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A systemic functional linguistics study that analyses how a wide range of modalities, other than language, make and communicate meaning. It analyses the meaning making potential of not only language, but modalities like laughter, music, colour, and architectural spaces.

An analysis of the distinctive political writings of George Orwell. It focuses on his concept of political power and its relevance. By looking at Orwell as a political thinker, it derives a 'political message' from his works that may qualify as contributions to the liberal political thought.

Draws together a group of international policy analysts and researchers to examine the Academies policy and implementation. This book shows how the Academies Programme in England is an important site for examining the growth of neoliberal ideas and practices in the framing and delivery of public services such as education.

A radical reconsideration of a major and popular genre influenced by the thought of the significant French philosopher Gilles Deleuze.

This text provides an introduction to Marxist literary criticism. It comprises studies of major figures in the tradition, specifically Althusser, Gramsci, Eagleton, Adorno, Benjamin, Bloch, Lefebvre, Lukacs and Jameson.

Offers an overview of research and innovations in corpus-based and corpus-driven language teaching and learning. This book focusses on innovative uses of corpora by language teachers and learners. It also focuses on various corpus-based tools for LSP learning. It illustrates research findings from corpora consisting of language learner data.

A collection of essays that rectifies a long-standing misconception in the history of the relation between Hegel and analytic philosophy. It offers 'analytic' readings of Hegel, Hegelian readings of the analytic tradition, historical explorations of Hegel's confrontation with Kant and of the analytic tradition's debt to Hegel.

Presenting an account of 'Aristotle's Ethics', this book argues for the importance of the concept of 'techne' in constructing an understanding of Aristotle's moral philosophy. It explores the importance of 'techne' in the Platonic and pre-Platonic intellectual context in which Aristotle was writing.

In a fresh interpretation of Parmenides' philosophical poem "On Nature", this book considers Parmenides as a thinker of mortal singularity, a thinker who is concerned with the fate of irreducibly unique individuals. It also includes a substantial overview and bibliography of contemporary scholarship on Parmenides.

Philosophical accounts of childhood have tended to derive from Plato and Aristotle, who portrayed children as unreasonable and incomplete in terms of lacking formal and final causes and ends. This title examines the idea that compulsory education is a social good, and that adulthood and childhood should be considered as entirely separate realms.

The issue of veiling has been intensively debated in Western society and has implications for religious liberty, inter-communal relationships and cultural interaction. This book seeks to generate open and objective discussion of this highly important, though controversial, subject, with contributions from female practitioners of Islam.

Examines the political economy of the states of Pacific Asia, stretching from Japan to Burma since the end of WWII. This title offers a comprehensive account of the diverse experiences of the states in Pacific Asia.

Covers the fundamental areas of philosophical logic. This guide explores issues pertaining to classical logic and its rivals, extensional and intensional extensions of classical logic, semantics for parts of natural language, and the application of logic in the theory of rationality.

Sets the resources of the philosophical tradition to the task of interpreting violence in its diverse expressions. This title states that philosophy can remain a vital partner in the twin tasks of diagnosis and action.

Sheds light on the development of crucial aspects of Beckett's post-war writing by drawing on exclusive access to his unpublished German diaries. This book explores the relevance of these diaries to Beckett's development as a writer. It challenges traditional literary interpretations by taking an empirical approach to modernist writing.

Using data from an ethnographic case study of a low-achieving girls school, the author explores aspirations and argues that whilst class is very powerful in explaining educational attainment, understanding educational aspirations is somewhat more complex.

Explores the intersection of philosophy of religion and moral philosophy. This book suggests ways of thinking about moral philosophy in its under-explored but potentially very fruitful encounter with philosophy of religion.

Provides insight on the acquisition of functional categories within the Minimalist Framework. This book examines the availability of Determiner Phrases in the grammar of young children acquiring Spanish as a first language. It addresses the language acquisition debate between the continuity and discontinuity hypothesis.

A reinterpretation of Katharine Mansfield's work that expands our understanding of her place in Modernism. It discusses her fiction in relation to her life.

Philip Roth has without doubt been one of the most important writers of fiction in the United States during the latter part of the twentieth century. This title collects essays by noted Roth scholars on three essential novels appearing in recent years, "American Pastoral" (1997), "The Human Stain" (2000), and "The Plot Against America" (2004).

Using a broad range of case studies, this book examines conflict and the international relations facing the world. It looks at conflict both as an important subject in its own right and as a powerful lens through which to view international relations more generally. It provides an introduction to both theory and practice.

Explores the theoretical and practical potential of the psychoanalytic method deployed by Slavoj Zizek by investigating its epistemological implications within our capitalist universe. This book begins by evaluating Zizek's account of the capitalist ideology of enjoyment through the analysis of Lacan's critique of Marx's surplus-value.

This translation and commentary on the Ugaritic texts is aimed at general readers, students and specialists. The texts are seen as background material for Old Testament study, as Ugaritic deities, myths, religious terminology, poetic techniques and general vocabulary are found in the Hebrew Bible.

Covers key ideas in debates on the complex relationship between theory and practice in the field of translation studies. This book explores the relevance of translation theory to practice.

Covers key ideas in debates on the complex relationship between theory and practice in the field of translation studies. This book explores the relevance of translation theory to practice.

Presents an examination of the readings of Marx given by four post-structuralist thinkers, all key figures in Continental philosophy: Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze. This title aims to develop a better understanding of both Marx and post-structuralism.

In 1991 Van Morrison said, 'Music is spiritual, the music business isn't'. This book investigates the oppositions and harmonies within the work of Van Morrison, proceeding from this identified starting point. It looks at Morrison as a singer. It also looks at how he uses his voice as an interpretive instrument.