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34 produkter
Discourse and the Translator
Av Basil Hatim, Ian Mason
Häftad, 1990
836 kr
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Discourse and the Translator both incorporates and moves beyond previous studies of translation. Its logical and informative approach to the problems of translation ensures that it will be essential for all those who work with languages 'in contact'. Incorporating research in sociolinguistics, …
Linguistics and Aphasia
Psycholinguistic and Pragmatic Aspects of Intervention
Häftad, 1993
1216 kr
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Linguistics and Aphasia is a major study of recent developments in applying psycholinguistics and pragmatics to the study of acquired language disorders (aphasia) and their remediation. Psycholinguistic analyses of aphasia interpret disorders in terms of damaged modules and processes within what …
Knowledge Machines
Language and Information in a Technological Society
Häftad, 1995
578 kr
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Provides a wide-ranging survey of the sociolinguistic issues raised by the impact of information technology. The author demonstrates how and in which ways the new technologies both affect human communication and are in turn affected by the way people communicate using the technologies.
Achieving Understanding
Discourse in Intercultural Encounters
Av Katharina Bremer, Celia Roberts m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
549 kr
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This is a detailed study of understanding in a second language, related to the actual lives of minority workers. The focus is on everyday interactions between these workers and the bureaucrats of the society in which they are now resident. It provides an important contribution to the debate about …
Language and the Law
Av John Peter Gibbons, John Peter Gibbons
Häftad, 1994
868 kr
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Provides a valuable contribution to the subject by examining the three main areas where language and the law intersect: the language of the law; language as a source of disadvantage before the law, and forensic linguistics. Each area is dealt with in a separate section which is preceded by an …
Language and Literacy in Workplace Education
Learning at Work
Häftad, 1999
462 kr
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Just as workers are confronting the rapidly changing practices of the restructured, technological workplace and the increasing convergence of working and learning, so those involved in any form of workplace education or training are also restructuring their focus, teaching methods and approaches. …
Construction of Professional Discourse
Av B.L. Gunnarsson, Per Linell m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
1069 kr
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This exciting study draws together research from sociolinguistics, ethnography, anthropology and sociology into a fully up-to-date and cohesive analysis of professional discourse. It covers the theoretical issues of how language, written genres and spoken discourse are constructed from an interplay …
Interpreting As Interaction
Häftad, 1998
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
851 kr
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Interpreting in Interaction provides an account of interpreter-mediated communication, exploring the responsibilities of the interpreter and the expectations of both the interpreter and of other participants involved in the interaction. The book examines ways of understanding the distribution of …
Writing Business
Genres, Media and Discourses
Av Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini, Catherine Ross Nickerson
Häftad, 1999
897 kr
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Writing Business: Genres, Media and Discourses offers an analysis of the genres and functions of written discourse in the business context, involving a variety of modes of communication. The evolution of new forms of writing is a key focus of this collection and is only partly attributable to the …
Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction
A Study of News Discourse
Av Ron Scollon
Häftad, 1998
871 kr
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Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction makes an explicit link between media studies and social interactionalist discursive research where previously the two fields of study have been treated as separate disciplines. This text presents an integrated theory illustrated by ample concrete examples, …
Sociolinguistics and Social Theory
Av Nikolas Coupland, Srikant Sarangi m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
929 kr
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The empirical and descriptive strengths of sociolinguistics, developed over more than 40 years of research, have not been matched by an active engagement with theory. Yet, over this time, social theorising has taken important new turns, linked in many ways to linguistic and discursive concerns. …
Knowledge & Discourse
Towards an Ecology of Language
Av Colin Barron, Nigel Bruce m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
897 kr
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Knowledge and Discourse presents an ecological approach to the study of discourse in social, academic and professional practices. It brings together distinguished scholars from diverse cultures - India, China, Australia, Canada among others - and disciplines - linguistics, anthropology, sociology, …
Misunderstanding in Social Life
Discourse Approaches to Problematic Talk
Av Juliane House, Gabriele Kasper m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
475 kr
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Misunderstanding is a pervasive phenomenon in social life, sometimes with serious consequences for people's life chances. Misunderstandings are especially hazardous in high-stakes events such as job interviews or in the legal system. In unequal power encounters, unsuccessful communication is …
Small Talk
Häftad, 2000
1289 kr
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This study presents a new perspective on small talk and its crucial role in everyday communication. The new approach presented here is supported by analyses of interactional data in specific settings - private and public, face-to-face and telephone talk. They vary from gossip at the family dinner …
Power of Tests
A Critical Perspective on the Uses of Language Tests
Häftad, 2001
710 kr
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Language in Social Life is a major series which highlights the importance of language to an understanding of issues of social and professional concern. It will be of practical relevance to all those wanting to understand how the ways we communicate both influence and are influenced by the …
Power of Tests
A Critical Perspective on the Uses of Language Tests
Inbunden, 2001
1801 kr
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Language in Social Life is a major series which highlights the importance of language to an understanding of issues of social and professional concern. It will be of practical relevance to all those wanting to understand how the ways we communicate both influence and are influenced by the …
Discourse and the Translator
Inbunden, 2016
2208 kr
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Discourse and the Translator both incorporates and moves beyond previous studies of translation. Its logical and informative approach to the problems of translation ensures that it will be essential for all those who work with languages 'in contact'. Incorporating research in sociolinguistics, …
Power of Tests
A Critical Perspective on the Uses of Language Tests
Inbunden, 2015
2454 kr
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Language in Social Life is a major series which highlights the importance of language to an understanding of issues of social and professional concern. It will be of practical relevance to all those wanting to understand how the ways we communicate both influence and are influenced by the …
Interpreting As Interaction
Inbunden, 2016
2842 kr
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Interpreting in Interaction provides an account of interpreter-mediated communication, exploring the responsibilities of the interpreter and the expectations of both the interpreter and of other participants involved in the interaction. The book examines ways of understanding the distribution of …
Sociolinguistics and Social Theory
Av Nikolas Coupland, Srikant Sarangi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2525 kr
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The empirical and descriptive strengths of sociolinguistics, developed over more than 40 years of research, have not been matched by an active engagement with theory. Yet, over this time, social theorising has taken important new turns, linked in many ways to linguistic and discursive concerns. …
Misunderstanding in Social Life
Discourse Approaches to Problematic Talk
Av Juliane House, Gabriele Kasper m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
768 kr
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Misunderstanding is a pervasive phenomenon in social life, sometimes with serious consequences for people's life chances. Misunderstandings are especially hazardous in high-stakes events such as job interviews or in the legal system. In unequal power encounters, unsuccessful communication is …
Small Talk
Inbunden, 2016
2600 kr
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This study presents a new perspective on small talk and its crucial role in everyday communication. The new approach presented here is supported by analyses of interactional data in specific settings - private and public, face-to-face and telephone talk. They vary from gossip at the family dinner …
Construction of Professional Discourse
Av B.L. Gunnarsson, Per Linell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2600 kr
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Internationally, there is increasing research and interest in the processes of the production and reception of texts for specific purposes and in the historical development of genres and registers within Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP), psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology and …
Knowledge & Discourse
Towards an Ecology of Language
Av Colin Barron, Nigel Bruce m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
2525 kr
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Knowledge and Discourse presents an ecological approach to the study of discourse in social, academic and professional practices. It brings together distinguished scholars from diverse cultures - India, China, Australia, Canada among others - and disciplines - linguistics, anthropology, sociology, …
Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction
A Study of News Discourse
Av Ron Scollon
Inbunden, 2016
2525 kr
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Mediated Discourse as Social Interaction makes an explicit link between media studies and social interactionalist discursive research where previously the two fields of study have been treated as separate disciplines. This text presents an integrated theory illustrated by ample concrete examples, …
Language and the Law
Av John Peter Gibbons, John Peter Gibbons
Inbunden, 2017
2600 kr
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Explains and describes the ways that language use in the legal system can create inequality and disadvantage. It examines the three main areas where the two intersect: the central issue of the language of the law; the disadvantage which language can impose before the law, and forensic linguistics - …
Typography & Language in Everyday Life
Prescriptions and Practices
Av Sue Walker
Inbunden, 2017
2600 kr
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Typography and Language in Everyday Life provides a detailed look at graphic as well as linguistic aspects of language and suggests there is much to be gained from collaboration between typographers and applied linguists.The first part of the book provides an introduction to aspects of typographic …
Writing Business
Genres, Media and Discourses
Av Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini, Catherine Nickerson
Inbunden, 2017
3173 kr
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Writing Business: Genres, Media and Discourses offers an analysis of the genres and functions of written discourse in the business context, involving a variety of modes of communication. The evolution of new forms of writing is a key focus of this collection and is only partly attributable to the …
Language and Literacy in Workplace Education
Learning at Work
Inbunden, 2017
2208 kr
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Just as workers are confronting the rapidly changing practices of the restructured, technological workplace and the increasing convergence of working and learning, so those involved in any form of workplace education or training are also restructuring their focus, teaching methods and approaches. …
Knowledge Machines
Language and Information in a Technological Society
Inbunden, 2017
2208 kr
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Provides a wide-ranging survey of the sociolinguistic issues raised by the impact of information technology. The author demonstrates how and in which ways the new technologies both affect human communication and are in turn affected by the way people communicate using the technologies.
