A Grammar of Old English, Volume II: Morphology completes Richard M. Hogg's two-volume analysis of the sounds and grammatical forms of the Old English language.
Incorporates insights derived from the latest theoretical and technological advances, which post-date most Old English grammars
Utilizes the databases of the Toronto Dictionary of Old English project - a digital corpus comprising at least one copy of each text surviving in Old English
Features separation of diachronic and synchronic considerations in the sometimes complicated analysis of Old English noun morphology
Includes extensive bibliographical coverage of Old English morphology
"Discourse Analysis: An Introduction" is a comprehensive, accessible introduction to discourse analysis. In a series of nine chapters, the book examines different approaches to discourse, looking at discourse and society, discourse and pragmatics, discourse and genre, discourse and conversation, discourse grammar, corpus-based approaches to discourse and critical discourse analysis. The final chapter presents a practical approach to doing discourse analysis.
The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking, 3d edition
Math can be a living source of powerful ideas that transcend mathematics; a window into mind-opening philosophical concepts such as infinity, fourth dimensions, chaos, and fractals; and a practical training ground for developing skills in analysis, reasoning, and thought—if you have the right approach and the right guide.
The fourteen contributions in this collection come from different approaches in pragmatics, interactional linguistics, conversation analysis, discourse analysis and dialogue analysis; the name given to what is studied ranges from spoken language and conversation to interaction, dialogue, discourse and communication. What the articles have in common is a similar starting point: they are informed by a form of linguistic understanding which has emerged within what could be called the interactional turn
In this presentation of his doctoral dissertation research, Lars Hinrichs outlines the discursive functions of codeswitching between Jamaican Creole (Patois) and Jamaican English in computer-mediated communication (CMC).
This book should be of both methodological and theoretical interest to scholars of CMC, writing systems and their development, interactional sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, linguistic anthropology, codeswitching and language contact, creole studies, English as a World Language (EWL), and the Caribbean area and its diaspora.
