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  • Variety in Written English

    Texts in Society/Societies in Text

    by Tony Bex ...
    Series series Interface
    Combining insight from a variety of linguistic perspectives including Hallidayan functional linguistics and relevance theory, Tony Bex demonstrates how written texts operate within society to convey meaning. This book:-* looks at a wide variety of written genres - advertisments, letters, poetry and literature* provides an accessible and comprehensive survey of genre theory* proposes a challenging ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Standard English

    The Widening Debate

    by Tony Bex, Richard J. Watts ...
    Standard English draws together the leading international scholars in the field, who confront the debates surrounding 'Standard English', grammar and correctness head-on.These debates are as intense today as ever and extend far beyond an academic context. Current debates about the teaching of English in the school curriculum and concerns about declining standards of English are placed in a ... Read more

    $83.99 USD

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  • Derrida

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Simon Glendinning ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher, developed his critical technique known as 'deconstruction'. His work is associated with ideas surrounding both post-structuralism and post-modern philosophy, and he was known to have challenged some of the unquestioned assumptions of our philosophical tradition. In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Glendinning explores both the difficulty and significance ... Read more

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  • Rorty

    by Gideon Calder ...
    Series series GREAT PHILOSOPHERS
    Popular Great Philosopher's Series.An accessible overview of the work of one of our most influential living philosophers, as part of the popular Great Philosophers series. Richard Rorty is often cited as the most prominent philosophical defender of postmodernism. Best known for his unusually readable books and articles on philosophy - most notably Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979) and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • A Student's Writing Guide

    How to Plan and Write Successful Essays

    by Gordon Taylor ...
    Are you struggling to meet your coursework deadlines? Finding it hard to get to grips with your essay topics? Does your writing sometimes lack structure and style? Would you like to improve your grades? This text covers everything a student needs to know about writing essays and papers in the humanities and social sciences. Starting from the common difficulties students face, it gives practical ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Literacy in the New Media Age

    by Gunther Kress ...
    Series series Literacies
    In this 'new media age' the screen has replaced the book as the dominant medium of communication. This dramatic change has made image, rather than writing, the centre of communication.In this groundbreaking book, Gunther Kress considers the effects of a revolution that has radically altered the relationship between writing and the book. Taking into account social, economic, communication and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Body and the City

    Psychoanalysis, Space and Subjectivity

    by Steve Pile ...
    Over the last century, psychoanalysis has transformed the ways in which we think about our relationships with others. Psychoanalytic concepts and methods, such as the unconscious and dream analysis, have greatly impacted on social, cultural and political theory. Reinterpreting the ways in which Geography has explored people's mental maps and their deepest feelings about places, The Body and the ... Read more

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  • Linguistics and the Teacher

    Edited by Ronald Carter ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    Linguistics and the Teacher is a collection of essays by linguists on different aspects of the relationship between linguistics and education. All the contributors are united in their belief that linguistics should be a central element in the education of teachers, and argue for principled and systematic analysis in the study of the role of language in learning. The essays range from theoretical ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Place and Experience

    A Philosophical Topography

    by Jeff Malpas ...
    The first edition of Place and Experience established Jeff Malpas as one of the leading philosophers and thinkers of place and space and provided a creative and refreshing alternative to prevailing post-structuralist and postmodern theories of place. It is a foundational and ground-breaking book in its attempt to lay out a sustained and rigorous account of place and its significance.The main ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • A Guided Reader for Secondary English

    Pedagogy and practice

    Edited by David Stevens ...
    The Guided Reader for Secondary English draws on extracts from the published work of some of the most influential education writers to provide insight, guidance and clarity about key issues affecting Secondary English teachers.The book brings together key extracts from classic and contemporary writing and contextualises these in both theoretical and practical terms. The extracts are accompanied by ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • Fixing Language

    An Essay on Conceptual Engineering

    by Herman Cappelen ...
    Herman Cappelen investigates ways in which language (and other representational devices) can be defective, and how they can be improved. In all parts of philosophy there are philosophers who criticize the concepts we have and propose ways to improve them. Once one notices this about philosophy, it's easy to see that revisionist projects occur in a range of other intellectual disciplines and in ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

  • New British Philosophy

    The Interviews

    Edited by Julian Baggini, Jeremy Stangroom ...
    From popular introductions to biographies and television programmes, philosophy is everywhere. Many people even want to be philosophers, usually in the café or the pub. But what do real philosophers do? What are the big philosophical issues of today? Why do they matter? How did some our best philosophers get into philosophy in the first place?Read New British Philosophy and find out for the first ... Read more

    $57.99 USD