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  • Frames and Constructions in Metaphoric Languageby Karen Sullivan

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013; US$ 135.00

    Frames and constructions in metaphoric language shows how linguistic metaphor piggybacks on certain patterns of constructional meaning that have already been identified and studied in non-metaphoric language. Recognition of these shared semantic structures, and comparison of their roles in metaphoric and non-metaphoric constructions, make it possible... more...

  • Language, Ideology and Point of Viewby Paul Simpson

    Taylor and Francis 1993; US$ 55.95

    This systematic introduction to the concept of point of view in language explores the ways in which point of view is shaped by ideology. It focusses on the way in which people encode their beliefs and biases in a wide variety of media. more...

  • Rhetoric and Educational Discourseby Richard Edwards; Katherine Nicoll; Nicky Solomon; Robin Usher

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 59.95

    Educational policy is often dismissed as simply rhetoric and a collection of half truths. However, this is to underestimate the power of rhetoric and the ways in which rhetorical strategies are integral to persuasive acts. Through a series of illustrative chapters, this book argues that rather than something to be dismissed, rhetorical analysis offers... more...

  • Corpus Stylisticsby Elena Semino; Mick Short

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 42.95

    This book combines stylistic analysis with corpus linguistics to present an innovative account of the phenomenon of speech, writing and thought presentation - commonly referred to as 'speech reporting' or 'discourse presentation'. This new account is based on an extensive analysis of a quarter-of-a-million word electronic collection of written narrative... more...

  • Professing Rhetoricby Frederick J. Antczak; Cinda Coggins; Geoffrey D. Klinger

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 41.95

    Representing current theory and research in rhetoric, this volume brings together scholarship from a variety of orientations--theoretical, critical, historical, and pedagogical. Some contributions cover work that has previously been silenced or unrecognized, including Native American, African American, Latino, and women's rhetorics. Others explore... more...

  • Rhetorical Democracyby Gerard Hauser; Amy Grim

    Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 49.95

    This collection presents theoretical, critical, applied, and pedagogical questions and cases of publics and public spheres, examining these contexts as sources and sites of civic engagement. Reflecting the current state of rhetorical theory and research, the contributions arise from the 2002 conference proceedings of the Rhetoric Society of America... more...

  • Argumentationby Frans H. van Eemeren; Rob Grootendorst; A. Francisca Sn Henkemans

    Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 44.95

    This book concentrates on argumentation as it emerges in ordinary discourse, whether the discourse is institutionalized or strictly informal. Crucial concepts from the theory of argumentation are systematically discussed and explained with the help of examples from real-life discourse and texts. The basic principles are explained that are instrumental... more...

  • Textual Metonymyby Dr Abdul Gabbar Al-Sharafi

    Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 130.00

    Textual Metonymy employs a theoretical framework combining rhetoric, figurative theory and textlinguistics. In the process, a very full historical account of treatments of metonymy from classical traditions up to the present time is given and critiqued. The author proposes a semiotic approach to the treatment of metonymy, on the basis of which a... more...

  • Politicians and Rhetoricby Professor Jonathan Charteris-Black

    Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 40.00

    This book analyzes the rhetoric of speeches by major British or American politicians and shows how metaphor is used systematically to create political myths of monsters, villains and heroes. Metaphors are shown to interact with other figures of speech to communicate subliminal meanings by drawing on the unconscious emotional association of words. more...

  • Paradigms of Readingby Ian MacKenzie

    Palgrave Macmillan 2002; US$ 133.00

    Linguistic signs do not coincide with intended or interpreted meanings. For relevance theory, this theoretical commonplace merely demonstrates the inferential nature of language. For Paul de Man, on the contrary, it suggested that language is unstable, random, arbitrary, mechanical, ironic and inhuman. This book seeks to show that relevance theory... more...