Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics

This book merges theory and practical activities to show how research on speech acts can be implemented in EFL teaching.

Current corpora are invaluable resources for generating accurate and objective analyses of patterns of language use.

This book explores the ways in which professional groups develop specific interactional procedures for conducting and representing their activities, all of which contribute to a distinctive collaborative identity.

In a bold attempt to redirect the ways theories of communication are conceived and research on communication processes are conducted, this volume questions prevailing communication scholarship that emphasizes the cultural, psychological, and sociological variables that impact on, and/or are impacted by, communication.

ARGUMENT IN COMPOSITION provides access to a wide range of resources that bear on the teaching of writing and argument.

Explores categories, constructions, and change in the syntax of English, both past and present, methodologically and theoretically.

A great deal of political and academic responses to the Israel/Palestine conflict have construed the Palestinians as an object of Western and Israeli discourses, rather than their own Palestinian discourse.

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

This book illustrates the potential of Relevance Theory (RT) in offering a cognitive-pragmatic, cause-effect account of translation and interpreting (T&I), one which more closely engages T&I activity with the mental processes of speakers, listeners, writers, and readers during communicative acts.

Introduces and critiques a wide range of semantic and pragmatic theories in relation to humour.

For aspiring erotica writers -- and authors in any genre who want to make the "e;good"e; parts great Susie Bright is the first and reigning queen of contemporary erotica.

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

This book examines politeness and impoliteness in a range of East Asian languages, including Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese.

Textual Metonymy employs a theoretical framework combining rhetoric, figurative theory and textlinguistics.

Based on a 45-million-word corpus, this book explores how public perceptions of mental health and illness have changed over time.

This collection proposes Florida as a nexus of various contested moments, ideas, concepts, and relations.

This book offers detailed empirical coverage of the syntax and semantics of Plains Cree, an Algonquian language of western Canada.

The volume presents an innovative set of researches featuring theoretical and practical discussions of the proverb in cognition and culture.

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

From K-pop to kimchi, Korean culture is becoming increasingly popular on the world stage.

This volume explores the syntax, semantics, and morphology of -ble adjectives within Distributed Morphology.

**Nominated for the 2021 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work**

Drawings and sequential images are so pervasive in contemporary society that we may take their understanding for granted.

Originally published in 1991 Redefining Translation looks at the practical results and theory of translation as a key area for all those investigating language and culture.

Heidegger characterizes the relationship between language and Being as "e;language is the house of Being"e;, negating the idea that language is merely a tool ready to be used at hand.

This volume focuses on the post-observation feedback conference, a common feature of teacher education programs, and highlights the importance of such talk in the development and evaluation of teachers and other professionals.

Mimetic words, also known as 'sound-symbolic words', 'ideophones' or more popularly as 'onomatopoeia', constitute an important subset of the Japanese lexicon; we find them as well in the lexicons of other Asian languages and sub-Saharan African languages.

This study examines the linguistic tools which enable speakers and writers to propose adjustments and re-adjustments of the sentences they ve just produced, as well as the goals they fulfil by doing so.

Evaluation Across Newspaper Genres: Hard News Stories, Editorials and Feature Articles is the first book-length study of evaluation or stance in three major newspaper genres: hard news stories, editorials and feature articles, the last of which is a Cinderella genre in linguistic studies.

Heidegger characterizes the relationship between language and Being as "e;language is the house of Being"e;, negating the idea that language is merely a tool ready to be used at hand.

An argument that complex cardinals are not extra-linguistic but built using standard syntax and standard principles of semantic composition.

Discourse and Social Media is a unique and timely collection that breaks ground on how discourse scholars, coming from a range of disciplinary perspectives, can critically analyse different social media, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and News.

First published in 1982, this book looks at a wide variety of issues concerning the vast field of study that is 'semiotics.

An introduction to culturally determined aspects of communicating in British, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and American societies, especially those that may influence effective communication with members of these societies or be the source of false perceptions/stereotypes of their behaviour.

Bringing together papers written by Norman Fairclough over a 25 year period, Critical Discourse Analysis represents a comprehensive and important contribution to the development of this popular field.

This book presents a novel analysis of concealed-question constructions, reports of a mental attitude in which part of a sentence looks like a nominal complement (e.

A compendium containing the origins and history of some of the most common words and phrases in the English language.

Semantics is an accessible and practical introduction to formal semantics, the study of linguistic meaning, for students new to the subject.

Nexus Analysis presents an exciting theory by two of the leading names in discourse analysis and provides a practical guide to its application.

Indefinites and the Type of Sets explores a new theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects.

English Nouns explores the mechanisms by which English nominalizations come to have a variety of readings depending on their syntactic context.

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.

Explores the similarities and differences of about forty South Asian languages from the four different language families.

Containing updated editions of the What's in a Word and Why You Say it, this compendium reveals the history of common words and phrases.

This volume seeks to add to our understanding of how language is constructed in late capitalist societies.

The Russian international media outlet Russia Today (RT) has been widely accused in the Western world of producing government propaganda and conspiracy theories.

A clear introduction to English between the 5th century and 1066, specifically designed for use on one-term course modules.