Social Linguistics

Come sono cambiati i media, con quali meccanismi e quali stratagemmi, nell'epoca che chiamiamo "Era della Comunicazione"? Umberto Eco osserva la stampa, la televisione, internet, interrogandosi sui linguaggi dei media, le loro strategie di manipolazione, le loro reciproche influenze, in un’ottica che vede già i vari media come sistema integrato.

After two hellish years on the rim of the Arctic, Philip Weyman stumbles back toward civilization, half-starved and half-crazy. He stumbles onto Josephine Adare, a beautiful woman living alone in the wilderness. She asks for his help, “I need you to pose as my husband to help me save my home from a band of outlaws and cutthroats.” She persuades him to stay and fight for her. But he has no idea he will be joining a battle with the silent strength of the Cree Nation as his ally. Nor does he realize, the final battle will require every ounce of his strength and will...

Twenty-seven-year-old Nell Stevens was determined to write a novel, but life kept getting in the way. Then came a game-changing opportunity: she won a fellowship that would let her spend three months, all expenses paid, anywhere in the world to research and write a book. Would she choose a glittering metropolis, a romantic village, an exotic paradise? Not exactly. Nell chose Bleaker Island, a snowy, windswept pile of rock in the Falklands. There, in a guesthouse where she would be the only guest, she could finally rid herself of distractions and write.

Barbara, the granddaughter of an earl, is busy saving souls in the Salvation Army while her father, maintaining that poverty is the worst of crimes, runs a munitions factory.

Full of unforgettable characters and humour, this is the original edition of On Our Selection as it was first written. These are Steele Rudd's immensely popular stories about the selection on the Darling Downs in Queensland where Dad, Mother, Dave, and the rest of the family nearly starve, and eventually prosper. Rudd meant them as a tribute to small selectors like his own family.

If you are ready to ensure that you can protect yourself from manipulation while also ensuring that you learn the skills necessary to control other people, Covert Manipulation is here for you. This audiobook endeavors to bring you a comprehensive beginner’s guide to the concept of covert manipulation. This audiobook will guide you through everything you need to know, teaching you about what covert manipulation is, how it is used, and more.

We the Poets, By the Poets, For the Poets Anthology, by Author Reneé Drummond-Brown and masterful poets from across the globe weigh in collectively with free verse poetry, giving the reader a taste of faith, hope and love through the writer’s minds-eye without hindrance or restraint. Because love is a universal action, extending the olive branch makes a necessary plea of reconciliation that we are in-fact our brother’s keeper in time of need. Power of the pens are seen throughout the vein of this book depicting freedom for our brothers and sisters from all walks of life from sea to ...

Do you want to know exactly how to get the upper hand in conversations, debates, and negotiations? Do you desire the ability to persuade individuals as well as audiences? Persuasion is one of the most important skills to acquire and it is all around us. You are affected by it every day. Simple choices like the colors of a company logo influence the way you think. You may already practice persuasion without even realizing it.

The story of how English became American—and how it became Southern, Bostonian, Californian, African American, Chicano, elite, working-class, urban, rural, and everything in between.

The alpha male is the kind of guy who gets first class treatment in high places even when hasn't really paid for premium treatment. He has an aura of power and exerts authority by the way he looks, the way he carries himself when alone or around other people. Being an alpha male is more than just getting laid whenever and wherever you want, and is more about taking responsibility for your actions. Being an alpha male isn't a one day kind of thing.

Making his way to a tryst with his "dark lady" near the royal palace the young playwright William Shakespeare encounters a mysterious woman in a cloak. Mistaking her for his lady friend, he accosts her in a familiar fashion, only to discover, to his dismay, that she is in fact the queen. He overcomes his initial discomfort, and takes advantage of the situation to make a petition for royal support to establish a national theatre.

In the distant future, Earth is at war with the planet Mars. Three saboteurs from Earth cause a major Martian city to disappear. They board the last spaceship bound for the planet Earth, and set up a conversation with a stranger…

We acquire our native language, seemingly without effort, in infancy and early childhood. Language is our constant companion throughout our lifetime, even as we age. Indeed, compared with other aspects of cognition, language seems to be fairly resilient through the process of aging. In Changing Minds, Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts examine how aging affects language - and how language affects aging.

It's normal to feel anxious about our relationships from time to time, but if you're feeling constantly overwhelmed and panicked then something needs to change. In fact, anxiety is one of the most common mental health issues in the United States. But that doesn't mean you have to suffer from it forever. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a powerful tool that can help you overcome your anxiety and improve your communication skills.

The Border Legion is the adventure of a daring frontierswoman and the men she inspires. Joan Randle is a strong, capable woman living with her uncle in the wilds of Idaho. She likes Jim Cleve but is impatient with his laziness. After a quarrel, Jim heads to the lawless Montana border to prove himself, and a remorseful Joan tries to track him and bring him back.

Everyone is vulnerable to these secret mind control techniques...Learn how to protect yourself now! Mind control techniques are everywhere. It doesn’t matter how smart or how naturally skeptical you are - you’re still prone to dark psychology tricks because they play upon fundamental human feelings. Your only weapon against psychological manipulators - no matter if salespeople, politicians, or toxic people in your social circle - is knowledge. Once you’re able to see through their tricks, they lose their power.

Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter ’A’ stands for ’Adultery’. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her child, growing up in the shadow of the scarlet letter? The future holds no joy for Hester Prynne.

Elinor Glyn was famous as the notorious author of several sexy Hollywood movies and novels, e.g., It, in which she described "it" as the strange magnetism that attracts both sexes. Three Weeks became her most popular novel, described as erotic, romantic, and risqué. Glyn's work in movies, novels, and articles in Cosmopolitan is considered to be influential in changes in social attitudes toward women, sex, and sexuality.

Spoon River has 244 accounts of the lives of people in the town that explain its goings on over a couple of centuries. Each free form verse is presented as an epitaph of one of the citizens delivered themselves, often criticizing the words said about them on their tombstone or the monument or stone left above them. The stories build on one another as well as reference various family members and others mentioned in other stories.

If you ever wanted to learn how to read people with the ease of reading a book, keep reading! As we know, in everyday life we are exposed to constant dangers: We may be in contact with people who have bad intentions, manipulators, fraudsters, or even a narcissistic and abusive ex. Through the use of techniques practiced in cognitive behavioural therapy and building emotional intelligence skills, you can learn to read people and their body language and avoid being tricked or abused. These techniques are very useful in case someone wants to take advantage of you.