Sociolinguistics
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Sociolinguistics
Hardback. There are around 5,000 languages spoken across the world today, but the languages that coexist in our multilingual world have varied functions and fulfil various roles. Some are spoken by small groups, a village or a tribe; others, much less numerous, are spoken by hundreds of millions of speakers. Translator(s): Brown, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629551
- ISBN
- 9780745629551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.14
€ 76.14
Hardback. This book investigates the maintenance of multilingualism and minority languages in 12 different minority communities across Europe. The authors argue that legislation and institutional and educational support provide no guarantee for minority language maintenance, surmising that changes in attitudes and language ideologies are the key. Series: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; CFB; CFDM; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783094950
- ISBN
- 9781783094950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.16
€ 162.16
paperback. Outlines a framework for research on translation in institutional settings, using the Finnish translation unit at the European Commission as a case study. This title adopts an ethnographic approach to explore the life and work of the translators at the centre of this study. Num Pages: 188 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; CFB; CFP; JPSN2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- St Jerome Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781905763085
- ISBN
- 9781905763085
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 47.93
€ 48.99
€ 47.93
Paperback. Challenging the traditional approaches in second language acquisition and English language teaching, this book incorporates recent advances in multilingual studies, sociolinguistics and new literacy studies to articulate a new perspective on this area. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415684002
- ISBN
- 9780415684002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.16
€ 52.16
Hardcover. Drawing on sociolinguistics and cultural studies, this book examines transnational debates about teaching Yiddish over the years. It looks at the ways a contested pedagogical terrain comes to define a minority language's on-going resources of cultural and ideological resilience. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; CFB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194062
- ISBN
- 9781845194062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.03
€ 126.03
Paperback. Understanding and Interaction in Clinical and Educational Settings examines the interplay of interaction, reasoning, setting, and culture that affects the production of understandings. Series: Studies in Communication in Organisations and Professions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 58 figures. BIC Classification: CFB; GTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 32.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845534363
- ISBN
- 9781845534363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.17
€ 61.17
Hardcover. Understanding and Interaction in Clinical and Educational Settings examines the interplay of interaction, reasoning, setting, and culture that affects the production of understandings. Series: Studies in Communication in Organisations and Professions. Num Pages: 394 pages, 58 figures. BIC Classification: CFB; GTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781845534356
- ISBN
- 9781845534356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.95
€ 127.95
hardcover. Lori A. Whynot's examination of International Sign has crucial implications for expository IS usage, training, and interpreting. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686726
- ISBN
- 9781563686726
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Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472035410
- ISBN
- 9780472035410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.11
€ 44.11
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847694454
- ISBN
- 9781847694454
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Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Hardback. Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation presents a comprehensive, intermediate level examination of Language Variation and Change, the branch of sociolinguistics concerned with linguistic variation in spoken and written language. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405135900
- ISBN
- 9781405135900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.54
€ 107.54
Paperback. Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation presents a comprehensive, intermediate level examination of Language Variation and Change, the branch of sociolinguistics concerned with linguistic variation in spoken and written language. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 22. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405135917
- ISBN
- 9781405135917
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.87
€ 44.99
€ 44.87
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 volume explores dialect translation and the problems facing the translator in bridging cultural divides. The book begins by discussing how to make a wide range of European voices "sing" in translation, then goes on to illustrate the different solutions employed in conveying the foreign concepts and milieu from which these voices spring. Editor(s): Anderman, Professor Gunilla M. Series: Translating Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2A; CFB; CFP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853599828
- ISBN
- 9781853599828
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Condition: New
€ 44.58
€ 44.58
Paperback. Our favorite movies and TV shows feature indelible characters who tell us about themselves not just in what they say but in how they say it. The creative decisions behind these voices such as what accent or dialect to use offer rich data for sociolinguistic study. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470659922
- ISBN
- 9780470659922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.65
€ 43.65
Hardback. Our favorite movies and TV shows feature indelible characters who tell us about themselves not just in what they say but in how they say it. The creative decisions behind these voices such as what accent or dialect to use offer rich data for sociolinguistic study. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470659915
- ISBN
- 9780470659915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.46
€ 116.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, 5000 entries. BIC Classification: 2ABM; CFB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781805902
- ISBN
- 9780781805902
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.95
€ 14.99
€ 14.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902806068
- ISBN
- 9781902806068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.90
€ 15.99
€ 14.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AGR; CFB; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 220 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780781813228
- ISBN
- 9780781813228
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.74
€ 17.99
€ 16.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 398 pages, xvi, 378 p. BIC Classification: CFB; PBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895024
- ISBN
- 9780226895024
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.57
€ 42.99
€ 33.57
paperback. The first book to use techniques of linguistic analysis to examine the construction of diverse white identities. Num Pages: 290 pages, 14 b/w illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521692045
- ISBN
- 9780521692045
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.09
€ 44.99
€ 38.09
Paperback. Moustapha Safouan, in this courageous and honest book, confronts head-on the problem of Arab despotism, examining it from the point of view of political philosophy, religious argument and linguistic history. * A ground-breaking book written by the eminent Lacanian psychoanalyst Moustapha Safouan. Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; CFB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161718
- ISBN
- 9781405161718
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Condition: New
€ 19.75
€ 19.75
Hardback. Using the metaphor of the Hydra monster from ancient Greek mythology, this book explores how the English language industry threatens the diversity of languages and cultures in the modern world. It reveals how the dominance of English is being confronted and calls for greater efforts to ensure the maintenance of linguistic and cultural diversity. Editor(s): Bunce, Pauline; Phillipson, Robert; Rapatahana, Vaughan; Tupas, Ruanni. Series: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 318 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783095841
- ISBN
- 9781783095841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.54
€ 184.54
paperback. Bringing together twenty-five years of research, Why We Gesture offers a radical new perspective on gesture-speech unity. Num Pages: 150 pages, 118 b/w illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316502365
- ISBN
- 9781316502365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.45
€ 35.99
€ 30.45