Language Arts & Disciplines

Based on a 1.7-million-word corpus of 160 research articles from both soft and hard knowledge fields, this book sets out to explore how a particular type of noun - namely, the metadiscursive noun - is rhetorically used to mediate writer-reader...

Bridging conventional and living metaphors. Some recent issues in conceptual metaphor theory / Z. Kövecses -- The requirements of consistency as conceptual presuppositions / M. Fasciolo -- Two wellsprings for conceptual conflicts: formal syntax and...

Communication is changing rapidly around the world, particularly in Africa, where citizens are embracing digital technologies not only to improve not only interpersonal communication but also the state of their financial well-being. This book...

Drawing on naturally occurring doctor- patient conversations in real- life medical consultations, this book analyzes the similarities and differences in doctor- patient communication and patient satisfaction between traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and...

For advertisers and news publishers, brand sponsored content has offered attractive solutions to problems of ad-avoidance and financing journalism. This book is an investigation into the practices, possibilities and problems of sponsored editorial...

In many countries, movement parties have swayed large tracts of the electorate. Contributions to this edited book reflect on the place of movement parties in democratic politics through analyses of their communication. This book was originally published...

Most of the innovative and exciting work done by East Asian pragmaticians on their languages, past and present alike, is written and published in local languages. As a result, research published in and about a particular East Asian language has been...

Playtime reimagined: the invention of the soundtracked book -- Sounds exotic: The Columbia Legacy Collection and our midcentury imagination -- Otherworldly sounds: alternative spiritualities and the soundtracked novel -- Digital readers: Paratextural...

Reaching beyond the Global North, this book showcases research on transnational celebrity as a technology of soft power and counter-hegemonic organizing, and as a driver of discourses of race and migration. It also explores self-presentation and...

Sixty years after Understanding Media, Marshall McLuhan remains one of the best known and most influential intellectuals of the twentieth century. Far beyond academia, readers (and non-readers) recognize his coinages, such as 'the Gutenberg era', the...

The diverse selection of case studies in this book demonstrate the possibilities located at the intersection of Communication and Critical Discourse Studies, ultimately providing solid ground for a firmer cross-fertilization between the two.Author:...

This book addresses the recent transformations of popular Hinduism by focusing upon the religious cum artistic practice of Ramkatha, staged narratives of the Ramcharitmanas. Focusing on the sensory and media experiences, the author examines the...

This book analyzes important international cases of immigrant and refugee health from diverse communication perspectives, providing theoretical frames and effective recommendations for designing future health communication campaigns and interventions for...

This book calls for a re-conceptualisation of the public health evidence-base to include crucial forms of creative and relational data about people's lived experiences that cannot be accessed through the biomedical approach to generating and using...

This book considers pornography as a bridge between screen cultures and screen memories. It will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of Media and Cultural Studies, Sociology, Psychology, and Mental Health. This book was originally...

This book examines the causes of a growing wave of digital activism across developing countries, arguing that it is driven by social change, rather than technological advancement alone. Beginning with an investigation into the modernization of...

This book examines the contemporary communicational practices of journalists and media outlets and the consumption and reception patterns of audiences in Russia's provinces with an emphasis on the intergenerational transmission of culture and memory...

This book presents a snapshot of critical responses by researchers from 10 countries and 4 continents, in a collective effort to explore how Cultural Studies can contribute to our struggle to persevere in a "no normal" horizon, with no clear end in sight...

This book presents a state-of-the-art of EMI research in European higher education over the last twenty years, offering a comprehensive comparative analysis toward identifying gaps in our understanding of relevant theories, research, and practice.Author:...

This book presents a systematic and in-depth investigation into the translation and reception of The Art of War in the western strategic culture.Author: Tian LuoPublisher: RoutledgePublication Date: Jan 29, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Nepal's news media, including empirical studies, critical reviews, and theoretical and philosophical analyses focusing on journalism and contemporary media practices in the country, using local analyses and...

This book provides an overview of the research carried out by Chinese scholars in the field of literary translation. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice.Author: Roberto A...

This book seeks to draw a comprehensive picture of influencer collaborations from a strategic communication perspective. It tackles strategic influencer communication from multi-disciplinary perspectives, from varying actor foci, and from different...

This collection brings together the authors' previous research with new work on the Register-Functional (RF) approach to grammatical complexity, offering a unified theoretical account for its further study. The book traces the development of the RF...

This collection expands the body of research on the intersection of gender and translation to highlight perspectives across different countries in Europe, showcasing developments in the field from its origins in the emergence of feminist translation in...

This edited collection addresses climate change journalism from the perspective of temporality, showcasing how various time scales - from geology, meteorology, politics, journalism and lived cultures - interact with journalism around the world.Author:...

This edited volume explores emotion and its translations through the global world from a variety of different points of view, as a personal, socio-cultural and industrial experience in the latest phases of globalisation.Author: Susan Petrilli, Meng Ji...

This innovative volume builds on Michael S. Gazzaniga's Interpreter Theory toward radically expanding the theoretical and methodological scope of translational priming research. Gazzaniga's Interpreter Theory, based on empirical studies carried out with...

This pioneering work explores epigraphic evidence for the development of English before the Anglo-Saxon period, bringing together linguistic, historical, and archaeological perspectives on early inscriptions, making them more accessible to a wider...

This timely volume constitutes the first book-length account of implicit as well as explicit language attitudes. It details the findings of a large-scale study, incorporating cutting-edge implicit and self-report instruments adapted from social...