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A Hybrid Theory of Metaphor
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 115.00A provoking new approach to how we understand metaphors thoroughly comparing and contrasting the claims made by relevance theorists and cognitive linguists. The resulting hybrid theory shows the complementarity of many positions as well as the need and possibility of achieving a broader and more realistic theory of our understanding. more...
What Student Writing Teaches Us
Stenhouse Publishers 2009; US$ 15.75The earlier that teachers think about instruction, and the sooner that students self-assess their progress, the better the final writing product will be. What Student Writing Teaches Us provides practical suggestions for teachers of writing. This book offers no ?easy? solutions, because assessing writing is not an easy endeavor. Every suggestion in... more...
Understanding Semantics
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2002; US$ 43.95This series provides approachable, yet authoritative, introductions to all the major topics in linguistics. Ideal for students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics, each book carefully explains the basics, emphasising understanding of the essential notions rather than arguing for a particular theoretical position. Understanding Semantics... more...
The Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis: an Introduction
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2007; US$ 45.00This book will provide an introduction to critical discourse analysis (CDA) for beginners. more...
Doing Pragmatics
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2008; US$ 39.95A lively and engaging introduction to the study of pragmatics uniquely focussing on both theory and practice. more...
A Handbook of Literary Criticism in English
ABD Publishers 2008; US$ 35.00English literature refers to the literature written in English language by writers not necessarily from England and it is as diverse as the varieties and dialects of English spoken around the world. Traversing the periods from Middle Ages, Early Modern (Renaissance), Jacobean, Caroline and Cromwellian, Restoration, Augustan, Romanticism, Victorian,... more...
Comparisons and Contrasts
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 48.99Comparisons and Contrasts collects eleven of Richard Kayne's recent articles in theoretical syntax, with an emphasis on comparative syntax, which uses syntactic differences among languages to probe the properties of the human language faculty. Kayne attaches particular importance to uncovering the primitives of syntax/semantics, demonstrating the... more...
Event Representation in Language and Cognition
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 82.00Examines new research into how the mind deals with the experience of events. more...
An Introduction to Word Grammar
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 34.00A theory of language structure based on the assumption that language is a network and all of knowledge is learned. more...
Continuum Companion to Historical Linguistics
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 190.00The Continuum Companion to Historical Linguistics brings together a number of leading scholars who provide a combination of different approaches to current and new issues in historical linguistics, while supplying an exhaustive and up-to-date coverage of sub-fields traditionally regarded as central to historical linguistics research. The editors aim... more...









