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Radical Departures: Composition and Progressive Pedagogy

Radical Departures: Composition and Progressive Pedagogy...

Author: Chris W. Gallagher
ISBN: 9780814138168
Format: Paperback
$58.30

Addresses the position of composition in the academy; the current political climate, with its calls for standardized...  Read More >>

Academic Reading, second edition: Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines

Academic Reading, second edition: Reading and Writing...

Author: Janet Giltrow
ISBN: 9781551113937
Format: Paperback
$163.55

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Antonymy: A Corpus-Based Perspective

Antonymy: A Corpus-Based Perspective

Author: Steven Jones
ISBN: 9780415263740
Format: Hardback
$224.00

"Antonymy is the technical name used to describe ""opposites"", pairs of words such as poor/rich, love/hate and...  Read More >>

Thomas Jefferson and the Rhetoric of Virtue

Thomas Jefferson and the Rhetoric of Virtue

Author: James L. Golden ,  Alan L. Golden
ISBN: 9780742520806
Format: Hardback
$102.95

The authors discuss Jefferson's influences and education in rhetoric, how he came to be interested in the field,...  Read More >>

The Pursuit of Signs: Semiotics, Literature, Deconstruction

The Pursuit of Signs: Semiotics, Literature, Deconstruction...

Author: Jonathan Culler
ISBN: 9780801487934
Format: Paperback
$60.59

The primary task of literary theory, Jonathan Culler asserts in the new edition of his classic in this field, is...  Read More >>

Revision Revisited

Revision Revisited

Author: Alice S. Horning
ISBN: 9781572734432
Format: Paperback
$40.70

Revision is vital to writing. This volume reviews the primary findings of key studies of revision; re-examines data...  Read More >>

The Rhetoric and Ideology of Genre

The Rhetoric and Ideology of Genre

Author: Richard Coe ,  Lorelei Lingard
ISBN: 9781572733848
Format: Paperback
$78.92

This text aims to advance a radical re-conception of genre and discourse, and to enhance understanding of reading,...  Read More >>

Nonverbal Communication across Disciplines: Volume 1: Culture, sensory interaction, speech, conversation

Nonverbal Communication across Disciplines: Volume 1:...

Author: Fernando Poyatos (University of New Brunswick)
ISBN: 9789027221810
Format: Hardback
$271.69

The first of three volumes taking a cross-cultural approach to the subject of nonverbal communication.  Read More >>

Nonverbal Communication across Disciplines: Volume 2: Paralanguage, kinesics, silence, personal and environmental interaction

Nonverbal Communication across Disciplines: Volume 2:...

Author: Fernando Poyatos (University of New Brunswick)
ISBN: 9789027221827
Format: Hardback
$315.68

The second of three volumes taking a cross-cultural approach to the subject of non-verbal communication.  Read More >>

Nonverbal Communication across Disciplines: Volume 3: Narrative literature, theater, cinema, translation

Nonverbal Communication across Disciplines: Volume 3:...

Author: Fernando Poyatos (University of New Brunswick)
ISBN: 9789027221834
Format: Hardback
$238.05

The third of three volumes taking a cross-cultural approach to the subject of nonverbal communication.  Read More >>

Rhetorical Theory by Women before 1900: An Anthology

Rhetorical Theory by Women before 1900: An Anthology...

Author: Jane Donawerth
ISBN: 9780742517165
Format: Hardback
$348.48

This anthology features women's rhetorical theory from the 5th through the 19th centuries. Assembling selections...  Read More >>

Getting into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors

Getting into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can...

Author: Brandilyn Collins
ISBN: 9780471058946
Format: Paperback
$42.11

A unique guide for writers of all levels that applies the lessons of the Stanislavsky technique, i.e. , Method Acting,...  Read More >>

Cicero, Rhetoric, and Empire

Cicero, Rhetoric, and Empire

Author: C.E.W. Steel (, C.E.W. Steel is Lecturer in Classics, University of Glasgow)
ISBN: 9780199248476
Format: Hardback
$363.00

This study of Cicero's political oratory and Roman imperialism in the late Republic offers new readings of neglected...  Read More >>

Your Brilliant Wedding Speech: Essentials

Your Brilliant Wedding Speech: Essentials

Author: Helen Smith
ISBN: 9780572027629
Format: Paperback
$20.99

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The Humblest May Stand Forth: Rhetoric, Empowerment and Abolition

The Humblest May Stand Forth: Rhetoric, Empowerment...

Author: Jacqueline Bacon
ISBN: 9781570034343
Format: Hardback
$118.67

Offering an alternative account of the abolitionist movement, this book analyzes the rhetoric of African Americans...  Read More >>

Honor, Love, and Isolde in Gottfried's Tristan

Honor, Love, and Isolde in Gottfried's Tristan

Author: Kristine K. Sneeringer
ISBN: 9780820455471
Format: Hardback
$271.00

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Rhetorical Criticism and the Bible: Essays from the 1998 Florence Conference

Rhetorical Criticism and the Bible: Essays from the...

Author: Stanley E. Porter (McMaster Divinity College, Canada) ,  Dennis Stamps
ISBN: 9781841270937
Format: Hardback
$248.95

The fifth in a series exploring the use of rhetoric in the study of biblical literature, this volume has essays...  Read More >>

Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You: Word Play for Word Lovers

Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You: Word Play...

Author: Mardy Grothe
ISBN: 9780142000571
Format: Paperback
$49.99

An entertaining selection of quotations that demonstrate the classic linguistic trick of chiasmus presents a rich...  Read More >>

The Language of Television

The Language of Television

Author: Jill Marshall (Queen Margaret University, UK) ,  Angela Werndly (University of Sunderland, UK)
ISBN: 9780415251198
Format: Paperback
$39.00

This book provides an extensive history of British television, exploring a range of genres, from breakfast news...  Read More >>

The Taming of the True

The Taming of the True

Author: Neil Tennant (, Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9780199251605
Format: Paperback
$140.95

This text poses a broad challenge to the realist views of meaning and truth. Starting with a critical survey of...  Read More >>

A Place to Stand: Politics and Persuasion in a Working-Class Bar

A Place to Stand: Politics and Persuasion in a Working-Class...

Author: Julie Lindquist (Associate Professor of Linguistics, Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg)
ISBN: 9780195140385
Format: Paperback
$111.95

Linguists are interested in examining how class culture is socially constructed and maintained through spoken language....  Read More >>

Phraseologische Wortpaare Im Französischen: »Sitôt Dit, Sitôt Fait« Und Vergleichbares

Phraseologische Wortpaare Im Französischen: »Sitôt Dit,...

Author: Anne Schlömer ,  Anne Schl Mer
ISBN: 9783484304512
Format: Hardback
$406.56

The book series Linguistische Arbeiten (LA) publishes high-quality work in linguistics that addresses current issues...  Read More >>

Argumentation: Analysis, Evaluation, Presentation

Argumentation: Analysis, Evaluation, Presentation

Author: Frans H. van Eemeren (University of Amsterdam) ,  A. Francisca Sn Henkemans (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
ISBN: 9780805839524
Format: Paperback
$113.39

This title teaches step by step the insights that are required to perform the different tasks that have to be carried...  Read More >>

Grenzen der Sprache - Moeglichkeiten der Sprache: Untersuchungen zur Textsorte Musikkritik

Grenzen der Sprache - Moeglichkeiten der Sprache: Untersuchungen...

Author: Bernhard Gajek ,  Christiane Thim-Mabrey
ISBN: 9783631375075
Format: Paperback
$142.83

Musikkritik wird unter zwei Aspekten untersucht: als umstrittene Textsorte in Alltagsmedien sowie als Textsorte,...  Read More >>

Wave Forms: A Natural Syntax for Rhythmic Languages

Wave Forms: A Natural Syntax for Rhythmic Languages...

Author: James H. Bunn
ISBN: 9780804741781
Format: Hardback
$122.95

In this daring book, the author proposes that artistic and literary forms can be understood as modulations of wave...  Read More >>

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