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Marjorie Perloff, critic of 20th-century poetry, argues that Wittgenstein speaks to poets because he provides a way out of the impasse of high versus low discourse, demonstrating the inescapable strangeness of ordinary language.
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Arguing that the presidency is not defined by the Constitution - but by what presidents say and how they say it, "Deeds Done in Words" has been the... Læs mere
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Using Figurative Language is for both interdisciplinary scholars who study or are interested in figurative language such as linguists, psychologists, philosophers, communication... Læs mere
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In this book two of the leading figures in argumentation theory present a view of argumentation as a means of resolving differences of opinion by testing the acceptability of the disputed positions. This is a major contribution to the study of argumentation.
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The book is an investigation of the semantics of numericals, counting and measuring, and its connection to the mass/count distinction from a theoretical and... Læs mere
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This book demonstrates how metaphor needs to be researched using multiple methods of investigation.
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Using a wide range of examples such as research papers, business reports, performance commentaries, professional guidebooks and legal documents, this book examines the discourse of... Læs mere
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This book discusses the use of metaphor across a variety of texts and genres from literature, politics, science, education, advertising and the discourse of mental illness. Includes... Læs mere
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Lexical Conflict combines theoretical and applied linguistic perspectives to explore the lexical richness of over 100 world languages. The text systematises... Læs mere
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In recent years, the study of formal semantics and pragmatics has grown tremendously. In this book, some of the most prominent figures in... Læs mere
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Conditionals are sentences of the form 'If A, then B', and they play a vital role in reasoning and communication. Combining the... Læs mere
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English Nouns explores the mechanisms by which English nominalizations come to have a variety of readings depending on their syntactic context. It debunks... Læs mere