The Science of Stories

An Introduction to Narrative Psychology

By János László

The Science of Stories explores the role narrative plays in human life. Supported by in-depth research, the book demonstrates how the ways in which people...

Published May 29th 2008 by Routledge.

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Pragmatics and Discourse

A Resource Book for Students

By Joan Cutting

Pragmatics and Discourse:

• has been revised and reorganized to place more emphasis on pragmatics
• covers the core areas of the subject: Context and Co-Text, Speech Act...

Published December 6th 2007 by Routledge.

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Advances in Discourse Studies

Edited by Vijay Bhatia, John Flowerdew, Rodney H. Jones

Methods of approaching the study of discourse have developed rapidly in the last ten years, influenced by a growing interdisciplinary spirit among linguistics and anthropology,...

Published November 8th 2007 by Routledge.

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Analyzing Public Discourse

Discourse Analysis in the Making of Public Policy

By Ron Scollon

Analyzing Public Discourse demonstrates the use of discourse analysis to provide testimony in public policy consultations: from environmental impact statements to changes in laws and...

Published November 7th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Language of Advertising: Major Themes in English Studies

Edited by Guy Cook

Advertising is one of the most prominent, powerful, and ubiquitous contemporary uses of language. Its seductive and controversial quality has attracted consistent and intense attention...

Published October 30th 2007 by Routledge.

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Black Communications and Learning to Read

Building on Children's Linguistic and Cultural Strengths

By Terry Meier

This book is about effective literacy instruction for students in grades K-4 who use the language variety that many linguists call African American English, but...

Published September 11th 2007 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Talking Texts

How Speech and Writing Interact in School Learning

Edited by Rosalind Horowitz

This volume examines how oral and written language function in school learning , and how oral texts can be successfully inter-connected to the written texts...

Published June 26th 2007 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Cultural Practices of Literacy

Case Studies of Language, Literacy, Social Practice, and Power

Edited by Victoria Purcell-Gates

This volume presents case studies of literacy practices as shaped by culture, language, community, and power. Covering a range of contexts and exploring a number...

Published March 1st 2007 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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New Directions in the Analysis of Multimodal Discourse

Edited by Terry D. Royce, Wendy Bowcher

New Directions in the Analysis of Multimodal Discourse offers a comprehensive international view of multimodal discourse and presents new directions for research and application in...

Published September 19th 2006 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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Chicano-Anglo Conversations

Truth, Honesty, and Politeness

By Madeleine Youmans

This groundbreaking book--about differences in communication practices between Mexican-American underclass residents in an East Los Angeles housing project and white, middle-class literacy tutors who worked...

Published September 6th 2006 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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