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When Languages Collide: Perspectives on Language Conflict, Language Competition, and Language Coexistence
by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita  Book News Annotation Scholars of language and communication in general, specific languages, history, and several social sciences examine a variety of language- related social problems that affect people in real situations. Exploring the causes, processes, and outcomes of...
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Lexical, Pragmatic, and Positional Effects on Prosody in Two Dialects of Croatian and Serbian
by Rajka Smiljanic Publisher Comments This book looks at the interaction between pragmatics, prosody, and lexical contrast as factors that condition variation in pitch and duration in two closely related dialects of Croatian and Serbian. The dialects differ in the presence or absence of a...
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Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices: Language and the Future of Europe (Language and Globalization)
by Clare Mar-molinero Publisher Comments The contributors to "Language Ideologies, Policies and Practices" investigate the workings of language ideologies in relation to other social processes in a globalizing world. They explore in detail the specific ways in which language ideologies underpin...
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Afrika-Studiecentrum Series, #1: Afrika-Studiecentrum Series, Negotiating an Anglophone Identity: A Study of the Politics of Recognition and Representation in Cameroon
by Piet Konings Publisher Comments This study of the politics of the politics of belonging captures the widespread disaffection with the sterile rhetoric of nation-building that has characterized much of post-colonial African politics. Until the liberation struggles of the 1990s...
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Analysing Political Discourse
by Paul A. Chilton Publisher Comments "Analysing Political Discourse is a must for anyone interested in the way language is used in the world of politics. Based on Aristotle's premise that we are all political animals, able to use language to pursue our own ends, the book uses the...
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Thomas Sebeok and the Signs of Life (Postmodern Encounters)
by Susan Petrilli Publisher Comments Through Sebeok's work it may come to be recognized that sign activity is the very definition of life in the universe....
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Talking to Adults PR
by Shoshana Blum-kulka Publisher Comments This volume provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the contribution of multiparty intergenerational talk in a variety of cultures to the development of children's communicative capacities. The book focuses on the complexity of the cultural and...
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Pragmatics in Language Teaching (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
by Kenneth R. Rose Publisher Comments This book examines the acquisition of pragmatics - language used in social contexts - in language classrooms....
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Latino Language and Literacy in Ethnolinguistic Chicago
by Marcia Farr Publisher Comments A set of studies of language use among Latinos in one of the most globalized, linguistically diverse cities in the U.S. Emphasizes language use as centrally related to ethnic, class, and gender identities....
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Women, Men, and Politeness (Real Language Series)
by Janet Holmes Synopsis Using a range of evidence Janet Holmes examines the distribution and functions of a range of specific verbal politeness strategies in women's and men's speech and discusses the possible reasons for gender differences in this area....
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Studies in Language Social Interac (Lea's Communication)
by Phillip J. Glenn Publisher Comments This collection offers empirical studies and theoretical essays about human communication in everyday life. The writings come from many of the world's leading researchers and cut across academic boundaries, engaging scholars and teachers from such...
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Sociolinguistic Variation and Change
by Peter Trudgill Publisher Comments This selection of Peter Trudgill's major works since 1988, appearing here in updated and revised form, reveals major recurring themes in his work on linguistic diversity. This book evinces his deep concern that the world's linguistic diversity is...
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Publications of the American Dialect Soc #83: Identity and Ethnicity in the Rural South: A Sociolinguistic View Through Past and Present Be
by Kirk Hazen Publisher Comments "PADS #83 Identity and Ethnicity in the Rural South" investigates the interaction of cultural and ethnic identity as realized in language variation. Through the quantitative and qualitative analysis of sociolinguistic data on the past tense of the verb...
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Communication, Technology and Cultural Change
by Gary J. Krug Publisher Comments With a foreword by Norman Denzin </p> <p></p> <p>Communication and the history of technology have invariably been examined in terms of artefacts and people. </p> <p></p> <p>Gary Krug argues that...
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Routledge Advances in Sociology #6: Language, Identity and Conflict; A Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia
by Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost Publisher Comments This innovative study of language and identity in recent and contemporary cases of ethnic conflict in Europe and Eurasia sets out a response to the limitations in the fields of linguistics and political science with regard to language policy and planning...
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Sociolinguistic Theory (Language in Society)
by J. K. Chambers Publisher Comments "<BR> Sociolinguistic Theory "presents a critical synthesis of sociolinguistics, centering on the study of language variation and change....
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Intertexts
by William F. Hanks Publisher Comments This book brings together papers written by William F. Hanks over the last decade, organized around the three central themes that have been emerged in his work: indexicality and referential practices; discourse genres and textuality; and the historical...
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Language, Mind, and Culture: A Practical Introduction
by Zoltan Kovecses Publisher Comments This book shows that given the new findings of cognitive linguistics, it is possible to offer a unified account of not only linguistic meaning but also that of meaning in a wide variety of social and cultural phenomena. It is suggested that cognitive...
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On Language and Sexual Politics
by Deborah Cameron Publisher Comments This highly accessible collection of articles presents a selection of Deborah Cameron's work on language, gender and sex in one single volume. Arranged thematically, this book covers major developments in Anglo-American feminist linguistics, and Cameron...
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Beyond Two Solitudes
by Donald Smith Publisher Comments Answering the anti-Quebec rhetoric of Diane Francis, Barbara Amiel, and others, this book demonstrates to Quebecers and English Canadians alike that English Canada has a rich and unique culture, and concludes with a vibrant plea for a new Canada based on...
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