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  • Syntax and Semantics of Discourse Markersby Miriam Urgelles-Coll

    Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 140.00

    In this book, Miriam Urgelles-Col examines the syntax and semantics of discourse markers.  A discourse marker can loosely be defined as an item such as well or now , coming at the beginning of an utterance and marking a boundary between one part of spoken discourse and the next, signalling the start of a new section of the... more...

  • Page to Stageby James Carter

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 31.95

    An exciting and creative approaches that links literacy and oracy in a way that children will enjoy. Performing poetry is also proven to boost self-esteem. Includes: * An audio CD with recordings of published poets and children performing their own work * Activities to develop speaking and listening skills * Model poems from which to work... more...

  • Lexical Meaning in Contextby Nicholas Asher

    Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 84.00

    An innovative, formal framework for studying the meanings of words and how their meanings combine. more...

  • Functional Discourse Grammarby Kees Hengeveld; J. Lachlan Mackenzie

    OUP Oxford 2008; US$ 64.99

    This book is the first comprehensive presentation of Functional Discourse Grammar, a new and important theory of language structure. The authors set out its nature and origins and show how it relates to contemporary linguistic theory. They demonstrate and test its explanatory power and descriptive utility against linguistic facts from over 150 languages... more...

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Pragmaticsby Keith Allan; Kasia M. Jaszczolt

    Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 128.00

    In the fast-developing field of pragmatics, this Handbook is a one-stop resource to today's research and the many theoretical debates. more...

  • Meaning and Humourby Andrew Goatly

    Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 29.00

    Introduces and critiques a wide range of semantic and pragmatic theories in relation to humour. more...

  • Scientific Discourse and the Rhetoric of Globalizationby Carmen Pérez-Llantada

    Continuum International Publishing 2012; US$ 140.00

    The rhetorical practices involved with the dissemination of scientific discourse are shifting. Addressing these changes, this book places the discourse of science in an increasingly multilingual and multicultural academic area. It contests monolingual assumptions informing scientific discourse, calling attention to emerging glocal discourses that make... more...

  • The Oxford Handbook of Compositionalityby Markus Werning; Wolfram Hinzen; Edouard Machery

    OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 149.99

    In this book leading scholars from every relevant field report on all aspects of compositionality, the notion that the meaning of an expression can be derived from its parts. Understanding how compositionality works is a central element of syntactic and semantic analysis and a challenge for models of cognition. It is a key concept in linguistics and... more...

  • How to Read a Wordby Elizabeth Knowles

    OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 17.99

    Have you ever wondered how you can find out more about a word: Where did it come from? How has its meaning altered? How can it be pronounced? What is its relationship to other words? Language is not fixed, but is an evolutionary process: words develop and change, in meaning, association, and pronunciation, as well as in many other ways. Exploring the... more...

  • Language Development 1aby Marion Nash; Jackie Lowe

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 36.95

    Activities in this spiral bound book are linked directly to the 36 school-based sessions in the companion volume Language Development: Circle Time Sessions to Improve Communication Skills. g more...