Semantik

Michael Billig’s rhetorical approach has been key to the discursive turn in the social sciences. His witty and original book examines argumentation and its psychological importance …

In this book, Caroline van Eck examines how rhetoric and the arts interacted in early modern Europe. She argues that rhetoric, though originally developed for persuasive speech, …

The relationship between verbs and their arguments is a widely debated topic in linguistics. This comprehensive 2005 survey provides an overview of this important area of research, …

This volume examines the area of second language vocabulary studies from three broad perspectives: description, acquisition and pedagogical context. The book’s fifteen chapters are …

I'm not a racist, but… You look good, for your age… She was asking for it… You're crazy… That's so gay… Have you ever wondered why certain language has the power to offend? It is …

Spatial language - that is, the way languages structure the spatial domain – is an important area of research, offering insights into one of the most central areas of human …

Essential study guides for the future linguist. Narrative is an introduction to the ways we use language to tell stories. It is suitable for advanced level students and beyond. …

This book, which can be read independently, deals with more specifically linguistic problems in semantics and contains substantial original material.

This volume explores the field of contrastive rhetoric, the study of how a person’s first language and culture influence his or her writing in a second language. The book presents …

'Metaphor' is the phenomenon whereby we talk and, potentially, think about something in terms of something else. In this book Elena Semino discusses metaphor as a common linguistic …