Uptalk: The Phenomenon of Rising Intonation PDF ‘Uptalk’ is commonly used to refer to rising intonation at the end of declarative sentences, or (to put it more simply) the tendency for people to make statements that sound like questions, a phenomenon that has received wide exposure and commentary in the media. How and where did …
Analysing Power in Language: A practical guide Analysing Power in Language introduces students to a range of analytical techniques for the critical study of texts.Each section of the book provides an in-depth presentation of a different method of analysis with worked examples and texts for students to analyse and discuss. Answer keys are also …
The Global Future of English Studies The Global Future of English Studies presents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and future trajectory of English studies around the world. Compiles data on student enrollments, faculty hiring, and financing in English studies around the world including China, home to more English majors than …
Edible Gender, Mother-in-Law Style, and Other Grammatical Wonders: Studies in Dyirbal, Yidiñ, and Warrgamay This book builds on R. M. W. Dixon\’s most influential work on the indigenous languages of Australia over the past forty years, from his trailblazing grammar of Dyirbal published in 1972 to later grammars of Yidiñ (1971) and Warrgamay (1981). …
Grammar, Rhetoric and Usage in English: Preposition Placement 1500-1900 (Studies in English Language) The preposition is of specific curiosity to syntacticians, historians and sociolinguists of English, as its placement inside a sentence is influenced by syntactic and sociolinguistic constraints, and by how the ‘guidelines’ concerning prepositions have modified over time, because of language change, of …