Richard J. Watts 
Politeness [PDF ebook] 

Arrows of Freethought by G. W. Foote is a seminal work in the realm of rationalism and secularism, offering a compelling critique of religious dogma and advocating for atheism. The book addresses the …

Now in its fifth edition, the Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts–sponsored by the International Literacy Association and the National Council of Teachers of English–remains …

This new and completely revised edition of Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil provides a step-by-step course in Portuguese as it is written and spoken in Brazil today. Combining a user-friendly approach …

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of the field, reaffirming Iberian Studies as a dynamic and evolving discipline offering promising areas of future research. It is an essen …

In the three volumes of Major Trends in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, the editors guide the reader through a well-selected compendium of works, presenting a fresh look at contemporary linguist …

This volume outlines a theory of translation, set within the framework of Peircean semiotics, which challenges the linguistic bias in translation studies by proposing a semiotic theory that accounts …

Accompanying continued industrial production and sales of artificial intelligence and expert systems is the risk that difficult and resistant theoretical problems and issues will be ignored. The part …

This book seeks to extend research on framing beyond linguistic and cognitive perspectives by examining framing in visual and multimodal texts and their impact on moral cognition and attitudes. Drawi …

Language in the Buddhist Tantra of Japan dismantles the preconception that Buddhism is a religion of mystical silence, arguing that language is in fact central to the Buddhist tradition. By examining …

First released in 2005, Ken Hyland”s Metadiscourse has become a canonical account of how language is used in written communication. ”Metadiscourse” is defined as the ways that writers reflect on t …