Now featuring an expanded range of examples of critical discourse analysis in action, and across a wide variety of disciplines, and two new chapters on multimodality and social media, this book continues to provide readers with a sophisticated and nuanced treatment of discourse studies from experts in the field

In the holiday paradise Vietnam, social media are allowed only to provide and exchange personal information. Bloggers and cyberdissidents who dare to question the government's legitimacy or domestic policies are ruthlessly suppressed. Political blogger Bui Thanh Hieu (1972) nevertheless uses the Internet to criticize politically hot topics, such as Vietnam's territorial claims within China as well as its handling of land disputes with the Catholic Church. In response to this, Hieu was arreste...

This new edition of Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and practical reference guide to the most important aspects of modern Hebrew as used by contemporary native speakers of the language. It presents an accessible description of the language, focusing on the real patterns of use today. The Grammar aims to serve as a reference source for the learner and user of Hebrew irrespective of level, by setting out the complexities of the language in short, readable sections that are ...

Trask's Historical Linguistics, Third Edition, is an accessible introduction to historical linguistics - the study of language change over time. This engaging book is illustrated with language examples from all six continents, and covers the fundamental concepts of language change, methods for historical linguistics, linguistic reconstruction, sociolinguistic aspects of language change, language contact, the birth and death of languages, language and prehistory and the issue of very remote re...

Een geoloog op zoek naar de oorsprong van onze talen

Taal is de prachtigste gave van de evolutie aan de mensheid. Maar waarom zijn er zesduizend verschillende talen?

Salomon Kroonenberg maakt in De binnenplaats van Babel een ontdekkingstocht naar de bron van onze veeltaligheid. Begon het spreken met klappertanden of met klikjes? Was er ooit één taal voor alle mensen? Waarom zijn er meer talen in de bergen dan in de vlakte? Hij neemt ons mee naar de Kaukasus en de indianen, naar de wieg van ...

Fourth edition of the book in English Annotation. Intended as an intensive course for those who have just started to learn Chinese. The book consists of 40 lessons and eight reviews.