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The book is of interest for scholars in Islamic and Religious Studies and other disciplines dealing with the issue of 9/11, for journalists and politicians and will serve as textbook in colleges and universities.

Opacity arises when the conditions for or results of an active phonological process are not evident in the speech signal. It is particularly important in Optimality Theory. This monograph is devoted to the problem of phonological opacity. It evaluates representational approaches to opacity that emerged in the 1980's.

This book is based on the premise that student sojourners and educators can benefit from a deeper understanding of the language, identity, and cultural factors that impact on the development of intercultural communicative competence and intercultural personhood.

Focusing on the phonologies of children with functional (non-organic) speech disorders, this volume reports the findings in optimality theory, phonological acquisition and disorders. It is based on typological, cross-sectional, longitudinal, and experimental evidence from over 200 children.

The book will explore contemporary manifestations of the worship of Siva that have transmigrated to the West. It explores Hindu vernacular traditions or 'village Hinduism' especially in the context of the Hindu diaspora, where the general assumption is that such forms of Hinduism cannot survive as they lack the infrastructure and the rural environment.

Brings together the studies on the world's oldest literature, which was composed before and after 2000 BCE in the extinct language Sumerian. All the contributions are based on the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, a project at Oxford University. Each chapter of this book uses the ETCSL to approach a specific question.

Explains the differences between Chomskyan linguistics and its main competitors without bias. This will help the reader to understand research articles in different frameworks.

The German Ocean examines archaeological and historical evidence for the development of economies and societies around the North Sea from the beginning of the 12th century until the end of the 16th century. It draws in material from Scandinavia to Normandy and from Scotland to Kent.

Focuses on the relations of context and text, conceptualising the latter as language operative in some recognizable social context. Acting as the interface between language and society, context analysis reveals the power of language for creating, maintaining, and changing human relationships.

Brings together the key writings, both the classic foundational pieces and contemporary work. This book contains essays and articles that are selected to represent the range, scope and diversity of the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise.

This book provides an anthology of sources highlighting Manichaeism, a gnostic religion which flourished largely clandestinely in the Near East, Central Asia, and China until the beginning of the 17th century.

'Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome' is an anthology of the surviving literary texts of women writers from the Greco-Roman world, offering new translations of the work of over 50 women. Each author is introduced with a critical review of what we know about the writer, her work, its significance and a discussion of the texts which follow.

Addresses key issues such as: nature and extent of multilingualism and multiculturalism; the role of English in the Europe Union; language, languages and democracy; and language and literacy development in emerging contexts.

This two-volume set offers the reader an account of the evolution of important aspects of M.A.K. Halliday's 'Systemic Functional Linguistics' over the last couple of decades.

This book argues on the one hand the need to attend to the different voices in the classroom, and on the other to encourage an attitude of enquiry which creates awareness of the power of discourse in maintaining and/or changing societies.

Selection of papers from the 2003 Conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics.

'Functional Dimensions of Ape-Human Discourse' asks the question 'what do interactions between apes and humans mediated by language tell us?'. In order to answer this question the authors explore language-in-context, drawing on a multi-leveled, multi-functional linguistics.

In this full length biography, Alyn Shipton examines the fascinating mix of ingredients that comprised the man and his music, and in the process draws a vivid picture of Carr's home region, the North-East of England, of National Service, of such literary influences as W. Somerset Maughan, of post-war continental Europe and its Bohemian arts scene, and of the London jazz world from the 1960s onwards

Presents papers on a variety of aspects of the language-literature connection, and approaches it from diverse perspectives and methodological frameworks, including Systemic Functional Linguistics, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, ethnolinguistics, cultural and translation studies.

The chapters of this volume explore the intimate relations of society, language and mind: the development of each of these depends on the contribution of the other two.

Features many dishes that go back to the early 18th century and even earlier. This book includes an introduction by contemporary food writer and broadcaster Hattie Ellis as well as a note by Catherine Mant, grandaughter of the author and former Assistant Editor of "The Good Food Guide".

Brings together the key writings, both the classic foundational pieces and contemporary work. This book contains essays and articles that are selected to represent the range, scope and diversity of the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise.

Offers a look at the Bank of Canada. Drawing on qualitative data and employing theories of activity, genre, narrative, and situated learning, this book provides an ethnographic account of the role of technology-mediated discourse in the Bank's knowledge-building, policy-making, and public communication.

An introduction to genre analysis from the perspective of the 'Sydney School' of functional linguistics.

A satirical and a surreal self-help guide, which challenges the orthodox perception of the Beatles' status. This work presents an oppressed minority with a defence strategy for dealing with any Fab Four fans reluctant to give peace a chance.

An Introduction to English Sentence Structure puts the study of English sentences into the meaningful perspective provided by the broad essentials of functionalism.

An introduction to understanding focus groups as analytical means exploring socially shared knowledge. This book examines how to analyse interaction and ideas expressed in focus groups. It considers different kinds of interdependencies among participants who hold diverse positions. It explores circulations of ideas and contents in focus groups.

This paperback edition of a book first published in hardback in 2002 is a fascinating and provocative study which looks at castles in a new light, using the theories and methods of landscape studies.

Looks at two popular approaches to language description: Systemic Functional Linguistics and Corpus Linguistics