Speak Still confronts colonial silencing by asking out loud: why do non-native speakers of English feel estranged from the English language, despite having known it since childhood? Is it possible for us to own this silence? If so, how can we find our eloquence from our experience of speechlessness? How can we bring the foreign language home?

By showing that the way we speak, draw, and gesture all share common cognitive organizing principles, this book heralds a new paradigm of language, drawing, and communication, all accessibly presented as a non-fiction graphic novel.

By showing that the way we speak, draw, and gesture all share common cognitive organizing principles, this book heralds a new paradigm of language, drawing, and communication, all accessibly presented as a non-fiction graphic novel.

An innovative account of urban memory as a conversation across languages.

Speaking Your Mind: Oral Presentation and Seminar Skills is designed with the belief that the key to good speaking is an awareness of audience and context and knowledge of the techniques of argumentation or rhetoric.

Speech act theory has been foundational in establishing pragmatics as an independent field of inquiry; yet, recent pragmatic research appears to have drifted away from the theoretical investigation of speech acts. This Element explores the reasons, focusing on the difference of perspective through a narrow versus a broad lens.

Speech act theory has been foundational in establishing pragmatics as an independent field of inquiry; yet, recent pragmatic research appears to have drifted away from the theoretical investigation of speech acts. This Element explores the reasons, focusing on the difference of perspective through a narrow versus a broad lens.

Illustrated throughout with samples of code and practical diagrams, this textbook is an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of speech technology. Assuming no background in computer science or mathematics, it is ideal for linguistics students taking courses in speech technology, computational linguistics and natural language processing.

Illustrated throughout with samples of code and practical diagrams, this textbook is an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of speech technology. Assuming no background in computer science or mathematics, it is ideal for linguistics students taking courses in speech technology, computational linguistics and natural language processing.