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How we talk : the inner workings of conversation / by Enfield, N. J.,1966-author.(CARDINAL)670722;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-243) and index.Introduction: What is language like? -- Conversation has rules -- Split-second thinking -- The one-second window -- Traffic signals -- The glue of relevance -- Repair -- The universal word: "Huh?" -- Conclusion: The capacity for language."We all had teachers who scolded us over the use of um, uh-huh, oh, like, and mm-hmm. But as linguist N. J. Enfield reveals in How We Talk, these "bad words" are fundamental to language. Whether we are speaking with the clerk at the store, our boss, or our spouse, language is dependent on things as commonplace as a rising tone of voice, an apparently meaningless word, or a glance-signals so small that we hardly pay them any conscious attention. Nevertheless, they are the essence of how we speak. From thetraffic signals of speech to the importance of um, How We Talk revolutionizes our understanding of conversation. In the process, Enfield reveals what makes language universally-and uniquely-human"--
Subjects: Discourse analysis; Conversation.;
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Meander, spiral, explode : design and pattern in narrative / by Alison, Jane,1961-author.(CARDINAL)669922;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-258).Primary elements. Point, line, texture ; Movement and flow ; Color -- Patterns. Waves ; Wavelets ; Meanders ; Spirals ; Radials or explosions ; Networks and cells ; Fractals ; Tsunami? -- Epilogue.As Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: "For centuries there's been one path through fiction we're most likely to travel-- one we're actually told to follow--and that's the dramatic arc: a situation arises, grows tense, reaches a peak, subsides . . . But something that swells and tautens until climax, then collapses? Bit masculosexual, no? So many other patterns run through nature, tracing other deep motions in life. Why not draw on them, too?" W. G. Sebald's Emigrants was the first novel to show Alison how forward momentum can be created by way of pattern, rather than the traditional arc-- or, in nature, wave. Other writers of nonlinear prose considered in her "museum of specimens" include Nicholson Baker, Anne Carson, Marguerite Duras, Gabriel García Márquez, Jamaica Kincaid, Clarice Lispector, Susan Minot, David Mitchell, Caryl Phillips, and Mary Robison. Meander, Spiral, Explode is a singular and brilliant elucidation of literary strategies that also brings high spirits and wit to its original conclusions. It is a liberating manifesto that says, Let's leave the outdated modes behind and, in thinking of new modes, bring feeling back to experimentation. It will appeal to serious readers and writers alike. -- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Narration (Rhetoric); Discourse analysis, Narrative.; Writing.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Discourse adjectives / by Taranto, Gina.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-137) and index.
Subjects: Discourse analysis.; Grammar, Comparative and general; Semantics.;
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Corpus approaches to the language of sports : texts, media, modalities / by Callies, Marcus,editor.(DLC)n 2009013794;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Recent decades have seen a fundamental change and transformation in the commercialisation and popularisation of sports and sporting events. Corpus Approaches to the Language of Sports uses corpus resources to offer new perspectives on the language and discourse of this increasingly popular and culturally significant area of research. Bringing together a range of empirical studies from leading scholars, this book bridges the gap between quantitative corpus approaches and more qualitative, multimodal discourse methods. Covering a wide range of sports, including football, cycling and basketball, the linguistic aspects of sports language are analysed across different genres and contexts. Highlighting the importance of studying the language of sports alongside its accompanying audio-visual modes of communication, chapters draw on new digitised collections of language to fully describe and understand the complexities of communication through various channels. In doing so, Corpus Approaches to the Language of Sports not only offers exciting new insights into the language of sports but also extends the scope of corpus linguistics beyond traditional monomodal approaches to put multimodality firmly on the agenda.
Subjects: English language; Sports; Communication in sports.;
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Enough said : what's gone wrong with the language of politics? / by Thompson, Mark John,1957-author.(CARDINAL)414079;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index."There's a crisis of trust in politics across the Western world. Public anger is rising and faith in conventional political leaders and parties is falling. Anti-politics, and the anti-politicians, have arrived. In Enough Said, president and CEO of The New York Times Company Mark Thompson argues that one of the most significant causes of the crisis is the way our public language has changed. Enough Said tells the story of how we got from the language of FDR and Churchill to that of Donald Trump. It forensically examines the public language we've been left with: compressed, immediate, sometimes brilliantly impactful, but robbed of most of its explanatory power. It studies the rhetoric of Western leaders from Reagan and Thatcher to Berlusconi, Blair, and today's political elites on both sides of the Atlantic. And it charts how a changing public language has interacted with real-world events--the war in Iraq, the financial crash, immigration--and led to a mutual breakdown of trust between politicians and journalists, leaving ordinary citizens suspicious, bitter, and increasingly unwilling to believe anybody. Drawing from classical as well as contemporary examples, and ranging across politics, business, science, technology, and the arts, Enough Said is a smart and shrewd look at the erosion of language by an author uniquely placed to measure its consequences."--Dust jacket.
Subjects: Language and languages; Discourse analysis; Sublanguage.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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The culture of education / by Bruner, Jerome S.(Jerome Seymour)(CARDINAL)146856;
MARCIVE 03/01/06Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-212) and index.
Subjects: Educational psychology.; Social psychology.; Educational anthropology.; Education; Discourse analysis, Narrative.;
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The healing power of stories : creating yourself through the stories of your life / by Taylor, Daniel,1948-(CARDINAL)752017;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Psychology; Storytelling; Storytelling; Discourse analysis, Narrative; Self-perception.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Fictional truth / by Riffaterre, Michael.(CARDINAL)726382;
Subjects: Discourse analysis, Narrative.; Fiction; Narration (Rhetoric); Reality in literature.; Semiotics and literature.; Truth in literature.;
© 1989, c1990., Johns Hopkins University Press,
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Author unknown : tales of literary detection / by Foster, Donald W.,1950-(CARDINAL)766579;
Subjects: English language; English language; Anonymous writings; Literary style; Authorship; Literary forgeries and mystifications.;
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Understanding personification / by Johnson, Robin(Robin R.)(CARDINAL)474536;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.Explains what personification is and how it can improve a story.750L
Subjects: Discourse analysis, Literary; Figures of speech in literature; Figures of speech; Literary style; Personification in literature; Personification;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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