Semantics, Discourse Analysis, etc

This book provides an in-depth typological account of the forms, functions, and histories of serial verb constructions. Serial verbs, in which seve...

This volume explores the nature of ellipsis, the core phenomenon that results in various types of omission in sentences. The chapters adopt the pop...

A fascinating addition to rhetoric scholarship, Rhetoric, Through Everyday Things expands the scope of rhetorical situations beyond the familiar hu...

This book provides beginners with a sense of the questions and methods that make up the philosophy of language. The first four chapters develop the...

This book provides beginners with a sense of the questions and methods that make up the philosophy of language. The first four chapters develop the...

Wolf Warrior Diplomacy and Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs: From Policy to Podium traces the evolution of Chinese foreign policy from Mao Zedong...

Dieses Buch bietet eine praktische Anleitung zur Analyse der Syntax des gesprochenen Deutsch, wie es in Alltagsgesprächen verwendet wird (talk-in-i...

The tie that binds all Americans, regardless of their demographic background, is faith in the American system of government. This faith manifests ...

While the general public may feel uncomfortable discussing sexual assault and violence with neighbors or coworkers, the popularity of Twitter, Snap...

Were we talked into Brexit? And who is 'we'? It's impossible to do politics without words and a context to use them in. And it's impossible to make...

Were we talked into Brexit? And who is 'we'? It's impossible to do politics without words and a context to use them in. And it's impossible to make...

Zhangs book focuses on the analysis of the sociohistorical context, linguistic patterns of discursive construction, and media representations of th...

Verbal and nonverbal communicative acts mark the links within our discourse, help us to exchange turns and give backchannel in conversation. This b...

Verbal and nonverbal communicative acts mark the links within our discourse, help us to exchange turns and give backchannel in conversation. This b...

This book examines overlaps, differences, and complementarities between narratology and stylistics, and shows the consequences of this examination ...

Corpus Linguistics for Virtual Workplace Discourse provides a thorough and practical step-by-step guide to constructing and analysing a multi-modal...

Corpus Linguistics for Virtual Workplace Discourse provides a thorough and practical step-by-step guide to constructing and analysing a multi-modal...

Language is intimately related to interaction. The question arises: Is the structure of interaction somehow mirrored in language structure and use?...