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Data analysis
This handbooks series aims to integrate knowledge of communication structures and processes. It is global in orientation, dedicated to cultural and epistemological diversity as well as different scholarly approaches. The series features volumes on 'messages, codes and channels', 'mode of add...
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Arguing with multiple semiotic modes
Studying argumentation has long been the domain of logic and rhetoric. But modern persuasive media show that arguments may be deployed and conveyed in multiple semiotic modes, such as visual image, sound or gesture. These strategically combine with language to build effective and situationally ap...
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Fundamental issues, measurement and study design
This handbooks series aims to integrate knowledge of communication structures and processes. It is global in orientation, dedicated to cultural and epistemological diversity as well as different scholarly approaches. The series features volumes on 'messages, codes and channels', 'mode of add...
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Canadian television
Explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. Each chapter connects arguments about particular texts of Canadian television to critical analysis of the wider cultural, social, and economic contexts in whic...
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Indoeuropean classification
The lexicostatistical method is frequently used to gain information about family trees of languages which are not accessible in study by more traditional methods. The first & major purpose of this work is to validate the lexicostatistical method by presenting the classification it yields for ...
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Tracing the autobiographical
The essays in Tracing the Autobiographical work with the literatures of several nations to reveal the intersections of broad agendas (for example, national ones) with the personal, the private, and the individual. Attending to ethics, exile, tyranny, and hope, the contributors listen for echoes a...
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Auto/biography in canada
Auto/biography in Canada: Critical Directions widens the field of auto/biography studies with its sophisticated multidisciplinary perspectives on the theory, criticism, and practice of self, community, and representation. Rather than considering autobiography and biography as discrete genres with...
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Modern manglish
‘It’s dog eat dog in this rat race.’ ‘We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it.’ ‘I hope to come first or second, or at least to win it.’ The information superhighway brings more text to our door than ever before. It’s just that most of it gets mangled along the way. Twenty years ago, Harold Scr...
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The new front page
A provocative, timely account of the changing face of journalism from a pioneer of the new-media revolution For a long time, media organisations have controlled the news, treating their audiences as products for advertisers. Yet as journalism has moved online and behind paywalls, the public is de...
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What is to be done
A follow-up to the author's prescient bestseller, first published in 1982, that alerted the public to the likely impacts of information technologies and the emergence of a post-industrial society. When Sleepers, Wake! was released in Australia, it immediately became influential around the world: ...
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I'm right and you're an idiot - 2nd edition
This fully updated 2nd edition grapples with the desperate state of current public discourse. Through interviews and wisdom from outstanding thinkers, it shows that deliberately polluted conversations can discourage people from taking action on critical issues, and demonstrates how we can become ...
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I'm right and you're an idiot - 2nd edition
This fully updated 2nd edition grapples with the desperate state of current public discourse. Through interviews and wisdom from outstanding thinkers, it shows that deliberately polluted conversations can discourage people from taking action on critical issues, and demonstrates how we can become ...
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Strange to say
A winningly funny look at the weird and wonderful history of common English words.
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A question of respect
A Question of Respect speaks to voters who are tired of a political environment that ends in immovable stalemate, grounded by a political party’s voter base without addressing solutions or attempting to understand the opposing side.
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Cuestión de respeto
Cuestión de Respeto se dirige a los votantes cansados de un entorno político que acaba en un estancamiento inamovible, cimentado en la base de votantes de un partido político que no aborda soluciones ni intenta comprender al bando contrario.
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Seven steps to confident writing
Fast and effective ways to writing success at work or school
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Story sparks
A hit-the-ground-running approach to formulating rock-solid story ideas, before beginning to write
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The story you need to tell
A step-by-step guide to stages of writing designed to heal our stages of grief
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Editor-proof your writing
Don’t let simple mistakes ruin your book’s chances!If you’re not getting published, you may suffer from foggy writing—writing that’s full of unnecessary, misused, and overused words. Foggy writing drives editors crazy, and it’s the number one reason most manuscripts are rejected on first glance.L...
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Hope matters
“This book comes at just the right moment. It is NOT too late if we get together and take action, NOW.” —Jane GoodallFears about climate change are fueling an epidemic of despair across the world: adults worry about their children’s future; thirty-somethings question whether they should have kids...
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No news is bad news
Canada’s media companies are melting faster than the polar ice caps, and in No News Is Bad News, Ian Gill chronicles their decline in a biting, in-depth analysis. He travels to an international journalism festival in Italy, visits the Guardian in London, and speaks to editors, reporters, entrepre...
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Listen!: the art of effective communication
Using vivid examples, easy-to-learn techniques, and practical exercises for becoming a better listener-and making yourself heard and understood, Dale Carnegie will show you how it's done, even in difficult situations. F
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Journey into social activism
The book covers qualitative approaches that can be utilized by students and scholars in their research endeavors concerning social activism in contemporary society. Specifically, the book illustrates different strategies for using qualitative methods to observe activism within organizations, netw...
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Cybertheology
This book investigates the concept of cybertheology and its effect on the ways in which we think Christianity. It relates Cybertheology to the works of theoreticians in media studies, anthropology and theology and considers the relationships between cybertheology and Christian theology and whethe...
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Check it out!
Stories with no substance. Talking heads without a clue. “Team” coverage that still misses the big picture. Overheated hype. Cute chatter. Film at eleven. Is it any wonder more and more of us count less and less on the news?“It used to be that a news story told you who, what, where, when, how, an...
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The death of the book
An examination of the ways major modernist novels use the physical book to track the passing of time in which reading necessarily unfolds, this study explores the sense of finitude and transience that the works of Marcel Proust, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf share with and transmit to their rea...
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Between the bylines
Thoburn H. "Toby" Wiant was a fighter from an early age, and words were his weapons of choice. During World War II, he fought to scoop stories from rival reporters on the front lines as an Associated Press war correspondent. In chronicling the war from the China-Burma-India and European theaters ...
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Entre libros y editores, memorias / among books and editors, memoirs
El editor que llevó las letras mexicanas al mundo. En 1996, René Solís llegó a la dirección general de Grupo Planeta, luego de 20 años en la industria del libro en México, y tras haber tomado decisiones editoriales y de distribución que influyeron en la cultura de todo el país. Al frente de Prome...
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Guía esencial para aprender a redactar
Guía esencial para aprender a redactar ofrece, de manera sencilla, las herramientas necesarias para que cualquier persona pueda escribir correctamente toda clase de documentos, sean académicos, políticos, ensayísticos, comerciales, periodísticos o personales. Aprenda sin complicaciones cuáles son...
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Writing creative writing
Essential and engaging essays about the joys and challenges of creative writing and teaching creative writing by a host of Canada’s leading writers.
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Adjust your set
Adjust Your Set adds a further dimension to the impressive body of work by one of Canadas finest and most popular poets.
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Linguistic genocide or superdiversity?
Are we facing an immense wave of language death or a period of remarkable new linguistic variation? Or both? This book answers the question by analysing studies of language endangerment and loss along with those of language change, revitalization and diversity.
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Young learners' oracy acquisition and development in international foreign language learning contexts
This book presents international research on oracy development in early language learning, focusing on the pedagogical implications for plurilingual classrooms. It explores the effects of language policy, collaborative learning and teacher intervention on speaking and listening skills in early fo...
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Images of language in middle english vernacular writings
An exploration of the use of images in Middle English texts, tracing out what can be deduced of a theory of language.In the Middle Ages, English did not have any explicit theory or philosophy of language: philosophers wrote in Latin. This book addresses the issue. By closely analysing the images ...
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Translating literature
The problems of translating literature explored through both theoretical approaches and practical case studies.Interest in the issues of translation continues to grow, and is reflected in this collection of essays by specialists in both literature and translation studies, all of whom have experie...
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A dictionary of medieval terms and phrases
The first dictionary of medieval terms intended for the non-specialist with an interest in the medieval world.An interest in the middle ages often brings the non-specialist reader up short against a word or term which is not understood or only imperfectly understood. This dictionary is intended t...
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Old english philology
Essays bringing out the crucial importance of philology for understanding Old English texts.Robert D. Fulk is arguably the greatest Old English philologist to emerge during the twentieth century; his corpus of scholarship has fundamentally shaped contemporary understanding of many aspects of Angl...
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Crafting revision in academic writing
Crafting Revision in Academic Writing: One Word Strengthens an Argument reframes academic writing as a process of decision-making rather than rule-following, guiding students to develop clearer arguments, stronger structure, and greater ownership through revision-focused instruction designed for ...
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Crafting revision in creative nonfiction
Crafting Revision in Creative Nonfiction: One Word Clarifies the Truth guides writers through the ethical, structural, and stylistic decisions that shape lived experience into meaningful nonfiction, emphasizing revision as the key process for discovering voice, refining truth, and crafting resona...
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Crafting revision in fiction
Crafting Revision in Fiction: One Word Shapes the Story teaches writers how stories are built through revision, guiding students to rethink scenes, characters, and structure as intentional choices rather than fixed elements of a first draft.
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Crafting revision in poetry writing
This book gives poets the tools to experiment with language, sound, and image while building an understanding of how poems work. It covers essential techniques, including line breaks, figurative language, and musicality, and offers exercises that spark creativity and refine craft. With clear expl...
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Nikolai gretsch's travel letters: volume 1 - letters from england
Nikolai Gretsch's Travel Letters reprints the travel letters of Russian journalist Nikolai Gretsch, who visited post-Napoleonic England, France, and Germany in 1837. Gretsch’s witty and perceptive prose captures an outsider’s view of Western Europe in the early nineteenth century, providing a tr...
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Nikolai gretsch's travel letters: volume 2 - letters from france
Nikolai Gretsch's Travel Letters reprints the travel letters of Russian journalist Nikolai Gretsch, who visited post-Napoleonic England, France, and Germany in 1837. Gretsch’s witty and perceptive prose captures an outsider’s view of Western Europe in the early nineteenth century, providing a tre...
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Nikolai gretsch's travel letters: volume 3 - letters from germany
Nikolai Gretsch's Travel Letters reprints the travel letters of Russian journalist Nikolai Gretsch, who visited post-Napoleonic England, France, and Germany in 1837. Gretsch’s witty and perceptive prose captures an outsider’s view of Western Europe in the early nineteenth century, providing a tre...
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Beyond sounds and words [in polish and english]
The present volume is a token of gratitude for our colleague, Janina Aniela Ozga, a senior lecturer at the Institute of English Philology of the Jagiellonian University. The book is a collection of papers on a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from Hamlet to Zoolander, which reflect diverse academ...
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Polishing your prose
A step-by-step guide to successful writing.
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Violence in early modernist fiction
This study focuses on texts exploring human proclivity to violent behaviour. Building on the anthropological insights of René Girard, and on the premise that literature is a reflection of a cultural moment, Curyllo-Klag shows how early modernism registers symptoms of crisis which even the outbrea...
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Transcending traditions
Transcending Traditions is an attempt to systemise Thurayya AI-Baqsami's literary creativity as well as examining the significance of her artistic work.
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Speech
Francisco Gaona traces the evolution of the signal calls of anthropoid apes and early hominids to the vocalized phonic utterances of speech by the isomeric reordering of the signal call’s frequency components.
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The layers of magazine editing
Unlike the myriad writing manuals that emphasize grammar, sentence structure, and other skills necessary for entry-level editing jobs, this engaging book adopts a broader view, beginning with the larger topics of audience, mission, and tone, and working its way down, layer by layer, to the smalle...
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Error and the academic self
How and why did the academic style of writing, with its emphasis on criticism and correctness, develop? Seth Lerer suggests that the answer lies in medieval and Renaissance philology and, more specifically, in mistakes. For Lerer, erring is not simply being wrong, but being errant, and this book ...
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The fascist character as enigma in post-world war ii italian literature, cinema, and historiography
The Fascist Character as Enigma offers a new reading of Italy’s ‘divided memory’ of fascism by way of an unconventional point of view: that of the villain.
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Language and power in ukraine and kazakhstan
This is the first such collection of essays presenting a critical multi-author examination of language and power relations in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
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Contested language diversity in contemporary ukraine
This collected book focuses on the language situation in wartime Ukraine. shedding light on the processes of language shifts that occur in Ukraine and are accelerated by the war situation.
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Between words and sounds
This book's aim is to shed new light on cultural misunderstanding, examining both the obstacles and outcomes it can entail.
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Starting points in critical language pedagogy
This book helps prepare second language teachers to engage with critical language pedagogy. It starts from conventional L2 curriculum areas and extends to critical pedagogy. It includes teachers' experiences, voices, and practical strategies, making it accessible for beginners and experienced tea...
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Text relevance and learning from text
This volume explores how readers determine text relevance and its impact on comprehension. It documents international research efforts, highlighting the importance of understanding text relevance in the context of information overload. The book aims to help educators design effective learning sit...
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Project management in the library workplace
This volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization attempts to put project management into the toolboxes of library administrators through overviews of concepts, analyses of experiences, and forecasts for the use of project management within the profession.
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Reading
This book investigates state reading policy, analyzing interviews with 366 policy actors from nine states. It explores divergent beliefs, lobbying tactics, and policy solutions in reading education. The study highlights the complexities of policy processes and offers insights for policy actors an...
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Research on technology in english education
This book explores the changing landscape of English education due to digital media, offering insights into teaching English in various contexts and its implications for teacher education. It targets English educators, doctoral candidates, researchers, and English language arts teachers intereste...
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Learning from the boys
This book explores the reading lives of adolescent boys, highlighting the disconnect between school literacy practices and boys' vernacular literacy. It provides in-depth descriptions of three boy readers, challenging educators to go beyond quick fixes for low test scores and pursue effective pra...
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Demystifying career paths after graduate school
This book provides practical advice for graduate students & entry-level faculty seeking employment in higher education. It highlights career turning points, institutional structures & challenges faced by minority professionals. Featuring a theme-based approach, success narratives & ac...
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The miseducation of english learners
This book examines the impact of Structured English Immersion (SEI) programs for English Learners (ELs) in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts. It analyzes SEI's legal context, policy implementation, and educational priorities, offering recommendations for teaching, research, advocacy, and pol...
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Teaching english language learners in secondary subject matter classes
This book aids secondary teachers and administrators working with ELLs, offering insights from various perspectives and concrete strategies. The 2nd edition includes new chapters on ELLs' prior educational experiences, lesson planning, and effective instructional and assessment strategies.
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Gendered dichotomies in african youth language and language practices
This collected volume focuses on gender dynamics and gendered usage in African youth languages and youth language practices, against the backdrop of urbanity as well as rurality. With representations from different parts of Africa, the volume examines sundry youth usage in different contexts and ...
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Lexical availability in spanish multilingual clil
This book examines data from a multilingual Content and Language Integrated Learning context, where Spanish adolescents simultaneously study English and French as foreign languages. It demonstrates the positive effect that receiving content classes in multiple target languages has on vocabulary a...
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Exploring fields of the ineffable in literary anthropology
Maja Nazaruk explores Vincent Crapanzano’s poetic anthropology, focusing on themes like otherness, the body, and trauma. She highlights his use of literary slippage to convey cultural indeterminacy, linking his work to broader debates in literary and philosophical thought.
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Evaluative language in the cameroonian grassfields
This book presents a pioneering examination of a piece of political oratory delivered in the Grassfields Bantu language of Isu. It engages constructively with the Western biases of the Appraisal framework, developed by Martin & White (2005) to analyse evaluative language and interpersonal pos...
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Expanding the boundaries of epistemicity
This volume posits that evidentials and other types of epistemic marking (i.e. epistemics) are deictic forms, indexing knowledge representation and attribution, and need to be analysed in context. The volume adopts an interaction- and discourse-based perspective to the study of meaning and distri...
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Grundlagen der generativen syntax
Das Buch führt grundlegend in die neuere generative Syntax ein. Ausgehend von Chomskys (1981) Prinzipien- und Parametertheorie werden die Weiterentwicklung des Parameterbegriffs (Roberts 2019) und das Minimalistische Programm (Chomsky 2005) behandelt, das wegen der angenommenen Interaktion unter...
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English sociosyntax
The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features vo...
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Diskursgrammatik
Die Reihe Sprache und Wissen (SuW) ist eine Plattform für hochwertige Arbeiten zur germanistischen Linguistik mit interdisziplinärer Ausstrahlungskraft. Sie greift aktuelle Tendenzen der Wissensgesellschaft unter linguistischer Perspektive auf, um zu zeigen, wie gesellschaftliches und fachsp...
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Studies in indian grammarians. i. the method of descriptions reflected in the silvasutras
This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.
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A gujarati reference grammar
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniv...
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Where are you?
An analysis of the history and social role of mobile phones today (with an enhancement of their primary writing function) is followed by a proposal of a philosophical theory of objects, which is meant to be complementary to Searle’s ‘collective intentionality’, that places writing at the basis of...
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Multilingual interaction and dementia
This book addresses multilingual interaction in ethnoculturally diverse care and healthcare encounters involving people with dementia. It analyses the practices and actions used by interlocutors to facilitate mutual understanding, enhance social relations and assure optimal care and treatment, in...
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Intercultural learning in language education and beyond
This book provides a contemporary and critical examination of the theoretical and pedagogical impact of Michael Byram’s pioneering work on intercultural communicative competence and intercultural citizenship. The book offers comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible knowledge for researchers, teac...
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Making signs, translanguaging ethnographies
This book is the start of a conversation across Social Semiotics, Translanguaging, Complexity Theory and Sociolinguistics. In its explorations of meaning, multimodality, communication and emerging language practices, the book includes theoretical and empirical chapters that move toward an underst...
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Reading tourism texts
This volume explores the relationship between tourism and travel texts and contemporary society, and how each is shaped by the other. A multimodal analysis is used to look at a variety of texts including novels, travel brochures, blogs and videos.
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