Robin Melrose
Biographic Data
| ID | 2359429 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Melrose |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin |
| FAMILY NAME | Melrose |
| SIGNATURE | MELROSE R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fairies, Ghosts, King Arthur, and Hounds from Hell
Walking and talking
In recent years there has been much conjecture on the origins of language, and it has been suggested that current linguistic phenomena such as motherese, pidgin languages or homesigns created by deaf children of non-signing parents offer us a window on the origins and evolution of language. This paper seeks to show that spontaneous spoken language (in this case, English) can also be seen as a window on language evolution. Drawing on work by Deaco…
Text semantics and the ideological patterning of texts
There has been much discussion about semantics and ideology in systemic-functional linguistics, which has significant implications for critical discourse analysis. This paper attempts to explore the early Hallidayan concept of semantics, contemporary notions of text semantics as proposed by Jay Lemke, and Michel Foucault's discussion of discursive formations, sexuality, the confession, and normalising judgement, to analyse a small corpus of lette…
Conflict and social man
The seduction of abduction
Text semantics and the ideological patterning of texts
There has been much discussion about semantics and ideology in systemic-functional linguistics, which has significant implications for critical discourse analysis. This paper attempts to explore the early Hallidayan concept of semantics, contemporary notions of text semantics as proposed by Jay Lemke, and Michel Foucault's discussion of discursive formations, sexuality, the confession, and normalising judgement, to analyse a small corpus of lette…
The seduction of abduction
The seduction of abduction
Conflict and social man
Text semantics and the ideological patterning of texts
There has been much discussion about semantics and ideology in systemic-functional linguistics, which has significant implications for critical discourse analysis. This paper attempts to explore the early Hallidayan concept of semantics, contemporary notions of text semantics as proposed by Jay Lemke, and Michel Foucault's discussion of discursive formations, sexuality, the confession, and normalising judgement, to analyse a small corpus of lette…
Walking and talking
In recent years there has been much conjecture on the origins of language, and it has been suggested that current linguistic phenomena such as motherese, pidgin languages or homesigns created by deaf children of non-signing parents offer us a window on the origins and evolution of language. This paper seeks to show that spontaneous spoken language (in this case, English) can also be seen as a window on language evolution. Drawing on work by Deaco…
Fairies, Ghosts, King Arthur, and Hounds from Hell
Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (1 work)