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  • Argumentation in Complex Communication

    Managing Disagreement in a Polylogue

    by Marcin Lewiński, Mark Aakhus ...
    A pervasive aspect of human communication and sociality is argumentation: the practice of making and criticizing reasons in the context of doubt and disagreement. Argumentation underpins and shapes the decision-making, problem-solving, and conflict management which are fundamental to human relationships. However, argumentation is predominantly conceptualized as two parties arguing pro and con ... Read more

    $27.09 USD

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  • Informal Logic

    A Pragmatic Approach

    by Douglas Walton ...
    Second edition of the introductory guidebook to the basic principles of constructing sound arguments and criticising bad ones. Non-technical in approach, it is based on 186 examples, which Douglas Walton, a leading authority in the field of informal logic, discusses and evaluates in clear, illustrative detail. Walton explains how errors, fallacies, and other key failures of argument occur. He ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • Discourse: The Basics

    by Angela Goddard, Neil Carey ...
    Series series The Basics
    Humans are social animals and are constantly interacting with each other through conversation, written communication, symbols and other expressions . Discourse: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the analysis of those interactions and the many forms and meanings they can take. The book draws on a range of international case studies and examples from literature, political ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Social Epistemology

    Essential Readings

    Edited by Alvin Goldman, Dennis Whitcomb ...
    What if anything justifies us in believing the testimony of others? How should we react to disagreement between ourselves and our peers, and to disagreement among the experts when we ourselves are novices? Can beliefs be held by groups of people in addition to the people composing those groups? And if so, how should groups go about forming their beliefs? How should we design social systems, such ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Conducting Interpretive Policy Analysis

    by Dvora Yanow ...
    Series series Qualitative Research Methods
    This book in the QRM series is designed for a wide variety of research methods courses taught in various departments. It will be of most interest to those in Public Policy, Political Science, and Public Administration departments, but will also be of interest to researchers in Sociology, Anthropology, Communication and Education departments, among others. The book fills a gap in the traditional ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Great Endarkenment

    Philosophy in an Age of Hyperspecialization

    by Elijah Millgram ...
    Human beings have always been specialists, but over the past two centuries division of labor has become deeper, ubiquitous, and much more fluid. The form it now takes brings in its wake a series of problems that are simultaneously philosophical and practical, having to do with coordinating the activities of experts in different disciplines who do not understand one another. Because these problems ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Non-native Educators in English Language Teaching

    Edited by George Braine ...
    The place of native and non-native speakers in the role of English teachers has probably been an issue ever since English was taught internationally. Although ESL and EFL literature is awash, in fact dependent upon, the scrutiny of non-native learners, interest in non-native academics and teachers is fairly new. Until recently, the voices of non-native speakers articulating their own concerns have ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Language, Society and Power

    An Introduction

    by Annabelle Mooney, Betsy Evans ...
    Language, Society and Power provides an accessible introduction to the study of language in a variety of social contexts. This book examines the ways language functions, how it influences the way we view society, and how it varies according to age, ethnicity, class, and gender. Readers are encouraged to consider whether representations of people and their language matter, explore how identity is ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • Texts, Facts and Femininity

    Exploring the Relations of Ruling

    by Dorothy E. Smith ...
    'A crucial book for feminists, for sociology and the new "political anthropological historical school". It informs us how we are differently "situated" in and through social relations, which texts and images mediate, organise and construct.' Philip Corrigan, Professor of Applied Sociology, Exeter UniversityDorothy E. Smith is Professor of Sociology in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Methodology for Creating Business Knowledge

    by Ingeman Arbnor, Bjorn Bjerke ...
    `Arbnor and Bjerke′s deep insight into theory construction and their honest appraisal of knowledge creation makes this edition absolutely essential for business scholars. I recommend this book to scholars in any area of business seeking a more thoughtful and useful understanding of research methodology′ - Morgan Miles, Professor of Marketing, Georgia Southern University`These are two authors on ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

  • The Emergent Organization

    Communication As Its Site and Surface

    by James R. Taylor, Elizabeth J. Van Every ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    Today's organizations face a wide variety of challenges, including such contradictions as maintaining unity of action while becoming increasingly diverse. Even the definition of organization is changing and evolving. In this monograph, the authors apply their academic and professional experience to address the notion of "organization," setting forth communication as the essential modality for the ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Discourse and Practice

    New Tools for Critical Analysis

    by Theo van Leeuwen ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics
    Adding a new introduction and two previously unpublished papers, Discourse and Practice: New Tools for Critical Discourse Analysis brings together van Leeuwen's methodological work on discourse analysis of the last 15 years. Discourse, van Leeuwen argues, is a resource for representation, a knowledge about some aspect of reality which can be drawn upon when that aspect of reality has to be ... Read more

    $44.09 USD