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  • Argumentative Indicatorsby Frans H. Eemeren; Peter Houtlosser; A. Francisca Snoeck Henkemans

    Springer 2007; US$ 129.99

    Argumentative Indicators: A Pragma-Dialectical Study identifies and analyses English words and expressions that are crucial for an adequate reconstruction of argumentative discourse. It provides the analyst of argumentative discussions and texts with a systematic set of instruments for giving a well founded analysis which results in an analytic overview... more...

  • Rhetoric, the Polis, and the Global Villageby C. Jan Swearingen; David S. Kaufer

    Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 34.95

    Rhetoric, the Polis, and the Global Village represents current thought on the role of rhetoric in various disciplines, and includes such diverse topics as race, technology, and religion, demonstrating the expanding relevance of rhetoric in today's world. The essays included in this volume address the question of the polis in ancient and modern times,... more...

  • Fallacies and Judgments of Reasonablenessby F.H. van Eemeren; Bart Garssen; Bert Meuffels

    Springer 2009; US$ 139.99

    Reports on the authors' Systematic Empirical Research of the Conventional Validity of the Pragma-Dialectical Discussion Rules. This book provides an insight into theoretical and practical conceptions of reasonableness, supported by empirical material gained by means of experimental research. more...

  • Metaphor and Discourseby Professor Andreas Musolff; Dr Jorg Zinken

    Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 105.00

    The contributors present a coherent collection of work on the functioning of metaphor in public discourse and related discourse areas from a broadly cognitive-linguistic background, providing a state-of-the-art overview of research on the discursive grounding of metaphor from a cognitive-linguistic perspective. more...

  • The Language of Everyday Lifeby Judy Delin

    SAGE Publications 2000; US$ 58.00

    This is a lively, practical guide that provides a fascinating linguistic description of six familiar text and discourse types, showing how language works in everyday life to perform its particular purpose. Through original examples, students are introduced to a wide-ranging repertoire of analytical concepts and techniques, described in basic, clear... more...

  • Our Own Worst Enemy as Protector of Ourselvesby Byron B. Renz

    University Press of America 2010; US$ 32.99

    This book takes us through the persuasive process, particularly as it is used in terrorist persuasive settings and as it has been used in some of the major propaganda battles of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. more...

  • Stylisticsby David L. Hoover; Sharon Lattig

    Editions Rodopi 2007; US$ 65.80

    Stylistics: Prospect & Retrospect looks backward toward classic and foundational approaches and texts that helped to establish the field of stylistics. It also looks forward by examining recent innovations that seem likely to alter the ways in which style is studied in the years to come. The essays presented here, written by an array of experts from... more...

  • Stylistics and Social Cognitionby Lesley Jeffries; Dan McIntyre; Derek Bousfield

    Editions Rodopi 2007; US$ 84.00

    This volume of articles comprises papers from the 25th annual conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), which was held at the University of Huddersfield, England, in July 2005. The theme of the conference was ‘Stylistics and Social Cognition’, and as usual at a PALA conference, this theme was interpreted very widely by... more...

  • Rhetorics of the Americasby Damián Baca; Victor Villanueva

    Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 100.00

    This book will provide the first collection of original research and scholarship on uniquely Western Hemispheric rhetorics. more...

  • Metaphor Networksby Dr Richard Trim; Anisa Caine

    Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 105.00

    Metaphor Networks focuses on the historical evolution of metaphor and proposes new theories on language change based on substantial empirical data. It explores how the metaphors of today are very often linked to images existing in the past and traces metaphor paths back to the Middle Ages and Antiquity. The findings reveal that regular patters of... more...