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This book extends the scope and coverage of genre theory, giving more emphasis to what is known as pragmatic space; in other words it integrates the study of discourse at the textual level with the study of how that discourse operates in its social context.

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Extending the scope and coverage of genre theory, this book gives more emphasis to what is known as pragmatic space; in other words it integrates the study of discourse at the textual level with the study of how that discourse operates in its social context.

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Describes and analyzes the author's study of collaborative technical writing in an institutional setting - that of a group of nurses composing the writing of a hospital-based project. It discusses issues from writing in a collaborative group to institutional authorship for virtual audiences.

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Describes and analyzes the author's study of collaborative technical writing in an institutional setting - that of a group of nurses composing the writing of a hospital-based project. It discusses issues from writing in a collaborative group to institutional authorship for virtual audiences.

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"Writing in the Disciplines is an expanding field in which subject specialists and writing specialists collaborate to provide academic writing tuition to student writers. This book places WiD in its theoretical and cultural contexts and reports on initiatives taking place at a range of UK Higher Education Institutions"--

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Traces the non-linear dynamic longitudinal L2 development of word search sequences in informal social interaction using Conversation Analysis and Complexity Theory

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Rhetorical examination of the contemporary panic surrounding transgender women in sport reveals that fairness is not a rhetorical value that promotes equality or justice but one that further subjugates the most vulnerable in service of privilege.

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Provides a guide for creating, exploring, and understanding fictional, imaginary, and invented languages

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This comprehensive guide is for those who want to launch a career as a television sitcom writer and features detailed inside information on how to write scripts that will get noticed.

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'Kinesthetic' speaking involves actively 'listening' to your audience with your whole body, and is the element of public speaking that moves audiences to action. This book helps managers at various levels learn how to successfully use this type of public speaking to engage audiences of any size, intellectually, emotionally, as well as physically.

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Describes the characteristics, structure and functions of spoken discourse, covering aspects of genre, variation and pedagogy. >

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A bold argument that and always means &, the truth-functional sentential connective.

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An introductory text in linguistic semantics, uniquely balancing empirical coverage and formalism with development of intuition and methodology.

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A biography of two troublesome words.

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Writings by a pioneering linguist, including his famous work on the Hopi language, general reflections on language and meaning, and the "Yale Report."

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How highly abstract quantum concepts were represented in language, and how these concepts were later taken up by philosophers, literary critics, and new-age gurus.

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This is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. Chapters provide rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characterise a wide range of generic and linguistic/cultural contexts, including dating shows in China and Spain, docudramas in Argentina and New Zealand, and talent shows in the UK and USA.

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The narrative spell cast over politics and society