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Paperback. This book provides a fascinating account of the psycholinguistic and social factors behind variation in speech timing in US English. With detailed discussions of its methods and data, it also acts as a valuable model for conducting corpus (socio)phonetic research. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD; CFH; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349320950
- ISBN
- 9781349320950
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Condition: New
€ 126.98
€ 126.98
Paperback. Key practitioners and researchers explore how people routinely and at particular sites are discursively constructed as deficient in ways that may affect their life chances. The book offers examples of how adopting multiple perspectives on research can provide a rich explanatory analysis of the construct of 'deficit' in a range of domains. Editor(s): Crichton, J. Series: Communicating in Professions and Organizations. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFG; CFGR; CJ; KJSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349320899
- ISBN
- 9781349320899
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Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Paperback. Jonathan Wheeldon offers a rare and unusually reflective insider account of the transformational challenges of the music industry, and the cultural industries in general, over the past 15 years. He also makes a potentially valuable contribution to loosening the industrial-political deadlock in the debate over copyright reform. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; CFGR; JFC; JFD; JP; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349320776
- ISBN
- 9781349320776
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. "Combining the study of animal minds, artificial minds, and human evolution, this book examine the advances made by comparative psychologists in explaining the intelligent behavior of primates, the design of artificial autonomous systems, and the cognitive products of language evolution"-- Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFD; HPK; HPM; JMC; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349320158
- ISBN
- 9781349320158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
paperback. This volume brings together twelve papers by linguists and philosophers contributing novel empirical and formal considerations to theorizing about vagueness. Three main issues are addressed: gradable expressions and comparison, the semantics of degree adverbs and intensifiers (such as 'clearly'), and ways of evading the sorites paradox. Editor(s): Egre, Paul; Klinedinst, Nathan. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFGA; HPM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349315741
- ISBN
- 9781349315741
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Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
Paperback. Ireland's history of contested language systems has always been linked to its political realities; Language, Identity and Liberation attends to a movement of contemporary Irish writing that considers the significance of the region's tumultuous cultural, social and political history in portrayals of contemporary Ireland's everyday life and speech. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSBH; HBJD1; HBL; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349314898
- ISBN
- 9781349314898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Alliteration occurs in a wide variety of contexts in stress-initial languages, including Icelandic, Finnish and Mongolian. It can be found in English from Beowulf to The Sun . Nevertheless, alliteration remains an unexamined phenomenon. This pioneering volume takes alliteration as its central focus across a variety of languages and domains. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; CFG; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313013
- ISBN
- 9781349313013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Paperback. This is a history of Europe unlike any other: a theory-informed history of its language use. The 'rise' and 'fall' of languages are recounted, along with an analysis of why periods of linguistic diversity are followed by hegemony. How did the sociolinguistic past differ from the sociolinguistic present? Num Pages: 255 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; DSB; HBG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349312894
- ISBN
- 9781349312894
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Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. An exciting new collection by world-leading researchers in L2 learning addressing: Why do conceptions of 'learning' vary so much in L2 learning research? Is there a conceptualisation of 'learning' to which members of different schools of SLA can subscribe? Editor(s): Seedhouse, Paul; Walsh, S.; Jenks, Chris. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349312870
- ISBN
- 9781349312870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.85
€ 127.85
paperback. This book explores implications of the modern view of central banks rising from the proposition that words have no meaning beyond their use in a particular context and setting. It studies coded language to explain why a central bank's decisions and communicative interactions can't be devoted to a coded language which is an artificial language. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; KCA; KCB; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349312672
- ISBN
- 9781349312672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Paperback. In a unique contribution to understanding the interaction of language policy and planning in modern conflict resolution, Janet Mullerprovides an insider account of the search for improved status for the Irish language in Northern Ireland from the 1980s." Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 294 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311613
- ISBN
- 9781349311613
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Gender is a hotly debated topic in the field of education. The role that language plays in educational contexts especially in the classroom has long been acknowledged. Innovatively combining approaches in the analysis of classroom discoursethis bookoffers rich empirical findings as well as being theoretically interesting and valuable." Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR; CJ; JFSJ; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349311149
- ISBN
- 9781349311149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
paperback. In this important book, Surma combines threads from ethical, political, communications, sociological, feminist and discourse theories to explore the impact of writing in a range of contexts and illustrate the ways in which it can strengthen social connections. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; CFGR; GTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349311125
- ISBN
- 9781349311125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
paperback. Examining how lesbian and gay Israelis negotiate the linguistic performance of their sexualities and the constraints of Israeli national ideologies, this book broadens current understandings of the uses and effects of variation in language and details the interconnections between language use and sexual, national and political identities. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; DSB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349309863
- ISBN
- 9781349309863
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This new study argues that modernist literature is characterised by a 'multilingual turn'. Examining the use of different languages in the fiction of a range of writers, including Lawrence, Richardson, Mansfield, Rhys, Joyce and Beckett, Taylor-Batty demonstrates the centrality of linguistic plurality to modernist forms of defamiliarisation. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; CBX; DSA; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349309573
- ISBN
- 9781349309573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Paperback. An investigation ofthe influence of gender, social class, age and illness type in the language of people talking about their experiences of illness. It shows evidence of both conformity with and resistance to gender stereotypes." Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349307906
- ISBN
- 9781349307906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. "This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Using case studies of radio, internet, text messaging and photojournalism, it deploys Bourdieu's ideas to reveal how language in the media is implicated in broader social patterns of "symbolic violence." -- Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; CBX; CFA; JFCX; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349307623
- ISBN
- 9781349307623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This study looks to the work of Tarski's mentors Stanislaw Lesniewski and Tadeusz Kotarbinski, and reconsiders all of the major issues in Tarski scholarship in light of the conception of Intuitionistic Formalism developed: semantics, truth, paradox, logical consequence. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; HPCF; HPL; HPS; PBB; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349306732
- ISBN
- 9781349306732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. "Looking at language variation in French using linguistic data that has emerged in recent years from France, Belgium and Switzerland, and comparing it to other European countries, this comparative study sets out to track how language changes have followed social and attitudinal developments, giving it a particular sociolinguistic slant"-- Num Pages: 327 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349304974
- ISBN
- 9781349304974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
paperback. This innovative and ground-breaking study explores the complex relationship between linguistic theory and literature during the Romantic period, focusing particularly on William Hazlitt's writings about linguistic theory and alsoconsideringfigures such asLeigh Hunt, Percy Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Thomas De Quincey." Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349304295
- ISBN
- 9781349304295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82