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This book seeks to bring together the pragmatic theory of 'meaning as use' with the traditional semantic approach that considers meaning in terms of truth conditions. Daniel Gutzmann adopts core ideas by the philosopher David Kaplan in assuming that the meaning of...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-05-28
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During the American Civil War, several newspapers remained Confederate sympathizers despite their locations being occupied by Union troops. Examining these papers, the authors explore what methods of suppression occupiers used, how occupation influenced the editorial...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-05-27
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Whilst earlier studies of language planning and of standardisation have tended to study macro processes, this volume is in line with more recent work aimed at bridging the macro and the micro levels by examining how the two interact and influence each other. It covers...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-05-27
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Now available in a fully revised and updated ninth edition, World News Prism provides in-depth analysis of the changing role of transnational news media in the 21st-century. Includes three new chapters on Russia, Brazil, and India and a revised chapter on the Middle...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-05-26
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This book proposes, examines and unpacks the notion of unequal Englishes as a way to understand English today. Unlike many studies on the pluralization of English, the volume assumes that inequalities and Englishes are inextricably linked and must be understood and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-05-26
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The Good Story is an exchange between a writer with a longstanding interest in moral psychology and a psychotherapist with a training in literary studies. J. M. Coetzee and Arabella Kurtz consider psychotherapy and its wider social context from different perspectives,...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2015-05-21
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This book builds on R. M. W. Dixon's most influential work on the indigenous languages of Australia over the past forty years, from his trailblazing grammar of Dyirbal published in 1972 to later grammars of Yidiñ (1971) and Warrgamay (1981). Edible Gender, Mother-in-Law...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-05-21
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Scholars of language ideology have encouraged us to reflect on and explore where social categories come from, how they have been reproduced, and whether and to what extent they are relevant to everyday interactional practices. Taking up on these issues, this book...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-05-15
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The bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. Now expanded and in its fourth...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-05-15
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This book features not only the latest trends but also academic and industry practitioner stakeholders’ perspectives on language and functional role issues facing the rapidly developing corporate communication (CC) profession in the Greater China region. The book also...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-05-14
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This book provides an extensive overview and analysis of current work on semiotics that is being pursued globally in the areas of literature, the visual arts, cultural studies, media, the humanities, natural sciences and social sciences. Semiotics—also known as...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-05-11
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This book explains how can be created information extraction (IE) applications that are able to tap the vast amount of relevant information available in natural language sources: Internet pages, official documents such as laws and regulations, books and newspapers, and...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-05-06
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Meaning Making in Text presents new insights into forms of communication in a range of contexts: cultural, linguistic, multimodal and educational. The thirteen chapters are all linked theoretically by advances in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL).
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-05-05
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Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information. In BiblioTech, educator and technology expert John...
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Basic Books
Parution :
2015-05-05
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This book explores the various choices speakers or communicators make when expressing power relations in modern societies. The volume brings together several disciplines, such as linguistics, sociology, communication studies and social psychology, to give insight into...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-05-05
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The point-of-view shot is usually perceived as a «natural» device, yet its naturalness is illusory. This book provides an answer to the question: «Where does the point-of-view shot come from?» It investigates the emergence of this filmic form as the product of a culture...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2015-05-04
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Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit den sogenannten Adoleszenzcomics, eine in der deutschsprachigen Comiclandschaft neuartige Gattung. Seit Beginn des neuen Jahrtausends entwirft eine Generation junger deutschsprachiger ZeichnerInnen innovative Bild-Text-Narrative....
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-05-04
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Die Autorin untersucht die Einflüsse der bundesdeutschen Sprache auf die österreichische (Presse-)Sprache. Sie zeigt, welche Funktionen bundesdeutsches Wortgut im österreichischen Deutsch erfüllt und wie aus der produktiven Verwendung bundesdeutscher Elemente neue...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-05-04
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Offering an interdisciplinary approach, The Handbook of Classroom Discourse and Interaction presents a series of contributions written by educators and applied linguists that explores the latest research methodologies and theories related to classroom language....
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-05-04
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Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
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The goal ofThe Oxford Handbook of African American Language is to provide readers with a wide range of analyses of both traditional and contemporary work on language use in African American communities in a broad collective.The Handbook offers a survey of language and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-05-04
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