By analysing how queer and ethnically Chinese-identified individuals navigate ideological influences, this Element investigates some of the complexities of culture and identity and their dependence on semiotics and situated communication. It engages with the diversity typically subsumed into common identity categories.

Drawing on media interview materials, this book takes a holistic approach to examining the Chinese discourse marker ni zhidao (???, meaning ‘you know’), thereby contributing to a deeper understanding of discourse markers in Chinese language use and broader linguistic studies.

Understanding the relationship between language, discourse, and materiality is crucial for analysing social action. This Element uses linguistic ethnography to examine how objects, discourse, and participants interact in shops and markets in Australia. It provides insights into the interplay of language, agency, and materiality in everyday life.

While research into media representations of conflict is gaining traction, studies of the power of the media to contribute to peaceful and sustained resolution of conflicts is not widespread. Hence, the book will be of great interest to students and scholars of a wide variety of disciplines.

With contributions from leading scholars in the field, this book provides a comprehensive overview of discourse-pragmatic variation and change. It has a particular focus on the theoretical and methodological issues that have arisen around this topic in recent years, and includes examples from a wide range of languages.

Provides rhetorical critics a new method, "rhetorical gameplay," for the evaluation of large-scale and real-world public events

With practical examples taken from real-world data spanning a wide range of languages and issues, this book introduces a novel theory of language processing, the 'Discriminative Lexicon Model'. It is essential reading for academic researchers and students in a wide range of linguistic fields, including phonetics and computational linguistics.

This collection calls greater attention to the need for a clearer understanding of the role of discourse in the process of placemaking in the digital age and the increasing hybridisation of physical and virtual worlds.

Highlights stories of veganism through a variety of linguistic constructions and rhetorical devices, which can be used for vegan advocacy in the interest of ecology and the natural world.

Examines the role of affect in digital linguistic practice and how people organize their social media discourse around emotion.