Sociolinguistics
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Sociolinguistics
Hardcover. Conventional wisdom dictates that individuals who learn American Sign Language (ASL) at a young age possess a higher level of proficiency than those who acquire ASL later, the author shows how diversity in the deaf community belies such generalization. Series: Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 halftones, 25 tables, 45 figures. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFG; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563685453
- ISBN
- 9781563685453
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Condition: New
€ 69.99€ 58.90
€ 69.99
€ 58.90
Paperback. Drawing on both original texts and critical literature, Linguistics in a Colonial World surveys methods, meanings, and uses of early linguistic projects during and after the colonial era. Num Pages: 216 pages, maps. BIC Classification: CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405105705
- ISBN
- 9781405105705
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Condition: New
€ 50.13
€ 50.13
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748675951
- ISBN
- 9780748675951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.98€ 101.23
€ 104.98
€ 101.23
Paperback. This book presents a critical reading of approaches to language alternation among bilingual speakers as accounts of order in talk in two languages. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349525096
- ISBN
- 9781349525096
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Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Paperback. This collection of essays examines various aspects of leadership from several disciplinary perspectives. Editor(s): O'Mealy, Joseph H.; Lyons, Laura E. Series: Literary Studies East & West. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824819712
- ISBN
- 9780824819712
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.56
€ 36.99
€ 31.56
Paperback. In this major new text, Joshua Fishman charts the rise of vernacular literacy in Europe, and the major social and economic changes that attended it. The book looks at how European colonizers viewed vernacular literacy efforts in their current and former colonies, and how technology affects vernacular literacy both now and in the future. Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; CBX; CFB; CFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847692917
- ISBN
- 9781847692917
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Condition: New
€ 26.47
€ 26.47
Hardback. The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics features 35 newly-written essays that explore how sociolinguistic theoretical models, methods, findings, and expertise can be applied to the process of reconstruction of a language's past in order to account for diachronic linguistic changes and developments. Editor(s): Hernandez Campoy, Juan Manuel; Conde Silvestre, Juan Camilo. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 255 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190688
- ISBN
- 9781405190688
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Condition: New
€ 207.34
€ 207.34
Paperback. Provides an insight into the oral and written discourse of an extended network of Mexicanos living in Chicago. This work explores the ways in which the group's experiences as immigrants have affected their linguistic practices. Series: Language and Literacy Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CFG; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Teachers College Press
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807737729
- ISBN
- 9780807737729
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Sociolinguistic Styles presents a new and in-depth, historically rooted overview of the phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistic variation. Written by an internationally acclaimed expert in the field, the text explores why, where and when it occurs. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118737644
- ISBN
- 9781118737644
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Condition: New
€ 110.35
€ 110.35
Hardcover. Human language is viewed and studied by some authors as a natural object and by other scholars as a social and cultural object. The main goal of this book consists in showing that both views are correct and compatible if applied in a proper way. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781790526
- ISBN
- 9781781790526
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Condition: New
€ 79.46
€ 79.46
Hardback. Feminist Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis helps analyse how speakers construct their gendered identities within a complex web of power relations. Demonstrated here through a study of teenagers' conversation in class and senior managers' discussions in business meetings, it challenges the view that females are disempowered in mixed-sex settings. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333986356
- ISBN
- 9780333986356
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Condition: New
€ 122.94
€ 122.94
Hardcover. This book reveals how 'double-voicing' is an inherent and routine part of spoken interactions within institutional contexts. Baxter's research shows that women use double-voicing more than men as a means of gaining acceptance and approval in the workplace. Double-voicing thus involves an interplay between power, gender and linguistic expertise. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; KJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137348524
- ISBN
- 9781137348524
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Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR; JFSJ; KJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506207
- ISBN
- 9781137506207
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Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Hardback. Bridging the gap between theoretical linguistics and language teaching, this title explores what theoretical advances suggest about learning a language after childhood and the implications for the design and execution of a foreign language program. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878402441
- ISBN
- 9780878402441
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Condition: New
€ 205.14
€ 205.14
Paperback. This book critically analyses and reviews the development of language in direct relation to social disadvantage in the early years and beyond. Definitions and descriptions of social disadvantage are addressed and the wider aspects discussed. Editor(s): Clegg, Judy; Ginsborg, Jane. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD; JMC; MMZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470019757
- ISBN
- 9780470019757
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Condition: New
€ 71.59
€ 71.59
Hardcover. Freedom of speech is a tradition distinctive to American political culture, and this book focuses on major debates and discourses that shaped this tradition. It sheds fresh light on key Congressional debates in the early American Republic, developing and applying an approach to fallacy theory suitable to the study of political discourse. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030597
- ISBN
- 9781137030597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349440511
- ISBN
- 9781349440511
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Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Paperback. This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118531280
- ISBN
- 9781118531280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.54
€ 48.99
€ 32.54
Hardcover. This innovative introduction outlines the structure and distribution of the world s languages, charting their evolution over the past 200,000 years. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118531259
- ISBN
- 9781118531259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.47
€ 114.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; 2GJ; CBX; CFB; CFGA; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349436163
- ISBN
- 9781349436163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.39
€ 63.39