Linguistics

A powerful new examination of the performative that asks whats next? for this well-worn concept From its humble origins in J. L. Austins speech-act...

Physiological, political, and poetic studies of the relationship between the human body and voice saw increased attention and took on new significa...

Storytelling has the capacity to address feelings and demonstrate themes to illuminate beyond argument and theoretical exposition. In Otters Journ...

People from different places use different words for things, even everyday things such as carbonated beverages (e.g. soda, coke, pop) or bread roll...

This user-friendly student guide is the essential resource for all those engaged in studying systemic functional linguistics (SFL).Assuming no prio...

Languages do not exist beyond their speakers, but the history of individual languages has often been told as if they had a life of their own, emerg...

Languages do not exist beyond their speakers, but the history of individual languages has often been told as if they had a life of their own, emerg...

The linguistic situation in Guangxi is poorly known among Western linguistic circles. This book is a reference grammar of Pinghua the oldest Sinit...

This work applies the concept of chaîne opératoire to the discourses that surround artifacts by examining the history, evaluation, and interpretati...

Emoji is everywhereon messaging apps, social networking sites, and even in offline media like billboards, films, and printed ads. While there is a ...

Pushing beyond the anthologized writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson frequently taught in American literature courses, this book examines the corpus of ...

Long trusted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly grammar available, French Grammar and Usage is a complete guide to French as i...

Long trusted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly grammar available, French Grammar and Usage is a complete guide to French as i...