Semantics books

Linguists and philosophers engage in a conversation about four questions in relation to reference: What is reference?...  Read More >>

A comprehensive collection of linguistic anthropological studies that are devoted to multimodal and multisensorial...  Read More >>

Speech act theory has been foundational in establishing pragmatics as an independent field of inquiry; yet, recent...  Read More >>

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A lively hands-on introduction to the use of electronic corpora in the description and analysis of English.  Read More >>

A lively hands-on introduction to the use of electronic corpora in the description and analysis of English.  Read More >>

This book is the first of its kind to provide a comprehensive engagement with Persian discourse analysis in the...  Read More >>

In this Element, the framework outlines the strategies used to manage trust, by examining how language shapes relationships...  Read More >>

Combining corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, and a discourse analysis of narratives, this book considers...  Read More >>

Building on the logical tradition of possible world semantics, this book presents an ambitious theory of linguistic...  Read More >>

In this Element, the framework outlines the strategies used to manage trust, by examining how language shapes relationships...  Read More >>

This book offers a systematic, interdisciplinary investigation into the language of persuasion in contemporary tourism...  Read More >>

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First published in 1984, The Passive surveys a wide range of different constructions, which have all been termed...  Read More >>

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This book examines racial rhetorical representation in Congress, exploring how lawmakers elevate Black voices, shape...  Read More >>

This book examines racial rhetorical representation in Congress, exploring how lawmakers elevate Black voices, shape...  Read More >>

Understanding the relationship between language, discourse, and materiality is crucial for analysing social action....  Read More >>

From students and teachers to politicians and journalists, who hasn't come across a tale of plagiarism these days?...  Read More >>

Understanding the relationship between language, discourse, and materiality is crucial for analysing social action....  Read More >>

Persuasion and storytelling are two powerful tools in the art of communication, shaping how messages are received,...  Read More >>

An essential reference to the intersection of language and death and dying, presenting an overview of the methodologies,...  Read More >>

mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"">adopts various newly emerged and established approaches to text analysis, including...  Read More >>

This book summarizes the latest research findings of Chinese semantics in the past decade. It reviews and sorts...  Read More >>

The central idea underlying the studies in this volume is that when speakers act in social context language acquires...  Read More >>