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Metaphor and Reconciliation
The Discourse Dynamics of Empathy in Post-Conflict Conversations
Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
Sixteen years after her father was killed by an IRA bomb, Jo Berry had her first conversation with the man responsible. She had made a long journey, ‘walking the footsteps of the bombers’ as she put it, determined not to give in to anger and revenge but to try to understand his motivations and...
Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
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Structure in Language
A Dynamic Perspective
Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
This book examines one of the allegedly unique features of human language: structure sensitivity. Its point of departure is the distinction between content and structural units, which are defined in psycholinguistic terms. The focus of the book is on structural representations, in particular their...
Published September 19th 2012 by Routledge
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Semantics and Pragmatics of False Friends
Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
This book approaches the topic of false friends from a theoretical perspective, arguing that false friends carry out a positive role as a cognitive device, mainly in literature and jokes, and suggesting some pragmatic strategies in order to restore the original sense of a text/utterance when a...
Published November 8th 2010 by Routledge
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Lesbian Discourses
Images of a Community
Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
Lesbian Discourses is the first book-length treatment of lesbian text and discourse. It looks at what changing images of community American and British lesbian authors have communicated since 1970, how this change can be traced in texts such as pamphlets, magazines and blogs, and why this...
Published June 6th 2010 by Routledge
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The Linguistics of Laughter
A Corpus-Assisted Study of Laughter-Talk
Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
The Linguistics of Laughter examines what speakers try to achieve by producing ‘laughter-talk’ (the talk preceding and eliciting an episode of laughter) and, by using abundant examples from language corpora, what hearers are signalling when they produce laughter. In particular, Alan Partington...
Published October 12th 2009 by Routledge
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Style and Ideology in Translation
Latin American Writing in English
Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book investigates the style, or ‘voice,’ of English language translations of twentieth-century Latin American writing, including fiction, political speeches, and film. Existing models of stylistic analysis, supported at times by computer-assisted...
Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge
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The Communication of Leadership
The Design of Leadership Style
Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
With the crisis of leadership in the western democracies, there has been a growth of interest in how leaders outside of the west emerge and consolidate their positions. This book analyses the communication strategies of six charismatic non-western leaders: Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Fidel...
Published September 14th 2008 by Routledge
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Conceptualizing Metaphors
On Charles Peirce’s Marginalia
Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
The enigmatic thought of Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914), considered by many to be one of the great philosophers of all time, involves inquiry not only into virtually all branches and sources of modern semiotics, physics, cognitive sciences, and mathematics, but also logic, which he understood to be...
Published October 19th 2005 by Routledge
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The Irish Language in Ireland
From Goídel to Globalisation
Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
This book comprises the first complete treatment of the Irish language in social context throughout the whole of Ireland, with a particular focus on contemporary society. The possibilities and limitations of the craft of language planning for the revival of the Irish language are outlined and the...
Published January 16th 2005 by Routledge
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The Linguistic Analysis of Jokes
Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
This book starts from three observations. First, the use of humour is a complex, puzzling, and idiosyncratically human form of behaviour (and hence is of scientific interest). Second, there is currently no theory of how humour works. Third, one useful step towards a theory of humour is to analyze...
Published October 15th 2003 by Routledge
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