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Offers a global exploration of the theory and practice in the teaching of stylistics and the implementation of stylistic techniques in teaching other subjects. This book discusses a broad range of interrelated topics including hypertext, English as a Foreign Language, English as a Second Language, poetry, creative writing, and metaphor.

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This volume seeks to renew the dialogue between Bernstein's sociology and systemic functional linguistic theory. The discussions demonstrate the role and significance of pedagogy in shaping consciousness and also reveal the continuing relevance of the theories to each other.

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A guide to mastering punctuation marks and improving your writing. Covering everything from semi-colons to inverted commas, it gives step-by-step guidance on how to use each mark and how to avoid common mistakes. It contains examples of correct and incorrect usage and exercises that enable you to practise what you've learned.

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This edited collection draws together diverse international work on formulaic language such as such as idioms, collocations, lexical bundles and phrasal verbs.

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Formulaic sequences are more or less fixed word combinations such as idioms, collocations, lexical bundles, and phrasal verbs. This title draws together diverse international work on formulaic language such as idioms, collocations, lexical bundles and phrasal verbs.

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Offers a specific methodology for describing the nuances of spoken and written texts, of any length, in meaning and manageable ways. This book provides an approach to discourse analysis for both linguists and non-linguistics. If demonstrates how to compile, contextualize and communicate the intricacies of a language analysis.

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Presents an approach to discourse analysis for both linguists and non-linguistics. This book offers an easily accessible specific methodology for describing the nuances of spoken and written texts, of any length, in meaning and manageable ways. It demonstrates how to compile, contextualize and communicate the intricacies of a language analysis.

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Brings together the important essays written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of language. This book illustrates the significance of linguistic concerns for a range of philosophical topics - including the relationship between language and thought; truth, vagueness, and partial definition; and, and skepticism about meaning and mind.

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Illustrates the significance of linguistic concerns for a broad range of philosophical topics - including the relationship between language and thought; the objects of belief, assertion, and other propositional attitudes; the distinction between metaphysical and epistemic possibility; and, the nature of necessity, actuality, and possible worlds.

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In this book one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field--its principal achievements, its most pressing current questions, and its most promising future directions. In addition to explaining the progress philosophers have made toward creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, Scott

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A major new introduction to the philosophy of language, designed specifically to meet the needs of undergraduate students.

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A major new introduction to the philosophy of language, designed specifically to meet the needs of undergraduate students.

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Philosophers have raised and struggled with questions relating to human language for more than 2000 years. This book offers an introduction and guide to the key thinkers in the study of the philosophy of language, from Gottlob Frege to Ludwig Wittgenstein and Jacques Derrida.

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An introduction and guide to the key thinkers in the study of the philosophy of language, from Gottlob Frege to Ludwig Wittgenstein and Jacques Derrida. It introduces and explores the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the central issues and arguments therein.

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How do children learn to produce language sound patterns and what errors do they make Assuming only an undergraduate background in phonology, child speech patterns and their analogues across adult languages are used to discuss Optimality Theory. It also investigated how phonological learning interacts with other aspects of language acquisition.

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How do children learn to produce language sound patterns and what errors do they make Assuming only an undergraduate background in phonology, child speech patterns and their analogues across adult languages are used to discuss Optimality Theory. It also investigated how phonological learning interacts with other aspects of language acquisition.

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This book attempts to bring in the perspective of situational variation in analyzing linguistic politeness, and looks at politeness in the larger framework of social context. It outlines the way into the problem of politeness in Chinese culture and the steps taken in the application of politeness strategies in verbal interaction.

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This book attempts to bring in the perspective of situational variation in analyzing linguistic politeness, and looks at politeness in the larger framework of social context. It outlines the way into the problem of politeness in Chinese culture and the steps taken in the application of politeness strategies in verbal interaction.

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Compares traditional and contemporary Chinese polite communication norms and maps the similarities and differences between them. This book intends to study the driving forces behind the large-scale diachronic formation of Chinese politeness norms. It is of interest to researchers and postgraduate students in the field of linguistics.

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Takes a comparative, diachronic perspective on Chinese politeness and itsevolution up to the present day, linking diachronic and synchronic approaches.