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Sociolinguistics
Paperback. Collects the essays that investigate a variety of linguistic aspects of texts from different genres: from punning riddles and other kinds of humorous text to fictional prose and poetry, and illustrate how work in stylistics may simultaneously contribute to our understanding of a given text and of a particular linguistic phenomenon. Editor(s): Norgaard, Nina. Num Pages: 278 pages, b/w illus & tables. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776744779
- ISBN
- 9788776744779
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€ 33.99€ 24.45
€ 33.99
€ 24.45
Hardcover. Editor(s): Granadillo, Tania; Orcutt-Gachiri, Heidi A. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 487.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816526994
- ISBN
- 9780816526994
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€ 76.11€ 69.00
€ 76.11
€ 69.00
Paperback. Many of the ideas and insights presented in this volume emerged out of work accomplished at the University of Louisville English Department's 2010 Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition on 'Working English in Rhetoric and Composition: Global/local Contexts, Commitments, Consequences'. Editor(s): Horner, Bruce; Kopelson, Karen. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809333387
- ISBN
- 9780809333387
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€ 57.32€ 52.74
€ 57.32
€ 52.74
Paperback. Examines the critical role of language in Korean culture and society. Several topics representative of Korean socio-cultural vocabulary are discussed, followed by a consideration of Korean honorifics and other related issues. All chapters in this volume are accompanied by a set of student questions and a useful bibliography. Editor(s): Sohn, Ho-Min. Series: KLEAR Textbooks in Korean Language. Num Pages: 312 pages, 81 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 608.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824826949
- ISBN
- 9780824826949
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€ 45.99€ 38.66
€ 45.99
€ 38.66
New Perspectives on (Im)politeness and Interpersonal Communication
. Ed(S): Amaya, Lucis Fernandez; Lopez, Maria...
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- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781443841719
- ISBN
- 9781443841719
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€ 52.68€ 34.83
€ 52.68
€ 34.83
Paperback. This edited collection presents cutting edge research on the process of identity construction in professional and institutional contexts, from corporate workplaces, to courtrooms, classrooms, and academia. The chapters consider how interactants do identity work and how identity is indexed (often in subtle ways) in workplace discourse. Editor(s): Angouri, Jo; Marra, Meredith. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFGR; CJ; GTC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349323159
- ISBN
- 9781349323159
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€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Literacy Development and Enhancement Across Orthographies and Cultures
. Ed(S): Aram, Dorit; Korat, Ofra
Paperback. This book reviews international studies of the role of literacy in child development. It also covers how children learn their first written language and acquire a second written and spoken one. Studies are analyzed across eight countries and eleven languages. Editor(s): Aram, Dorit; Korat, Ofra. Series: Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461425342
- ISBN
- 9781461425342
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€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Literacy Development and Enhancement Across Orthographies and Cultures
. Ed(S): Aram, Dorit; Korat, Ofra
Hardback. This book reviews international studies of the role of literacy in child development. It also covers how children learn their first written language and acquire a second written and spoken one. Studies are analyzed across eight countries and eleven languages. Editor(s): Aram, Dorit; Korat, Ofra. Series: Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441908339
- ISBN
- 9781441908339
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Condition: New
€ 127.13
€ 127.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Bain, Bruce (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada). Num Pages: 582 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 841.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489915276
- ISBN
- 9781489915276
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€ 242.38
€ 242.38
hardcover. The notion of face has become firmly established as a means of explaining various social phenomena in a range of fields within the social sciences. This book offers an alternative in focusing on the ways in which face is constituted in and constitutive of social interaction, and its relationship to self, identity and sociocultural expectations. Editor(s): Bargiela-Chiappini, Francesca; Haugh, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: CFB; JHMC; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing (UK) United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845532918
- ISBN
- 9781845532918
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€ 105.96
€ 105.96
Hardback. This is the first edited collection to examine politeness in a wide range of diverse cultures. Most essays draw on empirical data from a wide variety of languages, including some key-languages in politeness research, such as English, and Japanese, as well as some lesser-studied languages, such as Georgian. Editor(s): Bargiela-Chiappini, Francesca; Kadar, Daniel Z. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GJ; CFB; CFG; GTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236486
- ISBN
- 9780230236486
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€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Hardback. This major new survey of sociolinguistics identifies gaps in our existing knowledge base and provides directions for future research. Editor(s): Bayley, Robert J.; Cameron, Richard; Lucas, Ceil. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 912 pages, 43 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 175 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1654.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 912
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199744084
- ISBN
- 9780199744084
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€ 208.44
€ 208.44
Paperback. A range of electronic corpora is increasingly accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM. This development coincided with improved standards governing the collecting, encoding and archiving of such data. This book looks at developing similar standards for enriching and preserving unconventional data: dialects, child language and bilingual databases. Editor(s): Beal, J.; Corrigan, K.; Moisl, H. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFF; CFH; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349522330
- ISBN
- 9781349522330
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Condition: New
€ 122.90
€ 122.90
Paperback. A range of electronic corpora has become accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM. This coincides with improvements in standards governing the collecting, encoding and archiving of such data. This book develops similar standards for enriching and preserving 'unconventional' data': the fragmentary texts and voices left to us as accidents of history. Editor(s): Beal, J.; Corrigan, K.; Moisl, H. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; CFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349522354
- ISBN
- 9781349522354
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Condition: New
€ 122.90
€ 122.90
Hardback. Editor(s): Beal, Joan C.; Corrigan, Karen P.; Moisl, Hermann L. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFFD; CFH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403943668
- ISBN
- 9781403943668
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€ 122.69
€ 122.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Berns, Margie; De Bot, Kees; Hasebrink, Uwe. Series: Language Policy. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441942333
- ISBN
- 9781441942333
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€ 143.54
€ 143.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Blackledge, Adrian; Creese, Angela. Series: Educational Linguistics. Num Pages: 339 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JNC; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 519.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402406085
- ISBN
- 9789402406085
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Condition: New
€ 122.49
€ 122.49
Hardback. This collection brings new insight into the relationship between English as a lingua franca and language teaching. It explores how the pedagogy of intelligibility, culture and language awareness, as well as materials analysis and classroom management, can be viewed from an ELF perspective in school and university contexts. Editor(s): Bowles, Hugo; Cogo, Alessia. Series: International Perspectives on English Language Teaching. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; CJA; EBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398079
- ISBN
- 9781137398079
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€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Hardback. This volume examines the complex interaction between the English language and the construction of ethnicity in the global English-speaking world. The essays demonstrate that the constructs of both English and ethnicity are contested sites of identity formation. Editor(s): Brutt-Griffler, Janina; Davies, Catherine Evans. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295998
- ISBN
- 9780312295998
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Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15
Paperback. Identity Trouble assembles contributions from a variety of discourse fields to discuss the pressures on traditional understandings of identity. The focus is on failures and uncertainties in people's construction of their identities when faced change and the contributors raise critical questions about identity and how it may be reconfigured. Editor(s): Caldas-Coulthard, Carmen Rosa; Iedema, Rick. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFDM; CFGR; JFSJ; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349522736
- ISBN
- 9781349522736
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Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Hardback. Editor(s): Caldas-Coulthard, Carmen Rosa; Iedema, Rick. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; CFG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403945150
- ISBN
- 9781403945150
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Condition: New
€ 64.86
€ 64.86
Hardback. Editor(s): Capone, Alessandro; Kiefer, Ferenc; Lo Piparo, Franco. Series: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology. Num Pages: 663 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFB; CFGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1154.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 663
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319213941
- ISBN
- 9783319213941
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€ 243.64
€ 243.64
Paperback. Examining CSCW (Computer Supported Co-operative Work), this work concentrates on the use of language in context, as well as grammatical construction, semantics and the significance of the spoken, written and graphic mediums. Editor(s): Connolly, John H.; Pemberton, Lyn. Series: Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Num Pages: 247 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; CFH; KJ; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540199847
- ISBN
- 9783540199847
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Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Paperback. The contributors to Internationalising the University: the Chinese Context offer an in-depth understanding of the rapidly changing developments in the fields of institutional, social, management, curriculum and student concerns and changes. Editor(s): Coverdale-Jones, T; Rastall, P. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CJ; DSB; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349301362
- ISBN
- 9781349301362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63