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Book SynopsisInformation and Knowledge Organisation explores the role of knowledge organisation in the digital humanities. By focusing on how information is described, represented and organised in both research and practice, this work furthers the transdisciplinary nature of digital humanities.Including contributions from Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and the Middle East, the volume explores the potential uses of, and challenges involved in, applying the organisation of information and knowledge in the various areas of Digital Humanities. With a particular focus on the digital worlds of cultural heritage collections, the book also includes chapters that focus on machine learning, knowledge graphs, text analysis, text annotations and network analysis. Other topics covered include: semantic technologies, conceptual schemas and data augmentation, digital scholarly editing, metadata creation, browsing, visualisation and relevance ranking. Most importantly, perhaps, thTrade Review“This book represents a high-level work aimed at researchers and academics in the areas of digital humanities, cultural heritage informatics and information science, as well as professionals in libraries, archives and museums (LAMs), with a focus on the fundamental theories, models and best practices in knowledge organisation. It contains research articles and experiments by authors who have been recognized as experts in the field and are at the forefront of national and international collaborations. Each of the chapters constitutes a unique and innovative contribution. Put together, this monograph represents one of the most important areas of research in this field in the 2020s.” -- Marcia Lei Zeng, Kent State University, USA."Over the last two decades, the Digital Humanities has passed its emerging and evolving stages and now rapidly approaches a more advanced and sophisticated realm of its development as a mature and multidisciplinary area of research and practice. At the same time, scholars and practitioners in this new territory need a range of well-established theories, tools and techniques to collect, organise, share, and generate information and knowledge related to their activities and achievements. This book is a timely response to this urgent need at various levels. It provides an informative and insightful vision towards the applicability and transferability of information and knowledge organisation scholarship for the progress of Digital Humanities. Information professionals, students, and scholars across the GLAM sector (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) will find the book informative and enlightening. Furthermore, it shows how they can collaborate with scholars and practitioners in the Digital Humanities projects and contribute to the further advancement of this area." -- Yazdan Mansourian, School of Information and Communication Studies, Charles Sturt University, Australia. "This is the first book that addresses the role of information and knowledge organization (IKO) in digital humanities (DH). The book chapters provide snapshots of how information can be organized in various contexts in digital humanities. Organizing cultural heritage collections in digital environments is addressed in topics such as the creation and adoption of conceptual models and metadata standards, the incorporation of linked open data, approaches to enriching metadata, and the aggregation and interoperability of metadata across cultural heritage collections. Several chapters were devoted to managing digital humanities resources for preservation and reuse, and examples of semi-automated and automated approaches to supporting knowledge organization for improved access, discovery and navigation of digital humanities materials. These diverse topics are discussed from the international perspectives. The book may inspire the researchers of the two fields (IKO and DH) to study knowledge organization methods for processing digital humanities materials and humanities-driven knowledge organization approaches, and may also encourage the collaboration of the researchers in the two fields. The book may also be useful to information professionals in managing digital humanities resources." ~ Yejun Wu, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University, USA.”This volume comes as an extremely timely contribution to bridge the gap between knowledge organisation and digital humanities fields. Their points of convergence are very apparent but still - especially considering that information studies, the home discipline of knowledge organisation, has been increasingly active in digital humanities community - there has been little comprehensive work to bring the two together in dialogue. Golub and Liu's volume takes an important step to this direction by lining up a highly international and diverse collection of chapters shedding light to major contexts where knowledge organisation plays a crucial role in and for digital humanities research and vice versa.” ~ Professor Isto Huvila, Department of ALM, Uppsala University, Sweden.Table of ContentsForeword; Preface; Chapter 1: Knowledge Organisation for Digital Humanities: An Introduction; PART I. MODELLING AND METADATA; Chapter 2: Modelling Cultural Entities in Diverse Domains for Digital Archives ; Chapter 3: Collection-Level and Item-Level Description in the Digital Environment: Alignment of Conceptual Models IFLA LRM and RiC-CM ; Chapter 4: Linked Open Data and Aggregation Infrastructure in the Cultural Heritage Sector: A Case Study of SOCH, a Linked Data Aggregator for Swedish Open Cultural Heritage; Chapter 5: A Semantic Enrichment Approach to Linking and Enhancing Dunhuang Cultural Heritage Data; Chapter 6: Semantic Metadata Enrichment and Data Augmentation of Small Museum Collections Following the FAIR Principles; Chapter 7: Digital Research, the Legacy of Form and Structure and the ResearchSpace System; PART II. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; Chapter 8: Research Access to In-copyright Texts in the Humanities; Chapter 9: SKOS as a Key Element for Linking Lexicography to Digital Humanities; Chapter 10: Linked Data Strategies for Conserving Digital Research Outputs: The Shelf Life of Digital Humanities; PART III: PLATFORMS AND TECHNIQUES; Chapter 11: Heritage Metadata: A Digital Periegesis; Chapter 12: Machine Learning Techniques for the Management of Digitised Collections; Chapter 13: Exploring Digital Cultural Heritage through Browsing; Index.

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Book SynopsisIntroducing Social Semiotics uses a wide variety of texts including photographs, adverts, magazine pages and film stills to explain how meaning is created through complex semiotic interactions. Practical exercises and examples as wide ranging as furniture arrangements in public places and advertising jingles, provide readers with the knowledge and skills they need to be able to analyze and also produce successful multimodal texts and designs.The book traces the development of semiotic resources through particular channels such as the history of the Press and advertising; and explores how and why these resources change over time, for reasons such as advancing technology.Featuring a full glossary of terms, exercises, discussion points and suggestions for further reading, Introducing Social Semiotics makes concrete the complexities of meaning making and is essential reading for anyone interested in how communication works.Table of ContentsPart 1: Semiotic Principles Semiotic Resources. Semiotic Change. Semiotic Rules. Semiotic Functions. Part 2: Dimensions of Semiotic Analysis Discourse. Genre. Style. Modality. Part 3: Multimodal Cohesion Rhythm. Composition. Information Linking. Dialogue

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Book SynopsisIn this handy volume, Claire Colebrook offers an overview of the history and structure of irony, from Socrates to the present.Students will welcome this clear, concise guide, which:*traces the use of the concept through history, from Greek times to the Romantic period and on to the postmodern era*looks closely at the work of Socrates and the more contemporary theorists Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze*explores the philosophical, literary and political dimensions of irony*applies theories of irony to literary textsMaking even the most difficult debates accessible and clear, this is the ideal student introduction to the many theories of irony.Table of ContentsChapter 1 THE CONCEPT OF IRONY; Chapter 2 THE PHILOSOPHY OF IRONY; Chapter 3 ROMANTIC IRONY; Chapter 4 BEYOND IRONY AND SUBJECTIVITY, Byron, Swift; Chapter 5 IRONY OUT OF CONTEXT; Chapter 6 SATIRE AND THE LIMITS OF IRONY; Chapter 7 HUMOUR AND IRONY; Chapter 8 POSTMODERNISM, PARODY AND IRONY; CONCLUSION; GLOSSARY; References Index;

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Book SynopsisRoutledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate and enjoy English.Books in the series are built around the various skills specified in the assessment objectives (AOs) for all AS and A2 Level English courses. Focusing on the AOs most relevant to their topic, the books help students to develop their knowledge and abilities through analysis of lively texts and contemporary data. Each book in the series covers a different area of language and literary study, and offers accessible explanations, examples, exercises, a glossary of key terms, and suggested answers.Language and Social Contexts: considers language within the social contexts in which it is used and understood covers the key skills and topics, including social contexts, transcripts and the contexts of speech, language and age, language and gender, and regional talk analyzes a wide variety of spoken and written texTrade Review'For teachers of English language [this book] is a must ... It is a very reassuring text and the activities work well.' - EnglishDramaMedia Table of ContentsPreface Assessment objectives 1. Social Contexts and Conventions 2. Transcripts and the Contexts of Speech 3. Representation Research Statement 4. Power 5. Identity: Gender 6.Identity: Regional Talk Further Reading Glossary Suggestions for Answers

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Book SynopsisA fruitful and insightful study of how language affects how we understand the world, this book is also an indispensable work for all those seeking to retrieve some kind of meaning in uncertain times.Trade Review'The writer's own introduction is a wonderful discourse on the whole state of language and meaning studies as these touch the issue of metaphor; few thinkers are as adept as Ricoeur at placing their own work in the context of that of others, naming the heroes and villains.' - John B. Davis, Philosophical Studies'...the density, acuity, and sheer scope of the argument are impressive.' - Times Literary Supplement'I do not think that anyone would fail to find illumination and challenge in reading him.' - Times Literary Supplement'This is Ricoeur at his pedagogical best - lucid, learned, inspiring. His generous range of reference - from Aristotle and Aquinas to Heidegger and Max Black - is breathtaking.' - Richard Kearney, Author of On Stories'I do not think that anyone would fail to find illumination and challenge in reading him.' - Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsTranslator's introduction Introduction Study 1/Between Rhetoric and Poetics: Aristotle 1. Rhetoric and Poetics 2. The intersection of the Poetics and the Rhetorics: 'Epiphora of the name' 3. An enigma: metaphor and simile (eikon) 4. The place of exis in rhetoric 5. The place of lexis in poetics Study 2/The decline of rhetoric: Tropology 1. The rhetorical 'model' of tropology Fontainer: the primacy of idea and of word 3. Trope and figure 4. Metonymy, synecdoche, metaphor 5. The family of metaphor 6. Forced metaphor and newly invented metaphorStudy 3/Metaphor and the semantics of Discourse 1. The debate between semantics and semiotics 2. Semantics and rhetoric of metaphor 3. Logical grammar and semantics 4. Literary criticism and semantics Study 4/Metaphor and the Semantics of the word 1. Monism of the sign and primacy of the word 2. Logic and linguistics of denomination 3. Metaphor as 'change of meaning' 4. Metaphor and the Saussurean postulates 5. Between sentence and word: the interplay of meaning Study 5/Metaphor and the new rhetoric 1. Deviation and rhetoric degree zone 2. The space of the figure 3. Deviation and reduction of deviation 4. The functioning of figures: 'semic' analysis Study 6/The work of resemblance 1. Substitution and resemblance 2. The 'iconic' moment of metaphor 3. The case against resemblance 5. Psycholinguistics of metaphor 6. Icon and image Study 7/Metaphor and reference 1. The postulates of reference 2. The case against reference 3. A generalized theory of denotation 4. Model and metaphor 5. Towards the concept of 'metaphorical truth' Study 8/Metaphor and Philosophical Discourse 1. Metaphor and the equivocalness of being: Aristotle 2. Metaphor and analogia entis: onto-theology 3. Meta-phor and meta-physics 4. The intersection of spheres of discourse 5. Ontological clarification of the postulate reference Appendix Notes Works cited Index of authors

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Book SynopsisThis collection offers empirical studies and theoretical essays about human communication in everyday life. The writings come from many of the world''s leading researchers and cut across academic boundaries, engaging scholars and teachers from such disciplines as communication, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, and education. Chapters emphasize empirical, qualitative studies of people''s everyday uses of talk-in-interaction, and they feature work in such areas as sociolinguistics, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, and ethnography. The volume is dedicated to and highlights themes in the work of the late Robert Hopper, an outstanding scholar in communication who pioneered research in Language and Social Interaction (LSI). The contributors examine various features of human interaction (such as laughter, vocal repetition, and hand gestures) occurring naturally within a variety of settings (at a dinner table, a doctor''s office, an automotive repair shop, and so forthTable of ContentsContents: C.D. LeBaron, J. Mandelbaum, P.J. Glenn, An Overview of Language and Social Interaction Research. Part I: Orienting to the Field of Language and Social Interaction.J.J. Bradac, Extending the Domain of Speech Evaluation: Message Judgments. J.C. Heritage, Designing Questions and Setting Agendas in the News Interview. K.L. Fitch, Taken-for-Granteds in (an) Intercultural Communication. R.T. Craig, A.L. Sanusi, "So What Do You Guys Think?": Think Talk and Process in Student-Led Classroom Discussions. C.D. LeBaron, T. Koschmann, Gesture and the Transparency of Understanding. Part II: Talk in Everyday Life. C.M. Jones, Utterance Restarts in Telephone Conversation: Marking Topic Initiation and Reluctance. C. Goodwin, Recognizing Assessable Names. S.D. Corbin, Interactional Problems With "Did You" Questions and Responses. W.A. Beach, Managing Optimism. S.G. Lawrence, Rejecting Illegitimate Understandings. J. Mandelbaum, Interactive Methods for Constructing Relationships. G. Jefferson, A Note on Resolving Ambiguity. E.A. Schegloff, The Surfacing of the Suppressed. P.J. Glenn, Sex, Laughter, and Audiotape: On Invoking Features of Context to Explain Laughter in Interaction. H. Houtkoop-Steenstra, Gender Differences in Telephone Conversations. Part III: Talk in Institutional Settings. P. Drew, Comparative Analysis of Talk-in-Interaction in Different Institutional Settings: A Sketch. R.E. Sanders, Conversational Socializing on Marine VHF Radio: Adapting Laughter and Other Practices to the Technology in Use. J.L. Molloy, H. Giles, Law Enforcement and Community Policing: An Intergroup Communication Approach. G.H. Morris, Preventatives in Social Interaction. E.D. Wrobbel, The Interactional Construction of Self-Revelation: Creating an "Aha" Moment. K.A. Bruder, "A World in a Grain of Sand": Therapeutic Discourse as Making Much of Little Things. A. Pomerantz, Modeling as a Teaching Strategy in Clinical Training: When Does It Work? D.W. Maynard, R.M. Frankel, Indeterminancy and Uncertainty in the Delivery of Diagnostic News in Internal Medicine: A Single Case Analysis. D.P. Modaff, Body Movement in the Transition From Opening to Task in Doctor-Patient Interviews. Part IV: Emerging Trajectories: Body, Mind, and Spirit. J. Streeck, The Body Taken for Granted: Lingering Dualism in Research on Social Interaction. G.H. Lerner, D.H. Zimmerman, Action and the Appearance of Action in the Conduct of Very Young Children. J.V. Modaff, Speech Melody and Rhetorical Style: Paul Harvey as Exemplar. N.P. Stucky, S.M. Daughton, The Body Present: Reporting Everyday Life Performance. M.C. González, Ethnography as Spiritual Practice: A Change in the Taken-for-Granted (or an Epistemological Break With Science). M.H. Brown, The Tao and Narrative. K.G. Drummond, Conversational Enslavement in "The Truman Show." E.A. Schegloff, On ESP Puns. Part V: Robert Hopper: Teacher and Scholar. J. Mandelbaum, Robert Hopper: An Intellectual History. S.L. Ragan, The Scientist as Humanist: Moral Values in the Opus of Robert Hopper. L.H. Jarmon, The Great Poem. W.A. Beach, Phone Openings, "Gendered" Talk, and Conversations About Illness. J.J. Bradac, Nothing Promised. R. Hopper, The Last Word. Appendix: Transcription Symbols.

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Book SynopsisExplores critical and corpus-based perspectives on intercultural rhetoric. Chapters examine what is meant by “culture” and how that affects research and pedagogy, particularly with regard to new forms of literacy. The contents of this book are situated within a tradition of inquiry that has developed since Kaplan’s famous 1966 article while at the same time exploring new areas of interest.

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Book SynopsisIn this book two of the leading figures in argumentation theory present a view of argumentation as a means of resolving differences of opinion by testing the acceptability of the disputed positions. This is a major contribution to the study of argumentation.Trade Review'This is the most important argumentation theory in the world today. It is the only theory that incorporates a developed underlying philosophical perspective with a complete elaboration of a theory and a full account of its practical applications. It is the only theory that integrates insights from the complete range of fields in which argumentation is studied (among others: linguistics, philosophy of language, logic, communications, rhetoric) … It has had simply a huge influence on argumentation studies around the world.' J. Anthony Blair, University of Windsor'… a major event in argumentation theory scholarship.' Michael C. Leff, Northwestern UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The realm of argumentation studies; 3. A model of a critical discussion; 4. Relevance; 5. Analysis as reconstruction; 6. Rules for a critical discussion; 7. Fallacies; 8. A code of conduct for reasonable discussants.

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Book SynopsisDiscourse and the Translator both incorporates and moves beyond previous studies of translation. Its logical and informative approach to the problems of translation ensures that it will be essential for all those who work with languages ''in contact''. Incorporating research in sociolinguistics, discourse studies, pragmatics and semiotics, the authors analyse the process and product of translation in their social contexts. Through this analysis, the book emphasises the importance of the translator as a mediator between cultures.

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Book SynopsisFictions of India explores the relation of narrative technique to issues of power in the work of selected writers dealing with India. It examines the imperial context in which the writers operate and suggests how historical and ideological assumptions and anxieties may be read into the texts they produce.Trade ReviewThe years most satisfying study of representations of India in the novel is Peter Morey's Fictions of India: Narrative and Power. The years most satisfying study of representations of India in the novel is Peter Morey's Fictions of India: Narrative and Power.

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Book SynopsisA lively and accessible study of media and discourse.Trade ReviewTalbot explores three distinct sites of interaction involving media discourse in great detail, offering a valuable insight into the way in which modern media discourse works in our life... Her detailed analysis of media interactions proves to be a successful demonstration for newcomers to this field. In addition, activities and further reading at the end of each chapter and a glossary of key terms at the end of the book make the book highly accessible and readable. Written in a clear and lively way, this book is worth recommending to anyone who is interested in discourse studies. -- Song Guo, Tianjin University of Commerce Discourse and Communication Talbot explores three distinct sites of interaction involving media discourse in great detail, offering a valuable insight into the way in which modern media discourse works in our life... Her detailed analysis of media interactions proves to be a successful demonstration for newcomers to this field. In addition, activities and further reading at the end of each chapter and a glossary of key terms at the end of the book make the book highly accessible and readable. Written in a clear and lively way, this book is worth recommending to anyone who is interested in discourse studies.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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Book SynopsisDesigned as a quick yet thorough introduction to one of the most vibrant areas of research in modern linguistics today this volume reveals the beauty and elegance of the mathematical study of meaning. It introduces the essential principles and techniques of formal semantics.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Basic notions; 2. Types and model structure; 3. Boolean operations; 4. Generalized quantiers; 5. Beyond truth values: de dicto/de re ambiguities.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an accessible overview of the structural and cognitive approaches to English historical semantics. Focusing primarily on Lexical Semantics, the study of word meaning, the book looks at how these approaches help to answer two key questions in Historical Linguistics: how and why languages change.

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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates the advantage of a corpus based approach to Arabic, and presents an overview of current research on the Arabic language within corpus linguistics. Dealing not only with modern standard Arabic, the book also considers classical and colloquial forms, including Tunisian Arabic and Iraqi Arabic.

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Book SynopsisUnnatural Narratology: Extensions, Revisions, and Challenges offers a number of developments, refinements, and defenses of key aspects of unnatural narrative studies. The first section applies unnatural narrative theory and analysis to ideologically charged areas such as feminism, postcolonial studies, cultural alterity, and subaltern discourse. The book goes on to engage with and intervene in theoretical debates in several areas of both critical theory and narrative theory, including affect studies, immersion, narration, character theory, frames, and theories of reception and interpretation. Antimimetic perspectives are also extended to additional fields, including autobiography, graphic narratives, drama and film, performance studies, and interactive gamebooks. Written by an international assemblage of distinguished and emerging narrative scholars and theorists, this collection promises to greatly enhance the study of narrative and further advance the frontiers of narrati

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Rhetoric of Empire is a richly eclectic, innovative study. It should appeal to a considerable cross-section of scholars and students and gain recognition as a significant intervention in colonial studies."—Rob Nixon, Columbia University"Spurr's ability to make connections between literature and its shadow discourse, journalism, and to show how the two work in tandem to reinforce the culture of colonialism, is really most impressive. The overall result of his approach is a broad perspective on the global problem of colonialism."—Christopher Miller, Yale University

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Book SynopsisRhetoric and composition scholar Donna LeCourt combines theoretical inquiry, qualitative research, and rhetorical analysis to examine what it means to write for the public in an age when the distinctions between public and private have eroded. Public spaces are increasingly privatized, and individual subjectivities have been reconstructed according to market terms. Part critique and part road map, Social Mediations begins with a critical reading of digital public pedagogies, then turns to developing a new theory that can guide a more effective writing pedagogy. LeCourt offers a theory based in embodied relationality that uses information economies to develop public spheres. She highlights how information commodities generate value through circulation, orchestrate relationships among people, and support unequal power structures. By demonstrating how we can use information capital for social change rather than market expansion, writers and readers are encouraged to seek out encounters wi

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Book SynopsisThis work, which is both theoretical and descriptive, covers the entire range of modal expressions in English. It is organized so that the more general issues are dealt with first, followed by a more detailed analysis of the semantics of modal expressions. It is then supplemented by an assessment of how such an analysis is relevant to pragmatic and developmental perspectives on the expression of modality.

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Book SynopsisThis engaging and accessible textbook, by two leading experts, is a carefully crafted introduction to linguistics for translators, students, and researchers of translation.Starting with basic concepts and gradually moving readers to the central questions in different branches of linguistics, examples are drawn from English and many other languages, including German, Arabic, Kurdish, Swahili, French, and Chinese. The key areas of linguistics are covered from morphology and syntax to semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, stylistics, sociolinguistics, and cognitive linguistics. Striking a balance between theoretical developments and empirical investigation, readers gain both a comprehensive overview of linguistics and how it informs their work in translation and learn how to argue for analysis and annotate their own answers and translations academically. Each chapter provides the reader with an overview outlining the main points and technical words used in the chapter as well as illustrative examples, recommended readings, and resources and activities to test knowledge. This is the ideal textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of translation in Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Modern languages.Trade ReviewYet another success story in the world of academic publishing. Linguistics for Translators is a major undertaking. To reconcile the two perspectives (sentence and text linguistics) and come up with a product relevant to both translator and linguist, is a mammoth task, executed seamlessly and most effectively.Emeritus Professor Basil Hatim, American University of Sharjah, UAELinguistics for Translators is a valuable addition to a field where theory and practice are closely intertwined. The authors review a wide range of linguistic concepts that are of relevance for the translator and illustrate them with clear, up-to-date examples in many languages. Frequent questions and tasks test and enhance the reader’s understanding.Jeremy Munday, Professor Emeritus in Translation Studies, University of Leeds, UKAlmanna and House adopt a perspective in their Linguistics for Translators which shows convincingly that systematic knowledge of language is a fascinating and necessary resource for understanding translation. They maintain contact with questions arising in translation studies through their valuable linguistic orientation with a strong pedagogical focus. A timely and most welcome contribution to the field.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Erich Steiner (i.R./ em.), Translation Studies Englisch, Saarland University, Dept. of Language Science and Technology.Linguistics for Translators by Almanna and House provides a ground-breaking contribution to translation studies. It reinstates linguistics to the forefront of the field, by demonstrating its crucial importance for understanding what goes on in translation. This book is a must-read for academics, teachers, practitioners and students.Dániel Z. Kádár, Ordinary Member of Academia Europaea, Chair Professor, Dalian University of Foreign Languages, China, and Hungarian Research Centre for LinguisticsTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 : Setting the scene Chapter 2: Phonetics & phonology Chapter 3: MorphologyChapter 4: Morphological processesChapter 5: Syntax Chapter 6: Semantics Chapter 7: Discourse analysisChapter 8: Pragmatics Chapter 9: Functional linguisticsChapter 10: Sociolinguistics Chapter 11: Language variation Chapter 12: Cognitive linguistics

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Book SynopsisThis collection calls for greater attention to the need for a clearer understanding of the role of discourse in the process of placemaking in the digital age and the increasing hybridisation of physical and virtual worlds.The volume outlines a new conceptualisation of place in the time of smartphones, whose technological and social affordances evoke placemaking as a collaborative endeavour which allows users to create and maintain a sense of community around place as shareable or collective experience. Taken together, the chapters argue for a greater emphasis on the ways in which users employ discourse to manage this physical-virtual interface in digital interactions and in turn, produce âœremixedâ cultural practices that draw on diverse digital semiotic resources and reflect their everyday experiences of place and location. The book explores a wide range of topics and contexts which embody these dynamics, including livestreaming platforms, mourning in the digital age, e-service encounters, and Internet forums. While the overlay of physical and virtual information on location-based media is not a new phenomenon, this volume argues that, in the face of its increasing pervasiveness, we can better understand its unfolding and future directions for research by accounting for the significance of place in todayâs interactions.This book will be of interest to students and scholars in discourse analysis, digital communication, pragmatics, and media studies.

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Book SynopsisThis book reconceptualises the idea of post-truth. It does not limit the domain of post-truth to the production factories of fake news. Drawing on examples such as Trump, War on Terror, anti-vaccination, climate change denial, denial of scientific facts about smoking, and so forth, it analyses the concept through a new theoretical lens which focuses on the specificity of post-truth discourses. Further, the volume develops a guide to operationalise post-truth discourse and makes use of Pakistan as a case study to illustrate post-truth discourses in Pakistani newspapers and implements an experiment to measure the effects of post-truth rhetoric on political attitudes.The volume will be essential reading for students, scholars, and researchers of media and communication studies, politics, and South Asian studies.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the detrimental effects on global peace of populism's tendency to present complex social issues in simplistic good versus evil terms. Analyzing the civilizational discourse of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with respect to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukrainewith his division of the world into civilized us versus barbarian themthe book argues that such a one-dimensional representation of complex social reality leaves no space for understanding the conflict and has little, if any, potential to bring about peace.To deconstruct the civilization versus barbarism discourse propagated by Zelensky, the book incorporates into its analysis alternative articulations of the crisis by oppositional voices. The author looks at the writing of several popular Ukrainian journalists and bloggers who have been excluded from the field of political representation within Ukraine, where all oppositional media are currently banned. Drawing on the discourse theTrade Review"Olga Baysha’s riveting War, Peace, and Populist Discourse exposes the lethality of simplistic judgments that fictionalize highly dangerous geopolitical struggles between Russia, Ukraine, and the West. Her devastating perspective is an indispensable contribution to studies in global communication and transnational populism." Joseph Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Professor Emeritus, Bowling Green State University "Olga Baysha’s War, Peace, and Populist Discourse challenges the good-versus-evil oversimplification of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and argues that the road to peace must include a shift from antagonism to agonism. This is a valuable addition to the analyses of the ongoing crisis."Natalia Knoblock, Associate Professor, Saginaw Valley State UniversityTable of ContentsDedicationAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Transnational Populism and Global PolarizationPart I: Populist Discourse of Civilization1. From the Euromaidan to the Russia–Ukraine War: 2013–2022 2. Analyzing Populist Discourses: Contingency, Sedimentation, and Antagonism3. Zelensky’s Transnational Populism: "Civilized Us" Versus "Barbaric Them" Part II: Alternative Articulations of the Russia–Ukraine Conflict4. Ukraine Under External Control5. Authoritarian Populism in the Name of Democracy6. The Deadlock of the Peace TreatyConclusion. A Road to Peace: Giving Voice to the Silenced

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Book SynopsisNeoliberal Feminism and the Discourse of Self-Improvement utilizes feminist critical discourse analysis to examine the language and narratives within self-help literature targeted at women.Giuliana Ferri critically explores the discourse of self-improvement, focusing on how neoliberal values of empowerment and individual fulfilment have been co-opted by elite feminism as a technology of the self. She unpacks how this discourse constructs an idealized image of the empowered womanâone who is portrayed as capable of overcoming patriarchy through the affirmation of innate strength and resilience. Drawing on Marxist feminism and feminist social reproduction theory, the book highlights how neoliberal feminism markets women as entrepreneurs, badass feminists, and successful working mothers, all while obscuring the realities of increasing work precarization and flexibilization in post-industrial societies.Through its feminist critical discourse analysis, the book reveals how these seemingly empowering narratives shift the responsibility for systemic change onto individuals, rather than positioning feminism as a collective, anti-capitalist movement for liberation. By integrating applied linguistics with Marxist feminism and social reproduction theory, this text provides a unique interdisciplinary perspective, making it a key reading for scholars and students of language, gender, and economic systems.

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Book SynopsisEssential study guides for the future linguist. Narrative is an introduction to the ways we use language to tell stories. It is suitable for advanced level students and beyond. Written with input from the Cambridge English Corpus, it explores texts from a range of genres, mediums and periods, written for different audiences and purposes. This includes examples such as hard news stories, narratives from children and examples from Twitter. 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. Defining narrative: 1.1. Some basics; 1.2. Representation; 1.3. The social aspect of narrative; 2. Written narratives: 2.1. Authors and narrators; 2.2. Point of view; 2.3. Modal grammar; 2.4 Multimodal narratives; 3. Spoken narratives: 3.1. 'Big' and 'small' stories: narrative and identity; 3.2. Co-constructing narratives; 3.3. Stories about place; 4. Reading narratives: 4.1. Reading narratives; 4.2. Deixis and deictic shift theory; 4.3. Intertextuality; 4.4 Reading characters; 5. Narrative genres: 5.1. Narrative and the news; 5.2. Children's narratives; 5.3. Narrative and Twitter; Ideas and answers; References.

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Book SynopsisThis book integrates the core insights of two major models of language, the formal and the functional, into a single interface theory. A groundbreaking work, this is essential reading for academic researchers and postgraduate students in linguistics, as well as scholars in related disciplines such as psychology and cognitive science.

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Book SynopsisMental health is a matter of vital importance in today''s society, with the news media reporting on the topic on an almost daily basis. Despite this, the language associated with mental health has to date been relatively under-explored. Using methods from corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis, this pioneering book is the first large-scale linguistic investigation of UK news reports on mental illness. Based on a purpose-built corpus of 45 million words of UK press reports on mental illness, it offers a range of analyses exploring language development across time, in addition to focusing on the differences between press representations of specific mental illnesses. The book provides linguistic insights into public perceptions of mental illness, as well as stigma creation and perpetuation in the media. It also includes original and significant methodological innovations, making it a vital resource for researchers for in corpus linguistics, health communication, and the health humanities.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The language of mental illness; 3. Analytical methods; 4. Corpus linguistics; 5. Analytical methods; 6. Critical discourse analysis; 7. Corpus construction; 8. The shifting meaning of mental health and mental illness; 9. Named, labelled and referred to: people with mental illnesses in the MI 1984-2014 corpus; 10. 'Suffering' illnesses and 'experiencing' symptoms: ways of talking about having mental illness; 11. Do newspaper reports accurately represent the symptoms of mental illness?; 12. Concluson.

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Spanish Pragmatics is the first volume to offer a comprehensive overview of advances in Spanish Pragmatics, addressing different types of interaction and the variables, both social and linguistic, that can affect them. Written by a diverse set of experts in the field, the handbook unifies two major approaches to the study of pragmatics, the Anglo-American and European Continental traditions. Thirty-three chapters cover in detail both pragmatic foundations (e.g. speech act theory, implicature and relevance, deixis) and interfaces with other concepts, including: Discourse Variation; Culture and interculture (Im)politeness; humor Learning contexts and teaching Technology This is an ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, and researchers of Spanish language and linguistics. Trade Review"Este trabajo de recopilación puede resultar muy útil para profesores y estudiantes universitarios que quieran ponerse al día de las recientes publicaciones en este campo o deseen estar al tanto de las nuevas metodologías y aquellos aspectos pragmáticos que quedan todavía por explorar en profundidad, como por ejemplo la pragmática de los hablantes de herencia, las implicaturas convencionales y conversacionales en español, la deixis o la interfaz entre pragmática y prosodia. Pero el volumen no solo ofrece una puesta al día a los ya iniciados en la pragmática, sino también a aquellos que busquen entender el objeto de estudio de un campo de la lingüística tan heterogéneo y amplio como es la pragmática." Hispania 104 (4), December 2021 Patricia Andueza, University of Evansville, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Part I. Foundations of Pragmatics 1. Implicature and Spanish speakers’ meaning 2. Speech acts research in Spanish 3. Deixis in Spanish research 4. Pragmatics and word order 5. Relevance theory in Spanish pragmatics Part II. Interfaces of Spanish Pragmatics 6. Pragmatics and semantics: A focus on evidentiality 7. The role of pragmatics in shaping linguistic structures 8. Pragmatics and prosody in research on Spanish 9. Pragmatics and sociolinguistics Part III. Pragmatics and Discourse 10. Discourse markers in Spanish 11. Formulaic language in Spanish pragmatics 12. Pragmatics and argumentation 13. Pragmatics and censure in Spanish research 14. Pragmatics and medical discourse in Spanish Part IV. Pragmatic Variation; Culture and Interculture 15. Pragmatic variation across varieties of Spanish 16. Pragmatic variation and forms of address 17. Intercultural communication in a globalized world: the case of Spanish 18. Cross-cultural and intercultural pragmatics research in Spanish 19. Pragmatics and multilingualism Part V. (Im)politeness in Interaction; Humor 20. Politeness research in the Spanish-speaking world 21. Impoliteness and conflict in Spanish 22. Mitigation in Spanish pragmatics research 23. Pragmatics and humor in Spanish research Part VI. Pragmatics Learning Contexts and Teaching 24. Second language acquisition of pragmatics 25. Advances in L2 Spanish pragmatics classroom instruction 26. Research on pragmatics learning, teaching, and curricula for heritage speakers 27. Pragmatics and teacher education 28. The impact of study abroad on L2 Spanish pragmatics development 29. Pragmatics instruction and assessment in study abroad research Part VII. Pragmatics, Technology, and Research Methods 30. Eye-tracking applications for Spanish pragmatics research 31. Pragmatics and digital discourse in Spanish research 32. Corpus pragmatics in first- and second-language research 33. Research methods for Spanish pragmatics study

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a wide range of case studies, this book provides an examination of the role of United States federal law in shaping the invocation game of police interrogation. It is essential reading for researchers and students in the fields of forensic linguistics, law and society, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. In the judges' own words: the law and custodial interrogation in the United States; 3. Police interrogation in the United States: from the Reid technique to the high value detainee interrogation group report; 4. The invocation game: the prelude to custodial interrogation; 5. Invocations for counsel, the rulings and the courts: a statistical analysis of the corpus; 6. Police interrogation reform in the United States: paths to consider; Appendices; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe grammatical category of voice covers a wide range of phenomena, including causatives, applicatives, passives, antipassives, middles, and others. Drawing on data from over 200 languages, Fernando Zúñiga and Seppo Kittilä illustrate the semantic, morphological, and syntactic variation of voice across languages from a range of families and regions. They approach the topic from a broad and explicit perspective, and discuss a variety of topics that are not always regarded as voice, in order to make a clear and useful conceptual delimitation. Clearly organized and accessibly written, the book will be welcomed by students and scholars of linguistics, especially those interested in how grammatical categories work.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Changing semantic valency: causatives, applicatives, and related constructions; 3. Changing syntactic valency: passives, antipassives, and related constructions; 4. In search of balance: agent and patient voices; 5. The affected subject: reflexives, reciprocals, and middles; 6. Covert diatheses: uncoded alternations; 7. The fringes of voice; 8. Diachronic aspects of voice; 9. Revisiting voice theory.

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Book SynopsisThe successful collection of data is a key challenge to obtaining reliable and valid results in applied linguistics research. Data Collection Research Methods in Applied Linguistics investigates how research is conducted in the field, encompassing the challenges and obstacles applied linguists face in collecting good data. The book explores frequently used data collection techniques, including: * interviews and focus groups * observations* stimulated recall and think aloud protocols * data elicitation tasks * corpus methods * questionnaires * validated tests and measures Each chapter focuses on one type of data collection, outlining key concepts, threats to reliability and validity, procedures for good data collection, and implications for researchers. The chapters also include exemplary research projects, showcasing and explaining for readers how the technique was used to collect data in a successfully published study. This book is an essential resource for both novice and Trade ReviewThis book is a nicely balanced account of approaches to collecting data in applied linguistics research. The reading activities make the text interactive, fostering engagement with the content of the book as do the sample studies chosen to illustrate the points being made. An extremely useful book for students starting out on research as well as people teaching courses on research methods in applied linguistics. * Brian Paltridge, Professor of TESOL, University of Sydney, Australia *A masterfully written volume, providing clear, focused and very practical advice on data collection for applied linguistics research. Key concepts and procedures are explained succinctly and assuringly, with suggested reading, to enable students to ‘think, discuss, and imagine’. A must-read for anyone who wants to carry out applied linguistics research in a proper manner. * Li Wei, Chair of Applied Linguistics, University College London, UK *This book—chock full of examples from published studies—is one that I have often wished I had. A text that is comprehensive yet accessible, students and veteran scholars alike will benefit in a major way from Rose, Briggs Baffoe-Djan, and McKinley’s insights on the many decisions involved in collecting data. * Luke Plonsky, Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Northern Arizona University, USA *What really impresses readers lies in the structure of each chapter ... This book also assists both experienced and novice researchers to strengthen their research work through the concepts of transparency of realities. * International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) *Table of ContentsPreface 1. An Introduction to Research Methods 2. Data Elicitation Tasks 3. Introspective and Retrospective Protocols 4. Validated Tests and Measures 5. Observations 6. Interviews 7. Diaries, Journals and Logs 8. Questionnaires 9. Focus Groups 10. Document Data Collection 11. Constructing and Using Corpora 12. Strengthening Data Collection: Triangulation, Replication, and Realities Glossary: A-Z of Key Terms and Concepts References Index

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Book SynopsisBridging Discourses in the ESL Classroom is concerned with the nature of talk in multilingual classrooms. Examining the interactions between students learning in and through English as a second language and their teachers, this book identifies the patterns of discourse which support and enable both second language development and the learning of curriculum knowledge. These patterns are bridging discourses'', combining the everyday language used by the student with the specialised language of the academic register.Drawing on second language acquisition research and systemic functional linguistic theory, in particular the work of Halliday and Vygotsky, Pauline Gibbons develops tools to view classroom talk through a powerful interdisciplinary lens. Putting forward an innovative new theory of classroom discourse analysis, this book focuses on applying theory to practice. This is an invaluable resource for all teachers, researchers and students of linguistics and education.Table of Contents1. 'Bridging Discourses' in the ESL classroom: an introduction Part I: Language, learning and learners: perspectives across disciplines 2. A sociocultural view of language and learning 3. Second language learning and teaching Part II: Inside two classrooms 4. Researching the classroom 5. Teaching and learning in two classrooms Part III: Discourse contexts for second language development 6. Teachers and learners: constructing new meanings 7. The teachers: teaching as mediation 8. The learners: affordances for learning Glossary of systemic functional linguistic terms Appendix: Episode summaries References Index

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Book SynopsisLanguage, both spoken and written, is key to understanding learning processes in the classroom. Research Methods for Classroom Discourse is for those who want to investigate spoken interaction or other discourse in the classroom. It lays out clearly the different approaches which are possible, identifying the key principles of each. It addresses the differences between them and the consequences these differences might have for teachers and researchers. Each approach is outlined in terms of practical methods advice, reasons for use, and case studies in which the approach has been used in classroom discourse. Common approaches such as conversation analysis, positioning theory, and critical discourse analysis are included alongside more specialised approaches such as discursive psychology and corpus linguistics. The context of classroom research is used to frame all discussions, with connections to other uses and applications where it can enhance the research being undertaken. TheTrade Review[This] is a very lively, readable and engaging way into the complex world of researching classroom discourse and deserves to be a ‘go-to’ text for researchers and their supervisors ... A refreshing read for more experienced (classroom discourse) researchers as the juxtaposition of the different methods and approaches, the substantive topic areas suggested and the rich collection of case examples, all create the potential to spark new connections and research ideas, as is indeed what happened to the authors in writing the book. * Classroom Discourse *By dealing both with the theoretical background as well as the practicalities of doing research the book appeals to a wide audience. The teacher researcher as well as the novice researcher can use this book as a guide to designing their research, and both would certainly benefit from the practical advice. A more experienced researcher will also find this book useful when turning their attention to classroom discourse ... It is well written and easy to follow. It leaves the reader eager to know more. * International Journal of Research and Method in Education *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Theoretical Frameworks 1. Conversation Analysis and Discursive Psychology 2. Positioning Theory 3. Thematic Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis 4. Sociolinguistics 5. Corpus Linguistics Part II: Applications 6. Identity 7. Multilingual Learners 8. Knowledge and Knowing 9. Written Texts Part III: Practical Considerations 10. Ethics 11. Data Collection 12. Transcription Decisions Glossary of Terms Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow can you carry out discourse analysis using corpus linguistics? What research questions should I ask? Which methods should you use and when? What is a collocational network or a key cluster? Introducing the major techniques, methods and tools for corpus-assisted analysis of discourse, this book answers these questions and more, showing readers how to best use corpora in their analyses of discourse. Using carefully tailored case studies, each chapter is devoted to a central technique, including frequency, concordancing and keywords, going step by step through the process of applying different analytical procedures. Introducing a wide range of different corpora, from holiday brochures to political debates, the book considers the key debates and latest advances in the field. Fully revised and updated, this new edition includes:- A new chapter on how to conduct research projects in corpus-based discourse analysis- Completely rewritten chapters on collocation and advanced techniTrade ReviewBaker (Lancaster University, UK) looks at how corpora (computerized collections of naturally occurring language samples) can be used for discourse analysis. The book has four particular strengths. First, the author explains corpus methodologies thoroughly, including frequency and dispersion, concordances, collocates, and keyness. Second, the grounds his explanations in concrete analyses of discourse used in tourism brochures, fox-hunting debates, and news articles on refugees (among other texts), thereby offering exemplars of the methodology; included are several tabular examples of analysis. And fourth, he explores the strengths and limitations of corpus analysis, explaining the need for self-reflection with respect to methodological decision-making. An excellent guide to the scope and method of corpus linguistics as applied to discourse analysis, this book on research methods will be valuable to those in linguistics, rhetoric and communication, literary theory and other humanities fields. * Choice Reviews (of the first edition) *Is a necessity for any researcher, practitioner or student interested in the interplay of content, discourse and corpus linguistics. It is a practical, hands-on guide that articulately explores the complex workings of corpora building and analysis. It is a valuable contribution for both the novice exploring the field and the more experienced scholar aiming to refresh their understanding of this ever-growing, ever-evolving discipline. * Discourse Studies (of the first edition) *Corpus methodologies have a huge potential for use in discourse studies, and Paul Baker has written a superb introduction that combines common sense and academic expertise. As a practical 'how-to' advisor he provides an accessible explanation of the key technical and interpretative issues. As an advocate of innovation, he is sensitive to the priorities and the research paradigms of both the discourse analyst and the corpus linguist. This is a splendid book that will inspire a new generation of research. -- Professor Susan Hunston, Department of English, University of Birmingham (of the first edition)We are given examples of research which demonstrate the various techniques and these can be intriguing...Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis should indeed build bridges, for those who are not already using them, but it will also be useful to anyone interested in language as it is used in texts...the generative nature of the techniques should be stimulating for all those who monitor language use... -- Alison Duguid * Times Literary Supplement (of the first edition) *If you want to know what corpus linguistics can offer to sociolinguists interested in the relationship between language and gender, this book is the answer. I found it hard to put down. Written in a wonderfully accessible style, it provides detailed examples of the challenging questions, messy data, and satisfying, though often approximate, answers that corpus linguistics can provide. It confronts researchers with the real nitty-gritty of the challenges and rewards of each step of a corpus linguistics project. Researchers and students will both find it invaluable. -- Janet Holmes, Professor of Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (of the first edition)One of the best introductory texts on corpus assisted discourse analysis currently available. Baker expertly embeds concrete examples of critical data analysis within wider discussion of methodological choices, using a range of corpus tools. Readers will find the step by step guides particularly useful, along with Baker’s inimitable clear and engaging writing style. -- Valerie Hobbs, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, University of Sheffield, UKThis new edition combines clear explanations of key corpus concepts with significantly updated chapters. Highlighted throughout are the technological advancements in corpus tools as they are applied to contemporary research questions. Once again, Baker’s extensive expertise provides an invaluable resource for integrating discourse and corpus methodologies in linguistic research. -- Tammy Gales, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Hofstra University, USATable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The First Stages 3. Corpus Building and Annotation 4. Frequency and Dispersion 5. Concordances 6. Collocates 7. Keyness 8. Beyond Collocation 9. What Comes Next? Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisReligious language is all around us, embedded in advertising, politics and news media. This book introduces readers to the field of theolinguistics, the study of religious language. Investigating the ways in which people talk to and about God, about the sacred and about religion itself, it considers why people make certain linguistic choices and what they accomplish. Introducing the key methods required for examining religious language, Valerie Hobbs acquaints readers with the most common and important theolinguistic features and their functions. Using critical corpus-assisted discourse analysis with a focus on archaic and other lexical features, metaphor, agency and intertextuality, she examines religious language in context. Highlighting its use in both expected locations, such as modern-day prayer and politics, and unexpected locations including advertising, sport, healthcare and news media, Hobbs analyses the shifting and porous linguistic boundaries between the religious and theTrade ReviewWhat a text states in words can be superficially read and supposedly understood, but what a text encodes and performs with what it states is another. Especially so when it is religious language. In this groundbreaking and paradigm forming work, Valerie Hobbs explores the potency - redemptive and destructive - of religious language and provides for many of us a new way of thinking about what we read and what we write. Theologians may find themselves hiding from her words. * Scot McKnight, Professor of New Testament, Northern Seminary, USA *An original and refreshing analysis, all the more stunning for its organizational clarity. By exploring the ways religious language is defined, used, and interpreted both within and beyond religious contexts, Hobbs provides readers with a surprisingly robust model for understanding how religious discourse can be identified and unpacked in communicative encounters across the world. * Flagg Miller, Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Davis, USA *If you think a book about religious language is not for you, think again. This is a captivating and accessible analysis of the way in which we express our hopes, fears and the things we hold sacred. Ranging across religious and secular terrain, it explores examples from the political use of biblical texts to adverts and sermons which draw on the language of the divine, destiny and death. * Kim Knott, Professor Emerita of Religious and Secular Studies, Lancaster University, UK *As well as being an excellent introductory textbook to religious language, this book advances our understanding of religious language and how it pervades many aspects of our lives from politics to pop music. It gives a clear and concise introduction to religious language, clear methods for analysing it, and a rich array of well-worked examples. Hobbs’ book will be invaluable to students of religious language and is a superb example of how to analyse language in contemporary contexts. * Michael Farrelly, Senior Lecturer in English Language, University of Hull, UK *A well-written, accessible, interesting, and above all, essential contribution to the growing field of Language and Religion ... and a valuable addition to any personal or institutional library. * Discourse Studies *Useful features of this book include further reading and discussion questions at the end of each chapter. This book would be a useful resource for students and researchers studying religious language in contemporary contexts. * Language in Society *Table of ContentsPreface Foreword by David Crystal Acknowledgements Permissions 1. Why Religious Language? 2. What is Religion? What is Religious Language? 3. Functions of Religious Language 4. Investigating Religious Language: Contexts, Text Types and Strategies 5. Investigating Religious Language: Vocabulary, Archaism and Parallelism 6. Investigating Religious Language: Metaphor and Intertextuality 7. Religious Language and Prayer 8. Religious Language at the Time of Human Death 9. Religious Language Here, There, Everywhere 10. Religious Language: An Open Horizon Appendices Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat are words? Where do words come from? How are they used?Answering these questions and more, this book guides you through the key concepts in the lexicology of modern English. Providing an overview which encompasses all aspects of English vocabulary, this book explains the sources of modern English words and shows how the vocabulary has developed over time. Thoroughly updated throughout to keep pace with recent developments in the field, this third edition features:- Enhanced chapters on vocabulary, dictionaries and investigative lexicology- New sections on contemporary topics such as internet language, social media and youth culture- Guides to new electronic resources and tools of analysis- Exercises throughout each chapter, with an updated answer key- A revised list of suggestions for further readingAssuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, and featuring exercises and a fully updated glossary of lexicological terms to support your learning, An Introduction to English LTrade ReviewThis is a well-thought-out textbook that has been a staple introduction to many core linguistic notions and to the analysis of aspects of the meaning, structure and evolution of English words. The main updates have involved the inclusion of fresh material presenting innovations in the vocabulary that have been triggered by the digital revolution and changes in society in recent years. The book is very accessible and contains an abundance of in-text exercises that keep the reader actively engaged. It is a suitable text for beginning university students of either English language or linguistics. * Francis Katamba, Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University, UK *The third edition of Jackson and Amvela’s English Lexicology is an extremely practical introduction to the lexicology of English. It covers all the basic aspects of the field in an engaging and accessible manner and supports understanding with numerous examples, exercises (plus a key), and a convenient glossary of the terms. * Stephan Gramley, Director of Studies (English Linguistics), University of Bielefeld, Germany *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Exercises Preface to the Third Edition 1. What is Lexicology? 2. The Word 3. Word Formation 4. Where do English Words Come From? 5. Meaning Relations 6. Words in Use 7. Investigating Vocabulary 8. Words in Dictionaries Key to Exercises Glossary References Index

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