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Social groups
Paperback. This text explores the question of how linguistic practices and ideologies relate to sexuality and sexual identity, opening with a discussion of the field of "queer linguistics" and moving from theory into practice with case studies of language use in a variety of cultural settings. Series: CSLI - Stanford Monographs in Linguistics. Num Pages: 350 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575863207
- ISBN
- 9781575863207
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.76
€ 30.99
€ 24.76
Paperback. One of the most important branches of principles of Islamic jurisprudence ('usul al-fiqh') is the study of the usage of language. 'Language and the Interpretation of Islamic Law' is the first work to appear in English dealing with this important aspect of Islamic law. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621866
- ISBN
- 9780946621866
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
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
Hardcover. 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: 1FBH; CFB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230227965
- ISBN
- 9780230227965
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Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Paperback. The contributors 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 language policy and the relationship between public policies and individual practices, with particular attention to Europe. Editor(s): Mar-Molinero, Clare; Stevenson, Patrick. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580084
- ISBN
- 9780230580084
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Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. Deals with two remarkable events - the worldwide transformations of the Jews in the modern age and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language. This is a book about social and cultural history addressed not only to the professional historian, and a book about Jews addressed not only to Jewish readers. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CF; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520079588
- ISBN
- 9780520079588
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Condition: New
€ 57.40€ 45.56
€ 57.40
€ 45.56
Hardback. This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic agendas as well as language choices entered into willingly for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage and group identity. Num Pages: 385 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302600
- ISBN
- 9780230302600
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Condition: New
€ 117.68
€ 117.68
Paperback. This revised second edition is a comprehensive overview of why we speak the languages that we do. It covers language learning imposed by political and economic agendas as well as language choices entered into willingly for reasons of social mobility, economic advantage and group identity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302617
- ISBN
- 9780230302617
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Condition: New
€ 83.56
€ 83.56
Paperback. Exploring language rights politics in theoretical, historical and international context, this book brings together debates from law, sociolinguistics, international politics, and the history of ideas. The author argues that international language rights advocacy supports global governance of language and questions freedoms of speech and expression. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349520336
- ISBN
- 9781349520336
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSL1; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403940865
- ISBN
- 9781403940865
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Condition: New
€ 128.32
€ 128.32
Hardback. Based on two years of sociolinguistic and ethnographic fieldwork in one school, supplemented by shorter periods of fieldwork in three other schools, this study focuses on the polarized social categories, the 'jocks' and the 'burnouts', that dominate social organization in all of these schools. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CFD; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631186038
- ISBN
- 9780631186038
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Condition: New
€ 152.89
€ 152.89
Paperback. aeo Provides an ethnographically rich account of sociolinguistic variation in an adolescent population. aeo Shows how local processes coincide with the global patterning of variation with class, gender and age. aeo Uncovers the nature of social meaning and the dynamics of influence in variation. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CFD; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631186045
- ISBN
- 9780631186045
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Condition: New
€ 59.74
€ 59.74
Paperback. An eloquent analysis of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal answers one of the primary callings of anthropology: to stimulate critical reflection by making the exotic seem familiar and the familiar appear strange. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCR; JFSR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341104
- ISBN
- 9780230341104
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardback. A collection of sociologically and ethnographically oriented works that discuss the ethnic-linguistic issues of the European Union. It looks at the different ethno-linguistic revival groups in the EU and discusses the implications of EU policy on linguistic heterogeneity and cultural diversity. Editor(s): O'Reilly, Camille C. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; CFB; JFC; JFSL; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333929254
- ISBN
- 9780333929254
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Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Reilly, C. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; HBJD; JFSL; JHB; JHM; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349425464
- ISBN
- 9781349425464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardback. This volume draws on sociologically and ethnographically oriented work from a number of disciplines to allow the reader to compare developments in the different Eastern European states, and to examine the interplay of language issues, ethnic nationalism, and processes of state formation. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJPR; CFB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333929247
- ISBN
- 9780333929247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Drawing on critical frameworks, this study establishes the centrality of language, gender, and community in the quest for identity in contemporary American fiction. Close readings of novels by Alice Walker, Ernest Gaines, Ann Beattie, John Updike, Chang-rae Lee, and Rudolfo Anaya, among others, show how individuals find their American identities. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349292899
- ISBN
- 9781349292899
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Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403939715
- ISBN
- 9781403939715
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Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JFSL; JHMC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403939722
- ISBN
- 9781403939722
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Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Paperback. This book offers an innovative way of doing critical discourse analysis that focuses on the performatively produced concepts and social structures that support oppressive attitudes in a community. It draws upon ethnographic data from a women's field hockey club to examine players' homophobic attitudes towards lesbians on the team. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349325337
- ISBN
- 9781349325337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95