Language Arts & Disciplines

Critical Sociolinguistic Research Methods is a guide to conducting concrete ethnographic and discourse analytic research projects, written by top scholars for students and researchers in social science fields.Author: Monica Heller, Sari Pietikäinen, Joan...

Doing Corpus Linguistics offers a practical step-by-step introduction to corpus linguistics, making use of widely available corpora and a register analysis-based theoretical framework to provide applied linguistics and TESOL students with the...

From Legacy Media to Going Viral: Generational Media Use and Citizen Engagement examines how the prominent media available shapes each rising generation of citizens. The authors discuss how global and national events along with the media each...

It offers comprehensive methodology for the study of representations of language learning and literacy and applies it to three important contemporary literary texts. The practical applications shows that this methodology enriches the text's reception and...

Language and Decolonisation is the first collection to bring together views from across scholarly communities that are committed to the decolonisation agenda in language study. It is essential for advanced students, scholars and researchers of language,...

Location Awareness in the Age of Google Maps explores the mundane act of navigating cities in the age of digital mapping infrastructures. Noone navigates the frictions routing through Google Maps' brand of location awareness and its categorizing and...

Milestones in Digital Journalism sets out ten defining moments that changed the way we understand, produce, finance and engage with the news today. Designed for weekly use on digital journalism courses, these ten milestones provide a conceptual roadmap...

Science communication aims at the successful sharing and explanation of sciencerelated topics to a wider audience. In order to enhance communication between science and society, a better understanding of citizens' habits and perceptions is needed...

The Creative Writing Compass presents a dynamic navigational instrument for creative writers, providing a method for developing and advancing knowledge of creative writing. Award-winning novelist Graeme Harper explores the many fluid interactions of the...

The volume reflects on the ways in which scholarly output is intricately linked with scholarly identity and the challenges LGBTQ scholars face when their scholarly and gender and sexual identities can often seem to be in conflict.Author: Sharon...

This book draws on the legacy of Canadian scholar Barbara Godard and her work in establishing the Canadian literary landscape as a means of exploring agency in feminist translation studies.Author: Elena Castellano-OrtolàPublisher: RoutledgePublication...

This book examines science and technology policies in China over time and explores the development of scholarly communication through the lens of the political economy of communication. Despite political censorship and restrictions on the production of...

This book examines the rise of English in Rwanda, offering critical insights into the links between language, colonialism, and capitalism, with implications for our understanding of global English. Spowage takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on...

This book explores the major theories of generative grammar from a historical perspective, providing an overview and tracing the evolution of this linguistic framework. Generative grammar is widely recognized for its major contributions to the study of...

This book explores the pervasive and globalized trajectory of domestic disinformation. It describes specific operations and general apparatuses of disinformation that are sponsored by the State institutions in several countries around the world, such as...

This book explores three exciting and key areas of creative writing practice and understanding. What stimulates a writer to write - or to write a particular piece? What do they intend to achieve when they do it? And is there a process we can study and...

This book investigates the existential clause (EC) from a cross-linguistic perspective and within the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics.Author: WANG. YONGPublisher: RoutledgePublication Date: Jun 21, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...

This book offers a comprehensive resource on the state-of-the-art in L2 pronunciation, surveying the most up-to-date theoretical and methodological developments to highlight the multidimensional nature of pronunciation scholarship and directions for...

This book offers an in-depth study of the quasi-political, self-deprecating and parodic buzzwords and memes prevalent in Chinese online discourse. Combining discourse analysis with in-depth audience research amongst the young internet users who deploy...

This book represents an in-depth analysis of journalism in Japan during the golden era of the daily press and the gradual introduction of digital technology starting from the mid-1980s to the late 2010s. By presenting firsthand testimony from journalists...

This collection brings together different perspectives on post-traumatic stress, considering its causes, its impact on different groups, and ways forward toward equipping speech-language clinicians, educators, and scholars to better understand and...

This collection highlights multidisciplinary approaches toward better understanding the discourses of extremism, exploring the ways in which insights from linguistics and other disciplines might inform each other in enacting meaningful reforms in policy,...

This collection spotlights the diachronic dimensions of the linguistic landscape, importance of exploring temporal dissonances in historical events in order to better understand semiotic, political, and social transformations across different communities...

This collection takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of gendered technology, an emerging area of inquiry which draws on a range of fields to explore how technology is designed and used in a way which reinforces or challenges gender norms and...

This is a book about the bond between sentient beings. It explores the non-verbal space between two entities, and asks questions like; What is a healthy human being? Is it nature? Nurture? Nature via nurture? How are we born with personality traits,...

This practical guide introduces students to the language and other skills needed to deliver a presentation in English. Concise and accessible, the guide will be particularly helpful to learners of English. The book: - covers different types of...

This volume examines the trends and patterns of journalists' harassment in Africa, and assess the policy interventions and protection mechanisms that are put into place in the region.Author: Lungile Augustine Tshuma, Trust Matsilele, Mbongeni Jonny...

This volume explores innovations in journalism: the goals and expectations associated with them, promoting and hindering framework conditions, and their social and industrial impact. Drawing on an international research project conducted in Germany,...

This volume fully illuminates the role of diversity in media representation, dissemination, and effects across various platforms, including social media. Against a backdrop of shifting demographics and increasing diversity, the book highlights the...

This volume presents a sample of key Educational Testing Service (ETS) research and development efforts related to speaking assessment over the years.Author: Larry Davis, John M NorrisPublisher: RoutledgePublication Date: Sep 19, 2024Number of Pages: NA...