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Hardcover. This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Using case studies of radio, internet, text messaging and photojournalism, it deploys Bourdieu's ideas to reveal how language in the media is implicated in broader social patterns of 'symbolic violence'. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; APW; CFA; JFCX; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320. 182 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Using case studies of radio, internet, text messaging and photojournalism, it deploys Bourdieu's ideas to reveal how language in the media is implicated in broader social patterns of 'symbolic violence'. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APT; APW; CFA; JFCX; JFD. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15. Weight: 320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230222090
ISBN
9780230222090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.40

Hardcover. This study looks to the work of Tarski's mentors Stanislaw Lesniewski and Tadeusz Kotarbinski, and reconsiders all of the major issues in Tarski scholarship in light of the conception of Intuitionistic Formalism developed: semantics, truth, paradox, logical consequence. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221215
ISBN
9780230221215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

Hardcover. An in depth examination of linguistic variation and change as a reflection of social convergence in the major French-speaking countries of Europe - France, Belgium and Switzerland. Considered in the context of linguistic levelling the book provides a detailed account of recent social and linguistic change in European French. Num Pages: 327 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219502
ISBN
9780230219502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.64

Paperback. Reconciles cognitive metaphor theory with Critical Discourse Analysis to offer a fresh approach to the study of metaphor. In applying this framework to a substantial corpus of texts from business magazines, the author shows how metaphors of war, sports and evolutionary struggle are used to construct business as a masculinized social domain. Num Pages: 244 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 142 x 266 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2004th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230217072
ISBN
9780230217072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.99

Hardcover. Addressing issues related to the physical, cultural, ideological and psychological relocation of English, this volume provides a critical examination of current sociolinguistic study of English in the world and suggests a new approach which focuses more on ideological and psychological aspects of the phenomenon. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CFG; JFFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230206656
ISBN
9780230206656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.15

Hardcover. With contributions from world-class specialists this first book-length work looks at translation issues in forensic linguistics, where accuracy and cultural understandings play a prominent part in the legal process. Editor(s): Olsen, Frances E.; Lorz, R. Alexander; Stein, Dieter. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP; LAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 529.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230203501
ISBN
9780230203501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.05

Hardcover. International researchers examine the interplay between gender and metaphor in political language in the UK, USA, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, and Singapore. They draw on a variety of corpus data to determine to what extent conceptual metaphors used by women in political power differ with, or remain the same as that of men. Editor(s): Ahrens, Kathleen. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: CFG; CFP; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230203457
ISBN
9780230203457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.77

Paperback. This comprehensive guide to research and debate centres around language learning in childhood, the age factor and the different contexts where language learning happens, including home and school contexts. The scope is wide, capturing examples of studies with different age groups, different methodological approaches and different languages. Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: CFDC; CFDM; CJA; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230203426
ISBN
9780230203426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.22

Hardcover. Examining identity in relation to globalization and migration, this book uses narratives and memoirs from contemporary authors who have lived 'in-between' two or more languages. It explores the human desire to find one's 'own place' in new cultural contexts, and looks at the role of language in shaping a sense of belonging in society. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; CFB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230202634
ISBN
9780230202634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.06

Hardcover. Employing a discourse analytical approach this book focuses on the under-researched strategy of humour to illustrate how discursive performances of leadership are influenced by gender and workplace culture. Far from being a superfluous strategy that distracts from business, humour performs a myriad of important functions in the workplace context. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; KJMB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230201804
ISBN
9780230201804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.48

Hardcover. The book combines a historical and philosophical study of Russell's theory of descriptions. It defends, develops and extends the theory as a contribution to natural language semantics while also arguing for a reassessment of the important of linguistic inquiry to Russell's philosophical project. Editor(s): Beaney, Michael. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230201163
ISBN
9780230201163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.61

Hardcover. This book offers a careful and measured response to Noam Chomsky's criticism against deconstructive theories of language. The author reveals the connections between Chomsky's linguistic theories and politics by demonstrating their shared philosophical basis. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366. The Politics of Unconscious Knowledge. 204 pages. This book offers a careful and measured response to Noam Chomsky's criticism against deconstructive theories of language. The author reveals the connections between Chomsky's linguistic theories and politics by demonstrating their shared philosophical basis. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: CF. Dimension: 226 x 143 x 15. Weight: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110823
ISBN
9780230110823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.61

Hardcover. This book shows the effects of globalization on language in social context, identifying the city as the key site for the realization of these effects. It challenges assumptions that hold sustainable linguistic diversity to be inherently non-urban while regarding the city as an unproblematic site for understanding the social function of language. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230018785
ISBN
9780230018785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.42

Hardcover. Organizations acting on behalf of society are expected to act fairly, explaining themselves and their procedures. For the police, explanation is routine and repetitive. It's also very powerful. This book provides an unusual opportunity to see different speakers and writers explaining the same texts in their own words in British police stations. Num Pages: 377 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JKV; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230013315
ISBN
9780230013315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.11

Hardcover. Talking Young Femininities explores the spontaneous talk of adolescent British girls from different socio-cultural backgrounds, examining the different discursive identities they negotiate in their talk, including the 'cool' private-school-girl, the 'tough' British Bangladeshi girl, and the 'sheltered' East End girl. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230013285
ISBN
9780230013285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.26

Hardcover. This work marries qualitative ethnographic methods to quantitative acoustic methods. The analysis describes how internal and external factors in phonological change differ and demonstrates how these two forces interact to structure the phonological systems of Appalachian and African American Southern Migrant speakers in the Detroit, Michigan area. Series: Palgrave Studies in Language Variation. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CFB; CFH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008861
ISBN
9780230008861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.66

Hardcover. The first study, based on instances of everyday talk, to analyze prosodic orientation, a conversational strategy by which speakers design their speaking voice according to the vocal patterns used by their conversational partners. The book explores forms and functions of prosodic orientation, and offers a new perspective on prosody in conversation. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008724
ISBN
9780230008724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.21

Paperback. Researching communication disorders involves a range of disciplines including speech-language pathology, linguistics and psychology. This book provides an interdisciplinary description of the theoretical frameworks in the field of communication disorders and an overview of the main current methodological approaches. Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 221 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CF; MMZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230004511
ISBN
9780230004511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.22

Hardcover. Develops a highly original theory of accentuation in which accentuation serves the mere pragmatic function of making utterances well comprehensible. Semantic effects of accentuation are explained as epiphenomena of pragmatic accentuation. The theory is formally elaborated in a model-theoretic framework and experimentally justified. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230002531
ISBN
9780230002531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.83

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227173961
ISBN
9780227173961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.29

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780227173916
ISBN
9780227173916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: CFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Plume
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780142180501
ISBN
9780142180501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.83

Paperback. America's bestselling ASL phrase book--revised, updated, and with a fresh new look. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; CFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
Edition
3 Rev ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780071497138
ISBN
9780071497138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.09

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harper
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062226655
ISBN
9780062226655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.21

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