LINGUIST List 7.128

Sat Jan 27 1996

Books: Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Syntax

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  • Ande Ciecierski, New Books:Sociolinguistics

    Message 1: New Books:Sociolinguistics

     Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 10:03:13 EST
    From: Ande Ciecierski <ciecierskiroutledge.com>
    Subject: New Books:Sociolinguistics


    SOCIOLINGUISTICS

    Kira Hall and Mary Bucholtz, eds., GENDER ARTICULATED Language and the Socially Constructed Self GENDER ARTICULATED forges new connections between language-related fields and feminist theory. Refuting apolitical, essentialist perspectives on language and gender, the essays presented here examine a range of cultures, languages and settings. They explicitly connect feminist theory to language research. Some of the most distinguished scholars working in the field of language and gender today discuss such topics as Japanese women's appropriation of "men's language," the literary representation of lesbian discourse, the silencing of women on the Internet, cultural mediation and Spanish use at New Mexican weddings and the uses of silence in the Anita Hill-ClarenceThomas hearings. Routledge, New York: 1996: 448 pp HB: 0 415 91398 5: #D0032: $69.95: L45.00 PB: 0 415 91399 3: #D0036: $22.95: L14.99 Available for Discussion

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    TEXT/DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

    Murray Knowles and Kirsten Malmkjaer, LANGUAGE AND CONTROL IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Murray Knowles and Kristen Malmkjaer examine the work of some of our most popular 19th and 20th century children's writers in order to expose the persuasive power of language. At the heart of LANGUAGE AND CONTROL IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE lie two surveys of children's favorite readings, the first carried out in 1888, the other a hundred years later by the authors themselves. Using a computer analysis of the vocabulary and grammar patterns in the most popular children's texts of each period, the authors examine the ways in which children's writers use language to inculcate a particular world view in the minds of their readers. For example, by examining the work of nineteenth century English writers of juvenile fiction, the authors expose the colonial and class assumptions on which the books were predicated. Routledge: 1995: 296 pp HB: 0 415 08624 8: #C0161: $65.00: L40.00 PB: 0 415 08625 6: #C0753: $17.95: L12.99

    Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard and Malcolm Coulthard, eds., TEXTS AND PRACTICES Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis TEXTS AND PRACTICES provides an essential introduction to the theory and practice of Critical Discourse Analysis. The essays demonstrate how Critical Discourse Analysis can be applied to a variety of written and spoken texts, by deconstructing data from a range of contexts, countries and spheres and exposing hidden patterns of discrimination and inequalities of power. TEXTS AND PRACTICES, which includes specially commissioned papers from a range of distinguished authors, provides a state-of-the-art introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis, making it an important contribution to this developing field. Routledge: 1995: 320 pp HB: 0 415 12142 6: #C0091: $69.95: L45.00 PB: 0 415 12143 4: #C0011: $18.95: L14.99

    Charles Forceville, PICTORIAL METAPHOR IN ADVERTISING In PICTORIAL METAPHOR IN ADVERTISING, Charles Forceville argues that metaphor can also occur in pictures and draws on relevant studies from various disciplines to propose a model for the identification, classification and analysis of "pictorial metaphors." By using insights taken from a range of linguistic and cognitive perspectives--interaction and relevance theory--Forceville demonstrates his point and provides a framework within which these pictorial metaphors can be analyzed. Routledge: 1996: 224 pp HB: 0 415 12868 4: #C0957: $69.95: L45.00

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    SYNTAX

    Herman Wekker and Liliane Haegeman, A MODERN COURSE IN ENGLISH SYNTAX Now available from Routledge in the US, A MODERN COURSE IN ENGLISH SYNTAX provides intermediate and advanced students of linguistics and English with a systematic account of the rules of English syntax, and acquaints them with the general methodology of syntactic description. It teaches them how to formulate syntactic arguments, and how to apply the right criteria and tests in the analysis of sentences. The technical terms and concepts needed for discussing English structures are presented step-by-step and all terms are clearly defined and amply illustrated as they are introduced. The text is interspersed throughout with exercises and practical assignments which students will find both useful and enjoyable. Routledge: 1995: 208 pp PB: 0 415 03684 4: #D1088: $17.95: L12.99

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