Semantics books

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Metaphor and Iconicity attempts to clarify the interplay of metaphor and iconicity in the creation and interpretation...  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship between conversation analysis and applied linguistics, demonstrating how the...  Read More >>

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This book revives the study of conventional implicatures in natural language semantics. H. Paul Grice first defined...  Read More >>

Police interviewing is a critical part of the justice process, and more attention is now being paid to training...  Read More >>

An indispensible guide, filled with practical strategies, suggestions, and tips, helps the beginning writer better...  Read More >>

This guide helps students construct biographies, essays, and expository pieces. Aspiring writers will learn how...  Read More >>

Neurologist Flaherty explores the drive to write, what sparks it, and what extinguishes it. She offers a brave and...  Read More >>

Antonomasia in French Proper Names  Read More >>

This pedagogical approach to composition is based on the importance of the writer and the act of writing in the...  Read More >>

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In the past two decades there has been considerable interest in the ways in which subjects are positioned in discursive...  Read More >>

Contains papers which focus on meaning, studied not only in monolingual environments, but also contrastively in...  Read More >>

Develops a theory of mathematics as a multi-semiotic discourse from the perspective of M.A.K. Halliday's systemic...  Read More >>

Counter-narratives only make sense in relation to something else, that which they are countering. The very name...  Read More >>

This accessible new book provides a comprehensive introduction to the linguistic structure of Portuguese. Clearly...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the rhetoric of speeches by major British or American politicians and shows how metaphor is used...  Read More >>

This easy-to-use handbook is an essential resource for anyone who needs to write English correspondence or documents...  Read More >>

Designed for intermediate to advanced students, this text equips the reader with the necessary skills to write confidently...  Read More >>

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Examining the complex relationships among rhetoric, philosophy, and science, this volume reveals how they converge...  Read More >>

There have been many voices in disciplines as various as philosophy, history, psychology, hermeneutics, literary...  Read More >>

Offers advice in short 'modules' which target particular tasks (such as applications or essays) or common problems...  Read More >>

The third edition of this well-respected guide will help students of all subjects to write more clearly and more...  Read More >>