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A contribution to our understanding of how composition came to be the profession it is, how the present builds on the past, and how the present may challenge the future. The papers include oral histories reflections given at the Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition, 1996.

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Demonstrates how corpus-based research can advance the understanding of linguistic phenomena in a given language. By presenting a detailed analysis of collocations and idioms in a digital corpus of English and German, this volume shows how the use of collocations and idioms has changed over time, and suggests possible triggers for this change.

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Demonstrates how corpus-based research can advance the understanding of linguistic phenomena in a given language. By presenting a detailed analysis of collocations and idioms in a digital corpus of English and German, this volume shows how the use of collocations and idioms has changed over time, and suggests possible triggers for this change.

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Gila Schauer's study of interlanguage pragmatic development in English is situated in the context of studying abroad.

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Examines the interlanguage pragmatic development of German learners of English at a British University. This book focuses on the learners' productive pragmatic development and their pragmatic awareness, which is compared with their grammatical awareness. It is suitable for researchers and those doing postgraduate studies in applied linguistics.

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Farese presents a comprehensive analysis of the most important Italian cultural keywords and cultural scripts, which reflect the salient aspects of Italian culture and society. This book illuminates ways in which the Italian language is related to Italians character, values, and way of thinking.

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Offers a showcase of the developments in Japanese applied linguistics, within discourse analysis and sociolinguistics. This book covers a wide range of issues and influential theoretical and methodological frameworks, many of which are of concern not only for Japanese specialists but also applied linguists in general.

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A companion volume to "Japanese Linguistics: An Introduction", this work introduces pragmatics, discourse, and language and culture in the Japanese context. It covers: Language in context; Japanese in conversation; Honorifics and politeness; Language and gender; and Young people's language.

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Offers a comprehensive set of definitions of key terms in discourse analysis, a core area of linguistics and language studies courses. This book is suitable for students on linguistics, language studies and media and cultural studies courses who are engaging in discourse analysis.

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Offers a comprehensive set of definitions of key terms in discourse analysis, a core area of linguistics and language studies courses. This book is suitable for students of linguistics, language studies and media and cultural studies courses who are engaging in discourse analysis.

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Part of the "Key Terms" series, this book presents a study of pragmatics with an introduction organized by key terms, including short intellectual biographies of key thinkers, and a list of key works for further reading. It is suitable for students of linguistics and language and communication, pragmatics and logic and meaning.

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Part of the "Key Terms" series, this book presents a study of pragmatics with an introduction organized by key terms, including short intellectual biographies of key thinkers, and a list of key works for further reading. It is suitable for students of linguistics and language and communication, pragmatics and logic and meaning.

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Explains the terms and concepts in semantics which students on linguistics and language studies course are likely to encounter during their undergraduate study. Organized alphabetically, and fully cross-referenced, this book includes a section on key thinkers in semantics, from Aristotle to Noam Chomsky.

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Explains the terms and concepts in semantics which students on linguistics and language studies course are likely to encounter during their undergraduate study. This book includes a section on key thinkers in semantics, from Aristotle to Noam Chomsky. It is suitable for students throughout their undergraduate course.

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Provides information that a student needs when encountering semiotics for the first time or as a more advanced reader wishing to do in-depth semiotic readings. This book provides a brief historical overview of the field, an explanation of semiotic theory, key term definitions, outlines of the work of key thinkers, and key readings for students.

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Provides information that a student needs when encountering semiotics for the first time or as a more advanced reader wishing to do in-depth semiotic readings. This book provides a brief historical overview of the field, an explanation of semiotic theory, key term definitions, outlines of the work of key thinkers, and key readings for students.

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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.