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Our Masters' Voices

The Language and Body Language of Politics

By: John Maxwell Atkinson

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Our Masters' Voices

The Language and Body Language of Politics

By: John Maxwell Atkinson

What kinds of political message are actually capable of striking chords with an audience? How do the skills of spellbinding speakers compare with those of their less charismatic competitors? Why are some politicians much more effective on television than others? Max Atkinson's revealing and entertaining review of how politicians attempt to win out hears and minds and votes - based on the study of audio and videotaped material - enables use to begin to answer questions that once seemed unanswerable. He investigates the skills of, amongst others, Tony Benn, J.F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, and comes up with some intriguing results -- From back cover

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Psychology Press

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0415018757

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9780415018753

Lend Me Your Ears

All You Need to Know about Making Speeches and Presentations

By: John Maxwell Atkinson

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Lend Me Your Ears

All You Need to Know about Making Speeches and Presentations

By: John Maxwell Atkinson

Renowned communications researcher, consultant, and speech coach Atkinson offers a refreshing approach that highlights the secrets of successful communication.

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Oxford University Press

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0195300750

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9780195300758

Talk in Action

Interactions, Identities, and Institutions

By: John Heritage,Steven Clayman

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Talk in Action

Interactions, Identities, and Institutions

By: John Heritage,Steven Clayman

Talk in Action examines the language, identity, and interaction of social institutions, introducing students to the research methodology of Conversation Analysis. Features a unique focus on real-world applications of CA by examining four institutional domains: calls to emergency numbers, doctor-patient interaction, courtroom trials, and mass communication, Provides a theoretical and methodological overview of the roots of CA, reviewing the main developments and findings of research on talk and social institutions conducted over the past 25 years Showcases the significance of this subject to everyday events, making it ideal for students coming to the field for the first time Written by two leading figures in the field of Conversation Analysis

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John Wiley & Sons

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1444360175

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9781444360172

Lend Me Your Ears

All You Need to Know about Making Speeches and Presentations

By: John Maxwell Atkinson

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All You Need to Know about Making Speeches and Presentations

By: John Maxwell Atkinson

Renowned communications researcher, consultant, and speech coach Atkinson offers a refreshing approach that highlights the secrets of successful communication.

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The Interactional Instinct

The Evolution and Acquisition of Language

By: Namhee Lee,Lisa Mikesell,Anna Dina L. Joaquin,Andrea W. Mates,John H. Schumann

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The Interactional Instinct

The Evolution and Acquisition of Language

By: Namhee Lee,Lisa Mikesell,Anna Dina L. Joaquin,Andrea W. Mates,John H. Schumann

The Interactional Instinct explores the evolution of language from the theoretical view that language could have emerged without a biologically instantiated Universal Grammar. In the first part of the book, the authors speculate that a hominid group with a lexicon of about 600 words could combine these items to make larger meanings. Combinations that are successfully produced, comprehended, and learned become part of the language. Any combination that is incompatible with human mental capacities is abandoned. The authors argue for the emergence of language structure through interaction constrained by human psychology and physiology. In the second part of the book, the authors argue that language acquisition is based on an "interactional instinct" that emotionally entrains the infant on caregivers. This relationship provides children with a motivational and attentional mechanism that ensures their acquisition of language. In adult second language acquisition, the interactional instinct is no longer operating, but in some individuals with sufficient aptitude and motivation, successful second-language acquisition can be achieved. The Interactional Instinct presents a theory of language based on linguistic, evolutionary, and biological evidence indicating that language is a culturally inherited artifact that requires no a priori hard wiring of linguistic knowledge.

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Oxford University Press

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0199724962

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Theory and Methods in Sociology

An Introduction to Sociological Thinking and Practice

By: John Hughes,Wes Sharrock

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Theory and Methods in Sociology

An Introduction to Sociological Thinking and Practice

By: John Hughes,Wes Sharrock

This book offers a guide to sociology that explores its theoretical and methodological dimensions. Aiming to provide the reader with a sense of the reasoned character of the discipline, it traces how different theories and methods relate to one another, exploring the particular problems they spawn and the debates that have arisen in response.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137111607

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9781137111609

(On) Searle on Conversation

Compiled and introduced by Herman Parret and Jef Verschueren

By: John R. Searle,Herman Parret,Jef Verschueren

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(On) Searle on Conversation

Compiled and introduced by Herman Parret and Jef Verschueren

By: John R. Searle,Herman Parret,Jef Verschueren

At an international conference held in 1981 at the Universidada Estudual of Campinas (Brazil), a controversial lecture was given by John Searle which presented two conceptual theses: that conversation does not have an intrinsic structure about which a relevant theory can be formulated, and that conversations are not subject to (constitutive) rules. This lecture was first published in 1986 under the title “Notes on Conversation”, and was revised several times afterwards. The present volume offers the most recent version. Because of the importance of the article for conversation analysis, and for pragmatics in general, the editors have put together Searle's target article, along with eight original comments. The volume closes with a 'reply to replies' by Searle. In sociolinguistic studies, intralingual code-switching has been given less attention than most other areas, and linguists' attitudes towards the use of non-standard varieties still often suffer from fallacies of prescriptivism. Czech, a clear case of a language having a Standard and a strong central vernacular with intensive shifting between them, offers many points of general interest to sociolinguists.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027282919

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9789027282910

A Commitment to Campaign

A Sociological Study of CND

By: John Mattausch

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A Commitment to Campaign

A Sociological Study of CND

By: John Mattausch

Brief text and illustrations introduce the habits and habitats of a variety of animals.

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Manchester University Press

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0719029082

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9780719029080

Cultural Link Kanada, Deutschland

Festschrift zum dreissigjährigen Bestehen eines akademischen Austauschs

By: David Gethin John

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Cultural Link Kanada, Deutschland

Festschrift zum dreissigjährigen Bestehen eines akademischen Austauschs

By: David Gethin John

Das Buch ist der erfolgreichen Geschichte eines akademischen Austauschs gewidmet. Es dokumentiert die Magister- und Doktorarbeiten, mit denen mehr als 100 Studierende einen doppelten Studienabschluss erlangten: einen deutschen und einen nordamerikanischen Titel. Die Beiträge reflektieren persönliche Erfahrungen, entwickeln innovative Konzepte interkulturellen Lehrens und Lernens, analysieren linguistische und gesellschaftliche Aspekte des Kulturkontakts, Intertextualität, Austauschprozesse sowie Kooperation und Partnerschaft für große kulturelle Inszenierungen.

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Röhrig Universitätsverlag

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3861103559

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9783861103554

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Our Masters' Voices

Our Masters' Voices

Lend Me Your Ears

Lend Me Your Ears

Talk in Action

Talk in Action

Lend Me Your Ears

Lend Me Your Ears

The Interactional Instinct

The Interactional Instinct

Theory and Methods in Sociology

Theory and Methods in Sociology

(On) Searle on Conversation

(On) Searle on Conversation

A Commitment to Campaign

A Commitment to Campaign

Cultural Link Kanada, Deutschland

Cultural Link Kanada, Deutschland

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