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The Rhetoric of RHETORIC: The Quest for Effective Communication

The Rhetoric of RHETORIC: The Quest for Effective Communication...

Author: Wayne C. Booth
ISBN: 9781405112376
Format: Paperback
$51.95

In this manifesto, distinguished critic Wayne Booth claims that communication in every corner of life can be improved...  Read More >>

Coming to Terms: Theorizing Writing Assessment in Composition Studies

Coming to Terms: Theorizing Writing Assessment in Composition...

Author: Patricia Lynne
ISBN: 9786613267054
Format: Electronic book text
$92.40

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Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis

Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Issues in Discourse...

Author: H. G. Widdowson (University of Vienna)
ISBN: 9780631234524
Format: Paperback
$67.95

Written by a leading researcher in the field, this fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text,...  Read More >>

The Anthology in Jewish Literature

The Anthology in Jewish Literature

Author: David Stern
ISBN: 9786610560059
Format: Electronic book text
$254.84

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Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Issues in Discourse Analysis

Text, Context, Pretext: Critical Issues in Discourse...

Author: H. G. Widdowson (University of Vienna)
ISBN: 9780631234517
Format: Hardback
$206.95

Examines the relations between grammar, text, and discourse. This book intends to provoke critical discussion on...  Read More >>

Persuasion and Rhetoric

Persuasion and Rhetoric

Author: Carlo Michelstaedter ,  Russell Scott Valentino
ISBN: 9780300191516
Format: Paperback
$38.95

Ostensibly a commentary on Plato and Aristotle's relation to the pre-Socratic philosophers, this text also reflects...  Read More >>

English Modality in Perspective: Genre Analysis and Contrastive Studies

English Modality in Perspective: Genre Analysis and...

Author: Roberta Facchinetti ,  Frank Palmer
ISBN: 9780820464985
Format: Paperback
$152.99

The analysis and theoretical description of modality may be grammar-centred, semantic- or pragmatic-oriented, and...  Read More >>

Presidential Speechwriting: From the New Deal to the Reagan Revolution and Beyond

Presidential Speechwriting: From the New Deal to the...

Author: Kurt Ritter ,  Martin J. Medhurst
ISBN: 9781585443925
Format: Paperback
$52.67

The chapters in this book (two by former White House speechwriters) give insight into the process of presidential...  Read More >>

Beyond the Rhetorical Presidency

Beyond the Rhetorical Presidency

Author: Martin J. Medhurst
ISBN: 9781585443949
Format: Paperback
$65.87

The ten chapters of this volume, by presidential scholars Jeffrey Tulis, Glen E. Thurow, Thomas W. Benson, Roderick...  Read More >>

Conversation Analysis: Studies from the first generation

Conversation Analysis: Studies from the first generation...

Author: Gene H. Lerner (University of California, Santa Barbara)
ISBN: 9789027253682
Format: Paperback
$119.03

This collection assembles early, yet previously unpublished research into the practices that organize conversational...  Read More >>

Unspoken: A Rhetoric of Silence

Unspoken: A Rhetoric of Silence

Author: Cheryl Glenn
ISBN: 9780809325849
Format: Paperback
$79.20

Drawing from linguistics, phenomenology, feminist studies, anthropology, ethnic studies, and literary analysis,...  Read More >>

Conversation Analysis: Studies from the first generation

Conversation Analysis: Studies from the first generation...

Author: Gene H. Lerner (University of California, Santa Barbara)
ISBN: 9789027253675
Format: Hardback
$250.99

This collection assembles early, yet previously unpublished research into the practices that organize conversational...  Read More >>

Pragmatic Markers in Oral Narrative: The case of English and Catalan

Pragmatic Markers in Oral Narrative: The case of English...

Author: Montserrat González (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona)
ISBN: 9789027253644
Format: Hardback
$261.34

Chapter 1; Introduction; This study deals with the use of pragmatic markers in English and Catalan oral narrative...  Read More >>

Discourse Across Languages and Cultures

Discourse Across Languages and Cultures

Author: Carol Lynn Moder (Oklahoma State University) ,  Aida Martinovic-Zic (Montgomery College)
ISBN: 9789027230782
Format: Hardback
$250.99

This volume seeks to answers such questions as: how is conscious experience translated into discourse? How are foregrounding...  Read More >>

Toward a Discourse of Consent: Mass Mobilization and Colonial Politics in Puerto Rico, 1932-1948

Toward a Discourse of Consent: Mass Mobilization and...

Author: Gabriel Villaronga
ISBN: 9780313324239
Format: Hardback
$120.00

Focuses on the interaction between American authorities, the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), and its multiple supporters...  Read More >>

Ellipsis in Comparatives

Ellipsis in Comparatives

Author: Winfried Lechner
ISBN: 9783110181180
Format: Hardback
$844.80

The present monograph represents a theoretical exploration in the domains of ellipsis, coordination and the syntax...  Read More >>

Introduction to Discourse Studies

Introduction to Discourse Studies

Author: Jan Renkema (University of Tilburg) ,  Prof Jan Renkema (University of Tilburg)
ISBN: 9781588115300
Format: Paperback
$142.56

Introduction to Discourse Studies follows on Jan Renkema’s successful Discourse Studies: An Introductory Textbook...  Read More >>

Classical & Medieval Literature Criticism

Classical & Medieval Literature Criticism

Author: Jelena Krostovic
ISBN: 9780787667719
Format: Hardback
$823.68

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Process This: Undergraduate Writing in Composition Studies

Process This: Undergraduate Writing in Composition Studies...

Author: Nancy Dejoy
ISBN: 9786613283351
Format: Electronic book text
$81.84

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Corpora and Discourse

Corpora and Discourse

Author: Louann Haarman ,  John Morley
ISBN: 9780820462622
Format: Paperback
$189.95

Examines how it is possible to use concordance technology and the detailed linguistic evidence available in corpora...  Read More >>

Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing

Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing

Author:
ISBN: 9781281969569
Format: Electronic book text
$58.61

The Canadian Style is an indespensible language guide for editors, copywriters, students, teachers, lawyers, journalists,...  Read More >>

The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore

The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore

Author: Elaine Fantham (Giger Professor of Latin Emerita, Princeton University)
ISBN: 9780199263158
Format: Hardback
$140.95

The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore offers a wide introduction to Cicero's political and cultural world, and...  Read More >>

Metaphor and Political Discourse: Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe

Metaphor and Political Discourse: Analogical Reasoning...

Author: A. Musolff
ISBN: 9781403933898
Format: Hardback
$168.00

Far from being rhetorical ornaments, metaphors play a central role in public discourse, as they shape the structure...  Read More >>

Abstract Adventure: A Kaleidoscopia Coloring Book

Abstract Adventure: A Kaleidoscopia Coloring Book

Author: Kendall Bohn
ISBN: 9780929636290
Format: Paperback
$23.63

Abstract scenes and images by artist Kendall Bohn are a one-of-a-kind exploration in creative coloring, perfect...  Read More >>

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