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The Olympic torch relay held before the 2008 Games was the moment when East met West on the media stage. This book analyses the torch relay and its representation, offering a discursive construction……続きを見る

This book presents a comprehensive study of the subject of text and discourse coherence, integrating some of the traditional trends of discourse analysis and creating new channels of research which ……続きを見る

This book aspires to make an expedient contribution to the trust-based body of knowledge. Various disciplines analyze the notion of "trust", by addressing it from their own perspectives. The fact th……続きを見る

Over the last few years there has been a burgeoning interest in both space and place as linguistic phenomena. Some of this interest stemmed from studies on the situatedness of language and speech in……続きを見る

Um dem subjektiven Erleben von Patienten in Bezug auf Krankheit mehr Beachtung zu schenken, benötigt man wissenschaftliche Konzepte und Methoden, welche diesen vornehmlich kognitiven Aspekt von Kran……続きを見る

This book comprises a range of general discussions on tradition and innovation in the methodology used in discourse studies (Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Argumentation Theory, Rhetoric, Philosoph……続きを見る

Este trabajo persigue profundizar en el estudio de la conexión discursiva en dos grandes niveles. Por un lado, se quieren proporcionar claves conceptuales que permitan arrojar alguna nueva luz a la ……続きを見る

The central focus of the book is the identification of the ways people engage in communicative encounters to (re)constitute personal and social identities. Its aim is to identify some principal them……続きを見る

Few concepts in Discourse Studies are so versatile and intricate and have been so frequently contested as interpersonality. This construct offers ample terrain for new research, since it can be view……続きを見る

The notion of ‘genre’ has established itself as a key concept in many disciplines and fields as a means of describing social action and/or recurring patterns of form. Recent social and technological……続きを見る

Welche Funktionen haben «kleine Wörter» wie Diskursmarker und Lautelemente in der Interaktion? Wo und zu welchem Zweck verwenden sie junge Frauen in Gesprächen untereinander? Die empirische Studie u……続きを見る

Video games have evolved to become a pervasive format which is beyond entertainment, enjoyed by a broad group of people rather than as a niche activity by hardcore gamers. However, to date, academic……続きを見る

Can linguistic pragmatics be developed without the need to formulate rules, criteria or maxims? The author argues that rules as they have been conceived of within pragmatics, particularly speech act……続きを見る

Die hier versammelten Aufsätze verdeutlichen anhand konkreter Anforderungen und Erfahrungen aus der Kommunikationspraxis, wie linguistisches Wissen zur Bewältigung kommunikativer Herausforderungen u……続きを見る

There is hardly any aspect of verbal communication that has not been investigated using the analytical tools developed by corpus linguists. This is especially true in the case of English, which comm……続きを見る

This corpus-based study investigates the use of nominalization in English translations of Chinese literary prose through the analysis of three English versions of the Chinese novel Hong Lou Meng (Dr……続きを見る

Wie wurden Menschenrechte zum erfolgreichen Bestandteil politischer und ideologischer Argumentation während der 1960er und 1970er Jahre? Zur Beantwortung dieser Frage untersucht das Buch die Verwend……続きを見る

Cette étude alliant l’épistémologie du vieux continent à la pragmatique américaine présente une vaste synthèse des recherches et des solutions industrielles dans l’ensemble des médias informatisés. ……続きを見る

Popular newspapers played a vital role in shaping British politics, society and culture in the twentieth century. This book provides a concise and accessible historical overview of the rise of the t……続きを見る

This volume brings together a number of corpus-based studies dealing with language varieties. These contributions focus on contemporary lines of research interests, and include language teaching and……続きを見る

The book brings together a rich variety of perspectives on abstracts as an academic genre. Drawing on genre analysis and corpus linguistics, the studies collected here combine attention to generic s……続きを見る

This book analyses one of the many levels of complexity not readily apparent to the reader of Zola’s fiction: the question of the author’s family secrets. The novels addressed here present a variety……続きを見る

Sprachgesteuerte Dialogsysteme erlauben es, durch natürlichsprachliche Benutzereingaben ein automatisches System zu bedienen. Bei der telefonbasierten Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion treten durch die Ko……続きを見る

The book presents the issue of impoliteness in media discourse found in television debates, films and computer-mediated communication. The phenomenon is viewed from different theoretical perspective……続きを見る

Le sociologue américain Harvey Sacks (1935-1975) a apporté une contribution décisive au développement de l’ethnométhodologie en fondant l’analyse de conversation et l’analyse des catégorisations. Il……続きを見る

This book brings together friends and colleagues of Prof. Dr. Ayseli Usluata who cherish her as a person as well as an academic. As we have all experienced, Prof. Usluata’s major passion is advancin……続きを見る

Unter dem Rahmenthema «Emotionen» fand am 15./16. April 2016 auf dem Campus Gotland der Universität Uppsala die 12. Arbeitstagung schwedischer Germanistinnen und Germanisten «Text im Kontext» statt.……続きを見る

Informatik und Gesellschaft erlebt eine Renaissance. Innovationen der Informatik treiben einen gravierenden gesellschaftlichen Wandel immer schneller voran, der für heftige Debatten sorgt. Aktuelle ……続きを見る

Communication audit is a relatively new field of research, which has so far been investigated from a managerial point of view. Linguists have not yet researched it. This book summarises existing, ma……続きを見る

The book is a scholarly and creative consideration of audiovisual broadcasting and what makes a TV performance professional. It combines an academic approach to TV News with a practical understandin……続きを見る