Now in its third edition, this practical introduction to forensic linguistics is required reading for
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This book provides a good overview of philosophical and cognitive approaches to language
use and meaning. A synthesis of such approaches leads to a dynamic concept of pragmatic …

The roles of eloquent silence in each of the six functions of language in Roman Jakobson's
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The main aim of this book is to examine a problem that is relevant to literary criticism and
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The distinction between “pure” and “applied” sciences is an old one. According to Meinel
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