Sociolinguistics books

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Language and State: An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization, Second Edition

Language and State: An Inquiry into the Progress of...

Author: Xing Yu
ISBN: 9781525595066
Format: Hardback
$97.01

This book argues that while humans communicate using language, they create and use media. Media extend the distance...  Read More >>

Multilingual Memories: Monuments, Museums and the Linguistic Landscape

Multilingual Memories: Monuments, Museums and the Linguistic...

Author: Dr Robert Blackwood ,  Dr John Macalister
ISBN: 9781350254008
Format: Paperback
$64.99

Drawing on a range of disciplines from within the humanities and social sciences, Multilingual Memories addresses...  Read More >>

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Author: Ronald Wardhaugh (University of Toronto) ,  Janet M. Fuller (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
ISBN: 9781119473428
Format: Paperback
$82.95

AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS The new eighth edition of An Introduction to Sociolinguistics brings this...  Read More >>

The Cambridge Handbook of Sociopragmatics

The Cambridge Handbook of Sociopragmatics

Author: Michael Haugh ,  Dániel Z. Kádár
ISBN: 9781108844963
Format: Hardback
$362.25

The first ever Handbook dedicated to the rapidly growing field of sociopragmatics, this volume provides a systematic,...  Read More >>

Multilingual Environments in the Great War

Multilingual Environments in the Great War

Author: Julian Walker ,  Dr Christophe Declercq
ISBN: 9781350141346
Format: Hardback
$220.00

This book explores the differing ways in which language has been used to try to make sense of the First World War....  Read More >>

Rhetoric and Sociolinguistics in Times of Global Crisis

Rhetoric and Sociolinguistics in Times of Global Crisis...

Author: Eda Başak Hancı-Azizoglu ,  Maha Alawdat
ISBN: 9781799867333
Format: Paperback
$279.40

Explores the concept of global crisis within rhetoric and sociolinguistics and other disciplines such as education,...  Read More >>

Global English and Political Economy

Global English and Political Economy

Author: John P. O'Regan (Institute of Education, UK)
ISBN: 9781138811126
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Examining the role of political economy in the worldwide spread of English, this book is essential reading for advanced...  Read More >>

Language, Democracy, and the Paradox of Constituent Power: Declarations of Independence in Comparative Perspective

Language, Democracy, and the Paradox of Constituent...

Author: Catherine Frost (McMaster University, Canada)
ISBN: 9781138606876
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Beginning with the founding speech in the American Declaration, Catherine Frost uses insights drawn from unexpected...  Read More >>

Global English and Political Economy

Global English and Political Economy

Author: John P. O'Regan (Institute of Education, UK)
ISBN: 9781138811119
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Examining the role of political economy in the worldwide spread of English, this book is essential reading for advanced...  Read More >>

Language, Democracy, and the Paradox of Constituent Power: Declarations of Independence in Comparative Perspective

Language, Democracy, and the Paradox of Constituent...

Author: Catherine Frost (McMaster University, Canada)
ISBN: 9781138606869
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Beginning with the founding speech in the American Declaration, Catherine Frost uses insights drawn from unexpected...  Read More >>

Rethinking Linguistic Relativity

Rethinking Linguistic Relativity

Author: John J. Gumperz (University of California, Berkeley) ,  Stephen C. Levinson (Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9780511620546
Format: Undefined
$594.00

Linguistic relativity is the claim that culture, through language, affects the way in which we think, and especially...  Read More >>

Responsibility and Evidence in Oral Discourse

Responsibility and Evidence in Oral Discourse

Author: Jane H. Hill (University of Arizona) ,  Judith T. Irvine (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
ISBN: 9781139170338
Format: Undefined
$594.00

Twelve prominent linguists and linguistic anthropologists examine 'responsibility', 'authority', and 'knowledge',...  Read More >>

Rethinking Context: Language as an Interactive Phenomenon

Rethinking Context: Language as an Interactive Phenomenon...

Author: Alessandro Duranti ,  Charles Goodwin, PhD
ISBN: 9781139166355
Format: Undefined
$594.00

The essays in this collection critically re-examine the concept of context from a variety of different angles.  Read More >>

Talk at Work: Interaction in Institutional Settings

Talk at Work: Interaction in Institutional Settings...

Author: Paul Drew (University of York) ,  John Heritage (University of California, Los Angeles)
ISBN: 9781139166324
Format: Undefined
$594.00

Talk at Work is a major collection of studies of language and interaction in a wide variety of institutional and...  Read More >>

The Commodification of Language: Conceptual Concerns and Empirical Manifestations

The Commodification of Language: Conceptual Concerns...

Author: John E. Petrovic ,  Bedrettin Yazan (The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)
ISBN: 9780367464073
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This volume seeks to add to our understanding of how language is constructed in late capitalist societies. It is...  Read More >>

The Commodification of Language: Conceptual Concerns and Empirical Manifestations

The Commodification of Language: Conceptual Concerns...

Author: John E. Petrovic ,  Bedrettin Yazan (The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)
ISBN: 9780367464080
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This volume seeks to add to our understanding of how language is constructed in late capitalist societies. It is...  Read More >>

Sign Language Brokering in Deaf-Hearing Families

Sign Language Brokering in Deaf-Hearing Families

Author: Jemina Napier
ISBN: 9783030671396
Format: Hardback
$343.17

This book details a study of sign language brokering that is carried out by deaf and hearing people who grow up...  Read More >>

Alpha Masculinity: Hegemony in Language and Discourse

Alpha Masculinity: Hegemony in Language and Discourse...

Author: Eric Louis Russell
ISBN: 9783030704698
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book examines the linguistic and discursive mechanisms that realize the mythological American Alpha Male. Providing...  Read More >>

Understanding the Financial Industry Through Linguistics: How Applied Linguistics Can Prevent Financial Crisis

Understanding the Financial Industry Through Linguistics:...

Author: Richard C Robinson
ISBN: 9781637423936
Format: Hardback
$84.45

This book is an essential read for any professional dealing with data and information challenges.The author presents...  Read More >>

The Great Pronoun Shift: The Big Impact of Little Parts of Speech

The Great Pronoun Shift: The Big Impact of Little Parts...

Author: Helene Seltzer Krauthamer
ISBN: 9780367210083
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This book is a holistic exploration of personal pronouns in English and their development: Krauthamer gives an overview...  Read More >>

Dynamism in African Languages and Literature: Towards Conceptualisation of African Potentials

Dynamism in African Languages and Literature: Towards...

Author: Keiko Takemura ,  Francis B Nyamnjoh
ISBN: 9789956551699
Format: Paperback
$82.80

The book provides novel perspectives towards conceptualisation of African Potentials. It explores diverse and dynamic...  Read More >>

The Great Pronoun Shift: The Big Impact of Little Parts of Speech

The Great Pronoun Shift: The Big Impact of Little Parts...

Author: Helene Seltzer Krauthamer
ISBN: 9780367210076
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book is a holistic exploration of personal pronouns in English and their development: Krauthamer gives an overview...  Read More >>

Spanish Socio-Historical Linguistics: Isolation and contact

Spanish Socio-Historical Linguistics: Isolation and...

Author: Whitney Chappell (University of Texas, San Antonio) ,  Bridget Drinka (University of Texas, San Antonio)
ISBN: 9789027208644
Format: Hardback
$214.76

This volume explores the role of the sociohistorical factors of isolation and contact in motivating change in the...  Read More >>

Immigration as a Process: Temporality Concepts in Blogs of Latin American Immigrants to Quebéc

Immigration as a Process: Temporality Concepts in Blogs...

Author: Barbara Frank-Job (Bielefeld University)
ISBN: 9781608012152
Format: Paperback
$63.36

In their weblogs, immigrants from Latin America to Quebéc discuss the migration process in narrative reconstructions...  Read More >>

Family Language Policy in the Polish Diaspora: A Focus on Australia

Family Language Policy in the Polish Diaspora: A Focus...

Author: Piotr Romanowski
ISBN: 9780367706449
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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