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  • Reported Speech in Chinese and English Newspapers

    Textual and Pragmatic Functions

    by XIN Bin, GAO Xiaoli ...
    Translated by SHEN Lei, WANG Jingping ...
    Series series China Perspectives
    Reported speech is a universal form across human languages. However, previous studies have tended to be limited because they mostly emphasize on the form and authenticity of reported speech, while its discourse and pragmatic functions have largely been ignored. Meanwhile, the studies mainly focus on English, with a comparative perspective with other languages largely missing.Acknowledging these ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar 4th edition

    by M.A.K. Halliday, Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen ...
    Fully updated and revised, this fourth edition of Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar explains the principles of systemic functional grammar, enabling the reader to understand and apply them in any context. Halliday's innovative approach of engaging with grammar through discourse has become a worldwide phenomenon in linguistics.Updates to the new edition include:Recent uses of systemic ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • The Teacher's Guide to Grammar

    by Deborah Cameron ...
    The Teacher's Guide to Grammar is unique in focusing directly on the aspects of grammar that teachers need to know. Assuming little or no formal linguistic education, this concise and accessible book provides the necessary background knowledge required in the classroom context. There are detailed chapters on the nuts and bolts of language: words, morphology, sentences, phrases, verbs, and clauses. ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Learn to Write Badly

    How to Succeed in the Social Sciences

    by Michael Billig ...
    Modern academia is increasingly competitive yet the writing style of social scientists is routinely poor and continues to deteriorate. Are social science postgraduates being taught to write poorly? What conditions adversely affect the way they write? And which linguistic features contribute towards this bad writing? Michael Billig's witty and entertaining book analyses these questions in a quest ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Chomsky

    Ideas and Ideals

    by Neil Smith, Nicholas Allott ...
    Noam Chomsky continues to be one of the most influential intellectual figures of modern times. His wide-ranging contributions to the fields of linguistics, psychology, philosophy and politics have revolutionised our view of language, the mind and human nature. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, this book explores Chomsky's key theories, especially recent developments in his Minimalist ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Discourse: The Basics

    by Angela Goddard, Neil Carey ...
    Series series The Basics
    Humans are social animals and are constantly interacting with each other through conversation, written communication, symbols and other expressions . Discourse: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the analysis of those interactions and the many forms and meanings they can take. The book draws on a range of international case studies and examples from literature, political ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Chomsky A Beginner's Guide

    by Michael Dean ...
    Series series ABEG
    This informative text explores: Chomsky's linguistic theory from the groundbreaking Syntactic Structures to the present day; his ideas on child language acquisition and what they all mean to us; his theory of the mind and how it led us to see ourselves as thinking individuals; his fight for human rights; and more. ... Read more

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  • Introducing English Linguistics

    by Charles F. Meyer ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics
    Are you looking for a genuine introduction to the linguistics of English that provides a broad overview of the subject that sustains students' interest and avoids excessive detail? Introducing English Linguistics accomplishes this goal in two ways. First, it takes a top-down approach to language, beginning with the largest unit of linguistic structure, the text, and working its way down through ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • Critical Reading and Writing in the Digital Age

    An Introductory Coursebook

    by Andrew Goatly, Preet Hiradhar ...
    Critical Reading and Writing in the Digital Age is a fully introductory, interactive textbook that explores the power relations at work in and behind the texts we encounter in our everyday lives. Using examples from numerous genres – such as fiction, poetry, advertisements and newspapers – this textbook examines the language choices a writer must make in structuring texts, representing the world ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis: an Introduction

    by Meriel Bloor, Thomas Bloor ...
    This book provides an introduction to the aims, theories and practices of critical discourse analysis (CDA).It is mainly concerned with the linguistic aspects of CDA. It provides an introduction to the different types of language analysis that are employed in CDA (frequency analysis, coversation, transitivity and reference, and figurative language, for example) and seeks to provide readers with ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Working with Written Discourse

    by Ivan Panovic, Deborah Cameron ...
    An outstanding introduction to discourse analysis of written language in an age that is more and more characterized by multilingual, digital, and generically hybrid texts. In an accessible style, Working with Written Discourse illustrates how these texts can be analyzed employing a wide variety of approaches that are critical, multidisciplinary, and productive.- Professor Jaffer Sheyholislami, ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Discourse and Practice

    New Tools for Critical Analysis

    by Theo van Leeuwen ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics
    Adding a new introduction and two previously unpublished papers, Discourse and Practice: New Tools for Critical Discourse Analysis brings together van Leeuwen's methodological work on discourse analysis of the last 15 years. Discourse, van Leeuwen argues, is a resource for representation, a knowledge about some aspect of reality which can be drawn upon when that aspect of reality has to be ... Read more

    $41.39 USD