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  • - A Constructional Approach
    af David G. Lockwood
    1.198,95 - 2.799,95 kr.

    Aimed at undergraduate and beginning graduate students, this work covers the varieties of syntactic phenomena in different languages and a method of analyzing and describing them.

  • - Functional Linguistic Perspectives
    af Len Unsworth
    824,95 kr.

    This provides sufficient background to enable those coming new to SFL to make productive, critical use of the research reviewed, studies described and advice on project design provided in the following chapters.

  • - Writing, Rhythm, History
     
    534,95 kr.

    Examines the difference between philosophy and poetry. This book explores three areas: the practice of writing with respect to orality; the interpretive modes of poetic and philosophical discourse as self-narration and historical understanding; and, how rhythm marks the differential spaces in poetry and philosophy.

  • af Paul-Laurent Assoun
    874,95 kr.

    Many Freudian analysts have attempted to link the writings of Nietzsche with the clinical work of Freud. This text reconstructs Freud's encounter with Nietzsche, his personal interpretations and the contribution of Nietzsche's champions. He also examines the thematic similarities between the two.

  • af Professor Anthony Woodiwiss
    479,95 kr.

    The distinction between understanding sight as a natural faculty - vision - and understanding it as an historical and social construct - visuality - has had significant impact in the visual arts.

  • - Linguistic and Social Processes
    af Frances Christie
    823,95 - 875,95 kr.

    This volume seeks to renew the dialogue between Bernstein's sociology and systemic functional linguistic theory. The discussions demonstrate the role and significance of pedagogy in shaping consciousness and also reveal the continuing relevance of the theories to each other.

  • - The Post-Bureaucratic School
    af Lynn Davies & Professor Clive (University of Birmingham Harber
    587,95 kr.

    The reality of school life, from which any theory of school effectiveness must derive, is illustrated by an ethnographic account of the job of the headteacher in developing countries.

  •  
    534,95 kr.

    Language across Boundaries is a selection of papers from the millennium conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics. The thirteen papers are written by applied linguists, from Britain, mainland Europe, the USA, Australia and Singapore, working in a variety of sub-disciplines of the field. The ''boundaries'' of the title have been widely interpreted and the book reflects a spectrum of research, ranging from work on the linguistic repercussions of individual and group identity boundaries to work dealing with ways of crossing national and cultural boundaries through language learning and language mediation in the form of translation. Included in the volumes are the plenary papers given by Jennifer Coates, well known for her work on language and gender, on the expression of alternative masculinities; and by Bencie Woll, holder of the first chair of Sign Language and Deaf Studies in the UK, on the insights to be gained from sign language in exploring language, culture and identity.

  • af J. Patrick Greene
    1.187,95 kr.

  • af Peter H. Fries & Michael Cummings
    1.197,95 kr.

    Currently, there is a movement in linguistics towards careful use of corpora in linguistic and text analysis, which has involved both written and spoken corpora and those which combine spoken and written text.

  • af Prof. Ralph (Professor Fevre
    582,95 kr.

    This is a tradition which, the author argues, forces us to engage in ethical reflection as well as the simple evaluation of argument.

  • af Clare (University of Sydney Painter
    829,95 kr.

    Halliday's theory of language development from the earlier studies of protolanguage and initial grammar, and will be of interest to researchers across a range of disciplines, including systemic functional theory, child language, developmental psychology and educational linguistics.

  • - A Revaluation
    af Professor Gordon Williams
    1.717,95 kr.

    British Theatre in the Great War deals with a theatrical phase customarily dismissed by those charting twentieth-century developments. What becomes clear is that assessment by unsuitable literary criteria has masked the importance of the war years in British theatrical history.

  • af Elizabeth R. DeSombre
    590,95 - 875,95 kr.

    The study of global environmental politics draws on a variety of academic traditions. This title examines four important aspects of the field: international environmental cooperation; the issues of science, uncertainty and risk; the experience of developing states in global environmental negotiations; and the role of non-state actors.

  • af Robert (De Montfort University Murphy
    588,95 kr.

    Covers the whole range of British films about the Second World War, right up to The Land Girls (1998). It deals extensively with films made during the war but also offers detailed analysis of the huge numbers of films made after the war.

  • af James Tooley
    655,95 kr.

    What is wrong with education? Why do educational reforms always miss their target? How can we create a better education system? And what can we learn from other countries? Reclaiming Education tackles the challenges facing education that really matter - the ones that academics often ignore, parents demand solution to and politicians.

  • - Geographies of Science Fiction
     
    587,95 kr.

    Science fiction - one of the most popular literary, cinematic and televisual genres - has received increasing academic attention in recent years. For many theorists science fiction opens up a space in which the here-and-now can be made strange or remade; where virtual reality and cyborg are no longer gimmicks or predictions, but new spaces and subjects.Lost in space brings together an international collection of authors to explore the diverse geographies of spaceexploring imagination, nature, scale, geopolitics, modernity, time, identity, the body, power relations and the representation of space. The essays explore the writings of a broad selection of writers, including J.G.Ballard, Frank Herbert, Marge Piercy, Kim Stanley Robinson, Mary Shelley and Neal Stephenson, and films from Bladerunner to Dark City, The Fly, The Invisible Man and Metropolis.

  • - Three Centuries of Horror, Terror and Fear
    af Dani Cavallaro
    484,95 - 3.594,95 kr.

    The Gothic Vision examines a broad range of tales of horror, terror, the uncanny and the supernatural, spanning the late eighteenth century to the present, and of related theoretical approaches to the realm of dark writing.

  • - Past and Present
    af Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe
    817,95 - 1.859,95 kr.

  • - An Introduction
    af Dani Cavallaro
    534,95 - 2.329,95 kr.

    Offers an introduction to the key concepts and themes in French feminist thought, both the materialist and the linguistic/psychoanalytic traditions. This book outlines the philosophical and political diversity of French feminism, and traces the connections between French and Anglo-American feminist approaches and methodologies.

  • af Professor Peter V. Zima
    817,95 kr.

    The Philosophy of Modern Literary Theory presents a short introduction to the problems, theories and concepts of literary criticism, from Anglo-American New Criticism to Deconstruction and Postmodernism.

  • - And Get it Published
    af Fred Sedgwick
    424,95 kr.

    Many people want to write poetry, yet while it is not difficult to write poetry badly, it is harder to write it well. With examples from successful poets, this guide explains how the creative process works, from the initial impulse to write through to crafted and expressive poetry at the end.

  • af Dr Julia Anghileri
    456,95 kr.

    Intended chiefly for teachers and trainee teachers, this series places strong emphasis on practice, but at the same time incorporates the latest research in the field. The book demonstrates a strong belief in the ability of children to learn, and in the ability of teachers to increase children's learning potential.

  • - An Introduction to Critical Realism
     
    1.193,95 kr.

    The flexibility of critical realism is illustrated in the range of topics discussed - ranging from quantum mechanics to cyberspace, to literary theory, nature, smoking, the future of Marx, the unconscious and, of course, postmodernism and the future of theory itself.

  • - An Annotated Bibliography
    af Dr. Jonathan (Queen Mary Smele
    1.334,95 kr.

    The Russian Revolution and Civil War in the years 1917 to 1921 is one of the most widely studied periods in history. This work offers a bibliographical guide to this crucial period of history, and includes key works in the major West European languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Danish and others).

  • - A Study of the Novelist's Development through the Surviving Papers. Revised Edition
    af Brian Southam
    568,95 kr.

    Provides an account of the novelist's surviving papers. This book examines "Sir Charles Grandison", a work attributed to Jane Austen by the author in 1977. In an appendix, he discusses Mrs Leavis's theory concerning the relationship between Jane Austen's life and art, and between the juvenilia and the later novels.

  • - A Reader in Aesthetic Practice
     
    1.194,95 kr.

    An anthology of key theoretical writings by the major representatives of the schools and movements of European literature. Each chapter in this book is devoted to one particular school of movement from within a body of literature, from romanticism, realism and modernism through to the literature of political engagement of the 1920s and 1930s.

  • - An Historical Introduction
    af Norbert Samuelson
    1.192,95 kr.

    Surveys the history of Jewish philosophy, from the formation of the Hebrew Scriptures. This book is intended for courses in Jewish philosophy, as well as for more general courses in religious thought, Judaism, and philosophy. It highlights the Hebrew Scriptures, the Midrash, medieval rabbinic commentaries, and modern works of Jewish theology.

  •  
    749,95 kr.

    A collection of materials, including works of literature as well as historical documents, this work provides a broad view of how witches and magicians were represented in print and manuscript. It presents the voices of "witches," accusers, ministers, physicians, poets, dramatists, magistrates, and witchfinders from both sides of the Atlantic.

  • af Nik Farrell Fox
    743,95 kr.

    Presents a radical reassessment of Jean Paul Sartre's work, the systematic study of Sartre's relationship to postmodernism. This book explores the differences and similarities between Sartrean existentialism and French poststructuralism. It highlights the value and relevance of Sartre's work to our postmodern times.