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Western Tradition and Naturalistic Hindi Theatre
by Diana Dimitrova  Publisher Comments Western Tradition and Naturalistic Hindi Theatre is a critical study of the dramatic work of naturalistic Hindi playwright Upendranath Ashk (1910-1996). The book explores modern Hindi drama from its beginnings in the second half of the nineteenth century...
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The French Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction, Second Edition
by Adrian Battye Publisher Comments In their updated edition of this definitive text, Adrian Battye and Marie-Anne Hintze offer an extensive selection of new and reworked material on the socio-linguistic aspects of the French language. The revised work heightens its focus on the...
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Studies on Language Acquisition [Sola] #22: The Acquisition of Intensifiers: Emphatic Reflexives in English and German Child Language
by Insa G<:u>lzow Publisher Comments How do young children negotiate and comment on their participation in a given event? The study presented gives an insight into German and English children's use of intensifiers and related expressions at early stages of language development. The...
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An Introduction to Language and Society
by Montgomery Publisher Comments In this new edition of a classic textbook, Martin Montgomery explores some of the ways in which the life of language intermingles with the life of society. He explores the ways in which children learn language in interaction with those around them...
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Language Policy in Schools: A Resource for Teachers and Administrators
by David Corson Synopsis Language Policy in Schools provides school administrators and teachers a practical approach for designing a language policy for their school and for dealing with the language issues that confront schools, particularly those operating in settings of...
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Sociolinguistics : an Introduction To Language and Society (4TH 00 Edition)
by Peter Trudgill Publisher Comments Revised fourth edition....
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Racetalk : Racism Hiding in Plain Sight (05 Edition)
by Myers Publisher Comments Drawing on over 600 incidents of racetalk among whites, blacks, Latinos, and Asians, this book examines private racism. Using a dialectical analysis, this book examines the ways that everyday people help to reproduce racism through their common...
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Samuel David Luzzatto, Prolegomena to a Grammar of the Hebrew Language
by Aaron Rubin Publisher Comments Translated for the first time, with annotations and useful additions, this long under-appreciated work of S. D. Luzzatto is now available to modern scholars. A history of both Hebrew and Hebrew scholarship, it is replete with valuable information and...
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Sociolinguistic Perspectives: Papers on Language in Society, 1959-1994 (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics)
by Charles Albert Ferguson Publisher Comments The work of the linguist Charles A. Ferguson spans more than three decades, and is remarkable for having been consistently at the forefront of scholarship on the relationship between language and society. This volume collects his most influential and...
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The Syntax of French (Cambridge Syntax Guides)
by Paul Rowlett Publisher Comments Concise, accessible guide to the syntax of Modern French, showing its contribution to syntactic theory....
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Intimations of Differnce (06 Edition)
by Jelen Book News Annotation Baron (1887-1956) began to write stories in Hebrew when she was 15, and continued after she emigrated from her native Russia to Palestine in 1910. She eventually won broad recognition and multiple honors. Jelen (English and Jewish studies, U. of...
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Dialects Converging: Rural Speech in Urban Norway
by Paul Kerswill Publisher Comments How and why do adults modify their language when they move to a new area? In this detailed study of rural dialect users who have moved to the Norwegian city of Bergen, Kerswill throws light on this widespread phenomenon. The book is concerned with the...
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University of California Publications in Linguistics #134: Nuuchahnulth (Nootka) Morphosyntax
by Toshihide Nakayama Publisher Comments This volume describes aspects of word- and sentence-formation in Nuuchahnulth (formerly known as Nootka), a language spoken on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Aspects included are polysynthetic word formation, word classes...
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Belfast and the Irish Language.
by Fionnt<'a>n De Br<'u>n Book News Annotation After the late 18th century, Irish ceased to function as the everyday language of social interaction and exchange in the Belfast area, but took on new significance as part of the cultural resistance of the Irish people under English domination...
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Formal Approaches To Slavic Linguistics; the Ottawa Meeting; Proceedings.
by Olga Arnaudova Et Al Book News Annotation Proceedings of a May 2003 conference held in Ottawa, Canada. The 20 contributions, ordered alphabetically by the authors' last names, include papers on various aspects of Polish, Serbian/Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, and Russian. The papers...
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Classics and the Uses of Reception (Classical Receptions)
by Charles A. Martindale And Richard F. Thomas Publisher Comments This landmark collection presents a wide variety of viewpoints on the value and role of reception theory within the modern discipline of classics....
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Postal Indiscretions: The Correspondence of Tadeusz Borowski
by Tadeusz Drewnowski Publisher Comments In a brief life deeply and traumatically disrupted by two years in concentration camps as a political prisoner, Tadeusz Borowski (1922-1951) was tragically destined to become one of the most eloquent witnesses to the Holocaust in Poland. His...
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Community Languages: The Australian Experience
by Michael Clyne Publisher Comments This book addresses the current suitation of community languages in Australia, analysing which are spoken, by whom, and whereabouts....
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Virgil's Aeneid: A Reader's Guide
by David O Ross Publisher Comments An illuminating guide to the essential aspects of Virgil's epic poem, The Aeneid,...
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The Reception of Plutarch's in Fifteenth-century Italy; 2V.
by Marianne Pade Book News Annotation In this thorough study on Plutarch's reception in Italy, Pade (Aarhus U., Denmark) compiles a guide to Renaissance philosophy, with attention to its understanding of classical thought. In Volume One her first chapter presents a complete survey of the...
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