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Irony and sarcasm
\"This book provides a concise summary of the concepts \"irony\" and \"sarcasm\": what they mean, how they have been used over time, and how they differ from the related concepts like coincidence, paradox, satire, and parody. The use of these terms, from Greek philosophers to postmodern theorists, is briefly sketched, and empirical research on why people use such language, and how it is comprehended, is provided. The book is leavened with quotations about irony and sarcasm, examples from popular culture (including an analysis of Alanis Morissette's song \"Ironic\"), television programs, and the use of irony and sarcasm online, both in words and also via emoticons, emoji, hashtags, and internet memes. The book is unique in that it provides a succinct yet comprehensive overview of the history of these terms, as well as empirical research by cognitive scientists. It will provide careful writers with the background and context that is necessary to employ these terms with confidence, or to use other terms if they are more appropriate\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Becoming Fluent
Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged because
they believe they cannot acquire a language as easily as children. Once they begin
to learn a language, adults may be further discouraged when they find the methods
used to teach children don't seem to work for them. What is an adult language
learner to do? In this book, Richard Roberts and Roger Kreuz draw on insights from
psychology and cognitive science to show that adults can master a foreign language
if they bring to bear the skills and knowledge they have honed over a lifetime.
Adults shouldn't try to learn as children do; they should learn like
adults.Roberts and Kreuz report evidence that adults can learn
new languages even more easily than children. Children appear to have only two
advantages over adults in learning a language: they acquire a native accent more
easily, and they do not suffer from self-defeating anxiety about learning a
language. Adults, on the other hand, have the greater advantages -- gained from
experience -- of an understanding of their own mental processes and knowing how to
use language to do things. Adults have an especially advantageous grasp of
pragmatics, the social use of language, and Roberts and Kreuz show how to leverage
this metalinguistic ability in learning a new language.Learning a
language takes effort. But if adult learners apply the tools acquired over a
lifetime, it can be enjoyable and rewarding.
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Linguistic fingerprints : how language creates and reveals identity
\"How much of ourselves do we disclose when we speak or write? A person's accent may reveal, for example, whether they hail from Australia, or Ireland, or Mississippi. But it's not just where we were born-we divulge all sorts of information about ourselves and our identity through language. Level of education, gender, age, and even aspects of our personality can all be reliably determined by our vocabulary and grammar. To those who know what to look for, we give ourselves away every time we open our mouths or tap on a keyboard. But how unique is a person's linguistic identity? Can language be used to identify a specific person? To identify-or to exonerate-a murder suspect? To determine who authored a particular book? The answer to all these questions is yes. Forensic and computational linguists have developed methods that allow linguistic fingerprinting to be used in law enforcement. Similar techniques are used by literary scholars to identify the authors of anonymous or contested works of literature. Many people have heard that linguistic analysis helped to catch the Unabomber, or to unmask an anonymous editorialist-but how is it done? Linguistic Fingerprints will explain how these methods were developed and how they are used to solve forensic and literary mysteries. But these techniques aren't perfect, and the book will also include some cautionary tales about mistaken linguistic identity\"-- Provided by publisher.
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