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Spanglish-a hybrid of Spanish and English-is intricately interwoven with the history and culture of Latinos, the largest and fastest-growing minority group in the United States.

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This book analyzes ancient rhetoricians, Nazi Germany critics, and public intellectuals addressing 9/11 to show how renaming evil is a key response to the evil in language. It claims that rhetoric has always been a response to evil and suggests ways in which we can better take responsibility for our words.

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This book charts the trajectory of Heideggers concept of silence by focusing on its relation to truth as the unconcealedness of being/beyng and language as disclosive sonorous saying. Wanda Torres Gregory concludes with critical reflections on the later Heidegger and proposes alternatives to his signature claims concerning silence.

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Fascinating and original, Scott-Phillips presents a novel thesis explaining the origins and evolution of language to answer the questions of why language is unique to humans and how language developed. Drawing on evolutionary psychology, biology, linguistics and anthropology, it is essential reading for anyone interested in language's evolution.

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This volume presents a systematic, reasonably exhaustive, and critical view of the existing scientific literature on the differences between speech and writing and, particularly, the cognitive and cultural implications of these differences.

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This volume presents a systematic, reasonably exhaustive, and critical view of the existing scientific literature on the differences between speech and writing and, particularly, the cognitive and cultural implications of these differences.

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Half the world's languages are threatened with extinction over the next century, as English and the rest of the world's top twenty languages drive all before them.

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Provides an analysis of the relationships between form and function in spoken language. This book demonstrates the effect of informational, discourse-external and personal factors on form and shows how speakers position themselves in relation to their discourse, orchestrate different tasks, move between different 'voices', and negotiate meaning.

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A sequel to the book "Lost in Translation".

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An transdisciplinary exploration of narrative not just as a target for interpretation but also as a means for making sense of experience itself.

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Focuses on describing those features in the English language that may contribute towards the creation of structural ambiguities. This book utilizes a comprehensive inventory approach that identifies individual elements in the language and their distinctive behaviours, and how they can be manipulated in the creation of structural ambiguities.

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An innovative and accessible linguistic description of those features of the language that can be exploited to generate structural ambiguities.

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Provides an analysis of the process of regenring, the transformation of essay-based knowledge through the process of rewriting in another genre. This book analyzes the work of first year undergraduates from a range of disciplines who were given a task of reworking an essay using a different genre. It is suitable for researchers and postgraduates.

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Now available in paperback, this eighth volumein the Collected Work Series offers a detailed survey of the Chinese language by eminent linguist M.A.K. Halliday. >

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Offers a detailed survey of the Chinese language. This eighth volume approaches the Chinese language from several interesting vantage points, ranging from studies of medieval to modern grammar, phonology, and discourse. It also includes a CD-ROM with extracts from the book as well as the original Chinese text.