Dive into the intricate world of compound figures of speech with this groundbreaking volume. Exploring hyperbolic metaphor, hyperbolic irony, and ironic metaphor, this book delves into the complexities of these expressions, revealing its nuanced meanings driven by contextual factors. Through thought-provoking research questions, readers uncover the logical, psychological, and temporal order of interpretation behind these compound figures. Proposing a complexity theory paradigm, the book offers a fresh perspective on their analysis, arguing for a context-dependent approach. Drawing on experimental evidence involving 155 participants, it demonstrates how factors such as language proficiency and sociocultural knowledge influence the cognitive complexity of compound figures. With insights into the flexible nature of interpretation and the interplay of contextual attractors and salience, this book reshapes our understanding of figurative language. The book paves the way for further exploration into the rich tapestry of compound figures and their impact on communication.
This is a collection of 46 essays by specialists in Asian literature, who offer a wide range of possibilities for introducing Asian literature to English-speaking students. It is intended to help in promoting multicultural education.
This work on French literary style covers basic language features, various kinds of abstraction, language patterns, inference, narrative structures, interpretation and evaluation and poetry, drama and prose. The book ends with coverage of the kinds of problems (excess of inference) that can occur.
"Chhattisgarhi Speaking Guide: From English to Chhattisgarhi - A Step-by-Step Guide to Fluency" by Ramesh Chauhan is a comprehensive book that aims to help learners master the Chhattisgarhi language. The book is divided into six sections, each designed to build the learner's skills and understanding of the language progressively. Section 1, "Introduction to Chhattisgarhi Language and Culture," provides an overview of the language, its script, and word formation. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the Chhattisgarhi language, including its history, dialects, and usage. Chapter 2 focuses on the importance of Chhattisgarhi language and culture and the role it plays in the lives of the people of Chhattisgarh. Chapter 3 introduces the Chhattisgarhi script, alphabet, and word formation. Chapter 4 covers basic vocabulary and phrases to help learners communicate in everyday situations. Section 2, "Chhattisgarhi Grammar and Sentence Structure," builds on the learner's foundational knowledge of the language. Chapter 5 focuses on nouns and pronouns, while Chapter 6 covers verbs and tenses. Chapter 7 introduces adjectives and adverbs, and Chapter 8 covers gender and number. Chapter 9 focuses on sentence structure and word order. Section 3, "Conversational Chhattisgarhi," helps learners develop conversational skills in the language. Chapter 10 covers greetings and introductions, while Chapter 11 helps learners make small talk. Chapter 12 focuses on asking for directions and transportation, and Chapter 13 covers ordering food and drinks. Chapter 14 introduces shopping and bargaining. Section 4, "Intermediate Chhattisgarhi," focuses on building more complex skills in the language. Chapter 15 helps learners describe people and places, while Chapter 16 helps learners express opinions and emotions. Chapter 17 covers narrating past events, and Chapter 18 focuses on making plans and arrangements. Chapter 19 covers expressing future intentions. Section 5, "Advanced Chhattisgarhi," helps learners develop formal and business communication skills. Chapter 20 covers formal language and business communication, while Chapter 21 introduces complex sentence structures and literary devices. Finally, Section 6, "Appendix," includes a glossary of key terms (Appendix A) and Chhattisgarhi numbers (Appendix B). Each chapter includes examples and exercises to help learners practice and consolidate their understanding of the language. "Chhattisgarhi Speaking Guide" is a valuable resource for anyone looking to learn Chhattisgarhi and develop fluency in the language
In 2009, Stephen Barker was convicted of rape on the evidence of a little girl who was four-and-a-half years old at the trial, and about three-and-a-half when first interviewed by the police. The high point of the proceedings was the child's appearance as a live witness in order for Barker's counsel to attempt a cross-examination. This case focused attention on the need, imposed by current English law, for even tiny children to come to court for a live cross-examination. In 1989, the Pigot Committee proposed a scheme under which the whole of a young child's evidence, including cross-examination, would be obtained out of court and in advance of trial. In 1999 a provision designed to give effect to this was included in the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act, but it has not yet been brought into force. The full Pigot proposal was implemented, however, in Western Australia, and similar schemes operate in a number of European jurisdictions. This book of essays examines a number of these schemes, and argues the case for further reforms in the UK.
Natural human communication is multimodal. We pair speech with gestures, and combine writing with pictures from online messaging to comics to advertising. This richness of human communication remains unaddressed in linguistic and cognitive theories which maintain traditional amodal assumptions about language. What is needed is a new, multimodal paradigm. This book posits a bold reorganization of the structures of language, and heralds a reconsideration of its guiding assumptions. Human expressive behaviors like speaking, signing, and drawing may seem distinct, but they decompose into similar cognitive building blocks which coalesce in emergent states from a singular multimodal communicative architecture. This cognitive model accounts for unimodal and multimodal expression across all of our modalities, providing a “grand unified theory” that incorporates insights from formal linguistics, cognitive semantics, metaphor theory, Peircean semiotics, sign language, gesture, visual language, psycholinguistics, and cognitive neuroscience. Such a perspective reconfigures how we understand linguistic structure, diversity, universals, innateness, relativity, and evolution. A Multimodal Language Faculty directly confronts centuries-old notions of language and offers a compelling reimagination of what language is and how it works.
