To round off a fantastic year of publishing, I am pleased to bring you a round-up of our latest titles, including two new coursebooks and a great selection of in-depth research works.
First up, the latest addition to our fabulous Advances in Semiotics series, Semiotics of Religion by Robert A. Yelle.
This book integrates structural and historical perspectives on the semiotics of religion and gives an account of the distinctive features of religious language and symbolism.
We have recieved some wonderful endorsements, including this from Webb Keane, University of Michigan, USA- "This book is vast in scope, deep in implications, and admirably clear and forthright in exposition.The study of religion has needed a work of this kind, which brings together several research traditions and pushes the resulting synthesis in new directions.The result is an agenda-setting project of huge ambition."
Check out window 8 on the Bloomsbury advent calendar to win copies of the first three books to publish in this exciting new series, including Semiotics of Religion.
Next up, the latest offering from Brian Tomlinson, Applied Linguistics and Materials Development.
This book focuses for the first time on materials development and applications of current research and theory for the main areas of applied linguistics (e.g. second language acquisition, pragmatics, vocabulary studies).
"For many years Brian Tomlinson has led the way internationally in the field of materials development. This edited book by him is another example of innovative, research-based exploration of materials for language teaching that never loses sight of the classroom nor of the need for pedagogy that is reflective, informed and learner-sensitive. And there is a great cast-list of contributors. Highly recommended." - Professor Ronald Carter, School of English, University of Nottingham, UK
Both books are available on inspection for lecturers. More information on the inspection copy process can be found here.
We also have a number of new monographs publishing this month, including the following two additions to our well-established Bloomsbury Advances in Translation series (formerly Continuum Advances in Translation).
Music, Text and Translation by Helen Julia Minors
Explores the roles that translation plays in a musical context, questioning the transference of sense between music and text.
'This volume issues a powerful challenge to everyone who uses the word “translation” in relation to music. The sheer diversity of its essays demonstrates, as no previous book has, the extraordinary intellectual and artistic fertility of bringing together the notions of music and translation – and the dangers of thinking we know what we’re talking about.' - Peter Dayan, The University of Edinburgh, UK
The Pragmatic Translator by Massimiliano Morini
Showcases a descriptive theory of translation based on pragmatics, describing all processes and products of translation on the performative, interpersonal and locative axes.
Presents a full and up to date view of translation that takes into account thirty years of research in the field of Descriptive Translation Studies. Unlike DTS, the theory provides an account of products and processes. This publication exhibits the need for and usefulness of such a theory, and will be essential reading for scholars involved in translation and interpreting studies.
Also publishing:
I. A. Richards and the Rise of Cognitive Stylistics by David West (part of our Advances in Stylistics series):
'Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. This is a convincing revaluation of Richards’ significance; it is a perfect example of the rational cognitive turn in the arts; and it is an unanswerable polemic for a science of literary study.' - Professor Peter Stockwell, Chair in Literary Linguistics, University of Nottingham, UK
The Syntax of Mauritian Creole by Anand Syea, (from the Bloomsbury Studies in Theoretical Linguistics series):
'Anand Syea's book, the result of over twenty years of research, has everything one could wish for: abundant and reliable examples, a firm but accessible theoretical foundation, a transparent structure and line of argumentation.’ - Pieter Muysken, Professor, Department of Linguistics, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
The Semantic Representation of Natural Language by Michael Levison, Geg Lessard, Craig Thomas and Matthew Donald:
‘At last a book on natural language semantics that tackles semantics all the way up to texts of considerable length and fictional statements. The proposed formalism brings together well tried solutions for specific linguistic phenomena with a structural approach based on programming languages that makes it user friendly and gives it tremendous expressive power. A very useful contribution for natural language generation and the representation of narrative.’ - Pablo Gervás, Associate Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
To mark the launch of our new website, all of our books are available at a 25% discount (excluding US, Canada and Australia unfortunately), so you can currently buy all of the above titles at bargain prices!
Best wishes,
Ellena
This wonderful new scholarly research book made it's US debut over the weekend at the Semiotic Society of America conference in Toronto. I was delighted to see that author Paul Bouissac had created this lovely little display for us!
The book presents a theory of the circus as a secular ritual and introduces a method to analyze its performances as multimodal discourse. Find out more details, including how to purchase the book here.
If you're interested in Semiotics, Paul is also editor of our new cutting edge Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics series. As you can see, also displayed were the first two books to publish in the series, Semiotics of Drink and Drinking (out now) and coursebook Semiotics of Religion (publishing tomorrow!)
Best wishes,
Ellena
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
I'm delighted to bring you a quick selection of new books, consisting of a coursebook available on inspection for lecturers and two scholarly research works.
First up, Caroline Tagg's Discourse of Text Messaging, our latest coursebook. Revealing the depth and complexity of the language used in SMS text communication, and how it exploits various linguistic resources to create identities, this is an essential book for upper level undergraduates and postgraduates studying discourse analysis, as well as educators wanting to understand this important new form of discourse.
Fantastic early reviews include this from David Barton, Professor of Language and Literacy, Lancaster University, UK: "Discourse of Text Messaging is a pleasure to read. A detailed analysis of a corpus of text messages reveals how people deploy all the resources of language - from spellings and punctuation through to grammar and discourse markers - to create meanings, to construct identities and to generally ‘get things done’. The wide-ranging analyses are clearly explained and engagingly written about throughout."
Lecturers, order your inspection copy here!
Next up, the first of two research works- Semiotics of Drink and Drinking, by Paul Manning- the first cutting edge addition to our new Advances in Semiotics series. This book examines the fundamental nature of drink through a series of modular but connected ethnographic discussions. It looks at the way the materiality of a specific drink (coffee, wine, water, beer) serves as the semiotic medium for a genre of sociability in a specific time and place.
"From coffee to vodka, and from wines to waters, Manning brings to life the extraordinary registers of meaning across everyday practices. By his bright telling, modernity itself can be understood anew through a tale of multiple imbibings. This delightful book should find a wide readership among anthropologists, historians, and sociologists, as well as scholars of the modern age, semiotics, and food studies." Professor Bruce Grant, Department of Anthropology, NYU, USA.
Finally- Style in the Renaissance. In a book which brings together language, text and context, Patricia Canning synthesizes models of contemporary stylistics with both critical and literary-historical theory. In doing so, the author maintains a specific and sustained stylistic focus on the religious, political and ideological issues that animated and defined Reformation England.
Again, this work has already recieved excellent endorsements- including the following from Professor John Drakakis, University of Stirling, UK- "Patricia Canning’s adventurous interdisciplinary study brings together in new and exciting ways the two fields of linguistics and literary criticism in her examination of selected texts by Shakespeare and his contemporaries... A welcome new voice offering unique insights into texts that we thought we knew."
Click on the 'preview' buttons below the widgets to read exclusive extracts.Best wishes,
Ellena,
We have recently published two fantastic new Textbooks, both of which have received excellent endorsements and are now available for inspection!
Up first, Advanced English Grammar, an advanced English grammar that uses linguistic theory and techniques to elucidate and explain the central, crucial issues.
'The book is a breath of fresh air. Unlike many grammars, this one has clearly been written by human beings for human beings. It is accessible, elegant and rigorous, and I will recommend it strongly to my students.' Raphael Salkie, Professor of Language Studies, University of Brighton, UK
Click on the preview button above to read the first chapter and order your inspection copy here.
Next, the fabulous Analyze Anything, which explains how to read, interpret and write about the world around us in a critical and informed way.
'An excellent book about how to develop critical judgement, and a very lively exploration of human understanding. Analyze Anything does what it claims, and it does it with style.' Graeme Harper, Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the Honors College, Oakland University, USA
Again, have a peek at the first chapter above and click here to request an inspection copy.
Best wishes,
Ellena
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