Our understanding of the nature and processing of figurative language is central to several important issues in cognitive science, including the relationship of language and thought, how we process language, and how we comprehend abstract meaning. Over the past fifteen years, traditional approaches to these issues have been challenged by experimental psychologists, linguists, and other cognitive scientists interested in the structures of the mind and the processes that operate on them.
The Language of War explores how military discourse has entered mainstream use. By analyzing the interaction between verbal and visual language in military propaganda, this demonstrates the ways in which language is used in construct opposing sides during armed conflict.
The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: a core introduction to language analysis (second edition 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of 'satellite titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics, and can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.
* develops the student's ability to read and evaluate poetic texts of many kinds * includes activities, commentaries and extentions to each extract * covers a variety of poetic language, ranging from songs, advertisements and spoken language to the more traditional forms of the sonnet, ode, free verse * includes poetry from Philip Larkin, Maya Angelou, Dylan Thomas and Tony Harrison
This landmark volume provides a broad-based, state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge and research into second language teaching and learning. Fifty-seven chapters are organized in eight thematic sections. The Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning is intended for researchers, practitioners, graduate students, and faculty in teacher education and applied linguistics programs; teachers; teacher trainers;teacher trainees; curriculum and material developers; and all other professionals in the field of second language teaching and learning.
