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  • Interpreting Straw Man Argumentation

    The Pragmatics of Quotation and Reporting

    by Fabrizio Macagno, Douglas Walton ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book shows how research in linguistic pragmatics, philosophy of language, and rhetoric can be connected through argumentation to analyze a recognizably common strategy used in political and everyday conversation, namely the distortion of another’s words in an argumentative exchange. Straw man argumentation refers to the modification of a position by misquoting, misreporting or wrenching the ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Emotive Language in Argumentation

    by Douglas Walton, Fabrizio Macagno ...
    This book analyzes the uses of emotive language and redefinitions from pragmatic, dialectical, epistemic and rhetorical perspectives, investigating the relationship between emotions, persuasion and meaning, and focusing on the implicit dimension of the use of a word and its dialectical effects. It offers a method for evaluating the persuasive and manipulative uses of emotive language in ordinary ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Inquiries in Philosophical Pragmatics

    Issues in Linguistics

    Edited by Fabrizio Macagno, Alessandro Capone ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Together with the first volume “Inquiries in philosophical pragmatics: Theoretical developments,” this book collects contributions that represent the state of the art on the interconnection between pragmatics and philosophy. While the first volume presents the philosophical dimension of pragmatics, showing the path from theoretical advances to practical uses and approaches, this second volume ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Inquiries in Philosophical Pragmatics

    Theoretical Developments

    Edited by Fabrizio Macagno, Alessandro Capone ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Together with the volume “Inquiries in philosophical pragmatics: Linguistic and theoretical issues,” this book provides a journey through the more recent developments of pragmatics, considering both its philosophical and linguistic nature. This first volume is devoted to the theoretical models developed from a philosophical perspective, including both the newest advances of the classical theories ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Statutory Interpretation

    Pragmatics and Argumentation

    by Douglas Walton, Fabrizio Macagno, Giovanni Sartor ...
    Statutory interpretation involves the reconstruction of the meaning of a legal statement when it cannot be considered as accepted or granted. This phenomenon needs to be considered not only from the legal and linguistic perspective, but also from the argumentative one - which focuses on the strategies for defending a controversial or doubtful viewpoint. This book draws upon linguistics, legal ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

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    by Prof. Vivian Cook, Prof. David Singleton ...
    Series Book 10 - MM Textbooks
    This textbook offers an introductory overview of eight hotly-debated topics in second language acquisition research. It offers a glimpse of how SLA researchers have tried to answer common questions about second language acquisition rather than being a comprehensive introduction to SLA research.Each chapter comprises an introductory discussion of the issues involved and suggestions for further ... Read more

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  • Introducing Applied Linguistics

    Concepts and Skills

    by Susan Hunston, David Oakey ...
    Introducing Applied Linguistics provides in-depth coverage of key areas in the subject, as well as introducing the essential study skills needed for academic success in the field.Introducing Applied Linguistics:• is organised into two Sections: the first introducing Key Concepts in Applied Linguistics; and the second devoted to the Study Skills students need to succeed.• features specially ... Read more

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  • Dark Matter of the Mind

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    by Daniel L. Everett ...
    From a linguist and anthropologist, "a fascinating argument" about culture, cognition, and the concept of human nature ( Choice).Is it in our nature to be altruistic, or evil, to make art, use tools, or create language? Is it in our nature to think in any particular way? For Daniel L. Everett, the answer is a resounding no: it isn't in our nature to do any of these things because human nature does ... Read more

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  • Language, Consciousness, Culture

    Essays on Mental Structure

    by Ray S. Jackendoff ...
    Series series Jean Nicod Lectures
    An integrative approach to human cognition that encompasses the domains of language, consciousness, action, social cognition, and theory of mind that will foster cross-disciplinary conversation among linguists, philosophers, psycholinguists, neuroscientists, cognitive anthropologists, and evolutionary psychologists.Ray Jackendoff's Language, Consciousness, Culture represents a breakthrough in ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Aesthetics on the Edge

    Where Philosophy Meets the Human Sciences

    by Dominic McIver Lopes ...
    Philosophers say what art is and then scientists and then other scholars study how we are equipped, cognitively and socially, to make art and appreciate it. This time-honoured approach will not work. Recent science reveals that we have poor intuitive access to artistic and aesthetic phenomena. Dominic McIver Lopes argues for a new approach that mandates closer integration, from the start, between ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Understanding Pragmatics

    by Gunter Senft ...
    Series series Understanding Language
    Understanding Pragmatics takes an interdisciplinary approach to provide an accessible introduction to linguistic pragmatics. This book discusses how the meaning of utterances can only be understood in relation to overall cultural, social and interpersonal contexts, as well as to culture specific conventions and the speech events in which they are embedded. From a cross-linguistic and cross ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics

    Edited by Barbara Dancygier ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
    The best survey of cognitive linguistics available, this Handbook provides a thorough explanation of its rich methodology, key results, and interdisciplinary context. With in-depth coverage of the research questions, basic concepts, and various theoretical approaches, the Handbook addresses newly emerging subfields and shows their contribution to the discipline. The Handbook introduces fields of ... Read more

    $55.79 USD