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The Routledge Handbook of Language in Conflict presents a range of
linguistic approaches as a means for examining the nature of
communication related to conflict. Divided into four sections, the
Handbook critically examines text, interaction, languages and
applications of linguistics in situations of conflict. Spanning 30
chapters by a variety of international scholars, this Handbook:
includes real-life case studies of conflict and covers conflicts
from a wide range of geographical locations at every scale of
involvement (from the personal to the international), of every
timespan (from the fleeting to the decades-long) and of varying
levels of intensity (from the barely articulated to the overtly
hostile) sets out the textual and interactional ways in which
conflict is engendered and in which people and groups of people can
be set against each other considers what linguistic research has
brought, and can bring, to the universal aim of minimising the
negative effects of outbreaks of conflict wherever and whenever
they occur. The Routledge Handbook of Language in Conflict is an
essential reference book for students and researchers of language
and communication, linguistics, peace studies, international
relations and conflict studies.
This volume is a collection of original essays focusing on the key
pedagogical issues behind the teaching of stylistics. Featuring
contributions from authors based in the UK, Europe and overseas, it
offers an international overview of how stylistics is currently
taught and how the teaching of the discipline might be developed in
the future. The volume is divided into two main sections, dealing
respectively with larger theoretical issues in the teaching of
stylistics and examples of classroom practice and detailed text
analysis. In addition, the appendices provide an overview of the
history of stylistics in the form of a timeline, short biographies
of significant figures in the field and substantial lists of
further reading. Teaching Stylistics will be of value to
postgraduates new to teaching as well as established teachers,
particularly those working at the interface between language and
literary studies.
This volume is a collection of original essays focusing on the key
pedagogical issues behind the teaching of stylistics. Featuring
contributions from authors based in the UK, Europe and overseas, it
offers an international overview of how stylistics is currently
taught and how the teaching of the discipline might be developed in
the future. The volume is divided into two main sections, dealing
respectively with larger theoretical issues in the teaching of
stylistics and examples of classroom practice and detailed text
analysis. In addition, the appendices provide an overview of the
history of stylistics in the form of a timeline, short biographies
of significant figures in the field and substantial lists of
further reading. Teaching Stylistics will be of value to
postgraduates new to teaching as well as established teachers,
particularly those working at the interface between language and
literary studies.
The Routledge Handbook of Language in Conflict presents a range of
linguistic approaches as a means for examining the nature of
communication related to conflict. Divided into four sections, the
Handbook critically examines text, interaction, languages and
applications of linguistics in situations of conflict. Spanning 30
chapters by a variety of international scholars, this Handbook:
includes real-life case studies of conflict and covers conflicts
from a wide range of geographical locations at every scale of
involvement (from the personal to the international), of every
timespan (from the fleeting to the decades-long) and of varying
levels of intensity (from the barely articulated to the overtly
hostile) sets out the textual and interactional ways in which
conflict is engendered and in which people and groups of people can
be set against each other considers what linguistic research has
brought, and can bring, to the universal aim of minimising the
negative effects of outbreaks of conflict wherever and whenever
they occur. The Routledge Handbook of Language in Conflict is an
essential reference book for students and researchers of language
and communication, linguistics, peace studies, international
relations and conflict studies.
Essays employing close scrutiny of texts to clarify gender issues
in feminist literary criticism. One of the major problems in
feminist literary criticism is the tendency to generalise when
exploring language and gender. This volume clarifies the issues
involved and tests generalisations by specific analysis, and in the
process defines a "feminist stylistics" - a fresh, practical
approach which will serve as a model for future work in this area.
The seven essays in the collection analyse widely varying literary
texts, using the framework of linguistic theory to address feminist
issues. The texts range from Shakespeare's As You Like It to
present-day pop songs, and also cover poetry and contemporary
fiction. The feminist critics whose approach is under examination
include Cixous, Irigaray, Kristeva, Showalter, Woolf and a number
of British feminists; and the linguistic models employed cover
discourse analysis, politeness theory, lexicalisation and
transitivity. Contributors: Clara Calvo, Lesley Jeffries, Marion
Lomax, Sara Mills, Louise Sylvester, Anne Varty, Shan Wareing
This book introduces a new way of looking at how poems mean,
drawing on the framework first developed in the author's book
Critical Stylistics, but applied here to aesthetic more than
ideological meaning. The aim is to empower readers of poetry to
articulate the features of poetic language that they come across
and explain to themselves and others why these features convey the
meanings that they do. While this volume focuses on contemporary
poets writing in English and mostly based in the UK and Ireland,
the framework will work just as well for other eras' poetry, as
well as for other cultures and languages.
What's the word that describes the process of making supportive
noises when you're listening to someone? What is syntax and how
does it differ from grammar? Do you know what a morpheme is? And
did you know that it's not only an atom that has a nucleus? The
Babel Lexicon of Language is an entertaining and accessible
introduction to the key terminology involved in the study of
language. It defines over 500 terms and uses contemporary language
examples, explaining complex issues in an easy-to-understand way.
Written by the expert editorial team behind Babel, the popular
language magazine, and assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics,
The Babel Lexicon of Language is an invaluable resource for
students, teachers and anyone with an interest in language.
Building on Raymond Williams' iconic "Keywords" released in 1975,
Jeffries and Walker show how some pivotal words significantly
increased in use and evolved in meaning during the years of the
'New Labour' project. Focussing on print news media, this book
establishes a set of socio-political keywords for the 'Blair
Years', and demonstrates how their evolving meanings are indicative
of the ideological landscape in Britain at that time, and the
extent to which the cultural hegemony of the New Labour project
influenced the language of the commentariat. Combining corpus
linguistic approaches with critical stylistics the authors conduct
an analysis of two newspaper corpora using computational tools.
Looking closely at textually-constructed meanings within the data,
their investigation of the keywords has a qualitative focus, and
sets out a clear methodology for combining corpus approaches with
systematic co-textual analysis.
Building on Raymond Williams' iconic "Keywords" released in 1975,
Jeffries and Walker show how some pivotal words significantly
increased in use and evolved in meaning during the years of the
'New Labour' project. Focussing on print news media, this book
establishes a set of socio-political keywords for the 'Blair
Years', and demonstrates how their evolving meanings are indicative
of the ideological landscape in Britain at that time, and the
extent to which the cultural hegemony of the New Labour project
influenced the language of the commentariat. Combining corpus
linguistic approaches with critical stylistics the authors conduct
an analysis of two newspaper corpora using computational tools.
Looking closely at textually-constructed meanings within the data,
their investigation of the keywords has a qualitative focus, and
sets out a clear methodology for combining corpus approaches with
systematic co-textual analysis.
In this important book, Lesley Jeffries introduces a phenomenon
which has not been given the attention it deserves - the contextual
construction of oppositional meaning. These are opposites not
recognisable as such out of context but that are clearly set up
this way in the text concerned. The significance of oppositional
meaning is well-known but the main emphasis has always been on the
conventional opposite: the opposite recognised by lexical
semantics. Starting from socio-cultural viewpoints, moving to
original research and then concluding with a new theoretical
formulation, this book introduces and consolidates a significant
new approach to the analysis of oppositional meaning. It closes
with a discussion of the importance of constructed opposition in
hegemonic practice and makes a case for the inclusion of opposition
as a central tool of critical discourse analysis. It is essential
reading for those in stylistics, linguistics and language studies.
Lesley Jeffries introduces a phenomenon which has not been given
the attention it deserves - the contextual construction of
oppositional meaning. These are opposites not recognisable as such
out of context but that are clearly set up this way in the text
concerned. The significance of oppositional meaning is well-known,
and has been discussed by scholars for millennia, from Philosophy
to Politics. But the main emphasis has always been on the
conventional opposite: the opposite recognised by lexical
semantics. Starting from socio-cultural viewpoints, moving to
original research and then concluding with a new theoretical
formulation, this book introduces and consolidates a significant
new approach to the analysis of oppositional meaning. It closes
with a discussion of the importance of constructed opposition in
hegemonic practice and makes a case for the inclusion of opposition
as a central tool of critical discourse analysis. It will be
essential reading for researchers and graduates in stylistics,
linguistics and language studies.
We tend to think that politicians, copywriters and journalists can
affect us by their use of language, but how does this happen,
exactly? Critical Discourse Analysis provides us with general
theories for explaining the impact texts can have, considering the
social and political contexts in which texts are produced and read.
Stylistics provides detailed tools of analysis for understanding
how texts work. Critical Stylistics combines the strengths of these
two approaches to uncover the deep-seated ideologies of everyday
texts.
Original and engaging, "Critical Stylistics"
- presents a new amalgamation of stylistics, critical discourse
analysis and functional approaches to grammar
- introduces a comprehensive set of tools to help explain and
analyse the power of written texts
- examines a wide variety of real texts and provides a wealth of
practical worked examples
Ideal for those who are starting a degree in English Language or
Linguistics, this textbook covers all the basic knowledge and tools
of analysis students need for studying language. It introduces
methods of English language description and enables readers to
learn about the smallest units of language (sounds) and work
through the subsequent levels (morphology and syntax) until the
sentence is reached. The book also contains a chapter on basic
lexical semantics. The final chapter in the book introduces readers
to text structure, discourse and linguistic theory. This book is
core reading for students taking introductory modules as part of an
English Language or Linguistics degree. It will act as a foundation
for more advanced work further into the curriculum.
Ideal for those who are starting a degree in English Language or
Linguistics, this textbook covers all the basic knowledge and tools
of analysis students need for studying language. It introduces
methods of English language description and enables readers to
learn about the smallest units of language (sounds) and work
through the subsequent levels (morphology and syntax) until the
sentence is reached. The book also contains a chapter on basic
lexical semantics. The final chapter in the book introduces readers
to text structure, discourse and linguistic theory. This book is
core reading for students taking introductory modules as part of an
English Language or Linguistics degree. It will act as a foundation
for more advanced work further into the curriculum.
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Stylistics (Paperback)
Lesley Jeffries, Daniel McIntyre
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R919
Discovery Miles 9 190
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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Stylistics is the linguistic study of style in language. It aims to
account for how texts project meaning, how readers construct
meaning and why readers respond to texts in the way that they do.
This book is an introduction to stylistics that locates it firmly
within the traditions of linguistics. Organised to reflect the
historical development of stylistics from its origins in Russian
formalism, the book covers key principles such as foregrounding
theory, as well as more recent developments in cognitive
stylistics. It includes an examination of both literary and
non-literary texts, and substantial coverage of methodologies for
stylistic analysis. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on the
practicalities of producing stylistic analyses that are objective,
replicable and falsifiable. Comprehensive in its coverage and
assuming no prior knowledge of the topic, Stylistics will be
essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students new to
this fascinating area of language study.
What's the word that describes the process of making supportive
noises when you're listening to someone? What is syntax and how
does it differ from grammar? Do you know what a morpheme is? And
did you know that it's not only an atom that has a nucleus? The
Babel Lexicon of Language is an entertaining and accessible
introduction to the key terminology involved in the study of
language. It defines over 500 terms and uses contemporary language
examples, explaining complex issues in an easy-to-understand way.
Written by the expert editorial team behind Babel, the popular
language magazine, and assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics,
The Babel Lexicon of Language is an invaluable resource for
students, teachers and anyone with an interest in language.
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Stylistics (Hardcover)
Lesley Jeffries, Daniel McIntyre
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R3,801
Discovery Miles 38 010
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Stylistics is the linguistic study of style in language. It aims to
account for how texts project meaning, how readers construct
meaning and why readers respond to texts in the way that they do.
This book is an introduction to stylistics that locates it firmly
within the traditions of linguistics. Organised to reflect the
historical development of stylistics from its origins in Russian
formalism, the book covers key principles such as foregrounding
theory, as well as more recent developments in cognitive
stylistics. It includes an examination of both literary and
non-literary texts, and substantial coverage of methodologies for
stylistic analysis. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on the
practicalities of producing stylistic analyses that are objective,
replicable and falsifiable. Comprehensive in its coverage and
assuming no prior knowledge of the topic, Stylistics will be
essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students new to
this fascinating area of language study.
Lesley Jeffries introduces a phenomenon which has not been given
the attention it deserves - the contextual construction of
oppositional meaning. These are opposites not recognisable as such
out of context but that are clearly set up this way in the text
concerned. The significance of oppositional meaning is well-known,
and has been discussed by scholars for millennia, from Philosophy
to Politics. But the main emphasis has always been on the
conventional opposite: the opposite recognised by lexical
semantics. Starting from socio-cultural viewpoints, moving to
original research and then concluding with a new theoretical
formulation, this book introduces and consolidates a significant
new approach to the analysis of oppositional meaning. It closes
with a discussion of the importance of constructed opposition in
hegemonic practice and makes a case for the inclusion of opposition
as a central tool of critical discourse analysis. It will be
essential reading for researchers and graduates in stylistics,
linguistics and language studies.
This accessible and lively introduction to semantics and the
multi-faceted nature of language guides the non-specialist through
the major ways in which the English language makes meaning. The
author discusses the meaning of linguistic units at all levels of
language, from sound to discourse and the role of theories and
models themselves in helping us to understand human behavior.
Through examples and exercises, readers are encouraged to think
through and evaluate complex ideas and theories for
themselves.
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