Scientific Realism in Studies of Reading

Edited by Alan Flurkey, Eric Paulson, Kenneth Goodman

This book provides research-based insights that deepen and broaden current understandings of the nature of reading. Informed by psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic views of reading-as-meaning-construction, the...

Published November 27th 2007 by Routledge.

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Translation and Identity in the Americas

New Directions in Translation Theory

By Edwin Gentzler

Translation is a highly contested site in the Americas where different groups, often with competing literary or political interests, vie for space and approval. In...

Published November 21st 2007 by Routledge.

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Literacy

An Advanced Resource Book for Students

By Brian V. Street, Adam Lefstein

Literacy is a comprehensive textbook which provides students and researchers with support for advanced study of the topic. It introduces readers to a broad range...

Published November 14th 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 Discourse of Broadcast News

A Linguistic Approach

By Martin Montgomery

In this timely and important study Martin Montgomery unpicks the inside workings of what must still be considered the dominant news medium: broadcast news. Drawing...

Published October 31st 2007 by Routledge.

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Literacy, Lives and Learning

By David Barton, Roz Ivanic, Yvon Appleby, Rachel Hodge, Karin Tusting

Demonstrating what it is like to be an adult learner in today’s world, this book focuses on language, literacy and numeracy learning. The authors explore...

Published October 31st 2007 by Routledge.

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Sociolinguistics

A Resource Book for Students

By Peter Stockwell

Sociolinguistics:

• provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics
• draws on a range of real texts, from an interview with Madonna to the Japanese Asahi Evening News...

Published October 30th 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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Sex Slang

By Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor

Are you a beaver cleaver or the office bike? Would you rather pack fudge or munch carpet? Do you content yourself with paddling the pickle...

Published October 30th 2007 by Routledge.

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