Intonation in the Grammar of English

By: Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday, William S. Greaves Intonation in the Grammar of English is written for scholars who are interested in language, but not necessarily linguists or phoneticians. The introduction covers speech sound, locating it in relation to other phenomena and disciplines, discusses its representation and interpretation,...
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Language, Cognition and Space: The State of the Art and New Directions

Edited by: Vyvyan Evans and Paul Chilton Spatial perception and cognition is fundamental to human abilities to navigate through space, identify and locate objects, and track entities in motion. Moreover, research findings in the last couple of decades reveal that many of the mechanisms humans employ to achieve...
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Chomskyan Linguistics and its Competitors

By: Pius ten Hacken Noam Chomsky is not only one of the most influential, but also one of the most controversial figures in Twentieth century linguistics. In view of the polarization of opinions on Chomsky, giving a balanced account of Chomskyan linguistics is an ambitious venture. This book...
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Everyday Readers: Reading and Popular Culture

By: Ian Collinson Book reading often seems to function as a barometer of cultural vitality. For those who wish to argue that we live in a dumbed-down age, the alleged decline in book reading often becomes the benchmark of falling cultural standards. Although pessimistic critics and commentators may...
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