This book presents case studies of ideologies of communication in Japan, responding to recent developments in the field and the subject-wide shift from ideologies of language to ideologies of communication. Chapters explore a wide range of language contexts using an array of innovative methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives.
Based on well-established features of ideology, this book demonstrates that the documents of liberational organizations like Amnesty International are ideological. It is essential reading for researchers and students of discourse analysis and pragmatics, as well as those working in related fields within international relations and human rights law.
This book adopts an interactional pragmatics and multimodal approach to the study of im/politeness, offering unique insights for better understanding intercultural interactions in today’s globalised world.This book will be of interest to students and scholars in pragmatics and intercultural communication.
Brings together researchers from across the world to explore the creation, effect, craft, and effect of a feeling of immersion in a literary or fictional world.
Immigrant Englishes Around the World is a collection that explores the varieties of English that emerge when speakers whose native languages are not English immigrate to an English-speaking country.
This text illustrates the crucial role of the mother tongue literacy in second language acquisition by presenting findings from a comparative study conducted in primary schools in Senegal. In addition, the volume provides an in-depth look at the linguistic history of Senegal before, during, and after French colonialism.
Drawing from a comprehensive collection of university-funded teaching development projects, this edited volume explores the theories and practices behind developing pedagogies through Lesson Study for a 21st-century curriculum.