I am thrilled to bring you a selection of our recent titles (all available for inspection by lecturers), to kick off the new academic year.
First up, the long-awaited second edition of Discourse Analysis: An Introduction, a comprehensive, accessible and widely-used introduction to discourse analysis - essential reading for students encountering the subject for the first time.
This book has already recieved an abundance of outstanding reviews, including the following two endorsements:
'Expanded and updated – still absolutely the best text for teaching and learning about discourse analysis. For the student, Paltridge is clear, comprehensive and – above all – lively and approachable. For the teacher, Paltridge provides unparalleled practical support: a perfectly-structured, semester-long curriculum, exercises, project topics, and teaching materials on the companion website. No-one could ask for more.' Miriam Meyerhoff, Professor of Linguistics, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
‘What is most commendable about this revised and expanded edition is the broadness of its scope, on the one hand, and precise focus on details, on the other. Paltridge uses real life examples of human encounters in contemporary contexts, thus making the text engaging for and relevant to today’s teachers and students. A comprehensive contribution to the educational literature on discourse analysis, the book is equally appealing to beginners and experienced discourse analysts.’ Natasha Artemeva, Associate Professor, School of Linguistics & Language Studies, Carleton University, Canada
Check out an exclusive digital preview of Chapter 5- 'Discourse and Conversation here- http://www.scribd.com/BloomsburyLing.
Next, News Discourse by Monika Bednarek and Helen Caple, which explores the role of language and images in newspaper, radio, online and television news. This clearly written and accessible introduction to news discourse is essential reading for students, lecturers, and researchers in Linguistics, Media/Journalism Studies, and Semiotics.
Don't just take our word for it- endorsements include this from Paul Baker, Lancaster Universtiy, UK: "This clearly written book is a must-have for anyone wanting to conduct linguistic or discursive analysis of news texts. Covering a wide range of approaches, the authors combine a succinct overview of key studies and recent developments in the field with their own analyses of written and spoken texts, images and video footage. The breadth of coverage ensures that the book will be of benefit to students and researchers at all levels of experience."
Click on the 'preview' button above to read an extract.
Finally, the wonderfully colourful Exploding the Creativity Myth by Tony Veale. This book pulls back the curtain on creativity and language, using a wide range of examples to illustrate how we create new ways of saying things.
One of many excellent endorsements comes from Professor Patrick Hanks, Bristol Centre for Linguistics, University of the West of England, UK: 'Exploding the Creativity Myth is an exceptionally lively, readable, and empirically well-founded study of the processes of human linguistic and conceptual creativity. Veale has grasped the essentially analogical nature of creative thought, and shows us how it works and why it is necessary for successful communication. I have rarely enjoyed reading an an academic book so much.'
Read Chapter 5, 'Pimp my Ride' here- http://www.scribd.com/BloomsburyLing.
Click here to request inspection copies of all of the above.
Best wishes,
Ellena
