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The Dialects of British English in Fictional Texts by Donatella Montini 9781032008929
RRP: $79.78$70.10This collection brings together perspectives on regional and social varieties of British English in fictional dialogue across works spanning various literary genres, showcasing authorial and translation innovation while also reflecting on their impact on... -
The Humanities Reloaded: Addressing Crisis by Keyan G. Tomaselli 9781032418285
RRP: $262.50$226.51This volume examines the crisis of humanities narratives in the context of neoliberal capitalism and of the emergence and consolidation of the metrics-driven, corporate, managerial university. Do narratives of the crisis of the humanities mobilize... -
Linguistic Description in English for Academic Purposes by Helen Basturkmen 9781032008653
RRP: $37.78$33.68This volume provides a concise overview of linguistic description in the field of English for Academic Purposes, charting its evolution and categorizing the various strands of research interest. Given the increasing use of English as a lingua franca,... -
Multilingualism from Manuscript to 3D: Intersections of Modalities from Medieval to Modern Times by Elzbieta Adamczyk 9780367763596
RRP: $262.50$227.35This collection explores the links between multimodality and multilingualism, charting the interplay between languages, channels, and forms of communication in multilingual written texts from historical manuscripts through to the new media of today and... -
Multilingual Texts and Practices in Early Modern Europe by Peter Auger 9780367555733
RRP: $262.50$226.51This collection offers a cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which multilingual practices were embedded in early modern European literary culture, opening up a dynamic dialogue between contemporary multilingual practices and scholarly work on... -
Assessing Learners' Competence in L2 Chinese by Yang Lu 9781138052192
RRP: $262.50$227.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781138052192Author Yang LuFormat HardbackImprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd -
Translation and Contemporary Art: Transdisciplinary Encounters by MCarmen Africa Vidal Claramonte 9781032211657
RRP: $104.98$91.35This book looks to expand the definition of translation in line with Susan Bassnett and David Johnston's notion of the "outward turn," applying this perspective to contemporary art to broaden the scope of how we understand translation in... -
Understanding Variability in Second Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, and Cognition: A Multi-Layered Perspective by Kristin Kersten 9780367726386
RRP: $262.50$226.51This collection brings together linguistic, psychological, and sociological perspectives reflecting on the relationships and interactions of the multi-layered factors impacting second language development and cognitive competence. The book advocates a... -
Reframing Translators, Translators as Reframers by Dominique Faria 9781032027739
RRP: $283.50$247.13This collection explores the notion of reframing as a framework for better understanding the multi-agent and multi-level nature of the translation process, generating new conversations in current debates on translational agency, authority, and power. ... -
Phonological Augmentation in Prominent Positions by Jennifer L. Smith 9780415971072
RRP: $283.50$246.29Phonologically prominent or "strong" positions are well known for their ability to resist positional neutralization processes such as vowel reduction or place assimilation. However, there are also cases of neutralization that affect only strong... -
Key Themes and New Directions in Systemic Functional Translation Studies by Bo Wang 9780367763558
RRP: $262.50$226.51This collection features eight interviews with seven senior scholars whose seminal works that apply the systemic functional linguistic approach to translation studies have advanced systemic functional translation studies (SFTS) as a research agenda in... -
Stylistic Approaches to Pop Culture by Christoph Schubert 9780367707309
RRP: $262.50$227.35This collection showcases the unique potential of stylistic approaches for better understanding the multifaceted nature of pop culture discourse. As its point of departure, the book takes the notion of pop culture as a phenomenon characterized by the... -
Picturing Fiction through Embodied Cognition: Drawn Representations and Viewpoint in Literary Texts by Bien Klomberg 9781032125893
RRP: $104.98$91.35This concise volume addresses the question of whether or not language, and its structure in literary discourses, determines individuals' mental 'vision,' employing an innovative cross-disciplinary approach using readers' drawings of their mental imagery... -
The Rhetoric and Pragmatics of Literary Communication from Classical English Novels to Contemporary Print and Digital Fiction by Virginie Iche 9780367555634
RRP: $262.50$226.51Building on the notion of fiction as communicative act, this collection brings together an interdisciplinary range of scholars to examine the evolving relationship between authors and readers in fictional works from 18th century English novels through to... -
A World without Capitalism?: Alternative Discourses, Spaces, and Imaginaries by Christian W. Chun 9781138605343
RRP: $283.50$246.29In this book, Christian W. Chun examines the ways in which identities, discourses and topographies of both capitalist and anti-capitalist imaginaries and realities are embodied in the everyday practices of people. A World Without Capitalism? is a... -
Overcoming Challenges in Corpus Construction: The Spoken British National Corpus 2014 Robbie Love 9781032239026
RRP: $83.98$73.63This volume offers a critical examination of the construction of the Spoken British National Corpus 2014 (Spoken BNC2014) and points the way forward toward a more informed understanding of corpus linguistic methodology more broadly. The book begins by... -
Linguistic Mitigation in English and Spanish: How Speakers Attenuate Expressions by Nydia Flores 9781032238500
RRP: $83.98$73.63This volume offers a comprehensive examination of mitigation in speech in English and Spanish, exploring how it is defined and theorized and the various linguistic features employed to soften or downgrade the impact of a particular message across a range... -
Telling the Time in British Literature, 1675-1830: Hours of Folly? by Marcus Tomalin 9781032237404
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book explores how the essayists, poets, playwrights, and novelists of the long eighteenth century meditated deeply upon the physical form, social functions, and philosophical implications of time-telling objects.Book InformationISBN... -
Metaphors of Multilingualism: Changing Attitudes towards Language Diversity in Literature, Linguistics and Philosophy by Rainer Guldin 9781032237275
RRP: $83.98$73.63Metaphors of Multilingualism explores changing attitudes towards multilingualism by focusing on shifts both in the choice and in the use of metaphors.This is ground-breaking reading for scholars and researchers in the fields of linguistics, literature,... -
Moving Beyond the Grammatical Syllabus: Practical Strategies for Content-Based Curriculum Design by Jason Martel 9780367819163
RRP: $104.98$85.47In this concise and practical book, Martel advocates for a content-based approach to foreign language curriculum design that emphasizes communicative competence, cognitive engagement, and social justice. Intended primarily for busy teachers with limited... -
Language in Popular Fiction by Walter Nash 9780367744557
RRP: $193.18$167.58First published in 1990, Language in Popular Fiction was written to provide a comprehensive and illuminating look at the way language is used in thrillers and romantic fiction. The book examines the use of language across three interrelated levels: a... -
Texts and Contexts: An Introduction to Literature and Language Study by Adrian Beard 9780415253505
RRP: $79.78$70.10The idea of studying texts 'in context' has become a major new emphasis in contemporary literary studies. Texts and Contexts explores the idea of contexts and the way they affect texts, concentrating on: * the writer's context * the reader's context *... -
Mediation and Multimodal Meaning Making in Digital Environments by Ilaria Moschini 9781032124926
RRP: $262.50$226.51This collection explores the mediation of a wide range of processes, texts, and practices in contemporary digital environments through the lens of a multimodal theory of communication. Bringing together contributions from renowned scholars in the... -
Multilingual La La Land: Language Use in Sixteen Greater Los Angeles Communities by Claire Hitchins Chik 9781138580510
RRP: $88.18$78.02Home to immigrants from more than 140 countries speaking over 200 languages, Los Angeles is a microcosm of the world. While Los Angeles' ethnic enclaves have been the subject of study by researchers from a wide range of fields, these enclaves remain... -
The Place of English as an International Language in English Language Teaching: Teachers' Reflections by Ngan Le Hai Phan 9781032175348
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book aims to contribute to the discipline of teaching English as an international language by exploring teachers' reflections on the recent changes within the English language for their teaching profession. It presents a comprehensive and... -
The Discourse of Food Blogs: Multidisciplinary Perspectives by Daniela Cesiri 9781032174457
RRP: $83.98$73.63This volume adopts a multidisciplinary perspective in analyzing and understanding the rich communicative resources and dynamics at work in digital communication about food. Drawing on data from a small corpus of food blogs, the book implements a range of... -
Translation and Hegel's Philosophy: A Transformative, Socio-narrative Approach to A.V. Miller's Cold-War Retranslations by David Charlston 9781032174006
RRP: $83.98$73.63This volume engages with translations of philosophy as complex, socially structured narratives bound by emotional, political and philosophical connections, exploring these dynamics at work in A.V. Miller's Hegel translations and retranslations published... -
First Language Influences on Multilingual Lexicons by Paul Booth 9781032173696
RRP: $83.98$73.63This collection brings together recent research on the influences between first and additional languages with a focus on the development of multilingual lexicons. Featuring work from an international group of scholars, the volume examines the complex... -
Language - The Loaded Weapon: The Use and Abuse of Language Today by Dwight Bolinger 9781032048956
RRP: $283.50$246.29First published in 1980 and now reissued for the first time as a Routledge Linguistics Classic, Language - The Loaded Weapon is at once an introduction to and a critique of everything we know, or think we know, about language. This classic text... -
Reflexivity in Applied Linguistics: Opportunities, Challenges, and Suggestions by Sal Consoli 9780367711177
RRP: $273.00$235.43This edited collection provides research-informed guidance on how reflexivity may be practised in applied linguistics research. Specifically, we promote reflexivity as an essential hallmark of quality research and argue that doing reflexivity confers... -
Discourses of Student Success: Language, Class, and Social Personae in Italian Secondary Schools by Andrea R. Leone-Pizzighella 9780367681111
RRP: $262.50$226.51This book offers a linguistic ethnographic account of secondary schooling in Umbria, Italy, examining the complex intersection of language, socioeconomic class, social persona, and school choice to provide a holistic portrait of the situatedness of... -
Global CLIL: Critical, Ethnographic and Language Policy Perspectives by Eva Codo 9780367706500
RRP: $262.50$226.51This collection turns a critical lens on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) research, making the case for a sociolinguistic-informed approach toward investigating social inequalities and making visible issues, processes, and actors... -
Multilingualism in the Andes: Policies, Politics, Power by Rosaleen Howard 9780367141226
RRP: $262.50$227.35This illuminating book critically examines multicultural language politics and policymaking in the Andean-Amazonian countries of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, demonstrating how issues of language and power throw light on the relationship between Indigenous... -
A New Semiotics: An Introductory Guide for Students by David Sless 9780367408442
RRP: $262.50$226.51*a completely introductory guide to the field of Semiotics, assuming no prior knowledge and written in accessible and engaging writing *each chapter ends with a summary, questions/discussion points for students, and further reading *Ideal for beginning... -
A New Semiotics: An Introductory Guide for Students by David Sless 9780367408435
RRP: $71.38$63.00*a completely introductory guide to the field of Semiotics, assuming no prior knowledge and written in accessible and engaging writing *each chapter ends with a summary, questions/discussion points for students, and further reading *Ideal for beginning... -
The Behavioral Economics of Translation by Douglas Robinson 9781032260785
RRP: $262.50$212.65This book applies frameworks from behavioral economics to Western thinking about translation, mapping four approaches to eight keywords in translation studies to bring together divergent perspectives on the study of translation and interpreting. The... -
The Development of L2 Interactional Competence: A Multimodal Study of Complaining in French Interactions by Klara Skogmyr Marian 9781032221168
RRP: $262.50$227.35This book presents unique insights into the development of L2 interactional competence through the lens of complaining, demonstrating how closer study of complaining as a social activity can enhance our understanding of certain aspects of language... -
Relevance Theory in Translation and Interpreting: A Cognitive-Pragmatic Approach by Fabrizio Gallai 9781032025711
RRP: $262.50$227.35This book illustrates the potential of Relevance Theory in offering a cognitive-pragmatic, cause-effect account of translation and interpreting, one which more closely engages T&I activity with the mental processes of speakers, listeners, writers,... -
Global Citizenship in Foreign Language Education: Concepts, Practices, Connections by Christiane Lutge 9781032025414
RRP: $262.50$227.35In light of increasing globalization, this collection makes the case for global citizenship education as a way forward for transforming foreign language learning and teaching to better address current and future global challenges in times of... -
Characterising Irony: A Systematic Approach to Literary and Linguistic Texts by Steven Pattison 9781032023540
RRP: $262.50$227.35This book offers a systematic, bottom-up account of irony across both everyday contexts and literary and linguistic texts, using an empirically rigorous approach in distinguishing between central irony, non-central ironies, and non-ironies and...