Automatic Image Tagging for Corpus Linguistics
This Element reports on the creation and analysis of a 1.5-million-word corpus consisting of a year's worth of UK national press news articles about Islam and Muslims, published between December 2022 and November 2023. The corpus also contains 8,546 image files which have been automatically tagged using Google's Vertex AI. Analysis was carried out on three levels a) written text only, b) images only, c) interactions between written text and images. Using examples from the analyses, the authors demonstrate the affordances of these three approaches, providing a critical evaluation of Vertex AI's capabilities and the abilities of popular corpus software to work with visually tagged corpora. The Element acts as a practical guide for researchers who want to carry out this form of analysis. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
The History and Theory of Rhetoric
By tracing the traditional progression of rhetoric from the Greek Sophists to contemporary theorists, this updated eighth edition gives students a conceptual framework for evaluating and practicing persuasive writing and speaking in a wide range of settings, including written, visual, and digital media.Through an expansive historical purview, the book illustrates how persuasive public discourse performs essential social functions and shapes our societies, drawing on the ideas of many of history's greatest thinkers and theorists. This new edition includes an integrated exploration of non-Western rhetorics, an updated account of contemporary rhetoric, and enhanced analysis of rhetorical theory in a digital age. Known for its clear writing style and contemporary examples throughout, The History and Theory of Rhetoric emphasizes the relevance of rhetoric to today's students.This revised edition serves as a core textbook for rhetoric courses in both English and communication programs covering both the historical tradition of rhetoric and contemporary rhetoric studies.The book is supported by an extensive collection of free digital resources for students and instructors, including: Interactive quizzes to test your knowledge Exam prep questions Introductory lectures featuring Dr. Winslow Video and audio links A detailed Instructor Manual Lecture slides for each chapter Visit the Instructor & Student Resources website at routledgelearning.com/historyofrhetoric.
Automatic Image Tagging for Corpus Linguistics
This Element reports on the creation and analysis of a 1.5-million-word corpus consisting of a year's worth of UK national press news articles about Islam and Muslims, published between December 2022 and November 2023. The corpus also contains 8,546 image files which have been automatically tagged using Google's Vertex AI. Analysis was carried out on three levels a) written text only, b) images only, c) interactions between written text and images. Using examples from the analyses, the authors demonstrate the affordances of these three approaches, providing a critical evaluation of Vertex AI's capabilities and the abilities of popular corpus software to work with visually tagged corpora. The Element acts as a practical guide for researchers who want to carry out this form of analysis. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Current Approaches to Language Ideology and Metalinguistic Discourse
This collection brings together research on cutting-edge developments at the intersection of language ideology and metalinguistic discourse, showcasing the potential of diverse approaches.This book will appeal to students and scholars in applied linguistics, language and education, and sociolinguistics.
Ecolinguistics and Emplacement
This edited volume contributes to recent theoretical work in ecolinguistics that treats language as, not about nature, but of nature.Through a dialogical interplay of theoretical and empirical work, the chapters apply ecological concepts of language, languaging, and emplacement to a multiplicity of issues, settings, and place-worlds. Empirically, the chapters meander through a universe of chimpanzees engaged in problem solving, children playing marbles, political constitutions, agricultural dictionaries, Sicilian nature reserves, children's experiences of devastating outbreaks of foot and mouth disease, expressions of sorrow across closed borders, and the linguistic conquest of uninhabited islands. By attending to locale, sense of place, and location across this diversity, the volume evokes new empirical, methodological, and practical horizons that allow ecolinguists to ask how people and their emplacement are affected by language and languaging, and how the effects of practices impact on, not just human lifeworlds, but also trillions of bioecologies.This book will be of interest to students and scholars interested in ecolinguistics, discourse analysis, applied linguistics, language contact, environmental humanities, and human and social geography.
Word-Formation - Semantics and Pragmatics
This reader is part of a five-volume-edition and comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. Volume 3 places its emphasis on the semantic models and pragmatic features of complex words.
Future Directions in Intermediality and Multimodality
This collection brings together leading scholars across disciplines to reflect on the relationship between intermediality and multimodality and future directions for the contemporary mediascape, building on a 2022 Linnaeus University lecture series inspired by the work of the late Lars Ellestr繹m.The volume contributes to ongoing dialogues about media and society, the challenges and opportunities for academia to engage with developments in the evolving mediascape, and interdisciplinary pathways toward engaging with these questions. The book features essays based on live lectures conducted in 2022 honoring the legacy of Lars Ellestr繹m, following his untimely death in December 2021. Each chapter features an established figure in such fields as multimodality, intermediality, semiotics, narratology, art history, and adaptation studies. Each essay is prefaced with an introduction by the editors and bookended with a discussion transcribed from the original live presentations. A concluding chapter looks ahead to future directions, opening new lines of inquiry around the possibilities for intermediality and multimodality research towards continuing to build on Ellestr繹m's seminal work in the field.This book will be of interest to scholars in multimodality, intermediality, and media and communication studies.
Classical Rhetorical Argumentation for the Rhetorical Critic
This book offers a reassessment of argumentation in classical rhetoric, foregrounding its rational dimension. Moving beyond introductions, it provides insights from Aristotle, Quintilian, and other ancient thinkers while addressing common misconceptions and offering clarifications that are particularly valuable for the rhetorical critic.Adopting a Scandinavian rhetorical perspective, this book argues that classical rhetoric offers enduring tools for both the analysis and the construction of persuasive argumentation. By bridging theory and practice, it demonstrates how classical rhetoric remains highly relevant, while also naturally integrating with analyses that focus on classical concepts such as ethos, pathos, or style - whether through neo-Aristotelian methods or contemporary approaches rooted in the classical rhetorical tradition. Key concepts are explored in dedicated chapters: the 'art' of logos-based argumentation is reassessed; enthymeme and epicheireme structures are examined; and topoi and staseis are discussed in relation to their later developments. A chapter on the centenary of rhetorical criticism traces its evolution from Herbert Wichelns (1925) to today, proposing a new template for the rhetorical critic.This concise yet comprehensive book will interest intermediate and advanced students, as well as scholars of rhetoric, argumentation, persuasion, speech and writing studies, and communication studies.
Translation Challenges of International Lexis
Although the reasons for the integration of international (loan) words from one language into another have been extensively studied by numerous scholars and researchers, their translation-related challenges and comparative analysis across different languages have not been sufficiently explored. In particular, the role of international words in enhancing children's vocabulary remains understudied.This monograph aims to conduct a comprehensive and in-depth examination of the causes behind the assimilation of international words into other languages, analyze the major problems encountered in their translation, and highlight similarities and differences in their usage and interpretation within Russian, English, and Uzbek languages.The study's findings may be applied in academic lectures and seminars on translation studies, in the development of various textbooks and instructional manuals, as well as in practical research. Moreover, the results can serve as the basis for new methodologies to enhance vocabulary acquisition and be effectively integrated into the educational process.
Research methods in didactics
This concise handbook leads prospective didactic researchers from project conception to thesis defense. It lays out early tasks, selecting a viable topic, framing a problem, scheduling work, then surveys qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method designs tailored to educational inquiry. Practical chapters explain how to gather data through surveys, observations, interviews, and questionnaires, with tips on instrument design and ethical use. A dedicated writing section shows how to transform notes into polished prose, structure chapters, cite sources, and format the document. Final guidance covers creating clear visuals, managing appendices, and mastering the oral defense. Throughout, the guide stresses originality, methodological rigor, and relevance to teaching-learning contexts.
How to Do Things with Words
In this groundbreaking work of 20th-century philosophy, J.L. Austin reshapes our understanding of language and its power-not merely to describe the world, but to act within it. Based on a series of lectures delivered at Harvard University, How to Do Things with Words introduces the now-famous theory of "speech acts," revealing how utterances can function as actions-promising, ordering, naming, or apologizing-rather than simply stating facts. Austin's clear and witty style, combined with his rigorous analysis, makes this a foundational text for anyone interested in language, philosophy, linguistics, law, or communication. Far from being abstract theory, Austin's ideas have reverberated across fields as diverse as political theory, literary criticism, artificial intelligence, and everyday social interaction.
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The Major Languages of East and South-East Asia
Based on Bernard Comrie's much praised The World's Major Languages, this is a key guide to an important language family. The areas covered include Chinese, Japanese and Sino-Tibetan languages.
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Polyglot M?簞nsh?-, Or, Vocabulary, Exercises, Pleasant Stories, &c. &c. &c
Legal Language and the Sea
While maritime law and law of the sea are highly-researched domains of law, there are few studies about the language associated with these fields. In a global society that is increasingly impacted by environmental, health, social, humanitarian, and political crises that partly unfold on the sea, this volume unites legal scholars and linguists who work on the language of these fields. The book includes chapters that focus on macro levels of linguistic analyses (e.g., discourse and genre analysis) and micro levels (e.g., terminology) as well as translation. Several languages for maritime legal purposes are studied, including English, French, and Chinese.
Polyglot M?簞nsh?-, Or, Vocabulary, Exercises, Pleasant Stories, &c. &c. &c
The Pronunciation of the English Language Vindicated From Anomaly & Caprice
The Oration ... On the Crown, With an Engl. Tr., Intr., Notes by F.P. Simpson
A Vocabulary, and Outline of the Grammatical Structure of the Murray River Language,
