One of the most noticeable aspects in which English and Spanish are typologically different is the way in which they construe meanings of motion, especially when there is a trajectory implied. While English lexicalizes ...

Background: Communicative competences are considered central aspects of the medical profession but are often reduced to the physician-patient relationship. Little attention has been given to teaching the linguistic cognitive ...

This book approaches persuasion in public discourse as a rhetorical phenomenon that enables the persuader to appeal to the addressee’s intellectual and emotional capacities in a competing public environment. The aim is to ...