Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics

First published in 1959, this book aims to provide a practical introduction to semantics, relating the critical study of language to real-life situation, with a wealth of anecdotes and numerous illustrations drawn from everyday personal predicaments.

First published in 1977, this book presents a comprehensive and lucid guide through the labyrinths of semiology and structuralism - perhaps the most significant systems of study to have been developed in the twentieth century.

In this edited collection, authors from various academic, cultural, racial, linguistic, and personal backgrounds use critical discourse analysis as a conceptual framework and method to examine social inequities, identity issues, and linguistic discrimination faced by historically oppressed groups in schools and society.

In this edited collection, authors from various academic, cultural, racial, linguistic, and personal backgrounds use critical discourse analysis as a conceptual framework and method to examine social inequities, identity issues, and linguistic discrimination faced by historically oppressed groups in schools and society.

First published in 1988, this book examines the aspects of pragmatic competence involving the class of preposing constructions in English.

First published in 1988, this book examines the aspects of pragmatic competence involving the class of preposing constructions in English.

First published in 1977, this book presents a comprehensive and lucid guide through the labyrinths of semiology and structuralism - perhaps the most significant systems of study to have been developed in the twentieth century.

First published in 1983, the aim of this book is to diagnose linguists' failure to advance satisfactory theories of lexical meaning, then to propose the requirements that such a theory should meet and, drawing on work in philosophy and psychology, to take the first steps towards satisfying these requirements.

First published in 1983, the aim of this book is to diagnose linguists' failure to advance satisfactory theories of lexical meaning, then to propose the requirements that such a theory should meet and, drawing on work in philosophy and psychology, to take the first steps towards satisfying these requirements.

First published in 1985, this book analyses temporal meaning in German.

First published in 1985, this book analyses temporal meaning in German.

First published in 1983, this book examines anaphora - a central issue in linguistic theory as it lies at the crossroads of several major problems.

First published in 1983, this book examines anaphora - a central issue in linguistic theory as it lies at the crossroads of several major problems.

First published in 1959, this book aims to provide a practical introduction to semantics, relating the critical study of language to real-life situation, with a wealth of anecdotes and numerous illustrations drawn from everyday personal predicaments.

The question of how language relates to the world is one of the most important problems of philosophy.

The question of how language relates to the world is one of the most important problems of philosophy.

Using a wide-ranging variety of texts the author reviews and evaluates a broad range of approaches to textual commentary, introducing the reader to the fundamental distinction between `actual' and `virtual' worlds in critical practice.

Using a wide-ranging variety of texts the author reviews and evaluates a broad range of approaches to textual commentary, introducing the reader to the fundamental distinction between `actual' and `virtual' worlds in critical practice.

Language and Philosophical Problems investigates problems about mind, meaning and mathematics rooted in preconceptions of language.

Language and Philosophical Problems investigates problems about mind, meaning and mathematics rooted in preconceptions of language.

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the most pressing issues and developments in the field of ethnomethodology, including ethnomethodological conversation analysis, and highlights new and emerging areas for research.

Moving on from his previous book, Superstructuralism , Richard Harland argues that the focus on single words in the structuralist theory of language is its key weakness and that the next advance beyond post-structuralism depends upon replacing word-based with syntagm-based theories.

Moving on from his previous book, Superstructuralism , Richard Harland argues that the focus on single words in the structuralist theory of language is its key weakness and that the next advance beyond post-structuralism depends upon replacing word-based with syntagm-based theories.

Focus particles (words such as even, only, also) play an important role in English, in various syntactic and semantic domains, but their characteristics pose numerous problems for current syntactic frameworks and semantic theories.

Focus particles (words such as even, only, also) play an important role in English, in various syntactic and semantic domains, but their characteristics pose numerous problems for current syntactic frameworks and semantic theories.

This collection reviews 20 years of research into Spoken Discourse by the Birmingham group, allowing, for the first time, a developmental perspective.

This collection reviews 20 years of research into Spoken Discourse by the Birmingham group, allowing, for the first time, a developmental perspective.

Advances in Critical Discourse Studies collects ground-breaking scholarship and cutting-edge research which reflects significant shifts in Critical Discourse Studies, exploring the field from theoretical, analytic and methodological perspectives.

Advances in Critical Discourse Studies collects ground-breaking scholarship and cutting-edge research which reflects significant shifts in Critical Discourse Studies, exploring the field from theoretical, analytic and methodological perspectives.

In Language in History, Tony Crowley provides the analytical tools for answering such questions.

In Language in History, Tony Crowley provides the analytical tools for answering such questions.

Language and Culture at Work provides an overview of the complex role that culture plays in workplace contexts.

Language and Culture at Work provides an overview of the complex role that culture plays in workplace contexts.

Writing centers in universities and colleges aim to help student writers develop practices that will make them better writers in the long term and that will improve their draft papers in the short term.

Writing centers in universities and colleges aim to help student writers develop practices that will make them better writers in the long term and that will improve their draft papers in the short term.

In this indispensible introductory study of the sonnet, Michael R.

In this indispensible introductory study of the sonnet, Michael R.

This book is a tribute to Malcolm Coulthard, who has been remarkably active and influential across a wide range of English Language Studies.

This book is a tribute to Malcolm Coulthard, who has been remarkably active and influential across a wide range of English Language Studies.

Monika Fludernik presents a detailed analysis of free indirect discourse as it relates to narrative theory, and the crucial problematic of how speech and thought are represented in fiction.

Monika Fludernik presents a detailed analysis of free indirect discourse as it relates to narrative theory, and the crucial problematic of how speech and thought are represented in fiction.

A practical, `user-friendly' guide to the issues and methods associated with text and discourse analysis.

A practical, `user-friendly' guide to the issues and methods associated with text and discourse analysis.

This work provides an overview of a wide range of approaches to written text analysis.

This work provides an overview of a wide range of approaches to written text analysis.

Richard Bradford provides a definitive introductory guide to modern critical ideas on literary style and stylistics.

Richard Bradford provides a definitive introductory guide to modern critical ideas on literary style and stylistics.

In Style, John Haynes provides a lively introduction to the study of expression in relation to meaning.

In Style, John Haynes provides a lively introduction to the study of expression in relation to meaning.

Using a wide range of twentieth-century literary prose Laura Wright and Jonathan Hope provide an `interactive' introduction to the techniques of stylistic analysis.