Semantics books

Focussing mainly on classifiers, Numeral Classifier and Classifier Languages offers a deep investigation of the...  Read More >>

The present collective volume builds on an orientation to pragmatics as the sustained and principled human adaptability...  Read More >>

OKAY has been termed a 'spectacular expression' and 'America's greatest invention.' This volume offers an in-depth...  Read More >>

Sensible is a fast-moving, critical analysis of American society. Brace yourself for the uncomfortable truths that...  Read More >>

Continuing in the vein of his ever questioning the conventions of’race melodrama' through the lens of which so much...  Read More >>

Continuing in the vein of his ever questioning the conventions of’race melodrama' through the lens of which so much...  Read More >>

While we tend to divide the world into Us and Them, a number of grey nuances exist beyond this white and black distinction....  Read More >>

This is a book of anecdotes, humorous quotes, metaphors, poetry, and rhetoric that I have gathered on this journey...  Read More >>

Explores the constitutive role of rhetoric in socio-cultural relations, where discursive persuasion is so important,...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1985. This detailed study in linguistics and philosophy concerns the problem of treating...  Read More >>

""Dew on the Grass"": The Poetics of Inbetweenness in Chekhov is the first comprehensive and systematic study to...  Read More >>

Based on a mixed methods study of students writing in a first-year-writing course themed around racial identities...  Read More >>

Examines the relationships between types of narratives in a shifting and widening scope of storytelling forms. Highlighting...  Read More >>

Drawing on range of text genres including novels, poems, health forums, holiday guestbooks, prayers, political songs...  Read More >>

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This study looks at the sociocultural context of address variation in spoken Italian, with a focus on singular pronouns...  Read More >>

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Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric was the definitive guide to the use of rhetorical devices in English. It...  Read More >>

Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric was the definitive guide to the use of rhetorical devices in English. It...  Read More >>

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Die Frage, auf welche Weise Verflechtung passiert, ist im Bereich der Sprachwissenschaft schon langst zu einer konstanten...  Read More >>

This is a book of anecdotes, humorous quotes, metaphors, poetry, and rhetoric that I have gathered on this journey...  Read More >>

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