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  • Understanding Pragmatics

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $1,152 MXN

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  • How to Speak Brit

    The Quintessential Guide to the King's English, Cockney Slang, and Other Flummoxing British Phrases

    de Christopher J. Moore ...
    The quintessential A to Z guide to British English—perfect for every egghead and bluestocking looking to conquer the language barrierOscar Wilde once said the Brits have "everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language."Any visitor to Old Blighty can sympathize with Mr. Wilde. After all, even fluent English speakers can be at sixes and sevens when told to pick up the "dog ... Leer más

    $127 MXN

  • The Visual Language of Comics

    Introduction to the Structure and Cognition of Sequential Images.

    de Dr Neil Cohn ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics
    Drawings and sequential images are an integral part of human expression dating back at least as far as cave paintings, and in contemporary society appear most prominently in comics. Despite this fundamental part of human identity, little work has explored the comprehension and cognitive underpinnings of visual narratives-until now.This work presents a provocative theory: that drawings and ... Leer más

    $682 MXN

  • Pragmatics and Prosody in English Language Teaching

    Edición de Jesús Romero-Trillo ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume explores the elusive subject of English prosody—the stress, rhythm and intonation of the language—, and its relevance for English language teaching. Its sharp focus will be especially welcomed by teachers of English to non-native speakers, but also by scholars and researchers interested in Applied Linguistics. The book examines key issues in the development of prosody and delves into ... Leer más

    $1,656 MXN

  • Hyperbole in English

    A Corpus-based Study of Exaggeration

    de Claudia Claridge ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    Non-literal language is ubiquitous in everyday life, and while hyperbole is a major part of this, it has so far remained relatively unexplored. This volume provides the first investigation of hyperbole in English, drawing on data from genres such as spoken conversation, TV, newspapers, and literary works from Chaucer to Monty Python. Combining quantitative and qualitative analyses, it uses ... Leer más

    $663 MXN

  • Much Ado About Nonexistence

    Fiction and Reference

    de Avrum Stroll ...
    The problem of the nature of fiction and the problem of nonexistence are closely tied because fiction often talks about nonexistent entities. In Fiction, Reference, and Nonexistence, A. P. Martinich and Avrum Stroll, two of America's leading philosophers, explore fiction and undertake an analytic philosophical study of fiction and its reference and its relation to truth. Included in the discussion ... Leer más

    $761 MXN

  • Truth and Speech Acts

    Studies in the Philosophy of Language

    Edición de Dirk Greimann, Geo Siegwart ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
    Whereas the relationship between truth and propositional content has already been intensively investigated, there are only very few studies devoted to the task of illuminating the relationship between truth and illocutionary acts. This book fills that gap.This innovative collection addresses such themes as:the relation between the concept of truth and the success conditions of assertions and ... Leer más

    $1,342 MXN

  • Deixis in the Early Modern English Lyric: Unsettling Spatial Anchors Like “Here,” “This,” “Come”

    de H. Dubrow ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book engages with deictics ('pointing' words like here/there, this/that) of space. It focuses on texts by Donne, Shakespeare, Spenser, and Wroth in particular, relating their forms of deixis to cultural and generic developments; but it also suggests parallels with both iconic and neglected texts from a range of later historical periods. ... Leer más

    $980 MXN

  • Sports Discourse

    de Dr Tony Schirato ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Discourse
    This book both defines sports discourse, and provides an account of the different discourses that are utilized and come into play when the field of sport speaks. It shows how the sports communities have been addressed over time by various speakers, across various multimodal genres. Tony Schirato looks first at how discourse can be viewed as a form of work, something that produces and naturalizes ... Leer más

    $738 MXN

  • Process Theories

    Crossdisciplinary Studies in Dynamic Categories

    Edición de Johanna Seibt ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Processes constitute the world of human experience - from nature to cognition to social reality. Yet our philosophical and scientific theories of nature and experience have traditionally prioritized concepts for static objects and structures. The essays collected here call for a review of the role of dynamic categories in the language of theories. They present old and new descriptive tools for the ... Leer más

    $1,840 MXN

  • The Language of Brexit

    How Britain Talked Its Way Out of the European Union

    de Dr Steve Buckledee ...
    Investigating the 2016 EU Referendum in the UK, The Language of Brexit explores the ways in which 'Brexit' campaigners utilised language more persuasively than their 'Remain' counterparts. Drawing parallels with effective political discourse used worldwide, this book highlights the linguistic features of an increasingly popular style of political campaigning.Concentrating on the highly successful ... Leer más

    $1,533 MXN

  • Irony

    de Joana Garmendia ...
    Series series Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
    Irony is an intriguing topic, central to the study of meaning in language. This book provides an introduction to the pragmatics of irony. It surveys key work carried out on irony in a range of disciplines such as semantics, pragmatics, philosophy and literary studies, and from a variety of theoretical perspectives including Grice's approach, Sperber and Wilson's echoic account, and Clark and ... Leer más

    $663 MXN