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Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, Concise Edition (7th Edition) by John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, June Johnson
Kuniya Nasukawa, Henk Riemsdijk, “Identity Relations in Grammar”
L. Sue Baugh, “Essentials of English Grammar: A Quick Guide To Good English, 3rd Edition”
Effective Difficult Conversations: A Step-By-Step Guide by Catherine Soehner, Ann Darling
The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics) by John Flowerdew, John E. Richardson
Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, Concise Edition (7th Edition) by John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, June Johnson
2015 | English | 320 pages | PDF | 11 MB
For courses in Argument and Research.
The most thorough theoretical foundation available
Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, Concise Edition, 7/e integrates four different approaches to argument: the enthymeme as a logical structure, the classical concepts of logos, pathos, and ethos, the Toulmin system, and stasis theory. Focusing on argument as dialogue in search of solutions instead of a pro-con debate with winners and losers, it is consistently praised for teaching the critical-thinking skills needed for writing arguments. Major assignment chapters each focus on one or two classical stases (e.g. definition, resemblance, causal, evaluation, and policy). Each concept is immediately reinforced with discussion prompts, and each chapter ends with multiple comprehensive writing assignments.
Kuniya Nasukawa, Henk Riemsdijk, “Identity Relations in Grammar”
2014 | 381 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Few concepts are as ubiquitous in the physical world of humans as that of identity. Laws of nature crucially involve relations of identity and non-identity, the act of identifying is central to most cognitive processes, and the structure of human language is determined in many different ways by considerations of identity and its opposite. The purpose of this book is to bring together research from a broad scale of domains of grammar that have a bearing on the role that identity plays in the structure of grammatical representations and principles.
Beyond a great many analytical puzzles, the creation and avoidance of identity in grammar raise a lot of fundamental and hard questions. These include:
Why is identity sometimes tolerated or even necessary, while in other contexts it must be avoided?
What are the properties of complex elements that contribute to configurations of identity (XX)?
What structural notions of closeness or distance determine whether an offending XX-relation exists or, inversely, whether two more or less distant elements satisfy some requirement of identity?
Is it possible to generalize over the specific principles that govern (non-)identity in the various components of grammar, or are such comparisons merely metaphorical?
Indeed, can we define the notion of identity in a formal way that will allow us to decide which of the manifold phenomena that we can think of are genuine instances of some identity (avoidance) effect?
If identity avoidance is a manifestation in grammar of some much more encompassing principle, some law of nature, then how is it possible that what does and what does not count as identical in the grammars of different languages seems to be subject to considerable variation?
L. Sue Baugh, “Essentials of English Grammar: A Quick Guide To Good English, 3rd Edition”
2005 | PDF | 224 pages | 2 MB
Clear, concise, and packed with lively examples, Essentials of English Grammar, Third Edition, fills you in on general usage rules for parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviations, numbers, word division, spelling, commonly confused words, and much more. It also includes style guidelines with tips on how to write with economy, clarity, and accuracy.
A quick reference for people with the occasional question and an excellent primer for anyone learning the basics, this edition of the perennial bestseller features a new glossary of grammar terms, updated coverage of stylistic conventions, and new examples.
Effective Difficult Conversations: A Step-By-Step Guide by Catherine Soehner, Ann Darling
English | November 25th, 2016 | 129 pages | PDF | 7.16 MB
In an information landscape where change is the status quo, difficult conversations come with the territory. Being a library leader means knowing how to confidently steer these conversations so that they lead to productive results instead of hurt feelings, resentment, or worse.
Employees in a library will also encounter conflict, especially during times of change. Using a step-by-step process, this book walks readers through learning the skills to have effective difficult conversations that hold themselves and others accountable. Practice activities throughout the book will help readers feel prepared beforehand.
The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics) by John Flowerdew, John E. Richardson
2017 | English | 656 pages | PDF | 10 MB
The Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies provides a state-of-the-art overview of the important and rapidly developing field of Critical Discourse Studies (CDS). Forty-one chapters from leading international scholars cover the central theories, concepts, contexts and applications of CDS and how they have developed, encompassing:
approaches
analytical methods
interdisciplinarity
social divisions and power
domains and media.
Including methodologies to assist those undertaking their own critical research of discourse, this Handbook is key reading for all those engaged in the study and research of Critical Discourse Analysis within English Language and Linguistics, Communication, Media Studies and related areas.
