Similarities and differences between speech and writing have been the subject of
innumerable studies, but until now there has been no attempt to provide a unified linguistic …

In this book Michael McCarthy and Ronald Carter describe the discoursal properties of
language and demonstrate what insights this approach can offer to the student and teacher …

A clear and lively introduction to current trends in the theory, method and tools of discourse
studies, this book is a valuable guide for students and teachers of linguistics as well as for …

Situationally defined language varieties have been examined from numerous theoretical
perspectives, in a wide range of fields including linguistics, anthropology, composition …

My interest in linguistics and its application to ancient Greek texts began during my
undergraduate studies where I was able actually to minor in what is a rare interdisciplinary …

Computer-based media place new demands on language which can promote variations in
language use (cf. Halliday, 1990). Electronic mail has assumed functions and formal …

Los estudios realizados en la actuación lingüística, de manera general, se han alineado en
lo que conocemos como Pragmática Lingüística, con atención especial a la teoría de los' …

Diskursdeixis ist ein Teil der Deixis, dem in der Forschung bislang nur wenig
Aufmerksamkeit zuteil geworden ist. Zudem blieb die bisherige Auseinandersetzung mit …

This book charts a journey of enquiry; it traces one route through a complex conceptual
landscape. Its purpose is to explore the phenomenon of summarization in theory and …

Legal Communication: A Cross-Cultural Perspective proposes an integrated
interdisciplinary framework for describing and explaining legal communication. The …