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Brill The Power of Words: Essays in Lexicography, Lexicology and Semantics. In Honour of Christian J. Kay
Book SynopsisThis volume comprises essays in lexicography, lexicology and semantics by leading international experts in these fields. The contributions cover Old, Middle and Present-Day English and Scots, and specific subjects include medical vocabulary, colour lexemes, and semantic and pragmatic meaning in terms for politeness, money and humour. In the area of Old English studies there are articles on kinship terminology and colour lexemes, and in Middle English a semantic and syntactic study of the overlapping of the verbs dreden and douten. Many of the essays make use of the Historical Thesaurus of English project at the University of Glasgow, and pay tribute to its Director, Professor Christian Kay; e.g., one article demonstrates how the HTE, a project which is at the interface between historical semantics and lexicography, may present a rich resource for information about the lexicalization of concepts within our culture, such as changing social attitudes in the area of will, consent and coercion. Other resources, such as The Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English, and the Oxford English Dictionary provide a rich source for information on historical lexicography, semantics and editing. A number of essays concern the Scots language, such as an analysis of evaluative terms in modern Scots speech and writing, the rich potential of rhyme in Scots, and the role of lexicon in th- fronting in Glaswegian.Table of ContentsIntroduction C. P. BIGGAM: Old English colour lexemes used of textiles in Anglo-Saxon England Julie COLEMAN: Slang terms for money: a historical thesaurus Fiona DOUGLAS and John CORBETT: ‘Huv a wee seat, hen’: evaluative terms in Scots Philip DURKIN: Lexical splits and mergers: some difficult cases for the OED Andreas FISCHER: Of fæderan and eamas: avuncularity in Old English Roger LASS and Margaret LAING: $ho:fian{*}/vK2: a LAEME-based lexical study Caroline MACAFEE: The rhyme potential of Scots Terttu NEVALAINEN and Heli TISSARI: Of politeness and people Michiko OGURA: ME douten and dreden Jane ROBERTS: What did Anglo-Saxon seals seal when? Jeremy J. SMITH: Notes on the medical vocabulary of John Keats Jane STUART-SMITH and Claire TIMMINS: ‘Tell her to shut her moof’: the role of the lexicon in TH-fronting in Glaswegian Louise SYLVESTER: Forces of change: are social and moral attitudes legible in this Historical Thesaurus classification? Irma TAAVITSAINEN: Key word in context: semantic and pragmatic meaning of humour James MCGONIGAL: Lexicographical Lyrics Notes on the Contributors Tabula Gratulatoria
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Brill Discourse and language learning across L2 instructional settings
Book SynopsisStudies on discourse and language learning originated in the field of general education and they focused on first language learning environments. However, since 1980s research on discourse and language learning broadened the scope of investigation to respond to second and foreign language environments. Recently, the emergence of new language learning contexts such as computer mediated communication, multilingual settings or content and language integrated contexts requires further research that focuses on discourse and language learning. From this perspective, the present volume aims to broaden the scope of investigation in foreign language contexts by exploring discourse patterns in the classroom and examining the impact of factors such as gender, explicitness of feedback or L1 use on language learning through discourse. With that aim in mind, this volume will bring together research that investigates discourse in various instructional settings, namely those of primary, secondary and university L2 learning environments, content and language integrated contexts and other new language learning settings. The number and variety of languages involved both as the first language (e.g. English, Finnish, Basque, Spanish, Japanese, French, Italian, Catalan) as well as the target foreign language (e.g. English, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish) makes the volume specially attractive. Additionally, the different approaches adopted by the researchers participating in this volume, such as information processing, sociocultural theory, or conversation analysis, widen the realm of investigation on discourse and language learning. Finally, the strength of the volume also lies in the range of educational settings (primary, secondary and tertiary education) and the worldwide representation of contributors across seven different countries, namely those of Spain, France, Austria, Finland, Germany, Canada, Australia and the United States. The uniqueness of the volume is due to its eclectic and comprehensive nature in tackling instructional discourse. Worldwide outstanding researchers, like Julianne House, Carme Muñoz, Ute Smit, Tarja Nikula or Roy Lyster, to quote but a few, adopt different perspectives in this joint contribution that will certainly broaden the scope of research on language learners’ discourse.Table of ContentsEva Alcón Soler and María-Pilar Safont-Jordà: Introduction Discourse in L2 learning contexts Elsa Tragant and Carme Muñoz: Primary school teachers’ language practices. A four-year longitudinal study of three FL classes Nathalie Blanc, Rita Carol, Peter Griggs and Roy Lyster: Lexical scaffolding in immersion classroom discourse Rita Tognini and Rhonda Oliver: L1 use in primary and secondary foreign language classrooms and its contribution to learning Yumiko Tateyama: Repair in Japanese request sequences during student - teacher interactions Discourse in Content and language integrated contexts Ana Llinares and Tom Morton: Social perspectives on interaction and language learning in CLIL classrooms Tarja Nikula: On the role of peer discussions in the learning of subject-specific language use in CLIL Ute Smit: English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and its role in integrating content and language in higher education. A longitudinal study of question-initiated exchanges Discourse in new language learning contexts Juliane House: Identity and face in institutional English as Lingua Franca discourse Josep Maria Cots and Laura Espelt: The voices of immigrant students in the classroom: discourse practices and language learning in a Catalan-Spanish bilingual environment César Félix-Brasdefer: Email openings and closings: pragmalinguistic and gender variation in learner-instructor cyber consultations Issues for further research on discourse and language learning Agurtzane Azkarai and María del Pilar García Mayo: Does gender influence task performance in EFL? Interactive tasks and language related episodes Patricia Salazar: Exploring learners’ reaction to corrective feedback from stimulated recall interviews Laura Portolés-Falomir and Sofía Martín-Laguna: Code switching in classroom discourse: A multilingual approach
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Brill Refusals in instructional contexts and beyond
Book SynopsisLittle exposure and few opportunities for practice are two main drawbacks for learners in instructional contexts. These problems are intensified when dealing with face-threatening acts such as refusals, as learners are not fully capable of expressing their meanings and miscommunication is a likely by-product. The present volume aims at exploring factors and production of refusals in different instructional settings by means of ten original papers which address key questions dealing with the speech act of refusals. The relevance of the volume lies in the individual contributions which embrace innovative perspectives on refusals in order to provide an excellent contribution to this field of enquiry. The book is an obligatory reading for researchers and students interested in the field of interlanguage pragmatics, who will benefit from the range of educational contexts in which refusals are investigated.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Otilia Martí-Arnándiz and Patricia Salazar-Campillo: Introduction Enhancing refusals in formal settings Ana B. Fernández-Guerra: Using TV series as input source of refusals in the classroom Elina Vilar-Beltrán and Sabela Melchor-Couto: Refusing in Second Life Eva Alcón-Soler and Josep R. Guzman i Pitarch: The effect of instruction on learners’ use and negotiation of refusals Esther Usó-Juan: Effects of metapragmatic instruction on EFL learners’ production of refusals Variables affecting use of refusals Naoko Taguchi: Refusals in L2 English: Proficiency effects on appropriateness and fluency Victòria Codina-Espurz: The role of proficiency in the production of refusals in English in an instructed context César Félix-Brasdefer: Refusing in L2 Spanish: The effects of the context of learning during a short-term study abroad program Investigating learners’ production of refusals Alicia Martínez-Flor: Learners’ production of refusals: Interactive written DCT versus oral role-play Maria-Pilar Safont-Jordà and Laura Portolés-Falomir: Research method effects on third language learners’ refusals Patricia Salazar-Campillo: Production of refusals: Insights from stimulated recall Notes on contributors
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Brill Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen, Band I: A–J
Book SynopsisDie ostseefinnischen Sprachen enthalten viele alte, d.h. vor etwa 500 A.D. übernommene Wörter germanischer Herkunft. Die germanische Lehnwortschicht reicht teilweise bis in die Jahrhunderte vor unserer Zeitrechnung zurück. Im dreibändigen Werk werden fast 1400 Stichwörter behandelt. Die Autoren stellen nicht nur sichere Lehnwörter vor, sondern auch solche Wörter, die in der Forschungsliteratur zu Unrecht für germanische Lehnwörter gehalten worden sind oder deren germanische Herkunft zweifelhaft ist.Trade Review“Die Auswahl des Materials sowie dessen Bewertung erfolgen auf äußerst sorgfältige und logische Weise, ebenso die Darstellung der Schlussfolgerungen und deren Begründungen […] Alle Erklärungen werden einer eingehenden Prüfung unterzogen, wobei nach ausführlicher Begründung ein Teil verworfen wird. Problempunkte werden direkt und ohne Umschweife zur Sprache gebracht, auch solche Punkte, die nicht endgültig geklärt werden konnten Die Quellenangaben verweisen auf zusätzliche Informationsquellen […] Dieses Buch kann man wärmstens empfehlen.” – Prof. Kaisa Häkkinen, in: Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 61 (2012), 224-225
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Kalpaz Publications The Elements Of Style
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Unknown The Doctrines and Discipline of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church Revised Edition 1918 Edition1
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General Press India The Elements of Style
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Amsterdam University Press Spaces of Communication: Elements of
Book SynopsisSpaces of Communication offers a concise introduction to semiopragmatics and condenses the intellectual trajectory of one of the foundational figures of film studies into a relatively short and accessible volume. It testifies to the author’s deep and rich intellectual engagement with a vast array of objects ranging from the classics of the cinephile canon to television news programs, home movies and mobile phone films.Trade Review"It is hard to believe that it has taken almost forty years for Roger Odin’s semio-pragmatic approach to finally become accessible in a book for the English-speaking world. Long before the post-cinema debate, Roger Odin started to theorize the many facets of film beyond the theatrical motion picture. Immensely productive particularly with a view to the current transformations of film, Odin’s film theory continues to question and subvert established distinctions: between disciplines and theoretical schools, but also between legitimate and illegitimate objects." – Alexandra Schneider, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz "With scientific rigor and academic generosity, Roger Odin discloses the analytical machine that underpins his semio-pragmatic approach. Readers not only enjoy a wide breadth of examples, but also witness the trial-and-error approach that ensured the success of semio-pragmatics. At once a methodological synthesis and a balance of intellectual achievement, this book promotes an integral method for analyzing film as a communicative apparatus." – Francesco Casetti, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsA Democracy of Readings and Objects: Roger Odin’s Contribution to the Theory of Film (Vinzenz Hediger) What We Make of Images and Sounds: Semio-Pragmatics as Approach and Method Establishing a Discipline, Cultivating a Field: Roger Odin and Film Studies in France Moving Semiotics Forward: Semio-Pragmatics and Film Theory since the 1960s Beware of the Crypt: Semio-Pragmatics and the Question of Communication After the Elegy of Cinema: Semio-Pragmatics and the State of Film Studies Spaces of Communication: Elements of Semio-Pragmatics (Roger Odin) Foreword and Acknowledgements Introduction: The Semio-Pragmatic Model On the Difficulty of Getting Away from Immanence On the Difficulty of Staying Within Immanence Vacillation For an Articulation between the Two Paradigms: Semio-Pragmatics The Semio-Pragmatic Model 1. Context, Constraints and the Space of Communication Universally Shared Constraints Natural Constraints The Narrative Constraint The Case of Languages Language and Perception The Influence of a Language on How We Read Images “Non-Natural” Constraints and the Notion of the “Space of Communication” 2. The Discursive Space : Communicative Competence and Modes of Production of Meaning Fictionalizing Mode (First Approach) Spectacularizing and Energetic Modes Documentarizing Mode, Moralizing Mode Fictionalizing Mode (Second Approach); Fabulating Mode 3. Aesthetic Mode, Artistic Mode: Relationship between Modes and Spaces From the Aesthetic Mode to Aesthetic Spaces From the Artistic Mode (in Reduced Form) to Inscription in the Space of Art From the Artistic Mode (Full-Fledged Form) to the Spaces of Art Relationship among Modes and among Spaces 4. Contextual Analysis and the Space of Communication: The Space of Communication of Family Memory The Space of Communication for Memory in the “Traditional” Family The Constraints and the Construction of the Actants Which Mode(s) to Construct? Private Mode, Intimate Mode Communication Operators The Space of Communication for Memory in the New Family Structure “Freed-Up” Communication Testimony Mode: Another Mode of Production of Meaning Other Memory Operators 5. The Space of Communication and Migration: The Example of the Home Movie The Home Movie: From Archives to Loci of Memory The Home Movie on Television From Home Movie to Micro-Histories The Home Movie in the Space of Art The Home Movie in the Medical Context 6. Textual Analysis and Semio-Pragmatics A Stage of the Tour de France on Television Interpreting the Reproduction of a Painting Collective Academic Research The Space of Description and the Construction of the Object of Analysis From the Space of Textual Analysis to the Space of Interpretation The Space of Ideological Analysis The Space of Epistemological Reflection The Place of Cinema in the Academic Institutional Space Conclusion List of Tools The Different Stages of Construction of the Semio-Pragmatic Model Bibliography Index
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Helsinki University Press An Investigation of Hate Speech in Italian
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Polis Institute Press Ancient Greek Thematic Dictionary. Volume I
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Hank Youngman Pythagoras' Prison
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Ridha Rouabhia Critical Discourse Analysis in the Digital Age
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Dr. Hussam Atef Elkhatib Shrouded in Words
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp LArt de Convaincre
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Dictionary of Semiotics
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ABC-CLIO The Politics of Rhetoric
Book SynopsisRichard M. Weaver was one of the leading rhetoricians of the 1950s, whose philosophical and pedagogical writings helped revitalize interest in rhetoric. This book examines the relationship between Weaver's rhetorical theory and his cultural views, focusing on the rhetorical insights.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Cultural Theory, Part I Cultural Theory, Part II Literary Theory Rhetorical and Composition Theory Science, Metaphysics, and Sectional Culture The Rhetoric of Social Science: Brute Facts and Created Realities General Semantics and Spacious Rhetoric Rhetorical Genres Conclusion Works Cited Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Analysing Talk Investigating Verbal Interaction in English Studies in English Language
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Edinburgh University Press Critical Discourse Analysis and Language
Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary study of issues of language manipulation, this book explores the interpretation stage of critical discourse analysis (CDA) for students in areas such as English language, media studies and applied linguistics, as well as practitioners in the field. It also offers a new way forward for highlighting manipulative language, accomplishing this through the innovation of a model of reading for gist. The model is an original synthesis of elements from four contemporary cognitive frameworks: connectionism, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistic evidence on inference generation, and relevance theory. Significantly, Kieran O''Halloran also shows how each of these frameworks challenges current notions of cognition in CDA and he carefully works through the implications of this for how CDA highlights manipulative language.Table of ContentsTable of Contents: Introduction; SECTION A: THE INTERPRETATION STAGE IN CDA; 1. How CDA currently highlights biased or manipulative text; 2. Symbolicism; 3. The symbolicism of CDA; SECTION B: NEWER APPROACHES TO COGNITION; 4. Connectionism; 5. Cognitive linguistics; 6. Recent psycholinguistic evidence on inference generation; 7. Relevance Theory; SECTION C: THE NON-CRITICAL LAY-READER; 8. Constructing a model of a non-critical lay-reader; 9. Applications I; 10. Applications II; Conclusion.
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Edinburgh University Press Discourse Analysis
Book SynopsisA clear and lively introduction to current trends in the theory, method and tools of discourse studies, this book is a valuable guide for students and teachers of linguistics as well as for those with an interest in the linguistic methods of analysing discourse.Trade ReviewA scholarly and ambitious work, which attempts to integrate insights from many theoretical positions on discourse - all the gurus are there ...The reader activities should be of considerable interest to all teachers and students in the field of discourse studies. The texts are immensely diverse, ranging from plot summaries to NYPD Blue, to excerpts from books by Stephen Hawking and Peter Hoeg, to comments by Sviatoslav Richter. -- Jenny Miller, University of Queensland Characterised by in-depth discussions of theoretical issues, accompanied by profound practical analyses of authentic data ... a guide to the analysis of narrative and non-narrative authentic texts that combines a structure-oriented and a function-oriented viewpoint. -- Wolfram Bublitz, University of Augsburg A scholarly and ambitious work, which attempts to integrate insights from many theoretical positions on discourse - all the gurus are there ...The reader activities should be of considerable interest to all teachers and students in the field of discourse studies. The texts are immensely diverse, ranging from plot summaries to NYPD Blue, to excerpts from books by Stephen Hawking and Peter Hoeg, to comments by Sviatoslav Richter. Characterised by in-depth discussions of theoretical issues, accompanied by profound practical analyses of authentic data ... a guide to the analysis of narrative and non-narrative authentic texts that combines a structure-oriented and a function-oriented viewpoint.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. The Study of Discourse; 2. The Modes of Discourse; 3. Discourse Units and Relations; 4. Discourse Organisation; 5. Structure and Functions; 6. Narrative and Non-narrative in Interaction; 7. Emerging Perspectives on Discourse; Bibliography.
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Edinburgh University Press A Glossary of Semantics and Pragmatics
Book SynopsisThis alphabetic guide introduces terms referring to key concepts in semantics and pragmatics.Trade ReviewCruse's Glossary of Semantics and Pragmatics, is a most welcome work of reference, not only because there are no competing volumes on the market to date, but also because, like its sister volumes from the same series, the glossary is a useful terminological dictionary, especially, but not exclusively, for the intended readership. Cruse's Glossary of Semantics and Pragmatics, is a most welcome work of reference, not only because there are no competing volumes on the market to date, but also because, like its sister volumes from the same series, the glossary is a useful terminological dictionary, especially, but not exclusively, for the intended readership.
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Edinburgh University Press Media Discourse
Book SynopsisA lively and accessible study of media and discourse.Table of ContentsPART I: KEY ISSUES IN ANALYSING MEDIA DISCOURSE; 1. Introduction: Media and Discourse; 2. Reconfigurations; 3. Texts and Positioning; 4. Dialogism and 'voice'; PART II: REPRESENTATION AND INTERACTION; 5. Simulated Interaction; 6. Interpersonal Meaning in Broadcast Texts: Representing Social Identities and Relationships; 7. Production Communities and Audience Communities; 8. Interactivity.
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Edinburgh University Press The Handbook of Business Discourse
Book SynopsisA single-volume reference companion to the multi-disciplinary field of business discourse.Trade ReviewThe discourse of business, and about business, is now at the centre of contemporary culture. While many authors offer partial insights into business discourse, Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini has made a heroic effort to collect many such insights together in this impressive Handbook. She has also managed both to discipline the contributors and give free rein to their creativity; an achievement considering the variety of cultures and research fields that they represent. The result is a rich volume that will become indispensable to those students and scholars in social sciences and humanities who are interested in contemporary phenomena. -- Barbara Czarniawska, Professor of Management Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 'Those researchers interested in understanding and applying the various disciplinary perspectives and approaches used to study discourse in the context of business will not be disappointed by The Handbook of Business Discourse. This much needed and welcome resource, provides an authoritative set of up-to-date contributions from an impressive line-up of distinguished as well as emergent scholars.' -- David Grant, Professor of Organizational Studies, University of Sydney 'Drawing on a remarkably diverse range of disciplines, Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini has courageously addressed the challenge of providing a research and teaching resource for an area which is notoriously difficult to define.' -- Janet Holmes, Victoria University of Wellington Discourse Studies There are no other books on the market which have such a broad scope as The Handbook of Business Discourse. lts great strength lies with its scope and diversity, and with the overall themes it presents, of critique, context, collaboration and intercultural awareness, all of which are relevant to a future in which the field of business discourse research can continue to thrive. In conclusion, this book is thoroughly recommended. It is ideally suited to students and teachers of business communication looking for a thorough reference to the field. Furthermore, academics and experienced researchers searching for synergies between different disciplinary approaches, or for methodologies to complement their own, will also find it invaluable. -- Emma Sweeney, Birkbeck College, University of London Language and Intercultural Communication This handbook provides an essential foundation that integrates communication, globalization, and engagement scholarship from around the world and nicely complements the current discussion of discourse by challenging readers to think anew about the functions, processes, and consequences of discourse theory and practice. The chapters in this handbook redefine, reinterrogate, and reintegrate some of our common understandings of discourse, and in so doing, this handbook leaves the reader with a nuanced, well-rounded, and clear understanding about the trajectory of future research on discourse! Part 1 signals to the reader immediately that it is essential to incorporate global voices consistently into any discussion of business discourse, and this is one of the greatest strengths of this collection. -- Patrice M. Buzzanell, Purdue University, Suzy D'Enbeau University of Kansas and Rebecca Dohrman, Maryville University Management Communication Quarterly The discourse of business, and about business, is now at the centre of contemporary culture. While many authors offer partial insights into business discourse, Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini has made a heroic effort to collect many such insights together in this impressive Handbook. She has also managed both to discipline the contributors and give free rein to their creativity; an achievement considering the variety of cultures and research fields that they represent. The result is a rich volume that will become indispensable to those students and scholars in social sciences and humanities who are interested in contemporary phenomena. 'Those researchers interested in understanding and applying the various disciplinary perspectives and approaches used to study discourse in the context of business will not be disappointed by The Handbook of Business Discourse. This much needed and welcome resource, provides an authoritative set of up-to-date contributions from an impressive line-up of distinguished as well as emergent scholars.' 'Drawing on a remarkably diverse range of disciplines, Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini has courageously addressed the challenge of providing a research and teaching resource for an area which is notoriously difficult to define.' There are no other books on the market which have such a broad scope as The Handbook of Business Discourse. lts great strength lies with its scope and diversity, and with the overall themes it presents, of critique, context, collaboration and intercultural awareness, all of which are relevant to a future in which the field of business discourse research can continue to thrive. In conclusion, this book is thoroughly recommended. It is ideally suited to students and teachers of business communication looking for a thorough reference to the field. Furthermore, academics and experienced researchers searching for synergies between different disciplinary approaches, or for methodologies to complement their own, will also find it invaluable. This handbook provides an essential foundation that integrates communication, globalization, and engagement scholarship from around the world and nicely complements the current discussion of discourse by challenging readers to think anew about the functions, processes, and consequences of discourse theory and practice. The chapters in this handbook redefine, reinterrogate, and reintegrate some of our common understandings of discourse, and in so doing, this handbook leaves the reader with a nuanced, well-rounded, and clear understanding about the trajectory of future research on discourse! Part 1 signals to the reader immediately that it is essential to incorporate global voices consistently into any discussion of business discourse, and this is one of the greatest strengths of this collection.Table of ContentsForeword; Acknowledgements; Editorial Advisory Board; Notes on Contributors; Reviewers; Introduction: Business discourse, F. Bargiela-Chiappini; Part One: Foundation and Context; Introduction; 1: Europe: the state of the field, C. Nickerson and B. Planken; 2: New Zealand and Australia: the state of the field, T. Zorn and M. Simpson; 3: North America: the state of the field, D. C. Andrews; 4: Discourse, communication and organisational ontology, B. Brummans, F. Cooren and M. Chaput; Part Two: Approaches and methodologies; Introduction; 5: Rhetorical analysis, M. Zachry; 6: Organisational discourse analysis, R. Iedema and H. Scheeres; 7: Ethnomethodology, D. Samra-Fredericks; 8: Corpus linguistics, T. Berber Sardinha and L. Barbara; 9: Critical studies, S. Deetz and J. G. McClellan; 10: Mediated communication, J. Gimenez; 11: Negotiation studies, A-M Bulow; 12: Multimodal analysis, G. Garzone; 13: Politeness studies, R. Marquez-Reiter; 14: BELF: Business English as a Lingua Franca, M. Gerritsen and C. Nickerson; Part Three: Disciplinary Perspectives; Introduction; 15: Linguistic anthropology, C. Wasson; 16: Gender studies, L. Mullany; 17: Sociology, narrative and discourse, T. Watson; 18: Pragmatics, K. C. C. Kong; 19: Organisational communication, A. M. Schmisseur, J. Jian and G. T. Fairhurst; 20: International management, R. Piekkari; 21: Management communication, L. Reinsch; 22: Race and management communication, P. S. Parker and D. S. Grimes; 23: Business communication, L. Louhiala-Salminen; 24: Intercultural Communication, I. Pillier; Part Four: Localised Perspectives; Introduction; 25: Japan, H. Tanaka; 26: China, Y. Zhu and L. Li; 27: Korea, Y. Jung; 28: Vietnam, G. Chew; 29: Malaysia, S. Nair-Venugopal; 30: Brazil, L. Pacheco de Oliveira; 31: Spain, E. Montolio and F. Ramallo; 32: Francophone research, L. Filliettaz and de Saint-Georges; 33: Kazakhstan, E. Suleimenova and G. G. Burkitbayeva; Conclusions; 34: Future horizons: Europe, M. Charles; 35: Future horizons: North America, R. Dulek and M. Graham; 36: Future horizons: Asia, W. Cheng.
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Edinburgh University Press Understanding Pragmatic Markers
Book SynopsisPragmatic markers are multifunctional and this can make it difficult to describe their meaning and potential. This book looks at pragmatic markers in a corpus of spoken English, with a focus on the functions performed by the markers in different types of text. It explores the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse aspects of the markers.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The pragmatic marker well; 3. In fact and actually - a class of factuality markers; 4. General extenders; 5. Conclusion.
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Edinburgh University Press Understanding Pragmatic Markers
Book SynopsisPragmatic markers are multifunctional and this can make it difficult to describe their meaning and potential. This book looks at pragmatic markers in a corpus of spoken English, with a focus on the functions performed by the markers in different types of text. It explores the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse aspects of the markers.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The pragmatic marker well; 3. In fact and actually - a class of factuality markers; 4. General extenders; 5. Conclusion.
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Edinburgh University Press English Historical Pragmatics
Book SynopsisA guide to historical pragmatics in English studies. It gives students a grounding in historical pragmatics and teaches the methodology needed to analyse language in social, cultural and historical contexts. It provides insights into the analysis of discourse markers, interjections, terms of address and speech acts.Table of Contents1. Historical pragmatics: Communicative patterns of the past; 2. The lack of native speakers: Data problems in historical pragmatics; 3. Excavating usage patterns: Methods in historical pragmatics; 4. "Or I wol crie"out, harrow and "allas!": Discourse markers and interjections; 5. "If thou thoust him some thrice": Terms of address; 6. "Do you wish to insult me?": Speech acts; 7. "For your curteisie": Forms of politeness; 8. The pragmatics of language change: Grammaticalization, subjectification and pragmaticalization; 9. "Take a pounde of sugir and halfe a pounde of tendir roses lyues...": Genres and text types; 10. "I pray thee friend Humfrey, what is phisicke?": Scientific and medical discourse; 11. "Our Letters from the Levant inform us": Historical news discourse; 12. "All of a sudden the bells ceased to chime": Narrative patterns in the course of time; References and glossary.
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Edinburgh University Press English Historical Semantics
Book SynopsisThis guide gives students a solid grounding in the basic methodology of how to analyse corpus data to study new words entering the language or language change. .
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Key Terms in Stylistics
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Bloomsbury Academic How to Write Poetry
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Macmillan Higher Education The Writers Loop with 2020 APA Update
Book SynopsisThe Writer?s Loop, presents a refreshing, practical approach to writing, based on the habits of strong writers, who pause often, reflect, and loop backwards and forwards as they revise on their way to a final draft. With integrated videos, relatable examples, clear explanations, and a consistent, scaffolded learning framework, each brief chapter engages writers through reflection and practices that support the most common types of academic writing, including essays, arguments, and research projects Achieve with Ingraham and Bohannon, The Writer?s Loop combines instruction with integrated videos, powerful writing tools, and customizable multi-draft writing assignments.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC News Discourse
Book SynopsisMonika Bednarek is Associate Professor in Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.Helen Caple is Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of New South Wales, Australia.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. News Discourse in Context 3. News Values 4. Language in the News 5. Images in the News 6. Evaluation in the News 7. Balancing Act: Image Composition 8. The Big Picture: A Case Study of Stand-Alones in Print News 9. Killing Osama: A Case Study of Online News Appendices Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Change and Stability in Thesis and Dissertation
Book SynopsisExamining recent changes in the once stable genre of doctoral thesis and dissertation writing, this book explores how these changes impact on the nature of the doctoral thesis/dissertation itself. Covering different theories of genre, Brian Paltridge and Sue Starfield focus on the concepts of evolution, innovation and emergence in the context of the production and reception of doctoral theses and dissertations. Specifically concerned with this genre in the humanities, social sciences and visual and performing arts, this book also investigates the forces which are shaping changes in this high-stakes genre, as well as those which act as constraints. Employing textography as its methodological approach, the book provides multiple perspectives on the ways in which doctoral theses and dissertations are subject to forces of continuity and change in the academy. Analyses of the new humanities' doctorate, professional doctorates, practice-based doctorates, and the doctorate bTrade ReviewThis is a book that should be of interest to anyone seeking an in-depth understanding of the moving target we call the PhD thesis/dissertation genre in all its rapidly morphing, increasingly multimodal, disciplinarily diverse and complex manifestations. -- Diane D. Belcher, Georgia State University, USATable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Doctoral Thesis/Dissertation as an Evolving Genre 3.Investigating Change and Stability in Doctoral Theses and Dissertations 4. The Evolution of Thesis and Dissertation Types 5. The ‘New Humanities’ PhD 6. Professional Doctorates 7. Practice-based Doctoratesin the Visual Arts 8. Practice-based Doctorates in Music 9. Doctorates by Publication 10. Genre Evolution in Thesis and Dissertation Writing References Appendix Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Bloomsbury Handbook of Lexicography
Book SynopsisHoward Jackson is Emeritus Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the School of English at Birmingham City University, UK.Trade ReviewAn enormously valuable and instructive starting point for research into lexicography and meta-lexicography; the contributions include helpful and detailed examples, and the relatively compact size of each paper makes the book particularly manageable for students and other researchers. * The Year's Work in English Studies (of the first edition) *A strong catalyst for lexicographers of every stripe. It presents contemporary research, summarized for review at a readable scale, with the happy outcome that both specialists and new researchers may reach a clearly contextualized understanding of the trajectories of sub-fields other than their own. * Kernerman Dictionary News (of the first edition) *This volume is useful for students who know little about lexicography, or for professors who use lexicons consistently and want to become more aware of the issues involved in approaching them. * Exegetical Tools Quarterly (of the first edition) *Beautifully edited and organized. * SKY Journal of Linguistics (of the first edition) *An excellent resource that I would strongly recommend for students of lexicography and practitioners alike ... This new edition is a valid and valuable contribution to the library of lexicographic research. * Lexikos *The new Bloomsbury Handbook to Lexicography provides students and researchers with a comprehensive and highly accessible overview of a field that has changed dramatically over the last decades. The 25 chapters and more than 800 pages, written by leading dictionary experts from all over the world, are focused on the key issues of dictionary writing and research, and explore the many questions that lexicographers have to solve and metalexicographers to assess. -- Henri Béjoint, Emeritus Professor, University Lyon 2, FranceHoward Jackson has designed the quintessential handbook for insights into dictionary research and metalexicography. With its current revisions and updates, this volume will be an important resource for students and scholars of lexicography for many years to come. -- Sarah Ogilvie, Senior Research Fellow in Linguistics, University of Oxford, UKTable of Contents1. Introduction, Howard Jackson (Birmingham City University, UK) Part I: Research Methods and Problems 2. A History of Research in Lexicography, Paul Bogaards (Leiden University, Netherlands) 3. Researching Lexicographical Practice, Lars Trap-Jensen (Society for Danish Language and Literature, Denmark) 4. Methods in Dictionary Criticism, Kaoru Akasu (Toyo University, Japan) 5. Methods in (Meta)Lexicography, Howard Jackson (Birmingham City University, UK) 6. Researching Users and Uses of Dictionaries, Hilary Nesi (Coventry University, UK) Part II: Current Research and Issues 7. Using Corpora as Data Sources for Dictionaries, Adam Kilgarriff (University of Leeds, UK) 8. Researching the Use of Electronic Dictionaries, Veronica Pastor and Amparo Alcina (Universitat Jaume I, Spain) 9. Researching Historical Lexicography and Etymology, John Considine (University of Alberta, Canada) 10. Researching Pedagogical Lexicography, Amy Chi (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong) 11. Monolingual Learners' Dictionaries, Shigeru Yamada (Waseda University, Japan) 12. Issues in Compiling Bilingual Dictionaries, Arleta Adamska-Salaciak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) 13. Issues in Compiling Minority and Endangered Language Dictionaries, Verna Stutzman (SIL International, USA) 14. Issues in Compiling Dictionaries for African Languages, Daniel J. Prinsloo (University of Pretoria, South Africa) 15. Issues in Compiling Dictionaries for Asian Languages, Vincent B Y Ooi (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Ai Inoue (National Defense Academy, Japan), Kilim Nam (Kyungpook University, South Korea) and Cuilian Zhao (Sichuan International Studies University, China) 16. Issues in Onomasiological Lexicography, Gerardo Eugenio Sierra Martínez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico) 17. Issues in Collaborative Lexicography, Kevin Warfel, Franck Sajous and Amélie Josselin-Leray (Université de Toulouse 2, France) 18. Issues in Sign Language Lexicography, Inge Zwitserlood (Radboud University, Netherlands), Jette Hedegaard Kristoffersen and Thomas Troelsgard (University College Capital, Denmark) 19. Identifying, Ordering and Defining Senses, Robert Lew (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) 20. A Theory of Lexicography - Is There One?, Tadeusz Piotrowski (Wroclaw University, Poland) Part III: New Directions in Lexicography 21. E-Lexicography, Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera (University of Valladolid, Spain) 22. The Design of Internet Dictionaries, Annette Klosa-Kückelhaus (Institute for the German Language, Germany) 23. The Future of Historical Dictionaries, Charlotte Brewer (University of Oxford, UK) 24. The Future of Dictionaries, Dictionaries of the Future, Sandro Nielsen (Aarhus University, Denmark) and Frank Michaelis (Leibniz-Institute for the German Language, Germany) Key Resources for Lexicography, Reinhard Hartmann (Birmingham University, UK) Glossary, Barbara Ann Kipfer (Zeta Global) Annotated Bibliography Index of Proper Names Index
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Edinburgh University Press Morphology
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides an in-depth introduction to morphology, while also engaging with the latest research and developments in the field. By presenting the latest theories and highlighting the current challenges in morphology, it offers a firm grounding for starting your own original research and will inspire your own thinking about the morphology of your target languages. It guides you through the context, theories and latest research in morphology with end-of-chapter exercises designed to strengthen your understanding of key topics and suggestions for further reading offered as a starting point for further study.This second edition incorporates the latest research within morphology, drawing on new research from the fields of psycholinguistics and language acquisition and discussing morphology in relation to syntax, lexical semantics and phonology. It also pays particular attention to the debate between lexicalism and constructionism. With two new chapters on morphology and language acquisition and morphology and psycholinguistics and updated accounts of the claims made within each theory to reflect current research trends, there is so much here to invigorate and inspire your study of morphology.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Transnational Tolstoy Between the West and the
Book SynopsisJohn Burt Foster, Jr., is University Professor of English and Cultural Studies at George Mason University, USA. He is the author of Heirs to Dionysus: A Nietzschean Current in Literary Modernism (Princeton University Press, 1981) and Nabokov's Art Memory and European Modernism (Princeton University Press, 1993) and the editor, with Wayne J. Froman, of Dramas of Culture: Theory, History, Performance (Lexington Books, 2008). He is the past editor of The Comparatist and of Recherche littéraire / Literary Research, the journal of the International Comparative Literature Association.Trade ReviewTransnational Tolstoy is a welcome and groundbreaking addition to Tolstoy studies, and to the transnational reading of Russian literature generally … In this rewarding volume, John Burt Foster has updated and extended the exhausted genres of ‘Tolstoy and the West’ and ‘Tolstoy and World Literature.’ … Transnational Tolstoy provokes consideration … and plays an exemplary role in opening Tolstoy’s complex position ‘between the west and the world’ to new and productive approaches. -- William Nickell, University of Chicago * Slavic and East European Journal *Transnational Tolstoy is unlike any other current work on Tolstoi today. It provides a refreshing and thought-provoking look at one of the major figures of Russian literature and the dialogues he inspired and initiated around the globe. -- Justin Weir, Harvard University * Slavic Review *Foster ... clearly has a gift for condensing his arguments into self-contained, well-expressed units. He also writes with a stylistic finesse and an apparent aversion to generating critical antipathy; his focus is always on saying things as well and persuasively as possible. Judging by his wide cultural knowledge, refined style, and pleasing attitude, he could have been a diplomat. * Cambridge Quarterly Review *Foster's book is a laudable venture into a new critical method of reading great fiction transnationally ... [He] works with splendid erudition and ingenuity ... [to provide] a refreshing and welcome method of reading and understanding Tolstoi. * Modern Language Review *Transnational Tolstoy is a tour de force of old-fashioned comparative literature, taking in, as it does, such a wide selection of authors from such a wide selection of cultures and nations. * The European Legacy *Foster's engaging study makes a crucial point: that, far from being a monologist or solipsist or hegemonic universalist, Tolstoi developed an ever more nuanced recognition of the incredibly complex interplay of different influences on which any cultural product must depend . . . To have returned this magnificently plural Tolstoi to us, as Foster has in lucid and mercifully jargon-free prose, is a substantial achievement. -- Jeff Love, Clemson University, US * Slavonic and East European Review *I immensely enjoyed reading John Burt Foster's Transnational Tolstoy, a monumental work that puts Tolstoy at the very heart of world literature, relating his work, and especially War and Peace, Anna Karenina and Hadji Murad, to that of immediate predecessors such as Stendhal, contemporaries like Flaubert, and successors including Malraux and Lampedusa, Premchand and Mahfouz. Fully informed by the most recent thinking on comparative and world literature, yet always wearing its learning lightly, Transnational Tolstoy stands as a guide and an inspiration for literary scholars worldwide. -- Theo D'haen, Professor of English & Comparative Literature, University of Leuven, Belgium, and author of The Routledge Concise History of World LiteratureIn Transnational Tolstoy: Between the West and the World John Burt Foster, Jr., offers a new framework for reading the works of Lev Tolstoy. Often viewed as one of the pillars of 'western' literature, Tolstoy’s works now receive a thorough consideration from a fresh perspective, defining Tolstoy’s art through the concepts of 'transnational' writing and 'global' literature. Foster uses these concepts effectively to open up intriguing sides of Tolstoy’s art and to encourage readers to think differently about Tolstoy. Foster probes the middle-aged and aged Tolstoy’s views of himself as non-Western. Finally, he investigates the ways in which twentieth-century non-Western writers of various stylistic bents—modernist, postmodernist, and postcolonial; imagist and magical realist—have engaged with Tolstoy’s art. The result is a stimulating read for literary scholars and the educated public alike. -- Edith W. Clowes, Brown-Forman Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia, USA, and author of Russia on the Edge: Imagined Geographies and Post-Soviet IdentityTransnational Tolstoy is a consistently illuminating and lucidly written examination of Tolstoy as a central figure in the fluid movement of culture around the world. More broadly, this wonderful book is also a methodologically innovative, provocative, and inspiring example of how to conduct literary study in the twenty-first century. -- Vladimir Alexandrov, B. E. Bensinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Director of Graduate Studies, Yale University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: Transnational Tolstoy and the New Comparatism Part One: Facing West 1. "Occidentalism" in Tolstoy and Dostoevsky: Culture Shock on European Visits 2. Vengeance is Mine: Anna Karenina and Stendhal's Italy 3. Napoleonic Anniversaries: War and Peace and Flaubert's Sentimental Education 4. From Worldliness to World Literature: Tolstoy between Goethe and Proust Part Two: Outside the Soviet Canon 5. Realism as Imagism: Tolstoy, Nabokov, and Modernist Fiction 6. Toxic Nationalism: From Tolstoy and Stendhal to Malraux and Lampedusa 7. Felt History: From Anna Karenina to Magical Realism Part Three: Into the World 8. What is Art?, Hadji Murad, and World Literature 9. Dialogues with Tolstoy: Premchand and Mahfouz 10. "Show Me the Zulu Tolstoy": Who Owns War and Peace? 11. Postcoloniality and Islamic Identity in Hadji Murad Conclusion: Between the West and the World Bibliography Index
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