Sociolinguistics
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Sociolinguistics
Paperback. Talk and Social Theory will be an essential text for students of sociolinguistics and the analysis of discourse in conversation. Num Pages: 242 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624716
- ISBN
- 9780745624716
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Condition: New
€ 25.26
€ 25.26
Paperback. This is an original book about the connections between historical moment, social structure, technology, communication systems, and what is said and thought using these systems - notably literature. Translator(s): Cullens, Chris; Metteer, Michael. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720991
- ISBN
- 9780804720991
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.74
€ 44.99
€ 39.74
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350036277
- ISBN
- 9781350036277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.51
€ 55.51
paperback. This book provides a comprehensive and synoptic view of Joshua A. Fishman's contributions to sociolinguistics. Essays provide readers with the essential understandings of Fishmanian sociolinguistics and his contributions to Yiddish scholarship.It serves as a valuable summary of the sociology of language and the sociology of Yiddish. Series: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853599026
- ISBN
- 9781853599026
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Condition: New
€ 50.17
€ 50.17
Hardcover. This text takes a serious look at Dante's relation to Latin grammar and the new "mother tongue" - Italian vernacular - by exploring the cultural significance of the nursing mother in medieval discussions of language and selfhood. Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; CFB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025533
- ISBN
- 9780268025533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.85
€ 113.85
Paperback. This text takes a serious look at Dante's relation to Latin grammar and the new "mother tongue" - Italian vernacular - by exploring the cultural significance of the nursing mother in medieval discussions of language and selfhood. Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; CFB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025540
- ISBN
- 9780268025540
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.87
€ 46.99
€ 41.87
Hardcover. Editor(s): Martinez, Gerald M. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 260 x 16. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634827959
- ISBN
- 9781634827959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 281.68€ 209.47
€ 281.68
€ 209.47
Paperback. These 12 original papers extend the mental-spaces framework developed by Gilles Fauconnier and demonstrate its utility in solving deep problems in linguistics and discourse theory. The contributors analyze a wide range of phenomena, including analogical counterfactuals and deictic expression. Series: Cognitive Theory of Language & Culture S. Num Pages: 364 pages, 69 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; CFK; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226239248
- ISBN
- 9780226239248
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.18
€ 47.99
€ 37.18
hardcover. Discusses the relationship between language and the mental organisation of knowledge, based on research carried out in Polynesia. Series: Language, Culture and Cognition. Num Pages: 396 pages, 3 b/w illus. 45 tables. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521883122
- ISBN
- 9780521883122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.81
€ 131.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618112385
- ISBN
- 9781618112385
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Condition: New
€ 140.81
€ 140.81
Paperback. This volume provides updated and expanded entries on the established languages of Britain and the Republic of Ireland, as well as including "community" or "immigrant" languages and British Sign Language. The focus is on historical and sociolinguistic aspects of the languages covered. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; CFB; CFF; CFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215813
- ISBN
- 9780631215813
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Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; CFB; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 175 x 9. Weight in Grams: 14.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816523740
- ISBN
- 9780816523740
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Condition: New
€ 26.49
€ 26.49
Paperback. This textbook provides an introduction to a range of sociolinguistic theories and the insights they provide for a greater understanding of varieties of English, past and present. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language. Num Pages: 168 pages, 4 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language. 168 pages, 4 halftones, 2 maps. This textbook provides an introduction to a range of sociolinguistic theories and the insights they provide for a greater understanding of varieties of English, past and present. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 10. Weight: 218.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623259
- ISBN
- 9780748623259
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.60
€ 25.99
€ 24.60
Hardcover. In this work, it is shown that tourism, in the act of promotion, as well as in the accounts of its practitioners and clients, has a discourse of its own. The text draws on both semiotic analyses of tourism and on the content of promotional material produced by the tourism industry. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: CFB; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- CABI
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851989990
- ISBN
- 9780851989990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.04
€ 113.04
Paperback. Does language reflect the culture of a society? Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? This title states that contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: CBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099505570
- ISBN
- 9780099505570
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.61
€ 14.99
€ 11.61
Paperback. This book explores international trends in naming and contributes to the growing field of critical onomastic enquiry. The contributors to this publication examine why names are not only symbols of a person or place, but also manifestations of cultural, linguistic and social heritage in their own right. Editor(s): Puzey, Guy; Kostanski, Laura. Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783094905
- ISBN
- 9781783094905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.57
€ 72.57
Paperback. This text explores tourism websites as mediums of identity construction and promotion. As interactive modes of communication, tourism websites for nations, cities, and attractions function critically in the new capitalism as calls for social action in contributing to economic and social rebirth, growth, and preservation. Series: Tourism and Cultural Change. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 149 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845411367
- ISBN
- 9781845411367
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Condition: New
€ 43.93
€ 43.93
Paperback. Drawing on the perspective of language socialization and a theory of indexicality, this book examines dinnertime talk in a homestay context and explores ways in which learners of Japanese as a foreign language and their Japanese host families socialize their identities through speech style. Series: Second Language Acquisition. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFB; CFDC; CJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847691002
- ISBN
- 9781847691002
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Condition: New
€ 45.05
€ 45.05
Hardback. The chapters of this volume explore the intimate relations of society, language and mind: the development of each of these depends on the contribution of the other two. Editor(s): Webster, Jonathan. Series: Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904768333
- ISBN
- 9781904768333
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Condition: New
€ 102.35
€ 102.35
Paperback. This book argues on the one hand the need to attend to the different voices in the classroom, and on the other to encourage an attitude of enquiry which creates awareness of the power of discourse in maintaining and/or changing societies. Editor(s): Webster, Jonathan J. Series: Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CFB; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781904768388
- ISBN
- 9781904768388
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Condition: New
€ 56.11
€ 56.11
Hardback. Studies of variation of language have by and large been restricted to the level of expression. This work offers a critique of sociolinguistic, arguing that since meaning is critical to all contexts of life in society, ignoring it has led to a number of serious problems, foremost among them a mis-conception of the nature of sociolinguistics itself. Editor(s): Webster, Jonathan J. Series: Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan S. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904768357
- ISBN
- 9781904768357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.78
€ 70.78
Paperback. In 1969, Canada officially embraced and wrote into law the equality of English and French, and in 1988, both were legislated as working languages in its federal institutions. With the half-century mark fast approaching, this book takes an unflinching look at the divergence between policy and practice. Series: Politics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 2ADF; CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776623351
- ISBN
- 9780776623351
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.22
€ 31.99
€ 31.22
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198718000
- ISBN
- 9780198718000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. The aim of this book is to examine the nature and extent of the problem of language decline and death in Africa. It resourcefully traces the main causes and circumstances of language endangerment, the processes and extent of language shift and death, and the consequences of language loss to the continent's rich linguistic and cultural heritage. Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853598081
- ISBN
- 9781853598081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.37
€ 44.37