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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521097482
- ISBN
- 9780521097482
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Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
Paperback. From high school cafeterias to the floor of Congress, from "The Daily Show" to every comments section on the internet, insult is a truly universal and ubiquitous cultural practice with a long and earthy history. This title deals with the subject of insult. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114781
- ISBN
- 9780226114781
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.30
€ 30.99
€ 24.30
Paperback. An introduction to the fascinating interface between language and the law. Examining the nature of legal language, the book also explores the language of contracts, and the language of legal processes such as court cases, police investigations, and the management of prisoners. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631212478
- ISBN
- 9780631212478
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Condition: New
€ 60.85
€ 60.85
Hardcover. An Introduction to Language Policy: Theories and Method is a collection of newly-written chapters that cover the major theories and methods currently employed by scholars active in the field. Editor(s): Ricento, Thomas. Series: Language and Social Change. Num Pages: 384 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 714.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405114974
- ISBN
- 9781405114974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.46
€ 133.46
Paperback. This book on culture and consciousness in history concerns the worldwide transformations of Jewish culture and society and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language following the waves of pogroms in Russia in 1881. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735407
- ISBN
- 9780804735407
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.48
€ 38.99
€ 35.48
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
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Condition: New
€ 50.93
€ 50.93
Bodies and Language: Health, Ailments, Disabilities
Ramanathan, Vaidehi (University Of California...
paperback. Focusing on body conditions associated with breast cancer, Alzheimer's disease, (type-1) diabetes, epilepsy, partial hearing and autism, this book draws on a range of critical theories to contest collectively assembled notions of 'abnormality,' 'disability' and 'impairments' and ways in which they emerge through language. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781847692351
- ISBN
- 9781847692351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.97
€ 43.97
Hardcover. Editor(s): Le, Quynh; Le, Thao. Num Pages: 328 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 261 x 23. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612096025
- ISBN
- 9781612096025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 275.91€ 183.16
€ 275.91
€ 183.16
Hardback. An introduction and research guide to onomastics, this book covers the major areas of name study in individual chapters on personal names, place names, acronyms, brand names and trade names. Every topic comprises a discussion of underlying principles as well as numerous illustrative examples. Num Pages: 176 pages, references, bibliography, index, glossary. BIC Classification: CFB; GBGP; HBTG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780313283567
- ISBN
- 9780313283567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.15€ 71.33
€ 78.15
€ 71.33
Hardcover. When originally published in 1993 the first edition of this book was widely acknowledged as a definitive text in the field. The New Handbook builds on this success to provide updated reviews of many of the important theoretical and practical areas in which progress has been achieved in the last decade. Editor(s): Robinson, W. Peter; Giles, Howard. Num Pages: 688 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 175 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471490968
- ISBN
- 9780471490968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 332.40
€ 332.40
Paperback. An ethnography of contemporary Java. It analyzes how language operates to organize and to order an Indonesian people. It exposes the ways a culture reconstitutes itself. It leads to insights into the 'accidents' that precede the formulations of culture as such. Num Pages: 350 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FMN; CFB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000855
- ISBN
- 9780691000855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.76€ 47.09
€ 59.76
€ 47.09
Hardback. Introducing the main findings, methods and analytic techniques of this central approach to language and social interaction, along with real-life examples and step-by-step explanations, Conversation Analysis is the ideal student guide to the field. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159005
- ISBN
- 9781405159005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.00
€ 106.00
Paperback. This text explores the question of how linguistic practices and ideologies relate to sexuality and sexual identity, opening with a discussion of the field of "queer linguistics" and moving from theory into practice with case studies of language use in a variety of cultural settings. Series: CSLI - Stanford Monographs in Linguistics. Num Pages: 350 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575863207
- ISBN
- 9781575863207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.41
€ 30.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. Migrant workers are crucial to China's fast growing economy, yet little is known about their identities. This ethnographic study of the language use and identity construction of the children of internal migrants is innovative both in the context it studies and the scalar structure of discursive identity construction used to present its data. Series: Encounters. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; CFB; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847694195
- ISBN
- 9781847694195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.33
€ 43.33
This book explores the role that the High Academy of the Quechua Language plays in language policy and planning, and revitalization efforts for Quechua in the Andean region. This book would appeal to researchers of the Quechua language, and those studying Indigenous language policy and planning, maintenance and revitalization. Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 2JSQ; CFB; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783094240
- ISBN
- 9781783094240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.13
€ 162.13
Hardcover. An introduction to understanding focus groups as analytical means exploring socially shared knowledge. This book examines how to analyse interaction and ideas expressed in focus groups. It considers different kinds of interdependencies among participants who hold diverse positions. It explores circulations of ideas and contents in focus groups. Series: Studies in Language & Communication. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 244 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845530495
- ISBN
- 9781845530495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.50
€ 44.50
hardcover. Analyses the development of Portuguese and Spanish from Latin and their subsequent transformation into several non-standard varieties. Series: Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact. Num Pages: 276 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 57.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521831758
- ISBN
- 9780521831758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.03
€ 85.03
Paperback. Provides an overview of Irgaray's work, while each of the three sections in this work is prefaced by contextualising comments, enabling the reader to situate the extracts both within Iragara's thought and also within feminist theory. Editor(s): Whitford, Margaret. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631170433
- ISBN
- 9780631170433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.60
€ 48.60
Hardcover. This study of Japanese business discourse adopts Bakhtin's notion of speech genres as an heuristic, to analyze groups of spoken texts which display similar constellations of compositional, thematic, and stylistic features. It examines strategies used by a non-Western community of speakers. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780080441658
- ISBN
- 9780080441658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.67
€ 122.67
hardcover. This book presents the first attempt by a sociologist to unearth the long hadith transmission network from ancient historical sources and analyze it using the most recent qualitative and quantitative analytical tools. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 tables, 38 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804752077
- ISBN
- 9780804752077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.64
€ 80.64
Paperback. This book examines the history of language policy by and for Native Americans, and contemporary language revitalization initiatives. The book explores innovative language regenesis projects, the role of Indigenous youth in language reclamation, and prospects for Native American language and culture continuance. Series: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2J; CFB; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847698629
- ISBN
- 9781847698629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.33
€ 51.33
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
€ 187.45
€ 187.45
Hardcover. The chapters of this book focus on the relations of context and text, conceptualising the latter as language operative in some recognizable social context. Editor(s): Webster, Jonathan J. Series: Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan S. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904768395
- ISBN
- 9781904768395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.83
€ 130.83
hardcover. An updated and extended version of this authoritative one-stop resource for the study of language acquisition and development. Editor(s): Bavin, Edith L.; Naigles, Letitia R. Series: Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 1037 pages, 29 b/w illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2160.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 1037
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107087323
- ISBN
- 9781107087323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.21
€ 159.21