Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics

Analysis of improvisation as a compositional practice in the Commedia dell'Arte and related traditions from the Renaissance to the 21st century.

Crime narratives form a large and central part of the modern cultural landscape.

Crime narratives form a large and central part of the modern cultural landscape.

Verbal performances are often encountered in the media where they are used to embody characters or social archetypes.

Verbal performances are often encountered in the media where they are used to embody characters or social archetypes.

This book provides an overview of current theories of and methods for analysing spoken discourse.

This book provides an overview of current theories of and methods for analysing spoken discourse.

Metaphor has long provided a rich way to speak about the unspeakable, to refer to delicate issues.

Metaphor has long provided a rich way to speak about the unspeakable, to refer to delicate issues.

World Building represents the state-of-the-discipline in worlds-based approaches to discourse, collected together for the first time.

World Building represents the state-of-the-discipline in worlds-based approaches to discourse, collected together for the first time.

Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics: The State of the Art in China Today showcases new work from leading scholars in China, as well as offering perspectives on this work from M.

Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics: The State of the Art in China Today showcases new work from leading scholars in China, as well as offering perspectives on this work from M.

Questions and interrogatives in Japanese discourse have attracted considerable interest from grammarians, but the communicative aspect has received little attention.

Questions and interrogatives in Japanese discourse have attracted considerable interest from grammarians, but the communicative aspect has received little attention.

Sequential images are as natural at conveying narratives as verbal language, and have appeared throughout human history, from cave paintings and tapestries right through to modern comics.

Sequential images are as natural at conveying narratives as verbal language, and have appeared throughout human history, from cave paintings and tapestries right through to modern comics.

Making a new contribution to the developing field of multimodal critical discourse studies, Ian Roderick's book demonstrates how technologies that tend to be widely represented as innovative, or as simple pragmatic solutions, are always anchored in power relations and are therefore deeply ideological.

Making a new contribution to the developing field of multimodal critical discourse studies, Ian Roderick's book demonstrates how technologies that tend to be widely represented as innovative, or as simple pragmatic solutions, are always anchored in power relations and are therefore deeply ideological.

Focussing on The Times, this monograph uses corpus linguistics to examine how suffrage campaigners' different ideologies were conflated in the newspaper over a crucial time period for the movement - 1908 to 1914, leading up to the Representation of the People Act in 1918.

Focussing on The Times, this monograph uses corpus linguistics to examine how suffrage campaigners' different ideologies were conflated in the newspaper over a crucial time period for the movement - 1908 to 1914, leading up to the Representation of the People Act in 1918.

Metaphor and Intercultural Communication examines in detail the dynamics of metaphor in interlingual contact, translation and globalization processes.

Metaphor and Intercultural Communication examines in detail the dynamics of metaphor in interlingual contact, translation and globalization processes.

Over the last two decades, reading groups have become increasingly popular in the UK and the USA.

Over the last two decades, reading groups have become increasingly popular in the UK and the USA.

Although Portuguese is one of the main world languages and researchers have been working on Portuguese electronic text collections for decades (e.

Although Portuguese is one of the main world languages and researchers have been working on Portuguese electronic text collections for decades (e.

This book focuses on the ways in which metaphor contributes to the development of Internet arguments, known as 'drama', particularly on YouTube.

This book focuses on the ways in which metaphor contributes to the development of Internet arguments, known as 'drama', particularly on YouTube.

This detailed study of fire metaphors provides a deep understanding of the purposeful work of metaphor in discourse.

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for students.

The tension between the real world of written discourse and its representation in applied genre-based literature is the main theme of this book.

This detailed study of fire metaphors provides a deep understanding of the purposeful work of metaphor in discourse.

Corpus linguistics uses specialist software to identify linguistic patterns in large computerised collections of text - patterns which then must be interpreted and explained by human researchers.

CDS is a multifarious field constantly developing different methodological frameworks for analysing dynamically evolving aspects of language in a broad range of socio-political and institutional contexts.

Corpus linguistics uses specialist software to identify linguistic patterns in large computerised collections of text - patterns which then must be interpreted and explained by human researchers.

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for students.

In this important book, Lesley Jeffries introduces a phenomenon which has not been given the attention it deserves - the contextual construction of oppositional meaning.

In this important book, Lesley Jeffries introduces a phenomenon which has not been given the attention it deserves - the contextual construction of oppositional meaning.

The tension between the real world of written discourse and its representation in applied genre-based literature is the main theme of this book.

Winner of the Tianjin Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award.

Winner of the Tianjin Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award.

Xing Lu examines language, art, persuasion, and argumentation in ancient China and offers a detailed and authentic account of ancient Chinese rhetorical theories and practices within the society's philosophical, political, cultural, and linguistic contexts.

I have often stated to students that I felt that one of the most important characteristics of a psychotherapist is the ability to tolerate ambiguity.

This collection teaches us how language and legislation interact to produce effective laws.

Semantic Web technology is of fundamental interest to researchers in a number of fields, including information systems and Web design, as continued advancements in this discipline impact other, related fields of study.

There are increasing opportunities to consider the application of semantic technologies for business information systems.

In this fun Japanese children's book, kids will learn to create haiku--elegant and simplistic Japanese poems.