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TAR 2
Address Variation in Sociocultural Context
Region, power and distance in Italian service encounters
Agnese Bresin
February 2021. xxi, 290 pp.
This study looks at the sociocultural context of five Italian regions and at the situational context of restaurant encounters (a sub-type of service encounters) to examine address variation in spoken Italian—with a focus on... read more
IHLL 31
Advancedness in Second Language Spanish
Definitions, challenges, and possibilities
Edited by Mandy R. Menke and Paul A. Malovrh
February 2021. x, 512 pp.
This book analyzes the construct of advanced proficiency in second language learning by bringing together empirical research from numerous linguistic domains and methodological traditions. Focusing on the dynamic nature of... read more
Z 235
Argumentation between Doctors and Patients
Understanding clinical argumentative discourse
Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen and Nanon Labrie
February 2021. x, 155 pp.
Argumentation between Doctors and Patients discusses the use of argumentation in clinical settings. Starting from the pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation, it aims at providing an understanding of argumentative... read more
Z 233
Measuring Native-Speaker Vocabulary Size
I.S.P. Nation and Averil Coxhead
February 2021. xiii, 160 pp.
Estimating native-speaker vocabulary size is important for guiding interventions to support native-speaker vocabulary growth and for setting goals for learners of English as a foreign language. Unfortunately, the measurement of... read more
LAL 36
Style and Reader Response
Minds, media, methods
Edited by Alice Bell, Sam Browse, Alison Gibbons and David Peplow
February 2021. vii, 236 pp.
Style and Reader Response: Minds, media, methods profiles the diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches in reception-oriented research in stylistics. Collectively, the chapters investigate how real... read more