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This text explores the subject of irony, covering such topics as: linguistic approaches to irony; traditional and... Read More >>
Each author contributes an essay to this volume, ranging from a survey of metalinguistic metaphors by Johan Vanparys... Read More >>
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This book is concerned with fundamental aspects of academic study; the abilities to reason with ideas and evidence,... Read More >>
Texts and Practices provides an essential introduction to critical discourse analysis. Using commissioned papers... Read More >>
This exploration of pragmatic developments in the history of English is divided into three main sections: pragmaphilology;... Read More >>
This collection of 15 essays by linguists, anthropologists and historians explore directions in lesbian/gay discourse... Read More >>
"Argues that the tradition of regarding the wit of the metaphysical poets as ""finding a likeness in things unlike""... Read More >>
This translation-oriented contrastive grammatical and stylistic analysis of French and English is extensively exemplified... Read More >>
Empirical studies of metaphor have made possible detailed analyses of how metaphors actually structure conceptualization... Read More >>
An analysis of the relationship between syntax and semantics. Noting that meaning is underdetermined by form even... Read More >>
Documenting the significant impact of linguistic theory on literary studies, this text comprises a collection of... Read More >>
Demonstrates the relation of narrative art to literary and philosophical speculations about human subjectivity Read More >>
"No detailed description available for ""The Grammar of Inalienability""." Read More >>
Tense, Attitudes, and Scope is a model-theoretic inquiry into the semantics of tense in natural language. The book... Read More >>
Richard M. Weaver made contributions to the study of rhetoric, the criticism of culture, the teaching of composition... Read More >>
Poets, deeply imbued in the language and conditions of their society, stand forth to produce an utterance that reveals... Read More >>
"The papers in this volume focus on subject and theme. ""Theme"" began its life as a semantic notion in the work... Read More >>
The quotations contained in this monumental volume consist of aphorisms, maxims, proverbs, and comments of Jewish... Read More >>
This volume describes the formative years of English composition courses in college through a study of the most... Read More >>
