Approaches to Discourse Particles serves as a unique reference by presenting the spectrum of approaches to discourse particles / markers in their richness and variability, whilst ensuring that the dif
The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (second edition, 2001) is t
In From Molecule to Metaphor, Jerome Feldman proposes a theory of language and thought that treats language not as an abstract symbol system but as a human biological ability that can be studied as a
In Coherence and Natural Language, Florian Wolf and Edward Gibson specify and evaluate criteria for descriptively adequate data structures for representing discourse coherence. They test the influence
This volume is a study of the language of literary texts. It looks at the usefulness of pragmatic theories to the interpretation of literary texts and surveys methods of analysing narrative, with spec
Communication researchers, speech therapists, and educators from around the world investigate the effects of language specificity on phonological acquisition and disorder. The 17 contributions describ
Introducing language use and interaction as the basis of good teaching and learning, this invaluable book equips teachers and researchers with the tools to analyze classroom discourse and move towards
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This textbook for students of linguistics, media, and communication sciences presents a systematic approach for analyzing multimodal texts such as Websites, films, cartoons, and magazine layouts. The
Words are the building blocks of language. An understanding of how words are learned is thus central to any theory of language acquisition. Although there has been a surge in our understanding of chil
Fontanille (linguistics and semiotics, U. of Limoges) overviews narrative semiotic theory. He begins with commentary on the path from the sign to discourse, then introduces elementary structures such
Working at the intersection of formal logic, linguistics, and philosophy, Linhares-Dias addresses the function of the class of linguistic expressions used to relate utterances to the spatio-temporal c
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Deriving the correct meaning of such colloquial expressions as "I am parked out back" requires a unique interaction of knowledge about the world with a person's natural language tools. In this volume,
This is the long-awaited third edition of Chomsky's outstanding collection of essays on language and mind. The first six chapters, originally published in the 1960s, made a groundbreaking contribution
