This volume introduces the pragmatic theories underpinning different models of linguistic politeness and details key elements of various approaches to politeness, along with analytical tools and empir
Nearly 1.4 million Americans suffer from inflammatory bowel disease and this number climbs every year. Christie Korth, a nutrition expert, helps those with Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis understand th
This volume develops a new multimodal semiotic approach to the study of communication, examining how multimodal discourse is construed transmedially and interculturally and how new technologies and cu
