Author: Piotr Cap
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 144380763X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
The volume brings together twenty articles written by established linguists, language philosophers, sociologists and psychologists, sharing their academic interest in a broad and interdisciplinary field of linguistic pragmatics. The collection consists of four thematic parts: “Pragmatics and Cognition,” “The Semantics-Pragmatics Interface,” “Conversational and Text Analysis” and “Pragmatics, Social Research and Didactics.” It aims to contribute to the debate on the present-day status of pragmatics, by examining three fundamental issues. The first involves the question of the current explanatory power of pragmatics, namely, how successful is the existing apparatus of pragmatics and the basic-level parameters (theories of speech acts, relevance, implicature, presupposition, deixis, politeness, etc.) in the elucidation of various aspects of meaning. The second issue involves the methodological assistance that pragmatics might need in order to enhance its explanatory power. The third has to do with the fuzzily defined boundaries of the discipline of pragmatics and the resulting temptation for analysts to concentrate solely on its fragmented sub-domains. As the collection unfolds, these issues form a continuum which, it seems, is often a process that a linguist goes through as his or her methodological awareness deepens. Thus, the orientation of the volume towards the analyst and the analytic mind-set, as well as the attempted balance in presentation of the alternative approaches, seem the major theoretical characteristic of the book.
Love the Journey to College
Author: Jill Madenberg
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 168261350X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Jill Madenberg draws upon her 20-plus years of counseling experience while her daughter Amanda—a student who just recently went off to college—adds tips and personal stories. Whether you are wondering how to choose high school classes and activities, create a realistic college list, get the most out of a campus visit, or maintain a positive and healthy attitude, Love the Journey to College will help you make educated decisions throughout the process—and show you how to do it with a smile. As the daughter of an experienced college counselor, Amanda Madenberg has been visiting colleges for as long as she can remember—on family vacations, weekend road trips, and school holidays. Even at a young age, she took interest as her mom spoke with tour guides, admissions counselors, and students on campus to get a feel for life at a particular school. Most importantly, Amanda greatly enjoyed her own college application process—from visiting campuses to writing supplemental essays. Writing as both a typical high school student and as the daughter of a college counselor, Amanda lends a unique and entertaining perspective to Love the Journey to College.
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 168261350X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Jill Madenberg draws upon her 20-plus years of counseling experience while her daughter Amanda—a student who just recently went off to college—adds tips and personal stories. Whether you are wondering how to choose high school classes and activities, create a realistic college list, get the most out of a campus visit, or maintain a positive and healthy attitude, Love the Journey to College will help you make educated decisions throughout the process—and show you how to do it with a smile. As the daughter of an experienced college counselor, Amanda Madenberg has been visiting colleges for as long as she can remember—on family vacations, weekend road trips, and school holidays. Even at a young age, she took interest as her mom spoke with tour guides, admissions counselors, and students on campus to get a feel for life at a particular school. Most importantly, Amanda greatly enjoyed her own college application process—from visiting campuses to writing supplemental essays. Writing as both a typical high school student and as the daughter of a college counselor, Amanda lends a unique and entertaining perspective to Love the Journey to College.
Love Life
Author: Rob Lowe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451685750
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
On the heels of his New York Times bestselling Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe is back with an entertaining collection that “invites readers into his world with easy charm and disarming frankness” (Kirkus Reviews). After the incredible response to his acclaimed bestseller, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe was convinced to mine his experiences for even more stories. The result is Love Life, a memoir about men and women, actors and producers, art and commerce, fathers and sons, movies and TV, addiction and recovery, sex and love. Among the adventures he describes in these pages are: · His visit, as a young man, to Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion, where the naïve actor made a surprising discovery in the hot tub. · The time, as a boy growing up in Malibu, he discovered a vibrator belonging to his best friend’s mother. · What it’s like to be the star and producer of a flop TV show. · How an actor prepares, for Californification, Parks and Recreation, and numerous other roles. · His hilarious account of coaching a kid’s basketball team dominated by helicopter parents. · How his great, great, great, great, great grandfather may have inspired everything from his love of The West Wing to his taste in classic American architecture. · His first visit to college, with his son, who is going to receive the education his father never got. · The time a major movie star stole his girlfriend. Linked by common themes and his philosophical perspective on love—and life—Lowe’s writing “is loaded with showbiz anecdotes, self-deprecating tales, and has a general sweetness” (New York Post).
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451685750
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
On the heels of his New York Times bestselling Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe is back with an entertaining collection that “invites readers into his world with easy charm and disarming frankness” (Kirkus Reviews). After the incredible response to his acclaimed bestseller, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe was convinced to mine his experiences for even more stories. The result is Love Life, a memoir about men and women, actors and producers, art and commerce, fathers and sons, movies and TV, addiction and recovery, sex and love. Among the adventures he describes in these pages are: · His visit, as a young man, to Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion, where the naïve actor made a surprising discovery in the hot tub. · The time, as a boy growing up in Malibu, he discovered a vibrator belonging to his best friend’s mother. · What it’s like to be the star and producer of a flop TV show. · How an actor prepares, for Californification, Parks and Recreation, and numerous other roles. · His hilarious account of coaching a kid’s basketball team dominated by helicopter parents. · How his great, great, great, great, great grandfather may have inspired everything from his love of The West Wing to his taste in classic American architecture. · His first visit to college, with his son, who is going to receive the education his father never got. · The time a major movie star stole his girlfriend. Linked by common themes and his philosophical perspective on love—and life—Lowe’s writing “is loaded with showbiz anecdotes, self-deprecating tales, and has a general sweetness” (New York Post).
Remember
Author: Toni Morrison
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618397402
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The Pulitzer Prize winner presents a treasure chest of archival photographs that depict the historical events surrounding school desegregation.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618397402
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The Pulitzer Prize winner presents a treasure chest of archival photographs that depict the historical events surrounding school desegregation.
Life After College
Author: Jenny Blake
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN: 0762446056
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Just graduated? Feeling a little lost? Life After College is like a portable life coach, giving you straightforward guidance on maneuvering the real world--along with tips, inspiration, and exercises for getting you where you want to go. Congrats, you've graduated! You have your whole life ahead of you. Do you feel overwhelmed? Unsure? Deluged with information, but no real plan? Jenny Blake's Life After College gives you practical, actionable advice, helping you to navigate every area of your life -- from work, money, dating, health, family, and personal growth -- to help you see the big picture. It will get you focusing on your goals, dreams, and highest aspirations so that you can create the life you really want. Now in a repackaged edition!
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN: 0762446056
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Just graduated? Feeling a little lost? Life After College is like a portable life coach, giving you straightforward guidance on maneuvering the real world--along with tips, inspiration, and exercises for getting you where you want to go. Congrats, you've graduated! You have your whole life ahead of you. Do you feel overwhelmed? Unsure? Deluged with information, but no real plan? Jenny Blake's Life After College gives you practical, actionable advice, helping you to navigate every area of your life -- from work, money, dating, health, family, and personal growth -- to help you see the big picture. It will get you focusing on your goals, dreams, and highest aspirations so that you can create the life you really want. Now in a repackaged edition!
Hey AdmissionsMom
Author: Carolyn Allison Caplan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733764100
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Welcome to a no-nonsense, unconventional approach to college admissions! Hey AdmissionsMom: Real Talk from Reddit from the voices of r/ApplyingToCollege, with Carolyn Allison Caplan, aka u/admissionsmom FRONT DOOR COLLEGE ADMISSIONS HELP Discover what over 100,000 engaged r/ApplyingToCollege subscribers are learning about as they discuss a fresh approach to college admissions. With Hey AdmissionsMom, Carolyn and the kids from r/ApplyingToCollege give you a place to stop trying to figure out what your top schools want in you and instead ask yourself, What do I want out of life when I leave high school? What do I see for myself? You're a talented, interesting student, and when you really know who you are, you're going to make the best decisions for yourself As a sophomore or junior entering the college admissions process, maybe you're overwhelmed by the paperwork, school descriptions, test score requirements, extracurricular activity options, and the daunting task of figuring it all out without losing yourself. Others of you already started the college admissions process and feel okay about your applications, but you're struggling with the personal statement or essays. Or, you want permission not to be a carbon copy of the ideal student and want out-of-the-box ways to be yourself, both in life and in the admissions process. And you're not just managing your expectations, but also your parents. College admissions can be especially intimidating if your high school sucks, you're first in your family to go to college, or you haven't always been a model student. You might also be a concerned parent or mentor looking for a guide designed not to stress you and your kid out and might even help with that as you learn the ropes of college admissions. For all the times you or your high school student thought, "There has to be a better way," when you hear advice about high-performance, achievement, and crazy amounts of EC's (extracurriculars)... You were right. You just found it. Hey AdmissionsMom: Real Talk from Reddit In this refreshingly honest, irreverent digest of college admissions questions and answers from u/admissionsmom and the subreddit, r/ApplyingToCollege, you'll find 37 bite-sized chapters of practical information, inspiring personal stories, insider tips, and yes, we have to be honest about this here - the occasional swear word, too. The time is NOW for you to: Focus on who you are, what you want from life, and how college fits into your goals, not the reverse Write essays and personal statements that actually sound like you, the real you Stop being one of 50,000 students applying to the same 20 colleges Stay positive even if you're not valedictorian or you didn't cure cancer (nobody else has either -- yet) Find questions asked by students just like you, so you don't feel alone or like you're the only one who doesn't already have it all figured out Take a deep breath as you learn about mindfulness By the end of Hey AdmissionsMom: Real Talk from Reddit, you will have peeled back the layers of your authentic self and be able to appreciate your personality traits, interests, and talents as you breathe and apply to college with a smile.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733764100
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Welcome to a no-nonsense, unconventional approach to college admissions! Hey AdmissionsMom: Real Talk from Reddit from the voices of r/ApplyingToCollege, with Carolyn Allison Caplan, aka u/admissionsmom FRONT DOOR COLLEGE ADMISSIONS HELP Discover what over 100,000 engaged r/ApplyingToCollege subscribers are learning about as they discuss a fresh approach to college admissions. With Hey AdmissionsMom, Carolyn and the kids from r/ApplyingToCollege give you a place to stop trying to figure out what your top schools want in you and instead ask yourself, What do I want out of life when I leave high school? What do I see for myself? You're a talented, interesting student, and when you really know who you are, you're going to make the best decisions for yourself As a sophomore or junior entering the college admissions process, maybe you're overwhelmed by the paperwork, school descriptions, test score requirements, extracurricular activity options, and the daunting task of figuring it all out without losing yourself. Others of you already started the college admissions process and feel okay about your applications, but you're struggling with the personal statement or essays. Or, you want permission not to be a carbon copy of the ideal student and want out-of-the-box ways to be yourself, both in life and in the admissions process. And you're not just managing your expectations, but also your parents. College admissions can be especially intimidating if your high school sucks, you're first in your family to go to college, or you haven't always been a model student. You might also be a concerned parent or mentor looking for a guide designed not to stress you and your kid out and might even help with that as you learn the ropes of college admissions. For all the times you or your high school student thought, "There has to be a better way," when you hear advice about high-performance, achievement, and crazy amounts of EC's (extracurriculars)... You were right. You just found it. Hey AdmissionsMom: Real Talk from Reddit In this refreshingly honest, irreverent digest of college admissions questions and answers from u/admissionsmom and the subreddit, r/ApplyingToCollege, you'll find 37 bite-sized chapters of practical information, inspiring personal stories, insider tips, and yes, we have to be honest about this here - the occasional swear word, too. The time is NOW for you to: Focus on who you are, what you want from life, and how college fits into your goals, not the reverse Write essays and personal statements that actually sound like you, the real you Stop being one of 50,000 students applying to the same 20 colleges Stay positive even if you're not valedictorian or you didn't cure cancer (nobody else has either -- yet) Find questions asked by students just like you, so you don't feel alone or like you're the only one who doesn't already have it all figured out Take a deep breath as you learn about mindfulness By the end of Hey AdmissionsMom: Real Talk from Reddit, you will have peeled back the layers of your authentic self and be able to appreciate your personality traits, interests, and talents as you breathe and apply to college with a smile.
Grown and Flown
Author: Lisa Heffernan
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250188954
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250188954
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.
Homeschooled & Headed for College
Author: Denise Boiko
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781087888842
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
"One stop shopping" for families looking for high school course planning ideas, detailed college application insights, extracurricular and leadership ideas, and countless practical tips for college prep home education. Features 440 pages packed full of all you need to know to relieve stress and move seamlessly from homeschool to college.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781087888842
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
"One stop shopping" for families looking for high school course planning ideas, detailed college application insights, extracurricular and leadership ideas, and countless practical tips for college prep home education. Features 440 pages packed full of all you need to know to relieve stress and move seamlessly from homeschool to college.
Succeeding in the College Application Journey
Author: Sebastian Duque
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This book is written by five students of the Class of 2020, all attending undergraduate universities with a full-ride scholarship. Coming from various backgrounds, including first-generation low-income, people of color, and immigrant upbringings, these writers hope to create a new resource to ease the college application process in its whole. As a one-stop-trip, the book covers each step of the college application process including essay writing, scholarship finding, filling out applications, preparation for interviews, and much more. Each writer also shares their testimonies, mistakes, supplemental essays, and overall journey in their process. There is no one way to apply to college and the writers' various paths hope to not only show, but embrace the diversity when applying. Verified by college counselor. / About the Authors: Steven Li was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota but raised in Chicago, Illinois with a family of immigrants from China. His parents' sacrifice to provide him a life in the United States has fueled his passion for entrepreneurship, an opportunity to express his ideas and projects into the real world. In high school, he was the Intern President of the Economic Awareness Council of On the Money Magazine and environmental researcher winning Illinois awards. His involvement within the community has helped him combine his passions of entrepreneurship and youth impact. He is enrolled at Stanford University studying Management Science & Engineering. / Sebastian Duque was born in Pereira, Colombia, and immigrated to the United States when he was 6 years old. Since then, he has lived in Kendall, a suburb of Miami, Florida. Inspired by his parent's sacrifices, Sebastian worked to succeed throughout high school and was president of the Science National Honor Society chapter as well as the secretary of the International Thespian Honor Society. He is also a regional Science Bowl champion and he has been recognized by the National Hispanic Recognition program. In the future, he hopes to combine his love of science with his love for politics and public relations to study environmental policy. As of now, Sebastian is enrolled at Yale University as an Environmental Studies major. / Santiago Alvillar was born and raised in El Monte, California: a Hispanic community on the outskirts of East Los Angeles. He is the youngest of three sons and comes from an Indigenous, Southern Mexican, immigrant household. He has gained multiple national titles including Gates Scholar, Coca-Cola Scholar, Edison STEM Scholar, National Horatio Alger Association Scholar, and Elks Top Male Winner; Santiago has been recognized regionally and interviewed by LA news stations. Currently, he's enrolled at Stanford University hoping to graduate with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Engineering Physics. / Narvella is a first-generation American, born to a family of Ghanaian immigrants. Narvella was born in Chicago, Illinois but was raised in Montgomery, Illinois. Narvella is enrolled at the University of Chicago, studying Global Health/Global Studies on the pre-medical track. In high school, she served as the President of National Honors Society, Student Council, and Medical Club. As Narvella continues to pursue her goals, she hopes to inspire other Black girls, and people from all backgrounds, to continue to give back to their communities, appreciate education, and to shoot for their goals no matter how far away they seem. / Dayanna Salas was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador but immigrated to the United States at the age of 6 to live in Chicago, Illinois. Her immigration story have fueled her passion to be involved in Ecuadorians politics and she hopes to make positive contributions to her country in the future. Her mixed-race background has sparked an interest in the representation and intersectionality of different identities. She is currently enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania planning to study international relations and economics.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This book is written by five students of the Class of 2020, all attending undergraduate universities with a full-ride scholarship. Coming from various backgrounds, including first-generation low-income, people of color, and immigrant upbringings, these writers hope to create a new resource to ease the college application process in its whole. As a one-stop-trip, the book covers each step of the college application process including essay writing, scholarship finding, filling out applications, preparation for interviews, and much more. Each writer also shares their testimonies, mistakes, supplemental essays, and overall journey in their process. There is no one way to apply to college and the writers' various paths hope to not only show, but embrace the diversity when applying. Verified by college counselor. / About the Authors: Steven Li was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota but raised in Chicago, Illinois with a family of immigrants from China. His parents' sacrifice to provide him a life in the United States has fueled his passion for entrepreneurship, an opportunity to express his ideas and projects into the real world. In high school, he was the Intern President of the Economic Awareness Council of On the Money Magazine and environmental researcher winning Illinois awards. His involvement within the community has helped him combine his passions of entrepreneurship and youth impact. He is enrolled at Stanford University studying Management Science & Engineering. / Sebastian Duque was born in Pereira, Colombia, and immigrated to the United States when he was 6 years old. Since then, he has lived in Kendall, a suburb of Miami, Florida. Inspired by his parent's sacrifices, Sebastian worked to succeed throughout high school and was president of the Science National Honor Society chapter as well as the secretary of the International Thespian Honor Society. He is also a regional Science Bowl champion and he has been recognized by the National Hispanic Recognition program. In the future, he hopes to combine his love of science with his love for politics and public relations to study environmental policy. As of now, Sebastian is enrolled at Yale University as an Environmental Studies major. / Santiago Alvillar was born and raised in El Monte, California: a Hispanic community on the outskirts of East Los Angeles. He is the youngest of three sons and comes from an Indigenous, Southern Mexican, immigrant household. He has gained multiple national titles including Gates Scholar, Coca-Cola Scholar, Edison STEM Scholar, National Horatio Alger Association Scholar, and Elks Top Male Winner; Santiago has been recognized regionally and interviewed by LA news stations. Currently, he's enrolled at Stanford University hoping to graduate with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Engineering Physics. / Narvella is a first-generation American, born to a family of Ghanaian immigrants. Narvella was born in Chicago, Illinois but was raised in Montgomery, Illinois. Narvella is enrolled at the University of Chicago, studying Global Health/Global Studies on the pre-medical track. In high school, she served as the President of National Honors Society, Student Council, and Medical Club. As Narvella continues to pursue her goals, she hopes to inspire other Black girls, and people from all backgrounds, to continue to give back to their communities, appreciate education, and to shoot for their goals no matter how far away they seem. / Dayanna Salas was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador but immigrated to the United States at the age of 6 to live in Chicago, Illinois. Her immigration story have fueled her passion to be involved in Ecuadorians politics and she hopes to make positive contributions to her country in the future. Her mixed-race background has sparked an interest in the representation and intersectionality of different identities. She is currently enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania planning to study international relations and economics.
Current Trends in Pragmatics
Author: Piotr Cap
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 144380763X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
The volume brings together twenty articles written by established linguists, language philosophers, sociologists and psychologists, sharing their academic interest in a broad and interdisciplinary field of linguistic pragmatics. The collection consists of four thematic parts: “Pragmatics and Cognition,” “The Semantics-Pragmatics Interface,” “Conversational and Text Analysis” and “Pragmatics, Social Research and Didactics.” It aims to contribute to the debate on the present-day status of pragmatics, by examining three fundamental issues. The first involves the question of the current explanatory power of pragmatics, namely, how successful is the existing apparatus of pragmatics and the basic-level parameters (theories of speech acts, relevance, implicature, presupposition, deixis, politeness, etc.) in the elucidation of various aspects of meaning. The second issue involves the methodological assistance that pragmatics might need in order to enhance its explanatory power. The third has to do with the fuzzily defined boundaries of the discipline of pragmatics and the resulting temptation for analysts to concentrate solely on its fragmented sub-domains. As the collection unfolds, these issues form a continuum which, it seems, is often a process that a linguist goes through as his or her methodological awareness deepens. Thus, the orientation of the volume towards the analyst and the analytic mind-set, as well as the attempted balance in presentation of the alternative approaches, seem the major theoretical characteristic of the book.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 144380763X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
The volume brings together twenty articles written by established linguists, language philosophers, sociologists and psychologists, sharing their academic interest in a broad and interdisciplinary field of linguistic pragmatics. The collection consists of four thematic parts: “Pragmatics and Cognition,” “The Semantics-Pragmatics Interface,” “Conversational and Text Analysis” and “Pragmatics, Social Research and Didactics.” It aims to contribute to the debate on the present-day status of pragmatics, by examining three fundamental issues. The first involves the question of the current explanatory power of pragmatics, namely, how successful is the existing apparatus of pragmatics and the basic-level parameters (theories of speech acts, relevance, implicature, presupposition, deixis, politeness, etc.) in the elucidation of various aspects of meaning. The second issue involves the methodological assistance that pragmatics might need in order to enhance its explanatory power. The third has to do with the fuzzily defined boundaries of the discipline of pragmatics and the resulting temptation for analysts to concentrate solely on its fragmented sub-domains. As the collection unfolds, these issues form a continuum which, it seems, is often a process that a linguist goes through as his or her methodological awareness deepens. Thus, the orientation of the volume towards the analyst and the analytic mind-set, as well as the attempted balance in presentation of the alternative approaches, seem the major theoretical characteristic of the book.
Love's Journey Home
Author: Kelly Irvin
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 0736953191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
It’s been seven years since her husband died, but Helen Crouch is doing just fine. She’s selling her jams and canned goods at the bakery and making a tidy living. But her whole world goes topsy-turvy when a new family moves to town. Gabriel Gless has brought his children to Bliss Creek to escape the worldly influences in Indiana. Helen and Gabriel have so much in common—the loss of their beloved spouses, the experience of raising their families alone, their rock-solid faith—so why can’t they seem to speak without arguing? And that’s not all that’s going on in Bliss Creek this summer. In the middle of a punishing drought, the community is faced with the decision to uproot their families and establish a new settlement. As families struggle to say goodbye, each one must find the faith to follow the Lord’s direction.
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 0736953191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
It’s been seven years since her husband died, but Helen Crouch is doing just fine. She’s selling her jams and canned goods at the bakery and making a tidy living. But her whole world goes topsy-turvy when a new family moves to town. Gabriel Gless has brought his children to Bliss Creek to escape the worldly influences in Indiana. Helen and Gabriel have so much in common—the loss of their beloved spouses, the experience of raising their families alone, their rock-solid faith—so why can’t they seem to speak without arguing? And that’s not all that’s going on in Bliss Creek this summer. In the middle of a punishing drought, the community is faced with the decision to uproot their families and establish a new settlement. As families struggle to say goodbye, each one must find the faith to follow the Lord’s direction.