A Discourse Analysis of the ‘Trumpusconi’ Phenomenon
Is Trump our contemporary Berlusconi? This work analyses the two political figures through discourse analysis to see if their similarities go beyond personality. It confirms the ‘Trumpusconi’ idea, but shows Trump belongs to a different era of infotainment.
This collection challenges the view that translanguaging should only be used by language teachers. Through practical descriptions of its use in science and maths classrooms, it shows how this pedagogy can be a vehicle to help students understand difficult academic concepts.
Studies in Linguistic Variation and Change 3
This volume traces the complex history of the English language from its beginnings to the present day. Using diverse theoretical standpoints, it addresses changes in fields from semantics to syntax, and will be of interest to scholars and students of historical linguistics.
Writing Instruction and Intervention for Struggling Writers
Many children struggle with writing. Instead of the “wait-to-fail” model, schools can use a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) model for early intervention. This book offers descriptions and case examples of how to apply MTSS concepts for writing success.
L2 Writing Assessment
When reading and spelling problems are not detected early, they can become lifelong disabilities. Early intervention is the key. This book is a practical guide for educators to identify such problems and use active writing programmes for instruction and assessment.
These thirteen short stories from great writers help us see the world in new, exciting ways. The book integrates literary competence, communicative competence, and critical thinking skills, equipping the reader to read, write, and communicate more effectively.
Master English phrasal verbs. This comprehensive resource provides a list of verbs with easy definitions, usage examples, and exercises. It’s an essential tool for non-native speakers seeking to achieve native-like fluency and master an unpredictable part of the language.
This book explores proper names: what they are, why we need them, and how they work. It focuses on the use of names in our thoughts and in communication, as tools we use to single out objects of discourse and convey information about them.
This linguistic study is for anyone interested in cognitive semantics and pragmatics. It establishes a relationship between illocutionary and discursive features of speech acts, emphasizing the shift from arbitrariness to iconicity of linguistic expressions.
Analysing Health Discourse in Digital Environments
How is the digital world changing our conversations about health? This collection analyzes online interactions to reveal the subtle yet profound shifts reshaping health communication today.
This book explores the ontological foundation of signs, a semiotic perspective that opens the way to culture. It extends the reader’s understanding by moving beyond classical definitions of the “sign” and will appeal to anyone concerned with understanding human nature.
This book explores the relationship between learner variables and English attainment in a CLIL setting. Based on empirical research, it addresses unresolved issues, dispels myths, and offers recommendations for researchers, educators, and CLIL teachers.
This book shows how formal, non-formal, and informal education shape bilingual minds. It examines how societies influence language education, covering foreign language schooling, native bilingualism, and societal stances towards bilingualism.
Narrative and Multimodal Approaches to Corporate Discourse
This book investigates the narrative and multimodal strategies traditional Italian family firms use to promote their corporate identity abroad. It offers linguistic perspectives on corporate discourse for students and scholars in marketing, business, and applied linguistics.
This book provides new insights into hybrid place-names in England. It uncovers patterns of formation, investigating the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian, and Norman French layers of toponymy. It will appeal to historians, linguists, and local history enthusiasts.
This book analyzes hateful speech in postcolonial settings like Brazil. Through empirical analysis of online and offline attacks and resistance, it shows how global and local flows fuse into tangled issues, such as the sexist violence permeating contemporary political struggles.
Pragmatic Linguistics and Sociolinguistics
This book analyzes and compares the language styles, politeness, and directness used by English and Slovak presenters on live television. Because the shows are unscripted, their language is more natural, and the results contribute to sociolinguistic research worldwide.
Language Teaching and Language Use in Non-Native Settings
From Cameroon to Turkey, this volume illuminates the gap between teaching norms and real-life language use. It underscores the limitations of current methods and provides well-matched answers to classroom problems for teachers, researchers, and educational policy makers.
Granting Our Students an Engaging Learning Experience Online
A practical guide for language teachers to successfully develop and deliver online courses. This book offers strategies to engage students, foster collaborative learning, and improve the online experience, sharing the author’s most successful personal techniques.
Education today needs a re-thinking. This book presents EUFICCS, an innovative, full-immersion approach to language and culture teaching. This holistic path empowers students with the intercultural and democratic competences necessary to function as future global citizens.
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