Oxford University Press

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This book offers a comprehensive overview of the major traditions of word meaning research in linguistics. It charts the evolution of lexical semantics from the mid nineteenth century to the present day, presenting the main ideas, landmark publications, and the dominant figures ofthe the five semantic traditions....

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The Evolution of American TelevisionThis new edition of Barnouw's classic Tube of Plenty explores the development and impact of the latest phases of the communications revolution. Since the publication of this invaluable history of television and how it has shaped, and been shaped by, American culture and society, many significant changes have...

This book provides an accessible cultural and political analysis of how our disorderly and financialized system of capitalism works, what led to the financial crisis that began in 2007, the policy debates about reform, and why democratic control is difficult after the events of 2008....

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