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Book SynopsisEssential study guides for the future linguist. Text Analysis and Representation is a general introduction to the methods and principles behind English linguistics study, suitable for students at advanced level and beyond. Written with input from the Cambridge English Corpus, it looks at the way meaning is made using authentic written and spoken examples. This helps students give confident analysis and articulate responses. Using short activities to help explain analysis methods, this book guides students through major modern issues and concepts. It summarises key concerns and modern findings, while providing inspiration for language investigations and non-examined assessments (NEAs) with research suggestions.Table of Contents1. What is text analysis and representation?: 1.1. Big issues; 1.2. Discourse; 1.3. Context; 1.4. Meaning; 1.5. Register; 1.6. What is a text?; 1.7. Using metalanguage; 1.8. Participants in discourse; 1.9. Language as a system of meaning; 1.10. Mode and genre; 1.11. Purpose; 1.12. Approaches to analysing texts; 2. The structure of language: building words: 2.1. How language is organised; 2.2. Phonetics and phonology; 2.3. Grammar: building words; 2.4. Categories of words; 3. The structure of language: building sentences: 3.1. Distribution; 3.2. Phrases; 3.3. Clauses; 3.4. Functions; 3.5. Active and passive voice; 3.6. Sentences; 4. Creating meaning: 4.1. Negotiating meaning: semantics and pragmatics; 4.2. Knowledge; 4.3. Networks of words; 4.4. Metaphor; 4.5. Modality; 4.6. Building and representing the world; 5. Spoken language: 5.1. Working with spoken language; 5.2. Speech acts; 5.3. Narrative; 5.4. Multi-speaker interaction; 5.5. The social nature of speech; Ideas and answers; References.

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Book SynopsisEssential study guides for the future linguist. The Language of Literature is a general introduction to the methods and principles behind stylistics. It is suitable for advanced level students and beyond. Written with input from the Cambridge English Corpus, it provides students with an introduction to stylistics with texts from different genres. It takes the approach that the best way to study literary texts is to focus closely on language. Using short activities to help explain analysis methods, this book guides students through major modern issues and concepts. It summarises key concerns and findings, while providing inspiration for language investigations and non-examined assessments (NEAs) with research suggestions.Table of Contents1. What is stylistics?: 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Defining stylistics; 1.3. Why stylistics?; 1.4. Principles of stylistics; 2. Developing a stylistics toolkit: 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Foregrounding; 2.3. Using levels of language analysis; 2.4. Words; 2.5. Structure; 2.6. Sounds; 2.7. Developing writing as a response; 3. Doing stylistics: 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Speech and thought presentation; 3.3. Modality; 3.4. Transitivity; 3.5. Deixis and viewpoint; 4. Stylistics and the mind: 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Figure and ground; 4.3. Schema theory; 4.4. Metaphor; 4.5. Text World Theory; 5. Exploring stylistics: 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Creative writing and stylistics; 5.3. Reader response studies and stylistics; 5.4. Corpus stylistics; Ideas and answers; References.

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, with the rise of new media, the phenomenon of ''multimodality'' (communication via a number of modes simultaneously) has become central to our everyday interaction. This has given rise to a new kind of literacy that is rapidly gaining ground as an area of research. A companion to Making Sense, which explored the functions of reference, agency and structure in meaning, Adding Sense extends this analysis with two more surrounding functions. It addresses the ways in which ''context'' and ''interest'' add necessary sense to immediate objects of meaning, proposing a ''transpositional grammar'' to account for movement across these different forms of meaning. Adding Sense weaves its way through philosophy, semiotics, social theory and the history of ideas. Its examples cross a range of social contexts, from the meaning universes of the First Peoples, to the new forms of meaning that have emerged in the era of digitally-mediated communication.Trade Review'… more than worth reading. They might be of interest to a wide range of areas, but pragmatics and applied linguistics would probably benefit the most.' Vanderlei J. Zacchi, SciELO Brazil'… a sublime collection of their lived experiences, profound reflections, and lives of meaning.' Fei Victor Lim, SAGE JournalsTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part 1. Context; Part 2. Interest.

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Book SynopsisFirst released in 2005, Ken Hyland''s Metadiscourse has become a canonical account of how language is used in written communication. ''Metadiscourse'' is defined as the ways that writers reflect on their texts to refer to themselves, their readers or the text itself. It is a key resource in language as it allows the writer to engage with readers in familiar and expected ways and as such it is an important tool for students of academic writing in both the L1 and L2 context.This book achieves for main goals:- to provide an accessible introduction to metadiscourse, discussing its role and importance in written communication and reviewing current thinking on the topic- to explore examples of metadiscourse in a range of texts from business, academic, journalistic, and student writing- to offer a new theory of metadiscourse- to show the relevance of this theory to students, academics and language teachersThe book shows how writers use the devices of metadiscourse to adjust the level Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface to the 2005 edition Foreword to the 2018 edition Section 1: What is metadiscourse? 1. First Impressions 2. Definitions, issues and classifications 3. A metadiscourse model Section 2: Metadiscourse in practice 4. Metadiscourse and rhetoric 5. Metadiscourse and genre 6. Metadiscourse and culture 7. Metadiscourse and communication Section 3: Issues and implications 8. Metadiscourse in the classroom 9. Issues and directions References Appendix: Metadiscourse items investigated Subject Index Author Index

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Book SynopsisEconarratives are all around us, describing and shaping human interactions with other species and the physical environment. This book provides a foundational theory of econarrative, drawing from narratology, human ecology, critical discourse analysis, and ecolinguistics, and offering insights from a rich variety of texts including: Creation myths Indigenous podcasts Ethical leadership speeches Haiku poetry Documentary films New nature writing Advertisements and campaigns Apocalyptic storiesAdopting a global, transdisciplinary approach, it conducts in-depth analysis of specific works, including the Cherokee myth How the World Was Made, the speeches of Vandana Shiva, Nightwalk by Chris Yates, Naomi Klein's documentary This Changes Everything, the podcasts of Mohawk seed-keeper Rowen White, the Book of Revelation, and The Dark Mountain Manifesto.Raising awarenTrade ReviewThis book, presenting a clearly defined, comprehensive and coherent overview of econarrative with cogent and intrinsically interesting illustrative examples and a strong argument, is set to become the authoritative and seminal text of a new field. -- Guy Cook, Emeritus Professor of Language in Education, King's College London, UKTimely, compelling and written with great lucidity and clarity, this book offers a wide-ranging account of econarrative and its crucial function in protecting the ecosystems that life depends on. Alongside narratological and linguistic reflections, it presents an impassioned case for challenging our unsustainable civilisation and finding new econarratives to live by. -- Emanuela Ettorre, Professor of English, Università degli Studi ‘Gabriele d'Annunzio’, Chieti-Pescara, ItalyTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Beginning: Activation in Creation Narratives 3. Identifying: Ecocultural Identity in the Seed Sovereignty Movement 4. Emplacing: Timelessness and Placefulness in Haiku 5. Enchanting: Wonder in Nature Writing 6. Leading: Ethics in Leadership Communication 7. Feeling: Emotional Narrative in Climate Change Documentaries 8. Persuading: Multimodal Genres in Food Advertising 9. Endings: Metaphor and Finding Ourselves at the End of the Road 10. Conclusion Appendix A: How the World was Made Appendix B: Credits and Permissions Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisZeki Hamawand is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Kirkuk University, Iraq, and Senior Lecturer at Sulaimaniya University, Iraq.

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Book SynopsisA new edition of the bestselling textbook on discourse analysis, ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in linguistics and the broader humanities and social sciences Discourse Analysis explains how to collect and analyze spoken, written, and multimodal language. Now in its fourth edition, this popular textbook encourages students to think systematically and critically about different sources of discourse to better understand why spoken utterances and written texts have the meanings and uses they do. Throughout the book, the authors offer real-life examples of what discourse analysis can reveal about language, individuals, groups, and society. Student-friendly chapters describe discourse analysis with a goal of helping students master the fundamental concepts of this important area of linguistic research. Each chapter contains discussion questions that encourage students to relate the material to their own experiences, perform their own analyses, and conside

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Book SynopsisBringing together papers written by Norman Fairclough over a 25 year period, Critical Discourse Analysis represents a comprehensive and important contribution to the development of this popular field.  The book is divided into seven sections covering the following themes:   language in relation to ideology and power discourse in processes of social and cultural change dialectics of discourse, dialectical relations between discourse and other moments of social life methodology of critical discourse analysis research analysis of political discourse discourse in globalisation and ‘transition’ critical language awareness in education  The new edition has been extensively revised and enlarged to include a total of twenty two papers. It will be of value to researchers in the subject and should prove essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgra

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Book SynopsisThisis a sophisticated and nuanced introduction to critical discourse analysis (CDA) that covers a range of topics in an accessible, engaging style. With international examples and an interdisciplinary approach, readers gain a rich understanding of the many angles into critical discourse analysis, the fundamentals of how analysis works and examples from written texts, online data and images. This new edition: expands coverage of multimodality adds two new chapters on social media and analysis of online data supports learning with a guided introduction to each chapter includes a new and extended glossary Clearly written,practical and rigorous in its approach, this book is the ideal companion when embarking on research that focuses on discourse and meaning-making.Trade ReviewThis volume offers the most thorough introduction to current methods and areas of application of critical discourse analysis, collecting and representing the work of the leading scholars in the field. This book is a must and an invaluable resource for scholars and students interested in the nexus between discourse, power and society. -- Anna De FinaThis is the best overview of CDS I know. Revised, updated with new topics such as social media, and easier to read. This book is a must for all students of discourse studies. -- Jan RenkemaA classic collection on critical discourse analysis. Bringing together seminal pieces by the leading figures of the field and innovative contributions by younger scholars, this updated and enhanced edition constitutes both an important scholarly achievement and a most valuable teaching resource. -- Lilie ChouliarakiThe book is undoubtedly an essential read and a valuable sourcebook for scholars and students interested in the interplay among discourse, ideology and power. -- Yuting LinTable of ContentsChapter 1: Critical Discourse Studies: History, Agenda, Theory, and Methodology - Ruth Wodak & Michael Meyer Chapter 2: The Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA) - Martin Reisigl and Ruth Wodak Chapter 3: Critical Discourse Studies: A Sociocognitive Approach - Teun A. van Dijk Chapter 4: A dialectical-relation approach to critical discourse analysis in social research - Norman Fairclough Chapter 5: Analysing discourses and dispositives: a Foucauldian approach to theory and methodology - Siegfried Jäger and Florentine Maier Chapter 6: Discourse as the recontextualization of social practice – a guide - Theo van Leeuwen Chapter 7: Checks and balances: how corpus linguistics can contribute to CDA - Gerlinde Mautner Chapter 8: Critical Analysis of Visual and Multimodal Texts - Dennis Jancsary, Markus A. Höllerer, Renate E. Meyer Chapter 9: Critical discourse studies and social media: power, resistance and critique in changing media ecologies - Majid KhosraviNik and Johann W. Unger

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Book SynopsisThe African colonization movement occupies a troubling rhetorical territory in the struggle for racial equality in the United States. For white colonizationists, the movement seemed positioned as a welcome compromise between slavery and abolition. For free blacks, colonization offered the hope of freedom, but not within America's borders. Bjørn F. Stillion Southard indicates how politics and identity were negotiated amid the intense public debate on race, slavery, and freedom in America.Operating from a position of power, white advocates argued that colonization was worthy of massive support from the federal government. Stillion Southard pores over the speeches of Henry Clay, Elias B. Caldwell, and Abraham Lincoln, which engaged with colonization during its active deliberation.Between Clay's and Caldwell's speeches at the founding of the American Colonization Society (ACS) in 1816 and Lincoln's final public effort to encourage colonization in 186

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Book SynopsisWant to use Critical Discourse Analysis, but not sure where to start? This book is the complete toolkit you need. Each chapter presents distinct concepts and ideas in Critical Discourse Analysis, explaining how to use them in your research – and why. Packed with case studies of news texts, social media content, memes, promotional videos, institutional documents, infographics and webpages, the book shows you how to apply each set of tools to real life examples. Most importantly, examples, case studies, and revised opening chapters of this second edition show how multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis can help us to understand the role of language in the functioning of society and politics today, shaping our priorities for what to do and how to act. This book is an inspiring and valuable resource for any undergraduate students and researchers who wish to understand and use Critical Discourse Analysis. David Machin is Professor of Linguistics at Shanghai International Studies University. Andrea Mayr is an Associate Professor at Zayed University.Table of ContentsIntroduction: shaping the world through language Making active choices: Language as a set of resources Analysing semiotic choices: Words and images Presenting speech and speakers: Quoting verbs Representing people: Language and identity Representing action: Transitivity and verb processes Concealing and taking for granted: Nominalisation and presupposition Persuading with abstraction: Rhetoric and metaphor Committing and evading: Truth, modality and hedging Conclusion: Doing critical discourse analysis and its limitations

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Book SynopsisBased on 30 years of his award-winning teaching of writing, Dr. Gregory Roper shows how you can use the nearly-forgotten ancient technique of Stasis Theory to build better, cleaner, more persuasive prose. You will come to understand how all arguments can be understood better by learning the four types of arguments, and then learning how to organize and persuade your audience of each type. More significantly, Roper shows how the rancor in our culture might benefit from a technique that shows how to quickly get at the nub of an issue and see how the issues and problems might be resolved by clearly seeing, and coming to agreement about, what kind of argument is at stake.

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Book SynopsisThe essays in this book examine the arguments and rhetoric used by the United States and the USSR following two catastrophes that impacted both countries, as blame is cast and consequences are debated. In this environment, it was perhaps inevitable that conspiracy theories would arise, especially about the downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 over the Sea of Japan. Those theories are examined, resulting in at least one method for addressing conspiracy arguments. In the case of Chernobyl, the disaster ruptured the “social compact” between the Soviet government and the people; efforts to overcome the resulting disillusionment quickly became the focus of state efforts.Trade Review“In bringing dramatically different kinds of scholarship (lengthy rhetorical critiques, technical analyses, and Op-Eds) together, the book highlights the authors' versatility and commitment to reaching multiple audiences with their work.”— Gordon R. Mitchell, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Journal of Argumentation in ContextTable of ContentsTable of Contents AcknowledgementsList of Interviews and Personal CommunicationsNote to ReadersPrefaceIntroduction to Volume One. Image and Reality: The Declining Role of Evidence in Public DiscoursePart One: Kal and Cracks in the Rhetorical WallRoute R-20—Terry Graves IllustrationTakahashi—Novosti Satellite MapOgarkov Double Loop Map—The New York TimesMap Credits1. Did the United States Suppress Ground-to-Air Communications?2. KAL 007 and the Superpowers: An International Argument3. The KAL Tapes4. BCAS Correspondence: “Flight 007: Was There Foul Play?”5. The Need for Evaluative Criteria: Conspiracy Argument Revisited6. Soviet Media Tactics and the Body Politic: Prevention and Treatment of Communicable Diseases7. When the Shoe Is on the Other Foot: Comparative Treatments of the KAL 007 and Iran Air Shootdowns8. Of Mighty Mice and Meek Men: Contextual Reconstruction of the Iranian Airbus Shootdown9. “007”—Conspiracy or Accident?10. Flight 00711. Carlos the Jackal Attacks RFE/RL!Part Two: Chernobyl, Eco-Nationalism, and Loss of Rhetorical ControlThe Original Sarcophagus (1989)The Interior Access Door to Unit 4—Укрытие (1989)A Billboard at the Rovno Nuclear Station (1996)New Secure Confinement (2019)Photo Credits12. Chernobyl in the Soviet Media: Unintentional Ironies, Unprecedented Events13. Redefining Glasnost in the Soviet Media: The Recontextualization of Chernobyl14. Chernobyl: From the Ashes a New Society?15. Nuclear Power in the USSR16. Civilian Nuclear Power in the Commonwealth of Independent States: A Case of Cognitive Dissonance17. Soviet News Media: Uncertainty in the Throes of Change18. Nuclear Power and Ecological Debates in the Soviet Press, Mid-1988 to Mid-198919. The Final Days: The Development of Argumentative Discourse in the Soviet Union20. Ukraine Nuclear Power Struggles for Survival21. Nonrational Assessment of Risk and the Development of Civilian Nuclear Power22. Ukraine, Russia, and the Question of Nuclear Safety23. Soviet Bureaucracy and Nuclear Safety24. Review of Two Books by David R. Marples25. Review of Plutopia26. Review of Plokhy, Chernobyl27. Pseudo-Science and Potemkin-History28. Confronting Climate Change: Assessing the Role of Nuclear Power AfterwordIndexBibliography

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Book SynopsisThroughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and raised their voices in protest-rallying others around them or, sometimes, inspiring uprisings many years later. This anthology, global in scope, presents voices of dissent from every era of human history: speeches and pamphlets, poems and songs, plays and manifestos. Every age has its iconoclasts, and yet the greatest among them build on the words and actions of their forerunners. The Verso Book of Dissent should be in the arsenal of every rebel who understands that words and ideas are the ultimate weapons.Trade ReviewThe Verso Book of Dissent shows the many ways in which the constant struggle to create a better world has broken through the walls of apathy and acquiescence. -- Noam ChomskyA delightful anthology to dip into if you are or have ever been disgruntled with the status quo . for radicals everywhere. -- Nick Lezard * Guardian *A very right-on compendium of opposition to authority. -- Gavin Bowd * Scotland on Sunday *Reading the [The Verso Book of Dissent] is like encountering the best version of our angry selves. -- Jonathan Messinger * Time Out Chicago *A near-definitive anthology. -- Richard Whittaker * Austin Chronicle *The anthology's editors excerpt the writings of a wide array of historical figures, including Socrates . Martin Luther King . [and] the Marquis de Sade. * National *A unique anthology. * Kaleidoscope *Almost a Leftist coffee-table book ... a good gift for budding activists and writers. * Global Comment *This anthology presents voices of dissent from throughout history and across the globe: speeches and pamphlets, poems and songs, plays and manifestos, demonstrating that words and ideas are the ultimate weapons. * Greenlight Books *

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Book SynopsisDrawing on his extensive experience of poetry workshops and courses, Peter Sansom shows you not how to write but how to write better, how to write authentically, how to say genuinely what you genuinely mean to say. This practical guide is illustrated with many examples. Peter Sansom covers such areas as submitting to magazines; the small presses; analysing poems; writing techniques and procedures; and drafting. He includes brief resumes and discussions of literary history and literary fashions, the spirit of the age, and the creative process itself. Above all, his book helps you learn discrimination in your reading and writing - so that you can decide for yourself how you want your work to develop, whether that magazine was right in returning it or if they simply don't know their poetic arse from their elbow. Writing Poems includes sections on: Metre, rhyme, half-rhyme and free verse. Fixed forms and how to use them. Workshops and writing groups. Writing games and exercises. A detailed, annotated reading list. Where to go from here. Glossary of technical terms. Writing Poems has become an essential handbook for many poets and teachers: invaluable to writers just starting out, helpful to poets who need a nuts-and-bolts handbook, a godsend to anyone running poetry courses and workshops, and an inspiration to all readers and writers who want a book which re-examines the writing of poems.Trade Review'I would recommend this book to any student - It's funny, honest, thoughtful, realistic' - Gillian Allnutt, Northern Echo. 'Peter Sansom's handbook is The Haynes Manual for Poetry' - Cliff Yates. 'Peter Sansom is the best poetry teacher in the world' - Sian Hughes, Guardian. 'The classic Writing Poems - indispensable' - Naomi Jaffa, Poetry Trust.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction: Pragmatics & Interpretation.- Reflections on contemporary U.S. political rhetoric and our data: With a special focus on Trump and Biden/Harris (2020 – 2024).- The case studies: Origins and contexts of the controversial utterances.- Analysis of the ‘kung flu’ incident.- Comparison of Trump’s controversial “Bloodbath” utterance incident with Biden’s controversial “Bullseye” comment incident.- Consequences and outputs.- Discussions & Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook is designed for advanced (graduate and postgraduate) students, and will also be of interest to scholars. It blends a cognitive linguistic approach to language and language use with insights from contemporary pragmatics, the ultimate aim being to advance a unified model of cognitive pragmatics. Basic themes in cognitive linguistics and pragmatics are covered ranging from figurative language and thought, e.g. conceptual metaphor and metonymy, the role of inferencing in the construction of meaning, in particular, indirect speech acts, to the conceptual and functional motivation of morphosyntactic structure. Finally, the book offers many suggestions and ideas for student papers as well as larger research projects that promise to reveal new insights into conceptual structure, communicative function, and their influence on the grammatical structure of language.

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Book SynopsisCritical Discourse Analysis (CDA) has established itself over the past two decades as an area of academic activity in which scholars and students from many different disciplines are involved. It is a field that draws on social theory and aspects of linguistics in order to understand and challenge the discourses of our day. It is time for A New Agenda in the field. The present book is essential for anyone working broadly in the field of discourse analysis in the social sciences. The book includes often critical re-assessments of CDA's assumptions and methods, while proposing new route-maps for innovation. Practical analyses of major issues in discourse analysis are part of this agenda-setting volume.Table of Contents1. Acknowledgements; 2. Preface (by Chilton, Paul); 3. PART I. Interdisciplinarity and (C)DA; 4. Three models of interdisciplinarity (by Leeuwen, Theo van); 5. Missing links in mainstream CDA: Modules, blends and the critical instinct (by Chilton, Paul); 6. Critical discourse analysis in transdisciplinary research (by Fairclough, Norman); 7. Contextual knowledge management in discourse production: A CDA perspective (by Dijk, Teun A. van); 8. Lighting the stove: Why habitus isn't enough for Critical Discourse Analysis (by Scollon, Ron); 9. PART II. Implementing interdisciplinarity; 10. Analyzing European Union discourses: Theories and applications (by Wodak, Ruth); 11. 'European identity wanted!': On discursive and communicative dimensions of the European Convention (by Krzyzanowski, Michal); 12. Deliberation or 'mainstreaming'?: Empirically researching the European Convention (by Oberhuber, Florian); 13. "It is not sufficient to have a moral basis, it has to be democratic too.": Constructing "Europe" in Swedish reports on the Austrian political situation in 2000 (by Barenreuter, Christoph); 14. Language, psychotherapy and client change: An interdisciplinary perspective (by Muntigl, Peter); 15. PART III. Inside and Outside traditional disciplines; 16. Anthropology of institutions and discourse analysis: Looking into interdisciplinarity (by Bellier, Irene); 17. The role of a political identity code in defining the boundaries of public and private.: The example of latent antisemitism (by Kovacs, Andras); 18. Social order and disorder: Institutions, policy paradigms and discourses: An interdisciplinary approach (by Burns, Tom R.); 19. Biographical Notes; 20. Name index; 21. Subject index

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Book SynopsisWhy do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? With wit and insight, philosopher Rebecca Roache seeks answers to these and other puzzling questions about bad language. When someone swears at you, it can sting. Likewise, sometimes there is no better way to make the point you''re making--emphasize, insult, or just plain offend--than to use a swear. What explains the magical power of swearwords? Why are they so good at offending people? To understand swearwords'' power, we need to look beyond the words themselves--beyond the way they sound and what they refer to--and consider more generally what we do when we swear.In this lively and amusing exploration of the various puzzles that surround swearing, philosopher Rebecca Roache argues that what makes swearing offensive is not really the words at all: the offensiveness lies in what we don''t say. The unspoken--and usually unconscious--inferences that speakers and listeners make about each other are key to explaTrade ReviewSwearing is indeed shocking, rude, and fun. It's also puzzling, fascinating, and thought-provoking, as is this marvellous book. * Roger Crisp, Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford *With brilliant wit and remarkable skill, Rebecca Roache takes up the linguistic, social, moral, and legal dimensions of swearing. The result is a philosophically sophisticated and highly readable discussion with lots of practical guidance about whether and when we need to watch our mouths. Roache's wise, funny, and thought-provoking book belongs on everyone's shelf. * Karen Stohr, Ryan Family Professor of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy, Georgetown University *Finally a book that rips the fuck out of the arseholes who claim that swearing is 'the sign of a poor vocabulary' or 'unnecessary.' Bollocks to them. This book puts those dim wankers right in as serious, intelligent, knowledgeable and hilarious a fashion as the subject deserves. * Stephen Fry *This is a wonderfully well-written exploration of all aspects of swearing-cultural, linguistic, ethical and political. It's both insightful and an absolute page-turner, which made me laugh out loud several times-not a very common experience with philosophy books! In short, it's an excellent fucking book. * Jennifer Saul, Waterloo Chair in Social and Political Philosophy of Language, University of Waterloo *Roache skillfully probes the complexities of profanity use and its relevance to decorum, identity, and power. This will intrigue linguists and potty-mouthed laypeople alike. * Publishers Weekly *A lively examination of swearing in all its forms, and although it is often humorous, Roache also has serious points to make...With dry wit and a storyteller's eye, Roache romps through the history and social meaning of colorful language. * Kirkus Reviews *[B]oth academic and hilarious. Readers lured in by the title (and its sanitizing asterisk), especially those interested in the farreaching effects of language, and those who love to swear, will find much to ponder. * Laurie Unger Skinner, The Booklist *A really refreshing and insightful book. * The Debut Digest *Highly readable and amusing. * Cathleen Mair, Idler *Highly original ... It reveals all kinds of things about how we relate to people and the different ways in which we can communicate, threaten, or tease. I love this book. * Nigel Warburton, Five Books *Table of ContentsIntroduction Why give a shit about swearing? Chapter 1 What is swearing? Chapter 2 Swearing's secret offensive ingredient Chapter 3 There is no secret ingredient Chapter 4 Different kinds of wrong Chapter 5 Taboo, aggression, and harsh sweary sounds Chapter 6 How to be a really offensive swearer Chapter 7 You talkin' to me? Chapter 8 A regulatory fucking mess Chapter 9 How to do things with swearing Chapter 10 Fairer swearers Chapter 11 Swears versus slurs Chapter 12 Cunt and cocksucker Chapter 13 Cunt and 'cunt' Chapter 14 How the f*** do asterisks work? Chapter 15 Swearing as a force for good Chapter 16 The value of offensiveness Conclusion You're all fucking superheroes Acknowledgements References Index

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Book SynopsisTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYour ultimate guide to the art of winning argumentsEveryone is always trying to persuade us of something: politicians, advertising, the media, and most definitely our families. Thank You for Arguing is your master class in the art of persuasion, taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill. With all the wisdom of the ages, from classical oratory to contemporary politics and pop-culture, Thank You For Arguing shows you how to win more than your fair share of arguments, as well as: >How to shine at work, avoid speeding tickets, and outwit argumentative partners >Cicero''s secrets to moving an audience, Donald Trump''s savvy speechmaking, the art of giving a TED talk>Tactics like Setting Your Goals, Making Them Like You, Gaining the High Ground>Defuse an angry accuser and benefit from your own mistakes>The art of rhetoric, from eloquence and friendship to wit and irrefutable logicWritten by one of today''s most popular online language experts, Thank You For Arguing is brimming with time-tested rhetorical tips and persuasion techniques that will change your life. And that''s not hyperbole.

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Book SynopsisA book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider how the plot reflects the patterns of human destiny and seeks to impose a new meaning on life.Trade ReviewPeter Brooks has delivered a major contribution to narrative theory and critical practice in a book remarkable for its lucidity and theoretical adventurousness. -- Terry Eagleton * Literature and History *What is…gratifying about Brooks’s approach is his insistence that plot elements must survive even the most radical postmodern consciousness… As he so eloquently confirms, so long as there is self-conscious life on earth, there will be narrative plotting in some form or another. To expect us to give it up would be like asking us to give up breathing. -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt * New York Times *A major book by a major critic. It will appeal both to literary theorists and to readers of the novel, and it is likely to be seen as an important point of reference for many years to come. -- Terence Cave * Times Literary Supplement *A brilliant study… The author goes beyond what he considers the too static approach of the structuralist literary critics to probe the dynamics of narrative and show how they answer our psychic needs… Reading for the Plot is a stimulating, ground-breaking book that invites us to consider anew how plotting both reflects the patterns of human destiny and seeks to impose meaning on life. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Reading for the Plot 2. Narrative Desire 3. The Novel and the Guillotine, or Fathers and Sons in Le Rouge et le noir 4. Freud's Masterplot: A Model for Narrative 5. Repetition, Repression, and Return: The Plotting of Great Expectations 6. The Mark of the Beast: Prostitution, Serialization, and Narrative 7. Retrospective Lust, or Flaubert's Perversities 8. Narrative Transaction and Transference 9. An Unreadable Report: Conrad's Heart of Darkness 10. Fictions of the Wolf Man: Freud and Narrative Understanding 11. Incredulous Narration: Absalom, Absalom! In Conclusion: Endgames and the Study of Plot Notes

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Book SynopsisProvides a rhetorical analysis of the smart home.

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Book SynopsisOffers a deeply considered examination of the ways fear figures in First Amendment questions ruled on by the contemporary Supreme Court. Bringing together literature on theories of fear in rhetorical and philosophical traditions, the authors focus on the rulings from the Roberts Court, which form a pivotal era of dramatic precedents.

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Book SynopsisTraditional grammar instruction often focuses too much on what’s right or what’s wrong, hiding the true power of conventions—the creation of meaning, purpose, and effect. Instead of hammering high school students with the mistakes they should avoid, Jeff Anderson, Travis Leech, and Holly Durham suggest exploring grammar through the celebration of author’s purpose and craft. In Patterns of Power, Grades 9-12: Teaching Grammar Through Reading and Writing, they invite you to create an environment in which writers thrive while studying and appreciating the beauty, effects, and meaning of grammar. Inside this book, teachers will find a comprehensive explanation of the brain-based Patterns of Power invitational process, as well as: 35 standards-aligned lesson sets built around practical, engaging, inquiry-based methods that take deeper dives into grammar and craft than any worksheet, quiz, or editing exercise ever could A variety of high-interest model texts from authentic and diverse sources, including excerpts from classic and current novels, memoirs, plays, graphic novels, poems, and media Real-life classroom examples and tips with suggestions for scaffolding new learning and ideas for how to use the lessons in AP courses Templates for extended application, easy to locate printables, and ready-to-go visuals Additional Models for Further Study for extension opportunities in every lesson set An entire chapter devoted to helping high school writers master citations in research With hundreds of teach-tomorrow resources and implementation supports such as quick-reference guides, specific applications to reading instruction, and soundtrack suggestions to infuse the joy of music into grammar instruction, Patterns of Power, Grades 9-12 gives you everything you need to inspire your high school writers to move beyond limitation and into the endless possibilities of what they can do as writers. The Patterns of Power series also includes Patterns of Power, Grades 6-8: Inviting Adolescent Writers into the Conventions of Language; Patterns of Power, Grades 1-5: Inviting Young Writers into the Conventions of Language; Patterns of Wonder, Grades PreK-1: Inviting Emergent Writers to Play with the Conventions of Language; and Patterns of Power en Español, Grades 1-5: Inviting Bilingual Writers into the Conventions of Spanish.Trade ReviewI can’t wait to put Patterns of Power, 9–12 in the hands of every high school English teacher in my district! This practical approach to teaching writing through the beauty and power of mentor texts supports our instructional philosophy by inspiring teachers to finally retire ineffective, prescriptive grammar instruction. Teaching with the Invitations to Notice, Compare and Contrast, Imitate, Celebrate, Apply, and Edit will help students understand the why of grammar and punctuation while motivating them to explore possibilities rather than avoid errors.”—Tracy Winstead, District Coordinator, High School English Curriculum and Instruction"If high school teachers are looking for a way to teach grammar and conventions that is meaningful and transfers to student writing, they should look no further than Patterns of Power: Teaching Grammar Through Reading and Writing, Grades 9–12. By starting with a mentor sentence, students are invited to take an inquiry stance as they think through the writer’s moves and the impact on the reader. Patterns of Power, 9–12 helps students gain the confidence and agency they need to try new grammar and convention moves in their own writing."—Erica Bissel, Coordinator of Reading and Language Arts“Jeff's books have been pivotal to the success of our writing program since Everyday Editing. His invitational approach to noticing author's purpose and craft is non-threatening and engaging to students. We are excited to dive into this new book with Travis Leech and Holly Durham and continue inspiring our students to ‘sharpen their ideas.’”—Dr. Susan Diaz, Executive Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction“Up early one morning, I thought I’d skim this book while sipping that first cup of coffee. The skimming stopped almost immediately as I began reading slowly to catch every idea, to understand each teaching move, to jot my own notes in my journal. My coffee grew cold and was forgotten. I was watching master teachers Jeff, Travis, and Holly make things such as colons and commas, apostrophes and appositives, phrases and fragments become more than things to be learned; instead, they were turning conventions of language into conversations I wanted to have with kids. Filled with the well-designed lessons that show you how to move kids from noticing to naming to using, this is a book that won’t sit on your bookshelf. It will stay beside you as it guides you through lessons that actually help kids think about how they write.”—Kylene Beers, coauthor of Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading and Forged by Reading: The Power of a Literate Life“The Patterns of Power series epitomizes our philosophical approach to grammar: that it should arise from authentic literature and be presented when it would make sense to students based on their writing. Students need not be numbed by grammar instruction that follows a rigid textbook. Rather, a flexible approach of presenting examples which help readers to discover patterns, understand the conventions of language, appreciate great writing, and become enthusiastic writers is the most effective and enjoyable one.”—Michael R. Bowman, Supervisor of Curriculum & Instruction“Jeff Anderson has done it again! We know our secondary students need practice understanding and applying the conventions of English. Patterns of Power, 9–12 provides lessons that engage high school students in learning what is often missing in a world of quick text messages and limited face to face interactions. Students will use a variety of engaging texts to hook them into learning, practicing, and becoming proficient readers and writers of the English language.”—Heather Anderson, Educator, Author, and Consultant“I found just about every line in Jeff, Travis, and Holly’s Patterns of Power both immediately applicable and incredibly useful in my ninth and tenth-grade ELA classes. But hands down, my favorite aspect is how the authors center student inquiry in their approach to teaching grammar. Students are driven toward ‘discovery of grammatical concepts and deep consideration of their purpose.’ Being encouraged to consider—and even debate—the why of grammar as they are learning the how has changed the game for my students. In truth, this book has shored up a huge gap in my pedagogy, and I am very grateful.”—Matthew Kay, author of Not Light, but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom“These authors love language . . . and the voice of the text sings, celebrates, and rings with truth. This book is both wise and a pleasure to read. Patterns of Power, Grades 9–12 will give you new ways to think and plan for regular practice with conventions.”—Penny Kittle, Plymouth State University Writing TeacherTable of ContentsIntroduction: Looking Closely at the World Through Grammar; How to Use This Book; Part 1: Getting Started with the Patterns of Power Process; 1: Into PLANNING: A Step-by-Step Guide to Preparing Engaging Grammar Lessons; 2: Into the CLASSROOM: How to Teach Grammar with the Patterns of Power Process; 3: Into APPLICATION: Guiding Writers to USE the Patterns of Power; Part 2: Into the Lessons with the Patterns of Power Process; Into the Lessons: How Are the Lessons Formatted?; 4: The Purpose and Craft of PUNCTUATION; 5: The Purpose and Craft of CLAUSES; 6: The Purpose and Craft of PHRASES; 7: The Purpose and Craft of PARALLEL STRUCTURE; 8: The Purpose of CITATIONS; 9: The Purpose and Craft of CREATIVE PATTERNS; Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAn exploration into the "strange science of writing", in which the author reflects on the writing process and explores three distinct areas essential for "great" writing: the crucial role dreams play in literary inspiration; the importance of depth; and the notion of death.Table of ContentsThe School of the Dead The School of Dreams The School of Roots Notes

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Book SynopsisBloom''s The Anxiety of Influence, an insightful study of Romantic poets and the relation between tradition and the individual artist, has sold over 17,000 copies in paperback since 1984 and remains a central work of criticism for students of literature. For the second edition, Bloom offers a new introduction which explains the genesis of his thinking and the subsequent influence of the book on literary criticism of the past twenty years.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the first edition: "Bloom has helped to make the study of Romantic poetry as intellectually and spiritually challenging a branch of literary studies as one may find."--The New York Times Book Review "This book will assuredly come to be valued as a major twentieth-century statement on the subject of tradition and individual talent."--David J. Gordon, The Yale Review *From reviews of the first edition: "Bloom has helped to make the study of Romantic poetry as intellectually and spiritually challenging a branch of literary studies as one may find."--The New York Times Book Review* "This book will assuredly come to be valued as a major twentieth-century statement on the subject of tradition and individual talent."--David J. Gordon, The Yale Review* "The most significant work that the gifted scholar-critic, Harold Bloom, has yet written."--Commonweal*

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Book SynopsisProvides information needed to organize, write, and deliver effective, entertaining speeches, from installations to toasts and roasts. This book pinpoints possible speaking contingencies, from failed electricity to a bored audience, and for each one tells how to prevent it, what to do about it, and what to say about it.Table of ContentsIntroduction.Speech Design and Preparation.Speech Delivery.Tips on Working With Specific Kinds of Audience Types.Problems with the Audience.Room and Equipment Problems.Other Tips on Specific Kinds of Speeches.Examples of Simple Group Exercises and Audience Participation Devices; Glossary of Professional Speaking Terms.Glossary of Celebrity Speakers Who Have Contributed Material Just for This Book.

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Book SynopsisA new and original anthology that introduces the key writings on rhetoric in the classical world, from Aristotle to Cicero and beyond.Classical rhetoric is one of the earliest versions of what is today known as media studies. It was absolutely crucial to life in the ancient world, whether in the courtroom, the legislature or on ceremonial occasions, and was described as either the art of persuasion or the art of speaking well. This anthology, edited by Thomas Habinek, brings together all the most important ancient writings on rhetoric, including works by Cicero, Aristotle, Quintilian and Philostratus. Ranging across such themes as memory, persuasion, delivery and style, it provides a fascinating introduction to classical rhetoric and will be an invaluable sourcebook for students of the ancient world.

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Book SynopsisMark Richard presents an original picture of meaning according to which a word''s meaning is analogous to the biological lineages we call species. His primary thesis is that a word''s meaning - in the sense of what one needs to track in order to be a competent speaker - is the collection of assumptions its users make in using it and expect their hearers to recognize as being made. Meaning is something that is spread across a population, inherited by each new generation of speakers from the last, and typically evolving in so far as what constitutes a meaning changes in virtue of the interactions of speakers with their (linguistic and social) environment. Meanings as Species develops and defends the analogy between the biological and the linguistic, and includes a discussion of the senses in which the processes of meaning change are and are not like evolution via natural selection. Richard argues that thinking of meanings as species supports Quine''s insights about analyticity without reTable of ContentsIntroduction 1: Quine and the Species Problem 2: Internalism to the Rescue? 3: What Are Meanings, that We Might Share Them? 4: Conceptual Evolution 5: Meaning, Thought, and its Ascription 6: Sex and Conversation Coda Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn everyday talk about language, we distinguish between what someone said and what they implied, or otherwise conveyed, a distinction carried into theorising about language and communication. Nothing is Said argues that it is a mistake to import the notion of saying into our models of basic linguistic communication.Trade ReviewThe book is lively and engaging, and contains lots of penetrating detailed discussions of core, significant issues. It is an important contribution to the Semantics/Pragmatics literature. * Arthur Sullivan, Journal of Pragmatics *The book contains lots of penetrating detailed discussions of core, significant issues. This is an important contribution to the Semantics/ Pragmatics literature. * Arthur Sullivan, Journal of Pragmatics *

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Book SynopsisFrank Kermode contributes a new epilogue to his collection of lectures on the relationship of fiction to age-old concepts of apocalyptic chaos and crisis.Trade Review"An impressively learned, eloquent, and brilliant defense of a non-schismatic view of human time."--Leo Bersani, The New York Times "A packed, original, highly stimulating book,"--David Lodge "An impressively learned, eloquent, and brilliant defense of a non-schismatic view of human time."--Leo Bersani, The New York Times "A packed, original, highly stimulating book,"--David LodgeTable of Contents1. The End ; 2. Fictions ; 3. World without end or beginning ; 4. The modern apocalypse ; 5. Literary fiction and reality ; 6. Solitary confinement ; Epilogue: The Sense of an Ending, 1999 ; Notes

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates the syntax and semantics of proportional most and other majority quantifiers across a wide range of languages. The findings have implications for the study of a variety of crucial issues in linguistic theory, including number marking, partitivity, kind reference, and (in)definiteness marking.Table of Contents#c General preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1: Introduction 2: Distributive most 3: Cumulative most 4: most in partitives 5: Majority quantifiers based on nouns: the largest part, the majority 6: Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisWhen theorizing about language, we tend to assume that speakers are cooperative, honest, helpful, and so on. This, of course, isn''t remotely true of a lot of real-world language use. Bad Language is the first textbook to explore non-idealized language use, the linguistic behaviour of those who exploit language for malign purposes. Two eminent philosophers of language present a lively and accessible introduction to a wide range of topics including lies and bullshit, slurs and insults, coercion and silencing: Cappelen and Dever offer theoretical frameworks for thinking about these all too common linguistic behaviours. As the text does not assume prior training in philosophy or linguistics, it is ideal for use as part of a philosophy of language course for philosophy students or for linguistics students.Bad Language belongs to the series Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy of Language, in which each book introduces an important area of the philosophy of language, suitable for studenTrade Review... it's wonderful to see philosophy of language made so relevant to ethical, social and political concerns. It's a salutary development for the 21st Century. And Cappelen and Dever's newest textbook is a very useful resource for teaching it. I expect the book to be adopted widely. * Robert J. Stainton, Los Angeles Review of Books *Written to appeal to a wide audience, this book provides rigorous, detailed scholarly analysis and evaluation of its subject matter and is at the same time accessible to nonspecialists. It is intended as a textbook, and it includes questions and exercises at the end of each chapter... Recommended * D. B. Boersema, CHOICE *Table of Contents1: Idealized Communication 2: Three Forms of Non-Ideal Language 3: Messing with the Truth 4: Bullshitting and Deep Bullshitting 5: Conceptual Engineering 6: Slurs and Pejoratives 7: Lexical Effects: The Non-Cognitive, Associative, Effects of Words 8: Generics and Defective Reasoning 9: Non-Ideal Speech Acts 10: Linguistic Oppressing and Linguistic Silencing 11: The Speech Act of Consent 12: Thoughts on Ideal vs. Non-Ideal Theories of Language

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Book SynopsisBanter, chit-chat, gossip, natter, tete-a-tete: these are just a few of the terms for the varied ways in which we interact with one another through conversation. David Crystal explores the factors that motivate so many different kinds of talk and reveals the rules we use unconsciously, even in the most routine exchanges of everyday conversation.Trade ReviewA useful addition to an English teacher's armoury and certain to pique students' interest in the language that happens all around them, all the time... Let's Talk is a powerful statement about our species and the centrality to it of conversation in all its collaborative glory. * Nikolai Luck, Teaching English *For Crystal, the aim of a conversation is to make everyone happy or, at least, satisfied at the end ... [he] has definitely achieved that. * Training, Language & Culture *For the teacher or advanced student there are masses of insights in the book and examples of how language is used to manage conversation... For Crystal the aim of a conversation is to make every-one happy or, at least, satisfied at the end. Citing Dr Johnson once again, conversation should create 'a pleasing impression'. David Crystal has definitely achieved that. * Barry Tomalin, Training, Language & Culture *I've always enjoyed Crystal's books and this one was no exception... it's certainly a good read I would recommend to anyone with an interest in language or conversation. * Shiny New Books *Table of Contents1: Greetings! 2: In the beginning... 3: A thousand years of conversation 4: Exchanges 5: Taking turns - or not 6: Interrupting 7: What we talk about 8: How we talk about it 9: Taking it easy 10: Story-telling 11: Stylistic options 12: The vocal and the visual 13: Conversation as theatre 14: Online 'conversations' 15: Cultural conversations 16: Breaking the rules 17: Does conversation change? 18: #Almost done Epilogue References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores person markers, the linguistic elements that provide points of reference to speech-act participants. Michael Cysouw develops a new framework for the typology of person marking based on the rejection of the notion of plurality for its analysis. When a mother says Mummy is going to say goodnight now, Mummy is the person marker in a way that in English is confined to motherese but which is used more commonly in some other languages and may also be characteristic of much earlier forms. Dr Cysouw divides the person markers of 400 languages into paradigms. He considers how the structure of these person paradigms relates to their function. His investigation provides a clear account of how person markers work syntactically, pragmatically, and semantically as well as giving fresh insights into aspects of linguistic change, language-relatedness, and the interfaces between discourse, syntax, and semantics. The combination of a typological and a comparative approach results in tTable of ContentsPART ONE: PERSON MARKING; PART TWO: PARADIGMATIC STRUCTURE; PART THREE: NUMBER INCORPORATED; PART FOUR: COGNATE PARADIGMS

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to the ways in which meaning is conveyed in language. Alan Cruse covers semantic matters, but also deals with topics that are usually considered to fall under pragmatics. A major aim is to highlight the richness and subtlety of meaning phenomena, rather than to expound any particular theory.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition 'Written in clear and concise language, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the topics in the study of meaning in language. Students will profit considerably by reading this excellent text' * Huimin Ji, University of Georgia *'The book introduces the reader to the complex topic of meaning in language, providing and excellent comprehensive survey of the full range of semantic phenomena. The author is aware that the richness and variety of the presented topic could cause feelings of confusion, especially to less experienced readers, and thus offers a text with extensive explanatory power.' * Gabriela Missikova, University of Constantine the Philosopher *Praise for the new edition 'Building on the many strengths of the first edition of Meaning in Language, Alan Cruse has significantly updated this already valuable textbook. New thinking about lexical semantics can be found alongside concise and pithy illustrations of all aspects of pragmatics and grammar, making this an excellent resource for any reader interested in the nuts and bolts of linguistic meaning.' * Mark Turin, Digital Himalaya Project, University of Cambridge *Table of ContentsPART 1 FUNDAMENTAL NOTIONS ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Logic and Meaning ; 3. Concepts and Meaning ; PART 2 WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS ; 4. Lexical Units ; 5. Contextual Variability of Word Meaning ; 6. Paradigmatic Relations of Inclusion and Identity ; 7. Paradigmatic Relations of Exclusion and Opposition ; 8. Lexical Hierarchies ; 9. Syntagmatic Semantic Relations ; 10. Describing Lexical Senses 1: Dimensions and Structures ; 11. Describing lexical Senses 2: Approaches to the Specification of Word Meanings ; 12. Extensions of Meaning ; PART 3 GRAMMATICAL MEANING ; 13. Grammatical Meaning: Nouns and Noun Phrases ; 14. Argument Structure and Transitivity ; 15. Grammatical Meaning: Verbs and Adjectives ; 16. The Semantics of Prepositions ; 17. The Semantics of Derivational Affixes ; PART 4 PRAGMATICS ; 18. Speech Acts ; 19. Reference and Deixis ; 20. Conversational Implicatures ; Epilogue ; Answers to Questions ; References ; Author Index ; Subject Index

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Book SynopsisFor the past decade, the dominant transformational theory of syntax has produced the most interesting insights into syntactic properties. Over the same period another theory, systemic grammar, has been developed very quietly as an alternative to the transformational model. In this work Richard A. Hudson outlines daughter-dependency theory, which is derived from systemic grammar, and offers empirical reasons for preferring it to any version of transformational grammar. The goal of daughter-dependency theory is the same as that of Chomskyan transformational grammarto generate syntactic structures for all (and only) syntactically well-formed sentences that would relate to both the phonological and the semantic structures of the sentences. However, unlike transformational grammars, those based on daughter-dependency theory generate a single syntactic structure for each sentence. This structure incorporates all the kinds of information that are spread, in a transformational grammar, over to

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Book SynopsisCritically examines recent work in the government-binding framework developed by Chomsky, Rizzi, Lasnik and Saito, Huang, Aoun, and others. They demonstrate that this work encounters a variety of empirical and theoretical difficulties when confronted by an expanded range of data.

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Book SynopsisIn this important work of linguistic analysis, Paul M. Postal addresses a paradigm anomaly in French that has hitherto resisted explanation. A general restriction limiting the form of direct objects in complex infinitival constructions with main verbs like faire fails to hold with certain subordinate verbs, especially connaitre. Marshaling extensive evidence, Postal argues that this apparent irregularity is a symptom of a deeper regularity. Rather than being an ordinary transitive complement, the subordinate clause in these cases is actually an Inversion structure, one in which the logical subject demotes to indirect object. However, since this demotion induces no word order change or other direct morphological consequences, the inversion is masked, and revealed only by several types of apparent anomalies. This analysis has significant consequences for contemporary syntactic theories. First, the arguments support the view that a sentence's superficial structure cannot be identified wit

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents a rhetorical model for understanding the diverse discourses of modernity. Wells describes modernity as a system of texts which we are only now learning to read and offers a rhetoric based on an understanding of meaning as intersubjectivity created through the work of language.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Ch. 1: Toward a Rhetoric of Intersubjectivity: Language and Narration Ch. 2: Reading Science Rhetorically Ch. 3: Teaching Technical Writing Ch. 4: Action and Rhetoric Ch. 5: Reason and Desire in Public Discourse: Reading the MOVE Report Ch. 6: Giving an Ordered History: Narrative in the Discourse of the Classroom Ch. 7: Montaigne and the Discourses of Modernity Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisAddressing both language teachers and identity researchers, this book underlines the importance of identity in ELT through an analysis of teacher stories told in interviews with the author. It illustrates a new multi-dimensional approach to exploring narrative identity in qualitative interviews through a linguistic analysis of anecdotes.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Extracts Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Narrative and Conversation Teaching Identity Matters The Narrative Research Interview Spatio-temporal Focus and the Construction of Identity Evaluation and Identity Professional Identity in ELT Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisTheatrical gender-bending, also called drag, is a popular form of entertainment and a subject of scholarly study. However, most drag studies do not question the standard words and ideas used to convey this performance genre. Drawing on a rich body of archival and ethnographic research, Meredith Heller illuminates diverse examples of theatrical gender-bending: male impersonation in variety and vaudeville (18601920); the sexless gender-bending of El Teatro Campesino (19601980); queer butch acts performed by black nightclub singers, such as Stormé DeLarverie, instigator of the Stonewall riots (19101970); and the range of acts that compose contemporary drag king shows. Heller highlights how, in each case, standard drag discourses do not sufficiently capture the complexity of performers' intents and methods, nor do they provide a strong enough foundation for holistically evaluating the impact of this work. Queering Drag offers redefinition of the genre centralized in the performer's construTrade ReviewDrawing on a rich body of archival and ethnographic research, Queering Drag: Redefining the Discourse of Gender-Bending (Indiana UP, 2020) illuminates diverse examples of theatrical gender-bending. It shows how, in each case, standard drag discourses do not sufficiently capture the complexity of performers' intents and methods or provide a strong enough foundation for holistically evaluating the impact of this work. Queering Drag offers a redefinition of the genre centralized in the performer's construction and presentation of a "queer" version of hegemonic identity. It also models a new set of tools for analyzing drag as a process of intents and methods enacted to effect specific goals. The book won the 2021 John Leo and Dana Heller Award for Best Book in LGBTQ Studies from the Popular Culture Association and was named one of NBC's "10 LGBTQ books to watch out for in 2020." -- Isabel Machado * New Books Network *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface1. What's in a Name? Redefining the Discourse of Gender-Bending 2. "Masculine Women, Feminine Men": Variety and Vaudevillian Male Impersonators 3. Mythical, "Sexless" Characters: Identity Borders in El Teatro Campesino 4. The "First Punch" at Stonewall: Counteridentification Butch Acts 5. Bent Means "Not Quite Straight": Kinging as DisidentificationConclusion: Bending RhetoricBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAn introductory text in linguistic semantics, uniquely balancing empirical coverage and formalism with development of intuition and methodology.This introductory textbook in linguistic semantics for undergraduates features a unique balance between empirical coverage and formalism on the one hand and development of intuition and methodology on the other. It will equip students to form intuitions about a set of data, explain how well an analysis of the data accords with their intuitions, and extend the analysis or seek an alternative. No prior knowledge of linguistics is required. After mastering the material, students will be able to tackle some of the most difficult questions in the field even if they have never taken a linguistics course before.After introducing such concepts as truth conditions and compositionality, the book presents a basic symbolic logic with negation, conjunction, and generalized quantifiers, to serve as the basis for translation throughout the bo

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Book SynopsisMeaning addresses the fundamental question of human language interaction: what it is to mean, and how we communicate our meanings to others. Experienced textbook writer and eminent researcher Betty J. Birner gives balanced coverage to semantics and pragmatics, emphasizing interactions between the two, and discusses other fields of language study such as syntax, neurology, philosophy of language, and artificial intelligence in terms of their interfaces with linguistic meaning.Comics and diagrams appear throughout to keep the reader engaged; and end-of-chapter quizzes, data-collection exercises, and opinion questions are employed along with more traditional exercises and discussion questions. In addition, the book features copious examples from real life and current events, along with boxes describing linguistic issues in the news and interesting and accessible research on topics like swearing, politics, and animal communication. Students will emerge ready for deeper sTrade Review"Betty Birner’s new book is an ideal guide for students’ magical mystery tour of the fascinating intricacies of pragmatics and semantics. Professor Birner clearly introduces landmark research in linguistics, philosophy, and other relevant disciplines, inspiring and helping students begin exploring meaning-language connections for themselves."Sally McConnell-Ginet, Linguistics, Cornell University, USATable of ContentsList of boxesList of figuresList of truth tablesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. What is language? Linguistics The rules of language Language change Research in linguistics Philosophy of language: How meaning works Types of meaning Where is meaning located? The philosophers weigh in, beginning with: Frege Russell Strawson Donnellan The upshot Semantics and pragmatics Discourse models and possible worlds Exercises2. Semantics I: Word meaning What is a word? Where words come from Historical descent Other sources of new words Lexical relations Approaches to word meaning Componential analysis Other primitive-based approaches Prototype theory and The Great Sandwich Controversy Exercises3. Semantics II: Sentence meaning Truth and meaning Sentential relations Logical operators Negation Conjunction Disjunction The conditional The biconditional Propositional logic Analytic statements Synthetic statements Predicate logic Predicates and constants Variables Quantifiers Ambiguity and scope Exercises4. Pragmatics I: The Cooperative Principle Reprise: Semantics vs. pragmatics The Cooperative Principle The maxims The maxim of Quantity The maxim of Quality The maxim of Relation The maxim of Manner Revisiting Grice’s problem Tests for conversational implicature Implicature and pragmatic theory Conventional implicature The Gricean world view Pragmatics after Grice Explicature Impliciture Neo-Gricean theory Relevance theory Boundary disputes Exercises5. Pragmatics II: Speech acts Speech acts Performatives Constatives Types of speech acts: first pass Indirect speech acts Felicity conditions Felicity conditions, speech acts, and the Cooperative Principle Types of speech acts: second pass Politeness theory Exercises6. Language structure The Chomskyan revolution Sound structure Word structure Morphemes Allomorphs Words Parts of speech Structure and function Representing word structure Other ways of building words Sentence structure Ambiguity and constituency Representing sentence structure Expanding our grammar Structural ambiguity So what’s the point? Exercises7. Interfaces I: Semantics, pragmatics, and philosophy Reference and the semantics/pragmatics boundary What do we refer to when we refer? Deixis and anaphora Indexicals Deixis Personal deixis Spatial deixis Temporal deixis Discourse deixis Anaphora Reference resolution Cataphora Anaphora and phrase types Definiteness Definiteness as uniqueness Definiteness as familiarity Presupposition Testing for presupposition Presupposition triggers Theories of presupposition Accommodation Exercises8. Interfaces II: Structure and meaning Semantic roles Argument-structure alternations Information structure Preposing Postposing Argument reversal Inference Open propositions Constructions The type/token distinction Exercises9. Meaning and human cognition Language and the brain Brain structure Neurons Aphasia Language and thought Does the language I speak affect my view of reality? Language use and world view Advertising Politics and public policy Language and prejudice Connecting the dots Exercises10. Meaning, minds, and machines The nuts and bolts Natural-language processing Artificial intelligence Data mining Deep learning Meaning and the self Bodies and minds Language and consciousness Exercises References Index

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Book SynopsisWriting Using Sources for Academic Purposes: Theory, Research and Practice provides research-based information about key components of source-based writing, and the challenges it presents for novices. Proficiency in source-based writing is an essential and challenging goal for all inexperienced academic writers, from both L1 and L2 backgrounds. This comprehensive book presents an innovative, integrated approach for graduate students, teaching faculty, and practice-oriented researchers in ESP/EAP around the world.Each chapter includes suggestions and sample tasks for self-study or classroom use. Incorporating reviews of research and scholarly knowledge as well as information about likely challenges for novices, the book examines:(1) Changing views on the origins of novicesâ difficulties(2) Pre-writing tasks that writers need to work through, from locating and evaluating sources to proficient reading-to-write and summarizing strategies(3) Citing types and purposes(4) The more sophisticated abilities of conveying an appropriate stance and engaging with readers(5) Disciplinary citing practicesThis book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate writers from a variety of backgrounds, as well as their teachers and supervisors. It will be relevant to the growing number of researchers from non-English speaking backgrounds who are obliged to publish their work in English language international journals, and scholars who may be interested in carrying out research related to source-based writing.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Scholarly interest in teaching and learning source text use: 1980-2020 Chapter 3 Locating, evaluating, reading, summarising & synthesising sources Chapter 4 Citing sources Chapter 5 Conveying an authorial voice, using metadiscourse, and engaging with readers Chapter 6 Writing in the disciplines

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive presentation of cross-cultural crisis negotiation principles and strategies, this book relates established communication models to the practical knowledge and experience of crisis negotiators across international organisations and contexts.Early chapters discuss prominent communication theories and discourse analysis models used to analyse interaction in crisis negotiation case studies. A central theme is the practice of âactive listeningâ, highlighting the crucial role of active listening in building rapport. Rapport is a communicational concept deemed essential to successful negotiations but is seldom defined. The book expands upon this concept in depth, providing relevant communication theories that can be applied to understanding the interactional processes in successful crisis negotiations. By presenting perspectives on crisis negotiation by scholars and practitioners engaged in vastly differing contexts, it is a robust guide to developing constructive cr

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Book SynopsisExhaustivity, Contrastivity, and the Semantics of Mandarin Cleft-related Structures investigates the semantics of the cleft and cleft-related structures in Mandarin, which, over several decades, have presented analytical challenges for semantic theory. The goal of this book, in broad terms, is three-fold: (i) to figure out what clefting adds to the semantics of a sentence; (ii) to set apart the meaning and the discourse function of each type of cleft-related structure; and (iii) to provide a uniform analysis of Mandarin clefts and their related structures. More specifically, it addresses the following questions: (i) what is the semantics of Mandarin clefts? (ii) what do exhaustivity and contrastivity contribute to the meaning of clefts? (iii) what are the semantic (or pragmatic) factors that determine the variation of clefts, related structures, and canonical sentences? and (iv) cross-linguistically speaking, how do Mandarin shi...de cleft and its related struTable of Contents1 Introduction 1.1 The data 1.2 The problem 1.3 Aim and methods 1.3.1 Aim 1.3.2 Empirical methods 1.3.3 Typological investigations 1.4 Major findings 1.5 The organization of the book 2 Theoretical background 2.1 Information Structure 2.2 Focus 2.2.1 What is focus?2.2.2 Types of focus 2.2.3 Focus Marking 2.3 Multi-dimensionality and types of meaning 2.3.1 Assertion vs Presupposition 2.3.2 Implicatures 2.3.3 Features of entailment, presupposition, and implicature 2.4 Question Under Discussion 2.4.1 Question semantics and focus semantics 2.4.2 CQ congruence and DQ relevance 3 Clefts and the related structures 3.1 What is cleft construction? 3.2 Prototypical and non-prototypical clefts 3.2.1 Prototypical clefts 3.2.2 Non-prototypical clefts 3.3 Related structures 3.3.1 Pseudo-clefts 3.3.2 Definite specificational sentences 3.4 Shi…de and its related structures 3.4.1 Shi…de 3.4.2 Bare shi sentences 3.4.3 Bare de sentences 3.4.4 Pseudo-clefts and definite specificational sentences 3.4.5 Verum focus, propositional assertion, and sentence-initial shi 3.5 Interim discussion 4 The interpretation of clefts 4.1 Previous treatments of clefts’ exhaustivity 4.1.1 The assertion account 4.1.2 The presupposition account 4.1.3 The conversational implicature account 4.1.4 Empirical evidence 4.2 Contrastivity and the interpretation of clefts 4.2.1 What is contrastivity?4.2.2 Empirical evidence 4.2.3 Contrastivity and Chinese shi…(de) clefts 4.3 Experimental studies on the interpretation of Mandarin clefts 4.3.1 Experiment 1: Large-scale corpus and web-based experimental study 4.3.2 Experiments 2-4: the status of exhaustivity 4.4 General discussion 5. A unified analysis of shi-clefts 5.1 Unique identification and the semantics of bare shi 5.1.1 Unique identification 5.1.2 The derivation of the semantics of shi 5.1.3 The status of exhaustivity 5.2 Extending the current analysis to related structures 5.2.1 Empirical foundations of the uniform analysis 5.2.2 The analysis of the related structures 5.3 Interim discussion 6. The semantics of de 6.1 Previous analyses 6.1.1 What de cannot be 6.1.2 The aspect marker analyses 6.1.3 Evidentiality and emphatic effect analyses 6.2 Two types of de 6.3 Verum focus de and emphatic effects 6.3.1 De independently manifests emphatic effects 6.3.2 What are the emphatic effects? 6.3.3 Verum shi and de 6.4 Cleft focus de and perfectivity 6.4.1 Perfectivity 6.4.2 de, le, and guo 6.5 Interim discussion 7. Conclusion References Index

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