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Iconicity in Language
An Encyclopaedic Dictionary
This book covers all aspects of linguistic iconicity—the similarity between a sign's form and meaning—in spoken and signed languages. It contains 678 entries and over 8,500 examples from 400 languages, for scholars and students of linguistics, typology, and semiotics.
This book covers all aspects of linguistic iconicity—the similarity between a sign’s form and meaning—in spoken and signed languages. It contains 678 entries and over 8,500 examples from 400 languages, for scholars and students of linguistics, typology, and semiotics.
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This volume demonstrates how Chinese speakers use meta-level expressions to manage meaning, relationships, and discourse. It sheds light on how they monitor their speech, providing an important reference for researchers conducting cross-linguistic metapragmatic research.
This volume demonstrates how Chinese speakers use meta-level expressions to manage meaning, relationships, and discourse. It sheds light on how they monitor their speech, providing an important reference for researchers conducting cross-linguistic metapragmatic research.
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This volume examines diversified approaches to migration and communication, exploring policy dialogues, migration governance, and transnationalism. It sheds light on recent debates in Europe concerning socio-economic challenges, welfare rights, and social cohesion.
This volume examines diversified approaches to migration and communication, exploring policy dialogues, migration governance, and transnationalism. It sheds light on recent debates in Europe concerning socio-economic challenges, welfare rights, and social cohesion.
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Language, Power and Intercultural Communication
The Policies and Politics of Translation
This book examines how power imprints on language in intercultural communication. It considers translation as discourse and practice, connected to politics and contemporary media, and broadens translation studies using cultural studies and critical discourse analysis.
This book examines how power imprints on language in intercultural communication. It considers translation as discourse and practice, connected to politics and contemporary media, and broadens translation studies using cultural studies and critical discourse analysis.
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Analysing Media Discourse
Traditional and New
Combining theory with interdisciplinary analysis, this study of media discourse enables readers to understand media communication and provides producers with effective instruments to understand the role of media in social life.
Combining theory with interdisciplinary analysis, this study of media discourse enables readers to understand media communication and provides producers with effective instruments to understand the role of media in social life.
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Mirrors and Windows in Language Teacher Education
Intercultural Competence and Reform Pedagogy
This book on language learning and interculturality invites educators to look in the mirror at their own practice and out the window at others’ research. It's for all who want to support every learner in classes where inclusion and cooperation are the norm, not competition.
This book on language learning and interculturality invites educators to look in the mirror at their own practice and out the window at others’ research. It’s for all who want to support every learner in classes where inclusion and cooperation are the norm, not competition.
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Professional Discourse across Medicine, Law, and Other Disciplines
Issues and Perspectives
This volume explores the interface between medicine, law, and other disciplines through the lenses of language, discourse, and communication. Contributions cover issues in bioethics and law, nursing ethics, risk management, social inclusion, and environmental ethics.
This volume explores the interface between medicine, law, and other disciplines through the lenses of language, discourse, and communication. Contributions cover issues in bioethics and law, nursing ethics, risk management, social inclusion, and environmental ethics.
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This book analyses the transposition of irony and humour as cultural translation, bridging different worldviews. Exploring underrepresented cultures like Finland and Romania, this transdisciplinary volume will interest translation scholars, linguists, teachers, and practitioners.
This book analyses the transposition of irony and humour as cultural translation, bridging different worldviews. Exploring underrepresented cultures like Finland and Romania, this transdisciplinary volume will interest translation scholars, linguists, teachers, and practitioners.
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Explore stancetaking's theory and practice across diverse contexts, from political trials to informal chats. Analyzing events like the COVID-19 pandemic, this interdisciplinary volume offers key applications for teaching and improving inter-ethnic communication.
Explore stancetaking’s theory and practice across diverse contexts, from political trials to informal chats. Analyzing events like the COVID-19 pandemic, this interdisciplinary volume offers key applications for teaching and improving inter-ethnic communication.
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This volume offers diverse international perspectives on Medical English as a lingua franca—a growing phenomenon with impacts on quality healthcare and patient safety. This interdisciplinary book is vital for researchers, educators, practitioners, and healthcare institutions.
This volume offers diverse international perspectives on Medical English as a lingua franca—a growing phenomenon with impacts on quality healthcare and patient safety. This interdisciplinary book is vital for researchers, educators, practitioners, and healthcare institutions.
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This book explores the ontological foundation of signs, a semiotic perspective that opens the way to culture. It extends the reader’s understanding by moving beyond classical definitions of the “sign” and will appeal to anyone concerned with understanding human nature.
This book explores the ontological foundation of signs, a semiotic perspective that opens the way to culture. It extends the reader’s understanding by moving beyond classical definitions of the “sign” and will appeal to anyone concerned with understanding human nature.
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This book introduces a new analytical framework for cultural linguistics. By incorporating semiotics into cultural conceptualization, it offers new insights into the interplay between language and culture, shedding light on culturally-constructed concepts.
This book introduces a new analytical framework for cultural linguistics. By incorporating semiotics into cultural conceptualization, it offers new insights into the interplay between language and culture, shedding light on culturally-constructed concepts.
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An essential resource for scholars, teachers, and students. This collection of articles offers a multicultural reflection on translation and cultural identity from diverse perspectives, fostering the intercultural communication crucial to our “global village”.
An essential resource for scholars, teachers, and students. This collection of articles offers a multicultural reflection on translation and cultural identity from diverse perspectives, fostering the intercultural communication crucial to our “global village”.
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Alternative Voices
(Re)searching Language, Culture, Identity …
This volume presents Alternative Voices, exploring the complex links between language, culture, and identity in our globalised world. This research challenges the “monolingual bias” in the Language Sciences, analyzing complexities inadequately covered.
This volume presents Alternative Voices, exploring the complex links between language, culture, and identity in our globalised world. This research challenges the “monolingual bias” in the Language Sciences, analyzing complexities inadequately covered.
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This accessible introduction to language variation provides critical accounts of key topics in sociolinguistics, stylistics, pragmatics, and discourse analysis. Illustrated with compelling examples, it serves as a valuable reference for students of linguistics and communication.
This accessible introduction to language variation provides critical accounts of key topics in sociolinguistics, stylistics, pragmatics, and discourse analysis. Illustrated with compelling examples, it serves as a valuable reference for students of linguistics and communication.
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The World of Coronaspeak
Mockdown, PCR and Surgeon's Finger
This book explores Coronaspeak, the global language born from the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering jokes, slang ('jab'), and new coinages ('elbow bump'), it highlights the capacity of words to adapt to shock and social disorder, arguing they are part of disaster management.
This book explores Coronaspeak, the global language born from the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering jokes, slang (‘jab’), and new coinages (‘elbow bump’), it highlights the capacity of words to adapt to shock and social disorder, arguing they are part of disaster management.
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This book explores intercultural communication, focusing on self-understanding as the first step to appreciating diverse perspectives. It provides guidelines to build competencies, overcome challenges, and discover the rewards of connecting in a multicultural world.
This book explores intercultural communication, focusing on self-understanding as the first step to appreciating diverse perspectives. It provides guidelines to build competencies, overcome challenges, and discover the rewards of connecting in a multicultural world.
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What linguistic traits contrast public from private communication in English? This ground-breaking volume examines the question from the late middle ages to the modern era, with contributions from top international scholars exploring a range of historical sources.
What linguistic traits contrast public from private communication in English? This ground-breaking volume examines the question from the late middle ages to the modern era, with contributions from top international scholars exploring a range of historical sources.
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Once dismissed as linguistic ornamentation, rhetoric re-emerged as a vital tool for communication in modern society. This book analyzes its use across political, journalistic, and organisational discourse, showing how rhetoric shapes human action and interaction.
Once dismissed as linguistic ornamentation, rhetoric re-emerged as a vital tool for communication in modern society. This book analyzes its use across political, journalistic, and organisational discourse, showing how rhetoric shapes human action and interaction.
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The Discourse of Tourism and National Heritage
A Contrastive Study from a Cultural Perspective
Stoian studies the field of online tourism promotion, focusing on that of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, looking at two different types of websites—institutional and commercial—from three countries, Romania, Spain and the UK.
Stoian studies the field of online tourism promotion, focusing on that of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, looking at two different types of websites—institutional and commercial—from three countries, Romania, Spain and the UK.
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