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Image and Concept: Mythopoetic Roots of Literature

Image and Concept: Mythopoetic Roots of Literature

Author: Olga Freidenberg ,  Vyacheslav V. Ivanov
ISBN: 9789057025068
Format: Hardback
$284.00

""Image and Concept"" is Freidenberg's study of the origins of Greek tragedy. Freidenberg's work develops the notion...  Read More >>

The Textual Society

The Textual Society

Author: Edwina Taborsky
ISBN: 9780802071804
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Edwina Taborsky moves semiotics away from being a descriptive tool within the humanities and uses its powers of...  Read More >>

The Textual Society

The Textual Society

Author: Edwina Taborsky
ISBN: 9780802008121
Format: Hardback
$163.68

Edwina Taborsky moves semiotics away from being a descriptive tool within the humanities and uses its powers of...  Read More >>

The Language of Emotions: Conceptualization, expression, and theoretical foundation

The Language of Emotions: Conceptualization, expression,...

Author: Susanne Niemeier (Gerhard Mercator University, Duisburg) ,  René Dirven, † (Gerhard Mercator University, Duisburg)
ISBN: 9789027221605
Format: Hardback
$261.34

This volume presents theories of the language of emotions from very different perspectives, encompassing studies...  Read More >>

The Emergence of Semantics in Four Linguistic Traditions: Hebrew, Sanskrit, Greek, Arabic

The Emergence of Semantics in Four Linguistic Traditions:...

Author: Wout J. van Bekkum (University of Groningen) ,  Jan Houben (University of Leiden)
ISBN: 9789027245687
Format: Hardback
$417.12

The aim of this study is a comparative analysis of the role of semantics in the linguistic theory of four grammatical...  Read More >>

How to Write a Story...Any Story: Art of Storytelling

How to Write a Story...Any Story: Art of Storytelling...

Author: Michael B. Druxman
ISBN: 9780962688881
Format: Paperback
$31.55

A tight, well-crafted book outlining the techniques applied to writing the Great American novel, the blockbuster...  Read More >>

Text Analysis for the Social Sciences: Methods for Drawing Statistical Inferences From Texts and Transcripts

Text Analysis for the Social Sciences: Methods for Drawing...

Author: Carl W. Roberts
ISBN: 9780805817355
Format: Paperback
$85.00

Designed as a resource for making quantitative text analysis methods more accessible to social science researchers,...  Read More >>

Who Are We?: Readings on Identity, Community, Work, and Career

Who Are We?: Readings on Identity, Community, Work,...

Author: University Rise B Axelrod (University of California Riverside) ,  University Charles R Cooper (University of California San Diego)
ISBN: 9780312157173
Format: Paperback
$28.12

This essay collection offers students additional perspectives on the themes of identity and community and work and...  Read More >>

Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter: Five Presidents and Other Political Adventures

Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter: Five Presidents...

Author: James C. Humes
ISBN: 9780895264336
Format: Hardback
$39.99

A behind-the-scenes look at people who make presidents talk.  Read More >>

„Lieber Herr Fuchs, lieber Herr Schmatz!“: Eine Korrespondenz zwischen Dichtung und Systemtheorie

„Lieber Herr Fuchs, lieber Herr Schmatz!“: Eine Korrespondenz...

Author: Peter Fuchs ,  Ferdinand Schmatz
ISBN: 9783531128658
Format: Paperback
$111.24

Moderne Lyrik ist, jedenfalls sagt man ihr das nach, eine fatal schwierige und dunkle Angelegenheit. Sie scheint...  Read More >>

Telling the Success Story: Acclaiming and Disclaiming Discourse

Telling the Success Story: Acclaiming and Disclaiming...

Author: Pamela J. Benoit
ISBN: 9780791433188
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Handbook of Terminology Management: Volume 1: Basic Aspects of Terminology Management

Handbook of Terminology Management: Volume 1: Basic...

Author: Sue Ellen Wright (Kent State University) ,  Gerhard Budin (University of Vienna)
ISBN: 9789027221544
Format: Hardback
$446.16

This is the first of two volumes designed to meet the practical needs of terminologists, translators, lexicographers,...  Read More >>

Aspect and Predication: The Semantics of Argument Structure

Aspect and Predication: The Semantics of Argument Structure...

Author: Gillian Catriona Ramchand (Lecturer in General Linguistics, Lecturer in General Linguistics, Oxford University)
ISBN: 9780198236511
Format: Hardback
$258.95

This is an important research monograph which addresses the issues at the centre of current theoretical debates....  Read More >>

Inversion in Modern English: Form and function

Inversion in Modern English: Form and function

Author: Heidrun Dorgeloh (University of Düsseldorf)
ISBN: 9789027226167
Format: Hardback
$227.70

This study of the different forms of subject-verb and subject-auxiliary-inversion in modern English declarative...  Read More >>

The Language of Emotions: Conceptualization, expression, and theoretical foundation

The Language of Emotions: Conceptualization, expression,...

Author: Susanne Niemeier (Gerhard Mercator University, Duisburg) ,  Rene Dirven, (Gerhard Mercator University, Duisburg)
ISBN: 9781556195143
Format: Hardback
$345.18

This volume presents theories of the language of emotions from very different perspectives, encompassing studies...  Read More >>

Communication Across Cultures: Translation Theory and Contrastive Text Linguistics

Communication Across Cultures: Translation Theory and...

Author: Prof. Basil Hatim
ISBN: 9780859894975
Format: Paperback
$89.76

The specific aim of this book is to argue that translation can add depth and breadth to both contrastive linguistics...  Read More >>

Lacanian Theory of Discourse: Subject, Structure, and Society

Lacanian Theory of Discourse: Subject, Structure, and...

Author: Mark Bracher ,  Marshall W. Alcorn
ISBN: 9780814712993
Format: Paperback
$60.99

Introduces and develops Lacanian thought concerning the relations among language, subjectivity, and society. This...  Read More >>

Rhetoric and Political Culture in Nineteenth-Century America

Rhetoric and Political Culture in Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Thomas W. Benson
ISBN: 9780870134685
Format: Hardback
$68.20

The authors in this collection explore the claim that public discourse - spoken and written - continues to illustrate...  Read More >>

Understanding Literacy-Personality Preference In Rhetorical and Linguistic Contexts

Understanding Literacy-Personality Preference In Rhetorical...

Author: Horning ,  Ronald A. Sudol
ISBN: 9781572730786
Format: Hardback
$96.80

This work focuses on current theoretical research concerning the uses of personality type in understanding human...  Read More >>

Stylistics

Stylistics

Author: Richard Bradford (University of Ulster at Coleraine, Ireland)
ISBN: 9780415097697
Format: Paperback
$29.99

A definitive introductory guide to modern critical ideas on literary style and stylisitics. It will provide students...  Read More >>

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