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  • Semiotic Theory of Language Semiotic Theory of Language
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    Semiotic Theory of Language

    Taking issue with Transformational Grammar Theory, which has dominated language study since Noam Chomsky introduced it more than 30 years ago, Shaumyan separates language from psychology, arguing that language occupies a different world, that of the...
    $66.40

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  • Zeitgeist in Babel Zeitgeist in Babel
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    Zeitgeist in Babel

    This volume vividly displays the confluence of discourse-formations concerning postmodernism as they take shape in different disciplines.
    $28.30

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  • The Radical Pedagogies of Socrates and Freire The Radical Pedagogies of Socrates and Freire
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    The Radical Pedagogies of Socrates and Freire

    Situating contemporary critical praxis at the intersection of the social, the political, and the rhetorical, this book is a provocative inquiry into the teaching philosophies of Plato's Socrates and Paulo Freire that has profound implications for...
    $243.94

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  • Girls' Literacy Experiences In and Out of School Girls' Literacy Experiences In and Out of School
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    Girls' Literacy Experiences In and Out of School

    How do American girls compose and amend their identities? In this text, prominent scholars in their respective fields examine the complex social and cultural constructions that shape girls' lives both in and out of school. The book looks at matters...
    $409.81

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  • Literacy and Numeracy in Latin America Literacy and Numeracy in Latin America
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    Literacy and Numeracy in Latin America

    Latin American Literacy and Numeracy Studies (LALNS) are fairly unknown in other parts of the world. This book charts new directions in LALNS and explores the relationship between these studies and international perspectives. Calling upon social practice...
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  • Reading, Writing, and the Rhetorics of Whiteness Reading, Writing, and the Rhetorics of Whiteness
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    Reading, Writing, and the Rhetorics of Whiteness

    In this volume, Ryden and Marshall bring together the field of composition and rhetoric with critical whiteness studies to show that in our "post race" era whiteness and racism not only survive but actually thrive in higher education. As they examine the...
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  • Affirming Language Diversity in Schools and Society Affirming Language Diversity in Schools and Society
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    Affirming Language Diversity in Schools and Society

    Language is perhaps the most common issue that surfaces in debates over school reform, and plays a vital role in virtually everything we are involved. This edited volume explores linguistic apartheid, or the disappearance of certain languages through...
    $448.84

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  • Perspectives on Literature and Translation Perspectives on Literature and Translation
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    Perspectives on Literature and Translation

    This volume explores the relationship between literature and translation from three perspectives: the creative dimensions of the translation process; the way texts circulate between languages; and the way texts are received in translation by new...
    $384.20

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  • Making Language Matter Making Language Matter
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    Making Language Matter

    Now adopted by over 40 states, the Common Core State Standards provide a clear and consistent framework for public school systems as they develop student learning goals that define the path to readiness for college, careers, and informed citizenship...
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  • Literacy as Translingual Practice Literacy as Translingual Practice
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    Literacy as Translingual Practice

    The term translingual highlights the reality that people always shuttle across languages, communicate in hybrid languages and, thus, enjoy multilingual competence. In the context of migration, transnational economic and cultural relations, digital...
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  • Reading - From Words to Multiple Texts Reading - From Words to Multiple Texts
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    Reading - From Words to Multiple Texts

    Increasing the mastery of reading and text literacy in the general population is one of the most important challenges faced by both developed and developing societies. Providing a new reference for researchers and practitioners involved in this domain,...
    $372.01

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  • Word from the Mother Word from the Mother
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    Word from the Mother

    Geneva Smitherman presents an overview of past debates on the speech of the African Americans. Enriched by her inimitable style, this evocative study explores the relationship between language and race, as well as common perceptions of African American...
    $104.28

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  • The Language of the News The Language of the News
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    The Language of the News

    The Language of the News investigates and critiques the conventions of language used in newspapers and provides students with a clear introduction to critical linguistics as a tool for analysis. Using contemporary examples from UK, USA and Australian...
    $112.96

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  • Discourse Markers Across Languages Discourse Markers Across Languages
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    Discourse Markers Across Languages

    This book offers a corpus-based comparative study of an almost entirely unexplored set of multi-word lexical items serving pragmatic or text-structuring functions. Part One provides a descriptive account of multi-word discourse markers in written...
    $346.39

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  • Corpus-Based Language Studies Corpus-Based Language Studies
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    Corpus-Based Language Studies

    Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive textbooks, providing students and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and Applied Linguistics. Each book in the series guides readers...
    $111.59

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  • The Linguistics of Political Argument The Linguistics of Political Argument
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    The Linguistics of Political Argument

    This book examines the relationship between the White House, in the person of its press secretary, and the press corps through a linguistic analysis of the language used by both sides. A corpus was compiled of around fifty press briefings from the late...
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  • Language Processing in Discourse Language Processing in Discourse
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    Language Processing in Discourse

    This book argues that language systems determine language use to a greater extent than is generally assumed. The author demonstrates how the typological characteristics of a language determine even the most general aspects of our stylistic preferences...
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  • Black Linguistics Black Linguistics
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    Black Linguistics

    Enslavement, forced migration, war and colonization have led to the global dispersal of Black communities and to the fragmentation of common experiences.The majority of Black language researchers explore the social and linguistic phenomena of individual...
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  • Translation and Globalization Translation and Globalization
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    Translation and Globalization

    Translation and Globalization is essential reading for anyone with an interest in translation, or a concern for the future of our world's languages and cultures. This is a critical exploration of the ways in which radical changes to the world economy...
    $148.98

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  • The Politics of Language in the Spanish-Speaking World The Politics of Language in the Spanish-Speaking World
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    The Politics of Language in the Spanish-Speaking World

    Spanish is now the third most widely spoken language in the world after English and Chinese. This book traces how and why Spanish has arrived at this position, examining its role in the diverse societies where it is spoken from Europe to the Americas...
    $130.36

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  • Creolization of Language and Culture Creolization of Language and Culture
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    Creolization of Language and Culture

    Creolization of Language and Culture is the first English edition of Robert Chaudenson's landmark text Des îles, des hommes, des langues, which has also been fully revised.. With reference to the main varieties of creole French, Chaudenson argues against...
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  • The Politics of Writing The Politics of Writing
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    The Politics of Writing

    Writing matters: it plays a key role in the circulation of ideas in society and has a direct impact on the development of democracy. But only a few get to do the kind of writing that most influence this development. The Politics of Writing examines...
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  • Time in Language Time in Language
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    Time in Language

    This book looks at the various ways in which time is reflected in natural language. All natural languages have developed a rich repetoire of devices to express time, but linguists have tended to concentrate on tense and aspect, rather than discourse...
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  • A Survey of English Spelling A Survey of English Spelling
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    A Survey of English Spelling

    Published at a time when literacy and spelling are issues of topical concern, A Survey of English Spelling offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date overview of this important but hitherto neglected area of the English language. The text...
    $397.61

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  • A Modern Course in English Syntax A Modern Course in English Syntax
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    A Modern Course in English Syntax

    This popular course book gives students of English and linguistics a systematic account of the rules of English syntax, and acquaints them with the general methodology of syntactic description. It teaches them how to formulate syntactic arguments, and...
    $122.89

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  • Feminist Poetics Feminist Poetics
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    Feminist Poetics

    Feminist Poetics in concerned with all of these questions, but also with the issue of rewriting an older poetics for what it does not say about the marginalisation of the feminine. The first half of the book traces the trajectory of a particular,...
    $358.59

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  • On Expertise On Expertise
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    On Expertise

    A rhetorical account of expertise and expert status that is informed by research in allied fields, including Science, Technology, and Society studies, psychology, education, and philosophy.
    $286.46

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  • Charles Peirce's Guess at the Riddle Charles Peirce's Guess at the Riddle
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    Charles Peirce's Guess at the Riddle

    The purpose of Sheriff's work is to expound Peirce's unified theory of the universe--from cosmology to semiotic--and to discuss its ramifications for how he should live.
    $60.48

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  • Online Communication in Language Learning and Teaching Online Communication in Language Learning and Teaching
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    Online Communication in Language Learning and Teaching

    This book deals with research and practice in online communication and communication technologies of language learning and teaching. These include all forms of computerized media using text, graphics, audio and video, with a particular focus on...
    $121.54

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  • Quiet sins talk loud Quiet sins talk loud
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    Quiet sins talk loud

    My poetry is my message for you my Dear reader. Try to see your own colors in my picture and I hope you will enjoy the flight.
    $24.35

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  • Sighs of Bliss and Flame Sighs of Bliss and Flame
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    Sighs of Bliss and Flame

    "Hotshot photographer/artist George Metivier and Karen Riley, have collaborated on a book of poetry, peppered with pix snapped by Metivier. The result is The Warning of What I Feel Now, a 156 page volume." - The Press-Telegram"In their second...
    $21.10

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