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Why Do Linguistics? - Reflective Linguistics and the Study of Language - Bok av Fiona (IOE English - Inbunden

Why Do Linguistics? - Reflective Linguistics and the Study of Language - Bok av Fiona (IOE English - Inbunden

What do we need to know about language and why do we need to know it? This book shows how viewing the world through a linguistics lens can help us to understand how we communicate with each other and why we do it in the ways we do. Above all this book is about noticing. It is about encouraging readers to pay attention to the language that surrounds them. The book addresses fundamental linguistic questions such as: Where do people''s beliefs about language come from? Who decides what language we should..

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English, F: Why Do Linguistics? - Bok av Fiona English - Inbunden

English, F: Why Do Linguistics? - Bok av Fiona English - Inbunden

What do we need to know about language and why do we need to know it?Providing the essential tools with which to analyse and talk about language, this book demonstrates the relevance of linguistics to our understanding of the world around us. This second edition includes:- Discussion of key areas of contemporary interest, such as neo-pronouns, translanguaging, and communication in the digital arena-Two brand new chapters exploring language and identity, and language and social media- A range of..

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Why Do Actors Train? - Bok av Brad (Hunter College Krumholz - Inbunden

Why Do Actors Train? - Bok av Brad (Hunter College Krumholz - Inbunden

How are we to understand the actor's work as a fully embodied process?'Embodied cognition' is a branch of contemporary philosophy which attempts to frame human understanding as a fully embodied interaction with the environment. Engaging with ideas of contemporary significance from neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, and philosophy, Why Do Actors Train? challenges outmoded mind/body dualistic notions that permeate common conceptions of how actors work. Theories of embodiment are drawn up to shed..

SEK 1296.00
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The Cost of Congress - Bok av Karen (West Virginia University Kunz - Inbunden

The Cost of Congress - Bok av Karen (West Virginia University Kunz - Inbunden

Congressional ratings have fallen to single digits; citizens believe that Congress fails to do the things its members are publicly paid to do. What does Congress do for our dollars, and how has that changed in the last 50 years?What was the cost to taxpayers for Bill Clinton's impeachment hearings? What about the Benghazi investigation and efforts to obtain the votes required to repeal Obamacare while failing to consider Zika virus funding bills? What is the true cost of earmarks? Why do Congress..

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How Animals Think and Feel - An Introduction to Non-Human Psychology - Bok av Ken Cheng - Inbunden

How Animals Think and Feel - An Introduction to Non-Human Psychology - Bok av Ken Cheng - Inbunden

This highly accessible book explains key scientific findings in the areas of animal cognition, emotion, and behavior in easy-to-understand language.Why do dogs get separation anxiety? Can a chimpanzee recognize itself in a mirror? Do animals in a zoo get neurotic? Do animals actually have emotions, or are humans simply anthropomorphizing them? How Animals Think and Feel: An Introduction to Non-Human Psychology answers these interesting questions and many more in its examination of animal psychology-particularly..

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On Freedom - Technology, Capital, Medium - Bok av Professor Dr. Peter (Bergische University Trawny - Inbunden

On Freedom - Technology, Capital, Medium - Bok av Professor Dr. Peter (Bergische University Trawny - Inbunden

How do we challenge the structures of late capitalism if all possible media through which to do do is inescapably capitalist? This urgent political question is at the heart of Peter Trawny''s major new work. With searing precision Trawny demonstrates how our world has become wholly determined by technology, capital, and the medium. In this world of the ''TCM'', we universal subjects remain in a state of apathy that is temporarily punctuated, but also reinforced, by the phantasmatic dream of difference..

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Wanderwords - Language Migration in American Literature - Bok av Maria (University of Sussex) Lauret - Inbunden

Wanderwords - Language Migration in American Literature - Bok av Maria (University of Sussex) Lauret - Inbunden

How do (im)migrant writers negotiate their representation of a multilingual world for a monolingual audience? Does their English betray the presence of another language, is that other language erased, or does it appear here and there, on special occasions for special reasons? Do words and meanings wander from one language and one self to another? Do the psychic and cultural worlds of different languages split apart or merge? What is the aesthetic effect of such wandering, splitting, or merging? ..

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Graham, R: Investigating Google's Search Engine - Bok av Rosie Graham - Inbunden

Graham, R: Investigating Google's Search Engine - Bok av Rosie Graham - Inbunden

What do search engines do? And what should they do? These questions seem relatively simple but are actually urgent social and ethical issues. The influence of Google's search engine is enormous. It does not only shape how Internet users find pages on the World Wide Web, but how we think as individuals, how we collectively remember the past, and how we communicate with one another. This book explores the impact of search engines within contemporary digital culture, focusing on the social, cultural,..

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