An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory offers beginning students a comprehensive overview of and introduction to our current understanding of the rules and principles that govern the syntax of natural languages. Includes numerous pedagogical features such as 'practice' boxes and sidebars, designed to facilitate understanding of both the 'hows' and the 'whys' of sentence structure. Guides readers through syntactic and morphological structures in a progressive manner. Takes the myster...

Introduction to Pragmatics guides students through traditional and new approaches in the field, focusing particularly on phenomena at the elusive semantics/pragmatics boundary to explore the role of context in linguistic communication. Offers students an accessible introduction and an up-to-date survey of the field, encompassing both established and new approaches to pragmatics. Addresses the traditional range of topics - such as implicature, reference, presupposition, and speech acts - as we...

The Ruslan 2 course book (160 pages in full colour) continues the exciting Ruslan 1 story line with Ivan, Lyudmila, Peter and Vadim. There are 10 lessons with lively dialogues, clear grammar explanations, lots of reading, listening and writing exercises and language games for the classroom or for online training. Ruslan 2 takes you to a very good GCSE level, and is easily equivalent to the Council of Europe A2 standard.

The Routledge Handbook of Far-Right Extremism in Europe is a timely and important study of the far and extreme right wing phenomenon across a broad spectrum of European countries.

Optimality Theory's central idea is that surface forms of language reflect resolutions of conflicts between competing constraints. Exercises with chapters 1-7 and sections on further reading. For linguists with a knowledge of derivational Generative Phonology.

A new and original anthology that introduces the key writings on rhetoric in the classical world, from Aristotle to Cicero and beyond. Classical rhetoric is one of the earliest versions of what is today known as media studies. It was absolutely crucial to life in the ancient world, whether in the courtroom, the legislature or on ceremonial occasions, and was described as either the art of persuasion or the art of speaking well.

This anthology, edited by Thomas Habinek, brings together all the...

This book prepares today's readers to successfully navigate our increasingly global community, introducing communication skills and concepts that will enable readers to interact successfully with different cultures and ethnic groups. Jandt offers unique insights into intercultural communication, at home and abroad, through an emphasis on history, culture, and popular media.

The Integrated Chinese Volume 3 Textbook is designed to cover the first semester of study at the college level. Learners develop real-life communicative skills as they discuss topics related to everyday life and learn useful grammatical structures presented alongside clear, jargon-free explanations. Two review lessons are included for cumulative practice. In Volume 3, both simplified and traditional characters are shown side-by-side.

The Volume 3 Textbook is also available as a fully integrat...

Müssen oder dürfen auch Sie sich in Ihrem Studium mit germanistischer Linguistik beschäftigen? Ralf Methling bringt mit anschaulichen Beispielen und verständlichen Erklärungen Leben in diese scheinbar trockene Materie. Er macht Sie mit den Teilbereichen der Linguistik vertraut: mit der Semiotik, die sich mit Zeichen, der Phonetik und Phonologie, die sich mit Lauten, der Morphologie, die sich mit Wörtern, und der Syntax, die sich mit Satzbau beschäftigt. Auch die Semantik, die Lehre de...

Systematischer Überblick über die Geschichte der deutschen Sprache vom Althochdeutschen bis zur Gegenwart. Der Band bietet:

- Vorgeschichte des Deutschen: Indogermanisch und Germanisch

- Darstellung des Sprachwandels auf allen Sprachebenen: Laut, Wort, Satz, Text

- Einbettung der Sprache in die Geistes- und Kulturgeschichte

Lehrbücher mit einem klaren Konzept:

- Merksätze, Definitionen und Boxen erleichtern das Lernen

- Abbildungen, Karten und Grafiken veranschaulichen den Lernstoff

- Üb...