Provides the tools necessary to work with discourse analysis. This book offers a practical and theoretical background in how to do discourse analysis and knowledge of discourse analysis as a research methodology. It is suitable for students across a range of subjects, including …
The First and Only Scientifically Determined Enneagram Personality Test and GuideA centuries-old psychological system with roots in sacred tradition, the Enneagram can be an invaluable guide in your journey toward self-understanding and self-development. In this book, Stanford U…
"Discourse analysis considers how language, both spoken and written, enacts social and cultural perspectives and identities. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, An Introduction to Discourse Analysis examines the field and presents James Paul Gee's unique integrated appro…
This volume presents the first collection of work on research synthesis in applied linguistics. It introduces readers to a cutting-edge approach for reviewing and summarizing exactly what accumulated research has to say about theoretical and practical subjects. John Norris and L…
This volume presents the first collection of work on research synthesis in applied linguistics. It introduces readers to a cutting-edge approach for reviewing and summarizing exactly what accumulated research has to say about theoretical and practical subjects. John Norris and L…
In this ground-breaking new book on the Norteña and Sureña (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that sign…
In this book, Miriam Urgelles-Col examines€the syntax and semantics of discourse markers.€ A discourse marker can loosely be defined as an item such as well or now, coming at the beginning of an€utterance and marking a€boundary between one part of spoken discourse and the next, …
Communicating by speech is seemingly one of the most natural activities for humans. However, despite its apparent obviousness and ease, speech production is a very complex activity with multiple levels of organization involved with transforming cognitive intent into a meaningful…
A text which provides solutions to the problem of inaccuracies resulting from an emphasis on fluency. It suggests that the restoration of balance depends upon a greater understanding of proficiency and of the roles of cross-linguistic influence, systematic instruction and the co…
Drawing on Greimas' narrative semiotics and on cognitive science, Richter develops his theory of the "narrative judgement" as the core of the "narrative negotiation of problems". Narratives present contingent decisions, but can conceal their contingency in the name of an ideolog…
Byram aims to define precisely what competencies are required in foreign and second language learning, how these can be included in teachers' objectives and methods, and how the ability to communicate across cultural difference can be assessed.
"With more than 300 original annotations in some 60 thematic lists, this one-of-a kind compilation opens the world of audiobooks to listeners and librarians alike"--
