Roman Jakobson & Moris Halle 
Fundamentals of Language [PDF ebook] 

Cognitive linguists believe that metaphors are prevalent in human thought, while metaphorical structures are reflected at the linguistic level. Therefore, analysing extensive language data can aid in …

Pragmatics: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the study of verbal and nonverbal communication in context. Including nine chapters on the history of pragmatics, current theories …

This book features case studies of ten individuals with acquired neurological disorders. These disorders have implications for speech, language, and communication, but to date they have not been the …

The Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics series takes an innovative ”practice to theory” approach, with a ”back-to-front” structure. This leads the reader from real-world problems and i …

The aptitude to write well is increasingly becoming a vital element that students need to succeed in college and their future careers. Students must be equipped with competent writing skills as colle …

**Nominated for the 2021 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work** Drawings and sequential images are so pervasive in contemporary society that we may take their understanding for granted. But …

Considering children’s literature as a powerful repository for creating and proliferating cultural and national identities, this monograph is the first academic study of children’s literature in tran …

Outlining the core methodological and theoretical premises, this book presents the essential approaches that you need to know when doing discourse analysis for the first time. Chapters cover discours …

This collection explores the discursive strategies and linguistic resources underpinning conflict and polarization, taking a multidisciplinary approach to examine the ways in which conflict is constr …

This is a book-length commentary on Walter Benjamin’s 1923 essay ‘Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers, ‘ best known in English under the title ‘The Task of the Translator.’ Benjamin’s essay is at once an imm …