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Studies of Laughter in Interaction
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 115.99Laughter is pervasive in interaction yet often overlooked in the research. This volume presents a collection of original studies revealing the highly-ordered, complex, and important phenomenon of laughter in everyday interactions. Building on 40 years of conversation analytic research, the authors show how the design and placement of laughs contribute... more...
Studies of Laughter in Interaction
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 115.99Laughter is pervasive in interaction yet often overlooked in the research. This volume presents a collection of original studies revealing the highly-ordered, complex, and important phenomenon of laughter in everyday interactions. Building on 40 years of conversation analytic research, the authors show how the design and placement of laughs contribute... more...
A to Z of Arabic - English - Arabic Translation
Saqi 2013; US$ 23.32The A to Z highlights common pitfalls faced by translators working on both Arabic?English and English?Arabic texts. Each translation problem is carefully contextualized and illustrated with examples drawn from contemporary literature and the media. Using a comparative analysis approach, the authors discuss grammatical, lexical and semantic translation... more...
Modelling Language
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013; US$ 135.00In response to the need for reliable results from natural language processing, this book presents an original way of decomposing a language(s) in a microscopic manner by means of intra/inter‑language norms and divergences, going progressively from languages as systems to the linguistic, mathematical and computational models, which being based... more...
Silence and Concealment in Political Discourse
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013; US$ 135.00This book constitutes a significant contribution to political discourse analysis and to the study of silence, both from the point of view of discourse analysis as well as pragmatics, and it is also relevant for those interested in politics and media studies. It promotes the empirical study of silence by analysing metadiscourse about politicians? silence... more...
On the Sleeve of the Visual
Dartmouth College Press 2013; US$ 28.99An investigation of race and the ontology of the visual more...
In Other Words
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 41.95This best-selling textbook is the essential coursebook for any student studying in this field. Assuming no knowledge of foreign languages, In Other Words offers both a practical and theoretical guide to translation studies, and provides an important foundation for training professional translators. The second edition has been fully revised to reflect... more...
Mapping Applied Linguistics
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 46.95Mapping Applied Linguistics: A Guide for Students and Practitioners provides an innovative and wide-ranging introduction to the full scope of applied linguistics. Incorporating both socio-cultural and cognitive perspectives, the book maps the diverse and constantly expanding range of theories, methods and issues faced by students and practitioners... more...
Historical Linguistics
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 52.95Historical Linguistics provides a comprehensive and clearly written introduction to historical linguistic theory and methods. Since its first publication in 1962 the book has established itself as core reading for students of linguistics. This edition has been thoroughly revised. Drawing on recent linguistic and archaeological research Professor... more...
Lenition and Contrast
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00This book analyzes 153 languages from a large variety of families to establish a previously unexplored relationship between phonetically conditioned sound changes such as lenitions and functional (meaning maintenance related) considerations. Carefully collecting numerous inventories of consonants, this collection is likely to become an important resource... more...









