Semantics, Discourse Analysis, etc

This introduction to discourse analysis provides students with an accessible, yet comprehensive, overview of the subject and all the skills and kno...

Research Methods in Linguistics guides the reader through the key issues, principles, and contributions of core methods in linguistic research. It ...

This handbook reviews extant research and offers critical summaries of key topics and issues in the field, enriched by authoritative analyses of sp...

Research Methods in Linguistics guides the reader through the key issues, principles, and contributions of core methods in linguistic research. It ...

This edited book addresses current trends in digital discourse analysis. The central theme of the volume is the notion of digital experiences; in o...

Wissen wird vor allem multimodal vermittelt das wird kaum noch bezweifelt. Wenig Aufmerksamkeit wurde bislang jedoch der begrifflichen Modellierun...

As a founder and leading figure in multimodality and social semiotics, Theo van Leuween has made significant contributions to a variety of research...

This book brings together the work of leading theorist, Theo van Leeuwen, on typography, colour, texture, sound and movement, and shows how they ar...

This book explores multiple facets of femininity for marriage in India. Using language as an entry point, it looks at how and why media representat...

Understanding Discourse Analysis provides students with an accessible and well-illustrated introduction to discourse analysis. Explaining the main ...

This groundbreaking work takes multimodality studies in a new direction by applying multimodal approaches to the study of poetry and poetics. The b...

This collection highlights the interplay between language and liminal places and spaces in building distinct narratives of selfhood. The book uses ...

This book develops a corpus-assisted approach to the study of self-reflexivity in journalism and examines the ways in which news workers and subseq...

This handbook brings together scholars from around the globe who here contribute to our understanding of how digital rhetoric is changing the lands...

An exploration of English pragmatics with a thorough integration of theoretical and experimental researchA central goal of pragmatics is to identif...

If you are an English language learner meeting stylistics for the first time, this textbook will familiarize you with the basic terms and key conce...

Drawing on a wide range of fictional texts from Shakespeare and Austen to Game of Thrones and the lyrics of 'We Shall Overcome', this textbook show...

Originally published in 1927, The World of Imagery is a study of the use of metaphor, simile, and other forms of literary imagery from the ancient ...

Riots, strikes and protests are heavily mediatised events. Media representations thus play a crucial role in narrating instances of civil disorder ...

Moving between linguistic, professional and national boundaries is part of the daily reality of modern workplaces, where the concept of a 'job for ...

Drawing on range of text genres including novels, poems, health forums, holiday guestbooks, prayers, political songs and news stories, each chapter...

This collection calls for greater attention to the need for a clearer understanding of the role of discourse in the process of placemaking in the d...

This volume sheds light on the argumentative role of metaphor in climate change discourse, unpacking the ways in which stakeholders use specific me...

This textbook is designed for advanced (graduate and postgraduate) students, and will also be of interest to scholars. It blends a cognitive lingui...

By providing a contemporary understanding of theories on classroom dialogue through a sociocultural lens, Sybing offers innovative ways to observe ...

This book presents a complementary study of lexicalist approaches and constructionist approaches in linguistics. Specific topics discussed include ...

Focusing on the discursive dimension of the COVID-19 pandemic from a semiotic perspective, this book uses semiotic theory and methods to analyse th...

This book examines antagonistic fan communication on Chinese social media, focusing on the sociolinguistic dimensions and digital strategies in fan...

This collection showcases the diversity and disciplinary breadth of small stories research, highlighting the growing critical mass of scholarship o...

Winner of the 2018 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award in the category of Best Book in Technical or Scientific CommunicationRespondin...

Landmark Essays on Rhetorical Genre Studies gathers major works that have contributed to the recent rhetorical reconceptualization of genre. A live...

This volume presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of major developments in the study of how phraseology is used in a wide range of diffe...

Against the backdrop of overwhelming discourse scholarship emanating from the Western cosmopolitan centres, this volume offers a development-centre...