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LINGUISTICS
Direct Speech, Selfpresentation
and
Communities of
Practice
Sofia
Lampropoulou
• Combines speech
representation,
narrative theory
and identity
construction
• Is both
quantitative
and qualitative in
its analysis of direct speech in spoken
discourse
• Highlights the socio-cultural restrictions
of the process of identity construction
A culturally-situated, in-depth analysis of
speech representation and social identity
in narrative.
SOFIA LAMPROPOULOU is a Research Assistant
in the Department of Linguistics and English
Language at Lancaster University, UK.
UK April 2012 US June 2012
256 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781441123848 - £75.00 / $140.00
Continuum
Circus as Multimodal Discourse
Performance, Meaning and Ritual
Paul Bouissac
Deviational Syntactic
Structures
Hans Götzsche
• Presents a
specific syntactic
theory that
addresses the
deficiencies
of Chomksyan
grammar
• The background
of the book,
set in Danish
and Scandinavian linguistics, brings
an approach to syntax that will offer
refreshing perspectives to a field
couched in Anglo-American traditions
This book posits a formal theory of syntax
that addresses some of the deficiencies of
Chomskyan grammar
HANS GöTzSCHE is Associate Professor at
Aalborg University, Denmark.
UK December 2012 US February 2013
256 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9780826457387 - £75.00 / $140.00
Continuum Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
Continuum
• Elucidates on the semiotic and cultural
meaning of circus performances as
rituals
• Based on the author’s circus
ethnographies conducted over fifty
years, across the globe
• Goes beyond formalism of discourse
analysis and semiotics, examining the
pleasure generated by performances
An analytical presentation of circus performances as multimodal
displays of actions in context with a cultural and ritual meaning.
Dozens of illustrations are available in high res and full colour
online.
PAUL BOUISSAC is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto (Victoria
College), Canada. He is a world renowned figure in semiotics and a
pioneer of circus studies.
UK August 2012 US November 2012
288 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781441125637 - £75.00 / $140.00
Continuum
The Syntax of
Mauritian Creole
Anand Syea
• Contributes
to current
theoretical
discussions on the
syntax of creole
and non-creole
languages
• Adds to general
understanding
of the nature
and structure of language
• Valuable source of French Creole data
for creolists and theoretical linguists
alike
A detailed study of different aspects of
the syntax of Mauritian creole within a
Chomksyan theoretical framework, the
book provides detailed descriptive and
theoretical analysis of creole data, useful
in comparative syntactic studies.
ANAND SyEA is Co-ordinator of the Linguistics
Section, University of Westminster, UK.
UK August 2012 US October 2012
256 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781441156389 - £75.00 / $140.00
Continuum Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
Continuum
Interviews with M. A. K. Halliday
Language Turned Back on Himself
Edited by Paul Thibault and
J. R. Martin
• Collection of difficult to obtain
interviews with the pioneering linguist
Michael Halliday
• Features a contextualizing introduction
and a brand new, unpublished interview
• Edited by two world-renowned linguists,
sensitive to the place of SFL in modern
linguistics
A collection of interviews with M. A. K. Halliday spanning four
decades, exhibiting the work of one of the world’s leading
linguists.
PAUL J. THIBAULT is Professor in Linguistics and Media Communication,
Agder University, Kristiansand, Norway.
J. R. MARTIN is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney,
Australia.
UK November 2012 US January 2013
256 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781441154873 - £70.00 / $130.00
PB 9781441190819 - £22.99 / $39.95
Continuum