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Slavic in Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammer
by Robert Borsley  Publisher Comments This book is the first collection of papers on Slavic language within a formal non-transformational linguistic formalism. The articles presented here are concerned with all components of grammar, from semantics, through syntax and morphology, to...
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Linguistic Variation in Mexican Spanish As Spoken in Two Communities<-->Morole<'o>N, Mexico and Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
by Mar<'i>adelaluz Matus-mendoza Book News Annotation Matus-Mendoza (Drexel U.) presents a comparative socio-linguistic study of the language of two groups of people who are from Morolen (in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico), one still in their native city, the other now in Pennsylvania. The study...
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Ethnocentrism and the English Dictionary
by Phil Benson Publisher Comments This unique work challenges the assumption that dictionaries act as objective records of our language. Using theoretical, historical, and empircal analyses, Phil Benson shows how English dictionaries have filtered knowledge trough predominantly Anglo...
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Way We Talk Now: Commentaries on Language and Culture
by Geoffrey Nunberg Publisher Comments This engaging collection of National Public Radio broadcasts and magazine pieces by one of Americas best-known linguists covers the waterfront of contemporary culture by taking stock of its words and phrases. From our metaphors for the Internet (Virtual...
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Complete Dictionary of Symbols
by Jack Tresidder Publisher Comments The Complete Dictionary of Symbols is an engaging and accessible guide to more than 2,000 major themes, figures, and symbols that are commonly found in myth, art, and literature. Drawing on classical mythologies, Biblical themes, and traditional symbols...
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Sabda; a Study of Bhartrhari's Philosophy of Language, 2D Ed.
by Tandra Patnaik Book News Annotation He was a philosopher of the fifth century but his concepts about language are remarkably modern. Patnaik (philosophy, Utkal U.) examines the work of this original thinker in India's long and distinguished grammarian tradition, working through Sabda's...
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For to Speke Frenche Trewely
by Kibbee Synopsis This book describes the status of French in England during the period from the marriage of Emma of Normandy to Aethelred (1004) to the fixing of a (relatively) standard pedagogical scheme for the teaching of French of English speakers (ca. 1600)....
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Gombrowicz's Grimaces: Modernism, Gender, Nationality
by Ewa Ponowska Ziarek Book News Annotation A variety of recent theoretical frameworks--from poststructuralism to queer theory and postcolonialism--are used to examine Gombrowicz's texts in the context of the current reappraisals of the mixed legacies of modernism. Essays discuss Gombrowicz's...
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Trends in Linguistics #122: Folk Linguistics
by Nancy A. Niedzielski Synopsis Folk knowledge of language has not engaged linguists very often in the history of the field. Introductory texts often disparage folkbelief in contrast to 'scientific truth'. In fact, language is a ubiquitious topic of discussion and general concern of...
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The Language of Work
by Almut Koester Publisher Comments "The Language of Work" examines how language is used in business and the workplace, looking at a range of situations and data: from meetings to negotiations, official reports to emails between colleagues. The book explores representations of work in job...
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Speaking of Chinese -Lib
by Raymond Chang Publisher Comments Not a how-to text, this beguiling book is instead a fascinating look at Chinese language and culture. Ranging through history, literature, folklore, linguistics, and sociology, this is a breezy, straightforward primer of surprising breadth....
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Critical Discourse Analysis
by Michael J. (edt) Toolan Publisher Comments This collection reprints the most influential articles and essays concerned with Critical Discourse Analysis. The materials include key antecedent papers, as well as essential work discussing theory and application of Critical Discourse Analysis...
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African American Literacies
by Elaine Richardson Publisher Comments African American Literacies is a study of literacy and rhetoric & composition from the perspective of African American experiences. Richardson argues for an expanded conception of African American Vernacular English, which recognizes not only respect...
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Library of Arabic Linguistics #12: Siculo Arabic
by Dionisius A Agius Publisher Comments This book re-examines the socio-linguistic situation in Sicily during both the Islamic (213-485/827-1091) and the Norman (485-681/1091-1282) rules. Together with Islam and Christianity, the customs of the local people mixed with those of the Arabs...
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Wandering Heart: The Work & Method of Hayashi Fumiko
by Susanna Fessler Publisher Comments Despite being one of the most popular writers of her day, Hayashi Fumiko (1903-1951) has remained virtually unknown outside of Japan. Describing her life and literature, author Susanna Fessler weaves together major events in Fumiko's life and the effect...
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Growing Up with Two Languages: A Practical Guide
by Una Cunningham-andersson Publisher Comments spoken in the community at home are two of the most common systems. There are, however, as many variations on these systems as there are families. There is no right or wrong way - here each family has to find its own system. "Growing up with Two...
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Reawakening National Identity; Dostoevskii's and Its Impact on Russian Society.
by Raffaella Vassena Publisher Comments The second edition of the Diary of a Writer (1876-1877) marked a crucial point in Dostoevskii's literary career. In spite of critics' attacks, many ordinary readers were overwhelmed by Dostoevskii's charisma and began writing to him from different parts...
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Formal Approaches To Slavic Linguistics; the Princeton Meeting; Proceedings.
by James E. Lavine Et Al Book News Annotation Proceedings of a May 2005 conference held at Princeton U. Twenty-six contributions cover a variety of aspects of Slavic linguistics. A sampling of topics: the acquisition of passive structures in Russian children with specific language impairment; the...
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Language and Sexuality: Contesting Meaning in Theory and Practice
by Kathryn Campbell-kibler Publisher Comments "Language and Sexuality" explores the question of how linguistic practices and ideologies relate to sexuality and sexual identity, opening with a discussion of the emerging field of "queer linguistics" and moving from theory into practice with case...
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Nativism Reborn?
by Raymond Tatalovich Publisher Comments Raymond Tatalovich has conducted the first detailed, systematic, and empirical study of the official English movement in the United States, seeking answers to two crucial questions: What motivations underlie the agitation for official English? Does the...
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