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Taylor & Francis CrossCultural Crisis Negotiations
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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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Language is Politics
Book SynopsisLanguage is Politics discusses power relations between languages in the world, with a particular focus on English. Even though English is the most widely spoken and the most powerful language worldwide, it is not the lingua franca it is often supposed to be. The basic tenet of this book is that languages do not exist in the natural world; they are artefacts made by humans.The book debunks some common myths about language and it suggests that we should be more modest in our assumptions, for instance concerning the linguistic uniqueness of our own species. The author argues in favour of an ecological or balanced approach to language. This approach sees humans and other animals as part of the larger ecosystems that life depends on. As in nature, diversity is crucial to the survival of languages. The current linguistic ecosystem is out of balance, and this book shows that education can help to restore the balance and cope with the challenges of a multilingual and muTrade ReviewFrank van Splunder’s Language is Politics is a wonderful exploration of how language contributes to what it is to be human. Van Splunder’s command of scholarship is impressive, as is his ability to make links from language to human behaviour at all levels, seeing language as the ultimate liberating tool.Paul Kerswill, University of York, UKTable of ContentsContentsPart One Language is Politics The Language Myth The Origin of Language Imagined Communities Language as a Construction The Pecking Order of Languages The Power of English Language and War Life and Death of Languages Towards an Ecological Approach to Language Part Two Personal Language Histories Aim and Scope Asia Africa Oceania Latin America Europe Acknowledgements ReferencesIndex
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Taylor & Francis Critical Discourse Analysis in Translation
Book SynopsisCritical Discourse Analysis in Translation Studies is the first textbook to provide a systematic treatment of how CDA may be applied to the analysis of translated and interpreted texts.Kyung Hye Kim provides in-depth explanations about how various strands of CDA, from the Hallidayan analytical framework to Faircloughâs dialectical relationship model and van Dijkâs ideological square, can be employed in translation studies, and how they can be combined with appraisal theory to deliver rich analyses of translated text. She demonstrates the ability of CDA to address complex translation practices, in both traditional and digital media, using various examples in different languages. With numerous exercises using authentic texts, this textbook empowers readers to apply a CDA framework in their own work.This accessible textbook is essential reading for all students of discourse and text analysis within translation and interpreting studies.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis
The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Analysis covers the major approaches to discourse analysis from critical discourse analysis to multimodal discourse analysis and their applications in key educational and institutional settings. The handbook is divided into eight sections: Approaches to Discourse Analysis, Gender, Race and Sexualities, Narrativity and Discourse, Genre and Register, Spoken Discourse, Social Media and Online Discourse, Educational Applications and Institutional Applications.The chapters are written by a wide range of contributors from around the world, each a leading researcher in their respective field. With a focus on the application of discourse analysis to real-life problems, the contributors introduce the reader to a topic and analyse authentic data. This fully revised second edition includes new sections on Gender, Race and Sexualities, Narrativity and Discourse, Genre and Register, Spoken Discourse, Social Media and Online Discourse and nin
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Exhaustivity Contrastivity and the Semantics of
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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Taylor & Francis Introducing Chinese Discourse
Book SynopsisDrawing on Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), this book introduces readers to the methods for analysing discourse/texts written and spoken in the Chinese language. It presents Chinese discourse as a semantic unit, adopting a trinocular view in terms of the hierarchy of stratification. The texts in this book are based on a comprehensive and rich archive, featuring not only texts available in other languages and cultures, but also those unique in the Chinese language such as Chinese crosstalk. The textbook is aimed at students and researchers working on SFL, language description, translation studies or related areas, as well as MA or doctoral students that have some basic knowledge about SFL or linguistics.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Information and Knowledge Organisation in Digital
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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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Multimodal Approach to Challenging Gender
Book SynopsisThis collection offers a thorough treatment of the ways in which the verbal and visual semiotic modes interrelate toward promoting gender equality and social inclusion in children's picture books.Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work in multimodality, including multimodal cognitive linguistics, multimodal discourse analysis, and visual social semiotics, the book expands on descriptive-oriented studies to offer a more linguistically driven perspective on children's picture books. The volume explores the choice afforded to and the lexico-semantic and discursive strategies employed by writers and illustrators in conveying representational, interpersonal, and textual meanings in the verbal and non-verbal components in these narratives in order to challenge gender stereotypes and promote the social inclusion of same-sex parent families.This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in multimodality, discourse analysis, social semiotics, and children's Table of ContentsList of TablesList of FiguresList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsChapter 1. Picture books, gender and multimodality. An introduction. A. Jesús Moya-Guijarro and Eija VentolaPART I.Stories portraying boys who challenge gender stereotypes.Chapter 2. Julián is a Mermaid. Challenging Gender Stereotypes: A Qualitative Multimodal Content Analysis. Danielle Kachorsky and Alexandria PerezChapter 3. Ideational Construal of Male Challenging Gender Identities in Children’s Picture Books. Izaskun ElorzaChapter 4. At the Heart of it: Once There Was a Boy. Brooke Collins-GearingChapter 5. Gender Assumptions in Picture Books about Boys in Dresses. Perry NodelmanPART II.Picture books featuring princesses and girls who do not conform to female gender stereotypes.Chapter 6. Queering the Princess: On Feminine Subjectivities and Becoming Girl in Contemporary Picture books. Angela Thomas and A. Jesús Moya-GuijarroChapter 7. A Clever Paper Bag Princess, a Fearless Worst Princess and an Empowered Little Red. A Critical Multimodal Analysis. Verônica Constanty and Viviane M. HeberleChapter 8. A Semiotic and Multimodal Analysis of Interactive Relations in Picture Books that Challenge Female Gender Stereotypes. Carmen Santamaría GarcíaChapter 9. Communicative Functions of Part-Whole Representations of Characters in Picture Books which Challenge Gender Stereotypes. A. Jesús Moya-GuijarroPART III.Visual narratives portraying and challenging the concept of traditional family.Chapter 10. Gender Stereotypes in Children’s Picture Books: A Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis. Xinchao Zhai, Kay L. O’Halloran, Lyndon Way and Tan Sabine.Chapter 11. Linguistic and Visual Trends in the Representation of Two-Mum and Two-Dad Couples in Children’s Picture Books. Mark McGlashan.Chapter 12. The Depiction of Family and Self in Children’s Picture Books: A Corpus-Driven Exploration. Coral Calvo-Maturana and Charles Forceville.Chapter 13. The Moomin Family: An Elastic Permeable Multi-Dimensional Construct in Semiotic and Social Space. Christian Matthiessen.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Law Language and the Courtroom
This book explores the language of judges. It is concerned with understanding how language works in judicial contexts. Using a range of disciplinary and methodological perspectives, it looks in detail at the ways in which judicial discourse is argued, constructed, interpreted and perceived. Focusing on four central themes - constructing judicial discourse and judicial identities, judicial argumentation and evaluative language, judicial interpretation, and clarity in judicial discourse - the book's ultimate goal is to provide a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of current critical issues of the role of language in judicial settings. Contributors include legal linguists, lawyers, legal scholars, legal practitioners, legal translators and anthropologists, who explore patterns of linguistic organisation and use in judicial institutions and analyse language as an instrument for understanding both the judicial decision-making process and its outcome. The book will
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Prose
Book SynopsisElizabeth Bishop's prose is not nearly as well known as her poetry, but she was a dazzling and compelling prose writer too, as the publication of her letters has shown. Her stories are often on the borderline of memoir, and vice versa. From her college days, she could find the most astonishing yet thoroughly apt metaphors to illuminate her ideas. This volume-edited by the poet, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, and Bishop scholar Lloyd Schwartz-includes virtually all her published shorter prose pieces and a number of prose works not published until after her death. Here are her famous as well as her lesser-known stories, crucial memoirs, literary and travel essays, book reviews, and-for the first time-her original draft of Brazil, the Time/Life volume she repudiated in its published version, and the correspondence between Bishop and the poet Anne Stevenson, the author of the first book-length volume devoted to Bishop.
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Penguin Random House LLC India in Mind
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Copernicus Hilbert Diseases
Book SynopsisI Youth.- II Friends and Teachers.- III Doctor of Philosophy.- IV Paris.- V Gordan's Problem.- VI Changes.- VII Only Number Fields.- VIII Tables, Chairs, and Beer Mugs.- IX Problems.- X The Future of Mathematics.- XI The New Century.- XII Second Youth.- XIII The Passionate Scientific Life.- XIV Space, Time and Number.- XV Friends and Students.- XVI Physics.- XVII War.- XVIII The Foundations of Mathematics.- XIX The New Order.- XX The Infinite!.- XXI Borrowed Time.- XXII Logic and the Understanding of Nature.- XXIII Exodus.- XXIV Age.- XXV The Last Word.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: THE BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICS BOOKS "Originally published to great acclaim, both books explore the dramatic scientific history expressed in the lives of these two great scientists and described in the lively, nontechnical writing style of Constance Reid."Table of ContentsI Youth.- II Friends and Teachers.- III Doctor of Philosophy.- IV Paris.- V Gordan’s Problem.- VI Changes.- VII Only Number Fields.- VIII Tables, Chairs, and Beer Mugs.- IX Problems.- X The Future of Mathematics.- XI The New Century.- XII Second Youth.- XIII The Passionate Scientific Life.- XIV Space, Time and Number.- XV Friends and Students.- XVI Physics.- XVII War.- XVIII The Foundations of Mathematics.- XIX The New Order.- XX The Infinite!.- XXI Borrowed Time.- XXII Logic and the Understanding of Nature.- XXIII Exodus.- XXIV Age.- XXV The Last Word.
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WW Norton & Co Wits End What Wit Is How It Works and Why We Need
Book Synopsis“A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom.” — Stephen FryTrade Review"Wit's End is delicious." -- Stephen Fry"Playful, fiercely intelligent, silly, funny and immensely informative - [Wit's End] makes for a breathless read that leaves you feeling enormously enriched. The reinvention from chapter to chapter is a masterstroke and keeps the subject matter joyously buoyant." -- Reece Shearsmith, Actor and Writer"James Geary has produced a rich cornucopia of wit and its origins in the wittiest literary way possible. A delight." -- Julia Hobsbawm"... playful, occasionally chaotic road trip through comedy's links to innovation and creativity." -- Discover"Geary presents a history of wit with all the intellectual force and facility that the more learned reader might expect..." -- Times Literary Supplement"... there’s a fascinating exploration of visual wit in the form of an art-history lecture. With humour and verve and by the variety of his style, Geary shows wit to be multifaceted, subtle, ambiguous and akin to wisdom." -- The Irish Times"Wit’s End juggles scholarship, humorous anecdote and critical insight with a diabolical, almost sinister dexterity. No shrinking violet, Geary fully intends to strut his stuff, to glitter and beguile, and he does so with remarkable ingenuity and chutzpah." -- The Washington Post"Geary is a keen storyteller, promiscuous with quotes and figures. One could do worse at a cocktail party than simply opening his book at random and reading aloud." -- The New Yorker"... convey[s] the power of wit to refresh the mind..." -- The Wall Street Journal
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W. W. Norton & Company The Loom of Language An Approach to the Mastery
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WW Norton & Co Wits End
Book Synopsis“A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom.” — Stephen FryTrade Review"Wit's End is delicious." -- Stephen Fry"James Geary has produced a rich cornucopia of wit and its origins in the wittiest literary way possible. A delight." -- Julia Hobsbawm"Geary presents a history of wit with all the intellectual force and facility that the more learned reader might expect…" -- Times Literary Supplement"... there’s a fascinating exploration of visual wit in the form of an art-history lecture. With humour and verve and by the variety of his style, Geary shows wit to be multifaceted, subtle, ambiguous and akin to wisdom." -- The Irish Times"… convey[s] the power of wit to refresh the mind..." -- The Wall Street Journal"Playful, fiercely intelligent, silly, funny and immensely informative - [Wit's End] makes for a breathless read that leaves you feeling enormously enriched. The reinvention from chapter to chapter is a masterstroke and keeps the subject matter joyously buoyant." -- Reece Shearsmith"Wit’s End juggles scholarship, humorous anecdote and critical insight with a diabolical, almost sinister dexterity. No shrinking violet, Geary fully intends to strut his stuff, to glitter and beguile, and he does so with remarkable ingenuity and chutzpah." -- The Washington Post"Geary is a keen storyteller, promiscuous with quotes and figures. One could do worse at a cocktail party than simply opening his book at random and reading aloud." -- The New Yorker"... playful, occasionally chaotic road trip through comedy's links to innovation and creativity." -- Discover
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W. W. Norton & Company The Norton Field Guide to Writing With Handbook
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Taylor & Francis Pragmatics Language Workbooks
Book SynopsisIn Pragmatics, the study of meaning derived from context, Jean Stilwell Peccei offers a practical introduction to this core area of linguistics. Pragmatics: encourages the reader to look at different levels of meaning within sentences provides a basic understanding of key pragmatic concepts introduces two highly influential approaches to pragmatics: the Co-Operative Principle and Speech Act Theory encourages the reader to apply basic analytical tools to real data, eg. advertising language and children's conversations provides a range of activities, discussion questions, an answer key and further reading. Trade Review'Jean Stilwell Peccei does an excellent job of introducing the fundamental concepts in a practical and user-friendly manner.' - Aidan Coveney, Modern Language ReviewTable of Contents1. What is pragmatics 2. Entailment 3. Presupposition 4. The co-operative principle and implicature 5. More on implicatures 6. Speech acts 7. More about speech acts 8. Politeness 9. Making sense 10. Exploring pragmatics: projects
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Introducing Social Semiotics
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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Taylor & Francis Irony
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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Taylor & Francis Ltd Language and Social Contexts Routledge A Level
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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Taylor & Francis Ltd Multimodality
The 21st century is awash with ever more mixed and remixed images, writing, layout, sound, gesture, speech, and 3D objects. Multimodality looks beyond language and examines these multiple modes of communication and meaning making. Multimodality: A Social Semiotic Approach to Contemporary Communication represents a long-awaited and much anticipated addition to the study of multimodality from the scholar who pioneered and continues to play a decisive role in shaping the field. Written in an accessible manner and illustrated with a wealth of photos and illustrations to clearly demonstrate the points made, Multimodality: A Social Semiotic Approach to Contemporary Communication deliberately sets out to locate communication in the everyday, covering topics and issues not usually discussed in books of this kind, from traffic signs to mobile phones. In this book, Gunther Kress presents a contemporary, distinctive and widely applicable approach t
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Systemic Functional Linguistics
Book SynopsisSystemic Functional Linguistics is a functional model of language inspired by the work of Saussure, Hjelmslev, Whorf, and Firth. SFL was developed by Michael Halliday and his colleagues in the 1960s and has grown into a widely studied and research field, with growing interest in China, Latin America, and North America. This new five-volume collection from Routledge focuses on the foundational papers underlying SFL theory and practice and illustrative papers that have inspired succeeding work.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Studies in Language and Social Interaction
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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John Wiley & Sons Inc UML 2 Semantics and Applications
Book SynopsisWith an up-to-date view of the results of UML semantics and the practical applications of semantics development, this book presents the only coherent and integrated account of the leading UML 2 semantics work and its applications.Table of ContentsCONTRIBUTORS. PREFACE. 1 INTRODUCTION TOTHE UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE ( Kevin Lano). 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Class Diagrams. 1.3 Object Diagrams. 1.4 Use Cases. 1.5 State Machines. 1.6 Object Constraint Language. 1.7 Interaction Diagrams. 1.8 Activity Diagrams. 1.9 Deployment Diagrams. 1.10 Relationships Between UML Models. 1.11 Summary. 2 THE ROLE OF SEMANTICS ( Kevin Lano). 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Different Semantic Approaches. 2.3 Applications of Semantics. 2.4 UML Semantics. 2.5 Applications of Semantics to UML. 2.6 Application of Semantics to the Use of UML. 2.7 Summary. 3 CONSIDERATIONS AND RATIONALE FOR A UML SYSTEM MODEL ( Manfred Broy, Maria Victoria Cengarle, Hans Gronniger, and Bernhard Rumpe). 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 General Approach to Semantics. 3.3 Structuring the Semantics of UML. 3.4 The Math Behind the System Model. 3.5 What Is the System Model? 3.6 Usage Scenarios. 3.7 Concluding Remarks. 4 DEFINITION OF THE SYSTEM MODEL ( Manfred Broy, Maria Victoria Cengarle, Hans Gronniger, and Bernhard Rumpe). 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Notational Conventions. 4.3 Static Part of the System Model. 4.4 Control Part of the System Model. 4.5 Messages and Events in the System Model. 4.6 Object State. 4.7 Event-Based Object Behavior. 4.8 Timed Object Behavior. 4.9 The System Model Definition. Appendix A.1 State Transition Systems. Appendix A.2 Timed State Transition Systems. 5 FORMAL DESCRIPTIVE SEMANTICS OF UML AND ITS APPLICATIONS ( Hong Zhu, Lijun Shan, Ian Bayley, and Richard Amphlett). 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Definition of Descriptive Semantics in FOPL. 5.3 The LAMBDES Tool. 5.4 Applications Using Model and Metamodel Analysis. 5.5 Conclusions. 6 AXIOMATIC SEMANTICS OF UML CLASS DIAGRAMS ( Kevin Lano). 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Real-Time Action Logic. 6.3 Semantics of Class Diagrams. 6.4 Application of the Semantics. 6.5 Related Work. 6.6 Conclusions. 7 OBJECT CONSTRAINT LANGUAGE: METAMODELING SEMANTICS ( Anneke Kleppe). 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Metamodeling Semantics. 7.3 OCL Semantics: Types and Values. 7.4 OCL Semantics: Expressions and Evaluations. 7.5 Summary and Conclusions. 8 AXIOMATIC SEMANTICS OF STATE MACHINES ( Kevin Lano and David Clark). 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 State Machine Semantics. 8.3 Extended State Machines. 8.4 Semantics for Extended State Machines. 8.5 Solutions for Semantic Problems. 8.6 Structured Behavior State Machines. 8.7 Related Work. 8.8 Summary. 9 INTERACTIONS ( Maria Victoria Cengarle, Alexander Knapp, and Heribert Muhlberger). 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Trace-Based Semantics. 9.3 Alternative Semantics. 9.4 Implementation and Refinement. 9.5 Verification and Validation. 10 CO-ALGEBRAIC SEMANTIC FRAMEWORK FOR REASONING ABOUT INTERACTION DESIGNS ( Sun Meng and Luis S. Barbosa). 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Why Co-algebras? 10.3 A Semantics for UML Sequence Diagrams. 10.4 New Sequence Diagrams from Old. 10.5 Coercions and Designs. 10.6 A Calculus for Interactions. 10.7 Concluding Remarks. 11 SEMANTICS OF ACTIVITY DIAGRAMS ( Kevin Lano). 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Semantics of Structured Activities. 11.3 Semantics of Intermediate Activities. 11.4 Data Flow Semantics. 11.5 Semantic Analysis. 11.6 Related Work. 11.7 Summary. 12 VERIFICATION OF UML MODELS ( Kevin Lano). 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 Class Diagrams. 12.3 State Machine Diagrams. 12.4 Sequence Diagrams. 12.5 Summary. 13 DESIGN VERIFICATION WITH STATE INVARIANTS ( Emil Sekerinski). 13.1 Introduction. 13.2 Preliminaries. 13.3 Statechart Structure. 13.4 Configurations and Operations. 13.5 State Invariant Verification. 13.6 Accumulated Invariants. 13.7 Verification Condition Generation. 13.8 Priority Among Transitions. 13.9 Conclusions. 14 MODELTRANSFORMATION SPECIFICATION AND VERIFICATION ( Kevin Lano). 14.1 Introduction. 14.2 Categories of Model Transformation. 14.3 Specification of Model Transformations. 14.4 Refinement Transformations. 14.5 Quality Improvement Transformations. 14.6 Design Patterns. 14.7 Enhancement Transformations. 14.8 Implementation of Model Transformations. 14.9 Summary. INDEX .
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Intercultural Communication
Book SynopsisThis newly revised edition is both a lively introduction and practical guide to the main concepts and challenges of intercultural communication. Grounded in interactional sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, this work integrates theoretical principles and methodological advice, presenting students, researchers, and practitioners with a comprehensive and unified resource. Features new original theory, expanded treatment of generations, gender and corporate and professional discourse Offers improved organization and added features for student and classroom use, including advice on research projects, questions for discussion, and references at the end of each chapter Extensively revised with newly added material on computer mediated communication, sexuality and globalization Trade Review“Overall, the paradigm presented throughout the now three iterations of this book remains a remarkably insightful way to conceptualize factors influencing communication, or, in the authors’ own terms, factors mediating communication. By focusing on common denominators of all human life (ideologies, forms of discourse, socialization, and face systems) Scollon, Scollon, and Jones successfully arrive at a culture-neutral heuristic that can be used in any instance of interpersonal (and thus, intercultural) communication.” (Linguist List, 8 January 2013) Table of ContentsList of Figures xi Series Editor’s Preface xiii Preface to the First Edition xiv Preface to the Second Edition xvii Preface to the Third Edition xviii 1 What Is a Discourse Approach? 1 The Problem with Culture 2 Culture is a verb 5 Discourse 7 Discourse systems 8 What Is Communication? 10 Language is ambiguous by nature 11 We must draw inferences about meaning 14 Our inferences tend to be fixed, not tentative 15 Our inferences are drawn very quickly 15 Interdiscourse communication and English as a global language 16 What This Book Is Not 17 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 18 Four processes of ethnography 19 Four types of data in ethnographic research 20 Choosing a site of investigation 21 Discussion Questions 23 References for Further Study 24 2 How, When, and Where to Do Things with Language 25 Sentence Meaning and Speaker’s Meaning 27 Speech Acts, Speech Events, and Speech Situations 27 Grammar of Context 29 Seven main components for a grammar of context 30 Scene 31 Key 34 Participants 35 Message form 36 Sequence 37 Co-occurrence patterns, marked and unmarked 38 Manifestation 38 Variation in context grammar 39 “Culture” and Context 39 High context and low context situations 40 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 42 Using the “grammar of context” as a preliminary ethnographic audit 42 Discussion Questions 43 References for Further Study 44 3 Interpersonal Politeness and Power 45 Communicative Style or Register 45 Face 46 The “self” as a communicative identity 47 The Paradox of Face: Involvement and Independence 48 Politeness strategies of involvement and independence 49 Linguistic strategies of involvement: some examples 51 Linguistic strategies of independence: some examples 51 Face Systems 52 Three Face Systems: Deference, Solidarity, and Hierarchy 53 Deference face system (-P, +D) 54 Solidarity face system (-P, -D) 54 Hierarchical face system (+P, +/-D) 55 Miscommunication 56 Variations in Face Systems 59 Social Organization and Face Systems 60 Kinship 61 The concept of the self 62 Ingroup–outgroup relationships 64 Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft 65 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 66 Exploring the interaction order 66 Discussion Questions 67 References for Further Study 68 4 Conversational Inference: Interpretation in Spoken Discourse 69 How Do We Understand Discourse? 70 Cohesive Devices: Lexical and Grammatical 71 Reference 72 Verb forms 72 Conjunction 72 The causal conjunction “because” 73 Cognitive Schemata and Scripts 74 World knowledge 75 Adjacency sequences 76 Prosodic Patterning: Intonation and Timing 77 Intonation 77 Timing 79 Metacommunication 82 Non-sequential processing 84 Interactive Intelligence 86 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 88 Collecting and analyzing spoken data 88 Reconfiguring default settings 89 Discussion Questions 90 References for Further Study 90 5 Topic and Face: Inductive and Deductive Patterns in Discourse 92 What Are You Talking About? 92 Topic, Turn Exchange, and Timing 94 The call–answer–topic adjacency sequence 94 The call 95 The answer 95 The introduction of the caller’s topic 95 Deductive Monologues 96 The Inductive Pattern 97 Inside and outside encounters 98 Hierarchical relationships and topic introduction 98 The false east–west dichotomy 99 Face: Inductive and Deductive Rhetorical Strategies 100 Topics and face systems 101 Face Relationships in Written Discourse 103 Essays and press releases 104 The press release: implied writers and implied readers 105 The essay: a deductive structure 106 Limiting Ambiguity: Power in Discourse 106 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 107 Collecting and analyzing written data 107 Discussion Questions 109 References for Further Study 109 6 Ideologies in Discourse 110 Three Concepts of Discourse 110 The Utilitarian Discourse System 113 The Enlightenment: reason and freedom 114 Bentham and Mill’s Utilitarianism 115 Forms of discourse in the Utilitarian discourse system 117 The Panopticon of Bentham 118 Face systems in the Utilitarian discourse system 120 Internal face systems: liberté, égalité, fraternité 120 The institutions of the Utilitarian discourse system 121 Outside discourse 122 Multiple discourse systems 123 The Confucian discourse system 123 “Conversations” 126 What “Counts” as an Ideology? 128 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 130 The relationship between small d discourse and big D Discourses 130 Discussion Questions 134 References for Further Study 134 7 Forms of Discourse 136 Functions of Language 136 Information and relationship 136 Negotiation and ratifi cation 137 Group harmony and individual welfare 138 Clarity, Brevity, and Sincerity Revisited 139 Theories of communication in the Utilitarian discourse system 139 Kant’s view of the “public” writer 147 Plagiarism and ideology 148 Modes, Media, and the Materiality of Discourse 152 Mode 152 Media 154 Emplacement 156 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 157 Discussion Questions 158 References for Further Study 159 8 Socialization 161 The Individual and “Culture” 161 Socialization 162 Education, enculturation, acculturation 162 Primary and secondary socialization 163 Socialization as legitimate peripheral participation 164 Theories of the person and of learning 165 Socialization in the Utilitarian Discourse System 168 Education vs. socialization 168 Socialization and face systems 169 Socialization and the “Historical Body” 171 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 173 An outline guide for the study of discourse systems 175 Discussion Questions 176 References for Further Study 177 9 Corporate and Professional Discourse 178 Voluntary and Involuntary Discourse Systems 178 Five key discourse systems in corporate and professional life 179 The Corporate Discourse System (Corporate Culture) 180 Ideology 181 Socialization 186 Forms of discourse 192 Face systems 198 The size and scope of corporate discourse systems 201 Professional Discourse Systems 201 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 203 Discussion Questions 204 References for Further Study 205 10 Generational Discourse 206 Involuntary Discourse Systems 206 The Ideologies of Individualism in the United States 208 Six generations of North Americans 210 The shifting ground of U.S. individualism 225 Communication between generations 226 Six Generations of Chinese 227 The changing nature of collectivism 227 The shifting ground of Chinese collectivism 236 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 237 Discussion Questions 238 References for Further Study 239 11 Gender and Sexuality Discourse 240 Gender and Sexuality 240 Gender Discourse Systems 241 Directness or indirectness? 242 Who talks more? 244 Forms of discourse; functions of language 245 Face systems 247 The origin of difference: ideology and paradox 248 The maintenance of difference: socialization 250 Problems with the “difference” approach 251 Compromise: “communities of practice” 252 Sexuality 253 Sexuality and gender 255 Performativity 256 Discourse systems and imagined communities 256 “Gay Culture” and the Utilitarian Discourse System 257 Ideology 259 Face systems 260 Forms of discourse 260 Socialization 260 The “Tongzhi Discourse System” 261 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 264 Discussion Questions 265 References for Further Study 266 12 Doing “Intercultural Communication” 267 Discourse Systems and the Individual 267 Intersystem communication 270 Cultural ideology and stereotyping 271 Negative stereotypes 273 Positive stereotypes, the lumping fallacy, and the solidarity fallacy 274 Othering 276 Differences Which Make a Difference: Discourse Systems 276 Intercultural Communication as Mediated Action 278 Avoiding Miscommunication 279 Researching Interdiscourse Communication 281 Discussion Questions 283 References for Further Study 283 References 284 Index 298
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Disability and Discourse
Book SynopsisDisability and Discourse applies and explains Conversation Analysis (CA), an established methodology for studying communication, to explore what happens during the everyday encounters of people with intellectual disabilities and the other people with whom they interact. Explores conversations and encounters from the lives of people with intellectual disabilities Introduces the established methodology of Conversation Analysis, making it accessible and useful to a wide range of students, researchers and practitioners Adopts a discursive approach which looks at how people with intellectual disabilities use talk in real-life situations, while showing how such talk can be supported and developed Follows people into the meetings and discussions that take place in self-advocacy and research contexts Offers insights into how people with learning disabilities can have a voice in their own affairs, in policy-making, and in researchTrade Review“This thought-provoking text is aimed at practitioners, those who engage in everyday conversation with individuals with intellectual disabilities and researchers who employ conversation analysis (CA). This book reminds us that these individuals and their support workers can benefit from engaging in more mindful and reflective practice with regard to everyday discourse.” (British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 7 August 2013) Table of ContentsAbout the Author. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1 Starting Points. 2 Some Building Blocks for Analysis. Part 1 Individual Voices. 3 Challenging Disempowering Patterns of Talk. 4 Supporting Someone to be Competent. 5 Opening up Conversation. 6 Equalising Talk and Friendliness. 7 Doing Autonomy: 'It's entirely up to you'. 8 Public Encounters. Part 2 Collective Voice. 9 Self-Advocacy Talk: The personal to the political. 10 Supporting People to Speak up in Group Situations. 11 Being Interviewers with the Label of 'Intellectual Disability'. 12 Behind the Scenes in Inclusive Research: 'We are the artists of our lives'. 13 Talk about Labelling and Identity. 14 Reflections on Doing Analysis. 15 Reflections on Change. Appendix Transcription Conventions. References. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Dos and Taboos of Public Speaking
Book SynopsisDevelop your powers of public persuasion with the ultimate guide togreat speeches and business presentations. Do you get tongue-tiedat the mere thought of speaking in public? Would you rather swimwith sharks or undergo a tax audit than face an audience? Well,you''re not alone. According to the Book of Lists'' list of humans''greatest fears, the fear of death is our fourth greatest fear,while fear of public speaking commands a solid first place. Nowfrom Roger E. Axtell, one of America''s most accomplished publicspeakers, here''s a book guaranteed to turn even the most stage-shymumbler into a great communicator. Geared primarily, but notexclusively, for business people, this amusing and informativeguide can show you how to possess the powers of public persuasionyou''ve always dreamed of having. Whether it''s making a pitch to theboard of directors, or prepping the sales force, stating your caseto the town council, or being interviewed on live TV, Do''s andTaboos of Public Speaking can heTable of ContentsThe Three Secrets for Banishing Fear. Organization of Business Speeches. To Read or Not to Read. Getting Physical. Humor. Appearing on Television. Using Audio-Visual Equipment. Special Speaking Situations. How to Turn Professional. Resources for Help. Parting Advice from Successful Speakers. Listing of Local Chapters, National Speakers Association. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc How to Research and Write a Thesis in Hospitality
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to academic research methods that focuses on two of the world's fastest growing industries. As tourism continues to play a larger role in economies all over the world, record numbers of students are flocking to college and university programs in this specialized field of study.Table of ContentsYour Original Thesis. The Starting Point--Chapter Two. Starting Chapter One. The Chapter One Core. Completing Chapter One. Chapter Two Revisited. The Cover Letter and the Research Instrument. Chapter Three--The Foundation. Chapter Three--The Research Structure. Chapter Three--The Mechanics. Mailings and Chapter Four. Writing Chapter Five. Post-Study Tasks. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Presentations Plus
Book SynopsisFrom the reviews of Presentations Plus -- If you want some distilled wisdom on how to improve, read thisbook. The author shows how to develop and deliver an effective andexciting presentation, based on his own success on the battlefieldof business. His methods are simple, practical, and proven; hisapproach is effective. Read the book and find out foryourself. --Business Executive Who knows, reading [Presentations Plus] and applying its advicemight just make you too valuable to keep in your present job atyour present pay. --Memphis Business Journal Crammed with pithy advice and tipsentertaining, readable...Allvery convincing, as it should be from someone of David Peoples''experience. --British Business [David Peoples] dresses bare-bones theory with lively examplestaken from his own experiences. --Small Business Magazine Probably the best book on making oral presentations yetpublished. --Management Accounting Now, Table of ContentsPresenting, Persuading, and Winning. The Seven Deadly Sins. Hot Drugs for Sweaty Palms. Design the Close First. It's Showtime--The Opening. Getting Attention and Keeping Interest. High Tech vs. Low Tech. The Presenter's Secret Weapon. How to Handle Troublemakers. Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse, Then Cheat. Bad Habits and Distractions. DOs and DON'Ts of Team Presentations. Getting Them Back from the Break. Time Control. 60 Tips in 60 Minutes. Presentation Planning Guide. Getting Good, Getting Better--The Critique. Your Road to Glory. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Power Presentations
Book SynopsisTakes the mystery out of putting together an effective presentation by addressing each of the steps involved. Not only gives readers confidence but offers enhanced opportunities for promotion and career advancement. Elucidates how to organize presentations to achieve your goal; how to use factual, logical and captivating supporting materials as well as visuals and audio-visual equipment; how to answer questions effectively and includes numerous techniques to use with a variety of audiences.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: TAKING CONTROL. Turning Stage Fright Into Excitement. Warming Up. Nonverbal Communication. Staying in Control. GROUNDWORK. Styles of Delivery. Knowing Your Audience. WORKING ON YOUR PRESENTATION. The Outline. Organizing the Body of Your Speech. Supporting Materials. COMMUNICATING ON PURPOSE. Informative Speaking. Persuasive Speaking. Effective Sales Presentations. How to Be a Better Listener. MASTERING THE MECHANICS. Speaking Aids. Pointers for Using the Room. How Visual Aids Can Help. Room Checks for Computers. CHECKLISTS. Speech Preparation Checklist. Speech Delivery Checklist. Bibliography. Index.
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The University of Michigan Press Critical and CorpusBased Approaches to
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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LUP - University of Michigan Press Developing Writers in Higher Education
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The University of Michigan Press Listening to the Lomax Archive
Book SynopsisExploring the rhetoric and cultural significance of African American folk music during the Great DepressionTable of Contents Acknowledgments For Pete's Sake: Audio Preface Introduction. Finding Folkness in Rhetorical Studies (Turn, Turn, Turn) Interlude I: Resimplifications Chapter 1. Sonic Rhetorical Historiography: Re-Orienting Authenticity During the Inter-War Period Chapter 2. Rhetoric, Representation, and Race in the Lomax Prison Recordings Interlude II: Oral History's Exigence Chapter 3. Inventing Jazz: Jelly Roll Morton and the Sonic Rhetorics of Hot Musical Performance Interlude III: Popular Front Education Chapter 4. Folksong on the Radio: The Sounds of Broadcast Democracy on Columbia's American School of the Air Conclusion. Hearing the Lomax Archive Appendix: List of Audio Resources Works Cited
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The University of Michigan Press Discourse Analysis in the Language Classroom v. 1
Book SynopsisCurrent methodological research has found that in order for learners to acquire language that is both linguistically accurate and socially appropriate, their awareness of patterns and of what is systematic about language must be developed. In Discourse Analysis in the Language Classroom, Heidi Riggenbach has compiled activities that will foster this awareness by putting students in the role of discourse analysts and language researchers so that they may learn the patterns and systems for themselves. This book is intended for ESL/EFL teachers who wish to have a better understanding of discourse analysis as it applies to the language classroom and who need to design courses and materials with the goal of developing students' skills as researchers in acquiring their new language. The book includes: an overview of discourse analysis and its relevance to language teachers and learners; background material on the interesting features pertaining to oral language skills; presentation of te
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Discourse Analysis in the Language Classroom
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Developing Writers in Higher Education A
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University of California Press Essays on Aristotles Rhetoric
Book SynopsisThis anthology presents Aristotle's Rhetoric in its original context, providing examples of the kind of oratory whose success Aristotle explains and analyzes. It assesses the role and the techniques of rhetorical persuasion in philosophic discourse and the public sphere.Table of ContentsCONTRIBUTORS: Jacques Brunschwig, M. F. Burnyeat, Christopher Carey, John M. Cooper, Troels Engberg-Pedersen, Dorothea Frede, Stephen Halliwell, T. H. Irwin, George A. Kennedy, Stephen R. Leighton, Richard Moran, Martha Craven Nussbaum, C. D. C. Reeve, Paul Ricoeur, Amelie Oksenberg Rorty, Gisela Striker, Robert Wardy
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University of California Press Signs of Recognition Powers and Hazards of
Book SynopsisThis work explores the performances and transactions that lie at the heart of public events in contemporary Anakalang, Indonesia. The author argues that by looking at representations as concrete practices we may find them to be entangled in the tensions and hazards of social existence.
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University of California Press The Private Orations of Themistius The
Book SynopsisThemistius was a philosopher, a prominent Constantinopolitan senator, and an adviser to Roman emperors during the 4th century A D. This work focuses on the culture of Constantinople and the eastern Roman empire during the fourth century. It provides a resource on the late antique period, as well as on Greek intellectual history and oratory.
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University of California Press Writing the CharacterCentered Screenplay Updated
Book SynopsisCovering American, international, mainstream, and 'off-Hollywood' films, as well as television, this book offers creative strategies and useful practical information. It places screenwriting in the context of the storytelling tradition, arguing through literary and cultural analysis that all great stories revolve around a strong central character.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: CHARACTER Chapter One: The Feast of Becoming: Carnival and Character Chapter Two: Varieties of Voices Within Character Chapter Three: Five Not-So-Easy Pieces: Analysis of Character-Centered Scripts PART II: NARRATIVE AND STRUCTURE Chapter Four: Beyond the Classical Hollywood Structure Chapter Five: Developing a Character-Centered Narrative Chapter Six: Pitching PART III: WRITING Chapter Seven: Prelude to a Screenplay Chapter Eight: The Fourteen-Week Character Developing Schedule Chapter Nine: The Fourteen-Week Feature Screenplay PART IV: LAUNCHING YOUR SCRIPT Chapter Ten: From Rewrite to Screen: An Overview of Options Chapter Eleven: Live Writers Talking: Screenwriting 2000 and Beyond Appendix A: Coverage Appendex B: Self-Critiques Appendix C: Your Personal Screenwriting and Video Library Appendix D: At Long Last the Recipe for a Screenwriter's Gumbo with Character! Index
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University of California Press The War of Words
Book SynopsisWhen Kenneth Burke conceived his celebrated Motivorum project in the 1940s and 1950s, he envisioned it in three parts. Whereas the third part, A Symbolic of Motives, was never finished, A Grammar of Motives (1945) and A Rhetoric of Motives (1950) have become canonical theoretical documents. A Rhetoric of Motives was originally intended to be a two-part book. Here, at last, is the second volume, the until-now unpublished War of Words, where Burke brilliantly exposes the rhetorical devices that sponsor war in the name of peace. Discouraging militarism during the Cold War even as it catalogues belligerent persuasive strategies and tactics that remain in use today, The War of Words reveals how popular news media outlets can, wittingly or not, foment international tensions and armaments during tumultuous political periods. This authoritative edition includes an introduction from the editors explaining the compositional history and cultural contexts of both The War of Words and A Rhetoric of Motives. The War of Words illuminates the study of modern rhetoric even as it deepens our understanding of postWorld War II politics. Trade Review"The three coeditors of this posthumous publication—Anthony Burke, Kyle Jensen, and Jack Selzer—have done a commendable job assembling this material, which efforts they narrate fully in their valuable introduction. . . . [The War on Words is a] revealing remnant of Burke’s dissertation on motives, a companion volume to his Rhetoric. It is neither a sequel nor a prequel nor a detour nor a summary; it is something more essential." * European Legacy *"The volume provides Burke’s fascinating, mid-career reflections upon his intellectual trajectory. . . .[the editors’] efforts have done scholars a tremendous service." * American Literary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Editors’ Introduction THE WAR OF WORDS Introduction 1. The Devices Of the Devices in General The Bland Strategy Shrewd Simplicity Undo by Overdoing Yielding Aggressively Detection Spokesman Reversal Say the Opposite Spiritualization (the Nostrum) Making the Connection Say Anything Theory of the Devices 2. Scientific Rhetoric I. ”Facts” Are Interpretations II. Headline-Thinking III. Selectivity IV. Reduction (“Gist”) V. Tithing by Tonality VI. News as Drama VII. Polls, Forums, Accountancy 3. [Notes toward] The Rhetoric of Bureaucracy 4. [Notes toward] The Rhetorical Situation Appendix 1. Facsimile of the Outline of ”The Rhetorical Situation” Appendix 2. Foreword (to end on) Appendix 3. Facsimile of “Foreword (to end on)” List of Textual Emendations and Explanatory Notes Index
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University of California Press The Gifting Logos Expertise in the Digital
Book SynopsisThe Gifting Logos: Expertise in the Digital Commons provides an extensive analysis of knowledge and creativity in twenty-first century networked culture. Analyzing massive projects like the Wayback Machine, the Internet Archive, and the Creative Commons licenses, The Gifting Logos responds to a fundamental question, What does it mean to know something and to make something? With the idea of a gifting logos, Hartelius integrates three habits of a rhetorical epistemology: the invention of cultural materials such as text, images, and software; the imbuing or encoding of the materials with the creator's experience; and the constitution and dissemination of the materials as gifts.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Commons Aggregate and the Gift 2. The Infrastructural Commons 3. The Archival Commons 4. The Popular Commons 5. The Gifting Logos Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Gifting Logos
Book SynopsisThe Gifting Logos: Expertise in the Digital Commons provides an extensive analysis of knowledge and creativity in twenty-first century networked culture. Analyzing massive projects like the Wayback Machine, the Internet Archive, and the Creative Commons licenses, The Gifting Logos responds to a fundamental question, What does it mean to know something and to make something? With the idea of a gifting logos, Hartelius integrates three habits of a rhetorical epistemology: the invention of cultural materials such as text, images, and software; the imbuing or encoding of the materials with the creator's experience; and the constitution and dissemination of the materials as gifts.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Commons Aggregate and the Gift 2. The Infrastructural Commons 3. The Archival Commons 4. The Popular Commons 5. The Gifting Logos Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press BeingMoved Rhetoric as the Art of Listening 2
Book SynopsisIf rhetoric is the art of speaking, who is listening? In Being-Moved, Daniel M. Gross provides an answer, showing when and where the art of speaking parted ways with the art of listening and what happens when they intersect once again. Much in the history of rhetoric must be rethought along the way. And much of this rethinking pivots around Martin Heidegger's early lectures on Aristotle'sRhetoricwhere his famous topic, Being, gives way to being-moved. The results, Gross goes on to show, are profound. Listening to the gods, listening to the world around us, and even listening to one another in the classroom all of these experiences become different when rhetoric is reoriented from the voice to the ear.Trade Review"Being-Moved: Rhetoric as the Art of Listening is a brilliant and courageous work that in effect ‘moves’ the reader to reconsider the often neglected art of listening and to reflect on one’s thoughts in order to take whatever action one might deem necessary to live fully and authentically in the public realm. Daniel M. Gross’s assessment of Martin Heidegger’s Marburg lectures on Aristotle, as well as Philip Melanchthon’s reflections on rhetoric are substantial and original." * The European Legacy *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction to the Art of Listening 1. Martin Heidegger on Listening c. 1924 2. Being-Moved: A Disciplinary Prehistory 3. Face-to-Face Communication, Disfigured 4. Passive Voices, Active Listening: A Case Study in Rhetoric and Composition Appendix: The Art of Listening in Select English Manuals and Sermons, 1582–1665 Notes Works Cited with Additional Suggested Readings Index
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University of California Press BeingMoved Rhetoric as the Art of Listening 2
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Being-Moved: Rhetoric as the Art of Listening is a brilliant and courageous work that in effect ‘moves’ the reader to reconsider the often neglected art of listening and to reflect on one’s thoughts in order to take whatever action one might deem necessary to live fully and authentically in the public realm. Daniel M. Gross’s assessment of Martin Heidegger’s Marburg lectures on Aristotle, as well as Philip Melanchthon’s reflections on rhetoric are substantial and original." * The European Legacy *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction to the Art of Listening 1. Martin Heidegger on Listening c. 1924 2. Being-Moved: A Disciplinary Prehistory 3. Face-to-Face Communication, Disfigured 4. Passive Voices, Active Listening: A Case Study in Rhetoric and Composition Appendix: The Art of Listening in Select English Manuals and Sermons, 1582–1665 Notes Works Cited with Additional Suggested Readings Index
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University of California Press Racing the Street
Book SynopsisRacing the Street traces the history of how race was used as a technology for gathering, assembling, and networking the early cosmopolitan city. Drawing on an archive that ranges from engineering blueprints and parliamentary committee reports to sensationalistic pamphlets and periodical press accounts, Robert J. Topinka conducts an original genealogy of the nineteenth-century London street, demonstrating how race as a technology gathers, sorts, and assembles the teeming particularities of the street into a manageable network. This interdisciplinary study offers a novel approach to the intersections of race, rhetoric, media, technology, and urban government.Trade Review"The primary virtue of this book is Topinka’s lucid and profound analyses. . . . Essentially insightful and provides a new take on matters of much relevance." * Journal of British Studies *"An intriguing text that reveals what thinking about race and new materialism in the context of nineteenth-century London can do for contemporary rhetorical scholars." * Rhetoric Society Quarterly *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction A Genealogy of Race as Technology 1. Sublime Streets, Savage City Metonymy, the Manifold, and the Aesthetics of Governance 2. Sewers, Streets, and Seas Types and Technologies in Imperial London 3. Moving Congestion on Petticoat Lane Slums, Markets, and Immigrant Crowds, 1840–1890 4. Typical Bodies, Photographic Technologies Race, the Face, and Animated Daguerreotypes Epilogue Catachresis, Cliché, and the Legacy of Race Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press On Black Media Philosophy
Book SynopsisWho is the human in media philosophy? Although media philosophers have argued since the twentieth century that media are fundamental to being human, this question has not been explicitly asked and answered in the field. Armond R. Towns demonstrates that humanity in media philosophy has implicitly referred to a social Darwinian understanding of the human as a Western, white, male, capitalist figure. Building on concepts from Black studies and cultural studies, Towns develops an insightful critique of this dominant conception of the human in media philosophy and introduces a foundation for Black media philosophy. Delving into the narratives of the Underground Railroad, the politics of the Black Panther Party, and the digitization of Michael Brown's killing, On Black Media Philosophy deftly illustrates that media are not only important for Western Humanity but central to alternative Black epistemologies and other ways of being human. Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. The Medium Is the Message, Revisited: Media and Black Epistemologies 1. Technological Darwinism 2. Black Escapism on the Underground (Black) Anthropocene 3. Toward a Theory of Intercommunal Media 4. Black “Matter” Lives: Michael Brown and Digital Afterlives Conclusion. The Reparations of the Earth Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press On Black Media Philosophy
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. The Medium Is the Message, Revisited: Media and Black Epistemologies 1. Technological Darwinism 2. Black Escapism on the Underground (Black) Anthropocene 3. Toward a Theory of Intercommunal Media 4. Black “Matter” Lives: Michael Brown and Digital Afterlives Conclusion. The Reparations of the Earth Notes Bibliography Index
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