Il libro dei Proverbi contiene una notevole ricchezza di immagini e metafore che solo negli ultimi anni ha richiamato l'interesse degli studiosi. Lo studio si propone di analizzarne alcune a partire da quattro categorie semantiche: il corpo, la natura, il tessuto urbano, gli ani…
"Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing--and why should any of us care? In this entertaining and eminently practical book, the bestselling c…
This theoretical and practical guide to using corpus linguistic techniques in stylistic analysis focuses on how to use off-the-shelf corpus software, such as AntConc, Wmatrix, and the Brigham Young University (BYU)corpus interface.
Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized how people think about writing. Now, in Vernacular Eloquence, he makes a vital newcontribution to both practice and theory.
This book attempts to bring some coherence to a highly interdisciplinary area of translation studies, situating different views and approaches to style within general trends in linguistics and literary criticism and assessing their place in translation st.