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Автор: Danesi, Ph.D., Marcel Название: Complete Italian Grammar Review ISBN: 0764134620 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780764134623 Издательство: Simon&Schuster UK Рейтинг: Цена: 14840.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Part of a series of grammar review books, this book presents an overview of grammatical terms, parts of speech, and how they work together in the Italian language. It presents the basics of Italian pronunciation, spelling, and sentence structure. It also covers the verb tenses and moods, nouns, adjectives, prepositions, and adverbs.
Автор: Danesi Marcel Название: The Art of the Lie: How the Manipulation of Language Affects Our Minds ISBN: 1633885968 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781633885967 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 10830.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book shows how language can be used strategically to manipulate beliefs. From Machiavelli to P. T. Barnum to Donald Trump, many have perfected the art of strategically using language to gain the upper hand, set a tone, change the subject, or influence people's beliefs and behaviors. Language--both words themselves and rhetorical tactics such as metaphor, irony, slang, and humor--can effectively manipulate the minds of the listener. In this book, Marcel Danesi, a renowned linguistic anthropologist and semiotician, looks at language that is used not to present arguments logically or rationally, but to "move" audiences in order to gain their confidence and build consensus. He demonstrates that through language techniques communicators can not only sway opinions but also shape listeners' very perception of reality. He assesses how the communicative environment in which the art of the lie unfolds--such as on social media or in emotionally-charged gatherings--impacts the results. Danesi also investigates why lies are often accepted as valid. Artful lying fits in with an Internet society that is largely disinterested in what is true and what is false and in which attention is often given to speech that is entertaining or persuasive. Have we become immune to lies because of a social media discourse shaped by untruths? In an electronic age where facts are deemed irrelevant and conspiracies are accorded as much credibility as truths, this book discusses the implications of lying and language for the future of belief, ethics, and American democracy itself.
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Автор: Danesi Marcel Название: Concise Dictionary of Popular Culture ISBN: 1442253118 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442253117 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 133760.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In this user-friendly dictionary of popular culture, over 800 A-to-Z entries provide historical information, definitions, and brief commentaries about the theories, media forms, fads, celebrities and icons, genres, and commonly-used terms relevant to the study of popular culture. Includes cross-references and a thematic table of contents.
Автор: Danesi, Marcel Название: Popular culture introductory pcb ISBN: 1538107422 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538107423 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 116870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The fourth edition of Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives features a fully updated text with new material on celebrity in the digital age and our human desire for meaning. The most accessible text on the market, this new edition expands the illustration program and adds a suite of teaching ancillaries.
Автор: Marcel Danesi Название: Language and Mathematics: An Interdisciplinary Guide ISBN: 1614513198 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781614513193 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Цена: 247880.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This book explores the many disciplinary and theoretical links between language, linguistics, and mathematics. It examines trends in linguistics, such as structuralism, conceptual metaphor theory, and other relevant theories,to show that language and mathematics have a similar structure, but differential functions, even though one without the other would not exist.
Автор: Danesi, Marcel Название: Italian verb workbook ISBN: 0764130242 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780764130243 Издательство: Ingram Рейтинг: Цена: 16930.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Here is a fine new, user-friendly supplementary language worktext for students enrolled in high school and college-level Italian courses, as well as for those who know some Italian but want to work independently to improve their knowledge of Italian verbs. The book is divided into five main sections: verbs' present indicative tenses; their past indicative tenses; future and conditional tenses; subjunctive tenses, and the imperative and other tenses. Verbs are presented with fundamental conjugation information, illustrative dialogues, and additional learning features that include crossword puzzles, tips and notes on verb usage, and a review chapter that concludes each of the book's five sections. The book is filled with exercises designed to improve students' fluency in speaking, writing, and comprehending Italian. The type is set in two colors.
Автор: Danesi, Marcel Название: Dexter syndrome ISBN: 1433131560 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781433131561 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 81430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The serial killer has become an obsession ever since Jack the Ripper became a media sensation, embedding a new and horrifying type of murderer into our cultural consciousness – one who kills darkly and in the dark. All popular media – print, radio, television, and so on – have become absorbed by this new figure. This book traces its diffusion through all media and discusses what this reveals about modern society. Using the Dexter saga of novels and television programs as its basis, the book argues that a «Dexter Syndrome» has emerged whereby we no longer see a difference between real and fictional serial killers. The psychological and social reasons for this are explored by tracing pop culture texts themselves (movies, novels, etc.). Above all else, Dexter’s concept of a «moral code» forms a thematic thread that allows the author to argue that our contemporary moral nihilism has produced the demand for horror and horrific characters like serial killers, who have replaced medieval demons and monsters.
Автор: Danesi, Marcel Название: Cryptographic crimes ISBN: 1433135213 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781433135217 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 105850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book examines the use of cryptography in both real and fictional crimes—a topic that is rarely broached. It discusses famous crimes, such as that of the Zodiac Killer, that revolve around cryptic messages and current uses of encryption that make solving cases harder and harder. It then draws parallels with the use of cryptography and secret writing in crime fiction, starting with Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle, claiming that there is an implicit principle in all such writing—namely, that if the cryptogram is deciphered then the crime itself reveals its structure. The general conclusion drawn is that solving crimes is akin to solving cryptograms, as the crime fiction writers suggested. Cases of cryptographic crime, from unsolved cold cases to the Mafia crimes, are discussed and mapped against this basic theoretical assumption. The book concludes by suggesting that by studying cryptographic crimes the key to understanding crime may be revealed.
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