Routledge Studies in Linguistics
The Irish Language in Ireland: From Goídel to Globalisation
1st Edition
By Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost
June 24, 2013
This book comprises the first complete treatment of the Irish language in social context throughout the whole of Ireland, with a particular focus on contemporary society. The possibilities and limitations of the craft of language planning for the revival of the Irish language are outlined and the ...
Metaphor and Reconciliation: The Discourse Dynamics of Empathy in Post-Conflict Conversations
1st Edition
By Lynne Cameron
January 29, 2013
Sixteen years after her father was killed by an IRA bomb, Jo Berry had her first conversation with the man responsible. She had made a long journey, ‘walking the footsteps of the bombers’ as she put it, determined not to give in to anger and revenge but to try to understand his motivations and ...
Structure in Language: A Dynamic Perspective
1st Edition
By Thomas Berg
September 20, 2012
This book examines one of the allegedly unique features of human language: structure sensitivity. Its point of departure is the distinction between content and structural units, which are defined in psycholinguistic terms. The focus of the book is on structural representations, in particular their ...
Semantics and Pragmatics of False Friends
1st Edition
By Pedro J. Chamizo-Domínguez
November 09, 2010
This book approaches the topic of false friends from a theoretical perspective, arguing that false friends carry out a positive role as a cognitive device, mainly in literature and jokes, and suggesting some pragmatic strategies in order to restore the original sense of a text/utterance when a ...
Lesbian Discourses: Images of a Community
1st Edition
By Veronika Koller
June 07, 2010
Lesbian Discourses is the first book-length treatment of lesbian text and discourse. It looks at what changing images of community American and British lesbian authors have communicated since 1970, how this change can be traced in texts such as pamphlets, magazines and blogs, and why this ...
The Linguistics of Laughter: A Corpus-Assisted Study of Laughter-Talk
1st Edition
By Alan Partington
October 13, 2009
The Linguistics of Laughter examines what speakers try to achieve by producing ‘laughter-talk’ (the talk preceding and eliciting an episode of laughter) and, by using abundant examples from language corpora, what hearers are signalling when they produce laughter. In particular, Alan Partington ...
Style and Ideology in Translation: Latin American Writing in English
1st Edition
By Jeremy Munday
June 16, 2009
Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book investigates the style, or ‘voice,’ of English language translations of twentieth-century Latin American writing, including fiction, political speeches, and film. Existing models of stylistic analysis, supported at times by computer-assisted ...
The Communication of Leadership: The Design of Leadership Style
1st Edition
By Jonathan Charteris-Black
September 15, 2008
With the crisis of leadership in the western democracies, there has been a growth of interest in how leaders outside of the west emerge and consolidate their positions. This book analyses the communication strategies of six charismatic non-western leaders: Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Fidel ...
Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men
1st Edition
By Paul Baker
September 20, 2002
Polari is a secret form of language mainly used by homosexual men in London and other cities during the twentieth century. Derived in part from the slang lexicons of numerous stigmatised and itinerant groups, Polari was also a means of socialising, acting out camp performances and reconstructing a ...