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  1. Corpus Stylistics

    Speech, Writing and Thought Presentation in a Corpus of English Writing

    By Elena Semino, Mick Short

    Series: Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics

    This book combines stylistic analysis with corpus linguistics to present an innovative account of the phenomenon of speech, writing and thought presentation - commonly referred to as 'speech reporting' or 'discourse presentation'.This new account is based on an extensive analysis of a...

    Published September 14th 2011 by Routledge

  2. Pragmatics for Language Educators

    A Sociolinguistic Perspective

    By Virginia LoCastro

    Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

    Making pragmatics accessible to a wide range of students and instructors without dumbing down the content of the field, this text for language professionals: raises awareness and increases knowledge and understanding of how human beings use language in real situations to engage in social action...

    Published August 28th 2011 by Routledge

  3. Research Methods for Applied Language Studies

    An Advanced Resource Book for Students

    By Keith Richards, Steven John Ross, Paul Seedhouse

    Series: Routledge Applied Linguistics

    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 through three main sections, enabling them to...

    Published August 23rd 2011 by Routledge

  4. Dislocated Elements in Discourse

    Syntactic, Semantic, and Pragmatic Perspectives

    Edited by Benjamin Shaer, Philippa Cook, Werner Frey, Claudia Maienborn

    Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics

    This volume is about 'dislocation' – the removal of phrases from their canonical positions in a sentence to its left or right edge. Dislocation encompasses a wide range of linguistic phenomena, related to nominal and adverbial expressions and to the information structuring notions of topic and...

    Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge

  5. Arabic Idioms

    A Corpus Based Study

    By Ashraf Abdou

    Series: Routledge Arabic Linguistics Series

    Idioms represent a fascinating linguistic phenomenon that has captured the attention of many linguists for decades. This corpus-based study of idioms in Modern Standard Arabic sheds light on their intricate nature, establishes the major patterns of their linguistic behaviour, and provides...

    Published July 20th 2011 by Routledge

  6. Doing Applied Linguistics

    A guide for students

    By Nicholas Groom, Jeannette Littlemore

    Doing Applied Linguistics provides a concise, lively and accessible introduction to the field of applied linguistics for readers who have little or no prior knowledge of the subject. The book explores the basics of the field then goes on to examine in more depth what applied linguists actually do,...

    Published July 7th 2011 by Routledge

  7. Multimodal Studies

    Exploring Issues and Domains

    Edited by Kay O'Halloran, Bradley Smith

    Series: Routledge Studies in Multimodality

    The phenomenon of multimodality has, as Jewitt observes, generated interest "across many disciplines...against the backdrop of considerable social change." Contemporary societies are grappling with the social implications of the rapid increase in sophistication and range of multimodal practices,...

    Published June 6th 2011 by Routledge

  8. Growing Up with Two Languages

    A Practical Guide for the Bilingual Family, 3rd Edition

    By Una Cunningham

    The lives of many families involve contact with more than one language and culture on a daily basis. Growing Up with Two Languages is aimed at the many parents and professionals who feel uncertain about the best way to go about helping children gain maximum benefit from the multilingual situation....

    Published May 17th 2011 by Routledge

  9. Methods of Language Teaching

    By Blair Bateman, Baldomero Lago

    Methods of Language Teaching is an innovative teaching tool which enables upper level trainee teachers to witness language teaching methods being applied in a classroom. The DVD shows a series of lessons illustrating methods that have been widely used, as taught by teachers who have made extensive...

    Published May 16th 2011 by Routledge

  10. Religion and Language in Post-Soviet Russia

    By Brian P. Bennett

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    Church Slavonic, one of the world's historic sacred languages, has experienced a revival in post-Soviet Russia. Blending religious studies and sociolinguistics, this is the first book devoted to Church Slavonic in the contemporary period. It is not a narrow study in linguistics, but uses Slavonic...

    Published April 27th 2011 by Routledge