Sociolinguistics
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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.
- Format
- 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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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.87
€ 32.99
€ 23.87
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.77€ 34.28
€ 51.77
€ 34.28
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.
- Format
- 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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Condition: New
€ 210.65
€ 210.65
Paperback. This volume explores the complex interactions of language with economic resources. The authors address the issues of poverty and language survival from multiple perspectives, drawing on linguistics, language policy and planning, economics, anthropology, and sociology. Editor(s): Harbert, Wayne (Cornell University); McConnell-Ginet, Sally (Cornell University); Miller, Amanda (Cornell University); Whitman, John (Cornell University). Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847691194
- ISBN
- 9781847691194
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Condition: New
€ 44.03
€ 44.03
This single-volume guide equips students of sociolinguistics with a full set of methodological tools including data collection and analysis techniques, explained in clear and accessible terms by leading experts. It features project suggestions, troubleshooting tips, and data assessment across diverse languages. Editor(s): Holmes, Janet; Hazen, Kirk. Series: Guides to Research Methods in Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470673607
- ISBN
- 9780470673607
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Condition: New
€ 145.65
€ 145.65
Language Loyalty, Language Planning, and Language Revitalization
. Ed(S): Hornberger, Nancy H.; Putz, Martin
Paperback. Joshua Fishman is perhaps best known and loved for his pioneering and enduring work in language loyalty and reversing language shift. This book brings together a selection of his work on these topics and some of his perspectives on the field of sociolinguistics, along with an interview dialogue in which Fishman reflects on his lifetime's work. Editor(s): Hornberger, Nancy H.; Putz, Martin. Series: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853599002
- ISBN
- 9781853599002
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Condition: New
€ 44.57
€ 44.57
Paperback. China has become the world's largest English learning society, and China's decisions in relation to English will directly affect its fortunes into the future. This unique volume explores the prospects of English in relation to the debates on identity and cultural values that mass English teaching in China have stimulated. Editor(s): Lo Bianco, Joseph; Orton, Jane; Yihong, Gao. Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; CFB; CFDM; CJC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847692283
- ISBN
- 9781847692283
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Condition: New
€ 44.86
€ 44.86
Hardback. In the past before improving technologies allowed for the direct observation of brain activity, brain damaged patients were a prime avenue for understanding language structure and inferring back to brain function. This book focuses on the interactions of frontotemporal dementia patients. Editor(s): Mates, Andrea W.; Mikesell, Lisa; Smith, Michael Sean. Num Pages: 256 pages, 52 figures. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD; CFG; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845534349
- ISBN
- 9781845534349
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Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Hardback. 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, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783094912
- ISBN
- 9781783094912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.75
€ 184.75
Paperback. This volume explores the concept of 'citizenship', and argues that it should be understood as the ability to participate fully, rather than as a status that can be inherited, acquired, or achieved. The authors use local contexts to foreground how the vulnerable, particularly those from minority language backgrounds, continue to be excluded. Editor(s): Ramanathan, Vaidehi (University of California, Davis). Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783090181
- ISBN
- 9781783090181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.93
€ 50.93
Paperback. This volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to discuss how language is used by, for and about refugees in the United States in order to deepen our understanding of what 'refugee' and 'resettlement' mean. The book will be of interest to researchers of applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, anthropology and cultural studies. Editor(s): Ramanathan, Vaidehi (University of California, Davis); Feuerherm, Emily M. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CFDC; JFFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783094561
- ISBN
- 9781783094561
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Condition: New
€ 49.55
€ 49.55
Paperback. This book argues that the English language industry has become a swirling, beguiling monster, unashamedly intent on challenging local lingua-diversity and threatening individual identities. It brings together linguists, literary figures and teaching professionals in a wide-ranging expose of this enormous Hydra in action on four continents. Editor(s): Rapatahana, Vaughan; Bunce, Pauline. Series: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB; EBA; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847697493
- ISBN
- 9781847697493
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Condition: New
€ 50.45
€ 50.45
Hardback. Delving into Israel's multifaceted society, this title explores the many ethnic and religious communities that comprise modern Israel and the ways in which they interact and often misunderstand each other. It covers subjects such as Holocaust education, language rights, military service, and the balancing of religious with secular systems of law. Editor(s): Sagi, Avi; Nachtomy, Ohad. Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History. Num Pages: 360 pages, map. BIC Classification: CFB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843499
- ISBN
- 9781934843499
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Condition: New
€ 150.38
€ 150.38
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107446908
- ISBN
- 9781107446908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
hardcover. A detailed look at language-related myths that explores both what we know and how we know it. Num Pages: 308 pages, 24 b/w illus. 25 tables. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107084926
- ISBN
- 9781107084926
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Condition: New
€ 68.66
€ 68.66
Paperback. This bold and accessible study of human languages and communication explores issues which are at the forefront of today's globalized society. The human species is divided into more than five thousand language groups that do not understand each other. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627489
- ISBN
- 9780745627489
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Condition: New
€ 26.10
€ 26.10
Hardback. This bold and accessible study of human languages and communication explores issues which are at the forefront of todaya s globalized society. The human species is divided into more than five thousand language groups that do not understand each other. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627472
- ISBN
- 9780745627472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.88
€ 69.88
Paperback. Series: Routledge Linguistics Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; EBAL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415788137
- ISBN
- 9780415788137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.96
€ 59.96
Paperback. This book looks at language in unexpected places. Through a series of personal and narrative accounts, it explores aspects of travel, mobility and locality to ask how languages, cultures and people turn up in unexpected places. What renders the unexpected so and how might we challenge our lines of expectation? Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847697639
- ISBN
- 9781847697639
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Condition: New
€ 43.69
€ 43.69
Paperback. Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader is a comprehensive collection of the best work that has been published in this exciting and growing area of anthropology, and is organized to provide a guide to key issues in the study of language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice. Editor(s): Duranti, Alessandro. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 536 pages, ill. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 536
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405126328
- ISBN
- 9781405126328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.41
€ 46.99
€ 45.41