Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics

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.

First published in 2003.

First published in 2003.

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.

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

This issue explores some of the ways in which gender, as a social construction, might be rooted in and contingent on conversational processes in childhood.

This issue explores some of the ways in which gender, as a social construction, might be rooted in and contingent on conversational processes in childhood.

Everyday conversations including gossip, boasting, flirting, teasing, and informative discussions are highly creative, improvised interactions.

Everyday conversations including gossip, boasting, flirting, teasing, and informative discussions are highly creative, improvised interactions.

This volume represents the culmination of an extensive research project that studied the development of linguistic form/function relations in narrative discourse.

This volume represents the culmination of an extensive research project that studied the development of linguistic form/function relations in narrative discourse.

This book brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the nature and structure of sign languages and other gestural systems, and how they exploit the space in which they are conveyed.

This book brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the nature and structure of sign languages and other gestural systems, and how they exploit the space in which they are conveyed.

This volume investigates the implications of the study of populations other than educated, middle-class, normal children and languages other than English on a universal theory of language acquisition.

This volume investigates the implications of the study of populations other than educated, middle-class, normal children and languages other than English on a universal theory of language acquisition.

This research emphasizes semantic, syntactic and pragmatic considerations illustrating a wide array of linguistic approaches.

This research emphasizes semantic, syntactic and pragmatic considerations illustrating a wide array of linguistic approaches.

In this challenging and at times controversial book, Ronald Carter addresses the discourse of 'English' as a subject of teaching and learning.

In this challenging and at times controversial book, Ronald Carter addresses the discourse of 'English' as a subject of teaching and learning.

Over the past decade, questions about the clinical classification and experimental examination of aphasic patients have been raised.

Over the past decade, questions about the clinical classification and experimental examination of aphasic patients have been raised.

This book provides an extended exploration of the multimodal analysis of spatial (three-dimensional) texts of the built environment, culminating in a holistic approach termed Spatial Discourse Analysis (SpDA).

This book provides an extended exploration of the multimodal analysis of spatial (three-dimensional) texts of the built environment, culminating in a holistic approach termed Spatial Discourse Analysis (SpDA).

Challenging all of our old assumptions about the subject, Rethinking Body Language builds on the most recent cutting-edge research to offer a new theoretical perspective on this subject that will transform the way we look at other people.

Challenging all of our old assumptions about the subject, Rethinking Body Language builds on the most recent cutting-edge research to offer a new theoretical perspective on this subject that will transform the way we look at other people.

This is a book about the human propensity to think about and experience the world through stories.

This is a book about the human propensity to think about and experience the world through stories.