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Enemies of Empire; New Perspectives on Imperialism, Literature and Historiography.
by E<'o>in Flannery And Angus Mitchell  Book News Annotation Flannery (languages and cultural studies, U. of Limerick, Ireland) and Mitchell (history, U. of Limerick) present recent work in the field of Irish postcolonial studies. Among the topics explored by the 12 papers presented are Irish and Indian sources...
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Language Policy and Language Planning: From Nationalism to Globalisation
by Sue Wright Publisher Comments Language policy and planning is rarely just about language; it always has political, social and ethical dimensions. This is a comprehensive advanced textbook, covering not only language learning imposed by economic or political agendas, but also language...
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Barthes and the Empire of Signs (Postmodern Encounters)
by Peter Peri Trifonas Publisher Comments Roland Barthes' imaginative or fictive exploration of Japan prompted him to examine the social and historical contingency of signs, how their meaning changes through time and in different contexts....
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Conversational Competence and Social Development
by Ioanna Dimitracopoulou Publisher Comments This book provides insight into the development of the child's ability to become a competent participant in conversation....
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Gendered Discourses
by Jane Sutherland Publisher Comments This advanced textbook critically reviews a range of theoretical and empirical work on gendered discourses, and explores how gendered discourses can be identified, described and named. It also examines the actual workings of discourses in terms of...
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Nasal Vowel Evolution in Romance
by Rodney Sampson Publisher Comments Drawing on a wide range of philological and linguistic materials, Rodney Sampson provides for the first time a detailed comparative study tracing the rise and pattern of the evolution of nasal vowels in Romance; a family of language in which vowel...
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Parameters of Slavic Morphosyntax (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)
by Steven Franks Publisher Comments Focusing on issues of case theory and comparative grammar, this study treats selected problems in the syntax of the Slavic languages from the perspective of Government-Binding theory. Steven Franks seeks to develop parametric solutions to related...
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Spanish for the Construction Trade
by William C Harvey Publisher Comments (back cover) Contractors and subcontractors . . . carpenters . . . plumbers . . . electricians . . . painters . . . and everyone else who works in today's construction industry— If you need to communicate with fellow workers in Spanish, here's the...
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Mnemosyne, Supplements, a Rhetorical Grammar: C. Iulius Romanus, Introduction to the Liber de Adverbio
by Dirk M Schenkeveld Publisher Comments About 280 AD C. Iulius Romanus wrote a large work on Latin grammar. Parts of this work were later incorporated in the Ars grammatica of Flavius Sosipater Charisius. Romanus' Introduction to his list of adverbs is unique because of his approach of the...
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Travel Abroad; Frulovisi's .
by Titus Livius De. Ed. And Trans. By Grady Smith Foro-juliensis Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-162) and index....
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Euripides, Freud, and the Romance of Belonging
by Victoria Pedrick Synopsis Freud's interpretation of the ancient legend of Oedipus -- as formulated in Sophocles' tragic drama -- is among the most widely known concepts of psychoanalysis. Euripides' Ion, however, presents a more complex version of the development of personal...
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Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism
by Carol Myers-scotton Publisher Comments Multiple Voices: An Introduction to Bilingualism provides a comprehensive overview of all major features of bilingualism, including grammatical, cognitive, and social aspects....
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The French Speaking World: A Practical Introduction to Sociolinguistic Issues (Routledge Language in Society)
by Rodney Ball Publisher Comments "The French-Speaking World" explores a wide range of sociolinguistic issues relating to the French language and its role in societies around the world. Opening with a look at the diversity of the French-speaking world, Rodney Ball examines the...
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Language Choice and Identity Politics in Taiwan
by Jennifer M. Wei Synopsis Language Choice and Identity Politics in Taiwan brings new perspectives toand invites comparative study withinthe general study of language choice through its empirical focus on Chinese socio-political contexts and cultural practices....
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Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics #23: Discourse and Identity
by Anna De Fina Publisher Comments Uses new models and approaches to account for the relationship between language, discourse and society....
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Speaking Culturally: Language Diversity in the United States
by Fern L. Johnson Publisher Comments Speaking Culturally examines the changing cultural demographics of the United States from a linguistic perspective. Fern L Johnson illuminates the discourses associated with gender and with African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans....
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Land of Dreams: Greek and Latin Studies in Honour of A.H.M. Kessels
by A.p.m.h. Lardinois Et Al Publisher Comments This collection of essays, dedicated to A.H.M. Kessels, provides an overview of modern Dutch scholarship in Greek and Latin studies with special emphasis on dreams in classical literature, classical drama and the reception of Homer....
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The Pilgrim's Progress in American Juvenile Literature 1860-1900
by Alexandra Luebke Publisher Comments John Bunyan's Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress has had an undeniable impact on America. As one of the most influential religious works of the seventeenth century, it was widely read throughout the centuries and is presumably still read today in...
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Dimensions of Register Variation: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison
by Douglas Biber Publisher Comments Douglas Biber??'s new book gives a linguistic analysis of register in four widely differing languages: English, Nukulaelae Tuvaluan, Korean, and Somali....
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Collins Gem German Dictionary 7TH Edition
by Harpercollins Publisher Comments One of the bestselling language dictionaries of all time. The first in our exciting range of newandndash;look Collins Gem dictionaries, the Collins Gem German Dictionaryis still the indispensable small dictionary for learners of German. This new edition...
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