Sociolinguistics books

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Caribbean Discourses: Stylistic and Critical Discourse Approaches to Language Use in the Caribbean

Caribbean Discourses: Stylistic and Critical Discourse...

Author: Ryan Durgasingh ,  Nicha Selvon-Ramkissoon
ISBN: 9783031450464
Format: Hardback
$343.17

This volume seeks to add new dimensions to language in practice with its focus on the development of discourse types...  Read More >>

The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language: Volume Two

The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language:...

Author: Suniti Chatterji
ISBN: 9781032770420
Format: Hardback
$273.00

First published in 1970, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language (Vol. 2) is the first systematic and...  Read More >>

The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language: Volume Three

The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language:...

Author: Suniti Kumar Chatterji
ISBN: 9781032770468
Format: Hardback
$179.00

First published in 1972, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language (Vol. 3) is the updated supplement to...  Read More >>

Modern Korean Digraphia: Metanarration and National Identity, 1894 - 1972

Modern Korean Digraphia: Metanarration and National...

Author: William J. Strnad
ISBN: 9783838217932
Format: Paperback
$153.12

William Strnad traces the formation and development of modern Korean digraphia during the years 1894-1972.  Read More >>

Ecological Perspectives in Early Language Education: Parent, Teacher, Peer, and Child Agency in Interaction

Ecological Perspectives in Early Language Education:...

Author: Mila Schwartz (Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel)
ISBN: 9781032193083
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book presents ecological perspectives towards early language education that conceptualise the phenomenon of...  Read More >>

In-Between: Transversal Values in Contemporary Social Discourses and Culture

In-Between: Transversal Values in Contemporary Social...

Author: Joanna Senderska ,  Anna Wileczek
ISBN: 9789004692121
Format: Paperback
$269.28

The title concept ‘in-between’ (metaxu) refers to identity that remains in perpetual disjunction, dispersion and...  Read More >>

The Linguistic Landscape in China: Commodification, Image Construction, Contestations and Negotiations

The Linguistic Landscape in China: Commodification,...

Author: Yanmei Han ,  Guowen Shang
ISBN: 9789819987528
Format: Hardback
$258.72

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Lifespan Acquisition and Language Change: Historical sociolinguistic perspectives

Lifespan Acquisition and Language Change: Historical...

Author: Israel Sanz-Sánchez (West Chester University)
ISBN: 9789027214591
Format: Hardback
$261.34

This volume connects the latest research on language acquisition across the lifespan with the explanation of language...  Read More >>

Breton in Contemporary Media

Breton in Contemporary Media

Author: Merryn Davies-Deacon
ISBN: 9783110793192
Format: Hardback
$78.62

This monograph investigates questions around new speakers of Breton, their identities, attitudes, and motivations,...  Read More >>

StarWords: The Celestial Roots of Modern Language

StarWords: The Celestial Roots of Modern Language

Author: Daniel Kunth ,  Elena Terlevich
ISBN: 9783031490231
Format: Paperback
$73.89

Unbeknownst to many, our modern language contains countless words that were inspired by human observations of the...  Read More >>

The Passive: A Comparative Linguistic Analysis

The Passive: A Comparative Linguistic Analysis

Author: ANNA SIEWIERSKA
ISBN: 9781032767864
Format: Hardback
$221.00

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Narrating Migrations from Africa and the Middle East: A Spatio-Temporal Approach

Narrating Migrations from Africa and the Middle East:...

Author: Ruth Breeze (University of Navarra, Spain) ,  Sarali Gintsburg (Universidad de Navarra, Spain)
ISBN: 9781350289185
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Exploring narratives produced by different groups of MENA and SSA migrants or refugees, this book focuses on the...  Read More >>

Rationality and Interpretation: On the Identities of Language

Rationality and Interpretation: On the Identities of...

Author: David Evans (Liverpool Hope University, UK)
ISBN: 9781350198876
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Taking a unique approach which combines sociolinguistics with theoretical linguistics, this book presents a view...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Southeast Asian Englishes

The Oxford Handbook of Southeast Asian Englishes

Author: Andrew J. Moody (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of MacauProfessor of English, University of Macau)
ISBN: 9780192855282
Format: Hardback
$318.00

This volume describes both the history and the contemporary forms, functions, and status of English in Southeast...  Read More >>

Language, Society and Ideologies in Multilingual Egypt: Arabic and Berber in the Siwa Oasis

Language, Society and Ideologies in Multilingual Egypt:...

Author: Valentina Serreli
ISBN: 9783111045122
Format: Hardback
$335.25

The book explores the change over time in language-society relations in a multilingual periphery of Egypt. Based...  Read More >>

New Horizons in Prescriptivism Research

New Horizons in Prescriptivism Research

Author: Nuria Yáñez‐Bouza ,  María E. Rodríguez‐Gil
ISBN: 9781800416147
Format: Hardback
$310.37

The chapters in this book address three main strands in ongoing scholarly work on prescriptivism: language, literary...  Read More >>

Education and Language in the Philippines

Education and Language in the Philippines

Author: Lorraine Pe Symaco ,  Francisco P Dumanig
ISBN: 9781793602978
Format: Paperback
$105.57

This book critically discusses the development of education and language policies in the Philippines. It highlights...  Read More >>

Stigmatized on Screen: How Hollywood Portrays Nonstandard Dialects

Stigmatized on Screen: How Hollywood Portrays Nonstandard...

Author: Lindsey Clouse
ISBN: 9781793647436
Format: Paperback
$105.57

This book analyzes the 500 top-grossing films of the last 20 years to show how speakers of traditionally stigmatized...  Read More >>

Realities of Critical Pedagogy: A Microethnography of a Parisian Autonomous High School

Realities of Critical Pedagogy: A Microethnography of...

Author: Mehdi Galiere
ISBN: 9783031402654
Format: Hardback
$90.54

This book examines how the Lycée autogéré de Paris, an experimental high school established in 1982 which claims...  Read More >>

The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language

The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of...

Author: Rosemary Salomone (Kenneth Wang Professor of Law, Kenneth Wang Professor of Law, St. John's University School of Law)
ISBN: 9780197765753
Format: Paperback
$34.95

"A sweeping account of the global rise of English and the high-stakes politics of languageSpoken by a quarter of...  Read More >>

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