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Marcel Danesi
Learn to speak Italian as fluently as Italians do-an indispensable guide, now with a timely new chapter on remote communication
Whether you’re learning Italian now at an intermediate level or…
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In an age where fake news, conspiracy theories, and outright lies by political and cultural leaders are commonplace, we may be becoming accustomed to lying, or worse, even immune to…
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This book contributes to the debate surrounding the origin of language by demonstrating that riddles and myths can be examined as evidence of the emergence of conceptual metaphors, a prerequisite…
Professor Marcel Danesi
Demonstrating how semiotic theory and method can be applied to decoding false representations and dangerous discourses, this book explores how semiotics can be used as a potentially powerful science of…
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John Colaneri, Vincent Luciani, Marcel Danesi, Ph.D.
Choose Barron's for language learning--a trusted resource for over 50 years! This edition of 501 Italian Verbs provides language learners with fingertip access to a carefully curated selection of the…
Learn how to communicate in Italian like a native speaker!
Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Conversation, Premium 2nd Edition teaches you how to speak Italian fluently and spontaneously. The book is…
BOOST YOUR BRAIN POWER! FLEX YOUR MENTAL MUSCLE WITH: BRAINTEASERS WORD SEARCHES
CRYPTOGRAMS OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
SUDOKU FRAMEWORKS
LOGIC PUZZLES TRIVIA PUZZLES
AND MUCH MORE!
Did you know that different parts…
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Using the Dexter saga of novels and television programs as its basis, the book argues that a Dexter Syndrome has emerged whereby we no longer see a difference between real…
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Learn how to take the tease out of brainteasers, and increase your puzzle IQ with this eye-opening guide to solving puzzles.
Problem-solving in mathematics is seen by many students as a struggle. Since the capacity to count and understand basic arithmetical concepts (adding, taking away, etc.) is innate and emerges effortlessly…
Examines communication through images and symbols and the methods by which researchers and scientists analyze these images and symbols. Featuring coverage on a wide range of topics, such as material…
Introduces the field of forensic semiotics as a tool for understanding crime and criminality. This book focuses on how symbolism, ritual, and other sign-based activities play a crucial role in…
A walk through history’s most mind-boggling puzzlesEver since the Sphinx asked his legendary riddle of Oedipus, riddles, conundrums, and puzzles of all sizes have kept humankind perplexed and amused. The…
Media semiotics is a valuable method of focusing on the hidden meanings within media texts. This book offers students an in-depth guide to help them investigate and understand the media…
This is an anthology of contemporary studies from various disciplinary perspectives written by some of the world’s most renowned experts in each of the areas of mathematics, neuroscience, psychology, linguistics…
The Semiotics of Love brings together work on early symbolism, literary practices, and contemporary communication on the theme of romance and the idea of love to forge an understanding of…
This work takes a look at cultural influences on teenagers and adolescents. Based on interviews with teens, pre-teens, and parents, it sketches out a facet of the adolescent’s cultural portrait…
This book looks at classic puzzles from the perspective of their structures and what they tell us about the brain. It uses the work on the neuroscience of mathematics from…
Guiding readers through the basics of how to interpret ads, this work explores everything from product and package design to jingles, cyberadvertising, ad campaigns, global impacts, culture jamming, and advertising…
Pop culture may be on the verge of disappearing because of the advent of meme culture as a major platform for the delivery of trends in the arts.
In Pi ( ) in Nature, Art, and Culture Marcel Danesi investigates the manifestations of in science, nature, symbolism, and culture, arguing that these are intrinsically intertwined.
This volume offers a practical introduction to the use of neuroscience to teach second languages. It provides information on the relation between how the brain learns and how this can…
Marcel Danesi’s outstanding introduction provides a clear guide to brands and brand identity, outlining their historical origins and their increasing centrality in contemporary consumer culture.
Positioning youth culture as a 20th century social experiment that is coming to an end, Marcel Danesi discusses the various musically-defined eras that saw rise to hippie culture, punk, disco…
Danesi’s introduction to popular culture takes students through major forms of media to explore a vast array of cultural theories. The fifth edition features updated coverage on social media and…
The fourth edition of Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives features a fully updated text with new material on celebrity in the digital age and our human desire for meaning. The most…
Danesi studies the culture, its symbols, myths, and problems of teenage culture as both a serious academic and a parent needing to understand.
Give your brain a test. Give your eyes a rest.
Looking for a way to keep your brain on its toes? Well, there is nothing more mentally stimulating or fun…
This is the first textbook on the linguistic relativity hypothesis, presenting it in user-friendly language, yet analyzing all its premises in systematic ways. The hypothesis claims that there is an…
This book uses an interdisciplinary approach, integrating frameworks from sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology and emerging strands of research on language and new media, to demonstrate the relationship between language, society…
Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective shows how language influences mechanisms of cognition, perception and belief, and by extension its power to manipulate thoughts and beliefs.
In this user-friendly dictionary of popular culture, over 800 A-to-Z entries provide historical information, definitions, and brief commentaries about the theories, media forms, fads, celebrities and icons, genres, and commonly-used…
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This compact, practical research manual that will help students, scholars, and general readers alike unlock the significance of the terminology, concepts, and historical movements of semiotics and related fields.
By laying bare the misguided tenets that have brought about, and continue to promote, a ‘forever young’ mentality, Marcel Danesi demonstrates that the ‘teen-aging’ of culture has come about because…
30 lessions, each one introducing a conversational theme centred around a crossword puzzle. An ideal tool for learning Italian that will provide a dynamic and enjoyable course supplement appropriate for…
Exercise your mind with the next volume in the ultimate collection of brain puzzles
You know that keeping your brain healthy is just as important as taking care of your…
