Anna Wierzbicka is the recipient of various awards for her outstanding contributions in linguistics and semantics. The book is divided into four parts: Part I briefly summarizes the cultural universe of English, its general concepts of meaning, history and culture as embedded in certain words and expressions; Part II examines English words from philosophy to everyday discourse; Part III is a study of Anglo culture as reflected in English grammar ...
Me the Media - Rise of the Conversation Society, by Jaap Bloem, Menno van Doorn
Added by: Kaldagan | Karma: 115.48 | Non-Fiction, Other | 25 June 2009
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Description : Past, Present and Future of the Third Media Revolution Since the mid 19th century countless innovations have sprung up from American soil, in particular those related to technology and media. With Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States the change that web media can create, is being further satisfied. For example, during the campaign at myBarackObama.com, YouTube and Facebook, and later at Change.gov amongst others, his messages were resonating and swelling in a genuinely democratic way...
How does advertising position itself in consumer culture? In what ways does it create feelings of desire and wants? This richly illustrated, incisive text produces the most complete critical introduction to advertising culture. Filling a critical gap in the literature, Advertising in Modern and Postmodern Times examines the forms of consumer subjectivity resulting from of postmodern disruptions in time and space and the significance of advertising for the identity of contemporary consumers.
What do women want? Did Freud have any idea how difficult that question would become for women to answer? In Appetites, Caroline Knapp confronts that question and boldly reframes it, asking instead: How does a woman know, and then honor, what it is she wants in a culture bent on shaping, defining, and controlling women and their desires?
This engaging collection of National Public Radio broadcasts and magazine pieces by one of America"s best-known linguists covers the waterfront of contemporary culture by taking stock of its words and phrases.
