Sociolinguistics

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622736980Author Oliviu FelecanFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Vernon PressPublisher Vernon PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845533427Author Jerzy BartmińskiFormat HardbackPage Count 277Imprint Equinox Publishing LtdPublisher Equinox Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

The sociolinguistic turn of the 60's has been remarkably successful: variability of language is no longer an issue open to debate. But studies of variation have by and large been restricted to the level of expression. This volume offers a critique of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789518588705Author Sofie HenricsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden SeuraPublisher Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden...

This book presents in-depth investigation of the language used about women and ageing in public discourse, and compares this with the language used by women to express their personal, lived experience of ageing. It takes a linguistic approach to identify...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639085273Author Hacer Hande UysalFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 163g

In recent times, the study of heritage languages has rapidly grown as an area of enquiry. However, until now, less has been known about the sounds and sound systems of heritage languages. Bringing together researchers from around the globe, this volume...

A questão central subjacente a esta antologia sociolinguística é a de averiguar onde os falantes veem as fronteiras, os espaços e os pontos de transição no mundo lusófono. No presente volume, as teorias relevantes da dialetologia perceptual (Perceptual...

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Language contact - the linguistic and social outcomes of two or more languages coming into contact with each other - starts with the emergence of multilingual populations. Multilingualism involving plurilingualism can have various consequences beyond...

The 2nd Edition of Reconceptualizing Literacy in the New Age of Multiculturalism and Pluralism honors the genius of Dr. Peter Mosenthal. His contributions to the field of literacy were unprecedented. Many described him as a superb researcher who never...

Highlighting stylistic and rhetorical characteristics, this fully illustrated book explores the written form of Mandarin Chinese in a range of everyday settings. Taking examples from Chinese public writing across a variety of textual genres, such as...

The ways in which commercial organizations and service providers 'style' themselves - creating the image they wish to portray to their potential consumers - is a long-established area of research in the fields of sociology and business studies. However,...

This transdisciplinary study gathers research papers that reveal the multifarious facets of the concept of "persuasion". It is argued that regardless of its degree of intentionality, the act of persuasion underlying each information item...

This book sheds light on the communication of social support, language use, and therapeutic effects in the context of online self-help groups for anxiety and depression. The book has two major purposes: the first is to enhance understanding of the phatic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783847115748Author Maria BanasFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint V&R UnipressPublisher V&R UnipressWeight(grams) 572g

This book explores how corpus linguistic techniques can be applied to close analysis of videogames as a text, particularly examining how language is used to construct representations of gender in fantasy videogames. The author demonstrates a wide array...

This book explores how corpus linguistic techniques can be applied to close analysis of videogames as a text, particularly examining how language is used to construct representations of gender in fantasy videogames. The author demonstrates a wide array...

The main question of this book, which focuses on the role of the Old Testament in the South African context, is: If reread from an African liberationist perspective in the context of land redistribution and socio-economic justice in South Africa, could...

This book conducts a cross-linguistic and cross-cultural study of 'women's language' as it pertains to feminine beauty. It examines the ideological constructs of beauty and femininity in the cultures of Japan and Russia, as embodied through televised...

William Strnad traces the formation and development of modern Korean digraphia during the years 1894–1972, including a description and analysis of the historical discourse related to Korean phonetic script and Chinese characters. Modern Korean digraphia...

The chapters in this volume seek to bring hybrid language practices to the center of discussions about English as a global language. They demonstrate how local linguistic resources and practices are involved in the refashioning of identities in a variety...

Intra-individual variation is an emerging research field in linguistics with a rapidly growing number of studies. In historical sociolinguistics, this trend has been slow, as it is still largely dominated by the macroscopic approaches of earlier...

Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process is an introduction to language, law and society for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. Its central focus is the exploration of what sociolinguistic research can tell us about how language works and...

This volume explores why Americans are among the least likely in the world to speak another language and how this U.S. foreign language deficit negatively impacts national and economic security, business and career prospects. Stein-Smith exposes how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783836454193Author Rachel SussmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845539702Author Jerzy BartminskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Equinox Publishing LtdPublisher Equinox Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 1g

This open access book explores the deep connections between environment, language, and cultural integrity, with a focus on Indigenous peoples from early modern times to the present. It illustrates the close integration of nature and culture through...

Turn-taking is a fascinating feature of conversational interaction, due to its systematic and ordered nature. However, research has so far focused mainly on American and British conversations, with other varieties of English receiving much less attention...

This book presents in-depth investigation of the language used about women and ageing in public discourse, and compares this with the language used by women to express their personal, lived experience of ageing. It takes a linguistic approach to identify...

In his seminal work, The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica, Kamau Brathwaite attempted to expose the essential ""Jamaican"" nature of the identity that developed at the interstices between the cultures of Europe and Africa. He...

This book examines how urban adolescents attending a non-mainstream learning centre in the UK use language and other semiotic practices to enact identities in their day-to-day lives. Combining variationist sociolinguistics and ethnographically-informed...

Recent calls for justice reform have put a spotlight on how the police enforce the law in the United States. How a person's constitutional rights may be legally thwarted during police interrogation, however, has not been part of any meaningful discussion...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783110789768Author Stephanie SchnurrFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint De Gruyter MoutonPublisher De GruyterWeight(grams) 630g

The chapters in this volume seek to bring hybrid language practices to the center of discussions about English as a global language. They demonstrate how local linguistic resources and practices are involved in the refashioning of identities in a variety...

This book examines the effect of trade policy on language which represents an underrecognized area in the field of language policy and planning. It argues that trade policies like Japan’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) have important consequences...

A major enterprise comparable to a grand retrospective of the painting of some prominent artist of a distinctive school. Roy Harris, Times Literary Supplement. The tenth volume in Professor M.A.K. Halliday's collected works includes papers focusing on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447114820Author Daniel MullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 594g

The ways in which commercial organizations and service providers 'style' themselves - creating the image they wish to portray to their potential consumers - is a long-established area of research in the fields of sociology and business studies. However,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732306806Author Alfred SantosFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Russian Academic TranslationsPublisher Russian Academic TranslationsWeight(grams) 381g