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Analysing Political Discourse

Theory and Practice

by Paul Chilton ...

In today’s world, analysing political language is more important than ever. This revised edition, while retaining the historically significant case studies, adds new analyses that reflect the 2010s and 2020s. It retains the original analytical tools, including the discourse space model, and in a fresh chapter advocates development of tools from neuroscience.The book begins by exploring some ... Read more

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In today’s world, analysing political language is more important than ever. This revised edition, while retaining the historically significant case studies, adds new analyses that reflect the 2010s and 2020s. It retains the original analytical tools, including the discourse space model, and in a fresh chapter advocates development of tools from neuroscience.The book begins by exploring some
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Brexitspeak

Demagoguery and the Decline of Democracy

by Paul Chilton ...

Were we talked into Brexit? And who is 'we'? It's impossible to do politics without words and a context to use them in. And it's impossible to make sense of the phenomenon of Brexit without understanding how language was used – and misused – in the historical context that produced the 2016 referendum result. This interdisciplinary book shows how the particular idea of 'the British people' was ... Read more

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Were we talked into Brexit? And who is 'we'? It's impossible to do politics without words and a context to use them in. And it's impossible to make sense of the phenomenon of Brexit without understanding how language was used – and misused – in the historical context that produced the 2016 referendum result. This interdisciplinary book shows how the particular idea of 'the British people' was
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Language, Space and Mind

The Conceptual Geometry of Linguistic Meaning

by Paul Chilton ...

The idea that spatial cognition provides the foundation of linguistic meanings, even highly abstract meanings, has been put forward by a number of linguists in recent years. This book takes this proposal into new dimensions and develops a theoretical framework based on simple geometric principles. All speakers are conceptualisers who have a point of view both in a literal and in an abstract sense, ... Read more

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The idea that spatial cognition provides the foundation of linguistic meanings, even highly abstract meanings, has been put forward by a number of linguists in recent years. This book takes this proposal into new dimensions and develops a theoretical framework based on simple geometric principles. All speakers are conceptualisers who have a point of view both in a literal and in an abstract sense,
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Moving to Tasmania

by Paul Chilton, Gemma Chilton ...

Planning a move to Tasmania? This comprehensive guidebook is written by Gemma and Paul Chilton, who moved to Tasmania in October 2020. We have sourced information from our own experience, from other "mainland blow-ins" like us, from real Tasmanians and from official sources. The book is broken down into 61 individual tips, facts or lessons – because who doesn’t like a good list – and these are ... Read more

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Planning a move to Tasmania? This comprehensive guidebook is written by Gemma and Paul Chilton, who moved to Tasmania in October 2020. We have sourced information from our own experience, from other "mainland blow-ins" like us, from real Tasmanians and from official sources. The book is broken down into 61 individual tips, facts or lessons – because who doesn’t like a good list – and these are
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2017 Longhorn Football Prospectus: Thinking Texas Football

by Paul Wadlington, Jason Chilton ...

Welcome to the fifth annual 2017 Longhorn Football Prospectus: Thinking Texas Football. This book is a Texas football preview, a Big 12 season companion and reference guide, and a resource for the entire football season.We started writing these guides because we believe they fill an important, underserved niche in the market. Like many passionate football fans reading regional or national ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Welcome to the fifth annual 2017 Longhorn Football Prospectus: Thinking Texas Football. This book is a Texas football preview, a Big 12 season companion and reference guide, and a resource for the entire football season.We started writing these guides because we believe they fill an important, underserved niche in the market. Like many passionate football fans reading regional or national
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2017 Longhorn Football Prospectus: Thinking Texas Football

by Paul Wadlington, Jason Chilton ...

Welcome to the fifth annual 2017 Longhorn Football Prospectus: Thinking Texas Football. This book is a Texas football preview, a Big 12 season companion and reference guide, and a resource for the entire football season.We started writing these guides because we believe they fill an important, underserved niche in the market. Like many passionate football fans reading regional or national ... Read more

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Welcome to the fifth annual 2017 Longhorn Football Prospectus: Thinking Texas Football. This book is a Texas football preview, a Big 12 season companion and reference guide, and a resource for the entire football season.We started writing these guides because we believe they fill an important, underserved niche in the market. Like many passionate football fans reading regional or national
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The Heptameron

by Marguerite De Navarre ...

In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for a bridge to be repaired, they are inspired - by recalling Boccaccio's Decameron - to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. The stories, however, soon degenerate into a verbal battle between the ... Read more

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In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for a bridge to be repaired, they are inspired - by recalling Boccaccio's Decameron - to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. The stories, however, soon degenerate into a verbal battle between the
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Great Disasters and Horrors in the Worlds History (Unabridged)

by Allen H. Godbey ...

Narrated by Cathy Pallazzo, Joseph Weitzel, Paul Chilton ...

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15 hours 21 min

Prepare yourself for a chilling journey through the annals of history's most catastrophic events and horrors. "Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History" unveils a gripping account of natural calamities, human tragedies, and the darkest chapters of our collective past. From the devastating earthquakes that have shattered cities to the horrors of war and genocide, this book delves into the ... Read more

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Prepare yourself for a chilling journey through the annals of history's most catastrophic events and horrors. "Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History" unveils a gripping account of natural calamities, human tragedies, and the darkest chapters of our collective past. From the devastating earthquakes that have shattered cities to the horrors of war and genocide, this book delves into the
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Make Good the Promises

Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies

by Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Paul Gardullo ...

Narrated by Karen Chilton ...

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6 hours 15 min

The companion volume to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture exhibit, opening in September 2021With a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Eric Foner and a preface by veteran museum director and historian Spencer CrewAn incisive and illuminating analysis of the enduring legacy of the post-Civil War period known as Reconstruction—a ... Read more

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The companion volume to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture exhibit, opening in September 2021With a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Eric Foner and a preface by veteran museum director and historian Spencer CrewAn incisive and illuminating analysis of the enduring legacy of the post-Civil War period known as Reconstruction—a
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Religion, Language, and the Human Mind

Edited by Paul Chilton, Monika Kopytowska ...

What is religion? How does it work? Many natural abilities of the human mind are involved, and crucial among them is the ability to use language. This volume brings together research from linguistics, cognitive science and neuroscience, as well as from religious studies, to understand the phenomena of religion as a distinctly human enterprise. The book is divided into three parts, each part ... Read more

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What is religion? How does it work? Many natural abilities of the human mind are involved, and crucial among them is the ability to use language. This volume brings together research from linguistics, cognitive science and neuroscience, as well as from religious studies, to understand the phenomena of religion as a distinctly human enterprise. The book is divided into three parts, each part
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The Herods

Murder, Politics, and the Art of Succession

by Bruce Chilton ...

Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

Unabridged

11 hours 50 min

Until his death in 4 BCE, Herod the Great's monarchy included territories that once made up the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Although he ruled over a rich, strategically crucial land, his royal title did not derive from heredity. His family came from the people of Idumea, ancient antagonists of the Israelites.Yet Herod did not rule as an outsider, but from a family committed to Judaism going back ... Read more

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Until his death in 4 BCE, Herod the Great's monarchy included territories that once made up the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Although he ruled over a rich, strategically crucial land, his royal title did not derive from heredity. His family came from the people of Idumea, ancient antagonists of the Israelites.Yet Herod did not rule as an outsider, but from a family committed to Judaism going back
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Derrida

A Very Short Introduction

by Simon Glendinning ...

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Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher, developed his critical technique known as 'deconstruction'. His work is associated with ideas surrounding both post-structuralism and post-modern philosophy, and he was known to have challenged some of the unquestioned assumptions of our philosophical tradition. In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Glendinning explores both the difficulty and significance ... Read more

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Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher, developed his critical technique known as 'deconstruction'. His work is associated with ideas surrounding both post-structuralism and post-modern philosophy, and he was known to have challenged some of the unquestioned assumptions of our philosophical tradition. In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Glendinning explores both the difficulty and significance
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