Drawing on data from Africa, Latin America, North America, and the Arab Levant, this book demonstrates how members of marginalized (disempowered) groups sculpt a positive image for themselves, engage in solidarity formation for group empowerment, and (re)construct their experiences in a manner that gives them voice, agency, and a positive identity.
The Language of Nation-State Building in Late Qing China investigates the linguistic and intellectual roots of China's modern transformation by presenting a systematic study of the interplay between language innovation and socio-political upheavals in the final decade of the Qing Dynasty.
This fascinating book explores the different methodologies, resources and strategies that have been used to study emotion, and identifies emerging trends and research perspectives in the field.
This fascinating book explores the different methodologies, resources and strategies that have been used to study emotion, and identifies emerging trends and research perspectives in the field.
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.
This book employs a critical discourse ethnographic approach to map the production of social meaning in digital media in education, drawing on insights from Switzerland to unpack the disconnects that arise in thinking postdigitally and ways forward for rethinking socio-cultural approaches.
This book employs a critical discourse ethnographic approach to map the production of social meaning in digital media in education, drawing on insights from Switzerland to unpack the disconnects that arise in thinking postdigitally and ways forward for rethinking socio-cultural approaches.
This volume provides an innovative approach to the referential process thanks to its focus on the relationship between conventions and discourse pragmatics.
This collection brings together a range of perspectives on multimodal communication in intercultural interaction, bridging cognitive, social, and functional approaches towards promoting cross-disciplinary dialogues and taking research at the intersections of these fields into new directions.
As the seventh volume of a multi-volume set on the Chinese language, this book studies the Mongolian influence on neologisms in Modern Chinese and innovations in word formation and lexical meanings during the period.
This collection brings together a range of perspectives on multimodal communication in intercultural interaction, bridging cognitive, social, and functional approaches towards promoting cross-disciplinary dialogues and taking research at the intersections of these fields into new directions.
An engaging introduction to the study of spoken interaction, this book provides a thorough grounding in the theory and methodology of conversation analysis.
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.
Para los aficionados a los temas lingüísticos, los de comunicación en general y la interpersonal en particular, siempre habrá un sinnúmero de temas atractivos para ser estudiados o analizados desde puntos distintos.
How to Do Discourse Analysis provides a comprehensive toolkit for conducting discourse analysis, offering 26 practical tools to examine how language is used to construct meaning, enact identities, and shape social realities.
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 ways in which common metaphors can play a detrimental role in everyday life; how they can grow in outsized importance to dominate their respective terrains and push out alternative perspectives; and how forms of resistance might act to contain their dominance.
This book explores ways in which common metaphors can play a detrimental role in everyday life; how they can grow in outsized importance to dominate their respective terrains and push out alternative perspectives; and how forms of resistance might act to contain their dominance.
An engaging introduction to the study of spoken interaction, this book provides a thorough grounding in the theory and methodology of conversation analysis.
Responding to Questions at Press Conferences makes clear how the spokespersons at China's diplomatic press conferences maneuver strategically in defining the issues in the empirical counterpart of the confrontation stage when responding to the journalists' questions and how this confrontational maneuvering is meant to be instrumental in convincing the intended audience.
Shifting attention away from policy achievements and effects on democracy, this book focuses on the charismatic function of populist discourse - comprising antagonistic narratives, transgressive style and appeals to the common people.
Shifting attention away from policy achievements and effects on democracy, this book focuses on the charismatic function of populist discourse - comprising antagonistic narratives, transgressive style and appeals to the common people.
