Social Semiotics

Social Semiotics

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  • Author: Thomas Hestbaek Andersen
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317447875
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 174

M.A.K Halliday’s work has been hugely influential in linguistics and beyond since the 1960s. This is a collection of interviews with key figures in the generation of social semioticians who have taken Halliday’s concept of social semiotics and developed it further in various directions, making their own original contributions to theory and practice. This book highlights their main lines of thought and considers how they relate to both the original concept of social semiotics and to each other. Key themes include: Linguistic studies, multilinguality and evolution of language; Text, discourse and classroom studies; Digital texts, computer communication and science teaching; Multimodal text- and discourse analysis; Education and literacy; Media work and visual and audio modes; Critical Discourse Analysis. Featuring interviews with leading figures from linguistics, education and communication studies, a framing introduction and concluding chapter summing up commonalities and differences, connections and conflicts and key themes, this is essential reading for any scholar or student working in the area of social semiotics and systemic functional linguistics. Additional video resources are available on the Routledge website. Featuring: Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen, Theo Van Leeuwen, James R. Martin, Jay Lemke, Gunther Kress


La Estoria De Mi Vida

La Estoria De Mi Vida

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  • Author: Elisa Cristine Torre
  • Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
  • ISBN: 1453542299
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 737


Moral Creativity

Moral Creativity

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  • Author: John Wall
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
  • ISBN: 0195182561
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 245

Wall argues that moral life is inherently creative. In arguing his case, he places the work of Paul Ricoeur in the larger context of historical & contemporary conversations about moral transformation, drawing connections between sin & tragedy, ethics & poetics, & between the moral life & religious mythology.


Flowers Through Concrete

Flowers Through Concrete

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  • Author: Juliane Fürst
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0191092517
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 497

Flowers through Concrete: Explorations in Soviet Hippieland takes the reader on a journey into the lives and thoughts of Soviet hippies. In the face of disapproval and repression, they created a version of Western counterculture, skillfully adapting to, manipulating, and shaping their late socialist environment. Flowers through Concrete takes its readers into the underground hippieland and beyond, situating the world of hippies firmly in late Soviet reality and offering both an unusual history of the last Soviet decades as well as a case study of transnational youth culture and East-West globalization. Flowers through Concrete is based on over a hundred interviews, declassified documents, and private archives hidden for many decades. It tells the almost forgotten story of how hippie communities sprang up across the Soviet Union in the late-60s, often under the tutelage of the rebellious offspring of privileged households at the heart of the Soviet establishment. It charts how these communities linked up to create an impressive network with elaborate customs and rituals, ensuring its survival for more than two decades. Flowers through Concrete recounts not only a compelling story of survival against the odds - hippies who were harassed by police, shorn of their hair by civilian guards, and confined in psychiatric hospitals by doctors who believed non-conformism was a symptom of schizophrenia - but also advances a surprising argument. It suggests that the land of Soviet hippies and the world of late socialism were not entirely incompatible, but in fact meshed surprisingly well. Ultimately, it was not the KGB but the arrival of capitalism in the 1990s that ended the Soviet hippie sistema.


Only If You're Lucky

Only If You're Lucky

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  • Author: Stacy Willingham
  • Publisher: Minotaur Books
  • ISBN: 1250887941
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 346

A sharp and twisty exploration of female friendship from the New York Times bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark and All the Dangerous Things. Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman year at a liberal arts college in South Carolina. Margot is the shy one, the careful one, always the sidekick and never the center of attention. But when Lucy singles her out at the end of the year, a year Margot spent studying and playing it safe, and asks her to room together, something in Margot can't say no—something daring, or starved, or maybe even envious. And so Margot finds herself living in an off-campus house with three other girls, Lucy, the ringleader; Sloane, the sarcastic one; and Nicole, the nice one, the three of them opposites but also deeply intertwined. It's a year that finds Margot finally coming out of the shell she's been in since the end of high school, when her best friend Eliza died three weeks after graduation. Margot and Lucy have become the closest of friends, but by the middle of their sophomore year, one of the fraternity boys from the house next door has been brutally murdered... and Lucy Sharpe is missing without a trace. From the author of A Flicker in the Dark and All the Dangerous Things comes a tantalizing thriller about the nature of friendship and belonging, about loyalty, envy, and betrayal—another gripping novel from an author quickly becoming the gold standard in psychological suspense.


My Heart Is Not Blind

My Heart Is Not Blind

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  • Publisher: Trinity University Press
  • ISBN: 1595348751
  • Category : Photography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 308

My Heart Is Not Blind: On Blindness and Perception is a collection of stunning portraits of blind and visually impaired people taken by photographer Michael Nye. Each image is accompanied by an intimate story told by the subject concerning his or her experiences and unique perspective. The causes of vision loss range from genetic predispositions (retinitis pigmentosa) or disease (glaucoma) to external circumstances such as accidents (struck by a train) or violence (gunshot wound). The people in this diverse group differ not only in their particular conditions and losses but also in their cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Taken as a whole, however, the accounts of adapting to changing modes of perception are bound by a common theme of resilience, revealed in shared reactions and unexpected insights. The subjects depicted in My Heart Is Not Blind share their experiences and unique perspectives in a personal narratives that accompany their respective portraits. Most speak of the transition from sight to vision loss, and how that has changed—and not changed—their ability to perceive the surrounding world. Some question the classification of blindness as a disability. One participant proposes that blindness may, in some ways, even aid in perception, musing, “if you can always see the sun, you can never discover the stars.” My Heart Is Not Blind offers a window into the world of the blind and visually impaired, revealing surprising similarities and fascinating differences alongside compelling accounts of survival, adaptation, and heightened understanding. The collection invites us to reconsider what we think we know about blindness in order to gain a deeper understanding of vision and perception.


Margo: Queen of Country & Irish

Margo: Queen of Country & Irish

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  • Author: Margaret O'Donnell
  • Publisher: The O'Brien Press
  • ISBN: 1847177026
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 187

The official memoir of Margo O'Donnell, legendary Irish Country Music singer For fifty years now the name 'Margo' has been synonymous with everything that is positive and enriching in Country and Irish music. Blessed with an instantly recognisable voice, a voice unlike any other in the music business, the Donegal-born singer, despite the ever changing musical trends, has remained a star attraction, much loved by her fans, not only in Ireland and Britain, but also in the USA, Canada, Australia and other far destinations. She still possesses an infectious enthusiasm for performing and recording that she had in those very early days with The Keynotes. This is the story of her life, the successes and difficult times, in her own words.


Faith That Doesn't Burn

Faith That Doesn't Burn

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  • Author: Steven Bornbach
  • Publisher: Faithburn
  • ISBN: 0578827867
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 232

Steve Bornbach was a simple country boy growing up in central Wisconsin, U.S.A. Growing up in the beautiful township of Saratoga afforded many memorable stories; such as dirt track races, hillbillies on go carts, voices of women’ screaming in the night, wasps making music on hot summer days, a dry run full of water, fighting against snapping turtles, and much more. Teenage years became filled with loneliness, rejection, and pain, which became a catalyst for making wrong choices. This resulted in Steve becoming ensnared in a web of drugs and crime causing him to question what life is all about. What is faith and what do we put our faith in? God had a plan for Steve’s life and he has a plan for your life. Come take a journey with, “Faith that Doesn’t Burn.”


PC Mag

PC Mag

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  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 152

PCMag.com is a leading authority on technology, delivering Labs-based, independent reviews of the latest products and services. Our expert industry analysis and practical solutions help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology.


Kiki's Tale

Kiki's Tale

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  • Author: Jerri O'Powell
  • Publisher: Jerri O'Powell
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  • Category : Young Adult Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 78

Kiki's Tale Kiki is an 11 year old little girl. Unlike most children in the galaxy, She was born and spent the first 11 years of her life on the pirate ship, The Twenty-Wun Stars. With her parents leaving the ship her first foray into normal life introduced her to her 12 year old Auntie Naya. The occasion of their meeting was a sad one, as Naya’s mom was just killed in an explosion on another planet in a tragic accident. Kiki's first relations with her auntie are to comfort her in her time of loss Soon however they find the explosion that took her mom’s life was not an accident. It was the work of a civil war fugitive, turned confederate president, turned ultra-powerful godlike hero. Kiki’s comforting turned to exposition of pirate law that says when family blood is spilled equal blood must be spilled to satisfy pirate justice. He had to die, but what chance do two little girls on the other side of the galaxy have of killing the president of a confederate world with the powers of a god? Well if one is a powerful shapeshifting, genius, rehuman being and the other is from the high gravity world of Torrey 9… well still slim to none. Over three thousand years after the final battle over the soul mankind, between God, Satan, and Nefarious, destroys the earth, a new chapter begins. The resulting hyperspace blast from the earth’s destruction flings the last of humanity into the furthest reaches of space on their surviving starships. Over a 300 years passes before these star cast seeds of mankind reclaim the stars, and begin to find each other. The first of the new worlds to find each other and reconnect old humanity on new worlds, would eventually form The Confederation of Republic Worlds. This union would be marked with the erection of the Jara Timekeeping Tower on Jara Prime, broadcasting a synced time throughout the known universe. This is the Jara Era. A Short Story Expansion form The Dark Son of Deslar, In the I AM Andrean series.