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Stylistics is the study of the ways in which meaning is created and shaped through language, in literature and in other types of text. This book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the field, along with sections that explain relevant terms, concepts and key thinkers, listed from A to Z.

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Stylistics is the study of the ways in which meaning is created and shaped through language, in literature and in other types of text. This book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the field, along with sections that explain relevant terms, concepts and key thinkers, listed from A to Z.

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Part of the "Key Terms" series that explains various key terms and thinkers essential in understanding syntax and syntactic theory, this work explains the relevant terms which students of linguistics and English language are likely to encounter during their undergraduate study. It also outlines of the work of key thinkers in the field.

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Explains the relevant terms which students of linguistics and English language are likely to encounter during their undergraduate study. This book includes definitions of key terms within syntax and syntactic theory, as well as outlines of the work of key thinkers in the field, including Noam Chomsky, M A K Halliday, and Lucien Tesniere.

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The field of systemic functional linguistics is a social semiotic approach to language pioneered by M A K Halliday, which has assumed a central importance in linguistics, anchored by a growing body of work. This book details the key terms, the key thinkers and the key texts in this field.

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Gives an overview of the concepts which students of translation studies are likely to encounter during their study, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. This book includes definitions of key terms within the discipline, as well as outlines of the work of key thinkers in the field, including Eugene A Nida, Gideon Toury, and Hans J Vermeer.

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Kick the Bucket and Swing the Cat takes a humorous tour through the fascinating, sometimes tragic, and often surprising history of the English language and its etymology.

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I feel that it is his most persuasive defense of the idea that the study of linguistic structure provides insight into the human mind. Newmeyer, University of Washington

This is an excellent contribution to the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. . .

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This text provides an introduction to the field of truth-theoretic semantics for natural languages. It integrates semantic theory into the modern Chomskyan programme in linguistic theory and connects linguistic semantics to research elsewhere in cognitive psychology and philosophy.

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The first accessible single volume introduction and guide to Labov's work.

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The first accessible single volume introduction and guide to Labov's work.

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Presents the research in the field of language acquisition and development, and covers a range of languages and contexts. This book talks about language development and other language acquisition (second, foreign and additional), and focuses on issues directly relevant to both areas of investigation.

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Presents the research in the field of language acquisition and development, and covers a range of languages and contexts. This book talks about language development and other language acquisition (second, foreign and additional), and focuses on issues directly relevant to both areas of investigation.

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This text brings together scholars from a wide variety of linguistic orientations to describe language development from a relational perspective. The theme of ecology affords a fresh look into phenomena not encompassed by language acquisition or language socialization research alone.

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This text brings together scholars from a wide variety of linguistic orientations to describe language development from a relational perspective. The theme of ecology affords a fresh look into phenomena not encompassed by language acquisition or language socialization research alone.

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