Linguistics/Rhetoric
The links below give access to other books and resources that can be a starting point in curating/creating an OER book.
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Essentials of Linguistics Links to an external site. - This OER brings together Open Access content from around the web and enhances it with dynamic video lectures about the core areas of theoretical linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics), supplemented with a discussion of psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic findings.
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Analyzing meaning: An introduction to semantics and pragmatics 2E Links to an external site. - This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. The chapters are organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics; (5) Modals, conditionals, and causation; (6) Tense & aspect.
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Analyzing Arguments--Rhetorical Analysis (Robbie Pock, Portland Community College Links to an external site. - This unit contains two lessons and two activities. This resource was created as part of a Developmental Reading course redesign project, with contributions from Theresa Love and David Pontious and support from an Open Oregon Educational Resources grant.
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88 Open Essays: A Reader for Students of Composition & Rhetoric Links to an external site. - This book is a free and open resource for composition instructors and students, full of essays that could supplement OER rhetoric and writing texts that lack readings. All of the essays in this reader are versatile rhetorically and thematically.
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Deliberative Rhetoric: Arguing about Doing Links to an external site. - Essays by Christian Kock show the essential interconnectedness of practical reasoning, rhetoric, and deliberative democracy.