning at a level appropriate for undergraduates coming to linguistics for the first time. With a steady progression, well-chosen exercises, and an engaging style, it shows beginners how to think about language scientifically. The final chapter demonstrates how linguists use the thinking introduced in the main three chapters to explore language in social settings.' Mikael Thompson, independent scholarTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introducing Language Analysis; 2. Analyzing Sound: Phonetics and Phonology; 3. Analyzing Structure: Morphology and Syntax; 4. Analyzing Meaning: Semantics and Pragmatics; 5. Analyzing Language: Putting It All Together; References; Index.
£71.24
Cambridge University Press Syntactic Analysis
Book SynopsisIn syntactic analysis, as in linguistics generally, the skills required to first identify, and then make sense of, complex patterns in linguistic data involve a certain specific kind of reasoning, where various alternatives are entertained and modified in light of progressively broader empirical coverage. Rather than focus on transmitting the details of complex theoretical superstructures, this textbook takes a practical, analytical approach, starting from a small set of powerful analytic tools, applied first to simple phenomena and then to the passive, complement and raising/control constructions. The analytic tools are then applied to unbounded dependencies, via detailed argumentation. What emerges is that syntactic structure, and intricate networks of dependencies linking different parts of those structures, are straightforward projections of lexical valence, in tandem with very general rules regulating the sharing of feature values. Featuring integrated exercises and problems throuTable of Contents1. Syntactic data, patterns and structure; 2. Syntactic rules and lexical valence; 3. The auxiliary dependency; 4. Local dependencies and lexical rules; 5. Infinitival complements; 6. The limits of valence: topicalization.
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Cambridge University Press Transforming Early English
Book SynopsisTransforming Early English shows how historical pragmatics can offer a powerful explanatory framework for the changes medieval English and Older Scots texts undergo, as they are transmitted over time and space. The book argues that formal features such as spelling, script and font, and punctuation - often neglected in critical engagement with past texts - relate closely to dynamic, shifting socio-cultural processes, imperatives and functions. This theme is illustrated through numerous case-studies in textual recuperation, ranging from the reinvention of Old English poetry and prose in the later medieval and early modern periods, to the eighteenth-century ''vernacular revival'' of literature in Older Scots.Trade Review'The questions that the book attempts to answer … are … extremely relevant, as any answers will have immediate and crucial import on the field of linguistics in general.' Marcin Krygier, Studia Anglica PosnaniensiaTable of ContentsPrologue. Snatched from the fire: the case of Thomas Percy; 1. On historical pragmatics; 2. Inventing the Anglo-Saxons; 3. 'Witnesses preordained by God': the reception of Middle English religious prose; 4. The great tradition: Langland, Gower, Chaucer; 5. Forging the nation: reworking older Scottish literature; 6. On textual transformations: Walter Scott and beyond.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Germanic Linguistics
Book SynopsisThe Germanic language family ranges from national languages with standardized varieties, including German, Dutch and Danish, to minority languages with relatively few speakers, such as Frisian, Yiddish and Pennsylvania German. Written by internationally renowned experts of Germanic linguistics, this Handbook provides a detailed overview and analysis of the structure of modern Germanic languages and dialects. Organized thematically, it addresses key topics in the phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics of standard and nonstandard varieties of Germanic languages from a comparative perspective. It also includes chapters on second language acquisition, heritage and minority languages, pidgins, and urban vernaculars. The first comprehensive survey of this vast topic, the Handbook is a vital resource for students and researchers investigating the Germanic family of languages and dialects.Trade Review'This Handbook provides the reader with a well-informed, up-to-date and well-structured overview of Germanic linguistics, focussing on their structures on different levels, and on their multiple relationships with each other.' Richard Wiese, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany'The contributions from specialists yield an in-depth overview of the wealth of fascinating characteristics of the Germanic languages and the linguistic issues they offer for exploration. A must-read for every scholar and student of the Germanic languages!' Sarah Fagan, University of Iowa'This volume collects and crystallizes up-to-date scientific knowledge throughout the field of Germanic linguistics, and makes it available to the whole community. As such, it is a major contribution to the consolidation of a common linguistic culture shared by scholars working on Germanic languages, and accessible to any linguist interested in gaining access to newer research on the family.' Pierre-Yves Modicom, LINGUIST List'… The Cambridge Handbook of Germanic Linguistics will be an invaluable resource for generations of students and scholars. I highly recommend this varied and rich volume to every professional in the field.' Nicoline van der Sijs, Canadian Journal of Netherlandic StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction B. Richard Page and Michael T. Putnam; Part I. Phonology: 1. Phonological processes in Germanic languages Tracy A. Hall; 2. Germanic syllable structure Marc van Oostendorp; 3. The role of foot structure in Germanic Laura Catharine Smith; 4. Word-stress in Germanic Birgit Alber; 5. Quantity in Germanic languages B. Richard Page; 6. Germanic laryngeal phonetics and phonology Joseph C. Salmons; 7. Tone accent in North and West Germanic Björn Köhnlein; 8. Intonation in Germanic Mary Grantham O'Brien; Part II. Morphology and Agreement Systems: 9. Verbal inflectional morphology in Germanic David Fertig; 10. Inflectional morphology: nouns Damaris Nübling; 11. Principles of word formation Geert Booij; 12. Grammatical gender in modern Germanic languages Sebastian Kürschner; 13. Case in Germanic Tom McFadden; 14. Complementizer agreement Marjo van Koppen; Part III. Syntax: 15. VO/OV-base ordering Hubert Haider; 16. The placement of finite verbs Sten Vikner; 17. Germanic infinitives Susi Wurmbrand and Christos Christopoulos; 18. The unification of object shift and object scrambling Hans Broekhus; 19. Unbounded dependency constructions in Germanic Martin Salzmann; 20. The voice domain in Germanic Artemis Alexiadou and Florian Schäfer; 21. Binding: the morphology, syntax, and semantics of reflexive and non-reflexive pronouns Vera Lee-Schoenfeld; 22. Verbal particles, results, and directed motion Ida Toivonen; 23. Structure of noun (NP) and determiner phrases (DP) Dorian Roehrs; Part IV. Semantics and Pragmatics: 24. Modality in Germanic Kristin Melum Eide; 25. Tense and aspect in Germanic languages Kristin Melum Eide; 26. Prepositions and particles: place and path in English, German, and Dutch Joost Zwarts; 27. Negative and positive polarity items Doris Penka; 28. Grammatical reflexes of information structure in Germanic languages Caroline Féry; Part V. Language Contact and Non-Standard Varieties: 29. Second language acquisition in Germanic languages Carrie Jackson; 30. Urban speech styles of Germanic languages Pia Quist; 31. The West Germanic dialect continuum William D. Keel; 32. The North Germanic dialect continuum Charlotte Gooskens; 33. Heritage Germanic languages in North America Janne Bondi Johannessen and Michael T. Putnam; 34. Minority Germanic languages Mark L. Louden; 35. Germanic contact languages Paul T. Roberge.
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Cambridge University Press The Language of Inequality in the News
Book SynopsisWhy in the early 1970s does The Times reject the idea of a national lottery, as rewarding luck not merit and effort, but warmly welcome one by the 1990s? Why in the 1970s do the Daily Mail''s TV reviews address serious contemporary themes such as class- and race-relations, whereas forty years later they are largely concerned with celebrities, talent shows, and nostalgia? Why does the Conservative Chancellor in the 2010s mention ''Britain'' so very often, when the Conservative Chancellor in the 1970s scarcely does at all? Covering news stories spanning fort-five years, Michael Toolan explores how wealth inequality has been presented in centre-right British newspapers, focusing on changes in the representation may have helped present-day inequality seem justifiable. Toolan employs corpus linguistic and critical discourse analytic methods to identify changing lexis and verbal patterns and gaps, all of which contribute to the way wealth inequality was represented in each of the decades from the 1970s to the present.Trade Review'Michael Toolan skilfully dissects the language of mainstream media, exemplified by The Times and the Mail … This book is a showcase project for all discourse-oriented interpretive social studies.' Wolfgang Teubert, University of BirminghamTable of ContentsPart I. Analysing the Evolving Press Discourse of Contemporary UK Inequality: 1. Increased wealth inequality in the UK; 2. Why does increasing wealth inequality matter?; 3. Facts, discourse, myths; 4. 'Ethical' differentiation; 5. Inequality as 'British' once more; 6. Why The Times and the Daily Mail?; 7. Spreading the word about the new inequality: the news media; 8. Landmarks in the politics of language tradition; 9. Language-oriented critical discourse analysis: a brief survey; 10. Corpus linguistic methods for exploring the ideology in discourse; 11. Theoretical and methodological assumptions of this study; 12. Brief outline of the chapters; 13. Political affiliations; Part II. What's Fair and Unfair in The Times: 14. The language of fairness; 15. Why concentrate on fair and unfair?; 16. The 1971 and 2011 selections of fair and unfair stories; 17. A national lottery; 18. Industrial relations in 1971: strikes and unfair dismissal; 19. Industrial relations in 2011: the burdens of employment law and 'abuse' of tribunals; 20. Mr Marples's manifesto for the control of fair incomes; 21. The squeezed middle and fair pay in 2011; 22. Fair rents, fair housing; 23. Pensions 'reform'; 24. Fair and unfair in other contexts; 25. Conclusions; Part III. Budgets and Burdens, from Barber to Osborne: 26. Introduction; 27. Style and genre differences between Barber 1971 and Osborne 2011; 28. Lexical contrasts; 29. We in Osborne; 30. Fair and help in Osborne; 31. Taxation; 32. The disappearing burden of taxation; 33. Chancellors' metaphors and the stories they tell: ruts and dust versus the march of the makers; 34. The editorial reception of the Barber and Osborne budgets in The Times and the Daily Mail; Part IV. Peter Black, Christopher Stevens, Class and Britain: 35. The TV reviewer as spokesperson of everyday ideology: Peter Black and Christopher Stevens; 36. General topics in Black and Stevens Compared; 37. Methodology; 38. Peter Black on class; 39. Class and other values in Christopher Stevens, 2013; 40. Equal and fair in CS and PB; 41. Coronation Street, sex and race, then and now; 42. Key semantic domains in Black's and Stevens's journalism: a comparative analysis; 43. The meanings of Britain and the British then (in PB) and now (in CS); 44. Conclusion; Part V. Forty-Five Years of Luddite Behaviour: 45. Ned Ludd and Robin Hood; 46. The Luddites; 47. Luddite and Luddites: grammar, meaning, and frequency; 48. Luddite in the early 1970s in The Times: a preliminary survey; 49. Luddite/Luddites used politically in The Times and the Mail during the first Thatcher term; 50. Luddite/s after June 1983; 51. The Miners' Strike of 1984-5; 52. Concluding remarks: the Luddite narrative; Part VI. Forty-Five Years of Robin Hood: 53. Powerful names; 54. Robin Hood in The Times: preliminary profile; 55. Robin Hood in the Daily Mail: preliminary profile; 56. Robin Hood in the 1970s; 57. Grunwick; 58. Robin Hood in Mrs Thatcher's 1980s and John Major's 1990s; 59. Keynes, not Robin Hood; 60. Bishops more progressive than Labour; 61. Gordon Brown as (nearly) Robin Hood: the New Labour years (1997 to 2010); 62. Robin Hood since 2010; 63. Conclusion; Part VII. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Exploring Interfaces
Book SynopsisA collection of original studies that explore how grammatical rules interact with other language-related areas, such as word meanings, meaning of idioms and sentences, and the different possible orders in which sentences are articulated. Ideal reading for scholars and advanced students in formal and theoretical linguistics.Table of ContentsIntroduction: the road to interfaces Mónica Cabrera and José Camacho; Part I. Syntax-Lexicon Interface: 1. The L2 acquisition of English anticausative structures by L1 Spanish speakers Mónica Cabrera; 2. Dispositional evaluative adjectives: lexical alternations, behaviors and sideward movement Violeta Demonte; 3. The role of P in unaccusative constructions Roberto Mayoral Hernández; 4. Degree achievements of color Mythili Menon and Roumyana Pancheva; Part II. Syntax-Semantics Interface: 5. Negative idioms José Camacho; 6. Scope, syntax and prosody in Russian as a second or heritage language Tania Ionin and Tatiana Luchkina; 7. On the syntax of pronominal clitics: a view from Greek Patricia Schneider-Zioga; Part III. Linearization: 8. Merge, restructuring and clitic climbing in Spanish Pascual José Masullo; 9. Linearization when multiple orderings are possible: adjective ordering restrictions and focus Katy McKinney-Bock; 10. Dialectal variation in VOS word order in Spanish Liliana Sánchez and Pablo Zdrojewski.
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Cambridge University Press Rhyme over Reason
Book SynopsisWe are fascinated by what words sound like. This fascination also drives us to search for meaning in sound - thereby contradicting the principle of the arbitrariness of the linguistic sign. Phonesthemes, onomatopoeia or rhyming compounds all share the property of carrying meaning by virtue of what they sound like, simply because language users establish an association between form and meaning. By drawing on a wide array of examples, ranging from conventionalized words and expressions to brand names and slogans, this book offers a comprehensive account of the role that sound symbolism and rhyme/alliteration plays in English, and by doing so, advocates a more relaxed view of the category ''morpheme'' that is able to incorporate less regular word-formation processes.Trade Review'Rejecting the long dominant Saussurean view that language consists very largely of arbitrary sound-meaning associations and is primarily designed for the communication of referential meaning, Benczes takes us on a richly illustrated journey into a world of interrelated English word forms and of meanings affected by sounds and sound patterns. These lexical interactions are the expressive source of everyday language that serves to entertain, arouse, soothe and instruct as much as to inform. This is a book to tickle the reader's fancy, tempting us to try our own hand at discovering such phenomena as onomatopoeia and phonesthemes, rhyming compounds and irreversible binomials. These unconscious influences between form and meaning and form and form are all ways in which our language is continually shaped by what we already know - information essential for anyone concerned with first or second language learning or simply with delving more deeply into the nature of language.' Marilyn Vihman, University of YorkTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Phonological motivation in language evolution and development; 3. Phonetic symbolism; 4. Onomatopoeia; 5. Rhyme and alliteration in blends and compounds; 6. Words, words, words: rhyme and repetition in multi-word expressions; 7. Conclusions: the piggy in the middle.
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Cambridge University Press Relative Clauses
Book SynopsisUsing novel examples from live, unscripted radio/TV broadcasts and the internet, this path-breaking book will force us to reconsider the nature of everyday English and its complex interplay of syntactic, pragmatic, sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic factors. Uncovering unusual types of non-standard relative clauses, Andrew Radford develops theoretically sophisticated analyses in an area that has traditionally hardly been touched on: that of nonstandard (yet not clearly dialectal) variation in English. Making sense of a huge amount of data, the book demonstrates that some types of non-standard relative clauses have a complex syntactic structure of their own in which the relation between the relative clause and its antecedent is either syntactically encoded or pragmatic in nature, while others come about as a result of hypercorrection, and yet others arise from processing errors.Table of ContentsPrologue; 1. Background; 2. Resumptive relatives; 3. Prepositional relatives; 4. Gapless relatives; Epilogue.
£28.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Understanding Discourse Analysis
Book SynopsisThe book first intends to analyse a selected group of US presidential speeches building from the articulation between the study of decision-making psychological traps, understood from a discursive perspective, and the meta-theoretical principles of the pragma-dialectic approach to argumentation theory. Continuing, the authors analyse extracts from Ghana's education policy reform documents to exemplify the efficacy of critical discourse analysis as an interdisciplinary analytic tool and/or method for analysing written texts in critical policy research. The work of Marie-Anne Paveau, who has further developed the ideas of Michel Pacheux, is addressed. Her notion of prediscourse is applied to show how it can productively contribute to our understanding of the creation and perpetuation of ideas. The diverse ways the connectives "wa" in Arabic and "and" in English get translated between the two languages are assessed, with focus on the discrepancies between the discourse functions of these two particles in both languages. The existing current of discursive analysis assumes that reality is involved in hegemonic and ideological processes, allowing for the analysis of cultural imbrications and dynamic processes between structure and human agency in the construction of reality. As such, the possibility of using critical discourse analysis in consumer studies is addressed.Table of ContentsPreface; We, the People: An Analysis of US Presidential Discourse through a Pragma-Dialectic Approach to Argumentation Theory; Analysing Written Texts in Education Policy Research: Does Critical Discourse Analysis Offer Any Prospects?; Prediscourses as a Discourse Analytical Tool: Tracing Specters of Marx in Estonian Media Discourse; Translating the Discourse Markers 'Wa' and and between Modern Standard Arabic and Present Day English; Critical Discourse Analysis in Consumer Studies: Potentialities and Research Agenda; Index.
£113.59
Broadview Press Ltd Burning Brightly: New Light on Old Tales Told
Book SynopsisBurning Brightly is the first full-length book treatment of professional storytelling in North America today. For some years there has been a major storytelling revival throughout the continent, with hundreds of local groups and centres springing up, and with storytelling becoming an important part of the professional training for librarians.In the book, Stone explores storytelling through storytellers themselves, while providing enlightening commentary from her own background as a storyteller. Included in her analysis are informative discussions of organized storytelling communities, individual tellers, and tales. Issues such as the modern recontextualization of old tales and the role of women in folktales are linked to individual storytelling accounts. Texts of eight stories that exemplify the approaches of the various storytellers are also included.Burning Brightly will be compelling reading for storytellers—and for everyone who loves storytelling.Trade Review“This is a lively, well balanced and insightful book. Boldly combining the perspective of an “inquisitive folklorist,” the voice of a purposeful storyteller, and the fire of the “curious girl” of many a wondertale, Kay Stone’s book is a bright light guiding us down the contemporary Canadian and American river of stories. Readers of fairytale, teachers, storytellers, folklorists, librarians, and students of oral narratives and performance can all benefit from Stone’s careful and unpretentious analysis as well as the stories she lovingly presents.” — Christina Cacchilega, University of Hawaii-Manoa“Scholarly yet accessible.” — The Globe and Mail“Stone is uniquely qualified to write a study of the history, development, current status, and future trends of the storytelling movement. Readers … will want to add this important book to their bookshelves.” — The Story BagTable of ContentsIn GratitudeUseful TermsForeword: The Path Into The WoodsSECTION ONE: ORGANIZED COMMUNITIES AND THEIR MEMBERS Folktales and Organized Storytelling Four Streams, One River: The Storytelling Revival Intentional Storytelling Communities Once Upon a Time Today: Tellers and Tales Social Identity in Organized Storytelling SECTION TWO: TELLERS AND THEIR TALES Creative Drama and StorytellingText: “The Honest Penny” (Bob Barton) Old Tales, New ContextsText: “The King of Egypt’s Daughter” (Joe Neil MacNeil) The Teller of the TaleTexts: “The Horoscope” (Marylyn Peringer)“The Three Feathers” (Stewart Cameron) Difficult Women in FolktalesThe Victims; The VictimizersTexts: “The Rosy Apple and the Golden Bowl” (Carol McGirr)“Snow White: A Reflection” (Marvyne Jenoff)“The Juniper Tree” (Susan Gordon) Burning Brightly: The Development of a StoryText: “The Curious Girl” (Kay Stone) Conclusion: The Wedding FeastAppendix I: Four Streams in the Toronto Festival of StorytellingAppendix II: “The Curious Girl” in PrintBibliographyAcknowledgmentsPermissionsTale Types IndexIndex
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Broadview Press Ltd Academic Reading, second edition: Reading and
Book SynopsisThis reader has been designed to accompany Giltrow’s Academic Writing, one of the key principles of which is that there is a close connection between the processes of reading and of writing academic prose. Each reading is preceded by introductory commentary, questions, and suggestions for discussion, and the book also includes a brief general introduction.As with Giltrow’s Academic Writing, her Academic Reading is a challenging text. At its core are examples of actual academic writing of the sort that students must learn to deal with daily, and to write themselves. As newcomers to the scholarly community, students can find that community’s ways of reading and writing mysterious, unpredictable and intimidating. Academic Reading demystifies the scholarly genres, shedding light on their discursive conventions. Throughout, Academic Reading respects the student writer; it engages the reader’s interest without ever condescending, and it avoids entirely the arbitrary and the dogmatic.The second edition is expanded to include twenty-one selections, nineteen of which come from scholarly publications, and more than half of which are new to this edition.Trade ReviewComments on the previous edition:“An outstanding book, Academic Reading offers accessible examples of real scholarly discourse. Indeed, this is the only ‘across the disciplines’ reader that I have seen that accomplishes this effectively.” — Brian Turner, University of Winnipeg“An excellent selection of provocative essays; I will certainly adopt this text for my junior level composition course.” — Kathleen Blumreich, Grand Valley State UniversityTable of ContentsGeneral IntroductionIntroductionScience, Law, and the Search for Truth in the Courtroom: Lessons from Daubert v. Merrell Dow, Joan E. Bertin and Mary S. HenifinIntroductionEffects of Lawyers' Socio-political Attitudes on Their Judgments of Social Science in Legal Decision Making, Richard E. Redding and N. Dickon Reppucci IntroductionSome Experimental Influences of Lawyers' Complicated Questions on Eyewitness Confidence and Accuracy, Mark R. Kebbell and David C. Giles IntroductionChronicles and Annals, Elisabeth van Houts IntroductionThe Masked Disease: Oral History, Memory, and the Influenza Pandemic, 1918-19, Lucy Taksa IntroductionRetelling Experiments: H.B.D. Kettlewell's Studies of Industrial Melanism in Peppered Moths, Joel B. Hagen IntroductionThe Master Potter and the Rejected Pots: Eugenic Legislation in Victoria, 1918-1939, Ross L. Jones Introduction"To Watch the Faces of the Poor": Life Magazine and the Mythology of Rural Poverty in the Great Depression, Charles Cunningham IntroductionThe Power of Imagined Community: The Settlement of Undocumented Mexicans and Central Americans in the United States, Leo R. Chavez IntroductionThe Waltz of Sociability: Intimacy, Dislocation, and Friendship in a Quebec High School, Vered Amit-Talai IntroductionSounding Gender(ed): Vocal Performances in English University Teaching Spaces, Tom Delph-Janiurek IntroductionThe Structure of "Revealed" Preference: Race, Community, and Female Labour Supply in the London Clothing Industry, Naila Kabeer IntroductionSeparating Lesbian Theory from Feminist Theory, Cheshire Calhoun IntroductionThe Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution, Donald N. Sull IntroductionThe Battles in Seattle, Margaret Levi and David Olson IntroductionThe Dance of Power: Ritual and Agency among Unionized American Health Care Workers, E. Paul Durrenberger and Suzan Erem IntroductionSimilarities in Anti-Racist and Racist Discourse: Duth Local Residents Talking About Ethnic Minorities, Maykel Verkuten, Wiebe de Jong, and Kees Masson IntroductionConflict and Struggle: The Enemies or Preconditions of Basic Writing? Min-Zhan Lu IntroductionConstruction of the Imaginary Indian, Marcia Crosby IntroductionAn Indian Remembers, Mary Englund IntroductionAnnie Battiste: A Mi'kmaq Family History, Annie Battiste and Marie Battiste Sources
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Broadview Press Ltd Writing Science in the Twenty-First Century
Book SynopsisWriting Science in the Twenty-First Century offers guidance to help writers succeed in a broad range of writing tasks and purposes in science and other STEM fields. Concise and current, the book takes most of its examples and lessons from scientific fields, such as the life sciences, chemistry, physics, and geology, but some examples are taken from mathematics and engineering. The book emphasizes building confidence and rhetorical expertise in fields where diverse audiences, high ethical stakes, and multiple modes of presentation present unique writing challenges. Using a systematic approach—assessing purpose, audience, order of information, tone, evidence, and graphics—it gives readers a clear road map to becoming accurate, persuasive, and rhetorically savvy writers.Trade Review“In Writing Science in the Twenty-First Century, Christopher Thaiss combines rhetorical and process approaches to instruct readers in the constantly evolving art of scientific writing. Thaiss’s rhetorical focus also informs the helpful exercises guiding students through the recursive and interactive writing process he promotes. Emphasizing the growing pre-eminence of digital and multimodal writing, Thaiss includes lively chapters on texts as generically diverse as the traditional journal article, Twitter postings, and online infographics. For each of these genres, Thaiss analyzes professional models to show students exactly how writers achieve rhetorical effects like ‘audience splitting’ and ethos building. He extends this granular analysis to each section, teaching readers effectively how to make persuasive, ethical scientific arguments. With its conversational, coach-like tone, the book will be accessible for any undergraduate.” — Leslie Bruce, WAC Director, California State University, Fullerton“Science communication in the twenty-first century requires a sophisticated repertoire of rhetorical strategies in order to communicate with diverse audiences across a variety of genres and media. Thaiss deploys the 2000-year-old tradition of rhetoric in discussions of familiar and emerging genres. Covering the scientific research article, abstracts, and other well-established genres, he provides a strong foundational text for students of science communication. For the twenty-first century, the proliferation of science-focused blogs, tweets, and even infographics provides a good introduction to how science is communicated online. Writing Science in the Twenty-First Century packages the explanatory power of rhetoric in a manner digestible for those new to the field, showing the importance of purpose, audience, style, ethics, and other foundational rhetorical principles.” — Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher, University of WaterlooTable of Contents Introduction: Writing Science for New Readers, with New Technologies, in New Genres Chapter One: Writing to Reach Readers To Write STEM Well, Learn to Read Rhetorically Six Categories of Rhetorical Analysis and Planning: A Systematic Method Chapter Two: Building Experience and Confidence in Writing Science From Fear to Confidence Writing as a Necessary Tool for All in Science Overcoming Obstacles for Science Writers in College When Knowledge and Practice Seem Unconnected: What to Do? Overcoming Obstacle 2: Lack of Helpful Feedback Building Confidence as a Writer in English Resources for Students to build Writing Proficiency Chapter Three: “Writing” Redefined Multi-modally Do We Call It Writing—or Something Else? Multimodal Design, Perhaps? Words Numbers and Mathematical Symbols Photographs Multi-color Charts, Tables, and Graphs Links to Other Sources Drawings and Diagrams Video STEM Communication and “Web 2.0” Access and Tools Chapter Four: Writing Science Ethically Covering up incomplete or poorly-done research, or conflicts of interest Plagiarism What is “common knowledge”? Claims and over-claims: the dangers of hype Striving for accuracy in language Writing ethically in social media: Let’s look at Twitter Chapter Five: Writing the Research Article, Part I—The Abstract, Introduction, and Methods and Materials Thinking Rhetorically about the Peer-Reviewed Research Article Giving Momentum to Your Research “Story” Writing the Abstract Writing the Introduction of the Full Article Writing the Methods and Materials Section of the Full Article Chapter Six: Writing the Research Article, Part II—Results and Discussion Results and Discussion in the Interconnected, Multimedia World Distinguishing between the Results and Discussion Sections Writing Results Writing the Discussion Chapter Seven: Writing the Research Review Goals of the Research Review and Comparison with the IMRD Article Features and Forms of the Research Review Rhetorical Considerations in Writing the Research Review Chapter Eight: STEM Journalism—Writing, Reading, and Connecting with Broader Audiences Thinking of yourself as a “STEM journalist” Who are YOUR readers and why do they care? Writing your STEM popular article—Tips on voice (ethos) and organization Chapter Nine: Science Blogs—New Readers, New Voices, New Tools STEM Blogs—What Are They and Are They Science? A World of Blogs—Finding the Blog(s) for You Studying the Major Types of Blogs Getting into Blogging for Yourself Establishing Your Ethos Building Your Design Chapter Ten: Creating Posters and Infographics Posters and Infographics—Using the Two-Dimensional Space Chapter Eleven: Creating Oral/Visual Presentations Presentations as Unmatched Opportunities “Presence” and “Being Present” in a Presentation Making Your Audience Your Ally The Visual in Oral/Visual: Striving for Balance Achieving Success through Preparation Chapter Twelve: Writing Science with Style and Styles Keep Sentences Concise with Clear Transitions Guide Your Reader with “Signposts” Use Paragraphs to Emphasize—Not Hide—Your Ideas Choose Words to Communicate, Not to Exclude or Intimidate Use Numbers to Convince, Not Drown, Your Readers Revise and Edit to Write with Style Chapter Thirteen: Editing Sentences Why We Must Edit Cut Unneeded Words To “We” or Not to “We” Action vs. Passivity—Tuning Your Voice Punctuate to Accentuate
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Broadview Press Ltd The Argument Handbook
Book SynopsisThe Argument Handbook is a reference tool and classroom text designed to help students understand complex rhetorical situations and navigate the process of transforming private thoughts into persuasive, public statements. The Argument Handbook is organized around three lenses that help students focus on the practical challenges of persuasive writing. Its modular organization makes it easier for students to find what they need and easier for instructors to assign the content that fits their course.Trade Review“The Argument Handbook is a complete argument textbook. Students are systematically introduced to invention, audience research, genre—everything a rhetoric should have. Like any thorough treatment of argument, the Handbook is also readily adaptable for a variety of courses. Advanced writing classes will find it just as useful as first-year classes.” — Paul Lynch, Saint Louis University“This book is well researched and insightful. In the current climate in which facts are questioned, all sides argue in the most heated fashion, and too much news is labeled as fake, thoughtful study of argumentation is necessary for a thorough education. Throughout the text, K.J. Peters recognizes the needs of various types of learners. The modular organization is flexible and allows changes of focus in the curriculum. Some of the modules concern methods of reading and analyzing arguments, a common focus of freshman courses. Within these genres, students can further see the importance of audience and purpose, of research, of planning, and of vivid language.” — Katherine H. Adams, Loyola University New OrleansTable of Contents Introduction What’s inside: Instructor’s Introduction Invention, Audience, Authority Why This Book: Student’s Introduction Private Thoughts to Public Statements Invention, Audience, Authority Part 1: Invention and Research Ch. 1. Assembling Arguments: an Introduction Module I-1: Argument Defined Module I-2: Invention and Research: How Will You Find Ideas and Evidence? Module I-3: Audience: Who Will Consider Your Argument? Module I-4: Authority: What Will Persuade Your Audience? Ch. 2. Planning Your Writing and Research Module I-5: Why Do I Need A Plan? Module I-6: Making a Writing and Research Plan Module I-7: Framing Your Subject Ch. 3. Looking Within and Around to Invent Module I-8: Why Take Time to Invent? Module I-9: Elements of Effective Invention Module I-10: Invention Strategies Module I-11: Moving From Invention to Drafting Ch. 4. Looking to Research to Invent Module I-12: Why Use Research to Invent? Module I-13: Using Research to Find and Develop Ideas Module I-14: Searching Efficiently Part 2: Types of Argument Ch. 5. Understanding Argument Forms and Genres Module T-1: Why Do I Need to Know Forms and Genres? Module T-2: Using Forms and Genres to Help You Invent an Argument Module T-3: Using Forms and Genres to Discover Audience Expectations Module T-4: Using Forms and Genres to Establish Authority Ch. 6. Using Stasis Questions to Build Arguments Module T-5: Why Do I Need to Know Stasis Questions? Module T-6: Primary and Secondary Stasis Questions Module T-7: Building an Argument Using Stasis Questions Ch. 7. Persuading Module T-8: What Audiences Expect of a Persuasive Argument Module T-9: A Persuasive Genre – Advertisement Module T-10: A Persuasive Genre – Reflection Paper Module T-11: A Persuasive Genre – Opinion Piece Module T-12: Building a Persuasive Argument Ch. 8. Analyzing Arguments Module T-13: What Audiences Expect of a Rhetorical Analysis Module T-14: A Rhetorical Analysis of a Photograph Module T-15: A Rhetorical Analysis of an Opinion Piece Module T-16: Building an Effective Rhetorical Analysis Ch. 9. Stating the Facts Module T-17: What Audiences Expect in a State-The-Facts Argument Module T-18: A State-The-Facts Genre – Research Paper Module T-19: A State-The-Facts Genre – Visual Résumé Module T-20: A State-The-Facts Genre – News Article Module T-21: Building a State-The-Facts Argument Ch. 10. Defining Module T-22: What Audiences Expect in a Definition Argument Module T-23: A Definition Genre – Opinion Piece Module T-24: A Definition Genre – Youtube Commercial Module T-25: A Definition Genre –Research Paper Module T-26: Building a Definition Argument Ch. 11. Narrating Module T-27: What Audiences Expect in a Narrative Argument Module T-28: A Narrative Genre – Editorial Module T-29: A Narrative Genre – Advertisement Module T-30: A Narrative Genre – Personal Narrative Module T-31: Building a Narrative Argument Ch. 12. Analyzing and Evaluating Module T-32: What Audiences Expect From an Analysis and Evaluation Module T-33: an Analysis and Evaluation Genre – Blog Entry: Thrill-Ride Review Module T-34: an Analysis and Evaluation Genre – Online Restaurant Review Module T-35: an Analysis and Evaluation Genre – Review of a Cultural Event Module T-36: Building an Analysis and Evaluation Argument Ch. 13. Determining Cause Module T-37: What Audiences Expect of a Causal Argument Module T-38: A Causal Argument Genre – an Editorial Module T-39: A Causal Argument Genre – A Political Cartoon Module T-40: A Causal Argument Genre – A Research Paper Module T-41: Building a Causal Argument Ch. 14. Proposing a Solution Module T-42: What Audiences Expect of a Proposal Module T-43: A Proposal Genre – Advocacy Speech Module T-44: A Proposal Genre –Billboard Module T-45: A Proposal Genre – Position Paper Module T-46: Building a Proposal Part 3: Appealing to Your Audience Ch. 15. Understanding the Audience Module A-1: Rhetorical Situation Defined Module A-2: Audience Defined Module A-3: analyzing an Audience Module A-4: Using Appeals, Media, and Conventions to influence Your Audience Module A-5: Common Academic Assignments: What Does Your Audience Expect? Ch. 16. Understanding the Academic Situation Module A-6: What You Need to Know About Writing in Universities and Colleges Module A-7: The Humanities, the Liberal Arts and Sciences Module A-8: The Fine, Visual, and PerForming Arts Module A-9: Pre-Professional and Applied Sciences Module A-10: The Natural Sciences Ch. 17. Using Classical Rhetoric Module A-11: Classical Rhetoric and the Writing Process Module A-12: Arrangement of Argument Module A-13: Types of Appeals Module A-14: Building Authority Using Classical Virtues Ch. 18. Using Contemporary Rhetoric Module A-16: Toulmin’s Rhetoric Defined Module A-17: Using Toulmin’s Model to analyze Arguments Module A-18: Rogerian Rhetoric Defined Module A-19: A Rogerian Argument: A Persuasive Paper Module A-20: Reading Your Audience with Rogerian Rhetoric Part 4: Conducting Research to Build Authoritative Arguments Ch. 19. Using Databases and Search Engines Module R-1: Building Authority with Search Engines and Databases Module R-2: Using Databases and Search Engines Module R-3: Organizing Your Research Ch. 20. Evaluating Sources and Documents Module R-4: Why Do I Need to Evaluate Sources? Module R-5: How Do I Evaluate Sources? Module R-6: Evaluating for Relevance Module R-7: Evaluating for Authority Module R-8: Evaluating for Honesty Module R-9: Determining If a Source Is Questionable Ch. 21. Integrating Research and Avoiding Plagiarism Module R-10: Defining Plagiarism and Fair Use Module R-11: Avoiding Plagiarism Module R-12: integrating Sources Authoritatively Module R-13: integrating Sources Into an Argument: an Example Ch. 22. Citing and Documenting Sources Module R-14: Documentation Styles Express Authority Module R-15: MLA Style for in-Text Citation Module R-16: MLA List of Works Cited Module R-17: APA Style for in-Text Citation Module R-18: APA List of References Part 5: Projecting Authority Ch. 23. Crafting Style, Voice, and Presence Module P-1: Building Authority with Style Module P-2: Building Authority with Voice Module P-3: Building Authoritative Presence Ch. 24. Checking for Logical Fallacies and Flow Module P-4: Logical Fallacies Defined Module P-5: Awkwardness and Flow Defined Ch. 25. Using Conventions Persuasively Module P-8: Using Visuals in Your Argument Module P-9: Using Design Conventions in Your Argument Module P-10: Creating Effective Presentations Module P-11: Proofreading Your Argument
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Writing Online: Rhetoric for the Digital Age
Book Synopsis"Contrary to the old adage about finding new names for old things, Writing Online: Rhetoric for the Digital Age gives new life and new meaning to old names. The book and its companion website transform ancient rhetoric as a process of oral composition—invention, arrangement, memory, style, and delivery—into a digital rhetoric, a dynamic process of writing for the World Wide Web: dynamic because it shows not only how to write in a Web-based medium but, more importantly, how to learn and adapt to a medium that is constantly evolving and changing. Unlike conventional books that provide specific solutions to specific problems, Writing Online reenacts the process of solving Web-based writing problems, explaining everything from how to create a simple web page to how to develop a sophisticated content management system and everything in between: HTML, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and much more. As a digital rhetoric, moreover, Writing Online recreates the ancient processes of oral composition for a digital era. Digital invention becomes a push-pull process of transmitting information via searches, alerts, news aggregators, and read-write algorithms. Digital arrangement becomes a question-and-answer process inviting multiple responses via intuitive navigation systems and dynamic patterns of organization. Digital memory transforms the ancient memory palace into a dynamic, programmable content management system. Digital style provides computer-based tools to enhance writers’ word choice, argumentative structures, and feedback. Digital delivery resituates speakers and writers in onscreen environments that balance functionality and aesthetics for optimum responsiveness and usability." —James P. Zappen, Professor, Department of Communication and Media, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTrade Review"Writing Online is a vital resource for teachers, scholars, and students interested in developing and researching the role of technology in fostering a digital writer’s identity and ethos. Early on, Pullman makes an important distinction between reading and using this groundbreaking text, with an emphasis on the pragmatics of information and document design in digital space that is sorely missing in many interdisciplinary texts on web authoring. As an accessible introduction to the tools, language, and processes of digital composing, including significant overviews of code literacy, Writing Online is more than a 'how-to' book. Indeed, its grounding in digital rhetorical practices ensures that users move from passive consumers of online content to active, successful producers of it. Ultimately, Writing Online reinforces that digital composing is as much a part of the rhetorical tradition today as both speech and writing have been throughout the ages." —Kristine L. Blair, Bowling Green State University"In Writing Online, George Pullman reboots the time-tested strategies of rhetoric for an age of digital production. The result is a flexible and durable approach to composing that will suit writers preparing for a world where 'text' is a verb and digital strategy means rapidly repurposing a video clip from a 1980s TV show. Pullman's book shows that in this world of memes and tweets, we needn't lose the sophistication of a well-crafted balance of ethos, logos, and pathos, nor should we abandon the higher purpose of a rhetorical education: preparing ethical digital citizens. But Writing Online is not an homage to the past. Rather, at its heart, it is a thorough and valuable refiguring of the boundaries of rhetorical inquiry—the five canons of rhetoric—invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. Each is updated to bring a strategic focus to the use of digital resources such as the use of databases (Memory) or configuring networks and feeds to provide a 'launch pad' for Invention. Teachers of writing will find, in Writing Online, all they need to engage students whose writing lives update at the pace of BuzzFeed with the visual impact of Instagram. Students will recognize their own digital world reflected there, but will find a powerful set of guidelines and strategies that will serve them well as new technologies continue to emerge and replace those they use today." —William Hart-Davidson, Michigan State University
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Writing with Sources: A Guide for Students
Book SynopsisThe challenges of integrating and citing sources in academic work have expanded in scope and complexity in the digital age, but the basic principles and guidelines for doing so responsibly remain the same. The third edition of Writing with Sources is updated throughout, providing more examples of the proper use and citation of digital and print sources across disciplines—including current conventions specific to MLA, The Chicago Manual of Style, APA, and CSE citation styles—while preserving its concise and accessible format.Trade ReviewComments on the previous edition: "The best little book for college writers. Harvey understands the writer’s position—and plight—when composing essays that must respond to texts yet make independent assertions. Writing with Sources not only provides clear rules of citation for papers in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, but it also shows how writers can incorporate and advance ideas learned from other writers, while avoiding the bad habits of composition that can lead to plagiarism. It’s the one book to keep on your desk." —David Gewanter, Georgetown UniversityComments on the previous edition: "An excellent and concise survey for students. Harvey covers all the necessary bases and mixes in a touch of humor besides. Its strength lies in its size: college students will not be put off by the volume, but it does not sugarcoat its message, either. Using examples from the book’s own text is brilliant!" —Daniel Berman, Temple University
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Rhetoric
Book SynopsisThis new translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric, noteworthy for its consistency and accuracy, is the latest addition to the New Hackett Aristotle series. Fitting seamlessly with the others in the series, it enables Anglophone readers to read Aristotle's works in a way previously impossible. Sequentially numbered endnotes provide the information most needed at each juncture, while a detailed Index of Terms guides the reader to places where focused discussion of key notions occurs.
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Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. Meaning Is Everywhere
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Vagueness and Rationality in Language Use and
Book SynopsisThis volume presents new conceptual and experimental studies which investigate the connection between vagueness and rationality from various systematic directions, such as philosophy, linguistics, cognitive psychology, computing science, and economics. Vagueness in language use and cognition has traditionally been interpreted in epistemic or semantic terms. The standard view of vagueness specifically suggests that considerations of agency or rationality, broadly conceived, can be left out of the equation. Most recently, new literature on vagueness has been released which suggests that the standard view is inadequate and that considerations of rationality should factor into more comprehensive models of vagueness. The methodological approaches presented here are diverse, ranging from philosophical interpretations of rational credence for vagueness to adaptations of choice theory (dynamic choice theory, revealed preference models, social choice theory), probabilistic models of pragmatic reasoning (Bayesian pragmatics), evolutionary game theory, and conceptual space models of categorisation.Table of ContentsPart I: Vagueness in Rational Choice.- Vagueness and Imprecise Credence by Anna Mahtani.- Problems of Precision in Fuzzy Theories of Vagueness and Bayesian Epistemology by Nicholas J. J. Smith.- Regret, Sub-optimality, and Vagueness by Chrisoula Andreou.- Part II: Rationality in Vague Language Use and Cognition.- The Elusive Benefits of Vagueness: The Evidence so far by Matthew James Green and Kees van Deemter.- Towards an Ecology of Vagueness by José Pedro Correia and Michael Franke.- The Rationality of Vagueness by Igor Douven.- Semantic Indecision by Timoth W. Grinsell.- Grounding a Pragmatic Theory of Vagueness on Experimental Data: Semi-orders adn Weber's Law by Arnold Kochari and Robert van Rooij
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Crest Publishing House How to Write Social Letters
Book SynopsisTo-day the need to write with skill and facility is greater than it has ever been. More than half the business of the world is conducted by means of correspondence.
£7.12
Museum Tusculanum Press Danish Yearbook of Philosophy: Volume 31
Book SynopsisDanish Yearbook of Philosophy - Volume 31Table of ContentsMetaphor and ambiguity, Anders Engstrom; metaphor, interpretation and contexualization, Claes Entzenberg; from a semiotic to a neo-pragmatic understanding of metaphor, Drude von der Fehr; understanding metaphors with the two hemispheres of the brain, Nikolaj Frandsen; Kierkegaard - metaphor and the musical-erotic, Cynthia Grund; the irrelevance of meaning, Thorsteinn Gylfason; metaphors for living - living metaphors, Arto Haapala; man as wolf (once more), Thorleifur Hauksson; visual metaphors, Hans Siggaard Jensen; musicalization of metaphor and metaphoricalness in music, Hroar Klempe; metaphor - a semiotic perspective, Svend Erik Larsen; obscurity as a linguistic device - introductory and historical notes, Paivi Mehtonen; the limits of literal meaning, Erna Oesch; metaphor and conceptual change, Veikko Rantala; how can a metaphor be genuinely illuminating?, Stig Rasmussen.
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Museum Tusculanum Press Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings of the
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Aarhus University Press Constructing History, Society & Politics in
Book SynopsisThe Papers collected in this volume are alike in dealing with media discourse, but differ in that they represent widely differing approaches. However, in spite of their seeming differences, they all share the quality of being concerned with news discourse and striving to find new ways of analysing news discourse. On the face of it, they also differ in that while the majority of them are concerned exclusively with linguistic discourse analysis, some with the analysis of both linguistic and non-linguistic signs, and one exclusively with non-linguistic signification, these differences are bridged by their common quest for finding new ways of reading news discourse.
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Oxford University Press Inc The Philosophy of Rhetoric
Book SynopsisIn this in-depth work, Richards defines rhetoric as the study of misunderstanding and its remedies. Focusing on how words work in discourse, he examines the interaction of words with each other and with their contexts, demonstrating how a continual synthesis of meaning--or principle of metaphor--gives life to discussion. He also argues that we can better control and animate our use of words, and therefore decrease misunderstanding, by comprehending the waymeaning changes in discourse.Trade Review"Chosen largely to present the philosophy of language informing [Richards's] approach....Should stimulate thoughtful re-examinations of our own positions on the important issues Richards addresses."--Freshman English News "Masterful (and manageable)....Has long been needed."-D.G. Myers, Texas A&M University "A deftly compiled reader."--William Doreski, Keene State College "Written in a lively style...Coherent and valuable."--John F. Cox, University of Arizona "This is perhaps one of the best texts for rhetoric courses I've found, and I intend to use it each time I teach graduate/undergraduate rhetorical theory and other language-theory courses."--Professor Lynn Dianne Beene, University of New Mexico "....an important part of the foundation of contemporary rhetoric. Clear and to the point, Richards illuminates the place rhetoric occupies in human societies."--Dr. William O. Boggs, Slippery Rock University
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Oxford University Press, USA Eloquence in an Electronic Age
Book SynopsisIn a book that blends anecdote with analysis, Kathleen Hall Jamieson--author of the award-winning Packaging the Presidency--offers a perceptive and often disturbing account of the transformation of political speechmaking. Jamieson addresses such fundamental issues about public speaking as what talents and techniques differentiate eloquent speakers from non-eloquent speakers. She also analyzes the speeches of modern presidents from Truman to Reagan and of political players from Daniel Webster to Mario Cuomo. Ranging from the classical orations of Cicero to Kennedy''s Ich bin ein Berliner speech, this lively, well-documented volume contains a wealth of insight into public speaking, contemporary characteristics of eloquence, and the future of political discourse in America.Trade Review"An eye-opening, well-written text which clearly describes how radio and television have influenced our political discourse. No one can fully understand politics in the Electronic Era without consulting this fine volume."--David W. Anderson, Indiana University, South Bend"In her most timely and instructive book, Eloquence in an Electronic Age, Jamieson...casts her learning on the political rhetoric (or 'eloquence') of today, drawing on fascinating comparisons with historical practice....Applying her own criteria, we see that Ms. Jamieson's work not only makes an excellent book, but it would make an excellent speech."--James David Barber, The New York Times Book Review"Kathleen Hall Jamieson has produced an interesting, well-researched and indeed important book ..." Political Studies"Stimulating and thoughtful....Jamieson takes us on a tour of rhetoric from the Greeks to Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan, with side trips to examine the problems of less successful communicators, such as Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter."--The Christian Science Monitor"An excellent summary of a subject that in some ways touches us all. Jamieson's in-depth summaries of the speaking styles of Truman, Dewey, Reagan, Carter, Bush, and Ferraro are classic and classy."--Kirkus Reviews"Jamieson's scholarship, her command of ideas, and her insights are superb."--Los Angeles Times"A brilliant and engrossing study of how American rhetoric has changed over the years....Rich in anecdote, often extremely funny, scholarly, and somewhat unsettling."--The Washington Post Book World"A brilliant and engrossing study of how American rhetoric has changed over the years. It is rich in anecdote, often extremely funny, scholarly, and somewhat unsettling....This is [also] an important book, about much more than highfalutin' phrasing. It is about our very soul as a nation, for what our leaders say reflects what we are.""--The Washington Post Book World"In this important study of the impact of television on presidential rhetoric, Kathleen Hall Jamieson shows how successful (and not so successful) presidents have measured up to the demand for up-close and personal communication....Couldn't be more timely. It conveys an enormous amount of information, some of it academic, some of it anecdotal, with charm and wit and wisdom."--The Houston Post"I'm extremely pleased by the integration of rhetorical theory with practical concerns of providing explanation and advice about political advice."--John McKiernan, University of South Dakota"An interesting book on a most important topic!"--David A. Freeman, Washburn University"If there was ever a doubt that the mass media have changed politics, Jamieson's work removes that doubt once and for all."--Robert R. Mendenhall, Southwestern Adventist College"I'm extremely pleased by the integrtion of rhetorical theory into practical concerns of providing explanation and advice about political rhetoric."--John McKiernan, University of South Dakota"Insightful and thought provoking, Eloquence reminds students of the critical role of public discourse in the past and challenges them to apply critical tools of analysis to contemporary political and social leaders as they address the key issues of the day."--Dr. Kevin Dean, West Chester University"Conveys an enormous amount of information, some of it academic, some of it anecdotal, with charm and wit and wisdom. Its central thesis--that the TV style is the effeminate style--has remarkable explanatory power."--Christian Science Monitor"This volume is essential reading for political scientists, historians, and scholars of political communication."--Presidential Studies Quarterly"An excellent summary of a subject that in some ways touches us all. Jamieson's in-depth summaries of the speaking styles of Truman, Dewey, Reagan, Carter, Bush, and Ferraro are classic and classy."--Kirkus Reviews"[Jamieson's] probing analysis of presidential rhetoric provides some fascinating insights into the minds of America's recent leaders."--Booklist
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Oxford University Press Framing in Discourse
Book SynopsisThe concept of framing has been pivotal in research on social interaction among anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and linguists. This collection shows how the discourse analysis of frames can be applied to a range of social contexts. Tannen provides a seminal theoretical framework for conceptualizing the relationship between frames and schemas as well as a methodology for the discourse analysis of framing in interaction. Each chapter makes a unique theoretical contribution to frames theory while showing how discourse analysis can elucidate the linguistic means by which framing is accomplished in a particular interactional setting. Applied to such a wide-range of contexts as a medical examination, psychotic discourse, gender differences in sermon performance, boys'' sportscasting their own play, teasing among friends, a comparison of Japanese and American discussion groups, and sociolinguistic interviews, the discourse analysis of framing emerges here as a fruitful new avenuTrade ReviewA stimulating and highly coherent frame analysis of naturally occurring discourse that should be accessible to both beginning and advanced students of discourse....This volume offers something for everyone. * Studies in Second Language Acquisition es *This volume is quite successful in renewing the study of framing in discourse, particularly since the papers it contains are rich in empirical data and utilize a number of methods for gathering and analyzing data. * Anthropological Linguistics *A stimulating and highly coherent frame analysis of naturally occurring discourse that should be accessible to both beginning and advanced students of discourse....This volume offers something for everyone. * Studies in Second Language Acquisition *This volume is quite successful in renewing the study of framing in discourse, particularly since the papers it contains are rich in empirical data and utilize a number of methods for gathering and analyzing data. * Anthropological Linguistics *
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Oxford University Press Gender Discourse
Book SynopsisTannen collects five of her published essays on gender and language, which provide a background as well as a response to her bestselling You Just Don't Understand (1990). She adds an introduction that discusses the surprising reactions to that book and explains how these essays deal with the questions raised by the book's critics.Trade Reviewsets a standard for contemporary work on gender and discourse analysis...the empirical studies and critical reviews Tannen has collected (half of which are published here for the first time) cogently explain why we can no longer be satisfied with facile generalizations about differences between men's and women's discourse. * Discourse and Society *if one does not have the five articles already copied from the original sources, this is a worthwhile book, especially now that it has been released in paperback * Salvatore Attardo, Youngstown State University, Discourse & Society, Vol. 8(3) 1997 *
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Oxford University Press, USA Plastic Glasses Church Fathers Semantic Extension from the Ethnoscience Tradition 3 Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
Book SynopsisKronenfeld aims to present a comprehensive understanding of the process by which we use words in speech to refer to things in the world, and to develop a theory of the semantics of natural language which can account adequately for native speakers'' intuitions regarding word meanings and their word usage.Trade Review...Plastic Glasses and Church Fathers gets a high score....I strongly recommend the book for professionals and advanced graduate students... * Language in Society *
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Oxford University Press Interpreting as a Discourse Process
Book SynopsisThis book studies interpreting between languages as a discourse process and as about managing ccommunication between two people who do not speak a common language. Roy examines the turn exchanges of a face-to-face interpreted event in order to offer a definition of interpreted events, describe the process of taking turns with an interpreter, and account for the role of the interpreter in terms of the performance in interaction.Trade ReviewThis is a useful text for interpreters and interpreter trainers alike, and it would be excellent required reading in graduate classes in interpreting (both practice and theory) as an introduction to the importance and relevance of discourse approaches to the field. * Language in Society *Table of Contents1. Overview ; 2. Discourse and Interpreting ; 3. Analyzing Interpreted Encounters ; 4. The Meeting and the Participants ; 5. Turn Exchanges in an Interpreted Professor-Student Conference ; 6. Role Performance in a Discourse Process ; 7. Interpreting as a Discourse Process ; Bibliography ; Index
£60.80
Oxford University Press, USA What did Jesus Mean Explaining the Sermon on the Mount and the Parables in Simple and Universal Human Concepts
Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary work aims to cast light on the words of Jesus by taking the author's semantic theory of "universal human concepts" - concepts which are intuitively understandable and self-explanatory across languages - and bringing it to bear on Jesus' parables and the Sermon on the Mount.Trade ReviewThis is an unusual book. The author is an internationally renowned linguist and a committed Christian. * Theology *
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Oxford University Press Beyond Rigidity
Book SynopsisIn this fascinating work, Scott Soames offers a new conception of the relationship between linguistic meaning and assertions made by utterances. He gives meanings of proper names and natural kind predicates and explains their use in attitude ascriptions. He also demonstrates the irrelevance of rigid designation in understanding why theoretical identities containing such predicates are necessary, if true.Trade ReviewIn this admirable book, Scott Soames provides well defended answers to some of the most difficult and important questions in the philosophy of language, and he does so with characteristic thoroughness, clarity, and rigor. * Canadian Journal of Philosophy *
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Oxford University Press Conversational Style
Book SynopsisThis revised edition of Deborah Tannen''s first discourse analysis book, Conversational Style-first published in 1984-presents an approach to analyzing conversation that later became the hallmark and foundation of her extensive body of work in discourse analysis, including the monograph Talking Voices, as well as her well-known popular books You Just Don''t Understand, That''s Not What I Meant!, and Talking from 9 to 5, among others. Carefully examining the discourse of six speakers over the course of a two-and-a-half hour Thanksgiving dinner conversation, Tannen analyzes the features that make up the speakers'' conversational styles, and in particular how aspects of what she calls a ''high-involvement style'' have a positive effect when used with others who share the style, but a negative effect with those whose styles differ. This revised edition includes a new preface and an afterword in which Tannen discusses the book''s place in the evolution of her work. Conversational Style isTrade ReviewPraise for earlier edition: "By far the most interesting and accessible--and fun!--introduction to conversational style that I know of. Students love it, and I use it as a required textbook whenever I teach sociolinguistics."--Doug Biber, Northern Arizona UniversityPraise for earlier edition: "Interesting and valuable for both laypersons and students."--LanguagePraise for earlier edition: "A contribution not only for the general reader but for any researcher or student interested in conversation."--Language and SocietyTable of ContentsREFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
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Oxford University Press Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics
Book SynopsisAdding a new introduction and two previously unpublished papers, Discourse and Practice: New Tools for Critical Discourse Analysis brings together Van Leeuwen''s methodological work on discourse analysis of the last 15 years. Discourse, Van Leeuwen argues, is a resource for representation, a knowledge about some aspect of reality which can be drawn upon when that aspect of reality has to be represented, a framework for making sense of things. And they are plural. There can be different discourses, different ways of making sense of the same aspect of reality that serve different interests and will therefore be used in different social contexts. However abstract some discourses are, discourses ultimately always represent doings, Van Leeuwen argues. Doing is the foundation of knowing, and social practices are the foundation of discourses. Studying children''s books, newspaper reports, brochures and other texts, as well as photographs and children''s toys, Van Leeuwen investigates what canTable of ContentsPreface; ; Chapter 1: Discourse as the recontextualization of social practice; ; 1. The supersedure of meaning by function; ; 2. Discourse as the recontextualization of social practice; ; 3. Social practices; ; Chapter 2: Representing social actors; ; 1. A sociosemantic inventory; ; 2. Our Race Odyssey; ; 3. Exclusion; ; 4. Role Allocation; ; 5. Genericisation and specification; ; 6. Assimilation; ; 7. Association and dissociation; ; 8. Indetermination and differentiation; ; 9. Nomination and categorization; ; 10. Functionalisation and identification; ; 11. Personalisation and impersonalisation; ; 12. Overdetermination; ; 13. Conclusion; ; Chapter 3: Representing social action ; 1. Introduction; ; 2. Reactions; ; 3. Material and semiotic action; ; 4. Objectivation and descriptivization; ; 5. De-agenitalization ; 6. Generalization and abstraction; ; 7. Overdetermination; ; 8. Conclusion; ; Chapter 4: Time in discourse; ; 1. Introduction; ; 2. The socio-semantics of location and extent; ; 2.1. Time summons; ; 2.2. Synchronisation; ; 2.3. Punctuality; ; 2.4. Exact and inexact timing; ; 2.5. Unique and recurring timing; ; 3. Experiencing Duration; ; 4. Managing Time; ; 5. Two examples; ; Chapter 5: Space in discourse; ; 1. Introduction; ; 2. Locating action; ; 3. Arranging and interpreting space; ; 4. Description and legitimation; ; 5. Subjective and objective space; ; 6. Word and image; ; Chapter 6: The discursive construction of legitimation; ; 1. Introduction; ; 2. Authorization; ; 3. Moral evaluation; ; 4. Rationalization; ; 5. Mythopoesis; ; 6. Multimodal legitimation; ; 7. Legitimation and context; ; Chapter 7: The discursive construction of purpose; ; 1. Introduction; ; 2. Purpose and Legitimation; ; 3. The grammar of purpose; ; Chapter 8: The visual representation of social actors; ; 1. Word and image; ; 2. The image and the viewer; ; 3. Depicting people; ; Chapter 9: Representing social actors with toys; ; 1. Introduction; ; 2. Roles, identities, meanings; ; 3. Preschool Playmobil; ; 4. Playing with Playmobil
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Clarendon Press In Defence of Rhetoric
Book SynopsisSetting out to reinstate rhetoric, this book opens with an overview of the rhetorical system as developed in classical times. In Defence of Rhetoric surveys and analyses material from Aristotle to Plato through the Renaissance to the modern novel and the critical theories of Roman Jakobson and Paul de Man.Trade Review'One of Vickers's great accomplishments is that, with an erudition as deep as his touch is light, he shows the central role rhetoric has actually played in Western culture ... Vickers's book is also a triumph of formal exposition. It contains a remarkably lucid account of the three genres of oratory ... It also includes the best and clearest discussion of the rhetorical tropes and figures of which I am aware. It is full of excellent examples of various devices, and it provides a magnificent instance of formal rhetorical criticism in its analysis of the use of the figures and tropes in the "Aeolus" episode in Joyce's Ulysses.' Times Literary Supplement'Professor Vickers is concerned not only to defend rhetoric but also to recount its history. He traces its recovery in the Renaissance in fascinating detail ... Brian Vickers presents a traditionally conceived, squarely intellectual case ... the general character of his method is clear ... His defence of rhetoric is itself not rhetorical but rational.' The London Review of Books'It counts as a great virtue of Brian Vicker's In Defence of Rhetoric that he succeeds in charting the moving borders of rhetoric with magisterial simplicity, and in such a way as to uncover the fundamental issues of its relation to dialectic ... This is a powerful study; surely one of the most significant and interesting general studies of rhetoric ever produced.' Alastair Fowler, Times Higher Education Supplement'Brian Vicker's book about rhetoric is itself a magnificent example of one of the three traditional rhetorical kinds, the judicial ... He is properly eloquent and energetic in rhetoric's defence' The English Association'Vickers not only covers the span of Western thought, not only teaches about a neglected subject, but also actually trains us to see rhetoric at work and enjoy it ... It awakens in one a hunger for shaped speech, for eloquence.' Christian Science Monitor'V. has written a book which may well become a standard text for students of the Classical Tradition' S. Usher, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London. Classical Review'subtle both in style and in the content of its argument' Modern Law Review, Vol 53 No 4 July '90'This is a rich, stimulating, and absorbing book. The book is beautifully printed.' B.D.H. Miller, Brasenose College, Review of English Studies, Vol. 44, May 1993Table of ContentsList of Illustrations References 1. An Outline of Classical Rhetoric - Rhetoric and Life - The Major Texts - The Main Processes of Rhetoric a) The Three Genres b) The Stages of Composition c) The Parts of a Speech d) The Orator's Three Duties e) The Three Styles 2. Plato's Attack on Rhetoric 3. Territorial Disputes: Philosophy versus Rhetoric - Responses to Plato - The Triumph of Rhetoric - The Revenge of Philosophy 4. Medieval Fragmentation 5. Renaissance Reintegration 6. The Expressive Function of Rhetorical Figures 7. Rhetoric and the Sister Arts 8. Rhetoric in the Modern Novel 9. Epilogue: The Future of Rhetoric Bibliography Index
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Oxford University Press Semantics Primes and Universals
Book SynopsisConceptual primitives and semantic universals are the cornerstones of a semantic theory which Anna Wierzbicka has been developing for many years. Semantics: Primes and Universals is a major synthesis of her work, presenting a full and systematic exposition of that theory in a non-technical and readable way. It delineates a full set of universal concepts, as they have emerged from large-scale investigations across a wide range of languages undertaken by the author and her colleagues. On the basis of empirical cross-linguistic studies it vindicates the old notion of the ''psychic unity of mankind'', while at the same time offering a framework for the rigorous description of different languages and cultures.Trade Reviewa selective reading of the chapters based on need and interest is well worth it, especially if the need and interest are comparative semantic data, where Wierzbicka is at her best...This is a good and interesting book, it is well worth reading./William Frawley/Journal of Linguistics.One cannot help but be impressed by the range of language-related topics Wierzbicka's work encompasses and by the thorough control commanded by her of the relevant literature pertaining to these diverse areas. Equally impressive are the insights that Wierzbicka's analyses provide. * Cecil H. Brown, Northern Illinois University, Anthropological Linguistics 39 No 1 1997 *SCC is a welcome addition to Wierzbicka's inexhaustible semantic explications, revealing as it does a general theory and application that can be challenged, tested, and modified. The wide range of topics is typical of those that anyone involved in a cross-cultural work would need to explore, explain and translate ... such detailed analysis can help the native speakers of a language to become more aware of the semantic implications of the words and expressions that they use. * K.J. Franklin, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Australian Journal of Linguistics *
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Oxford University Press Thought and Meaning
Book SynopsisA profoundly arresting integration of the faculties of the mind - of how we think, speak, and see the world. Written with an informality that belies the originality of its insights and the radical nature of its conclusions, this is the author's most important book since his groundbreaking Foundations of Language in 2002.Trade ReviewRay Jackendoff is a monumental scholar in linguistics who, more than any scholar alive today, has shown how language can serve as a window into human nature. Combining theoretical depth with a love of revealing detail, Jackendoff illuminates human reason and consciousness in startling and insightful ways. * Steven Pinker *Ray Jackendoff has an uncanny ability to ask interesting and pressing questions. Anyone interested in language and thought should ask such questions. The asking itself is the primary intellectual act - that, and of course the ordering of the asking, which is by no means obvious and constantly problematical, as he well knows and kindly informs the reader. As for providing answers, pivotal questions may have answers, but they are complex and never simple and thus require extremely careful expression. In his effort to treat his readers in a way that is warm and friendly, he sometimes employs phrases ("kind of," "sort of," "well, like," and other things relaxed speakers tend to say) which I do not find essential, but which for others will surely have the effect of making the issues clear and comprehensible. * Peter Bloom, Professor of Humanities, Smith College *Clear and concise. The pace is perfect: very short chapters making for a very enjoyable read ... As an introduction to a cognitivist perspective on linguistic meaning and thought, this is an extremely helpful book in both tone and content. * Tadeusz Zawidzki, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsPART ONE: LANGUAGE, WORDS, AND MEANING; PART TWO: CONSCIOUSNESS AND PERCEPTION; PART THREE: REFERENCE, TRUTH, AND THOUGHT; PART IV: A LARGER VIEW
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Oxford University Press Semantics for Reasons
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Oxford University Press The Origins of Meaning
Book SynopsisIn this, the first of two ground-breaking volumes on the nature of language in the light of the way it evolved, James Hurford looks at how the world first came to have a meaning in the minds of animals and how in humans this meaning eventually came to be expressed as language. He reviews a mass of evidence to show how close some animals, especially primates and more especially apes, are to the brink of human language. Apes may not talk to us but they construct rich cognitive representations of the world around them, and here, he shows, are the evolutionary seeds of abstract thought - the means of referring to objects, the memory of events, even elements of the propositional thinking philosophers have hitherto reserved for humans. What then, he asks, is the evolutionary path between the non-speaking minds of apes and our own speaking minds? Why don''t apes communicate the richness of their thoughts to each other? Why do humans alone have a unique disposition to reveal their thoughts in Trade Reviewthis is a model exercise in how substantial theorizing about language evolution can be achieved. It is entertainingly written but not oversimplistic, interdisciplinary but not at the expense of rigor; and [Hurford] is open about the limits of his own expertise, yet never afraid to stretch them. He is to be congratulated on formulating insights that he offers with a precision that makes disagreement, hence advances, possible ... this is a delightful and thought-provoking read. [Hurford] has set in train a rich vein of research that continues to provide an unceasing flow of insights. I warmly recommend it and very much look forward to its follow-up volume. * Ruth Kempson, Language18/04/2011 *we are fortunate when scholars like Hurford...offer us carefully constructed proposals based on years of toil... both accessible and respectful of the reader's intelligence. * N.J.Enfiled, Times Literary Supplement *very readable and satisfying book...admirably persuasive and thought provoking... * Grover Hudson, Linguistlist *Has Hurford achieved his goal of describing the evolutionary foundations of language? Yes, elegantly and in accomplished detail. * Nature *valuable * Roy Harris, Times Higher Education Supplement *A wonderful read - lucid, informative, and entertaining, while at the same time never talking down to the reader by sacrificing argumentation for the sake of "simplicity". It is likely to be heralded as the major publication dealing with language evolution to date. * Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington *Hurford's aim is nothing less than to bring language into Darwin's reach. Many attempts to press natural selection into innovative service fail through too analogical an approach failing to mesh with the realities of some other discipline. Hurford's sheer practicality and professional appreciation of modern biology have produced a work of the highest academic seriousness that would without question have delighted Darwin himself. The project can fairly be described as the abolition of the division between linguistics and biology, and has significant broad implications for philosophers and social scientists, as well as more focussed ones for biologists, linguists and anthropologists. * Alan Grafen, Professor of Theoretical Biology, University of Oxford *To explain the evolution of language, one must explain the evolution of both a system of communication and a system of thought - a way of representing and communicating about the world. In The Origins of Meaning, James Hurford does just this. Writing as a linguist, he clarifies for biologists the complexities that must be explained in an evolutionary account of language, while at the same time illuminating for his colleagues in linguistics the rich communicative and representational abilities of animals - from which we can begin to reconstruct the semantic and pragmatic origins of language. The Origins of Meaning is synthetic, provocative, and intellectually rich. * Robert Seyfarth, professor of psychology, University of Pennsylvania, and co-author of Baboon Metaphysics. *[a] fascinating examination... * Morning Star *...a unique, interdisciplinary story of the development of language as we know it today... Hurford is undoubtedly comfortable with his subject matter. He weaves science and theory together expertly. * Science and Spirit *Table of ContentsPART I MEANING BEFORD COMMUNICATION ; 1. Let's Agree on Terms ; 2. Animals Approach Human Cognition ; 3. A New Kind of Memory Evolves ; 4. Animals Form proto-propositions ; 5. Towards Human Semantics ; PART II COMMUNICATION: WHAT AND WHY? ; 6. Communication by Dyadic Acts ; 7. Going Triadic: Precursors of Reference ; 8. Why Communicate? Squaring With Evolutionary Theory ; 9. Cooperation, Fair Play and Trust in Primates ; 10. Epilogue ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press Modals and Conditionals
Book SynopsisThis book contains updated and substantially revised versions of Angelika Kratzer''s classic papers on modals and conditionals, including ''What must and can must and can mean'', ''Partition and Revision'', ''The Notional Category of Modality'', ''Conditionals'', ''An Investigation of the Lumps of Thought'', and ''Facts: Particulars or Information Units?''. The book''s contents add up to some of the most important work on modals and conditionals in particular and on the semantics-syntax interface more generally. It will be of central interest to linguists and philosophers of language of all theoretical persuasions.Trade ReviewThe book's contents add up to some of the most important work on modals and conditionals. It will be of central interest to linguists and philosophers of language of all theoretical persuasions. * MathSciNet *An indispensible resource. * François Recanati, Institut Jean Nicod *This book is a treasure of the puzzles, illustrations, and parables that have shaped the modern view of the language of modals and conditionals. It defines the standard against which all theorizing on the subject is to be measured. A classic. * Barry Schein, University of Southern California *This work collects and dramatically expands upon Angelika Kratzer's now classic papers. There is scarcely an area of philosophy that remains or will remain untouched by their influence. * Jason Stanley, Rutgers University *Table of Contents1. What Must and Can Must and Can Mean ; 2. The Notional Category of Modality ; 3. Partition and Revision: The Semantics of Counterfactuals ; 4. Conditionals ; 5. An Investigation of the Lumps of Thought ; 6. Facts: Particulars or Information Units? ; References ; Index
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Oxford University Press Linguistic Categorization
Book SynopsisThis book provides a readable and clearly articulated introduction to the field of Cognitive Linguistics. It explores the far-reaching implications of Eleanor Rosch''s seminal work on categorization and prototype theory, extending the application of prototype theory from lexical semantics to morphology, syntax, and phonology. The third edition is fully revised and updated to include the considerable developments in Cognitive Linguistics since 1987. It covers recent research on polysemy, meaning relatedness and metaphors, as well as expanding the discussion of syntactic categories and the relevance of computer simulations.Table of Contents1. The Categorization of Colour ; 2. The Classical Approach to Categorization ; 3. Prototype Categories: I ; 4. Prototype Categories: II ; 5. Linguistic and Encyclopedic Knowledge ; 6. Polysemy and Meaning Chains ; 7. Category Extension: Metonymy and Metaphor ; 8. Polysemy, or: How many meanings does a word really have? ; 9. Polysemous Categories in Morphology and Syntax ; 10. Polysemous Categories in Intonation ; 11. Grammatical Categories ; 12. Syntactic Constructions as Prototype Categories ; 13. Prototype Categories in Phonology ; 15. The Acquisition of Categories ; 16. Recent Developments ; Advice on Further Reading ; Study Questions ; References ; Index
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Oxford University Press Constructions at Work
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the nature of generalization in language and examines how language is known by adults and acquired by children. It looks at how and why constructions are learned, the relation between their forms and functions, and how cross-linguistic and language-internal generalizations about them can be explained. Constructions at Work is divided into three parts: in the first Professor Goldberg provides an overview of constructionist approaches, including the constructionist approach to argument structure, and argues for a usage-based model of grammar. In Part II she addresses issues concerning how generalizations are constrained and constructional generalizations are learned. In Part III the author shows that a combination of function and processing accounts for a wide range of language-internal and cross-linguistic generalizations. She then considers the degree to which the function of constructions explains their distribution and examines cross-linguistic tendencies in arTrade ReviewI have found Ionstructions at WorkR^ a must-have book. The author's elegance and clarity of vision, her knowledge of research beyond linguistics proper, as well as her empathy with the reader and her honesty about the not-so-clear cases, are engaging. * J. Carlos Acuna-Farina, University of Santiago de Compostela *an important contribution to the study of how language operates in the mind and in the world and how these operations relate. * Folia Linguistica *Table of ContentsPart One: Constructions ; 1. Overview ; 2. Surface Generalizations ; 3. Item Specific Knowledge and Generalizations ; Part Two: Learning Generalizations ; 4. How Generalizations are Learned ; 5. How Generalizations are Constrained ; 6. Why Generalizations are Learned ; Part Three: Explaining Generalizations ; 7. Island Constraints and Scope ; 8. Grammatical Categorization: Subject Auxiliary Inversion ; 9. Cross-linguistic Generalizations in Argument Realization ; 10. Variations on a Constructionist Theme ; 11. Conclusion ; References ; Index
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Oxford University Press Questions
Book SynopsisThis book synthesizes and integrates 40 years of research on the semantics of questions, and its interface with pragmatics and syntax. It will be a unique resource for the novice and expert alike, and seeks to appeal to a variety of readers without compromising depth and breadth of coverage.Table of ContentsGeneral preface Acknowledgments 1: Introducing questions and answers 2: A theory of questions and answers 3: Exhaustive and non-exhaustive answers 4: Single-pair, pair-list, and functional answers 5: Embedded questions 6: Weak islands and extraction 7: Wh inside islands 8: Focus and alternatives 9: Non-canonical questions Afterword References Index
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Oxford University Press, USA Donald Davidsons TruthTheoretic Semantics
Book SynopsisThe work of Donald Davidson transformed the study of meaning. Lepore and Ludwig, two of the world's leading authorities on Davidson's work, present the definitive study of his widely admired and influential program of truth-theoretic semantics for natural languages, giving an exposition and critical examination of its foundations and applications.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition An outstanding book on Davidson's achievement in philosophical semantics...a model of excellent scholarship both for students and scholars. * Journal of Pragmatics *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Truth-theoretic semantics: basic framework ; 2. Quantifiers ; 3. Implementation of the extension of the truth theory to quantifiers ; 4. Proper names, indexicals and simple demonstratives ; 5. Complex demonstratives ; 6. The semantics of quotation ; 7. Adjectives and adverbs ; 8. The simple tenses of state and event verbs ; 9. Temporal adverbials and quantifiers ; 10. Tense in sentential complements and the perfect tenses ; 11. Opaque contexts: indirect discourse and attitude sentences ; 12. Non-declarative sentences ; 13. Semantic structure and logical form ; 14. Truth and correspondence
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Oxford University Press, USA The Event Structure of Perception Verbs
Book SynopsisThis book makes an original contribution to the understanding of perception verbs and the treatment of argument structure, and offers new insights on lexical causation, evidentiality, and processes of cognition. Perception verbs - such as look, see, taste, hear, feel, sound, and listen - present unresolved problems for theories of lexical semantics. This book examines the relations between their semantics and syntactic behaviour, the different kinds of polysemy they exhibit, and the role of evidentiality in verbs like seem and sound. In unravelling their complexity Nikolas Gisborne looks closely at their meanings, modality, semantic relatedness, and irregularity. He frames his exposition in Word Grammar, and draws extensively on work in cognitive linguistics and construction grammar. After an opening chapter explaining the nature of the issues, Dr Gisborne presents a concise introduction to Word Grammar. He then considers the implications of his approach for a general theory of event sTrade ReviewThe fact that Gisborne commits himself to English does not undermine the book's usefulness to other languages. It will be a valuable reference work for linguists interested in areas of lexical semantics including causation, argument-linking, and polysemy. It is clearly written and well argued... This book is rich in argumentation and presents interesting data that provides more comprehensive understanding of English perception verbs. * SIL Electronic Book Reviews *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Word Grammar ; 3. Causation and Relations Between Events: An Introduction to Word Grammar Semantics ; 4. Network Structure and the Polysemy of SEE ; 5. Perception Verbs and the Semantics of Content ; 6. Non-finite Complementation ; 7. SOUND-class Verbs ; 8. Conclusion ; References
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Oxford University Press Know How
Book SynopsisThe goal of inquiry is to acquire knowledge of truths about the world. In this book, Jason Stanley argues that knowing how to do something amounts to knowing a truth about the world. When you learned how to swim, what happened is that you learned some truths about swimming. Knowledge of these truths is what gave you knowledge of how to swim. Something similar occurred with every other activity that you now know how to do, such as riding a bicycle or cooking a meal. Of course, when you learned how to swim, you didn''t learn just any truth about swimming. You learned a special kind of truth about swimming, one that answers the question, ''How could you swim?'' Know How develops an account of the kinds of answers to questions, knowledge of which explains skilled action. Drawing on work in epistemology, philosophy of mind, ethics, action theory, philosophy of language, linguistic semantics, and cognitive neuroscience, Stanley presents a powerful case that it is our success as inquirers thaTrade Reviewrich and insightful * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *a remarkable book * Mark Schroeder, University of Southern California *Stanleys work presents a diligent analysis of knowledge how, viewed as a variety of knowledge that. * Marek Lechniak, Forum Philosophicum *Table of ContentsContents ; 1. Ryle on Knowing How ; 2. Knowledge-wh ; 3. PRO and the Representation of First-Person Thought ; 4. Ways of Thinking ; 5. Knowledge How ; 6. Ascribing Knowledge How ; 7. The Cognitive Science of Practical Knowledge ; 8. Knowledge Justified ; Bibliography ; Index
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OUP Oxford Oxford Handbook of Case
Book SynopsisThis Handbook provides a comprehensive account of current research on case and the morphological and syntactic phenomena associated with it. The semantic roles and grammatical relations indicated by case are fundamental to the whole system of language and have long been a central concern of descriptive and theoretical linguistics. The book opens with the editors'' synoptic overview of the main lines of research in the field, which sets out the main issues, challenges, and debates. Some sixty scholars from all over the world then report on the state of play in theoretical, typological, diachronic, and psycholinguistic research. They assess cross-linguistic work on case and case-systems and evaluate a variety of theoretical approaches. They examine current issues and debates from historical, areal, socio-linguistic, and psycholinguistic perspectives. The final part of the book consists of a set of overviews of case systems representative of some of the world''s major language families. TTrade ReviewA coherent, well-structured and useful collection of authoritative overview articles as well as many specific studies ... The overview articles of the individual parts are state-of-the-art, the great majority of the topic-specific papers are helpful introductions to voluminous literatures and/or complex issues, and the language-specific studies will be valuable sources of reference for years to come. * Fernando Zúñiga, Studies in Language *...anyone who wishes to understand the phenomenon of case from any point of view will find something of interest... * Leofranc Holford-Stevens, London Review of Books *The Oxford Handbook of Case (despite occasional, mainly technical, flaws) measures up to the most exacting standards and could serve in many respects as a model for handbooks of this sort. It will undoubtedly prove an invaluable resource not only to professional linguists but particularly to a very wide circle of students. * Voprosy Jazykoznanija *Table of ContentsPART I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO CASE; PART II: MORPHOLOGY OF CASE; PART III: SYNTAX OF CASE; PART IV: CASE IN (PSYCHO)LINGUISTIC DISCIPLINES; PART V: AREAL AND DIACHRONIC ISSUES; PART VI: INDIVIDUAL CASES: CROSS-LINGUISTIC OVERVIEWS; PART VII: SKETCHES OF CASE SYSTEMS
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Oxford University Press, USA The War on Terror Narrative
Book SynopsisThe War on Terror Narrative analyzes three types of data-presidential speeches, U.S. media discourse, and focus group interviews-to provide a longitudinal and holistic study of the formation, circulation, and contestation of the Bush administration''s narrative about the war on terror. The narrative sustains, in Foucault''s terms, a regime of truth by placing boundaries around what can meaningfully be said and understood about the subject. Adam Hodges illustrates that even as social actors resist the narrative and the policy it entails, they appropriate its language to be heard and understood. While this often works to strengthen the narrative, discourse is inevitably reshaped as it enters into new contexts. This recontextualization allows for the introduction of new meanings, and therein lies the potential for resistance and social transformation. Hodges argues that applying ideas on intertextuality to the analysis of political discourse is central to understanding the way micro-levelTrade Review[Hodge's] well-designed and well-executed multi-disciplinary study goes a long way in helping us understand the dynamic and complex nature of the macro-micro relationship. * Patricia L. Dunmire, Journal of Language and Politics *Table of ContentsAPPENDIX A. CORPUS OF PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES; APPENDIX B. TRANSCRIPTION CONVENTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES; APPENDIX C. TRANSCRIPTION CONVENTIONS FOR FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS; MEDIA DISCOURSE DATA; REFERENCES; INDEX
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