This book introduces Implicit Pragmalinguistics, a new branch of linguistics, to analyze prosecutors’ forensic speech. It compares the individual and stereotyped speech behaviors of English- and Russian-speaking prosecutors based on experimental results.
Prosodic and Rhythmic Aspects of L2 Acquisition
This is the first survey of interlanguage prosody research in L2 Italian. Prosodic competence is crucial for non-native pronunciation and message understanding. The volume covers L1 transfer, pragmatics, and technology in second language teaching.
Psycholinguistic Approaches to the Study of Linguistic Structures
How do we understand uncommon or ambiguous language? This volume brings together cutting-edge studies that untangle how speakers with different profiles understand and use linguistic structures, and offers an overview of the experimental techniques used in their study.
International scholars share diverse perspectives on discourse, translation studies, and education. This volume will enrich the reader’s worldview and provide a plethora of creative ideas for anyone interested in philology, literary translation, and university-level teaching.
This volume brings together diverse perspectives to question the nature of linguistics. Experts and new theorists challenge current thoughts on language theory and application, inviting us to reconsider the methods we take for granted in our research.
This book presents a model of epistemic stance, showing that questions come from two distinct positions: Unknowing (a lack of knowledge) and Uncertain (a lack of certainty). Uncertain questions range on a continuum from expressing doubt to advancing a supposition.
In the United States, minority languages are often lost within a few generations. This volume is a collection of inspiring stories from parents sharing their experiences, challenges, and suggestions for raising children bilingually, providing hope and insight.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought challenges and innovation to English for Academic Purposes (EAP). This volume shares the experiences and reflections of EAP practitioners, teacher trainers, and leaders on how their response to the crisis has shaped our future ‘new normal’.
Reading and Writing through Auden
This book proposes a creative writing discipline founded on self-mentorship. Through close readings of W.H. Auden, imaginary correspondence with the poet, and new poems, it presents a reading and writing practice attuned to the world-making possibilities of poetry.
Readings in Language and Identity
This collection studies the complex relations between language and identity from a variety of theoretical perspectives. It brings together researchers from a range of fields to advance debates about the meanings of language and identity in contemporary cultural contexts.
Real Challenges of the Classroom
Teaching is messy. This book turns 18 real-life classroom crises into essential learning moments. Each story analyzes what went wrong and reveals the research-backed strategies that worked, offering powerful, practical insights for your own reflective practice.
What is gesture? What is multimodality? This volume provides answers through an eclectic set of recent studies. It investigates gesture in relation to speech, language acquisition, the performing arts (music, dance, theatre), and Artificial Intelligence.
Recent Research in Second Language Phonetics/Phonology
This volume presents seventeen empirical studies on the perception and production of second language sounds. These findings will be of great interest to anyone in second language phonological acquisition, and also to those with a broader interest in language learning.
Recent Trends in Translation Studies
This volume offers a snapshot of current perspectives on translation studies within the socio-cultural framework of Anglo-Italian relations. It covers historiography, literary translation, specialized translation, and multimodality through methodologically rigorous case studies.
Reconstructing Pain and Joy
How are pain and joy constructed, represented, and socially determined? This is the first interdisciplinary collection of essays to investigate how these multi-faceted experiences are reconstructed in language, literature, art, and culture.
Recruitment Advertising as an Instrument of Employer Branding
This linguistic analysis investigates job advertising as an instrument of employer branding. It demonstrates how job ads constitute a distinct promotional genre, using persuasive language and organisational values to project and reinforce the employer brand.
Reflection, Change, and Reconstruction in the Context of Educational Reform and Innovation in China
This book explores how reflective teaching transforms the thinking and classroom practice of Chinese university EFL teachers. It offers a new perspective on professional development and is a unique resource for teachers, teacher educators, and researchers.
Reflections
Twelve essays explore “reflections” in literary and visual culture—from Italian theatre to Cuban film. For students and scholars, this volume provides a fresh, interdisciplinary look at Modern Language Studies, highlighting the dialogue between language and culture.
Reflections on Persian Grammar
Soheili presents the first authoritative survey of the historical developments of Persian grammar, from the first attested work some 200 years ago to the present day. He examines the development of Persian linguistic thought in five different periods.
Reflections on Persian Grammar Vol. II
This collection is a survey of the historical development of Persian grammar. The contributions from distinguished scholars display their deep knowledge of the Persian language, its literature, and history to illustrate its major structural properties and parametric variations.
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