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Paperback. Well over thirty million people in the United States speak a primary language other than English. Nearly twenty million of them speak Spanish. And these numbers are growing. This book lays out the two approaches to language policy - linguistic assimilation and linguistic pluralism - in clear and accessible terms. Series: Mapping Racisms. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397551
- ISBN
- 9781566397551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.06
€ 41.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. Presents an introduction to language, law and society for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. This book focuses on the exploration of what sociolinguistic research can tell us about how language works and doesn't work in the legal process. Series: MM Textbooks. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847692535
- ISBN
- 9781847692535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.50
€ 45.50
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.81
€ 140.81
Paperback. An examination of Basque language activism in the twentieth century Series: The Basque Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSL; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874179651
- ISBN
- 9780874179651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.84
€ 54.84
Paperback. This comprehensive introduction discusses detailed methods of analyzing consonants, vowels, prosody and voice quality. Extensively illustrated, and with a focus on language variation, it provides explanations for conducting acoustic analyses and perception experiments and covers a variety of theoretical approaches. Num Pages: 376 pages, 84 black & white line drawings, 95 black & white halftones, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFB; CFH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224568
- ISBN
- 9780230224568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.72
€ 41.99
€ 40.72
Hardcover. Reflecting a multitude of developments in the study of language change and variation over the last ten years, this extensively updated second edition features a number of new chapters and remains the authoritative reference volume on a core research area in linguistics. Editor(s): Chambers, J. K.; Schilling-Estes, Natalie. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 616 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470659946
- ISBN
- 9780470659946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.26
€ 218.26
Hardback. The more than two dozen Rai languages in eastern Nepal are linguistically highly varied. This title includes introductory chapters to Rai mythology and Rai grammar. It brings together different variants of myths from various Rai languages, presenting them with linguistic glossings in interlinear translations. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; CFB; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 18. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032729
- ISBN
- 9780674032729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.58
€ 33.99
€ 28.58
Hardback. The Handbook of Educational Linguistics is a dynamic, scientifically grounded overview revealing the complexity of this growing field while remaining accessible for students, researchers, language educators, curriculum developers, and educational policy makers. Editor(s): Spolsky, Bernard; Hult, Francis M. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 177 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405154109
- ISBN
- 9781405154109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.85
€ 230.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; CFGA; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Avery
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592409471
- ISBN
- 9781592409471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.02
€ 17.99
€ 16.02
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847697998
- ISBN
- 9781847697998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.61
€ 50.61
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.59
€ 49.59
Hardcover. Based on the premise that student sojourners and educators can benefit from a deeper understanding of the language, identity, and cultural factors that impact on the development of intercultural communicative competence, this book examines the relationship between language and cultural learning and identity reconstruction. Series: British Studies in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845531416
- ISBN
- 9781845531416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.67
€ 43.67
hardcover. This fascinating study of languages in contact introduces new insights from popular culture, the globalised new economy and computer-mediated communication. Series: Key Topics in Sociolinguistics. Num Pages: 251 pages, 2 b/w illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521767958
- ISBN
- 9780521767958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.33
€ 73.33
Paperback. This investigation of how societies have understood and described themselves is concerned both with the history of language and the language of history. Chapters include studies of societies in Germany, China, USA and India, pre-revolutionary France and 19th-century Britain and America. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFB; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631167334
- ISBN
- 9780631167334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 49.03
€ 49.99
€ 49.03
Hardcover. Social semiotics reveals language's social meaning its structures, processes, conditions and effects in all social contexts, across all media and modes of discourse. This important new book uses social semiotics as a one-stop shop to analyse language and social meaning, enhancing linguistics with a sociological imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; GTE; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745696201
- ISBN
- 9780745696201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.51
€ 69.51
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
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Paperback. Language is our key to imagining the world, others, and ourselves. Yet sometimes our ways of talking dehumanize others and trivialize human experience. In war other people are imagined as enemies to be killed. This book examines the ethics of human expression - in the law and in the rest of life. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; DSA; JPVH2; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138374
- ISBN
- 9780691138374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.79
€ 48.99
€ 34.79
Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 2BRT; CFB; JHM; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147569
- ISBN
- 9780231147569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.13
€ 100.13
Paperback. Languages and Their Speakers provides an introduction both to languages themselves and to their social functions. Written especially for nonlinguistics majors, the book considers how speakers know their languages-know them as grammatical systems and know them as part of a cultural matrix. Editor(s): Shopen, Timothy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812212501
- ISBN
- 9780812212501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.59
€ 42.59
Hardback. Gives an introduction into a highly developed, coherent, and extensively tested cognitive linguistic approach to lexical semantics. Suitable for researchers in Cognitive Linguistics, this book constitutes a contribution to the intellectual exchange between international academic discourses that mostly develop independently of each other. Editor(s): Zinken, Jorg. Series: Advances in Cognitive Linguistics. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845533427
- ISBN
- 9781845533427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.02
€ 154.02
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.48
€ 19.48
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.66
€ 68.66
Hardback. A comprehensive text on language and communication, written from a social psychological perspective. It shows how language and non-verbal activities are integrated in the process of communication and looks at what language is used for and how it works in context. Descriptions and explanations are accompanied by data and experimental findings. Num Pages: 392 pages, 8. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631193357
- ISBN
- 9780631193357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.24
€ 160.24
Paperback. The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication contains contributions from established scholars and up-and-coming researchers from a range of disciplines to survey the theoretical perspectives and applied work in this burgeoning area of linguistics. Editor(s): Paulston, Christina Bratt; Kiesling, Scott F.; Rangel, Elizabeth S. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; GTC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118941287
- ISBN
- 9781118941287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.05
€ 54.05