Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics

The Event of Style in Literature brings discussions about the question of style up-to-date by schematising the principal issues relating to the topic through a critical overview of the canon of style studies.

Combining a fresh, previously unexplored view of the subject with a detailed overview of the past and ongoing philosophical discussion on the matter, this book investigates the phenomenon of semantic under-determinacy by seeking an answer to the questions of how it can be explained, and how communication is possible despite it.

This book is an advanced debate on the nature of scalar implicatures, one of the most popular topics in philosophical linguistics in the last 20 years.

In challenging the widely held belief in the ubiquity of the personification of the political state, this book strives to de-politicize research and to de-mystify conceptual metaphor.

In this study two strands of inferentialism are brought together: the philosophical doctrine of Brandom, according to which meanings are generally inferential roles, and the logical doctrine prioritizing proof-theory over model theory and approaching meaning in logical, especially proof-theoretical terms.

This book contains an original analysis of the existential there-sentence from a philosophical-linguistic perspective.

This stylistic study of consciousness in the Modernist novel explores shifts across different viewpoints and the techniques through which they are dialogically interconnected.

This book provides a ground-breaking, interaction-based framework of rituals, drawing on multiple research disciplines.

Meaning addresses the fundamental question of human language interaction: what it is to mean, and how we communicate our meanings to others.

Meaning addresses the fundamental question of human language interaction: what it is to mean, and how we communicate our meanings to others.

Esta propuesta pone un arsenal de ideas y herramientas al servicio de hispanohablantes y extranjeros que aspiren a mejorar sus competencias en lengua castellana.

Taking a dialogic approach, this edited book engages in analysis and description of dialogic discourse in a number of different educational contexts, from early childhood to tertiary, with an international team of contributors from Australia, Finland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

This accessible textbook hinges on the central assumptions of Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Grammar, introducing students to the analytical tools they need to approach Stylistics, an essential area in language analysis.

Introducing the key questions and challenges faced by the researcher of digital discourse, this book provides an overview of the different methodological dimensions associated with this type of research.

Criminologists in the Media presents the results of a cross-national study examining the structures that shape criminologists' contributions to news and social media discourse.

This book addresses the topics of autobiography, self-representation and status as a writer in Mahatma Gandhi's autobiographical work The Story of My Experiments with Truth (1927, 1929).

Brings together a team of scholars from a range of disciplines, to explore the analysis of crime-related language.

Brings together a team of scholars from a range of disciplines, to explore the analysis of crime-related language.

This book examines the origins of populism in Canada and the United States and its development into a powerful and at times disturbing political force.

This edited volume on contextualism and pragmatics is interdisciplinary in character and contains contributions from linguistics, cognitive science and socio-pragmatics.

Criminologists in the Media presents the results of a cross-national study examining the structures that shape criminologists' contributions to news and social media discourse.

This book provides an in-depth look at pragmatic development by second language learners of French through their production of French discourse markers.

This book provides an in-depth look at pragmatic development by second language learners of French through their production of French discourse markers.

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Originally published in 1980, Community Policing is a view of the relationship between the police and the community, written by Evelyn B.

Originally published in 1980, Community Policing is a view of the relationship between the police and the community, written by Evelyn B.

This book examines the rise in popularity of fantasy literature in Taiwan and the crucial but often invisible role that translators have played in making this genre widely available.

Study abroad is now both an international industry and an experience that can have a deep impact on students' attitudes and approaches to second language learning.

This book explores communication in emergency call and response centers, taking an approach drawn from Conversation Analysis to examine how call-takers answer calls and the ways in which dispatch is issued in different contexts.

By providing a contemporary understanding of theories on classroom dialogue through a sociocultural lens, Sybing offers innovative ways to observe and foster more engaged interaction between teacher and student, particularly in language learning contexts.

By providing a contemporary understanding of theories on classroom dialogue through a sociocultural lens, Sybing offers innovative ways to observe and foster more engaged interaction between teacher and student, particularly in language learning contexts.

This book investigates the political, social, cultural and economic implications of self-translation in multilingual spaces in Europe.

This study makes a linguistic case for the twentieth century revolution in Chinese language and literature.

This book presents an overview of sociolinguistic research in England.

This book explores how comics function to make meanings in the manner of a language.

Together with the volume "e;Inquiries in philosophical pragmatics: Linguistic and theoretical issues,"e; this book provides a journey through the more recent developments of pragmatics, considering both its philosophical and linguistic nature.

This book fosters a wide-ranging and nuanced discussion of the concept of 'enough'.

This book explores the interconnections between linguistics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, their mutually influential theories and developments, and the areas where these two groups can still learn from each other.

The two sections of this volume present theoretical developments and practical applicative papers respectively.

Rooted in the performative of Speech Act Theory, this interdisciplinary study crafts a new model to compare the work we do with words when we protest: across genres, from different geographies and languages.

This volume addresses the intriguing issue of indirect reports from an interdisciplinary perspective.

This book presents an in-depth fieldwork-based study of the Greek language spoken by immigrants in Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia.

This book shows that reading-writing is a two-way street that is burgeoning with research activity.

This innovative edited collection presents new insights into emerging debates around digital communication practices.

This book provides a philosophical overview of Umberto Eco's historical and cultural development as a unique, internationally recognized public intellectual who communicates his ideas to both an academic and a popular audience.

This book takes a fresh look at Tolkien's literary artistry from the points of view of both linguistics and literary history, with the aim of shedding light on the literary techniques used in The Lord of the Rings.

This textbook proposes a theoretical approach to linguistics in relation to teaching English.