Sociolinguistics
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Sociolinguistics
Paperback. Presents an account of meaning in many linguistic and cultural phenomena that is based on cognitive capacities that human understanders and producers of language possess independently of their ability to use language. This book also suggests that cognitive linguistics is a much more comprehensive enterprise than is commonly accepted. Num Pages: 416 pages, 27 line illus. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; CFK; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195187205
- ISBN
- 9780195187205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36
€ 53.36
Paperback. This investigation of how societies have understood and described themselves is concerned both with the history of language and the language of history. Chapters include studies of societies in Germany, China, USA and India, pre-revolutionary France and 19th-century Britain and America. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFB; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631167334
- ISBN
- 9780631167334
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Condition: New
€ 52.18
€ 52.18
Paperback. This book uses a micro-analysis of language in and around Tanzanian beauty pageants to address structural inequalities, gender relations, globalization, as well as educational and language policy. The book paints a picture of how people on the global periphery take part in, and sometimes feel left out of, the wider world. Series: Encounters. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; ASZP; CFB; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783090747
- ISBN
- 9781783090747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.00
€ 52.00
paperback. What makes someone willing to die, not for a nation, but for a language? In the 1950s and 1960s, southern India saw a wave of dramatic suicides in the name of the Telugu language. This title traces the colonial-era changes in knowledge and practice linked to language that lay behind these events. Series: Contemporary Indian Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJPG; CFB; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220691
- ISBN
- 9780253220691
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.19
€ 29.99
€ 27.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442606203
- ISBN
- 9781442606203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.70
€ 48.99
€ 43.70
Paperback. Shows how the media is implicated in global terrorism, and how the language it uses has changed since 9/11. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: CFB; JFD; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745324845
- ISBN
- 9780745324845
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.46
€ 40.99
€ 31.46
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
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.89
€ 152.89
Hardcover. This volume deals with multilingualism in higher education by focusing on a number of medium-sized languages that have become solidly established in this field. The book explores how these languages achieved the status of lingua academica and reviews the social functions they serve as means of instruction, research and administration. Editor(s): Vila, F. Xavier; Bretxa, Vanessa. Series: Multilingual Matters. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JNFR; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783092758
- ISBN
- 9781783092758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.51
€ 169.51
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199363391
- ISBN
- 9780199363391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.49
€ 122.49
Paperback. Well over thirty million people in the United States speak a primary language other than English. Nearly twenty million of them speak Spanish. And these numbers are growing. This book lays out the two approaches to language policy - linguistic assimilation and linguistic pluralism - in clear and accessible terms. Series: Mapping Racisms. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397551
- ISBN
- 9781566397551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.39
€ 38.99
€ 35.39
Language Planning and Policy: Language Planning in Local Contexts: 9
. Ed(S): Liddicoat, Anthony J.; Baldauf Jr., ...
hardcover. Language problems potentially exist at all levels of human activity, including the local contexts of communities and institutions. This volume examines the ways in which language planning works as a local activity in a wide variety of contexts around the world and dealing with a wide range of language planning issues. Editor(s): Liddicoat, Anthony J.; Baldauf Jr., Richard B. (University of Queensland). Series: Language Planning and Policy. Num Pages: 298 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781847690630
- ISBN
- 9781847690630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.96
€ 147.96
Language Planning and Policy: Issues in Language Planning and Literacy
Anthony J. . Ed(S): Liddicoat
Hardback. While literacy has always been central to language planning work, there are fewer studies which focus primarily on literacy as a language planning activity. This volume investigates the complex issues and social and political pressures relating to literacy in a variety of language planning contexts around the world. Editor(s): Liddicoat, Anthony J. Series: Language Planning and Policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 263 x 186 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853599774
- ISBN
- 9781853599774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.81
€ 147.81
Hardcover. Covers the language situation in The Baltic States, Ireland and Italy explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the language situation - including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages. Editor(s): Kaplan, Robert B. (University of Southern California); Baldauf Jr., Richard B. (University of Queensland). Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 258 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847690289
- ISBN
- 9781847690289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.40
€ 160.40
Paperback. Collects the essays that investigate a variety of linguistic aspects of texts from different genres: from punning riddles and other kinds of humorous text to fictional prose and poetry, and illustrate how work in stylistics may simultaneously contribute to our understanding of a given text and of a particular linguistic phenomenon. Editor(s): Norgaard, Nina. Num Pages: 278 pages, b/w illus & tables. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776744779
- ISBN
- 9788776744779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618112385
- ISBN
- 9781618112385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.06
€ 148.06
Paperback. This book on culture and consciousness in history concerns the worldwide transformations of Jewish culture and society and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language following the waves of pogroms in Russia in 1881. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735407
- ISBN
- 9780804735407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. A comprehensive text on language and communication, written from a social psychological perspective. It shows how language and non-verbal activities are integrated in the process of communication and looks at what language is used for and how it works in context. Descriptions and explanations are accompanied by data and experimental findings. Num Pages: 392 pages, 8. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631193364
- ISBN
- 9780631193364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.74
€ 59.74
Hardback. A comprehensive text on language and communication, written from a social psychological perspective. It shows how language and non-verbal activities are integrated in the process of communication and looks at what language is used for and how it works in context. Descriptions and explanations are accompanied by data and experimental findings. Num Pages: 392 pages, 8. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631193357
- ISBN
- 9780631193357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.73
€ 166.73
Hardback. Provides a sociolinguistic account of classroom interaction, based on research in an inner-city high school. Series: Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics. Num Pages: 462 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 881.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521812634
- ISBN
- 9780521812634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.07
€ 160.07